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March 2015

Not working or in education for 12

months+ ?

18-24 years old?

Want to get your dream job?

Get the job you want!

Get the skills to pay the bills!

Call or Text NOW 07436 582314

The Prince’s Trust are lead partners on the project working in partnership with

Voluntary Norfolk in Norwich to support young people.

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Talent match is a 5 year big

lottery funded project to help

18-24 year olds who’ve been

unemployed or out of

education for at least 12

months. Each young person

receives the ongoing support

of a Youth Advocate to help

them get a job.

The Prince’s Trust are lead

partners on the project

working in partnership with

Voluntary Norfolk in Norwich

to support young people.

There is no time limit to how

long we can work with a

young person, they don’t have

to be in receipt of a benefit

and support is tailor made to

suit each individual young

person.

Fay says “Talent Match saw

my potential, believed in me

and valued my opinion”

For more on The Princes Trust

See page 4 ‘Get Into Hospital Services’

programme at the NNUH.

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Chapel Break Village Hall Chapel Break Village Hall which opened in 1984 is situated on Harpsfield and

offers a range of services and activities for community members. Rooms are available to hire for private parties, meetings and events.

As well as providing childcare for families by providing preschool, breakfast club and out of school club spaces in a safe well run environment there are a number of activities that may interest people of

all ages, these include Kung Fu, Twirlesque (majorettes troupe), St Johns Ambulance and Short Mat Bowls.

The Chapel Break Social Club offers members a friendly local place to

have a drink and entertainment with others. It is open Friday 6pm - 11pm, Saturday 12 - 11pm

And Sunday 12 - 5.30pm

Chapel Break community association which manages the centre and Chapel Break social club are committees made up of local people, who

working as volunteers, oversee how the centre and the club are run for the benefit of residents.

Both committees are looking for volunteers to join them and

take part in the decision making and activities at the centre.

To learn more about being part of Chapel Break community association call the centre on 01603 442059 and ask to speak to Sara or Lesley, or

email chapelbreakbookings@hotmail.com

To learn more about joining Chapel

Break social club as a member or to be on the committee please pop in during opening hours to speak to

the bar volunteers or look them up on Facebook under Chapel Break

A special occasion. Want a party! Need to hold a meeting!

Chapel Break Village Hall Harpsfield, Chapel Break

Large or small room for hire ( Very Competitive rates )

Bar available for extra charge. For details Contact Veronica 731188

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NOTICE BOARD

Alzheimer’s Society will be launching some Dementia Friends information sessions for people living within the Bowthorpe

community over the coming months. This is in preparation for the

opening of the Bowthorpe Dementia Village.

In the mean-time if anyone wants to know more about the Society and the work we do, there is plenty of information within

our current cafes…..

Dementia Cafés provide an opportunity to meet regularly and talk about living with dementia in an informal social environment. They provide opportunities for people with dementia, families and carers to ask questions of professionals and learn from the experiences of others. A Dementia Café will provide information about dementia and practical tips about coping with dementia. Light refreshments are provided. To find your nearest one please

contact our Bowthorpe office on 01603 747153

Princes Trust ‘Get Into Hospital Services’ programme at the

NNUH.

If you are working with anyone who is:

Aged 16-25 * Unemployed

Able to travel to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (travel

expenses reimbursed)

Interested in gaining work experience and a potential job in the

following areas: portering, cleaning, catering, admin or health care

assistant Then please refer!

If you have a young person that would be interested to come along to

an interview to find out more, please email me their name, age,

telephone number and email address.

Look forward to hearing from you! Katrina.Rand@princes-trust.org.uk

**************************************** Table Top Sale Bowthorpe Church Centre Sat. 18th April 1 - 3pm

To book a table (£6 ) contact Janet Craske 01603 744237 Bowthorpe WI will have a table of craft items. Tea and cake !

