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The Village Magazine of the Chiddingstones The Village Magazine of the Chiddingstones www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16937/benefice/ 60 Pence May 2020 USEFUL CONTACT NUMBERS Churches Associate Priest Bill MacDougall 01892 870442 Churchwardens (St Mary’s Bob Golds 01892 870429 Chiddingstone Village) Chris Bell 01732 866222 Verger (St Mary’s) Christine Roberts 01892 870437 Churchwardens (St Luke’s Paul Allen 01732 463382 Chiddingstone Causeway) Vacancy Pastoral Assistant Carol Benton 01892 870483 Pastoral Help (Causeway) Helen Barnes 01732 838855 Pastoral Help (Hoath) Jane-Ann Golds 01892 870429 Bell Ringers Stella Wooldridge 01892 870323 Choir Paul Allen 01732 463382 Parochial Parish Administrator Louise Sanders Church Council [email protected] Local Chiddingstone Sports Assoc Martin Keeler 01732 700516 Organisations Chiddingstone Football Club Martin Keeler 01732 700516 Chiddingstone Cricket Club Mark Streatfeild 01892 870851 Stonewall Park Cricket Club Andy Batchelder 07903 830142 Causeway Stoolball Club Rosa Gower 01892 870644 Stonewall Park Stoolball Club Pauline Hodge 01892 524783 Chiddingstones Tennis Club Richard Sinclair 07771 912108 Chiddingstone Real Football Katie Ashworth 07730 331800 Chiddingstone W.I. Alison Savage 01732 700536 Brenda Bishop 01892 870810 Chiddingstone Causeway W.I Carol Benton 01892 870483 Chiddingstone Over 60’s Elizabeth Fleming 01892 870224 Alice Peterkin 01892 870503 Tuesday Group (pre-school) Sam Day 01892 871570 Edenbridge Voluntary Transport Service 01732 865353 Chiddingstone Castle 01892 870347 CHAPS Kenton Ward 07881 957800 Bough Beech Res. Assoc. Trust Steen Carndorf 01732 700585 Youth Youth Club Chris Pounds 07725 563636 Organisations Ide Hill Scout Group Lorna Baker 01732 750178 School Head teacher Rachel Streatfeild 01892 870339 Nursery School Leader Jill McCoy 01892 871315 Village Hall Chiddingstone Jane Ann Golds 01892 870429 Bookings Chiddingstone Causeway Elaine Ewer 07597 271974 St. Luke’s Parish Room Diane Heasman 01892 870794 Sevenoaks District Council Councillors James Osborne-Jackson 01732 227000 Sue Coleman 01892 870435 Parish Councils Chiddingstone - Chairman Richard Streatfeild 07973 842139 - Clerk Louise Kleinschmidt 01892 740753 Leigh - Chairman Colin Stratton-Brown 01732 832714 - Clerk Louise Kleinschmidt 01892 740753 Magazine Editor and ‘’For Sale ads’’ Jenny Chettle 01342 850827 [email protected] Commercial advertising Stuart Notholt [email protected] Advertising copy Robert Hunt [email protected] COOPER’S ROOFING Specialising in all roofing problems New roofs, Flat roofs, Repairs, Guttering, Lead work, facias & Soffits For free no obligation quotes please ring John Cooper on 07968-004462 A7 SR INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES LTD Independent Financial Advisers Chiddingstone Hoath DIRECTOR : STEPHEN RUDGE MA MPHIL DipFA AwPETR MLIBF Investment and Pensions Specialist 01892 871494 [email protected] SR Investment Associates Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority Electricity in safe hands Mob: 07836 256146 Tel: 01892 740631 [email protected]. uk DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL - Installation, Re-wires & board changes - Fault finding, Maintenance and Repairs - Inspection and testing, EICR reports - Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) - Solar Panel Installations – PV Systems - Prompt, Reliable and Competitive Rates A8 A9 A10 MAY 2020 Forthcoming Events? Never before have we not had any events for May! FROM THE RECTORY It feels like it has been a long month. So much has changed since I last wrote news from The Rectory. This time of lockdown affects us all in different ways – affecting our social lives, our work lives, our home lives and our mood. For some, this time of isolation has given us time to reflect on life, often evoking old memories. I enjoy listening to Desert Island discs. It is interesting to hear about different people’s life stories and listen to the music that they have chosen, almost illustrating their lives. I sometimes wonder what music I would choose – how hard it is to select just 8 pieces to cover over 70 years of enjoyment of music. My earliest memories would be seasoned with Frank Sinatra or even Vera Lynn, before moving onto The Beatles and later bands like Led Zeppelin, the Cream and The Rolling Stones to spice up my life. But I also enjoy classical music and as a chorister, I sang in a variety of choirs. As my own children became teenagers, I was introduced to Oasis and Blur, and then too many artists to begin to name. Music can be evocative, reminding us of people, places and events. The natural world around is also evocative as we experience the changing seasons, having been gifted with a beautiful spring in this part of the world, and as we move into summer. The birds returning from their winter climes, the plants bursting into life in the garden, the lambs in the fields and the increasing warmth and longer days. At this