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Well the New Year is almost upon us and Hever Residents Association’s committee members are taking stock of what we have achieved to benefit our community in the last year, and what we can do in 2019.

Last year we focused on events for children. There are many young families, some new to the area, who want to join in the community who find difficulty doing so. So we came up with several new ideas. We started with an Easter Egg hunt in conjunction with St Peter’s Church, which brought whole families out on a brisk morning. Chocolate eggs were found and consumed, and medals awarded!!

The Scarecrow competition in the summer turned out to be our ‘star’ event, thanks to the inventiveness and sense of fun of families

around Hever. We thought we might get 10 ‘crows, 20 at best. To get 60 was magnificent, all so different and enjoyable. Well done everyone! LINK

Our Halloween party entertained over 70 young children and their parents in the Village Hall with crafts, games, fun and spooky food and decorations. These three events brought many compliments, for which we are grateful. It’s pleasing to know we have been doing something which is appreciated.

We have also been doing some more serious stuff to achieve HRA’s aim to ‘preserve, protect and, if possible, improve the local environment’ e.g. commenting the Hever station paid-parking proposal, planning applications (including the draft Local Plan), and local events e.g. Neverworld. We also ran a Life Saving Training course.

We are now planning events for 2019 and needless to say some of the above will feature again, but if you have any ideas as to what more we can do for the community please let us know. We welcome members to join the committee and new members to join HRA. The subscription is £10 for an individual and £15 for a family and is due on 1st January. Email us at [email protected] or phone our Treasurer Jo Cockerill on 07932 141951 and come along to our AGM, the date will be announced shortly.

We wish all Hever residents a happy and prosperous New Year.

John Adkins Chair, Hever Residents Association 1 News from the Pews are becoming very popular in Four Elms and Hever. The Christingle St. Paul’s Four Elms service is a special activity in the For the last few months we have had church calendar and the participation St. Paul’s Church opened on a daily of children and young people make it basis and we hope this has given a very happy occasion. more opportunity for people to visit our lovely church. We now look forward to a happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year During October we were delighted and send best wishes to all. that 5 young people from Four Elms Christina Hodson were confirmed by the new Bishop of Tonbridge at Mereworth, followed St Peter’s Hever by a wonderful party in the Four Elms We are enjoying a busy Christmas in Village Hall to celebrate the occasion. Hever and it will be sad to take down A very successful “Meet your the star from the tower on twelfth Neighbours” ploughman’s lunch was night which is Saturday 5th January. held in Four Elms Village Hall. This Many churches had stars up this year was kindly sponsored by the Four as the church “followed the star” Elms Fete Committee and Southworth nationwide. The bell ringers will be & Co. Around 50 neighbours ringing in the new year from 11.30pm gathered together, greeting old friends on 31st - do come along to listen, the and meeting new residents. church will be open as we toll out the new year with muffled bells and then Sunday morning December 10th saw ring out in full peal at the stroke of the parish room filled with 27 children midnight. their parents (and grandparents) making Christingle candles. The big event for January is the Grand Hever Quiz on Saturday 26th. It is in Afterwards we moved to the Church the Guthrie Pavilion which the Castle for a short Christingle service kindly lend us for the evening. The conducted by the Reverend Wendy. quiz is seven rounds of a variety of It was a lovely service and especially testing (but not too testing) questions charming was seeing the lighted with a supper interval held halfway Christingle candles in the darkened through, the delicious food provided church, with the sunshine streaming by Leith’s. Do join us if you can - you through the beautiful stained glass can either take a full table of 10 or windows. We must thank the parents book individually and we will find you who organise the services for Café a slot. Profits go to the church. Please Church and Inspired, both of which come along - see the advert for more