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Danny

Community survey

and chance to win £10

voucher for ROYS

Slow Theatre Company, The Bowthorpe Community Hub

Steering Group and The Grow Organisation are currently proposing a community

creative project in Bowthorpe to develop Dementia awareness activities over the

next 18 months. All activities will be open to the community for people young

and old, and are dementia friendly.

We are launching a survey to understand the level of awareness of dementia already in the community. By answering the questions you can help shape the proposed project. All completed entries will be put into a draw for a £10 vouch-er for ROYS.

Paper copies of the survey are available in Bowthorpe Church, but you can have your say electronically through the following link:

http://www.sogosurvey.com/survey.aspx?k=SsSUQXWsTsPsPsP&lang=0&data=

The link is very self explanatory.

Bowthorpe residents: have your voice!

RHODA ROLL

The funeral of Rhoda (late of Ashwell Court)

will be held on Friday 6th March 2015

at 9.30 am at

Horsham St Faith’s Crematorium, Norwich

All who knew Rhoda are welcome to attend.

Donations, if desired, to the British Heart Foundation

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Bowthorpe Police Station Norfolk Constabulary Wendene Norwich NR5 9HA non emergency Tel: 101 lesteraj1@norfolk.pnn.police.uk

In this month’s issue I am focusing on security,

Contrary to popular belief most domestic burglaries are committed by opportunist thieves. Crime in Bowthorpe remains low, however over recent months a number of household have been targeted by such criminals. Criminals tend to select homes that look unoccupied or if homes have little or no obvious security in place where they think they won’t be seen. Often these spur-of-the-moment decisions are made when an easy target presents itself such as an open window, valuables being left on display or lapses of security.

By building home security into your daily routine you will greatly reduce the likelihood of becoming a victim of crime.

• Take time and meet your neighbours and get to know them. • Agree amongst yourselves to keep a look out for one another’s houses. • Trust your instincts, if you see something suspicious or out of ordinary report it to the police. • Start up your own Home Watch Scheme. Simply contact the Bowthorpe Safer Neighbourhood team and we shall get the wheels in motion. • Did you know you are 4 times less likely to be burgled if you are a member of an active Home Watch Scheme. • Please feel free to contact the Bowthorpe Safer Neighbourhood Team at one of our local meetings where you can express any concerns about the area where you live.

Practical suggestions. • Fit external lighting that comes on automatically at dusk and stays on until dawn. Only light areas that have good natural surveillance and not hidden areas that could potentially provide light for criminals to operate.

• Fit a burglar alarm or intruder alarms. Simply the sight of an alarm box outside your home may be enough to discourage burglars. There are various types of alarms and if you require advice, please feel free to contact Norfolk Constabularies Crime Prevention Officer.

• Don’t let your garden foliage get overgrown, they can provide cover for the burglars. Place trellis along the top of fencing; padlock garden gates.

• Fit good quality locks to your windows and doors and always keep them locked.

• Try to make your home look occupied whilst your away Invest in timers for lights and radios.

• Cancel deliveries which could mount up when your away on holiday.

By taking a few simple steps you can reduce the chances of becoming a victim of crime. If you require any additional help or advice, please feel free to contact the Bowthorpe Safer Neighbourhood Team and we will be happy to address any questions or concerns.

Tony Lester PC 1403 – Bowthorpe Beat Manager

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Main Service — 10 : 30 am Sundays

Sunday Evening Service — Usually 6 : 30 pm Check on website.

Wednesday 10 am Service of Holy Communion and Healing

For Roman Catholic services please contact Rev. Bill Dimelow Tel. 743476

or Fr. David Ward, The Presbytery, Townhouse Rd, Costessey Tel. 742812

The field connecting Three Score and Clover Hill is rapidly changing. It seems the amount of field diminishes on a daily basis. Many people feel disappointed at losing this green space. Fortunately once they have finished building the road through the field, it will revert to open land for a year or so until houses are eventually built.

Green spaces in our lives are important. They are places to play, to walk, to relax and simply be a human being rather than a human doing. Our lives can be filled with so many pressures and demands, and it is vital that we have space to breathe and to relax, space to enjoy and to be free.

