Your one truly LOCAL Community Magazine, Keep Me delivered FREE to every home I'm useful Winterbourne & Frampton including Coalpit Heath & Winterbourne Down Matters April/May 2019 A glorious time of year! With NEW payment solutions and a 10 YEAR GUARANTEE* See inside for more details on our NEW boiler offers Arrange your free boiler survey today 0117 935 2400 | www.gregorheating.co.uk *On selected Worcester Bosch boilers. Terms and conditions apply. Your LOCAL directory of services, businesses and community events Dear Residents, ColourFence Welcome to the spring issue of your Queen and her assistants. Find out more on Professionally installed fencing, gates & railings community magazine. the centre pages. Get in touch for a FREE, no obligation quote & survey We hope you enjoy a wonderful Easter with It’s all go at Winterbourne Medieval Barn as your family, we bring you an Easter message year-long building and restoration work has thanks to Rev Malcolm Strange, details now begun. The main barn may currently be of special, local church services and many out of bounds but do not fear, they are still more seasonal activities, including an Easter hosting a full list events at the historical Fun Day at the Willow Brook Centre on venue for all to enjoy. Wednesday 17 April. We are pleased to feature an article on We very much enjoyed getting out on the inclusive sport Boccia. Local club founder, Frampton Cotterell Window Art Trail, Georgina Moore introduces us to this during February half-term, what wonderful fantastic Paralympic sport and encourages creativity was shown. more people to get involved. Preparations for the 2019 Winterbourne We bring you news from many of our Down Carnival are in full swing! The theme wonderful community and sporting groups as this year is Circus – the Greatest Show on well as a jam-packed diary and noticeboard Earth! One of our favourite parts of the of events. weekend-filled celebrations is the colourful Enjoy eating too many eggs! spectacle of the parade – led by the May Kerry [email protected] 01454 300900 & Jaci x us 0800 644 4113 23 Winterbourne & Frampton Matters Please call 01454 300900 to advertise Don’t forget to mention Winterbourne & Frampton Matters when replying to ads! 3 Puddle Ducks Spring News Silverhill School and Day Nursery Pool Focus: Winterbourne International Academy Spring is here, and it’s the perfect time to get your children ready for summer Holiday Club swimming! Every Sunday at Winterbourne International Academy, off Flaxpits Lane, we have exclusive use to run classes for babies, toddlers and children up SCAMPS to age 10. There’s a great family vibe as brothers and sisters of all ages can learn to swim in the same pool! For Reception to Year 6 children Baby and pre-school For babies aged over three months, toddlers and pre-schoolers, our gentle, fun classes give parents and their little one confidence in the water and a All school holidays following chance for some precious bonding time together as they learn the fundamentals of brilliant swimming. South Gloucestershire term dates Swim Academy Our school age children in Levels 1 and 2 benefit from the teacher being in the water with them as they work towards achieving their first unaided Swimming Lessons swims. Small class sizes (four children to one ages 4-10 Full Day £30 teacher) mean progress can be quickly made. As children develop the skills to move up to 8:00am to 6:00pm Levels 3 and 4, they start to swim in the deep end where they will be taught from poolside, other sessions available focusing on graceful, efficient strokes on their front and back. We are swimming throughout half term until the Easter holidays, which start on 7 April. 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