COTSWOLD TIMES BOURTON TIMES AUGUST 2014 ISSUE 53

Photo Competition 2014 PAGE 9-15

1 Man, 1,000 Bookshops PAGE 18-19

County News - Bourton Library, potholes PAGE 24

9 pages of EVENTS Things to do, places to go - and places to stop for a while ….. Plus your local sports clubs and community news

cotswoldtimes 2 “Family fun this August at Batsford Arboretum”

Relax with friends enjoying magical walks beneath the tree canopy, pick up all your gardening essentials and treat yourself to gorgeous gifts and great food in the Garden Terrace Café. Don’t miss the Big Batsford Bug Hunt in the arboretum throughout August Batsford is open every day 10am–5pm. Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre, Batsford, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9AB. 01386 701441 [email protected] www.batsarb.co.uk

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FROM THE EDITOR... INSIDE OUR AUGUST EDITION...

To be in this part of the world when it is looking so stunning is such a joy! FEATURES Around every corner of the road is a different view, changing every day as the fields turn gold and the green of the trees and hedgerows darken in the 9 - 15 PHOTO COMPETITION 2014 summer heat. So to have a perfect excuse to be out ‘in the view’ is heaven! 18 One Man One Thousand Bookshops - Rachel Silcock & David Harding Well, here it is…. our annual Photo Competition is in the magazines this month, a wonderful excuse to get out and about into our beautiful market 39 Bourton Equestrian Centre - Leanne Launchbury towns and villages spotting the architectural oddities, unusual artefacts and 41 Le Tour de Spectateurs - Robert Forster one-off items that caught my eye when we went out a couple of weeks ago to take the photos for this year’s competition. I hope you will enjoy identifying the photos – and please remember than every entry could win a prize, even the incomplete ones! REGULARS

In July the magazines welcomed two work experience students from 17 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books Chipping Campden School for a week – David Harding and Rachel Silcock, and we worked on creating a two page feature article from scratch to (almost) 20 Robb Eden on Tax - Job Vacancies and Volunteers print-ready in five days. Rachel and David had lots of good ideas and it was 21 Dates for Local Authority meetings, Blood Donor sessions a very enjoyable week – and you can read the finished article on pages 18 and 19. 22 Bourton Parish Council meeting in July

Also in July there was a bit of a cycle ride ‘up north’ somewhere, so Bob 23 Glos Police & Crime Commissioner promoting Safer Communities, Forster got on his bike to do a spectators’ view of ‘Le Tour de Yorkshire’. Meanwhile a storm of emotion has been building up about plans for a new 24 GCC News – Bourton Library, Potholes, Building Better Lives doctors’ surgery - the need isn’t the issue, but where it should be built. It’s LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY - Planning matters again – in our beautiful, irreplaceable Cotswolds AONB! Exhibitions, shows, cinemas, concerts, galleries, markets, museums and walks As always, there is an amazing selection of things to do, see and enjoy this month – the key is to take the opportunity and do just that. 33 Local Church Services

38 Village Halls Best Wishes Jenni Turner, Editor 42-45 News from some of our Local Schools 49 Reports from North Cotswold Rotary, Northleach Lions

With approximately 40,000 readers across the North Cotswolds , we are 50 Club Notices delivering the four community magazines to letterboxes in Stow on the Wold, Moreton in Marsh, Bourton on the Water & Chipping Norton and the villages 51 Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities listing (always a Work In Progress!) that use them as centres - Broadwell, Adlestrop, Oddington, Bledington, Icomb, Church Westcote, Nether Westcote, Wyck Rissington, Lower & Little Rissington, Great 53, 54 News from local Sports Clubs Rissington (part),Maugersbury, Nether Swell, Lower Swell & Upper Swell, Lower Slaughter, Naunton, Notgrove, Sherborne (part), Clapton on the Hill, Donnington, 55 Local Business Directory Condicote, Longborough, Bourton on the Hill, Temple Guiting, Guiting Power, Batsford (part), Blockley, Todenham, Aston Magna, Draycott (part) and Over Norton PLUS Centres With many thanks to all our many contributors this month, including: in Bourton on the Water, Chipping Norton, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, Caroline Fisher, Bob Forster, Julie Hall, Christabel Hardacre and Jan Marley Chipping Campden, Paxford, Shipston on Stour, Great Wolford & Little Wolford, Little & Long Compton, Whichford, Heythrop, Chadlington, the Wychwoods, Northleach, Burford, Kingham, Churchill and Salford. Cover photograph: “Harvest”©Mike Boyes(08.13)

Our next edition is for September 2014 Extra copies of Bourton Times are generally available in Bourton Visitor Information The copydate is 15th August 2014 Centre, The Motoring Museum, Dial House Hotel, the Surgery and the clinics.

Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to be reproduced for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or any member Contact Bourton Times on: of the team. The magazines are produced and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information printed in the magazine, the Editor/team do not accept any responsibility for the consequences of any errors that may occur. 07789 175 002 [email protected] www.bourtontimes.co.uk P O Box 6, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1WD Our design team this month was Eagle Design Ltd. 0800 170 7955 / www.eagledesign.net 5 Extreme Sports, Alternative, Music, TV and Film Clothing, Footware and Accessories

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Where is that? I know where that is! Where was that taken? I’ve seen that before... look up - look doWn - look behInd you!

Inside the August editions of Stow Times, Moreton Times, Bourton Times and Chipping Norton Times are a set of numbered photographs, all taken recently, one in each of the communities where we deliver the magazines every month. But - these are not average picture postcard images, and they may not be that easy to identify! The Challenge... To identify the communities where the photos were taken. You will need to get out and about in our stunning corner of the Cotswolds and look for something or somewhere which is on our doorstep - and which you might not have noticed before! And EVERYONE can have a go!

There will be loTS of winners nb. ONLY 2 of the team know where the photographs for the most correct answers of course, and for the were taken which means that everyone can join in! youngest/oldest entrant, the best family entry, the best local business entry, the best pub or club entry and more. That includes our contributors, our deliverers and editorial team, and everyone who has contributed prizes too. No- Timetable: one needs to be left out! So, The competition will run for 6 weeks, from August 1st to • make up a team, or 31st. Answer Sheets must be returned to the Editor by • organise a family outing or two, or Monday 2nd September 2012…please don’t be late, as late entries won’t count! The Winners will be notified early • talk your partner into getting involved,or in September and sent a voucher to claim their prize. Our • get out on your own September edition will include a list of all the contributors who kindly offered prizes This is your excuse to spend time around our gorgeous villages and towns and SpoT WheRe TheSe phoToS WeRe TAken.

The Answers There are 5 pages of numbered photos in every copy of Stow Times, Moreton Times, Bourton Times & Chipping Norton Times. The answer sheet over the page has numbered boxes - write down the name of the community (eg. Naunton) against the correct number, and send the answer sheet or a copy into the Editor to arrive before 4th September, either via P.O. Box 6 at Stow Post Office, Sheep Street, Stow on the Wold GL54 1WD, or by email to: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] (NB. Allow a week for posted entries to PO Box 6) notes. Every photograph was taken in the last few weeks, within the 30mph signs for each community, from public land/a road, pavement or footpath, and not on private land. All the items photographed are expected to still be visible, without ladders, binoculars, etc. There is no trick photography and every photo was taken in one of the communities we deliver to. These are Moreton, Todenham, Evenlode, Kingham, Bledington, Maugersbury, Stow, Condicote, Longborough, Donnington, Broadwell, Adlestrop, Daylesford. Churchill, Idbury, Fifield, Ascott–U-Wychwood, Shipton-U-Wychwood, Chadlington, Charlbury, Chipping Norton. Bourton-o-t-Hill, Blockley, Aston Magna, Draycott, Chipping Campden. Gt Wolford, Little Wolford, Shipston-o-Stour, Whichford, Long Compton, Little Compton, Salford, Over Norton, Hook Norton, Heythrop. Bourton- o-t-Water, Little Rissington, Upper Rissington, Westcote, Gt Rissington, Clapton-o-t-Hill, Notgrove, Northleach, Temple Guiting, Guiting Power, Naunton, Upper Slaughter, Lower Slaughter, Wyck Rissington, Lower Swell, Upper Swell. Icomb, Lower Oddington, Upper Oddington.

Details of the prizes and the contributors will be detailed on a card or voucher and send to the winner(s); some businesses may apply terms and conditions (for instance: that the voucher should be used within a certain time). Stow Times/ Moreton Times/ Bourton Times/ Chipping Norton Times cannot enter into any discussions regarding the prizes/vouchers and accept no responsibility for what is contributed / any terms or conditions which may apply. Editor

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Earlier in the year I wrote about the “forgotten tax”, national insurance. I pointed out that our basic tax rate is really 32% rather than the 20% as most people think. I had a long conversation with one reader who is still convinced that my figure is wrong as it states quite clearly that they are paying 20% tax. For years we have all been conned by successive governments as not only do they not include national insurance as tax but they also confuse people by setting a lower threshold for national insurance so making people pay “tax” before they reach their personal allowance (£10,000 for 2014/15). This is as big a con as asking us mugs pay for road tax & then spending the money on everything but potholes! It’s about time that this anomaly is scrapped and governments come clean about how much tax we are really paying!!