This sense of an open space where there is freedom is what is meant by the word `salvation’. Its basic meaning is to `bring into a spacious environment.’ Salvation is to have freedom from limitation, and deliverance from factors which constrain and confine. In some senses salvation can mean healing or

rescuing from trouble.

The word salvation is at the heart of the Biblical story, where God seeks to rescue us from the trouble of sin. God is whom the Bible calls the author of salvation. In other words it is his idea. God’s greatest rescue plan, his plan of salvation, came in the person and ministry of Jesus.

At Jesus’ birth shepherds were told, `Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people (and that includes you reading this right now). Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord’ (Luke 2:10-11). Jesus is called our Saviour, the one who brings us salvation, the open space for us to live as God intends. In fact Jesus’ name literally means `God saves!’ Jesus came to restore our relationship with God through his death on the cross. The Bible says of Jesus, `Salvation is found in no-one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to us by which we must be saved’ (Acts 4:12).

So whether you walk the local fields or not, the open space of salvation

through Jesus Christ is waiting for you.

PRAYER FOR MARCH Loving God, thank you that you sent your Son Jesus Christ to die so that I may live, to rescue me so that I can live in openness and freedom. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Revd Mark Elvin

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Rest In Peace

Sheila Moore on 21.01.15 aged 79

Ray Sodeau on 06.02.15 aged 88

“The Day Thou gavest, Lord, has ended.”

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New Homes for Us Too !

Regular visitors to Bowthorpe Southern Park last January may have noticed

a small team from Conservation Works Ltd hard at work in the rain, snow and mud. The works undertaken consisted of:

The excavation of two new wildlife ponds in existing damp hollows near the western end of the site

Restoration of a dyke (drainage ditch) connecting two of the three large existing ponds

Paul Holley, Natural Areas Officer for Norwich City Council said: ‘’The three large existing ponds are valuable wildlife and landscape features, but as they contain fish and attract large numbers of birds like ducks and gulls they are of limited value as breeding sites for amphibians and aquatic insects. The new shallow ponds are designed to appeal more to breeding amphibians – frogs, toads and newts - and they should also be especially good for dragonflies. The excavation of the dyke – which we think may originally have been part of a stream that flowed through the site - should also restore a useful habitat for a range of aquatic plants and animals’’. A large excavator was used to carry out the pond and dyke works, and whilst this was on site the opportunity was taken to remove one of the two boardwalks at the existing large ponds. This was in a poor state of repair and it had started to become hazardous. The remaining boardwalk was found to be in better condition and it is proposed to retain this. Paul Holley added: ‘’We are very grateful to our contractors, Conservation Works Ltd, who had to work in pretty unpleasant weather and ground conditions. They managed to complete the works just before the River Yare burst its banks and flooded much of the area. The new ponds and restored dyke will complement the other improvements undertaken by the Norwich Fringe Project at Bowthorpe Southern Park over the past few years’’. The pond and dyke works have been funded under the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme (HLS) administered by Natural England, the government’s conservation advisor.

Parts of the fields down to the river are being developed and many of us lament losing them. Perhaps we are all the more appreciative of what will remain. We hope it may be possible to have Bunkers Hill Woods designated as a Local Nature Reserve: an officer from Natural England came to look at the woods at the end of

January. Bowthorpe marsh is already a Local Nature Reserve, one of eight in Norwich. The status of “Nature Reserve” helps to protect these natural spaces.

Also we are planning a Dawn Chorus walk to celebrate the Spring Equinox on March 21st. We will meet at 6.30 am at the car-park near the corner of Earlham Green Lane and Larkman Lane by Mount Mizar Church.

WHAT A . . .

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JUST POTTERING Jill’s ‘Master Composter’ tips - getting the right mix.

