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Bignor Coldwaltham and SUMMER 2020 In this issue Petworth Find a local food supplier Plaistow & lfold Keep in touch with family and friends Sutton & A local store wins an award! Petworth Town Council supporting you Tillington Local events new Autumn dates James Machell Daniel Clay Sophie Richardson Alice Denny Head of Residential Sales Associate Director Negotiator Associate 01798 345 996 01798 345 994 01798 345 986 01798 345 970 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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RESI Petworth Pages Ad 050419.indd 1 05/04/2019 09:45 Editor’s welcome It is difficult to know where to start with this summer edition of Petworth Pages. The country and indeed the global community has changed beyond recognition since our last issue. Much uncertainty surrounds us with our jobs, schools and wellbeing but despite this, amazing acts of kindness and stories of communities pulling together are shown in the Petworth Pages readership areas. Local businesses have had to respond at lightning speed to the changes around them and they haven't disappointed either, by offering delivery options where they haven't before or moving their businesses online. Local businesses need your support more than ever and particularly when the country starts to come out of lockdown. Please be aware that information shown in this edition might again change by the time it drops through your door towards the end of the month. The autumn edition of Petworth Pages drops through doors at the end of August so if you have anything you would like to include please get in touch by 10 July (details below). Sending you all good wishes and stay safe. Kerry

Contents How local businesses have responded to Covid-19 5 Keeping in touch with family and friends 9 15 News from Petworth Town Council 11 Register for an allotment 19 Spotlight event updates 18-19 Community 20-23 Schools and young people 24-27 Local contacts and events 28-29 5 26 Local businesses 30-31 The team Advertising Submissions Petworth Pages is a collaboration Do you have To submit an article for a future edition between Petworth Town Council and a business or of Petworth Pages please forward to the Petworth Business Association. event that you PETWORTH PAGES [email protected] together with Advertising information 2020 would like to any key images (including © information Editor: Kerry Coughtrey • 32pp A4 full colour publication produced quarterly • Delivered to 8,400 homes in the Petworth Pages area promote in a • Additional 300 copies delivered to commercial and where applicable). Submissions are Design: Eyelevel Design other non-residential premises future edition • 3 sizes of advert with discounted rates for PBA members sometimes accepted after the deadline Advertising: [email protected] of Petworth at the editorial team’s discretion. Duncton and Graffham Ebernoe PTC Liaisons: Chris Kemp and Pages? Fittleworth Kirdford Lodsworth Future dates: Jennifer Thorpe Lurgashall Drop an email Northchapel Petworth Autumn Plaistow & lfold Please visit our Petworth websites: to adverts@ Sutton & Barlavington Tillington Deadline for submissions: 10 July Wisborough Green www.petworth-tc.gov.uk and www. petworth.biz Distribution commences: 24 August discoverpetworth.uk and follow us / to receive our Winter DiscoverPetworthUK @PetworthUK current media pack. Deadline for submissions: 9 October Every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of We have 3 sizes of advert to choose Distribution commences: 23 November content and information is correct at time of going from with discounted rates for PBA to press. Petworth Pages cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions or endorse companies, members and all advertising can be products or services that appear in this publication. booked into 2021! Front cover image: Harsha Desai 3 “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” Coretta Scott King

4 Covid-19 Changes for local businesses

Businesses in the Petworth Pages area responded positively to the changes that were enforced with the recent lockdown Food, drink & – implementing social distancing and other measures within and around their shop environments to create a safe shopping groceries experience for all. Co-op in Petworth 01798 342244 The following pages are some of finder.coop.co.uk/food the businesses continuing to trade throughout the current crisis and are Hungry Guest Shop correct at time of going to press. Please Deliveries and boxes always check online or by calling the 01798 651004 businesses to check their current hours www.thehungryguest.com and means of trading as they may change on a regular basis. Hungry Guest Cafe Takeaway and deliveries 01798 344564 www.thehungryguest.com

Below: Lloyds pharmacy staff keeping Hungry Guest Fish Shop their shop environment in tip top shape 01798 651006

The Badgers, Petworth Takeaway service 01798 342651

Cherry’s Deli and Bakery Deliveries and boxes 01798 343634

The Three Moles in Food boxes for delivery 01798 861303

Heath End Hut Daily meals and home booked freezer meals for delivery 07775 647 143 (Fiona) 07093 409 733 (Marsha)

Fittleworth Stores Limited store opening and Click and collect 01798 865907 www.fittleworthstores.co.uk for

