The Year Two class from Todmorden's Cornholme Primary School visited The Legacy for a day of fun educational activities. The visit has been organised by the staff at The Legacy, Cornholme Primary School's headteacher Adam Sapey and parent Joanne Greenwood whose sons, Andrew, aged seven, and Nathan, aged five, both attend Cornholme Primary School and Rainbow House. Andrew's classmates in Year Two were keen to find out more about what he does on the days he's not in school!

Hayley Scholes, Development Manager at The Legacy said: "What the Cornholme children gained by coming here was an invaluable life experience. They had a small insight into what it's like for children to live with a disability, and hopefully they will go home and think about what they have learnt, be able to empathise and change any negative perceptions they may have about disability. We want the children to understand that we are all different in some way or another and that we should celebrate all children as individuals. Our own children will also benefit by mixing and socialising with new children."

Andrew has been attending Rainbow House for over five years since he was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Mum Joanne said: "When he first started at Rainbow House Andrew could only manage one hour a week but over time we have built up his sessions so that he now attends for two half days a week. Since going he has developed tremendously, his speech has improved hugely and he has learnt to sit, roll, crawl and now he has even reached the stage that he can stand alone for a few seconds. This has given him much more independence and quality of life.

"Nathan has also made great progress since starting at Rainbow House. He is able to speak and can now sit for a few minutes on his own and he has just learnt to roll so he can move around more independently.

"My greatest pleasure was seeing both my sons walk down the aisle at our wedding in 2006, thanks to the support of the fantastic staff at The Legacy Rainbow House. "

Headteacher of Cornholme Primary School, Adam Sapey said: "Andrew's classmates were keen to see what kind of activities Andrew is involved in at The Legacy Rainbow House. This was a positive experience for all the children and it gave them an insight into the hard work their classmate and other children with disabilities have to put in. We want to encourage the children to learn and understand more about what it's like to be a child with a disability."