2 details (www.bookitbee.com/Hever). remainder of the rotten Beech, leaving a yew which we hope to shape once it Meanwhile we hope to see as many puts on some more growth. of you as possible at the parish lunch in Hever Village Hall on Thursday As I write, the choir is rehearsing hard 10th January at 12 for 12.30. We will for the Carol service. It’s a time when be holding a lunch in the hall on the we encourage singers from Hever second Thursday of every month and further afield to join us. We meet throughout the year. Everyone is very at least once a week at Falconhurst welcome. to try out new numbers and practise Jane Rosam under the iron rod of Charles’s baton. Churchwarden Not a wrong note is missed by him and only perfection is good enough Markbeech (though rarely achieved). It is hard We enjoyed a tremendous Bazaar work but very good fun. in November with the Village Hall packed with Christmas shoppers. January will see a ‘first’ for Holy Paul & Charlotte’s Pie Stall is always Trinity Markbeech! We are going to a favourite; delicious home baked have our inaugural Family Service on cakes, sweets and preserves, and lots 20th January. It will be at the usual of toys and crafts for the children. Ivy time of 9.15am and will hopefully Wilkinson won the cake decorating have something for everyone in the competition! family: songs and crafts; discussion; coffee and buns. We look forward to The PCC were most grateful for the welcoming you there. £1600 raised and thanks to all who Nicki Talbot worked so hard to make it a joyful Churchwarden occasion. Last but not least - Rev. Wendy A tree has been planted in the Izod wishes you all a very happy churchyard! It is a Prunus Cerasifera Christmas and a joyous new year! which should look very pretty in early spring. We have removed the

United benefice of Hever, Four Elms & Markbeech Rev. Wendy Izod (01342) 850738, [email protected]

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3 January diary

21 Dec Nine Lessons and Carols, St Peter’s Church Hever 7pm 21 Dec Hever Carol Supper, Hever Village Hall 7pm 23 Dec Four Elms Village Carols, St Paul’s Church 3pm 23 Dec Markbeech carol service, Holy Trinity Church 6pm 24 Dec Crib Service St Peter’s Church Hever 4pm 24 Dec Midnight Communion St Peter’s Church Hever 11.30pm 25 Dec Christmas Service Holy Trinity Church Markbeech 9.15am 25 Dec Communion Service St Paul’s Church Four Elms 11am 26 Dec Boxing Day Meet, Chiddingstone Castle 11am 10 Jan Village Lunch, Hever Village Hall 12 noon 18 Jan Hever Film Club, Hever Golf Club 7pm 24 Jan Buddhist Collection evening talk Chiddingstone Castle 6.30pm 26 Jan Grand Hever Quiz, Guthrie Pavilion Hever Castle 6.45pm HEVER CHRISTMAS FAIR A big THANK YOU to everyone to raise £6,600. I cannot stress who baked, knitted, helped enough how important these set up, tidied up, shopped, funds are for our local school and sponsored and came to support church and we are really grateful our Christmas Fair at Hever for all your support. Thank you Castle! It was our 21st edition and Hever Castle for continuing to it was a record one. We had 940 support our event! Thank you all! people through the door, almost Ana Roxburgh double last year and we managed

4 Village screen film club at Hever Castle Golf Club The 2018/19 film season continues in in 1971, The Post depicts the true story of January. Hopefully the films will now be attempts by journalists at The Washington shown on the ground floor so no more Post to publish classified documents stairs! regarding the 30-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam Friday 18 January War. Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Breathe Friday 15 March

Starring Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield this uplifting film is based on the true Paddington 2 story of a newly married couple and their This film needs no introduction really. It struggles to overcome adversity after he scores 100% on one film review website contracts polio. and is loved by the immature and the mature alike. It features the voices of Friday 15 February Hughs Grant and Bonneville with Ben The Post Whishaw as that bear.

The films (all less than two hours long) start at 8pm and doors open at 7pm for the pre-show meal and bar - with ice cream and popcorn in the interval.

Tickets are a suggested donation of £5 for the film or £13 to include the meal. You can book with Bridget Harris on 01732 700986 or [email protected] or buy tickets at the door. However PLEASE pre-book your meal by the Wednesday morning before the show if you would like to eat. Second only to the Watergate scandal was the discovery of the Pentagon papers. Set

5 The Grand Hever Quiz Seven rounds of brain stretching (but not too stretching) questions with tables of ten competing for the trophy....

