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Quedgeley News

Quedgeley News is part of the fabric of Quedgeley, and has been going for many years, starting as a single sheet of paper being passed from house to house provid-ing residents with community news.

Today, it is a 52 page colour magazine distributed to over 8900 homes, shops & of-fices by a team of volunteers. A vital role for publishing Quedgeley News is the Editor and after proudly holding this role for the last few years, I have decided that it is time for me to step down and let someone else have the opportunity to help progress it even further.

If you have some spare time to volunteer as Editor, possibly have some experience with InDesign / publishing and want to do something within your community then please email Dave Talbot at [email protected] to find out more and see if the role would be right for you.

Beech Green Primary School“Believe Grow Persevere Succeed”

We are thrilled that this year Beech Green is the Gloucester Primary Schools Football Associa-tion (GPSFA) Group 3 winner and hold the cup with pride.

The team played ten games in all and it was a close run race with Kingsway, Widden and Beech Green jockeying for position throughout the season.

With only one or two points separating the top 3 teams Beech Green managed a win on their last game. This placed Beech Green top with 25 points putting them 3 points ahead. We congratulate the whole team for their commitment, skill and more importantly, listening to team talks when they really mattered! Well done!

THE QUEDGELEY NEWS; MORE PAGES, MORE COLOUR, MORE OPPORTUNITIES

Community Magazine & Trade Directoryfor Quedgeley, Kingsway & Copeland park Issue 262 | March 2018

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Quedgeley News Ltd, Your Community, Your MagazineQuedgeley News is written by and for the people of Quedgeley, Kingsway & Copeland Park. It welcomes articles, reports, letters and notices from all local people. It accepts advertisements from local businesses and businesses that supply a service to the local area, but reserves the right to reject or amend items or services offered for publication. Quedgeley News Limited takes no responsibility for the views that may be expressed by contributors in any form, letter or articles and does not endorse any products or services advertised.

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February sees us anticipating a craft morning, and then lunch at Highfield Nurser-ies at the end of the month. Following some confusion about our Knit-n-natter get-together, it was decided to make this on the LAST Tuesday afternoon each month, regardless of whether there are four or five Tuesdays in the month. There are vari-ous coach outings planned for 2018, including a five-day break to Eastbourne in October. Ring June Waters (724137) for more details.

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Do you run a Community group or a class ?

If you are involved in a Community group, local charity or you run a class in one ofthe many venues around Quedgeley, Kingsway & Copeland Park, I would love tohear from you.

I want to highlight a local cause or group in the Quedgeley News every month tomake our readers aware what is happening in and around Quedgeley. You can be a local charity, scout group, youth group, bowling group, whatever it may be.

Quedgeley News wants to give you the opportunity to showcase yourselves, andlet people know what you do and how they can get involved. If you have an article,please contact me, Dave Talbot at [email protected].

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Welcome to Carol Jones for taking on Azalea Gardens, Magnolia Walk and Camelia Walk due to Mrs Lander calling it a day. We thank her for all the delivering she has done for us. Also a welcome for Nick taking on The Reddings.

To maintain deliveries to every household in the area, we require deliverers in the following areas:-

Kingsway:- Woodvale (part), Babdown Close, Ampney Drive, Silverstone Walk.Quedgeley:- Space Business Park, by Royal Mail Sorting Office. Copeland Park:- Beverston Drive, Sudeley Way, Swangrove, Hale Close, Lasbor-ough Drive.

We also need 2 or 3 volunteers to pick up boxes & bags of magazines between 4 and 6pm on the last Thursday of each month and deliver to various addresses in Quedgeley, Kingsway and Copeland Park. If the time isn't convenient, and you still want to help, then we can sort something out.

If you are reading this page BUT do not receive the magazine, please inform Distri-bution and we will get you on the delivery schedule.

Why not join the Distribution team? We have over 160 volunteers helping deliver over 9,100 copies of Quedgeley News to our readers, and we could always do with extra volunteers to cover holidays etc.

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Are you new to the area? Just retired? or just want to make new friends? You don't have to join the Church to come to our other activities.

We have Women's fellowship on Mondays 2pm to 3.30pm Guest speakers and lively often hilarious discussions on many subjects

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Baby and toddler group from birth until playgroup or school every Tuesday 10 am until 11.30 am plenty of space to let off steam and crafts

Mums Dads and Grandparents are welcome Snacks for the little ones and tea,coffee and biscuits for all.

