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VILLAGE INFORMATION
Clerks to the Parish CouncilsGreat Braxted – Sarah Mann Tel 01621 892821Little Braxted Pauline Player Tel 0621 891544.
Neighbourhood Watch Co-coordinatorsLittle Braxted - Pauline Player 01621 891544Great Braxted - Barry Grainger 01621 891514Non urgent contact number for Police 101 or 0300 333 4444Point of Contact Mobile - 07977 512068.
Wickham Bishops LibrarySchool Road, Wickham Bishops, Witham CM8 3NU Tel 01621 891216Opening timesMonday 14.00 – 18.00,
Wednesday 14.00 - 18.00, Saturday 09.00 – 13.00On a Saturday morning they run a fantastic baby and toddler Rhyme time session at 10.30am throughout term time. Please pop in if you can and enjoy the fun!
Bookstart Sessions for Pre School children:- Wednesday 14.00 – 14.30People’s Network :- Free use of computers accessing Word, Spreadsheets, Internet, Email etc.
‘Let the Library come to you.’ Phone Clare Henney at Chelmsford Library Access Services, on 01245 492758; or Peter Chapman on 01621 892624.Essex Mobile LibraryGreat Braxted. The library van comes outside the DuCane at 9.15 to 9.30am on a Wednesday fortnightly.Refuse Collection ArrangementsCollection Day for most roads in both villages – ThursdaysPaper collection every two weeksRecycling Banks.Great Braxted Pavilion – Paper and Glass Green Man Little Braxted – GlassWaste Management Hotline - 01621 875706 for further details.
Thank you to the increasing number of people that are now deciding to use the bulletin online. I hope that you are enjoying the new flip page version of the bulletin which can be printed off at home so that you can also have a copy to hand whenever you need it.
If anyone would be interested in writing a regular article for the bulletin I would be very much interested in hearing from you. I know there are many keen walkers and gardeners in the area, so if anyone would like to put pen to paper for fun then please contact me with your suggestions.
If anyone would like to advertise a business in this magazine then please email me: [email protected] Wishes,Ali Aldis
Clubs and Societies
Blackwater Decorative & Fine Arts Society
Meetings are held at the Wickham Bishops Village Hall at 11amAll membership enquiries to Mrs. Chris Adams, 6, Maldon Road, Great Totham CM9 8NH (01621 892474)
Braxted Garden ClubThe next Garden Club meeting is on Thursday 16th February
@ 8pm in the Braxted Pavilion.
There will be a talk by Peter Webb entitled “The Good Life (part two)” and which is a continuation of his previous talk giving amusing
anecdotes of his farming and horticultural experiences.
We hope to see you all then.Old and New members and Guests will all be very welcome.
Jenny Hornett (01621) 891424
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Great Braxted Parish Council.PARISH COUNCIL VACANCY.
There is a vacancy on the Parish Council owing to the death of Mr Derek Brannon .If anyone is interested in filling this vacancy they should contact the Clerk by March 1st 2012. If there are two or more willing to stand a bye-election will be held and if there are no candidates the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option.
Matters arising from the Parish Council held a meeting on January 3rd.
Queen’s Jubilee 2012. The Parish Council would welcome any suggestions for celebrating the Jubilee over the long weekend of June 2nd /June 5th. If you have any ideas contact the Chairman Mr Stuart McCrudden . 01621 892814 email [email protected].
Recycling. With effect from 2nd April 2012 the existing kerbside collections will change to include the collection of rigid plastics and food waste. Collections will be made on the same day, on a weekly basis.
Sarah Mann Clerk 01621 892821 email [email protected].
LETTER FROM A PARISHINER
“Dear Neighbour, I would like to say a big thank you to the anonymous 'neighbour' for being so generous to myself and family at Christmas. It came at a time of despair and sadness, I will keep the letter for times in the future when feeling low as it will always make me smile.I can't say how emotional I felt when opening the letter, it was wonderful, I will always be grateful. Unfortunately my husband passed away in hospital at Christmas, but he did know about the gift, he was also very grateful as he was fretting about not having earned any money in the last year as he was so ill, it made him feel that we could have a decent Christmas. I hope this letter reaches the person that is responsible. Thank you again, A Very Grateful Family”
News from Great Totham Primary SchoolMessage from the Head teacherAlongside a balanced and varied curriculum, we believe it is important to offer our pupils a range of interesting and stimulating extra-curricular activities which help to develop a range of skills and allows the children to demonstrate and develop their talents.Keith Bannister, Headteacher
School News:A whole host of exciting and interesting clubs are offered to our pupils by staff and external professionals before and after school and during lunchtimes. Below is a snapshot of some of the clubs available to our pupils.