The menu: Boeuf Bourguignon or Confit Byaldi Sticky toffee pudding and clotted cream ice cream Cheese and biscuits • Tea and coffee Cash bar • Raffle Saturday 26 January 2019 • Quiz starts 7.30pm sharp (doors open 6.45pm) Carriages 10.30 approx Guthrie Pavilion, Hever Castle Tickets £25 www.bookitbee.com/Hever • or from Mandy Yarnold: 01342 850028 Profits to St Peter’s Hever.

Subscriptions for 2019 are due! Please could everyone wanting to ‘The Link’ at Lloyds a/c 01057697 receive a paper copy of the Link sort 30-92-92 with postcode and make arrangements this month surname as reference. to pay their annual sub. Its £5 pa for a copy delivered to your door From now on there will be an by a volunteer and £18 for postal electronic copy of the Link subscriptions. This does not apply uploaded to the Hever.org website to anyone who has already set up each month, available free of a standing order that pays at other charge. If you would rather read the times of the year. Link online and no longer wish to subscribe for a paper copy, please You can pay in many ways: let us know asap by calling Bridget a) Send a cheque payable to ‘The on 01732 700986 or Joanna on Link’ with your address to Bridget 07958 919631 or by emailing us at Harris at 1 Triangle Cottage, Hever [email protected]. It is important Road, Hever TN8 7NL or that you let us know as we are keen b) Make a bank transfer or ideally to avoid waste and keep costs to a (from our point of view!) set up a minimum. Many thanks. standing order payment to

6 LITERARY FESTIVAL SAVE THE DATES: Saturday 4th-Tuesday 7th May 2019 Chiddingstone Castle is delighted to announce the dates for next year’s Literary Festival. Due to its increasing popularity next year’s festival is expanding to FOUR days over the first Bank Holiday in May. The full line-up will be announced in the New Year with details of how to pre-register for priority tickets available on 28th February, 24hrs before going on general sale on 1st March 2019.

If you are looking for inspiration for a Christmas gift why not give a voucher for next year’s Literary Festival. Available here https://event.bookitbee.com/20296/chiddingstone-castle-literary-festival-2019. These vouchers will have a code which will be redeemable against tickets purchased for festival events on 28th February, 24 hours before going on general sale ahead of 1st March when public booking opens.

BUDDHIST COLLECTION EVENING TALK ON THURSDAY 24th JANUARY, 6.30pm – 9pm Join us to hear our Curator, Naomi Collick, talk about the fascinating collections of Buddhist objects at Chiddingstone Castle. Enjoy a glass of cordial, exclusive evening access to the rooms and displays, and an opportunity to handle a Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheel. You can book tickets here or call us: https:// event.bookitbee.com/20540/buddhist-collection-evening-talk

The Castle, Collections, Tea Room and Gift Shop are now closed until our 2019 season : Sunday 31st March - Wednesday 30th October www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk [email protected]