The third Tuesday of each month.The next one being 20th March a drop in Coffee Morning, this year CHARLIES CANCER SUPPORT is our charity

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Lent Lunches will be served on Mondays up to Easter12 noon until 1.30 pm.

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Our last Branch Meeting was held on 10th January, unfortunately our speaker was unable to attend due to health problems, Bill Bratty & Dave Gargett stood in at the last minute. The Branch Standard and three members attended the County Confer-ence at SevernVale School on 20th January. Unfortunately we have lost three more members of the Branch during January. John Harrison of Hardwicke who was ex Royal Engineer and long time member of the Legion died on 16th January, the Branch Standard and members of the Branch and Club attended his funeral. Gilly Cromwell of Podsmead died on 21st January and his funeral will be held at St Barnabus Church Tuffley on 15th February at 10am. Gilly was ex Royal Navy. The forth member to die was Tony Millener of Quedgeley ex RN and long serving member of the Legion, Welfare Office of the RNA and the Legion, well known in this area former member of Dursley RBL nd Exter Branch of the RNA. his funeral will be on February 16th at 3pm at Gloucester Crematorium. Our condo-lences go to the families R.I.P. Dates for your Diary;-

March 2nd (Friday) Poppy Awards Evening and awards presented by Cllr Steve Morgan Mayor of Gloucester. Please come along and see the fabulous people who receive awards for their help with the Poppy Appeal. April 25th (Wedneday) Quiz Night 7 30PM @ Hardwicke RBL Cost is £2 per person up to teams of 6. Guest Quiz Master. There will be a buffet and a Raffle also. Sunday June 23rd Armed Forces Day. There will be a Parish Pilgramage am visiting St James, St Nicholas Elmore and Longney and Haresfield Memorials. It will take the form of a stages walk. For further details contact the Branch. We would like as many people as possible to take part. The afternoon will be a presentation to Cadets and a BBQ and Raffle. There will also be a Cubs Scout Fun Day on the Hardwicke Village Green with various entertainments. More details will follow. As you can see we are in for a busy year, please come along and support us. This year is our year to say thank you to all those servicemen and women who have given their all for their country.

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We’ve had a busy few weeks and the group appears to be as popular as ever. Our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/StJamesChtterbox/ has attracted many new visitors. We are always happy to answer your questions – so please just send us a message! Our website is now integrated with the church website at www.quedgeleychurch.org.uk. The site is easy to navigate and we have our own page.Last month we held a ‘Winnie the Pooh’ morning. Some children came dressed as Pooh bear or Tigger. Apart from our healthy snacks we had a few treats – bear shaped biscuits and honey sandwiches! We played tunes from Winnie the Pooh and Lin helped the children make a crown and bear ears from card and stickers. Everyone enjoyed the morning. We’ll be holding some more theme mornings later in the year.

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Quedgeley Village Hall AGM

The Quedgeley Village Hall Annual General Meeting is being held in the Back Room of the Village Hall. Entrance through the Car Park on 13th March starting at 7p.m.

We are welcoming new members who have already shown an interest in joining our happy band but always need more to join, a full committee would be so good to keep the hall going for use of the community and have it in good order.

Please either turn up on the night or telephone for more information

01452 723033. Kingsway Big Lunch

Kingsway Big Lunch will be on Sunday 3rd June, we are hoping to have around 60 stalls, a bar, childrens rides & other community projects.

If you are a community group and would like to get involved in this year’s Big Lunch with either a stall or maybe put a performance on, Please email [email protected] for further information.

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Help if we Can Annual Show this year is at Quedgeley Community Centre

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Act of Remembrance to commemorate the Centenary of the end of World War 1 in 1918. Refreshments/Bar - book your seat in advance £6 (01452 725343 before 7.00pm)or at the door £7.

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I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about the introduction of the new neigh-bourhood Policing Model which was launched in January, and our commitments to you.

In the words of the Chief Constable, Mr Rod Hanson this will mean that going for-ward it is the constabulary’s ambition to provide a neighbourhood policing service of which you, and Gloucestershire constabulary can be proud of. Prevention will be at the heart of our work, through well-informed collaborative problem-solving, building participation and strengthening the communities we serve.

We will remain part of those communities, known and accessible to you, and polic-ing in a way that both prevents harm and enhances your trust in us.