There are many sporting clubs ranging from netball to hockey. The pupils also enjoy the expertise of professionals who run our football and golf clubs. We are very keen to ensure the children have a chance to follow up their initial interest, so we have developed partnerships with local clubs and organisations such as: Beacon Hill Football, Wickham Bishops Tennis Club, Forrester Golf Club and Maldon Hockey Club.
Music is highly valued at the school and lunchtime infant and junior recorder clubs allow the children to learn to play the recorder and to read music notation. The school choir practises hard and regularly performs to the school in assemblies.
On Friday evenings, the schools hosts ‘Great Totham Music Makers’ a music school which is open to both children and adults and offers tuition on piano, keyboard, woodwind, brass, strings, voice, guitar and drums. There is also a choir, a band and theory groups available to join. More information can be found at www.essex.gov.uk.
Drama Club is an extremely popular club which not only allows the children to express themselves freely, but also develops their speaking and listening skills. ‘We can cook’ is an excellent club which teaches the children how to prepare healthy food safely and hygienically. Pupils enjoy tasting many new foods and preparing a meal for 4 people which they then take home to share with their families.Children are full of questions and curiosity which is why our Science Club (run by an external provider) is so popular. Pupils discover and learn fascinating scientific facts through fun, hands-on experiments.
Wildlife Club is a firm favourite across both key stages; the children enjoy exploring the school habitat and identifying the many different plant, bird and animal species living on our doorstep.
At lunchtimes, our pupils have the opportunity to attend our ‘Doodle and Draw’ art club where they can be creative and create their own masterpieces or they can follow step-by-step instructions to develop their drawing skills. There is also a weekly Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 ‘Construction Club’ where children use their imaginations to build magnificent structures using Lego! We are shortly introducing a Christian Club to be run by Father Stuart Batten and Rev. Jonathan Pearce.
Jo MazzarellaCommunity Cohesion
Gardeners Corner – February 2012
Spring is just around the corner and with the warm weather during January you may already be seeing the heads of some of the early bulbs poking up. February is a good month to tender your beds in preparation for the spring and the summer.
Spend this month: Mulching your garden with well rotted manure or soil improver, It’s still not too late to plant some last minute bulbs (bargain bin
bulbs will still be worth their money). Tidy up the last of the leaves. Apply general fertiliser to asparagus beds. Remove debris from around the garden to reduce hiding places for
snails and slugs. Plant new fruit trees and bushes. Set out potato tubers in trays to chit.
Happy gardening! Jon Aldis, Goodlife Countryside Services. 01621 892808
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Services for January 2012
St Bartholomew’s, Wickham Bishops
&St Nicholas, Little Braxted
Wednesday 1st
10.00amHoly Communion
Sunday 5th
8.00am10.30am
Third Sunday before LentHoly CommunionParish Eucharist
Wednesday 8th10.00am
Holy Communion
Sunday 12th
8.00am10.30am
2 nd Sunday before Lent Holy CommunionParish Eucharist
Wednesday 15th10.00am
Holy CommunionAt Braxted Place
Sunday 19th8.00am9.00am10.30am
Sunday next before LentHoly Communion
Eucharist at St NicholasMorning Praise
Wednesday 22nd
10.00am8.00pm
Ash WednesdayHoly Communion with AshingHoly Communion with Ashing
Sunday 26th8.00am10.30am
Holy Communion (1662)Parish Eucharist
CHURCH NEWSALL SAINT’S Great Braxted
A December Weekend at All Saints Church
Christmas and the New Year are now past and we are heading towards Lent then Easter.
For the month of February the following pattern of services will apply:-
5th February Family Service 12th February Parish Communion Order 1 19th February Matins – Morning Service 22nd February ASH WEDNESDAY Special Communion Order 1
@ 8 pm 26th February Lent Sunday Parish Communion order 2 )1622)
All at All Saints’ Church, Braxted Park Road at 11 am except 22nd.
Contact details:Revd. Anne-Marie Renshaw MA (01621 815260)
Hon. Assistant Priest: Revd. Roger Hoare (01621 817236)Churchwardens: Ken Hornett (01621 891424)
Lorna Crick (01621 815461)Website: www.tk-tiptree-braxted-benefice.org.ukParish Office: St Luke’s Church (01621) 819557
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Copy for March Bulletin to Charlotte Morganby February 15th please.
e-mail [email protected] Buck HouseTiptree RoadGreat Braxted
CM8 3EJTel 01621 892126