Improving your soil will produce good looking, healthy plants, resistant to pests & disease – and you can help almost any soil by adding organic matter in the form of compost. There are all sorts of myths about composting – many people think of a stinking, slimy heap covered in flies, or a pile of dried up old plants, harbouring rats and pests. But improving your mix of ingredients will give you rich crumbly compost, absolutely free, in a matter of months! Garden waste is not the only thing that you can put in your compost bin. At least 30% of most people’s household waste could be composted - helping to reduce the impact of global warming by cutting the amount of methane gas produced at landfill sites. Composting is nature’s way of recycling! So, how do you make this wonderful compost stuff? A healthy compost bin needs nitrogen, carbon and oxygen. The ‘greens’ provide the nitrogen, and the ‘browns’ provide the carbon and air pockets for oxygen.

find a suitable container, or start off with just a covered heap place it on the soil or grass in a warm spot then fill it with a balanced mixture, about 50/50 of ‘greens’ and ‘browns’

The ‘browns’ can include: egg boxes, toilet/kitchen roll tubes (left whole to provide spaces for oxygen), cereal boxes, corrugated cardboard packaging, newspaper, straw, hay, bedding from vegetarian pets, vacuum bag contents, tissues, paper towels, natural fibre fabric, cut up old wool jumpers, cotton Tshirts, feathers, egg shells, wood & paper ashes, garden prunings, twigs, hedge clippings, pine needles, cones etc. Your ‘greens’ can be: tea bags, grass cuttings, vegetable peelings, old flowers, fruit scraps, nettles, coffee grounds, filter paper, rhubarb leaves, annual weeds, pond algae, spent bedding plants etc. Then just leave your bin for thousands of bacteria, fungi, insects and worms to make it their home. If you want to speed things up, add a nitrogen rich ingredient such as farmyard manure (chicken / horse) or even human urine! For more information see ‘handy hints and essential advice’ at www.homecomposting.org.uk

We aim to walk through the woods down to Millenium Green, by St Mary’s church on the Watton Road. That way we should be able to listen to the singing of both woodland and marshland birds. Afterwards there are refreshments. You are warmly invited to come and listen to the birds and enjoy the refreshments. Your awareness and enjoyment of these natural spaces is even more crucial for their protection than the official “Nature Reserve” status. For more information ring 464650.

. . . WONDERFUL WORLD

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Men’s Shed 47-51 Pitt Street,

Norwich, NR3 1DE next door to Rightwear

working clothes shop near the Duke Street/inner ring road

roundabout From its humble beginnings in Australia, the Men’s Shed organisation has spread rapidly in recent years and now includes a new location in Norwich.

Men’s Shed offers an informal venue and extensive facilities where men can come together and work on a wide range of practical activities, such as wood and metal working, furniture restoration, vehicle repair, modal making and many more.

The members can either work on projects of their own or with others, and all ‘shedders’ enjoy a secure and friendly environment where help, tools and skill sharing are on hand. In addition, rather than working in

isolation, it is the social interaction with other likeminded fellows that remains the driving force of the organisation and has been found to be extremely beneficial to all.

The Norwich Men’s Shed is free to use and open Tuesday 3pm -6pm, Wednesday 2pm, 5pm and Thursday 7pm - 9pm.

To join the Pitt Street group please contact Andy Wood on 07584 253441 or email

andy.andywood@gmail.com Further information can also be found at www.menssheds.org.uk or

by visiting www.facebook.com/mensshednorwich

Brian Lamont. Humbleyard, Clover Hill

next door to Rightwear working clothes shop near the Duke Street/inner ring road roundabout)

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Costessey and Bowthorpe District Rainbows,

Brownies and Guides

February 22nd is a special day for members of the Guide Association; each year 10 million girls and young women and over one million adult volunteers around the world celebrate World Thinking Day. World Thinking Day, formerly Thinking Day, was first celebrated in 1926; February 22nd was chosen as it was the birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and of Olave Baden-Powell, his wife and World

Chief Guide.

