March 2018

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19 Buckden Roundabout
March 2018
February has been a busy month. We have made sand-
wiches with ham and cheese kindly donated by Jerome
at One Stop, held a sponsored pancake flip, celebrated
Chinese New Year with lots of craft activities and Chi-
nese food, and made cards for those we love for Valen-
tine’s Day! We’ve also continued our trip through the
alphabet with d, e and f. With so much going on, we all
enjoyed a well-earned break over half-term.
As March begins, it’s time to start thinking about East-
er and Holi, and we have lots of activities planned for
the children. It’s also World Book Day on 1st March,
and we will be inviting parents into Preschool to read
stories to the children.
Although Christmas seems a long time ago, we have a
big Christmas thank you to say to Emily Jane of The
Flower Boutique in Brampton. She supplied the Christ-
mas tree for St Mary’s Church and by Christmas, it was
decorated with many beautiful baubles. Not only were
they beautiful, but the baubles were also sponsored by
individuals and businesses who wrote a personal mes-
sage on the ribbons. Emily Jane’s inspired and heart-
warming fundraising idea raised money for two good
causes: the Church restoration fund and Preschool. We
were touched by the gesture and so grateful to Emily
Jane and everyone who sponsored a bauble, raising an
amazing £375 for us. The money will go towards new
equipment for creative play for our children.
Miss Alison
For information about Preschool, please contact our
Manager, Denise Carter, on 07941 671999. You can
also contact our Chairperson, Tizzy Pape,
at buckdenpreschoolchairperson@gmail.com
or visit www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk.
BUCKDEN CHURCH OF
ENGLAND SCHOOL
(Primary Academy Trust)
February 2018
February is always one of our quieter months. The chil-
dren have been working hard, many of them preparing
for their tests in the summer term.
We had one major event this half term - the children in
Key Stage 2 took part in ‘Aspirations Day’. We invited
parents, friends and volunteers to come to school to talk
to the children about a wide range of career opportuni-
ties open to them in the future.
Our volunteers came into school with tools, vehicles, uni-
forms and photographs and had interactive sessions with
groups of children. We have members of the services -
army, air force and navy, members of the NHS, software
engineers, storytellers, farmer, forensic officer and even a
magician.
The baby lamb bought in by our farmer proved to be a
very popular member of the school community on the
day!! This was a really exciting and interactive day for
everyone involved.
The children all learned so much about a wide range of
opportunities available to them. Thank you to all the vol-
unteers who came into school. We hope you enjoyed the
day as much as the children.
Our school kitchen has a vacancy for a catering assistant
to work with Mrs Bigg and her team preparing and serv-
ing school meals. The hours would be from 12.00 mid-
day to 2.00 pm. Please contact the school office – 01480
810241 - for more details.
School & Pre-school
Buckden Tots
We are a preschool group for children and their parents, grandparents or carers. We meet on Wednesday
mornings from 9.30am until 11.00am in The Methodist Hall in Buckden during Term Time.
All are welcome to our self-funding group. We support our children as they explore different activities and
enjoy drinks and snack whilst we chat.
In order to continue this valued facility we need volunteers.
This could include help with the refreshments, or the preparation for each session. It does not necessarily
need to be a weekly commitment as volunteers could operate a rota system.
If you are interested please contact Christine Lawrence for more information tel: 01480 812227