Therapy dogs

We have been really lucky this term to welcome a mini team of therapy dogs working with some of our children at Highfields. 

We have Lottie and Teddy, both cockerpoos and Nancy, a Newfoundland, Jacob, a Cocker Spaniel and Olive, a Bassett Hound. They are trained to listen to the children read, to connect on a level that often humans cannot and to provide a therapeutic time for reading and connection. We are so very lucky to have them join us and hope to work with them throughout the year.  

We will share more photos as we go through the year of our children reading and connecting with them. They are bringing their own doggy reading stickers to award the children when they read to them which will go in their diaries.