March 2019

Buckden Roundabout

March 2019

School & Pre-school

World Book Day is also coming up on 7

March. In the week

beginning 4

March, the children will be invited to come into

Preschool dressed as their favourite book character and on

the 7

, we will holding a Big Booky Breakfast! Preschool fam-

ilies are invited to come in from 8.30-9.00 a.m. for a bacon

roll. We will be charging £2 for adults and £1 for children,

with all proceeds going to Book Aid International, which

works to ensure that everyone has access to books that en-

rich, improve and change their lives.

As we move into Spring, we will be looking at lifecycles and

growth, and beginning our Easter activities. The committee

are also gearing up for Easter, planning a village Easter egg

hunt, and are also starting to outline plans for our

anniversary celebrations in the summer.

The Melodramatics theatre group were kind enough to offer

us a fundraising opportunity at their Aladdin pantomime on

February. A big thank you to them, and to all those who

donated prizes or bought tickets for our raffle. The raffle

raised £71 and the big winner was none other than the panto

Dame!

There are still some places available, so do get in touch if you

would like to enrol your child or arrange a visit. Please con-

tact our Manager, Samantha Sinclair, on 07941 671999.

New committee members are always welcome. To discover

what’s involved, please contact our Chairperson, Becky

Milne, at

buckdenpreschoolchairperson@gmail.com

For

more information, visit

www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk

or see

our Facebook updates at

https://www.facebook.com/

www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk/

BUCKDEN CHURCH OF

ENGLAND SCHOOL

(Primary Academy Trust)

February 2019

February is always one of our quieter months.

The children have been working hard, many of them preparing

for their tests in the summer term. The school had a visit from

some players accompanied by the mascot, Peter Burrow, from

Peterborough Football Club. We had a lovely assembly with

them talking about the football club - It was so funny to see the

mascot in our assembly.

The children have been re-visiting our allotment this term. We

have been digging up our produce and Mrs Bigg in the kitchen

has been using the freshly grown vegetables for our dinners.

During the half term holiday Mrs Tarpey, Mrs Heather and

some of our parents worked on the allotment, preparing it for

the next lot of planting. Our plan is to add walkways, build

wooden growing beds and make the allotment more managea-

ble. Thank you to our helpers who gave up their time to help

us with our plans. Now we can produce much more fruit and

vegetables for us to enjoy with our school dinners.

The PTA organised some events during this month including a

Valentine Disco and a Fashion event. Both events were well

attended and very successful. Thank you to the members of

the PTA for organising these events, which help to raise funds

for our school.

The school continues to receive complaints from parents and

local residents about driving and parking around the school

perimeter at the beginning and end of the school day. This

includes parking in front of residents’ driveways, parking in the

bus bay, parking in the car park by the shops and parking in

front of the bus shelter in Mill Road. We have also been made

aware of drivers reversing and parking without taking care to

avoid pedestrians. If you see anyone parking in an irresponsi-

ble manner, please contact the school office. To help make

driving and parking safer in and around the school easier we

are asking parents and visitors to our school to use the follow-

ing guidelines:

•

The car park in front of the school is for teachers and official

visitors to the school only. Please do not park on the staff

car park when dropping off or collecting your children.

•

Please do not park on the yellow lines around the school, in

the bus bay, or use these areas to drop off or pick up your

child/children. The bus bay is reserved for the school bus.

•

Please do not park across the driveways of the local residents

in School Lane, Greenway or Mill Road.

•

Please do not park on, or near to, corners of roads. This can

block visibility for road traffic and pedestrians.

•

Please do not park in the car park by the shops.

•

Please do not ‘double park’ which can cause an obstruction

and prevent traffic flow.

If you have difficulty parking around the school, please use the

car park at The Village Hall off Burberry Road, which is a short 5

minute walk to the school. By following the guidelines we hope

that we can ease the traffic congestion and problems around

the school.

A performance of PLAYBACK THEATRE

At the CLARET CENTRE, BUCKDEN TOWERS

4pm, Saturday 2 March 2019

Come and be surprised, entertained, enlightened! This is a

performance by students on the foundation course of the

School of Playback Theatre UK as part of their training expe-

rience.

Playback Theatre

is an improvisational participatory theatre

form which first started in upstate New York with the origi-

nal Playback Theatre Company in 1975 and has since then

become a worldwide movement with groups and practition-

ers across the globe. They are active in a wide range of appli-

cations... from social services and education, to corporate

training and events, to supporting recovery in trauma and

crisis contexts, as well as community gatherings and celebra-

tions. Inviting personal stories from the audience, and re-

enacting them with artistry and respect, Playback Theatre

has the power to enable dialogue, gen-

erate empathy, and build bridges of

understanding between people.

FREE – All welcome

This event is hosted by the School of

Playback Theatre UK