Islington Council commissioned Islington Play Association (IPA) to run the north London nursery but on 20 May the council said it had "reluctantly agreed" to close it at the end of the summer term on 22 July at IPA's request. However, the charity said the decision to shut Paradise Park did not originate with its trustees.
Families received a letter from Southwood Park Public School on Oct. 1 informing them about the decision to cancel such trips, which meant that Grade 8 students would no longer go on a graduation trip to Ottawa. Students in Grades 6 and 7 would have also missed out on overnight trips to Claremont Nature Centre in Pickering and to Muskoka Woods, respectively.
For the past two years, our elementary school has partnered with a local megachurch to host an end-of-year fair at our school. The church brings in games and face painters and bounce houses and the whole deal, but they also put on a small religious play about Jesus, and host a table to talk to kids and their parents about the church and Jesus.