All of my officers and staff have a significant part to play in the service we deliver in your neighbourhoods.

But policing is too important a task to be left to the police alone and we recognise the enormous amount of strength in our communities. We will strive to involve you as citizens, and uphold the tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police.

What will this mean going forward for your Community?

For your local Policing area this will mean that you will have designated officers and PCSO who will once again be located within the local community, interacting with lo-cal schools, community groups and businesses as well as the people who live there.

We value your opinions on how your local area is policed, and therefore will be holding monthly surgeries at the Kingsway Community centre, and encourage local residents to visit and discuss any issues or concerns relating to their community.

Whilst there you will have the opportunity to complete a Policing survey, with a series of questions concerning your opinions and views on local policing.

It’s our aim to ensure that your community is a safe and stronger place to live in.

Regards.PCSO Kevin Lee.

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Monday Short Mat Bowls Club 10am-12pm Contact Jenny Hill 07713547799Private Dance Classes 5.00pm -9.00pm Contact Mike or Pat - 01452 721866TuesdaySlimming World 9.30am-11.00am Contact Nikki - 01452 528834Golden Age, First and Third Tuesday in the Month 2.00pm -3.30pm

Contact Jenny - 01452 883509

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Wednesday Twinkle Tots 9.30-11am, (Term Time Only) Contact Leona - 07852455138Womens Institute 2nd Wednesday in Month. 7.00pm- 9.30pmFred Wood Excercise Class 7pm-8.30p.m

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Messy Kingdom 12pm - 3pm Karina 07411731243ThursdayBoogy Beat 9.30am-10.30am Main Hall

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Tel: Mary the Booking Clerk on 01452 723033 or 07709933064

Short Mat Bowls, 2pm - 4pm Contact David- 01452 698831Childrens Dance Class, 5.30pm-6.30pm


Whist Drive, 7.00pm-9.15pm Contact Joan - 01452 528914Friday Slingmeet baby sling library meeting, 10.30am-12.30pm, 2nd Friday every Month

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Helen O`Grady Drama Class and Youth Theatre, 4pm-6pm (Term Time Only)

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Saturday Stepping Out Childrens Dance Classes,9am-10 am Tots Dance Class.10am-11.15 am Junior Dance Class,11.15am-12.30 pm Advanced Dance Class.


Sunday Morning and EveningGrace Church hold their Sunday eveing Service on last sunday of the month

Contact Rev Mark Grant-Jones 07798577394

Saturday afternoon after 1p.m. is available for bookings until 11p.m.Also Sunday afternoon 9am - 10pm for party bookings

Please telephone the Booking clerk on 01452 723033or Mobile 07709933064 email [email protected]

Visit www.quedgeleyvillagehall.co.uk

We offer discounts for charity bookings and also concessions for newly formed clubs and groups wishing to use the hall.

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EVERY THURSDAY AT SAINT JAMES CHURCH QUEDGELEY 10.00AM -12 NOON FOR THE NOT SO YOUNG BUT YOUNG AT HEART!

We’ve seen a few new faces at Chit Chat over the last few weeks. It’s good that word is spreading and our ‘regulars’ keep coming.

Thank you to Quedgeley Community Trust for contributing to the cost of a new water heater and wall mounted heater for our loo. It can become rather chilly in there on a cold winter’s day!!

As we approach Easter we shall be holding our usual Easter raffle with lots of lovely prizes to be won. Our Knit and Natter team usually come and sell their knitted goods, whilst our refreshment table continues to please everyone who visits.

If you would like more information on Chit Chat then please visit our website www.quedgeleychurch.org.uk

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Quedgeley News is currently looking for new advertisers for our 52 page community magazine that gets delivered directly to the door every month by an army of volun-teers.

Advertise your business in the Quedgeley News, with the knowledge that some of the proceeds from your advert go directly back into the local community to help local causes & groups.

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STJ’s

Family Worship and Praise…with laughter and fun!

STJ Family Worship and Praise saw a packed congregation at Saint James’ Church. Many young families joined in the service. The children’s play corner was heaving as youngsters played with toys, and crayoned in pictures. Along with this, the craft activity was making a Christingle from oranges, red tape, candle and sweets. Excited youngsters joined in the singing and worship as several read out their own prayers.