Meghdoot's Mystique Masala Takeaway service 01798 343217 www.mystiquemasala.co.uk

Basmati Indian Restaurant Takeaway service 01798 343414 5 Budgens in Cowdray Farm Shop Deliveries to Petworth Shop and deliveries 01730 817997 01730 815152 www.cowdray.co.uk The Greenhouse in Midhurst Will deliver to Petworth Charlie’s Farm Shop 01730 816177 Shop and collections 01798 303989 Courtney’s Butchers in Midhurst www.charliesfarmshop.co.uk Deliveries to Petworth 01730 813146 Langham Brewery Home delivery and brewery Down to Earth drive-through Order and collection 01798 860861 01730 815133 www.langhambrewery.co.uk www.downtoearthmidhurst.co.uk Lurgashall village shop The Greenhouse at Stane Street Click and collect service Order and collection lurgashallvillageshop.uk 01798 874445 thegreenhouse.shop Wild in Vegetable boxes and online shop Truffles Bakery 07756 313846 Mobile shops www.wildsussex.co.uk/shop-online @truffles bakery Chefs Farm The Labouring Man, Coldwaltham Home delivery Grocery basics www.chefsfarms.co.uk 01798 873337

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7 TGH_PP_SUMMER_20.indd 1 06/05/2020 06:13 Finding new {old} ways of keeping in touch

Petworth Pages would like to know how you managed to find new ways to communicate with family, friends and work colleagues throughout the Covid-19 lockdown? Email: [email protected] with your story and images to be featured in the Autumn edition When the government announced the Other ways to socialise online: lockdown on Monday 23 March usual forms Movie nights: Watch movies with friends in a socially-distant of meeting face-to-face ceased for the time way! Use Netflix Party; Metastream, Scener or TwoSeven. being. Workers within companies started Game nights: Use one of the video conferencing apps to working from home, families were separated, play quizzes with friends and family – even board games! children stayed at home and those who lived Charades? Or chess? alone may have felt isolated. Book clubs: Just because you are unable to meet in person, there’s nothing to stop meeting online. In these tricky times there are a variety of ways of keeping in touch with your social groups without having to meet in If you don’t have access to the internet or don’t feel confident person. These include: about using this new technology then there is always the tried and tested telephone – then no-one knows that you are still in Zoom: A video conferencing application which has become your pyjamas! A handwritten postcard or letter is also going to the forerunner in the current environment for commercial be appreciated by its recipient. and personal contacts to keep in touch zoom.us FaceTime: Connect with family and friends around the world with FaceTime. Make audio and video calls from your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to other iOS devices. Skype: Free online calls, messaging, affordable international calling to mobiles or landlines and Skype for Business for effective collaboration. www.skype.com Google Hangouts: Use Google Hangouts to keep in touch with one person or a group. Available on mobile or on desktop hangouts.google.com WhatsApp: Free messaging app for smartphones.

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Food bank help Chairman’s report The Trussell Trust supports communities and churches to open Petworth Town Council has responded to the foodbanks across the UK. changes that Covid-19 has bought about. Our foodbank is part of The Trussell Trust’s network of 428 foodbanks, working to tackle food Petworth Helpdesk poverty and hunger in our local Are you self isolating? The Town Council are here to help the communities, as well as across community and to ease the pressure on the surgery and the the UK. chemist, our team are currently collecting prescriptions and Food can be donated via the Foodbank basket in the Co-op delivering medications to vulnerable residents. or alternatively online via: www.bankuet.co.uk/ Please call 01798 344883 anytime between 10am and The food bank urgently requires the following items: 4pm, Monday to Friday, to register your needs. We are also UHT milk; tinned tomatoes; instant mash/tinned potatoes; available to support the surgery and the chemist over the tinned meat; tinned fruit; tinned rice pudding/custard; tinned weekend, if needed. vegetables; sponge puddings. We have created a new email address for residents to A typical food parcel includes breakfast cereals,soup, contact the helpdesk: [email protected]. This has pasta, rice. pasta sauce, tinned beans, tinned meat, tinned helped us recruit new volunteers who are kindly assisting with vegetables, tinned fruit, tea or coffee, sugar, biscuits and collecting and delivering medications. We have also been sent snacks. many drawings from local children which have been put up For further information on your local foodbank please visit around the town. chichesterdistrict.foodbank.org.uk The helpdesk currently has 90 volunteers and would be pleased to hear from others who may wish to support the local “A massive thank you to the Petworth Business Association response effort. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered; for the very generous donation of £200 worth of food to the we are so grateful to each and every one of you. Petworth branch of Foodbank.” Harsha Desai, one of the helpdesk volunteers, explains “Special thanks to Sally Matson (PBA's Project Officer) for that “We are not sure what each day brings, the phone can purchasing, collecting and delivering the consignment to the ring off the hook but we aim to help everyone on the day. Foodbank store at the United Reformed Church.” Massive thanks goes to our volunteers who have been great at “Our deliveries to clients has increased somewhat, due to the coming forward and helping our community during this crisis”. Covid 19 crisis, so your donation is very timely and welcomed." Could you be a volunteer? John Riddell If you are not self isolating and could help, please call the number above or email [email protected]. Bonfires Petworth Town Council would request that allotment holders and residents do not have any bonfires whilst we are dealing with Covid-19. Do not burn waste under any circumstances. Smoke & smells from bonfires can aggravate respiratory problems such as asthma/bronchitis & affect those with heart complaints. Fires like this can quickly get out of control and is causing much nuisance to residents. We appreciate your co-operation with this matter. Town Council meetings Petworth Town Council are currently conducting their committee and Full Council meetings on-line. If you would like to participate in an upcoming meeting, please email the Clerk, Laura Smith, on [email protected] Allotments All allotments across our 4 sites within the Town are now taken however we do keep a waiting list. Should you wish to join the waiting list, please contact the Clerk on 01798 344883 or email [email protected]. Visit page 17 of this edition of Petworth Pages for more details on making the most of growing your own. 11 PETWORTH TOWN COUNCIL

