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Well there were one or completing a Friends and Family Test two bumper crops of strawberries and (FFT) questionnaire card after a visit to tomatoes. Of course the long hot sunny the surgery has fallen off markedly. These weather helped. What will 2019 bring?? cards enable patients to choose one of Allotments are a valuable asset to the six statements shown on the card from community and we want to see them extremely likely to recommend the service utilised to the full. The Northside allotment to friends and family, to extremely unlikely site is in a much better shape and plots or don’t know. There is also a space for are being cultivated to their potential. Our patients to say why they have chosen members who work the Southside plots are a particular statement reflecting their hoping that 2019 will bring improvements experience on that particular visit. on their site and we are talking to the Town Your feedback, whether praise or criticism, Council to agree a plan. provides valuable information for the We ended 2018 with a Bonfire Night practice to celebrate positive feedback barbecue on the allotments. Thanks to and identify opportunities to make the allotment tenants who put the effort in improvements. Whether you add your to make this a very enjoyable night. We name or contact information to the card also held our 8th AGM in November which is up to you but if you do it means the was well attended. Again, thank you to SPORT continues to be a massive part practice may contact you if necessary for everyone who attended, especially those of The Forest View Academy and we further information. willing to join the committee. It is great to continue to enter as many competitions, The comments and observations are have the Southside site now represented festivals and events as possible, both analysed by the practice and shared with on the committee. locally and within the district. your PPG so that patient led solutions to There are one or two plots still vacant. If One of our great successes at the moment observations or criticism which the practice anyone wants to rent an allotment now is is Holly Jackson. Holly is one of our Year perhaps may not have considered can be the best time to do it. Tenancies run from 6 pupils who is excelling at cross country. made at that PPG meeting. You can be January to December so you will get full Holly started coming to our cross country confident that where patients have given value out of the cost and have time to after school club a couple of years ago their name and contact details these are prepare the plot for growing in the spring and both Mr Clarke (her PE teacher) and never shared with the PPG, this remains and summer. Miss Pearson spotted her talent in the confidential. sport. She has competed for the academy The association now has some communal FFT cards can be found in the surgery in various events and has always come equipment which could help those starting out on top. waiting area alongside a box to return from scratch. We can also pass on some them when completed. tips on the best way to tackle a new Holly recently qualified to run for her district allotment. The allotments are managed by (Newark and Sherwood) at Wollaton Park the Town Council so please contact them on 2nd February. It was great to see some directly to enquire about vacant plots. (Tel: of our past pupils at this event, running for 01623 860811) their district and continuing the passion for the sport in which Forest View had started them off. 15 The top 12 runners at this event qualified to run for Nottinghamshire in March. Holly • Damp Proofing • All Work Carried Out to a High Standard did amazingly well, coming 8th out of 90 girls in her age group, thus qualifying her for the Nottinghamshire team. Watch this 07729 034068 space as we report on Holly’s performance at this up and coming event. All the staff and pupils from Forest View wish her every success as she now goes on to Gas Care represent her county. 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The lost lambs will be hiding in participating shops as part of Ollerton Methodist Church’s celebration of Easter. “We hope this will be a fun way to celebrate Easter,” said church minister, Deacon Dave Keegan. Each lamb will be given a name and entrants will need to note down on their entry form the name of the business where the lamb is displayed and the name of the lamb they have discovered there. Completed entry forms should be sent to the church and two lucky winners drawn from the correct entries will each receive a large chocolate Easter egg. The full Easter story will be told at the church’s Easter day service. Anyone attending the service will received a fun sized egg as part of the can be obtained from the church, in the celebration. participating shops and schools.