September 2017 Issue 233 News, views and issues Pieces of from: Chapel Amble, Pendoggett, St Kew, St Kew Highway, Trelill, ight Tregellist, Trequite, E Trewethern Email:[email protected] A leap of faith…… Photograph by Ed Pickard Your free guide to news and events within and around St Kew Parish 1 Welcome to Pieces of Eight We are a free independent community magazine, published ten times a year (not January or August) covering local news, views and events in the St Kew parish area. Volunteers produce, print and distribute the magazine to every household in the area, and to all the local churches, shops and pubs. We do hope you enjoy reading it. We would love to hear from our readers - articles, letters, suggestions and other contributions are always welcome. Please see our contact details below. We can post issues to households outside the parish at a cost of £10.00 per annum. There is also an on-line edition hosted by the Parish Council which can be found at www.stkewparish.org.uk/PO8.html. (We are very grateful to the Parish Council for allowing us to use their site). Editorial Contacting the Editorial Team We can be contacted by email at Welcome back! We hope everyone has had a [email protected]. good summer break. We look forward to some Please use this ad- dress for ALL lovely September days now! correspondence, the in-box is checked regularly. According to National Geographic mass Advertisers should contact Steve, our Adver- production of plastics began just six decades tising Manager via this email address, putting ago, but has now created 8.3 billion metric tons ‘Advertisement’ in the subject line. Steve can - most of it in disposable products that end up provide information on advertising costs, in the rubbish. space availability, formats, etc. Plastic takes more than 400 years to degrade, so most of it still exists in some form. Only 12 Copy date for the October issue is: percent has been incinerated. We only recycle th 30% in Europe. Monday 18 September We aim to get the printed magazine out to our So let's try to make wise choices when distributors before the beginning of the month shopping. Try to buy loose rather than of issue. Could all contributors please send us packaged goods. Take a water bottle from your copy or advertisement as soon as possi- home. Remember that take- away coffee cups ble, ideally before the copy deadline. If your are not usually recyclable. article or advert is going to be late it would be very helpful if you could let us know in advance. And some unlikely culprits are plastic straws, toothbrushes and cotton buds. There are Many thanks! alternatives we could choose. So, be wary of plastics and let's keep them out Note to Readers of the ocean, and off our beaches! When responding to an advertisement, please mention that you saw it in Pieces of Eight! Philippa This shows our advertisers that the magazine is the place to reach local customers. If you are interested in the local marine environ- ment, the Polzeath Marine Conservation Group runs the Polzeath Marine Centre, organises regular Views expressed in this publication are those of its events and beach clean-ups, and supports the contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of Polzeath Voluntary Marine Conservation area. the Publishers, the management committee, who There’s lots more information on their website. Find reserve the right to refuse or alter any material supplied. 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And lots more! 12/17 5 All the news and highlights from St Kew School – but THE EXCITING FUTURE OF ST KEW SCHOOL don’t forget, you can keep up with all the school AND PRE-SCHOOL! antics in our weekly newsletters, published on our website: www.st-kew.cornwall.sch.uk Our brilliant outdoor school facilities are being altered to include St Kew Pre-School from THANK YOU ST KEW: WHAT A WONDERFUL October/November this year and we will be working COMMUNITY YOU ARE! with The Eden Project to design and develop the ‘wild’ area at the back of the school to enable it to be On Saturday 15th July, we held our Work Day at used all year round as an outdoor Pre-School facili- school where we were lucky enough to have around ty. Across the ACE Trust, there is a widespread 30 volunteers (parents and friends of the school) to passion for Outdoor Learning and we will be working help us have a big clear up! with the team to enhance the experiences of the children in Pre-School to incorporate the outdoor Being blessed with this amazing amount of help we environment into their curriculum. The freedom of completed all of the jobs on the list including an outdoor learning experience, where the children removing block-built vegetable patches and an old will be able to explore many new learning opportuni- pond, trimming the hedges, starting to paint the ties, learn to take risks and use this unique environ- quiet garden fence, and a general tidying up of ment to engage in a meaningful way will provide a many areas of the school. All volunteers, including richly resourced, natural space where children will a selection of current and future pupils, were be able to develop in all areas of learning. rewarded with bacon baps and refreshments provid- ed by Helping Hands, our wonderful PTA and a We look forward to these developments and would selection of cakes just to keep the troops going! This be delighted for you to join us at this event, please work allowed us to plan for and begin….. see the details in the invitation below. 6 a card they had made along with various gifts including vouchers and a planter in the shape of a tractor!! We thank Gemma for all her hard work over the years, we will all miss her! Our toddler group has been growing from strength to strength which has been great to see. The summer term went really quickly with lots of fun All the staff and committee would like to thank all activities outside in the sunshine.