This disease and many others afflicting trees at present Ash Dieback are very regrettable. The best thing we can do is to continue By the time of publication we are hopeful that work on Ash to actively manage our trees and woodlands, so they are as Dieback will have taken place on London Road, Petworth vigorous and healthy as possible and better able to withstand and also at Northchapel. Some residents may be alarmed at attacks. The main way we do this is to thin woodland as it the work that has taken place so we asked Neil Humphris, becomes too dense – so we sacrifice the weaker trees to Leconfield Estates Head Forester to explain the necessity for allow the rest to thrive. the work: “Ash trees throughout the country are in decline and Update from the Chichester dying from Chalara ash dieback, which causes dieback of the tree crown and in most cases leads to the death of the tree Prevention Team and in conjunction with other fungal attacks, such as Honey The Chichester Prevention Team would like to remind you of fungus, can cause the trees to decay and fall over. The degree ways you can contact them and help with crime issues: and speed of effect varies from tree to tree, but the best • Call 101 to report a crime or 999 if it’s an emergency. information we have at present, is that about 95% of the ash • Email: [email protected] will die and even those that show tolerance to the disease will not be completely unaffected. We are already seeing increasing Vehicle Crime numbers of trees with decay within the trunks, crown dieback Having your car broken into and losing your things to thieves and fallen branches. Ash wood and branches become brittle can be very distressing. Here are a few simple steps you can when they die and soon break, unlike dead oak branches which take to keep your vehicle, and what’s in it, safe. can hang on for years. The main symptoms on bigger trees are • Always lock it dying back of the crown, for example lots of dead twigs and new • Close windows and the sunroof shoots further inside the tree crown. On smaller trees the twigs • Secure your number plates with tamper-resistant screws and leaves change from a healthy greenish to brown/grey and • Fit locking, anti-tamper wheel nuts to secure alloy wheels start wilting. • Secure anything that’s on the outside of your vehicle The ash around Petworth and Northchapel and indeed the www.soldsecure.com wider area, have been declining for the last 3 years and are Fuelling up or popping back into your house to get becoming a major concern for owners of these trees, especially something are perfect examples of how easy it is to turn your where they are adjoining a road or property, where public back for a moment and forget your vehicle is unsecured. So safety and inconvenience are likely to become a major issue. get into the habit of locking your vehicle even if you’re only Leconfield estate, other local landowners and County Councils going to be away from it for a moment. are therefore taking a proactive approach and felling most If you see any persons’ acting suspiciously around cars roadside ash trees, so that local people should still be able to then call 999 immediately. travel safely on the roads. This may have some visual impact If you have any questions or comments regarding the but it will soon settle down and vegetation and flowers will grow Town Council and its activities then please do get in touch back. Trees are inspected and marked and checks are made for with Laura, our clerk at [email protected] or call bird, bat roosts and other protected species and information is 01798 344883. The Petworth Town Council website is well passed to workers prior to felling. maintained by our clerk at www.petworth-tc.gov.uk and gives All the timber will be removed and sold for milling timber full details of meetings and information on the activities of and cordwood (firewood) and lop and top will mainly be the Parish Council. chipped and sold as biomass for heating business centres and Chris Kemp, Chair, Petworth Town Council hospitals. This may not all be removed instantly but will be www.petworth-tc.gov.uk removed as soon as possible.

