Hi Chris1234 - I'd love to be able to do the bowling thing, we also have rock climbing parties which are great especially for the smaller groups! but unfortunately with all his allergies we've found these kinda places aren't keen on us bringing our own food in, guess thats where they make a lot of their money. Unfortunately nothing so simple for us...

Grinty - I like the thought of the water splash stuff - especially if we are in for a hot weekend, often happens that weekend which is traditionally a holiday weekend, which I'm hoping may reduce the numbers that can attend! Its not so much a case of DS liking all his classmates more that I think he finds it hard to leave anyone out - the sensitive side, and also I think he is quite desperate to make friends as they have all been together for 2 and 1/2 years now and not only was he new to the school but I think they do find him a bit 'strange' and don't quite get why he has been skipped a year when most of them are also GT. The craft project could also be a good idea given that most of them are in the GT range.