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20 LOCAL AUTHORITIES AUGUST 2014

C.D.C Committee BOURTON PARISH COUNCIL BOURTON PARISH COUNCIL NEXT MEETING WED 6TH AUGUST NOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING Meetings - AUGUST PLEASE CHECK NOTICE BOARD JULY 2014

Members of the public are encouraged to Residents are welcome to attend Abbreviated notes from the Meeting by Linda meetings. Questions* from the public relating Burke, Assistant Clerk are published attend meetings of the Council and to a proposal in discussion by monthly in Stow Times. Committees. If you live in the District and are Cllrs may be taken prior to Council voting Full Minutes of meetings, associated on the Electoral Register you can take part on that proposal. General questions are committee meetings and correspondence by asking up to two questions per meeting. taken at the end of the meeting. are available in the Stow Council Office situated in George Alley off The Square. Information about your Councillors and * A max of 3 minutes allowed. There is a letterbox in the main door. committee members are on the website www.cotswold.gov.uk Town Councillors are available before & after The Council office is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays the meeting. District & County Cllrs, & Thursdays 10am-1pm (subject to meetings) representatives of Stow Police and local Tues 5th Licensing Tel: 01451 832 585 Press regularly attend. Tues 13th Planning E: [email protected] Tues 20th Appeals (subject to business) ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION Tel: 08000 514 514 Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and The information is continuously updated. Please check by phone or online Minutes can be found on the Council's www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks Committee Information System. Also available are details of your Councillor, Committee Ambulance response times in the North Cotswolds Meetings including dates, times and venues and Membership of the Committees.. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, MP and Lynden Stowe, Leader of Cotswold District Council, met with Ken Wenman, CEO, and Heather Strawbridge, Chairman, of the SW Ambulance Trust. ‘The meeting was pretty frank and blunt on both sides’. Mr Wenman made a number of important points.

• The 8 minute target for the most serious life threatening Red One calls take priority - anything less than acutely life threatening, particularly in rural areas, will get a slower response time. • Demand for ambulances in Glos has increased by 8%. The Trust is only partly funded for this and will not be funded at all next year. • Hospital turn-around times are unacceptably slow • Figures show the Cotswolds are healthier than other areas in Glos, requiring less emergency & non- emergency ambulance treatment.

BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH: However, the ambulance trust will consider stationing an additional 12-hour double crewed SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR, Sheldon Bosley Hub ambulance in the North Cotswolds for a pilot period of 3 months to examine whether this will help reduce response times. 21/08/2014 CHIPPING CAMPDEN, Chipping Campden School 26/08/2014 CHIPPING NORTON, Glyme Hall Saving Our Magnificent Meadows. 01/09/2014 This national conservation project is targeting just under 6,000 hectares of wildflower meadows and grasslands in nine strategic landscapes across the UK, including the Do Something Amazing... Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It will give people the 96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood. chance to visit, enjoy and learn about our wildflower meadows and grasslands, raising awareness of their desperate plight and equipping communities with the Please don’t leave it to someone else. knowledge and skills to reverse this devastating trend.

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Explore the The AONBs and National Parks are considered to be the most special landscapes in the country and belong to an international group of protected areas. The Cotswolds is the second largest protected Cotswolds landscape in England after the Lake District National Park and represents 10% of the total AONB area BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT in the UK, covering 2,038 square kilometres (790 square miles), from Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the north, through Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, to Bath and Wiltshire in the • Bus and train route maps and information for south. great days out • Cotswold Way National Trail Saving Our Magnificent Meadows in the Cotswolds AONB are Eleanor Reast and Katherine Holmes, • Places to see, things to do. who are focusing on the restoration of flower-rich limestone grasslands along the Cotswold scarp and www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk river valleys over the next three years. This includes recruiting and training grassland volunteers and champions, organising events, open days and guided walks for the public, undertaking species surveys and restoring up to 1,125 hectares of wildflower grassland across the Cotswolds. There were Calls will cost 15p irrespective once natural wildflower meadows in every parish – today only 2% of the meadows that existed in the of how long that call may last, 1930's remain. Nearly 7.5 million acres of wildflower meadow have been lost across the UK, and they on landlines and mobiles. are still being destroyed. Call 999 In an emergency, such as when a crime is in The Cotswolds was designated an AONB in 1966 in recognition of its rich, diverse and high quality progress, when there is landscape. This designation is intended to protect it from development. danger to life or when violence is being used or threatened. (www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk)

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Exhibitions, concerts, ‘flix in the stix’, bingo and a car boot sale; guided walks around Cotswold towns, open studios ‘ABBA’ tribute band; gardens in bloom and houses opening for the summer months; bands and dances, markets and crafts, a coffee morning and a duck race!

Adults and Walks across the Concessions £10 Cotswold hills with AUGUST Children £7.50 views across the Family ticket 2nd 5.30pm (2 adults and 2 fields…. children) £32