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13 CORONAVIRUS COVID -19 Social Distancing Outside Spending time outdoors is good for our health. We need to be socially responsible for ALL our health.

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Avoid Distance Small groups close contact with yourself at least to stop all gatherings others 2 metres (6 feet) away of more than two people in from other people public

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over £3000! At the time of going to press the money raised so far is just under £4015 and with the addition of gift aid sits at a total Town Councillor of £4877.50. Harsha would like to thank her husband Alex and daughter braves the shave! Sasha for their support with this challenge (and a bit of revenge!) as well as all her family and friends for their amazing kind Harsha Desai, Petworth Town Councillor, donations. If you would like to still donate to Harsha’s cause then has been a long-time supporter of Friends of the link is still active until 18 July 2020 so please visit Chichester Hospitals and decided that the uk.virginmoneygiving.com/HarshaDesai current Covid-19 situation called for something memorable to mark the current time whilst raising some much needed funds. Hasha explains how the charity shave came about: “On Saturday 18th April, my family had planned a curry supper evening to help raise funds for Friends of Chichester Hospitals, which was cancelled due to Covid-19, so I still wanted to find an alternative way to raise some much needed money for this charity. I decided I would shave my hair off with the help of my husband and daughter!” Harsha went on to explain that the hospital is very dear to her and originally set a target of £200 which would have been used for additional help for the doctors and nursing staff at the hospital. That initial figure had disappeared in the first hour and by the end of the first day the total was sitting at BEFORE AFTER! £1500. By the time the big day arrived the total had hit just

Past performance is not an indication of future performance and may not be repeated. You should be aware that share values and income from them may go down as well as up and you may not get back all or any of the amount you originally invested.

15 Thanks to Claire Sadler for all these images of a silent Petworth

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. PETWORTH TOWN COUNCIL

In season! Asparagus These vegetables are considered labour-intensive to grow with a distinct, intense savoury flavour. They contain high levels of vitamins A and C, potassium, iron and calcium. British asparagus is available from May to July and available from many local farm shops and stores. Boil for 3-5 mins, or steam Dig for Victory! for 4-5 mins, then serve with Sign up for an allotment hollandaise sauce or hot melted butter. Alternatively brush with oil, sprinkle with Now is a good time to grow your to grow your own. The plots would sea salt and own, still apply social distancing be available at Station Road and roast for 15 and enjoy some fresh air. Tillington Road. If you are interested mins or grill Petworth Town Council has had then please get in touch with for 5 mins, a good take up of allotment plots [email protected] then serve for rent and now have a waiting list. If you live outside of Petworth with parmesan If you have limited or no outside ask your local Parish Council if shavings and space to grow your own produce there are allotments to rent in a squirt of then allotments are a fantastic way your Parish. lemon juice.

17 SPOTLIGHT EVENTS

With the current crisis, a whole summer of events have had to be cancelled or postponed – from school fetes to large scale music festivals. Three key Petworth events are hoping to reschedule their events for later in the year and will regularly monitor the government advice and keep you updated accordingly. Please visit their websites and social media platforms REVISED EVENT DATES for the latest information.

During May the fair went online with The Petworth a virtual fair allowing international collectors, designers and interested Petfringe Park Antiques members of the public to sit in their Organisers of the 2020 PetFringe have ‘lockdown’ homes and enjoy all that is on announced that it will come as no & Fine Art Fair offer. The organisers are still hoping that surprise that they have decided not to The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art run the Petfringe festival in June/July. 11-13 September 2020 Fair can open to the public in the grounds They hope to rebook the acts and Due to the Covid-19 situation and of Petworth House in Petworth, West performers to appear later in the year Sussex with the revised date of Friday with the current revised dates of 25 in line with government advice, the 11 to Sunday 13 September 2020, when September- 4 October 2020. Visit fair has been postponed to Friday everyone can also visit the National Trust www.petfringe.co.uk for details 11 to Sunday 13 September 2020. property. www.petworthparkfair.com