The morning flew by and it wasn’t long until hungry youngsters, their families and the rest of the congregation tucked into a tasty buffet lunch. Saint James’ Church offers a friendly children’s corner every Sunday from 10.00am until 11.30am. Most Sunday’s there are craft activities. Crayons and paper are read-ily available every Sunday with an assortment of books and toys.

Do come and join us – whatever your age!

Fr. John with Cedric the loveable puppet! One of the youngsters putting the final touches to her Christingle.

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Young People Taking Over?

Fanni (seen below), like many young people is studying hard for her upcoming exams. With more exam pressure than ever before, and a mountain of revision to do, young people like Fanni find themselves with much less leisure time than many generations before them.

However, every weekend, Fanni gives up her time to volunteer at Treasure Seekers Gift Shop. She works alongside adults with learning disabilities, those struggling with confidence and those seeking paid work to help run a shop that exists to train such people. So why does someone about to sit their exams, give up their precious free time to work in a Gift Shop?

Fanni came to us in 2016 with an eager desire for new skills and personal develop-ment but also to “do something useful to help others”. Now she reflects that: “vol-unteering at Treasure Seekers has become one of my biggest achievements in life and at the same time the most rewarding experience I could ask for.”

Far from the scary picture of youth ‘taking over’ in the news, Treasure Seekers con-stantly get the honour to work with young people, such as Fanni, who not only take initiative for their own personal development, but also have a passion for helping others!

Fanni has now become a volunteer supervisor, helping our other volunteers learn new skills too, she says she “loves working with an amazing team… and assisting them with their goals and objectives is great”. We are really proud of how much Fanni has achieved, and is now helping others to achieve too. Treasure Seekers have so many ways to empower and provide space for young people, why not en-courage a young person today to get involved, and begin a journey to fulfilling their amazing and unique potential?

Nathanael ArrowsmithGift Shop Manager

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In January we were pleased to welcome Mike Stratford who gave us a talk entitled "The Story of the Victoria Cross". The Crimean War brought the creation of a medal for all ranks. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert helped design the bronze medal and it was named the Victoria Cross. No lady has ever received the V.C. but 1,359 have been awarded to deserving men for conspicuous bravery or some act of valour throughout the country's military history since the medal came into being.

Chris Edwards came to our first meeting in February and told us about the interest-ing history of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. In 1824 after the Battle of Waterloo Sir William Hillary founded a charity dedicated to "The Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" and in 1850 the Government gave funding and it came under their control. In 1860 the R.N.L.I. was formed, but in 1869 it became independent again. Chris told us of the various aspects of their work, much of which is performed by courageous volunteers. It costs £177 million per year but it is still not government funded and depends on the generosity of members of the public. Finally, we were shown a film of a very dramatic sea rescue.

Please contact Jenny Sanford on 01452 883509 if you would like to join us. Meet-ings at Quedgeley Village Hall. First and third Tuesdays of each month. New time - 1.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m."

Golden Age Club

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Are you or your child in year 6 and looking join a football team?

Our Under 11's side are looking for new players to join them. Coached by an FA qualified coach, the Under 11's play in the Severn Valley Youth league with matches on a Saturday morning. Home matches are played at our excellent Waterwells facili-ties and training is on Wednesdays from 6pm to 7pm. If your child is interested in joining then please get in touch via our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Quedgeleywanderersfc/.

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The New Year has started on a high down at Little Meadow Early years and Out of School.

Nestled away on Green Farm Quedgeley we have been quietly keeping ourselves very busy. Jumping on a plane we crossed the channel to France, exploring food, learning some words and dancing the can can before jetting off to Australia where we danced like a Kangaroo and had snags for snack. Then we sailed to Egypt where we learnt to walk like an Egyptian, made our own pyramids and ate triangular things for snack. China next with dragons and cylindrical spring rolls before landing in Italy and trying to straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa and making our own unique Pizza’s.

Being nominated for a grant by one of our many supportive families and then find-ing out we had been awarded it was such a lovely start to the year and behind the scenes staff and volunteers are busy developing the next phase of our outdoor trans-formation, our sensory garden. Blue flooring will soon accentuate the sympathetic planting encouraging the children to sit and use every sense to explore nature and wildlife. The next phase planned is our growing beds as soon as funds allow. Whilst our all weather area was completed at the end of last year.

We are always happy to increase our Little Meadow family and will consider taking children from the age of two. To find out more about our exploits please visit our facebook page or web site www.littlemeadowgroup.co.uk or give Clare a call in the office on 01452 725834 or better still pop down and meet the team.