Benefice monthly rainfall in millimeters

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Four Elms

67 50 22.5 9 59.5 71 74

2018 62.7 1.2 44.7 67.2 17.1 38 96 Hever

2017 73 53 19.5 10 60.5 67 70 37 42 36 56.5

2018 79 36 81 65.5 79 0 36 63 32 41 127.5

Markbeech

2017 73 50 26 6 63 72 76 41 43.5 34.5 55

2018 83 40 82 77.25 70.05 1.5 51 68.5 33 47.5 105.5

7 Hever Parish Council

Hever parish council of affordable housing strictly reserved for local Local council elections - your chance to people - both those with families and those become a Parish councillor! who are looking for somewhere smaller and easier to manage. Sevenoaks District Council will be holding elections in May 2019. Hever Parish Council is Hever Parish Council meets 6 times a also planning elections if seats on the council year, usually at 7.30pm and meetings last are contested. Would you like to get involved approximately 2 hours. You would also get as a local Councillor? involved in particular projects that interest you, for example, planning or highways issues or We are encouraging residents who are improving our open spaces. passionate about their community - Four Elms, Hever and Markbeech - to stand for election. If Getting elected you care about where you live and about your To stand for election to a local council you community you could make an excellent local must: councillor. No previous experience or specialist • Be a UK or Commonwealth citizen; or be knowledge is required, just an interest in a citizen of the Republic of Ireland; or be your local area, a desire to make a positive a citizen of another Member State of the change and enough time. For example, at European Union (we don’t know the situation the last Parish Council meeting, the following post Brexit!!) decisions were made: • Be at least 18 years old • Be an elector of the local council; or in the (1) To work with other groups to comment on a past 12 months lived or worked in the parish new planning application for 300 - 400 homes or lived within three miles of the boundary. between Hever and Hartfield road. If you would like further information please do (2) The budget for 2019 - 2020 was agreed. contact me and/or come along to the next There will be a small REDUCTION in the council meeting on Tuesday 15 January at HPC part of household council tax (by 7.4%) 7.30 in Markbeech Village Hall to meet the - thanks to careful spending & successfully councillors and see what we do. All members obtaining grants for the Four Elms playground of the public are always welcome to attend. we were able to cut our spending slightly. Charlotte Cole (3) The Council will work with English Rural Clerk and Financial Officer Housing Association to identify any local Hever Parish Council affordable housing needs. There will be a 01732 865547 parish wide housing needs survey coming to [email protected] you soon…please do complete it. There have www.hever.org been several housing questionnaires recently Facebook/Heverparishcouncil but this one could enable the building

8 Sevenoaks District Council

Your district councillor Matthew Dickens First, contact the District Council for pre- provides some wise advice on how to application advice, even if your proposal has apply for planning permission yet to be fully formed. The Council will be able to advise what restrictions are in place The New Year has traditionally been a and what policies could affect your plans. favourite time for people to place their home on the market and for house-hunters to Seek the opinion of a professional too. renew their search for that perfect property. Anyone may call themselves a planning However instead of moving, many choose consultant so obtain references and shop to apply for permission to enlarge, alter or around as few have an intimate knowledge completely rebuild. of our patch and the relevant protections. The best will provide frank advice, even if it is Whilst in some places much can be done to their commercial detriment. without planning consent, it’s no surprise that many of those rights don’t exist in a Take soundings from your neighbours. District which is 93% Green Belt – 100% in They will have an opportunity to make our villages – and 60% Area of Outstanding representations once you’ve applied, so Natural Beauty. Those constraints, which are ironing out issues beforehand is not just in no small part responsible for preserving a matter of courtesy but can minimise the special character of our area, mean that objections. The same goes for the Parish one requires permission for most alterations Council they are consulted by the District – thus contributing to Sevenoaks District Council. Council’s Planning Department being the busiest in Kent, processing over two These simple steps might seem obvious but thousand applications a year. they are all too often overlooked. So - if you have some home improvement in mind for I know it may not always seem it but the 2019, investing that little time and money at District Council approves the smallest the outset could save you a lot later on. proportion of applications in the county and has an enviable quality of decision making, As ever, feel free to get in touch if there’s as borne out in the high rate of decisions anything I might be able to assist with. upheld at appeal. Matthew Dickins Therefore the prospect of securing that District Councillor for Cowden & Hever much desired planning permission may Sevenoaks District Council, seem pretty slim, and for those who find Argyle Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1HG their dream scheme being turned down I [email protected] know what a disappointment that can be, 07910 328 110 so I want to set out my number one piece of advice – and that is to seek advice.

9 country and gardening

Hever Rose And Horticultural Society I have been asked to provide some Our AGM at the end of November seasonal gardening tips, a daunting task marked the last activity in the Hever Hort given the level of knowledge among calendar. As well as the usual agenda gardeners in the area, so I have resorted items of reports, finances and re-election to cribbing from the Royal Horticultural of the committee, it is a chance to look Society website. One suggestion is to back and celebrate another busy year. make your own winter feed for garden To this end we display a selection of birds. Our bird feeders are getting photographs from our three shows, and depleted very quickly, so I am making list the winners of the 22 cups, bowls my own bird food ‘balls’, based on the and salvers awarded in the various RHS recipe. Gently melt some vegetable categories. Seeing pictures of the suet or lard in a pan and add a selection glorious exhibits reminds us of the high of bird seed, breadcrumbs, chopped standard of horticulture of our exhibitors. peanuts and dried fruit. You need just enough suet to bind the mixture together. We now have over 80 members, the When it cools a little, spoon the mixture highest for some time, and our President, into containers. I am using 2” plastic Wendy Izod, reflected on this when flower pots, with string looped through she made an impromptu speech, the top and one of the bottom holes commenting on how encouraging before the mixture is added, so that they it is when local organisations thrive hang horizontally. So far they have been and provide a focus of interest for the pretty popular with our regular visitors; community. Wendy’s final duty was to blue and marsh (willow?) tits, robins and present the President’s cup, awarded nuthatches, among others. to the person who has accumulated the most points over the three shows. In A couple of other jobs (if not already third place was Laura Palmer, second done) are winter pruning of apple and was Simon Fuller but the clear winner pear trees and inspect Dahlia, Begonia was Jane Rosam, so well done Jane! and Canna tubers for rot or drying out, weather permitting, of course! The schedule and programme of events Doug Bowern for 2019 have been printed, so if you Chairman would like to join our society please contact me. Hall Bookings Councils