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presenting a sequence of the absolute we can get to enable us 2020 Petworth highlights of this planned Summer to overcome the many Festival in a special week of events that challenges the Covid-19 Festival News will precede the 2020 Literary Week. The crisis has forced on us. Petworth Festival organisers have precise format of the new PETWORTH As such we appeal to issued the following message in FESTIVAL EXTRA will be finalised as soon everyone who loves the light of the current situation: as we know what can and can’t be done Petworth Festival to help us survive into in the current climate, but what we can 2021 and beyond by making a donation, “As many of our friends and supporters say is that events will run between Friday however small. This can be done on-line will have heard, Petworth Festival has 16 October-Sunday 1 November with a at www.petworthfestival.org.uk had to announce significant changes to week of music and performance followed In the meantime, our overriding its plans as a result of the current health by the 10th Anniversary Literary Week. concerns remain for the wellbeing of our crisis. All events in July have been either We have already been overwhelmed audiences, our supporters and our Festival postponed or cancelled, but, in what by the support we have received from team, many of whom are volunteers, not we hope will look like a shaft of sunlight many of our Friends and Supporters, to mention the musicians and performers in the otherwise grey skies, we will be but the Festival will still need all the help who bring so much to our lives. We hope each of you stays well and we look forward to seeing you and to bringing you the unparalleled joys of music, words and performance later in the year. Neil Franks (Chairman), Stewart Collins (Artistic Director) and the entire Petworth Festival Team

Left: Images from last year’s Petworth Festival Literary Week

Keep up-to-date with Festival News by visiting www.petworthfestival.org.uk or by following the Petworth Festival on Facebook. If you’d like to support the event this Autumn please contact the Festival office on 01798 343055 about becoming a sponsor.

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COVID-19 help and advice Supporting our communities

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We want you to know that we are here to support you through this challenging time. Whether you are struggling to pay your bills; are vulnerable and need support; are at risk of homelessness; or are worried about your business - we are here to help. Our services are available online at www.chichester.gov.uk and our teams can also be reached directly by email. We realise not everyone has online access and so our friendly customer care team are also available to take your calls on 01243 785166. All we ask is that you please bear with us. At times our lines may be busy, which is why our online services are always the quickest option, but we are always here to help you. You can also access lots of information on how we can support you at this difficult time atwww.chichester.gov.uk/coronavirus

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If you'd like to use the eLibrary but don't know where to Libraries shut? begin, or if you've been having problems with downloading or with your smartphone or tablet, the library are there to help. Lots to do online! Just send an email to [email protected] with your name, telephone number and a brief description of The libraries are currently the help you need. They will then get in touch as soon as they closed but West Sussex can. It may not be possible to answer everything, but they will Libraries has a whole host certainly try! of activities and resources Research local and family history for all ages to enjoy Whilst libraries are shut and if you’re isolating at home at the from the comfort of moment, why not make the most of the time to start to trace your own home. your family history or investigate the history of where you live? The library can help you get started with exclusive temporary free home access to FindMyPast and Ancestry, plus online resources including maps and photographs. Visit the link below. Melody for the Mind Melody for the Mind are informal, relaxed, dementia- friendly singing groups which take place in four of the area’s eInformation, eBooks, eMagazines, eComics, libraries when the buildings are open. While library buildings eNewspapers and eAudiobooks are temporarily closed they thought they would bring some With library buildings closed, lots of people are turning to the songs to you at home so that everyone can join in! Click on eLibrary for eInformation, eBooks, eMagazines, eComics, the Melody for the Mind link on the current offer link below eNewspapers and eAudiobooks. to access.

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Fittleworth Stores are winners! In the last issue of Petworth Pages we reported that Fittleworth Stores are in the running for a Rural Oscar and now we are delighted to report that they have been declared as the national winner in the “Local Shop/Village Store” category at the Farm Shop & Deli Awards 2020. The judges commented that the stores were “Absolutely at the heart of their community” and “well run, with good business acumen”. Alison Welterveden, co-manager of Fittleworth Stores would like to thank all their customers and supporters for making the shop the heart of the community. She confirmed that in the not too distant future the stores will be celebrating in an appropriately socially distanced way! She went on to say in respect of the award that “We were absolutely thrilled for Fittleworth Stores to have been nationally recognised in this way and are especially delighted to have won this award when we are such a new business having only been open since October 2018. Many thanks to all our customers and volunteers for their continuing support.” Fittleworth Stores are now offering a Click and Collect Service. Visit “Absolutely at the heart www.fittleworthstores.co.uk for details and then email your order to: [email protected] or by telephone to 01798 865907. of their community... Home Delivery Services are available from the stores to those who are elderly, self-isolating or ill during the Coronavirus outbreak and to those who live in Fittleworth, the surrounding hamlets of Bedham, well run, with good Coates, Egdean, Little Bognor, Riverhill and Stopham or who are part of business acumen" our Stores community. Visit www.fittleworthstores.co.uk for details.