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Eyford, Guiting and The Slaughters Bourton-on-the-Water Sunday Services AUGUST Baptist Church Sun 3rd 8.30am – Benefice HC at Naunton Minister: Revd Ian Fowler 11am – WW1 Benefice Commemoration at Guiting Power Sun 10th 9.30am – Spirit of Naunton Service at Dovecote, Naunton Sunday Worship 10.30am & 6pm. 11am – Holy Communion at Farmcote Noah’s Ark Toddlers Group Monday 9.30am – 11.30am 11am – Matins at Temple Guiting Ladies Meeting (2nd & 4th of month) Wednesday 2.45pm – 3.30pm 11am – Matins at Upper Slaughter OPEN4U Thursday 10am – 4pm Coffee, light lunch, crafts, games, 6pm – United HC Service in Baptist Chapel at Guiting Power WIFI access and computer skills. Sun 17th 8.30am – Holy Communion at Upper Slaughter J-Team Friday 6pm - Primary aged children’s club 46pm – Rev Veronica’s Farewell Service at Guiting Power Sun 24th 8.30am – Holy Communion at Guiting Power Church Office: 01451 824225 9.30am – Holy Communion at Cutsdean Email: [email protected] www.bourtonbaptist.homecall.co.uk 11am – Family Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter 11am – Choral Holy Communion at Temple Guiting 6pm – Choral Evensong with US & LS at Naunton THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Sun 31st 8.30am – Holy Communion at Lower Slaughter Mass times for AUGUST 9.30am – Holy Communion at Temple Guiting Our Lady, Help of Christians, 9.30am – Village Holy Communion at Naunton Bourton-on-the-Water 11am – Family Service at Guiting Power Sunday Mass: 8.30a.m. 11am – Holy Communion at Upper Slaughter Our Lady & St Kenelm, Back Walls, Stow-on-the-Wold Sunday Masses: 10.00 am & 6.30pm

The Assumption - A Holy Day of Obligation - Masses: at Bourton: Thursday 14 August – 7.00pm St Lawrence, Bourton on the Water at Stow: Friday 15 August – 10am and 7.00pm Sunday Services in AUGUST For times of Confessions, or other information, please call 01451 830431 or visit our website: www.stowrc.co.uk 8am Communion on 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month 11am Family Service (all-age) on 1st Sunday of the month Communion on 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month Morning Worship on 3rd Sunday of the month 6pm Communion on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month Stow-on-the-Wold Jubilate on the 2nd Sunday of the month Methodist Church

On the 4th Saturday of each month SUNDAY SERVICES IN AUGUST 10.30am. All welcome 9am Saturday Breakfast Church food, craft, songs, prayers and Sunday 3rd MR DAVID LUNN stories for all ages Sunday 10th REV MALCOM COOK Sunday 17th REV SOBA SINNATHAMBY Every Wednesday 10am Communion Sunday 24th MRS CHRISTINA COND Sunday 31st MR DAVID LUNN Bumblebeez meets in church every Thursday, 9.30 – 11.00am, fun for babies & toddlers, chat & coffee for parents and carers – all welcome. Sunday Club Contact: for primary aged children meets during the 11am service at Bourton on the Jackie Palmer – 01451 822285 2nd Sunday of the month. Larry’s Youth Group meets every other Friday Graham Simms – 01451 822545 evening for activities and fun, JoStL meet every other Wednesday for bible discussion and chat (age 11+). St James’, Clapton on the Hill St James’ Church, Sunday Services in AUGUST Clapton on the Hill

9.30am Communion on 1st Sunday, Morning Worship on 3rd Sunday The church of St James’ Clapton on the Hill is situated 3 miles south of Bourton Contact Rev Rachel Rosborough, 820386 for more information or go to on the Water overlooking the Windrush www.bourtonparishchurch.co.uk valley. The village has a population of about 100 and the church is the only public building. The church dates from the 11th century and is technically Quakers – The Religious Society of Friends a chapelry of St Lawrence’s. It is one of the smallest churches in Sunday 11:00 a.m. at The Friends Meeting House,Pytts Lane, Burford Everybody Gloucestershire and seats only 45 people comfortably. Welcome. For more information contact Howard Crook www.bourtonparishchurch.co.uk/st-james-clapton 01451 810 447 or go to http://www.burford-quakers.org.uk

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Here are some of the most common causes and what you can do to help;

1. Commuting and Computing; your back is compressed when you sit for too long so try to move as much as possible during the day, and align your spine properly when sitting.

2. Overdoing it at the weekend; gardening or a game of tennis when your body isn’t prepared are two common culprits. The only preventative solution here is exercise.

3. Absentmindedness; picking something up from the floor, loading the dishwasher – it’s always the simplest of things. Prevent this by teaching your body to engage its core muscles properly .

If you do find yourself suffering, the first step is to get things checked by a professional to rule out any serious damage. After that, a programme of stretching, strengthening and back maintenance can work wonders for long term relief. THE WORST THING you can do is NOTHING!