Four Elms: Kent County Councillor Village Hall − Mr Leigh 01732 700514 Peter Lake 07740 701695 Parish Rooms − FE School 01732 700274 Sevenoaks District: Hever − Mrs Ryan 01732 864168 Matthew Dickins 07910 328110 Markbeech − Mrs Paige 01342 850328 Hever Parish: Charlotte Cole 01732 865547

10 life on the farm Officially there was only Ant and me so I Antony Penman was born in Sydenham in helped out with everything although Barbara 1919 and at the age of 16 left home to start as would muck in with any task bar the milking, an apprentice farm hand at Squerryes Farm she felt he had to draw the line somewhere! Westerham and then Scords Farm Toys Hill. When Mrs Flint retired from farming at He farmed Oak House Farm, Mapleton Road, Holmwood Farm Ant bought some sheep Four Elms from 1938 until 1989. He and his which initially caused no end of trouble. Ant wife Barbara then retired to How Green. Ant hadn’t realised that sheep can’t be confined died in 2015. Richard Bennett worked with Ant with just a line of barbed wire like cattle. They on the farm from 1961 until 1989 and here he were escape artists and in the early days remembers life on the farm. we spent a lot of time retrieving them from neighbouring farms! I was born in 1946 in White Post Cottage on the corner of Mapleton Road and Pootings My Dad’s health was poor and he only earned Road, just down from Ant’s farm. I had been £8 per week in the 1970s. Mum used to clean around the farm from about the age of 8 with three houses a day to try to make ends meet. my brother who was five years older than me Ant would often visit with a box of groceries and Ant allowed us a great deal of freedom with to help us out. When Dad died Ant realised the animals and let us drive the tractor across that Mum and I were in difficulty and offered the fields which we loved. us Eddie’s old cottage on the farm. He even moved all our belongings with the tractor and When I was about to leave school aged 15 my trailer. So we lived on the farm from 1972 until dad asked me how I was planning to make a 1989 when Ant packed up farming for good. living and I said I thought I would work for Ant. Ant’s kindness extended to his neighbours as On discovering that I hadn’t mentioned this to Ant, Dad took me to see him to broach the subject. Ant said he had rather assumed that was what I was planning and that was why he had extended the dairy herd to provide enough income to pay me. Typical Ant, the most thoughtful of men. My starting pay in 1961 was £4 7s 6d for 40 hours a week plus 3/6 per hour overtime. Milking was my job once Eddie Mitchell retired. He had milked all his life, even as a POW in Germany! Milking was hard work, we produced about 150 gallons a day so that was 15 heavy churns to roll in and out of the parlour, all of which then needed cooling when they were full to reduce the heat of the milk. We did this using masses of water and it was a great saving of energy and water when the bulk tank arrived. That was refrigerated and held 300 gallons. A great innovation! Antony and Barbara Penman and the oak tree which fell into their house in the great storm of 1986 Photo courtesy Eden Valley Museum 11 Richard milking 1970 well. In the very hard winter of 1962/3 the milk lorry couldn’t get to us or up the hill to Chartwell Farm where there was a big herd of Jersey cows, so every day for months Ant would go up the hill in his unheated tractor to collect their milk and put out their churns, with ours, on Pootings Road in the hope that the lorry could collect. The collection was vital as we didn’t hold a stock of churns so we depended on the return of the empty ones to store the next lot of milk. When he wasn’t out in the tractor Ant could be seen with his blow torch in hand, trying hard to keep the water flowing to the drinkers in the barn where all the cattle were housed. work with the barrow and when we came back I remember another bad winter when Ant was he was still at it, in the semi darkness. At his lambing at Holmwood. I was just finishing off request we stood with our bicycle lamps to help the milking when it started to snow heavily. Ant guide him as the rods were no longer visible. came rushing to get me as there was suddenly so much snow on the ground that he was We made about 10,000 bales of hay on the losing sight of the lambs in the whiteout and he farm and the fields that Ant rented but we also needed help to dig them out and save them. needed straw for our animals so we would go bailing in neighbouring farms like Emmetts and Thinking of Chartwell, one day we were Holmwood. The farmer would keep the grain summoned as Ant’s cattle had strayed to the and we bought the straw at a reduced rate. ornamental lake. Off we went with stakes and We’d pitchfork the bails onto the trailer and wire to make good the breach in the fence bring 100 home at a time. and round up the herd and I even caught a glimpse of Sir Winston painting in his garden. Sometimes Ant grew oats which we would On another occasion we were up there with a harvest with a binder and then stack until tractor which had dodgy brakes. It set off alone it was dry and ready for Jenkin Lewis from into the lake! Ant calmly got in and backed the Swan Lane Farm to visit with his thresher. The tractor out of the water. sheaves were fed into the thresher and the grain would come through a chute and into one As well as calm he also had patience. He used hundredweight sacks. No wonder Ant had a to use a shandy barrow, an early hand operated bad back in old age as he’d carry those sacks seed broadcasting device which you wheeled on his back up the steps to the granary. up and down the field to distribute seed. Ant could sow a 10 acre field in a day. He would They were good days and I will never forget Ant place a metal stake at the field edge and and his kindness. walk towards it to keep the distribution even. I remember going off to choir practice with my Richard Bennett was interviewed by brother one summer evening while Ant was at Bridget Harris