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In the current climate many of us are using our daily exercise to get a bit fitter. If you’ve always wanted to start running then now may a great opportunity to make a steady start. The NHS Couch to 5K will help you gradually work up towards running 5K in just 9 weeks. What is Couch to 5K? Couch to 5K starts with a mix of running and walking to gradually build up your fitness and stamina. The plan involves 3 runs a week, with a day of rest in between, and a different schedule for each of the 9 weeks. Ensure you stick to the current guidelines – stay safe, and only go out close to home once a day or even run round your garden. Visit www.nhs.uk/live- well/exercise/get-running-with-couch-to- 5k/ for more details. Please note: If you have any health concerns Always wanted to run a 5k? about beginning an exercise regime like Couch to 5K, it may be best to wait until the current climate has changed and then be able Give it a go! to discuss with your GP first.

the 5k route on your own, or you could run laps around your garden or even your front room! You don’t need to complete the 5k in one go, but you can keep track of how far you go every day and build it up. The original event was due to take place on June 20th, so you need to have completed your 5k by June 21st. Once you've completed the 5k, make sure you take an awesome finishing line photo – be creative - and post it on our Northchapel 5k facebook page, and they will post you out a medal. Please use the hashtag: #northchapellockdown5k in any social media posts too. Entries cost: £2 per child (+ small booking fee)

Northchapel lockdown 5k year’s 5k Last £5 per adult (+ small booking fee) £10 – pay for an adult entry & donate an entry to a keyworker (+ small booking fee) Every year for the last few years, do things differently, so this year they’ve Northchapel Primary School PTA, organised the Northchapel lockdown 5k. Northchapel Primary School PTA have organised a 5k run around Anyone and everyone can are looking forward to running the enter online. Visit www.eventbrite. Northchapel 5k again in the Autumn Northchapel. com/e/northchapel-lockdown-5k- all together, but for now they hope you It gets kids and grown ups out in the tickets-102551895480 and then once enjoy the challenge of the first ever countryside, and raises much needed entered, run or walk 5k. Stick to the Northchapel lockdown 5k! funds for our village school. It's become current guidelines – stay safe, and only For any queries please email Ruth a very popular local event but with the go out close to home once a day. You can Blanco – [email protected] lockdown in place, they didn’t want to run or walk your 5k anywhere safe – if or visit the facebook page: Northchapel cancel it completely and and have had to you live in Northchapel you could run running and 5k race. 23 Young people and Covid-19 SCHOOLCOMMUNITY NEWS

At time of press, the Government has asked parents to keep their children at home until further notice. Schools will remain open only for those children whose parent(s) are classed as key workers, or children who are vulnerable. At the time of writing we are still not sure when schools will go back and in what format they will return. So how do we all stay sane in the uncertain world we find ourselves in?

day with a Joe Wicks workout and finish with a mindfullness session? What the rest of the day Stay in touch looks like is up to you? Make sure that you stay in touch with your child/children’s school and community. The full list of schools in the Petworth Pages readership is overleaf and they will be the best source of Different ways information for day-to-day help for your child’s home learning and support. to learn Everyone learns in different ways and as parents we are often not equipped to set up a learning environment at home on a long-term basis. Don’t be hard on yourself if things go wrong. The way children learn may now be different to when you were at school so seek out the advice from your children's school and the activities posted there and ask for help if you need it. Fun activity works Make it fun. Combine baking with maths, art with algebra – whatever it takes to feel like some learning has taken place that day. Maybe decide that this unusual break is the time for everyone Be fully focussed in the family to learn a new skill? Learn to juggle, play the ukulele – whatever you decide! When on the activity you’ve mastered this new skill you won't forget when you learnt to do it. Sometimes our busy lives mean that when children are trying to show us something or tell us about the amazing thing they have just discovered we are checking our phones for email or social media. Maybe make a point of the day where no-one can access their electronic devices – put them in a Live for the day, cupboard on silent if you can't resist a Whatsapp ping! reflect on the day Make the most of the whole day and if things don't go according to plan then accept it and move on – try not to dwell on the negative but take the positive points away with you. Maybe Create a balance encourage your child/children to keep a journal to reflect back on their achievements and make in the day this unique time something to look back on. Maybe plan out how the day is going to pan out the night before or in the morning? Maybe start the 25 SCHOOL NEWS