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Chipping Norton School hosted a ‘Big Bang’ fair. A group of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) ambassadors delivered a host of activities to inspire our students about the STEM subjects and to encourage them to consider future careers in these areas. The Art and Technology departments held an evening exhibition that celebrated all the hard work of the GCSE and A level students. After two years it is wonderful to see a body of work that demonstrates and celebrates the talents and creativity of our students. Whilst learning about the importance education plays in countries’ In July we celebrated the end of our school’s Silver Jubilee year with the development our KS3 students have created and annotated 'buddies' for official opening of the Mathematics Block overseen by Mavis, Viscountess the global ‘Send My Friends to School’ campaign. They sent them to Dunrossil and Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP. Lady Dunrossil was the David Cameron to urge him to keep his promise and get all children into founding Chair of Governors for The Cotswold School when it opened its school by 2015, as agreed in the Millennium Development Goals. Mr doors as a new school in 1988 and has been a dedicated Governor and Cameron replied saying “Thank you for taking the time to address this supporter ever since. We also honoured three members of staff with important issue; it is most encouraging seeing you taking an interest in the Long Service Awards. Mrs Helen Kempson, Mr Derek Thomas and Mrs lives of children less fortunate than yourselves." Budding geographers and historians spent 2 days in London studying its Jan Paish have together given more than 90 years service to education development from a geographical and historical perspective. The students and made an enormous contribution to the life of The Cotswold School. enjoyed a river cruise and went on the London Eye to gain a bird’s eye view of the capital. They completed learning tasks at the Museum of Meanwhile, London and the Museum of London Docklands and also visited the a team of Olympic Park. students The Languages Department took a group of GCSE French and German were at students to a ‘Business meets Languages’ conference at Tudor Hall Fairford Air School. During the course of the day students did a variety of activities to Tattoo, with highlight how languages can be used for global communication and Dr Major trading. and Mr Parents were treated to evening performances by our talented musicians Hanagarth, and singers at our annual Summer Soiree and both the Chipping Norton taking part School Jazz Band and Revival performed at Cornbury Music Festival. in the Schools’ Challenge, learning about the science The Year 7 humanities group led a World Cup-themed festival at Holy and engineering behind aircraft, marvelling at the Red Trinity School. They taught the younger students about the host county Arrows and catching up with HRH The Prince of Brazil and then they taught them some football skills. Both sets of students Wales. The Cotswold School’s pupils were fantastic were a huge credit to their schools and deserve huge congratulations. ambassadors and were delighted to meet Prince Congratulations are due to two of our students, Rosa Avilez and Rosie Charles, who took the time to share a joke with Year Caldwell who made it to the final of the Young 8’s George Salf (who was wearing a full bomb disposal suit at the time!) Fashion Designers UK final. Against stiff Our pupils were interviewed by BBC Radio and were a credit to the competition Rosa Avilez won first prize in the A2 school. category and Rosie Caldwell won a highly commended award for her work at GCSE level. Over the summer our grounds, buildings and sports facilities are available Rosa has won a work placement with to our community with Cotswold District Council also running their Inkberrow Design Centre where she will design wonderful multi-sports days. To find out more about what is on or to her own 6 piece capsule collection. Her work make use of the facilities we have on offer at The Cotswold School, will be showcased at many fashion events over please contact Matt Walton on [email protected]. the next 12 months. This month, we wish our upper school students ‘Good Luck!’ with the upcoming GCSE and A Level Results and a very fond farewell to those who are moving on to exciting careers, colleges and universities. Please keep in touch! Sherborne C of E Primary School From Gill Stratford, School Administrator

Sherborne Primary School have won this year's, ' Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust' Primary Schools Quiz. The final took place at Eastington Village Hall on Wednesday 2nd July and is the culmination of an annual event which runs over a period of six months. This year over 90 schools took part and in the final we came up against Clearwell Church of England Primary School from the Forest of Dean and St. James Church of England Primary School from Cheltenham. As those taking part know, the questions are very challenging, often baffling the audience of adults, and the quiz is always a close run affair. The team, consisting of Ferdy, Kenny, Henry, Ellen and Amy were delighted with the win and we are looking forward to taking part again next year.

42 Cold Aston C of E Primary School Swell School by Katie Walker Headteacher: Miss Alexandra Symondson From Judy Morgan School Administrator Sports The Y4 and below Kwik Cricket Team also earned their place in the final, held What a busy term we are having! The children from Year 5 and Year 6 had a at Wycliffe School, Stroud in July. After winning all their group games Cold very enjoyable music day at St Andrew’s School, Chedworth. Pupils from 6 Aston met Trinity School in the final, winning by 15 runs! The team walked local primary schools joined for a themed day based on the Disney film away Y4 and below County Champions, a superb ending to a successful ‘Rio’, the significance being the World Cup. The children dressed as birds, sporting year. Well done to all the team and parent supporters. The sports performed dances and sang songs from the film, the children from Swell leaders at Cotswold School put on a fun filled afternoon for Class 2 as they sang ‘I wanna party’ a jolly rap. The production was enjoyed by very proud attended a vast array of multisport organised and led by Cotswold pupils. parents. The following day the Year 6 children took part in the annual Wind in the Willows Leavers Service at Gloucester Cathedral, this was followed by a The end of year performance was coordinated by Mrs Steckbeck who took on competitive game of ten pin bowling with a picnic lunch. the terrific tale of Wind in the Willows, after familiarising themselves with the The year 6 children have visited The Cotswold School for their induction stage at Naunton, during the dress rehearsal the children put on a marvellous days and are looking forward to starting their secondary school experience show for family and friends. The main characters shone in the spotlight and the in September. We wish them all good luck and best wishes for their future. remaining cast entertained and amused the audience. The Year 6 Enterprise Sale was a huge success and sell out at the Village Taster Days Coffee morning. Trade was brisk and all their home-made strawberry jam, The new reception children attended their taster mornings with Miss Hewitt. Elder Flower cordial and home-made cakes were a great hit with the They settled in marvellously and were welcomed by all the current children. On villagers. Over £200 was raised by the venture for school funds. The the same day our Year 6 children headed off for their taster days at their children would like to thank parents and local residents who kindly donated secondary schools, many of whom are heading to the Cotswold School. We jars, bottles and strawberries. (We are planning to advise Alan Sugar on his welcome all the new families to Cold Aston and wish our leavers every success next series of the Apprentice!!) in their onward journeys. We also welcome Miss Holder to the teaching staff The whole school completely changed setting on Thursday as the Infant along with the return of Mrs Mason from maternity leave. children arrived dressed in Medieval costumes. At the same time the junior Have a wonderful summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you for a class arrived dressed as Egyptians as part of their new exciting year in September. latest history topics. Lunch for the children took Dates 3.9.2014 Return to school for 2014-15 school year the form of a Medieval Banquet and an Egyptian 24.10.14 Break for half term meal. Bread was made by the junior class while the infant class made ‘coffins’. (Don’t worry – they are medieval pastry cases filled with sausage St Catherine’s meat). The children are all busy rehearsing for their school production at the end of term and a Roman Catholic Primary School well-earned holiday. Headteacher: Joanne Welch As we embark on our summer break, I would like to thank all the parents, St Catharine’s Parish and the local Chipping Campden community for their continued support of the school and the children.