This year Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers and Leaders from Costessey celebrated World Thinking Day with members from Hellesdon, Taverham, Horsford and Catton. The event was held at Hellesdon High School where the girls took part in fun activities to celebrate Guiding

across the world.

Did you know that Guiding started in Costessey in 1934 with 1 Guide and 1 Brownie unit. Today we have 5 Rainbow, 6 Brownie, 1 Guide and 1 Ranger unit. Each week 23 adult leaders with 9 unit helpers run

meetings to enable 218 girls to enjoy the benefits of Guiding.

What makes Guiding special; we are for all girls and young women, whatever their background and circumstances. We offer them fun, exciting activities and the chance to

make life-long friends.

We give girls a space where they can really be themselves with other girls and share the

experience of growing up as a girl in today’s world.

Girlguiding isn't just for girls. In total, we have around 100,000 adult volunteers and

supporters.

More than 80,000 amazing volunteers contribute over ten million hours to guiding every

year. In return, we offer training and the opportunity to develop new skills.

Could you help keep Guiding in Costessey by volunteering to help with one of our many

units who are looking for help to continue running their weekly meetings.

If you are able to help or would like more information please contact Julie Mears on

01603 749717 or Sue Rivett 01603 747733 or Sheila Hinton 01603 741989.

next door to Rightwear working clothes shop near the Duke Street/inner ring road roundabout)

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NOTICES FROM NEIGHBOURS

NORWICH ELECTRONIC ORGAN & KEYBOARD CLUB

We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at Drayton Village Hall, 7.30pm start. Entrance is £6.00 at the

door.

Tuesday 31st March – Andrew Varley Andrew started to take a keen interest in playing the electronic organ from the age of 13 and was mainly self taught, receiving encouragement from his father and the late theatre organist Eric Lord, plus inspiration from the many excellent professional organists of that time. He was involved in retail for a number of years but since 1991 has been playing professionally for organ clubs and festivals, dancing and private functions. For concerts Andrew uses the TRX Organ System comprising of Yamaha Tyros 4, Yamaha NP30 lower manual with a Ketron Pedalboard. He has visited our Norwich club on a number of occasions so we are confident of a good evening.

Do come and join us for an evening of good musical entertainment with like-minded, friendly people, you will be

very welcome. Martin Drake – Chairman 01603 745544

Costessey

Library Baby Bounce

and Rhyme

Time Every

Wednesday

10.30- 11

Aimed at

0-2yr olds.

All welcome.

241 Dvd's

Tuesdays 5 -

7.30 & Fridays

all Day.All welcome

Breckland

Bookworms

meets on the

last Tuesday

of month 5.30

- 6.30.

All Welcome

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Happy days! John

Hello Everyone Have you ever wondered what your reading speed is? Well the average speed is around 220 words per minute, but new technology for reading many times faster has now been developed.

Spritz Is a new way of reading where your eyes don’t have to read pages from left to right, which takes up about 80% of reading time, instead you just look at one word at a time as each word appears in the same place on screen. The developers say it’s like a treadmill for your eyes where you can choose the speed you are happy with and increase as you become familiar with it. The developers claim that in a trial one person reached 1000 words per minute and also scored quite high when tested on what he remembered about the article.

This new technology can fit on to gadgets from a PC down to a watch sized screen because only one word at a time is displayed. As each word appears you will see one of its letters is coloured red this is just to show you where to focus your eyes. Start at a slower speed and you will soon find yourself looking for the go-faster button!

After just a few minutes I found that 320 words per minute was quite doable. The developers claim that age is no barrier to using this technology. So let’s go Spritzing!! To find out more go to http://www.spritzinc.com or simply Google: Spritz

Upcoming events at Leyham Court: Monday 30th March 10.am Coffee Morning with Easter egg raffle, all proceeds to East Anglia Children’s Hospice - Visitors are most welcome. Our Monday evenings Tai Chi now has a new start time of 6pm (combines deep breathing and gentle movements) Great Fun, Visitors are most welcome.

