September 2023

19 Buckden Roundabout September 2023 Football & Pre - School By the time you read this, it will nearly be time to open our doors again for a new school year. Our returning children will notice a completely fresh look in the classroom. We hope they will like our special Colour Monster area and enjoy our new registration time in the Quiet Room. Because we design our curriculum to follow the children's interests and learning needs, plans for the first few weeks of the year are especially flexible. We spend this time getting to know our new starters and settling them in, while also assessing the interests and skills our returners have developed over the summer. We were thrilled to be selected to receive a share of funds from The Mad Hatter ’ s Tea Party, organised by Buckden Com- munity Events. Thank you to everyone who voted for us! The event promises to be great fun. Talking of fundraising, there's still just enough time to sponsor Nikki Stamford's fundraising skydive for Preschool on 3 rd Sep- tember. At the time of writing, she has already raised an amaz- ing £625. Thank you, Nikki—and all her sponsors! You can do- nate by using this short link https://tinyurl.com/48wys28p or this QR code to reach her JustGiving page. We're still looking for at least one more committee member. Please contact Helen (our Chairperson) or Debby (our Treasur- er) at buckdenpreschoolcommittee@gmail.com for a friendly, no - obligation chat about what's involved. Finally, we would like to express our sadness at the death of Surj 'Barry' Chandi and send our condolences to his family. The long - term donation of our snack supplies through their Nisa store has been amazingly generous and they've always made the Preschool staff and children feel welcome. Barry's humour and kindness will be greatly missed. To arrange a visit or apply for a place, please call 01480 810600 or email buckdenpreschool@yahoo.co.uk . For more infor- mation, visit www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk or read our up- dates on https://www.facebook.com/ www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk/ Buckden Junior Football Club And we ’ re off – the new season has start- ed! Our youth teams play in the Hunts Youth League and the Cambridge District League. Our Vets team plays in the Peter- borough League. Tea Bar Volunteers We are looking for volunteers to join a rota to help run our tea bar this season. The tea bar is not only a vital source of income to the club, but also allows us to offer much needed refreshments to our sup- porters and away fans. We would like to be able to run it every Saturday between roughly 8.30 and 11 – but any help within these hours is very much appreciated, even if it is just for one day. To find out more contact treasurerclaire@gmail.com Dribblers Sessions Our Dribblers sessions run throughout the year – even in the holidays - from 9 - 10am at Buckden playing fields. Sessions cost £2.00 per week, our guide age range is 3/4, to reception age but this is very much down to the individual child so if you think you have a child that is ready to join us – please contact us, you will find us on Facebook – Buckden Dribblers! New Buckden BJFC Vets We are very excited to be running our own ‘ Vets ’ team this year. The newly created ‘ Badgers ’ will be for over 35’ s – living in Buckden or neighbouring villages – most of our current play- ers are either a BJFC coach or have a son or daughter play in one of our teams. If you are interested in joining them please contact our chairman Michael on bjfcchairman@hotmail.com. Inclusive Development Team These sessions are for junior Para Superstars with Disabilities and additional needs that would like to join in and play football to develop their skills in a safe, positive and friendly environ- ment. Our sessions are free of charge, all run by FA qualified coaches, every Sunday, 10 - 11am at Buckden playing fields, the more the merrier! If you ’ d like to come and join this amazing group of children, please message or contact Matt on 07803 000690 or by email mattbjfc@gmail.com BJFC Merchandise Available We have a range of BJFC Merchandise available to purchase – we have woolly hats and snoods available directly from the club – and a range of other products including bags, scarves and gloves from our merchandise website – contact us for more information. And lastly, if anyone is interested in joining our friendly, hard- working and proactive committee, we have a number of op- portunities/roles available – please contact us. We tend to meet 3 or 4 times during the season.