Our local schools Primary School 01730 813266 Many schools in the Petworth Pages readership www.easebourne.w-sussex.sch.uk/website continue to provide day-to-day care for children of key workers and vulnerable children during Fittleworth C of E Village School 01798 865419 the current Covid-19 crisis. www.fittleworthschool.org.uk Midhurst Rother College 01730 812451 These schools are also keeping in touch with their classes on a www.mrc-academy.org daily and weekly basis who are working at home. Each school has a different approach to how they are keeping in touch with Northchapel Primary School 01428 707352 their classes whilst following guidance from the local authority www.northchapel.w-sussex.sch.uk and government. Petworth Primary School 01798 342369 www.petworth.w-sussex.sch.uk St James’s C of E Primary, Coldwaltham www.st-james-coldwaltham.w-sussex.sch.uk01798 872196 Plaistow & Kirdford Primary School 01403 871275 www.petworth.w-sussex.sch.uk Graffham Infants School 01798 867324 Duncton Junior School 01798 342402 Wisborough Green Primary School 01403 700280 www.graffhamandduncton.w-sussex.sch.uk www.wisboroughgreenschool.org.uk

Below: Artwork by Laila aged 5

Artwork by Petworth Primary School

Pupils at Fittleworth School

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Useful online links Online safety If you would like to further explore learning at home activities With online resources now being used by so many families in for your child/children WSCC have recommended a selection the current situation there are some useful links below to help of links that may aid further learning. Please remember to liaise you to keep your family safe online. with your child’s school first – these resources are to support or enhance learning, not to replace the school’s work. • www.thinkuknow.co.uk provides advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) on staying safe online. • polkatheatre.com/polka-online • parentinfo.org is a collaboration between Parentzone and the NCA providing support and guidance for parents from leading • thestemlaboratory.com/lego-stem-activities experts and organisations. • www.lego.com/en-my/kids/games • www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/parent-and-carer- toolkit offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children • www.5minutefun.com/wellbeing-activities-for-kidsstuck- of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set indoors boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and • www.littlebird.co.uk/blog/2020/03/tour-your-favouritelondon to find out where to get more help and support. museums-in-the-comfort-of-your-own-home • www.internetmatters.org provides age-specific online safety • www.zsl.org/learning-resources checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the • www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/kids-lab most out of their digital world. • www.dk.com/uk/information/home-learning-for-kids • www.net-aware.org.uk has support for parents and carers from the NSPCC, including a guide to social networks, apps • www.winchestersciencecentre.org/science-home and games. • usborne.com/play-and-learn-at-home/unworry-andwellbeing/ • www.saferinternet.org.uk has tips, advice, guides and other unworry-activities resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on • accessmars.withgoogle.com social networks and other online services. • britishmuseum.withgoogle.com • switchzoo.com • kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals Little Oaks Pre School • www.eyfshome.com At Northchapel Primary School

Fun and learning for Daily activities with 2-4 year olds celebrities Up to 30 hours of government funded • 9am - PE with Joe Wicks childcare available per week • 10am - Maths with Carol Vorderman • 11am - English with David Walliams Open all day • 12pm - Lunch with Jamie Oliver • 1pm - Music with Myleene Klass Breakfast and After School Club • 1.30pm - Dance with Darcey Bussel • 2pm - History with Dan Snow (free for 30-days) • 4pm - Home Economics with Theo Michaels (Mon/Wed/Fri)