Leyham Court

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ACORN FELLOWSHIP FOR THE OVER 50’s

Alternate Mondays 2.30 Bowthorpe Church

March 9th Sharon Hulbert “The Matthew Project”

March 23rd Speaker Pauline Lovelock

ASHWELL COURT

The time seems to have flown past since Christmas and now we are already thinking about the March issue. Hopefully the weather will have warmed up by the time this is published and the bulbs we have planted will be encouraged to bloom!

At Ashwell Court life has returned to normality and we are again enjoying our twice weekly exercises and also our lovely lunches. The Luncheon Club is thriving and the meals are delicious. We are very lucky to have Christine,

our new cook, who is such an excellent cook.

All are welcome to come along on Tuesday or Thursday for a 2 course lunch

with tea or coffee for £5.

We have recently added to our activities by having a meeting of a sewing and craft club once a week. The sewing can be anything, including knitting. ‘The craft can be whatever people want to do. Judy Fetherston who is a member, is available to help anyone. She is an expert on crafts, particularly card making etc. We will all pool any knowledge we have on any hobbies,

sewing, knitting or craft which you bring along. All are welcome.

We recently held a very successful Hoy evening preceded by supper of fish and chips or Chinese, whichever was requested. If you do not know what Hoy is, don’t ask. I don’t think I could describe it in a few words, but it is fun

and we all enjoy it.

On a very sad note, we have lost one of our long-standing residents. Rhoda Roll died in February after a short illness. She was a great character and will be very much missed by us all at Ashwell Court

and her wider circle of friends in Bowthorpe. (See page 5.)

On a happier note, we welcome our newest resident, Barbara Cleeton, and hope she has settled in well in her new home. We are so pleased that she

has already started coming to some of our activities here.

Well that’s all for this time. Bye for now. Best wishes. Margaret

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BRADECROFT

Regular entertainments are as follows.

Every Mon. 10am Coffee Morning Monday Afternoon Card Bingo 2.30pm

Tuesday Eve 8pm Darts

Every Thursday Afternoon Bingo 2.30pm.

Hello again well we are all looking forward to spring which is supposed be just around the corner it will be nice see all the gardens coming into Bloom

something to look forward to .

I had bit of luck the other day I lost my mobile phone on the way to the shops… Well would you believe it somebody found it and contacted my daughter. Phone recovered! Well, a big thank you to that woman. I hope she found the box of

Roses(choccy's) I left outside her front door.

Unfortunately we have had a couple of people fallen ill this month and we

hope they have a good and speedy recovery .

Now we are looking forward to see what day trips we have arranged for the summer Wishing you all well and keep those

Winter blues away

Thanks Bob

Please note new tel.

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Funky Families Community Group

clover hill village hall

Easter holidays

Week one

Thursday 2nd April

Fun zone children's entertainer

10am -12

£1 per person

Week two

Thursday 9th April leave at 9.15

am back at 5.30pm

Dinosaur park trip &coach

Only £8 per person (pre book at

group) under3 £3 each

To be continued in April magazine

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News from Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery

School

Our pupils have been exploring Christianity and the value ‘hope’. Some of the children wanted to share their hopes. ‘Every morning I hope my friend Ryan will be at school. He is kind to me’. Jaden

‘I still hope it snows so I can make a snowman’. Tamas.

‘I hope I will always be an even better big brother for my little brother’. Kunashe

The Nursery children hope that the gingerbread men they made will not run away! We are collecting the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers. All donations are gratefully received.

The children in Years 1 and 2 are Rainforest Explorers. They are learning how they can help to protect the rainforest and why this is important. Children will soon be visited by a real explorer who will share his survival skills. Let’s hope the children can build a shelter that is strong enough!

Join us for a coffee and chat. Every Thursday in term time. 8.30am – 10.00am

Don’t miss out! We have a couple of places for 3 and 4 year olds in our Nursery. Provision was rated as ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED.