difficult time as we remain locked down and wait for scientists to discover more about this particular corona virus, we are so grateful to all those in society who are working hard to make sure that life keeps working for us. As well as medical staff and all those on the front line, we are so thankful for our local stores in Chiddingstone and Chiddingstone Causeway, for those who deliver goods and keep the postal service going and the refuse collectors who remove our waste each week. But I am also mindful of our farmers, who are working so hard to keep providing us with milk and dairy products as well as vegetables and meat. This is a particularly tough time for them. As I reflect back through my life and consider which 8 tracks of music, I would choose to illustrate them, perhaps for this current time I would choose….the One World Together at Home concert, broadcast on BBC1 recently, such an eclectic mix, but so evocative, as they thanked all those on the front line – do check it out on iPlayer! And if I wanted to save one ‘track’ from the waves, it would be this one! So to all those providing care for the wider community, THANK YOU! God bless and stay safe, Bill 1 SCHOOL NEWS This month, I write from my makeshift home office and, like many parents, I am trying hard to juggle home schooling with full time work – often feeling that neither is being done as well as one would like and a real test of patience and tolerance! However, in these unprecedented and exceptional times, we are all adjusting to a new way of operating and working. Like all schools nationally, we closed our gates to the majority of pupils on Friday 20th March and our virtual school was born. We are now in full swing of supporting parents to support their children with their home learning. Staff have been working hard to ensure that we are providing both continuity of learning as well as supporting the wellbeing of our pupils and families during these difficult times. Teachers have been setting plenty of work which the children access on our website, are in regular contact with parents, as well as marking and providing feedback on the great work the children are doing at home. In addition, teachers and teaching assistants have been checking in every day with their virtual class meetings. These have been a real lifeline for many of the children and parents. A chance to see each other and say ‘Hi’, check that the children understand the work that has been set and for the children to share and celebrate what they have been doing. The wonders of technology, allowing the children to still see their friends and wave to each other in this very odd time when they cannot be enjoying themselves on the playground together. This term, alongside their maths and literacy, we have introduced ‘Family Learning’, taking a weekly theme and suggesting shared family activities for children of all ages to complete, along with some science experiments to tackle together. This week’s theme has been ‘Masterchef/Bake-off’ with many families creating some delicious culinary masterpieces, sharing in the planning, making, tasting and, of course, the washing up! Some of the children have taken on the challenge of making butter and carrying out a fair test – seeing if they can drop an egg from a height and prevent it from breaking by protecting it with different materials e.g. a parachute, box etc. We have seen some fantastic videos and pictures of the experiment in action! Next week, our focus will be ‘Nature Week’, followed by ‘Art week’ and ‘Music week’. It is lovely to see everyone working together and having some family fun. School has remained open for some of our key worker children and, while few in numbers, we have been filling the days with a variety of activities including: exercising with Joe Wickes, table tennis competitions, French boules and gardening in the sunshine. We will hopefully have a good harvest of broad beans, sweetcorn, carrots and more– the vegetables of our labour! The children have been doing their school work as well……. Cont/… 2 Here are some examples of some of the work the children have been doing at home: Reception Class has been getting to grips with Home Schooling but we are all missing our friends and colleagues very much. We get a chance to see each other in our daily online sessions and so far have enjoyed a singalong with homemade instruments and a competition to name Mrs Scott's pet lamb (“Goatie” was the rather unusual name that came out of the hat!). This week we are very much looking forward to a live Bake Off when we all make bread rolls at the same time. What could possibly go wrong! Year 1 are enjoying learning at home, making Easter gardens, Easter crafts and baking. The children have been making characters or objects from books such as ‘Paper Dolls’. They have been enjoying and finding out about the natural environment and even doing their morning exercise with Joe Wickes! This term Year 1 are making rockets and Solar System Planets.
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