If you have an issue that you would like to share with our readers, please put pen to paper and send your letters to :

The Editor or Dave Talbot84a Thatcham Avenue

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Call me on 07876 828391 or email me at [email protected]

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Local Clubs, Groups & Classes at Quedgeley Community CentreTo book a hall call 01452 721552

MondayDucklings Playgroup Contact Mickey – 01452 553535Supa Strikers Contact Marion – 01452 555202Fun Fit & Toned Contact Wendy – 07798 622060Maritme Cadets Contact Gary – 01452 539540Monday Klub Contact Judy – 01452 814311Whitminster Ring Craft Contact Ms Edwards-01454 260740Art Class Contact Tina – 01452 538163Wild Cats Cheerleading Contact Jacqueline – 01452 741711Building Circles Contact Amy – 01242 244998

TuesdayTai Chi Contact Marion – 07580 232531Wild Cats Cheerleading Contact Jacqueline – 01452 741711Move 2 Cheer Contact Jacqueline – 01452 741711GKR Karate Contact Pete – 07852 292218Quedgeley Modern Dance Contact Mrs Thomas-01452 527633Severn Vale W I Contact Mrs Hodgett-01453 511484Kumon Maths Contact Iain – 01242 527526Slimming World Contact Nicki – 01452 528834Sharp Life Contact Julie – 01452 690205Adult Ballet Contact Jacqueline – 01452 741711

WednesdayShort Mat Bowls Contact Lesley Taylor 01452 302347Yoga Contact Claire - 01452 864820Mature Movers Contact Helen – 07850 321906Weight Watchers Contact Sarah – 07747 108132Stamp Inspirations Contact Kerry – 01452 740532Fun, Fit & Toned Contact Wendy – 07798 622060Little Paws Dog Training Contact Estelle – 01452 690492Baby Ballet Contact Leanne - 07462 543496

ThursdayTumble Tots Contact Catherine – 0844 9840338Kumon Maths Contact Iain – 01242 527526Fun Fit & Toned Contact Wendy – 07798 622060Belly Dancing Contact www.belrobics.com

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FridaySamurai Martial Arts Contact Brian – 07971 584901Quedgeley Luncheon Club Contact Mary – 01452 724288Seniors Exercise Club Contact Jean- 01452 549886Academy Martial Arts Contact Steve – 07496 227917Sharp Life Contact Julie – 01452 690205Move to Dance Contact Jacqueline – 01452 741711Adult Ballet Contact Jacqueline – 01452 741711Silver Swans Ballet Contact Jacqueline – 01452 741711Clubbercise Contact Lela – 07491 398644

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Interested in Coaching Girls Youth Football?

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Quedgeley Wanderers FC, a FA Chartered Community Club, is looking for individu-als interested in becoming a FA qualified coach to coach and develop girl’s youth football. No coaching experience is required, though desirable, as QWFC will put the successful candidates through the FA’s Level 1 coaching course. You will be aligned to a girls age group and be responsible for their development in accordance with the FA’s “The Future Game” guide for young player development. You will be sup-ported by a coach development programme and an existing network of experienced FA qualified coaches. Our youth teams train once a week in the evening and play matches on a Saturday or Sunday. This is a volunteer position and Club embroi-dered clothing will be provided upon completion of the Level 1 coaching course.

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Dear Readers,

What a very busy term this is turning out to be. We have welcomed parents in to share in their children’s learning – English, planning workshops and Harry Potter Problem Solving day and now World book day looks to be really fun with the chil-dren dressing up as a character from their favourite book. Some children from Year 2 have been selected to go along to the QLC Sports Hall Athletics, let’s give them a big cheer. Did you know that the school has its very own ‘Pets as Therapy Dog’ called Skye. She is currently listening to children read in our Puffins Nurture group and loves all the attention. Here is a brief look of what the rest of the children have been up to and learning in class so far this term.

In Year 1 we have been receiving lots of letters from Lord Farquaad, Shrek and Gingy all want-ing our help in different ways. We have made 'Wanted' and 'Missing' posters, wrote angry let-ters, made maps of new fairy tale worlds, made potions and yummy gingerbread men. We can’t wait for our next Chapter in 'Far Far Away' and see what happens next.