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News from St Michael’s VA Junior

Sarah Claflin: Assistant Head

What’s Been On?

Year 3 have producing some amazing writing over the last half term and are now linking up with children in Australia, becoming ‘Pen Friends’. They have also been creating APPs in computing classes. If you have a child in Y3, ask them to login to Espresso and show you what they have created!

St Michaels’s Give

Generously for Syria

Appeal

Sadly, due to the war in Syr-

ia, 12.2 million people have

lost their homes. St

Michael’s families have

donated shoes, socks, warm

clothes and blankets,

sending a message of hope

to the Syrian families. The

school has made a significant

contribution to the collection

by ‘From NR with Love’, a

newly formed local charity.

Thank you to

our

community

for their

generosity.

A word from Eco-Council …

Eco-council and the school have

been thinking about litter and how

important it is to keep it off our

streets. The Eco-council have

asked the school to purchase a

number of new bins for the school

and these seem to be working a

treat. Eco-council say

always hold on to your

rubbish until you find a

bin.

Morrison’s Let’s Grow Vouchers

The school would be

grateful for any

donations of the

Morrison’s ‘Let’s

Grow’ Vouchers. Please hand

them in at the school office.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE Hi everybody Oz here again once more. This month we have many events such as St David and St Patrick’s day, Mothers day (don’t forget this) and Palm Sunday. I have tried to include words pertaining to these days in the Wordsearch. See how you get on with it.

y a d n u s m l a p

m o n i l a s i r f

d v s t n e v e r d

k c o r m a h s n m

n s e u e t i a t a

e e p d o w l i f r

i l e m i e o c i c

h a i r r v t l g h

t w t i g i a i f l

p a t r i c k d e u

DAVID EVENTS FLOWERS GIFT

GREEN IRELAND MARCH MOTHER PALM

PATRICK SHAMROCK SUNDAY WALES

Well that’s Oz finished for this month. I do hope you start to

enjoy the weather getting a little better as March progresses

and the days lasting a bit longer - more time to play out after

school in the light. Stay safe and keep well. Until next

time.

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COPY FOR APRIL ISSUE TO BE IN BY 15th MARCH Please deliver to

2a Saint Michaels Cottages, Bowthorpe Hall Rd, Bowthorpe, NR5 9AA

or email: bowthorpenews@yahoo.co.uk

Editor: Sally Simpson Tel. 01603 745698 Printer: Pride Press Ltd. Typing: Mary Cubitt Treasurer: Barrie Slater Childrens page: Oz ozziecatus@gmail.com

Advertising: keith.wright@laptoprepairsnorwich.co.uk t: 01603 748531 Distribution: M.Bolton, C.Newman (CH); L.Butt, M.Cubitt, M.Roberts (CB & TS)

Website: www.bowthorpenews.co.uk

. April issue published on March 27th . May issue publiched on May 1st

Brook hotel monthly meal &social

This subsidised monthly meal and social created by Claire Kerrison (Age UK )

provides transport to those who are non- mobile. Mini Bus driver Mike is a

cheerful and helpful gentleman who can collect those who are in wheel chairs

as he has a tail lift. Next one—Monday 9th March- contact Beverley

Rushbrook on 07747667540 .

Norkie brand new lunch and social, Bowthorpe shopping centre close to Roy's

Amazing chef June O'Sollivan has successfully opened a cafe in her local area

called "Jo's within the Norkie pub." June and her daughters Tanya and Toni

have made the cafe a success, featuring home -cooked lunches. . Age uk and

Jo's in the Norkie will be joining forces and hosting a brand new monthly

lunch and social, aimed at people over 50. The social will be lead by volunteers

Rose Hoy and Sue Hicks who both live in the area at local sheltered housing

schemes. The first lunch and social will on

Monday 23rd March

11am -2.30pm

2 course Home cooked meal

Consisting of a roast and dessert £7.95

If you would like to know more or would like to book your meal please contact

the age uk community agent Beverley Rushbrook on 07747667540