The Bridge July & August 2019 Spanning the COMMUNITY in Busbridge www.bhcgodalming.org/thebridge www.bhcgodalming.org/thebridge Page 2 What’s inside As you’re lying on your sun lounger this summer maybe it’s an opportunity for a closer study of those passing clouds …. Explore more on pages 14 & 15 of this edition. Pages 14—15 Head in the Clouds Do you know your mackerel from your sun dog? You’d be surprised what you can see in the skies above Busbridge. Pages 16-18 Busbridgewatch is back! It’s time to celebrate the wonderful diversity and depth of local wildlife that we enjoy across Busbridge and environs. Thank you to all those who have kindly sent in photographs to share. Page 21 Meet your New Councillors Three new local councillors introduce themselves to the community. Page 23 The Rev’d David Mace An appreciation of the life of Rev’d David Mace. Pages 26-27 Travels to Uganda Busbridge based charity, SALCET, reports on its latest trip to Uganda and updates us on the work it is undertaking there. Front cover PHOTO: House sparrow, Minster Road, Busbridge by kind courtesy of Chris Payne The Bridge July/August 2019 Page 3 NEWS & EVENTS Round Up St Edmund’s GOLDEN JUBILEE St Edmund’s School spent the day celebrating their Golden Jubilee on Thursday 23rd May. It was the perfect weather! The children were very excited and have loved finding out about the history of the school. They have looked at the log books, photographs and old uniform, and thought about what it might have been like in the past. We talked about how communication has changed and rather than writing daily in the log book I write a blog, newsletters and share school photos parents, grandparents and parishioners; I and events on our website. know everyone enjoyed looking at all the old photographs and finding themselves! It was wonderful to have Bishop Richard We all enjoyed the cakes and refreshments with us for the day. He spent time talking to after Mass. All the children received a Jubilee bookmark, blessed by the Bishop which I hope will always remind them of their time at St Edmund’s. all the children, visiting every class and even I feel very proud to be here as headteacher, stayed in Year 6 to join in their class 50 years after the school opened, looking at collective worship, at the children’s request! all we have achieved and thinking of all the During Mass, a group of children performed children & families who are part of St a special prayer sculpture and explained Edmund’s. It was one of those really special how they had prepared it. We were days that I am sure the children will always delighted to have so many visitors joining remember. us, including past teachers and governors, Elizabeth Higgins, headteacher www.bhcgodalming.org/thebridge Page 4 Hydon HILL NEWS Residents at local Leonard Cheshire home, Hydon Hill, have been making the most of the warmer weather to get out and about. Above : Enjoying the Greenwich Maritime Museum in April. Right : Visiting the Mary Rose at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on 21st May. Below : Godalming Lions invited residents to a tea party held at Godalming United Church in May. Above : On board a boat trip down the River Wey on Tuesday 28th May. Welcome Llorenzo Readers may recall that in our May-June 2018 edition we were introduced to the llama family at The Merry Harriers in Hambledon. We’re delighted to hear that this spring the group has welcomed another addition. Baby Llorenzo, a male cria, was born on Saturday 13th April. The Bridge July/August 2019 Page 5 Open Day A Blast from our Parish Past Parish Past July 1964 Above : Courtesy of Ambrose Nyazai - the team building Busbridge Junior School pond in the late 1980's. Busbridge Evening WI Busbridge Evening WI held a garden sale in Quartermile Road on Saturday 18th May. www.bhcgodalming.org/thebridge Page 6 The Bridge July/August 2019 Page 7 www.bhcgodalming.org/thebridge Page 8 Busbridge Junior School News July sees the 50th commemoration of the first men on the moon. Back in May we celebrated this in school through one of our DoubleDays. For two days the children carried out work along a Moon theme. They composed Moon music, created Moon art and learnt more about the incredible scientific adventure that took men to the Moon (and back again!). The children were entrusted with the safety of their very own eggstronaut, Neil Eggstrong. They had to investigate suitable materials for a space capsule that would return Neil to terra firma in one piece. The photos show one of the groups showing their horror at the injuries sustained by their eggstronaut upon landing. Yuck. Cassidy, one of our space capsule engineers exclaimed “It was a tricky project. It would seem that bubble wrap and straw are not the ideal materials to ensure a safe landing back on Earth. We hope that NASA take note of our findings!” We also took time to look in wonder at photos of the earth from space. It reminded us of how precious the Earth is and how much we should look after it. Our Governors and whole school community have been revisiting our school vision recently. The words which we feel best describe our vision are thus: “To be a school that reflects the love of Christ : cherishing each other as unique individuals and challenging all to achieve and succeed.” Hopefully if you know families linked to our school they will be able to talk about our vision in practice. Richard Catchpole, headteacher The Bridge July/August 2019 Page 9 Busbridge CHURCH NEWS Below : Saturday 18th May, the annual Busbridge Church BIG Spring Clean. Over 80 people Saturday 20th April : Families enjoying the spent the morning cleaning glorious sunshine over the Easter weekend at and tidying before enjoying a the Easter Garden Service at the Old Rectory. BBQ lunch together. Right : Sunday 19th May - Busbridge Vicar, Rev Simon Taylor, was licensed as the Godalming Area Dean by the Archdeacon of Surrey, the Venerable Paul Davies. Simon’s new role is in addition to that of Vicar; to oversee matters such as illness, vacancies and other problems in local parishes and take on a strategic role in the diocese. The Area Dean is the joint chair, with the Lay Chair, of the deanery synod. www.bhcgodalming.org/thebridge Page 10 Church Reordering Busbridge church is currently closed for reordering (a church word for renovation) until 8th September 2019. Busbridge Services and other activities are continuing in The Old Rectory, our recently converted building Parish Register behind the church (access via Old Rectory Close Weddings off Hambledon Road, parking available). When the church reopens it will provide a more versatile 11th May 2019 Laura Klair & Micah Wright worship space with chair seating, and a modern sound and tech system. We can’t wait! Rest Baptisms assured that the original features in the church building have been treasured, and the new 5th May 2019 Ethan Palenicek technology will be installed discreetly. Elliott Kimbell Do come and see for yourself after the reopening 2nd June 2019 on 8 September. In the meantime, we welcome (St Peter’s, Hambledon) enquiries for baptisms and weddings, and we can Sebastian Mead accommodate funerals at Hambledon church. 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The Governing Bodies of Busbridge Infant School, Our Year One learners Godalming Junior School, travelled back in time Milford School and Moss Lane to further develop School took the decision to their understanding of become Foundation Schools the events and to form a Cooperative surrounding the Education Trust called the Titanic with a Titanic Godalming Learning Partnership history workshop. following the positive The children conclusion to the public particularly enjoyed consultation in October. Local the opportunity to get Church schools have joined us into character! in this partnership (as equal associate members rather than founder members due to their Year One children also church status). We have always took part in a football worked very closely with our festival and skills session, partner schools and look the latter hosted by forward to developing further Rodborough School and initiatives, for example Teacher run by their student Training opportunities, as we sports leaders; a great strengthen our connections example of the further. Godalming Learning Partnership in action. We are now working hard planning some new woodland activities to deliver on site with the children over the coming weeks. As part of this work, we are planning to further develop the wildlife area down towards the Rectory Close/Chestnut Way entrance so that we can go on to extend our range of activities for 2019-2020. We are extremely grateful to our generous PTA whose funds are making these opportunities possible. Don’t forget our Summer Fair on Saturday 6th July, this is always a great family event for our very As part of the launch event our special and supportive local community.