As part of our work on Amazing Spaces and Places Year 3 have been creating their own amazing space in the corridor. Taking inspiration from a book called The Win-dow the children have followed the life-story of Sam from his own birth to that of his own child - as told by the ever-changing view through his window. They created diary entries for every second year of his life as well as a huge collaborative collage of the first and last views in the book. A truly amazing space!

Year 4 are really enjoying learning about Europe. This term, we have been exploring holiday brochures as persuasive texts. We then decided to research our own choice of European cities and produce our own travel brochures.

Year 5 have welcomed a visitor from Shelter Box. They brought with them the shelter box and showed us the equipment which has been sent to people after a natural disaster. Our next job is to create a piece of equipment that could be used in a shelter box.

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Year 6 are thoroughly enjoying their Spring term theme “It’s a Kind of Magic” where their imaginations have been let loose. The children have produced some wonderful potion recipes in English this term and have written letters to accompany the enter-prise money raised for Teckels Animal Sanctuary. In Maths, the children have been learning the rules of BODMAS and have been furthering their understanding about fractions, decimals and percentages. We have explored the concept of electricity in Science and the children have explored a range of different circuit types, including parallel and series.The KEY Nursery – Wow! The new starters have settled in really well and enjoy playing and exploring in their new environment both inside and out. The children are looking forward to World Book Day so they can dress up and share a story with some of the Year 6 children as well as a lovely visit from Skye.

The Beacon Children’s Centre – provides the venue for some fantastic groups to run, such as Baby Clinics, Midwife drop-ins, Stay and Play groups, Baby Signing, Ante-natal and Perinatal groups, Breast Feeding Support group and Beauty Therapies. If you are interested in hiring a room at the Beacon Children’s Centre and want to know more please contact the Administrator on Tel 01452 728995 or email [email protected] or pop in for a leaflet.

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We began our term with four new girls who were all keen to become Brownies. As is usual we started with a games night, which is a good way for the girls to join in straight away. Each new girl is allocated a Brownie Buddy who is responsible for helping her in the first few weeks and then during the enrollment will bring the new Brownie forward, introducing her with the words "This is X, and she'd like to become a Brownie."

The following week was mini-trampolining. A visiting instructor brought mini-trampo-lines and the Brownies all thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

The rest of the half term was spent working for the Booklover badge. We began by visiting Quedgeley library where the staff explained the workings of the library and the Brownies had a quiz to encourage them to use the non-fiction books to find the answers. We finished with a story read by one of the staff. Our very grateful thanks to the staff for giving us such an interesting evening. Once we were back at the com-munity centre we learnt how to cover a book, and every Brownie took home a new book they had covered. They have also made bookmarks and took part in a quiz to show how much they had learnt from their trip to the library.

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SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLEWith

SAINT MARY MAGDALENE

Quedgeley & KingswayDear Parishioners and Friends,

Our journey through the church year has taken us well into the season of Lent. Some people may have taken up the Lenten discipline of fasting or refraining from eating certain foods or drink, others may have taken up a new and exciting challenge. Lent-en disciplines continue through until Easter with one exception – Mothering Sunday! On the 11th of this month, Mother’s will no doubt be receiving gifts of chocolates and cards from their children – young or old. Mothering Sunday has its roots in the 16th century and had little to do with Mothers. It was a time when people would travel to their Mother church, the place they had been baptized in or where their families lived. As the years past it became the tradition for those in domestic service to take a gift home for their Mothers on that day. The gift usually was a cake – known as the Simmel Cake and hence the Lenten fast was interrupted for the one day.

Nowadays, the card companies and retailers begin printing and selling Mother’s Day (now a familiar term) cards, months in advance. The number of flowers and choco-lates sold, rise in the shops and restaurants advertise Mother’s Day lunches galore. The economy booms!

Don’t get me wrong, I think it is important to thank our Mothers for all they have and still do for us by sending a card, buying flowers or taking them to lunch. For many, it may be a reflective time, remembering Mothers, who are no longer with us. However, we should not forget the origins of the day, a time to visit the Mother church.

Come and join us at Saint James’ on that day. Bring your Mums, Grandmas or Great Grandmas, everyone is welcome including Dads, make it a family occasion! The service starts at 10.30am, so you’ll have plenty of time to take Mum out to lunch after the service. Let’s uphold that old 16th century tradition by attending church, thank-ing God for our Mums, for all they do and have done for us. You’ll receive a warm welcome here at Saint James’ and Mums – you may receive a little surprise gift too!