Spaces available for September 2020 Contact us on 01428 707352

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Clubs, Societies & Associations Health, Care, Support & Advice Beavers 01798 344590 Chemist 01798 342112 BMABA Fighting chance charitable foundation 01798 306546 Petworth Cottage Nursing Home 01798 342785 Cubs 07786 744324 Petworth Food Bank 07501 921617 Petworth & District Community Association 01798 343124 Petworth Surgery 01798 342248 Petworth & District over 60s inc. Lunch Club 01798 342942 Red Cross (Local) 0800 280831 Petworth Farmers Market 01798 344883 Samaritans 08457 909090 Petworth Festival 01798 343055 WRVS – Meals on Wheels 01798 343773 Petfringe 01798 808080 Petworth Society 01798 342562/01798 344629 Horticulture Petworth Town Band 01798 872530 Allotments (Town Council) 01798 344883 Petworth Vision 01798 344744 Petworth Community Garden inc. Men’s Shed Group 07717 462780 Petworth Voices Community Choir www.westsussexsings.com www.growingforall.org.uk Royal British Legion 01798 342309 Petworth Gardeners Club 07724 213037 Scouts 07786 744324 The Arts Society South Downs 01403 785302 Leisure & Sport The Arts Society, West Sussex 01903 411086 Cinema – Petworth Film House www.petworthfilmhouse.com Library inc. Knit and Natter & Baby Rhyme Time 01798 342274 Churches Petworth Bowls Club petworthbowlsclub.weebly.com PACT – Petworth Churches Together 01798 342151 Petworth Park Cricket Club www.petworthparkcricket.org Sacred Heart, Angel Street 01798 342169 Petworth Football Club www.petworthfc.co.uk St Mary’s, Church Street 01798 345278 Petworth Park Sports [email protected] United Reformed Church 01798 343102 Museums & Visitor Attractions Councillors & Politicians Coultershaw Beam Pump 01798 865774 Petworth Cottage Museum 01798 342100 Chichester District Council 01243 785166 Petworth House 01798 342207 Member of Parliament: Andrew Griffith 0207 219 3000 South Downs National Park Authority 03003 031053 Police Town Council Offices 01798 344883 Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 West Sussex County Council 01243 777100 Non emergency / Petworth Police Station 101 Education Victim Support 08081 689 111 Duncton Junior School 01798 342402 Transport Easebourne Primary School 01730 813266 Compass Bus 01903 264776 Fittleworth C of E Village School 01798 865419 Stagecoach 0345 1210190 Graffham Infants School 01798 867324 Petworth Community Mini Bus 01798 344898 Kaleidoscope Pre-School 01798 343204 TANDEM (hospital transport) 01730 813962 Midhurst Rother College 01730 812451 Northchapel Primary School 01428 707352 Venues Petworth Primary School 01798 342369 Empire Hall 01798 867297 Plaistow & Kirdford Primary School 01403 871275 Hampers Green Community Centre 01798 343336 Sylvia Beaufoy Youth Centre inc. Evolve 01798 344880 Leconfield Hall 01798 342566 Wakoos Nursery: After School/Holiday Club 01798 345214 Lodsworth Village Hall 07922 139225 Wisborough Green Primary School 01403 700280 Sylvia Beaufoy Centre 01798 344880

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MONDAYS FRIDAYS • Kaleidoscope Pre-school 9am-12pm (term time only) HG • Kaleidoscope Pre-school 9am-12pm (term time only) HG • Petworth Town Band 7-8:30pm PH • Baby Rhyme Time 10:30-11am PL • Scouts 6-8pm SH • PACT coffee mornings9:45-11:45am URC • Sylvia Beaufoy Youth Club (ages 12-19) 6-9pm SBC MONTHLY TUESDAYS • Kaleidoscope Pre-school 9am-12pm (term time only) HG TUESDAYS • Petworth Lunch Club every 2nd 12pm URC • Kaleidoscope Pre-school 12-3pm (term time only) HG • Knit and Natter 1:30-2:30pm PL WEDNESDAYS • Learn and Grow 10am-2pm RA • Jammy Dodgers Preserve making every 3rd 12-3pm HG • Evolve (school years 6, 7, & 8) 6:30-8:30pm SBC THURSDAYS WEDNESDAYS • Town Council every 3rd 7:30pm TCO • Kaleidoscope Pre-school 9am-12pm (term time only) HG • Petworth Gardeners Club every 1st 7pm LH • Men’s Shed Group (Community Garden) 10am-2pm RA • Petworth Film House 2nd & 4th (Sept-May) 7:30pm LH • Kaleidoscope Pre-school 12-3pm (term time only) HG SATURDAYS • Beavers 4:55-5:55pm SH • Petworth Society Book Sale every 2nd 10am-3pm LH • Cubs 6:05-7:35pm SH • Petworth Farmer’s Market every 4th 9am-1:00pm MS • Leconfield Singers8-10pm (doors open 7:30pm) URC • Sylvia Beaufoy Youth Club (years 12-19) 6:30-9:00pm SBC Location Key THURSDAYS HG Hampers Green RA Rothermead Allotments LH Leconfield Hall SBC Sylvia Beaufoy Centre • Kaleidoscope Pre-school 9am-12pm (term time only) HG PH Petworth House SH Scout Hut • Kaleidoscope Pre-school 12-3pm (term time only) HG PL Petworth Library URC United Reformed • Sylvia Beaufoy Youth Club (ages 12-19) 3-6pm SBC TCO Town Council Office Church • Thriving Thursdays Horticultural therapy group 11am-3pm RA MS Market Square © Thomas Jennings © Thomas

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