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HOLIDAY PLAY CENTRE
A Holiday Play Centre for our sub-normal trainees was again
held this year at Castle School from Monday to Friday for the two
weeks, 17th - 28th August, 1970-
As the Centre was held in the new Castle School building with
better facilities and we were able to recruit several of the staff
who assisted in 1969, it was decided to include the younger more
severely handicapped children who had not been invited in previous
years.
The Centre was attended by 58 trainees - adults and children
the largest number ever, but was nevertheless successful due to the
energies of the staff recruited.
The majority of the staff were student teachers who found that
helping to run the Centre was not only stimulating but provided them
with valuable experience.
OSBORNE WORKSHOP
The installation of the time
improvement to the running of the
routine, the signal for meals and
improvement in work programmes.
clock and buzzer has made a great
Centre. The clocking in and out
tea-breaks, has led to a marked
Work from outside contractors has been delivered and collected
each morning during peak periods, leading to as much as six different
jobs being assembled at once. The four fly presses have been in
operation continuously. The trainees handling these press jobs
well. Counting of stock has been by weight control and in some cases
they have handled this side of the work as well. However, the amount
of stock carried in the workshop has led to problems with less amount
of working space, incoming and outgoing work requiring separation,
unsold completed work needing storing space also.
Our work from outside sources only fell off in the late summer
and winter period, but at this time we were able to switch over to
sales of work material and this has enabled us to continue a high
level of payment. To date we have handled seven different press jobs
and twelve assembly jobs.
A new contract recently has been for 800 plastic disposable
aprons weekly. The plastic is delivered in ½ cwt. rolls. The
cutting, stapling, punching and bundling into packets of 100 pieces
has provided satisfactory work for the higher grade trainees.
Two more trainees have been placed in open employment. Only one
from the eight employed has returned.
The fortnightly social evening has progressed slowly with poor
parent attendance, but the trainees have taken full advantage of
the Club and really enjoy themselves. Raffles, dancing and bingo
being the main attraction.
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