Badminton Junior School welcome a new school dog
Posted on: 06 Apr 2018A rather endearing story popped up recently; A school in Bristol have adopted a dog to be a part of their community. I think we can all agree that every school should have a school dog. They bring love and joy to children as well as teaching them valuable lessons of kindness and care.
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Badminton Junior School in Bristol welcomed their new four–legged member Monty last week. Monty is a black miniature Labradoodle, a breed that is well known for being child friendly, calm and gentle natured, as well as highly intelligent.
Specially trained dogs, like Monty, are frequently used to provide love, comfort and companionship to people in hospitals, retirement homes, schools, and also to people with learning difficulties. Dogs can in addition help to release calming endorphins and improve tactile stimulation.
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Ms Davies, Head of the Junior School at Badminton, commented: “We are a small School and pride ourselves on our close-knit, family-like community; the girls and staff are thrilled to welcome Monty to the fold, perfectly completing our family unit. As well as being a lovely companion for the girls, he has encouraged communication, developed the girls’ confidence and provided a calming influence, further adding to and improving the wellbeing of all those in his presence. He regularly joins the Little Acorns for Forest School and the girls love taking him for walks during their breaks.”
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Hannah recently graduated with a degree in English with Writing. She is an avid writer, freelancer and creative. She is currently writing her first full-length novel and a collection of poetry. Always out and about in Bristol's music scene, she attends music events on a weekly basis.