Temple Guiting I would also like to take this opportunity to tell our Year 6 students, on Church of England School behalf of all the members of staff, that we are proud of them all and to bid them farewell as they enter the next exciting chapter of their lives. David Ogden, Headteacher Remember to keep St Catharine’s with you in your heart. We also wish Mrs Nicky Garrad (nee Monkman) a fond farewell. After many years of dedicated and excellent teaching, she has been a crucial part in the education of so many pupils and we thank her wholeheartedly for her contribution to the spiritual life of St Catharine’s.

Year 6 children attended an outside production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Batsford Arboretum before rounding off the year with yet another wonderful Mrs Lovelock production - ‘Shakespeare Rocks’. The children worked very hard at making sure their performances were top notch, directed parts of the play, choreographed dances, re-wrote parts of the script and also worked behind the scenes moving props, getting music ready and controlling the lighting. Mrs Lovelock thanks all who helped in preparing the set and making costumes – a team of parents, including Penny Lindner and Sarah Alexiou, who spent countless hours painting Ah, Jim Lad! the stunning scenery. Years 3 to 6 attended useful training sessions at Buckles were swashed. main braces were spliced and pieces of SKILLZONE, a state-of-the-art life-size village in Gloucester. It is a fully eight polished to bring that classic tale ‘Treasure Island’ to life. interactive learning environment to teach people of all ages how to recognise dangerous situations and stay safe. There are 16 zones, which Disney Music Festival covered a range of scenarios including road, rail and water safety, an Years 5 and 6 put on a storming performance of ‘Getcha Head in the internet cafe, as well as opportunities to cover home and personal safety. Game’ from High School: The Musical. The dance involved It was an excellent experience for the children. Class 2 visited ‘All Things pompoms, basketballs and break dancing! It brought the house Wild’ and had a wonderful day. They saw lots of different animals – down. peacocks, llamas and, it was agreed, some very cute meerkats. There Tag Rugby: Regional Finals was also time for den building, pond dipping and bug spotting and, of Our tag rugby team were tantalisingly close to a place in the national course, the visit to the gift shop at the end! A good time was had by all finals, missing out by only one try at the regional finals in Taunton. and many of the children said it was the best school trip ever!Class 1 Nonetheless, they can say that they are the sixth best team in six spent a day at Batsford Arboretum, where they met Mr Rotavator who counties. guided them through nature trails as the children collected flora and Crepes, Bikes and Rounders fauna in little containers. They particularly enjoyed holding hands in order Our French teacher made crepes for the whole school… Year 6 to measure the width of a very large tree trunk. received cycle training… and won the local rounders tournament! The end of year BBQ and Games Evening had a wonderful atmosphere [email protected] | 01451 850304 and the boys versus dads football match ran long www.templeguiting.gloucs.sch.uk