With every blessingFr John

Parish Priest and Rector

Other dates for your diary

STJ’s – 4th March – Family Worship & Praise with Craft & Lunch – 10.30amGood Friday – 20th March - Liturgy of the Cross + Holy Communion – 12pmEaster Sunday – 1st April – Holy Communion + Children’s Craft and Play Area - 10.30am

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Quedgeley Town Council News

Congratulations to our Clerk and RFO, Mrs Webster who recently gained a distinc-tion in the Certificate of Higher Education in Local Council Management. This is the result of 2 years of hard work and further supports the council’s concept of profes-sionalism in its capacity as your local council. The Council endorses professional development and is pleased to have both a Deputy CiLCA qualified and the Clerk achieving the Cert HE in Community Governance.

The Council has now opted to progress further in the local council award scheme and is now actively working towards obtaining Quality Gold Status.

P/052 17/01402/FUL Hasfield Road Conversion of existing double garage to hobby room / art studio

P/050 17/01199/OUT Rudloe Drive Outline application for resi-dential development (up to 80 dwellings), associated infra-structure, ancillary facilities, open space and landscaping. Construction of vehicular and pedestrian accesses from Rud-loe Drive (All matters reserved) (Framework Plan 5 Area FP5)

P/051 S.16/0043/OUT Land at M5 junction 13 West of Stonehouse

Development now comprises a 5,000 capacity football stadium and other ancillary use (Use Class D2), two full sized grass pitches with a goal practice area (Use Class D2), car parking for cars and coaches and highways improvements to the A419 in-cluding a signalised site junction and combined cycle/footway. All matters are reserved save for access

Planning Applications – snapshot

Other News.. Saturday morning surgeries are now set to commence in Tesco and will be held every other month, starting on Saturday 17th March 2018, 10.30 – 12.30. These surgeries will be attended by at least two Town Councillors and will be held in conjunction with your local police and library to help provide a joined-up service to our residents. We will be easy to find as we will be in the foyer as you walk into Tesco so please come along if you have a burning issue you would like to speak to us about. Thank you to Tesco for facilitating this.

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Finance – Your councillors have been meeting and discussing the forthcoming fi-nancial year and are pleased to be able to offer another productive budget for our residents with no financial increase. Careful budgeting will ensure that services already provided are maintained with additional expenditure built in to cater for improvements to playparks, community centres etc. Setting the budget is time consuming as many months of discussions take place beforehand to ensure that the community is represented as a whole with the council remaining mindful of the constant financial restrictions faced by our residents. Our residents want to see where their money is being spent and we recognise this. This year also saw the council change its name to Quedgeley Town Council with an assurance that this would not prove detrimental to the community. We hope that by maintaining the precept figure for each household as it was for 2017-18, you will appreciate our level of service and commitment to you all.

Quedgeley Town Council were delighted to work with Quedgeley Wanderers FC again on a successful grant application to Quedgeley Community Trust, this time to purchase new goal posts for the Astro Turf at Water-wells Sports Centre. The old posts desperately need-ed replacing but the costs involved made this difficult. Quedgeley Community Trust granted one half of the costs required and Quedgeley Town Council provided match funding to enable the new goal posts to be pur-chased. We have already received numerous mes-sages of appreciation for the goals and it shows what

can be achieved when community groups work together for the benefit of all. The photographs are Kevin Tudor, Chairman of QCT and Joe Alps, Development Officer at QWFC.Don’t Forget the Annual Easter Egg Hunt is fast approaching and will be held once again at the Nature Reserve off Curtis Hayward Drive on Monday 2nd April, starting from 10am until all the eggs have been found or eaten!! Always a very successful family event which last year was even busier than normal so to avoid disappoint-ment please turn up early. There are only so many eggs and easter egg packs to go around. There will also be hidden eggs throughout the Reserve which if found will warrant an even bigger egg, as well as the old favourites of name the bunny and colouring competitions. Please come along and join the fun.

TOWN COUNCIL OFFICE OPENING HRS: School Lane Office: Mondays – Fridays 9.30am – 2.30pm

Kingsway Office: Tuesday mornings: 9.30am – 1.00pm. Chair, Graham Smith, Quedgeley Town Council

Committee Chairs, Cllr Steve Smith – Recreation & Amenities, Cllr A Potts Community Buildings, Cllr G Smith – Finance & General Purposes

and Cllr J Logan - Planning & Development. Town Clerk, Jacquie Webster Tel: 01452 721552 Email:[email protected] website: www.quedgeley-pc.gov.uk

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Field Court C of E Infant Academy.