12 schooltime proceeds will fund their trip to Cornwall in May 2019. news from Hever Elm class have been focusing on Anti- Bullying week and investigated what As we come to the end of our Autumn bullying is, and how to help ourselves Term, I would like to wish you a very and others who may be suffering from peaceful and happy Christmas. Having bullying. They also enjoyed the magical worked hard all term, the children Christingle Service, preparing their very will be ready for a break and the own Christingle, listening to Christmas opportunity to recharge their batteries. music and discussing its meaning. We’ve had a busy and productive term with lots to tell you about. Elderberry class discovered a love of poetry and entered the ‘Young Writers’ Firstly, an incredible record amount was competition. To their delight they raised for the church and the school at received a full class of winners! The the Hever Castle Christmas fair. Huge children’s poems will be published in thanks to Helen O’Connell and Ana the Young Writers book on 31 January Roxburgh, you must feel so proud. 2019. There was a great buzz and atmosphere with everyone pitching in to help and Magnolia class continued their journey the Hever children sang beautifully. with the “Everywhere Bear”. They used Thanks to the Hever community for all their imagination to spend time in the your support. sea with him; describing what it was like and how he was feeling. They also Oak class have been studying reptiles designed a helpful plan of the school and were visited by a real python, to aid “Everywhere Bear” when he a tamed pet belonging to one of goes off on his own adventure at the the children. They have also been weekend. practising hard for their Mexican nativity performance of “The Miracle of the First Acorn class were visited by one of the Poinsettia”. parents who is a Firefighter to teach the children how to stay safe and what to Chestnut class have been preparing do in an emergency. They tried on the for the Christmas Fair (run by the newly uniform then went outside to see the formed businesses in the class). They fire engine and had a go at using the created a brand, and produced financial hose to spray water. The children also accounts to support the spending of showed wonderful determination when their budget. They were delighted to they took part in the Sponsored Walk make over £320 profit from this event. and ran round the course several times To increase their profit the children will with great enthusiasm. be hosting a Christmas movie night. All