43 Blockley C of E School From Jenny Bruce

From September 14 every child in Reception, Year 1 and 2 are entitled to a free school meal in all schools throughout the country. Many schools will find difficulty in supplying the increased number of meals but Blockley School Governors and Sue Jackson, the School Business Manager made STOW-ON-THE-WOLD PRIMARY SCHOOL- is a GOOD School! a very successful bid for extra funding from the Education Funding Agency for a complete refit of their kitchen. The work will take place in the We had a full Ofsted inspection in June and were extremely pleased with school holidays and will include a new cooker, extractor fans, cooker the outcome! The report has now been published on the Ofsted website hood, dishwasher and a general upgrade of all the other kitchen so please read it if you have a chance, although here are some quotes equipment. So the high standard of Blockley’s delicious school meals will from it! be produced more easily. The school is very reluctantly loosing Sue • ‘The pupils achieve well and make good progress in all year groups. Jackson to a larger school but have successfully recruited a new Their progress is particularly rapid in Reading and Maths.’ Business Manager who will start in September. • ‘Pupils behaviour and safety are good. The schools procedures for During this last school year Blockley School has had many individual and keeping pupils safe are particularly rigorous and OUTSTANDING.’ team successes in sport. Will Green, from year 6 who has played in goal • ‘Pupils make rapid progress in reception and many have reached for Moreton Rangers, has successfully completed a six week induction at above average standards before they start year 1’ the West Bromwich Regional Development Centre in Gloucester and • ‘Pupils are polite and welcoming and considerate when working in been offered a place next season. Also the school is currently second in the Primary School Games medal table behind Elmbridge School in groups’ Gloucester who have over 500 pupils on roll. • ‘Teachers are particularly good at planning for the range of ages and In May the school held scarecrow week. A letter was sent out to parents abilities in their classes. Pupils have opportunities to work with others and other organisations in Blockey asking everyone to submit a of similar ability so ensuring that they make the progress of which they scarecrow for the completion. Classes and individuals also competed and are capable.’ on the final day pupils also dressed up. The creative writing which was • ‘Pupils leave the school having reached above national average produced was testiment to the idea. On June standards in reading, writing and mathematics.’ 28th a Wedding Belles concert and exhibition of historical wedding dresses was put on in Arriving hard on the heels of the Ofsted report are our SATS results. We the church by the WI and, as part of it, a are delighted all the children entered for the year 6 SATS achieved the beautiful display was mounted by staff and higher level 5 in reading and EVERY child entered reached the expected pupils. The school decided that their overall levels or higher in mathematics as well. We are also very pleased with theme was something borrowed (the manikins} something blue, (Drinkwaters the writing, grammar, spelling and punctuation results too. Class 1 and 2 supplied an enormous bouquet of blue had a really lovely time at Steam in Swindon where they experienced lots flowers) something old (a wedding dress worn of things to do with holidays in present and olden days. They dressed up by Mrs Jeffcutt’s mother) and something new and took part in lots of activities throughout the day! which was the bunting designed and made by Our summer fair was really well attended and raised £1,090! So thank pupils. It was a great success and the display you to everyone who came and supported it on a rather drizzly evening. was much admired by the many visitors to the The entire school took part in the annual sponsored walk around Stow concert. and Maugersbury. This raised £1069 for LINC Cancer charity. The weather was good and we managed to dodge the rain for once! The Year Six pupils are on their last few days of primary school life. Although as always we are keeping them busy with a junior performance ‘Hoodwinked’ a take on Robin Hood, induction day visits to the Cotswold school, an axclusive sleepover at school on Thursday 17th From Claire Goodfellow, July, with an evening meal together followed by an evening of activities, Administrator fun and games, sleeping (not much though!), followed by a full breakfast and a special leavers assembly on the Friday morning where all parents The summer term has probably been one of the most hectic for us, and friends are invited to come in and see them peform a range of songs along with other locals schools we have taken part in music festivals, and anecdotes from their school life. maths challenges, rounder festivals & swimming gala’s. The weather This will also be an assembly to celebrate the Governors Awards. These has been very kind and we had perfect conditions for all our outdoor are when pupils are nominated by any member of staff for showing great events. The sun also shone when staff and parents served apptitude in either Mind, Heart, Hand or Perseverance through their refreshments at Sezincote House in the orangery during two of their school year. We would like to take this opportunity to say a massive open garden weekends. Both days were very successful and visitors thank you to everyone who has contributed in any way to our school as we are sure you will agree it is indeed a great place for our children to were very complementary about our homemade cakes kindly made learn and have fun in! Thank you. and donated by school staff and parents. The school BBQ was very well supported by parents, children and villagers and we even had a fly by from the red arrows although I’m not sure who booked them! We are now in to our final few days with our school production of The Pied Piper being performed by the whole school and from what I’ve heard, it promises to be an excellent performance. Finally, our year 6 children will be leaving us soon and we have a leavers service in Longborough Church during their penultimate day where we will wish them luck and say goodbye. Those leaving us are (left to right) Harvey Davis, Charlie Brady, Daisy Kerby-Smith, Millie Dash, Phoebe Edwards & Ben Backer-Holst. Good luck and come back and see us all soon!

44 CHIPPING CAMPDEN SCHOOL by Lisa Ironmonger

This month we say a fond farewell to many students and three members of staff whose careers collectively span almost 100 years. Year 11 students shared tears of joy and sadness as they gathered for their Leavers’ Assembly. There was a blast from the past as they arrived to photos of themselves as new recruits to CCS back in Year 7 projected on the screen. There were thoughtful gifts and kind words to thank the teachers and staff for all the support they have offered the group on their journey through school, and an opportunity for the tutors to share their fond and funny memories of time shared with the students.

