Meet the Team at Butterfly Meadows
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(left to right) Wendy, Rosalind and Joe |
Name : Wendy
Arnold-Conlan
Name and address of Children’s Centre : Butterfly Meadows Children’s Centre, Tadmarton Road
When does your Dads Group meet ? 1st Saturday of every month from 10am – 12 noon
What can the Dads and their children do at your Group ? Messy play, cooking, junk modelling, various activities that involve useful and
interesting learning experiences, physical play, outdoor activities , planned
visitors, social networking, health information. Refreshments – Bacon/sausage
butties!
What do they enjoy the most ? Outdoor play/activities, workshops, most dads/male carers have said
they enjoy having somewhere to come and spend time with their children in a fun
and welcoming environment.
Why is Dads work important to you and what do you enjoy most
about it ? I think it is really
important to create opportunities for dads/male carers to interact with their
children by taking part in fun and useful learning experiences and to have the chance to meet up with other
male carers in a welcoming environment to encourage social networking. The
success and positive feedback is very rewarding, I love the fact that dads/male
carers often comment that they enjoy the chance to meet up with other male
carers and that they get to take part in activities with their children that they would not
normally do.
Which Father Figure (fact/fiction/past/present) do you admire
the most and why ? My dad who
unfortunately passed away 13 years ago. He taught me many useful life skills
and all about nature and growing things and I enjoyed spending many happy times
with him in the garden when I was young. My dad was often emotionally distant….
verbally and physically but I always felt safe and very loved by him. If he was
here now I would give him the biggest hug to thank him.
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