13 news from Four Elms Joanna Stratton Christmas performances Christmas celebrations abound at This year, Key stage 2 children are Four Elms school in December! hosting a Carol Concert as part of our Christmas celebrations. We are excited to be using the Pajoma Celebrations got off to a flying start Theatre at Sevenoaks School for with our annual school Christmas this event. This is an impressive fete. We had some fabulous prizes theatre which will bring a sense of to win in our raffle and tombola, a occasion to the event. The children silent auction, lucky dips, games to have been practising hard to learn the play, toys and books to buy, cakes songs, which are a mix of traditional to savour, face painting and glitter and modern carols and Christmas tattoos to get in the Christmas spirit, classics. The children are also delving and last but not least, a visit from the into the history and background to big man himself. the songs and carols to make the lyrics more meaningful. One of the highlights of the year is Key stage 1 the Christmas gift stall for Mums and will be performing their Dads. Children have the opportunity nativity sharing the story of Christmas to buy their family members a and the whole school will be holding Christmas gift independently. This is the annual Christingle service in St an important event for the children Pauls Church. The children make who enjoy the chance to select and their own Christingles in class from an orange decorated with red tape, wrap a special gift chosen especially sweets and a candle. Each element for their family member. Some of the of a Christingle has a special meaning younger children were so excited and helps to tell the Christian story. they needed reminding about the It is a lovely sight to see the entire importance of keeping their gift a school from youngest to oldest secret until the big day! singing carols with their lit Christingle candles. Elf mayhem! Since the start of the month, it And finally, the whole school have has been reported that a number a trip to the panto to see Dick of mischievous Elves have been Whittington in Sevenoaks courtesy appearing around school causing of the PTA. The PTA are also kindly havoc and mayhem in the classrooms hosting end of term Christmas parties overnight. Some of the elves for each class with music, party have been spilling glitter, climbing games, Christmas jumpers and party Christmas trees and hiding things. food. Each morning, the children and Merry Christmas and a Happy New teachers have no idea what will greet Year from Four Elms School! them! Nicole Holt

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17 services in January 2019 Services rota

Day Date Time Church Service Sidesmen Readers Intercessions Chalice Epiphany 06 Jan 08.00 Four Elms Holy Communion Church wardens 09.15 Markbeech Sung Eucharist Ricky Calvocoressi Fiona Irens & Liz Kaberry Jill Linden Vasile Nedelcu 11.00 Hever Parish Communion Anne Simmonds & Andrew Izod Daryl Roxburgh & Robin Rouse Ana Roxburgh Jane Rosam 09 Jan 09.30 Hever Morning Prayer 10 Jan 16.30 Hever Evening Prayer Baptism of 13 Jan 09.15 Markbeech Sung Eucharist Carol Bowern Pennie Scott & Janey Cooper Nick Irens Nick Irens Christ 10.30 Four Elms Café St Paul Church wardens 16.00 Hever Evensong Pat Evemy & Elly Heard Anne Simmonds & Jane Rosam 16 Jan 09.30 Hever Morning Prayer 17 Jan 16.30 Hever Evening Prayer

Epiphany 3 20 Jan 09.15 Markbeech Family Service Ann Bellamy 11.00 Hever Parish Communion Lisa & Will Cowell Jane Rosam & Andrew Izod Elly Heard Jane Rosam 16.00 Four Elms Evensong John & Mary Proctor Mary Proctor & Gillian Lambert 23 Jan 09.30 Hever Morning Prayer 24 Jan 16.30 Hever Evening Prayer Conversion 27 Jan 11.00 Four Elms Patronal Festival with John Proctor & Christina John & Christina Hodson Marion Purrl Cynthia Mead St Paul Inspire Club Hodson 30 Jan 09.30 Hever Morning Prayer 31 Dec 16.30 Hever Evening Prayer

Candlemass 03 Feb 09.15 Markbeech Sung Eucharist Liz Kaberry James Calvocoressi & Nick Irens Duncan West Duncan West 11.00 Hever Parish Communion Jan Tolfree & Pat Evemy Elly Heard & Robin Rouse Marion Purrl Elly Heard

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