The celebrations didn’t end there. Year 11 had a fabulous evening at their Dinner Dance at Stratford Manor Hotel. Over 170 pupils arrived at school in all sorts of weird and wonderful transport with friends, families and onlookers enjoying the party atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming many of the group back in September as they join the sixth form to continue their learning journey with CCS.

We have now wished Year 13 farewell. On May 23rd everyone dressed to impress, enjoyed a celebratory assembly and a fine meal. Mrs King would like to wish everyone great success in the summer and in the future. The end of term also saw the retirement of three staff; Miss Pratley joined the school in 1977 as a maths teacher and went on to lead this department for more than 30 years. Mr Southam joined in 1979 having turned down the opportunity of a professional contract with Everton FC. He taught in and then led the geography department and contributed to PE and the wider pastoral life of the school. He retires as Head of Key Stage 4 having been part of the senior leadership team for over a decade. Finally, Mrs Sojka, after 18 years of committed service to the PE department and the school will be retiring.

St Davids C of E Primary School Headteacher - Mrs F. Heming

We’re nearly at the end of our school year but not yet slowing down. The last month or so we have been hugely energetic in the classroom and out. Some of our YR 6 children have been part of a record breaking challenge by taking part in the BIGGEST EVER live cooking lesson. Led by Jamie Oliver thousands of teachers and students around the world cooked along with Jamie to make a delicious Rainbow Salad Wrap. Our children received a certificate for taking part in this healthy challenge.

This month also sees our Year 6 taking part in a special leaver’s service in Gloucester Cathedral. We will be sad to see them go but are tremendously proud of the mature, creative and caring young people that they have become. We wish them all the best for the future.

As well as looking forward like the rest of Moreton we have spent some time looking back at the momentous events of one hundred years ago. The outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 affected many millions of families in Moreton, in Britain and ultimately around the world. The whole school spent time last term considering how the value of service means helping others and can mean giving up something yourself to help another person. Our older children were able to relate this to the idea of serving your country.

In History club we have been finding out about the men of Moreton who gave their lives for others in the war. We visited the Memorial and Church to find the names of the soldiers. Then we used websites to help us find out more. Some lived in East Street near our school. Some were only in their teens when they died. One of us realised straight away he was finding out about his great grandfather and great uncles. We discovered that one of the soldiers had a father born in Jamaica and a grandfather who was born in Belgium. It was fascinating realising that people have travelled to Britain for centuries – not just the Romans and the Vikings! As part of the commemorations one of the Art galleries in Moreton is mounting an exhibition of ‘poppy’ themed art. We are really excited that our school has been invited to take part so we are all entering. Please look out for some of our work in town in early July. Finally we must congratulate both our Football and Netball teams. Both have taken part in outdoor tournaments despite some atrocious weather and each team has enjoyed great success. In football our mixed teams came away with medals and second place. In netball we managed to secure both first and second positions. Brilliant! For more details please visit our website www.stdavidsprimaryschool.co.uk

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MORETON INTEREST & LEISURE CLUB BOURTON & DISTRICT FIRST- A Big Thank you! Monthly Open Meetings are held every 4th The June Coffee Morning raised approx £350 which will be Wednesday of every month at the Royal donated to The Air Ambulance, our chosen charity this year.. British Legion Hall in Bourton on the Water from 10 – 12noon. SEPTEMBER Holiday to Newquay Coffee/tea and biscuits are served at 10am. U3A is for anyone Places still available – details from Sheila 01608 652182. not in full time employment and visitors are always welcome. Open Meetings are £2 Please view our website: STOW & DISTRICT CIVIC SOCIETY u3a.org.uk/bourton for more information. Our new season begins with a talk on Friday, 3rd October ...... Invites all present members, friends and those thinking of but before that don’t forget our trip to the National Memorial Arboretum joining to a on Wednesday, 17th September. The visit gives us time for a morning in Lichfield (did you know that Lichfield is the only medieval Cathedral SUBCRIPTION RENEWAL & in Britain with three spires?). Our afternoon tour starts with a welcome talk in the Chapel of Peace, introducing this unique Centre of SOCIAL ACTIVITY MORNING Remembrance. 2014 celebrates 100 years since the start of the First At The Royal British Legion Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water World War, and so this visit should be particularly poignant. Cost £20. On Tuesday 16th September 2014 from 10am – 2pm Please call Rachel on 01451 833783 if you would like to join us. Full There will be group display tables showing many of the details on our website and noticeboard. www.stowcivicsociety.co.uk exciting things achieved in the past year and a chance to sign up for some of the interesting groups. Tea/Coffee and biscuits MORETON IN MARSH (EVENING) W I will be served and you can chat to old and new friends. ALL WELCOME In August we will take a Guided Walking Tour of Burford - our next meeting will be on Thursday 11 September at 7.30 in the WI Hall when the Speaker will be Lis Dobb-Smith with her talk “Journey from Zimbabwe to the UK” New members and visitors are always most welcome. Contact Jo on 01608 650821

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