It's been a busy term at Field Court C of E Infant Academy. Our whole school topic of Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, Fairy Tale Fun, has captured the creative minds of our children and adults alike!

Mrs Peacey and Pepe the puppet have been in to two assemblies entertaining the children with their story telling antics. Last week was National Storytelling Week and amongst other fun activities, the staff re-enacted Snow White. The children thor-oughly enjoyed seeing Mr Smith as the handsome prince!

In Nursery, the children have been looking at Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They have painted fabulous pictures of bears to dis-play on their wall, and have been role playing in the home corner with real porridge oats. In Pre-school they have been busy making honey sandwiches to celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day and some of the children created their own masks.

Reception have been working hard on writing full sen-tences using The Three Billy Goats Gruff as a stimulus. They have also been drawing pictures; really taking their time and care in what they are drawing. The children have been enjoying acting out and telling stories using props outside too!

This week, Year One have been in the Forest School area making a warm nest for the Ugly Duckling. They then wrote instructions to let other people know how to do it. They used twigs, mud, sticks, branches and soft leaves. The children worked to-gether as a team to make a cosy winter home for the duckling. Well done Year One!Year 2 have visited Redwood Forest, part of the Slimbridge Estate. First, they used their map reading skills to follow a trail of clues and work out the mystery story. They created the different scenes from Hansel & Gretel using resources they found on the forest floor and acted out the story in groups. They took turns to see each perfor-mance and they were amazing! After lunch, they all had hot chocolate and biscuits. Then, they built their own beanstalks using logs, stumps and sticks. Although it was a little cold and very muddy, they had lots of fun! What a fantastic trip!

We are looking forward to term 4 and the teachers are busy planning exciting learn-ing opportunities in our topics; Out of this World, All Aboard and Don't Push That Button all have an air of mystery to them!

Adam OsborneActing Head Teacher

Field Court C of E Infant Academy

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Quedgeley is a big place (over 17,500 residents). But although the sports facilities, particularly in Kingsway, are good, the ‘centre’ is short of cultural amenities by com-parison with older towns (like Cirencester, population >19,000). So spreading the word about the increasing number of cultural events happening in our city centre gives more options to Quedgeley residents and families.

Firstly the Strike a Light Festival takes place from the 21-27 March 2018 with some amazing performances and artist programmes – mostly chosen as the best from the Edinburgh Fringe or London shows. So do check out their website for details on www.strikealightfestival.org.uk. Our Culture Trust’s new tie up with the Camden based Roundhouse will also bring more great drama and dance to Gloucester later this year.

There’ll be a mini Aetheflaed festival on the 9-10th June to celebrate this wonderful but still unknown queen. She was Alfred the Great’s daughter, helped unite her king-dom, created St Oswolds Priory in Gloucester and was buried close by. Check out www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk soon for more details. The main Gloucester His-tory Festival (I should declare an interest as its Chair) will also be back in September with more events and better use of all of Blackfriars.

Lastly I must mention our museums. The Life Museum, on Lower Westgate Street is underappreciated and has some wonderful exhibits – like the original post war Civil War gate on Southgate Street – the City Museum is in good shape and the Water-ways Museum was reinvigorated not long ago. As with all Museums it’s a case of use them or lose them!

The other thing to highlight is childcare. Good childcare services are critical for a city with a high employment rate like ours. The Government will spend a record £6 billion on childcare by 2020, with more support for working parents: alongside the newly ex-tended 30 hours free entitlement scheme, parents claiming Universal Credit can now get support for up to 85% of their childcare costs for children under 16, and parents on higher incomes could be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare. To find out more visit the government website on www.childcarechoices.gov.uk. Meanwhile a new Secret Garden nursery opens off Cole Avenue in Lower Tuffley (the ex-Gladiator pub) on February 19th. It’s a good example of creative regeneration serving families.

Culture and childcare: two aspects of what a city must provide to be a great place to live, and both improving in Gloucester. Send me your queries on [email protected].

Best regards

Richard GrahamMP for Gloucester

01452 501167Twitter: @richardgrahamuk, Facebook: fb.me/richard4gloucester

Richard Graham MP

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