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Coronavirus Kent: Medway children write to care home residents to raise spirits

14:51, 23 March 2020

updated: 15:42, 23 March 2020

A group of schoolchildren are writing to care home residents in an effort to raise their spirits.

It comes as amid rising concerns over coronavirus and the possibility of elderly people being kept in self-isolation for extended periods.

Warren Wood Primary school pupils Ellie and Madison.
Warren Wood Primary school pupils Ellie and Madison.
Top left: Stephanie, Ellie, Rosie, Seb. Bottom row: Rosie, Hollie and Madison.
Top left: Stephanie, Ellie, Rosie, Seb. Bottom row: Rosie, Hollie and Madison.

Pupils from Warren Wood Primary Academy, in Arethusa Road, Rochester, have been sending letter to care homes in their area.

Head teacher Louise Hardie said: “Our pupils love to visit care and residential homes, whether to give performances, read with older people or just play with them.

"This bond is so strong and because we are in the middle of the most extraordinary crisis, we are sending postcards with lovely messages, drawings, letters and stories.

"We are sure our friends will appreciate receiving this from the children.”

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