KENN NEWS & VIEWS It is wonderful news and a boost to the area. Their pre-school group for DECEMBER babies and toddlers has also had a BIRTHDAYS ETC. brilliant OFSTED report too. 1st Sotoris Papasolomontos Verity Rogers 5th Jerry Naish I should like to send them all our 7th Henry Court congratulations. Many of our 10th Louise Hayzen (Pugh) children past and present have been Tom Clark to the school and it has always been Penny Leiper (Griffin) excellent. It is also good news for all 15th Emma Palmer (Smith) people moving into our village with 19th Jade Beardshaw youngsters to know that this school 20th Angel Middleton stands head and shoulders above Vincent Stowell many for their children to attend. 21st John Griffin 23rd Richard & Avril Gaunt W.A A report of their achievements will 24th John Streat soon appear in the Mercury so look th 25 HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL out for it. th 30 Clive Golding-Ellis st 31 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers! Sheila Kenn Altar Guild December Sunday 2nd December Jean Fenwick/Jenny Pascoe th Naish’s Notes Sunday 9 December Kate Hatcher/Hazel Limage YEO MOOR INFANTS SCHOOL th Sunday 17 December We give our Tesco vouchers to this Margaret Ball/Heather Jenkins school, which is in our Village catchment area Sunday 23rd CAROL SERVICE Jo Cheek/Marianna Mackay They have recently had their OFSTED inspection and to their joy Sunday 30th December and delight, are in the top 10% of Jane Staples/Irene Stowell Infant Schools in the COUNTRY. John and Grace Griffin, with This is due to the hard work and helpers, will decorate the tree in commitment of the Head Sally Church for the Carol Service on Trufitt and her staff. Sunday 23rd December. KENN NEWS & VIEWS Please can ladies decorate their windows in time for the Carol Saturday 24th November saw a Service. production line in the Church Room when a group of children Thank you Julia and Ray. made Christingles. As usual the The Sunday Club and Christmas children organised themselves Events -Nativity 3.00 - 24.12.7. with little supervision and even swapped tasks when they The Sunday Club started to became bored. They produced prepare for Christmas way back 50 beautiful Christingles. in September. I know, I know – However the real beauty was like Christmas puddings in the sight of around 15 children Tescos – always in far too holding their lighted Christingles early, but by the time you read and singing together in Church this it will be three weeks to the next day, Christmas! On the 7th October we made a plan for the autumn These are the events so far this season. season. They continue on Sunday 2nd December with a By Sunday 4th November, further rehearsal of the nativity. Cecelia had already produced a Following this rehearsal we will draft of the Nativity play and the visit Kingston Seymour for their children did a preliminary read Christingle service at All Saints. through. I excelled myself by Village children can get together fashioning an advent wreath. I informally to rehearse the realised the planned wreath nativity during December. project was too ambitious for a Sunday Club session. In true Sunday 16th December, will see Valerie Singleton style, I another rehearsal for the produced one that I had made nativity play. By that time earlier! costumes will be nearly ready (we hope). Other rehearsals will Saturday 18th November. We take place during the week had a further read through of before Christmas. the nativity play with the children choosing which parts The performance of the Nativity they would like to act. The is on Christmas Eve at 3.00 pm children, as always, were very All children in the village, capable readers and brought together with visitors, are characters alive by their welcome to join in the Nativity, imaginations. Unprompted, they even if they do not normally also worked together, with the come to church. We are also older children helping the looking for older children who younger children with their want to direct sections of the lines, KENN NEWS & VIEWS play. As usual this production by scrumptious refreshments in Cecelia is unusual and not what the Village Hall. you might expect. Caroline Julia Bush Kenn Church Service of Carols and Lessons New Year, New Look This Service will be held on for St John's! Sunday 23rd December at 6pm. It is hoped there will be a large A sum of money has been congregation and choir present. bequeathed 'for the fabric of St John's Church'. If you would like to join the choir for this service you will be Some of it will be used for the made very welcome. cleaning and painting of the church ceiling. The ceiling has We hope to practice for this not been painted in living service on Thursday 20th memory (Ray's), possibly not December at 7.15pm – please since the church's rebuilding in ring me for confirmation the 1870s, and has become badly discoloured in some Ray Naish 872493 places. CRIB SERVICE at ST. JOHN’S The job will take about a month and will start soon after 3.00 pm CHRISTMAS EVE Christmas. Confirmation Julia Bush Well Done Robin. Christingles at Kenn This year's Confirmation Service was held on 21st November at Thank You to everyone involved All Saints, Kingston Seymour, in making the Christingles for and a goodly crew of friends the Family Service, they were and relations were there to lovely (yum-yum!). support Kenn's candidate, Robin Rogers, Sunday Club Julia Bush member. Our Flag Everyone at Kingston had worked hard to make it a very Our flag was flown to celebrate the welcoming service, thank you. Queen and Prince Philip's Diamond Wedding Anniversary on 20th Bishop Peter Price brought November. humour and encouragement to the evening, which ended with Our Church Floodlighting KENN NEWS & VIEWS Thanks to all who joined us Our church was floodlit on the 6th planting more bulbs around the November to celebrate the birthday of village Andy Down, son of Bob and Joyce, who has been a great help in the work John Griffin. on the new village hall porch. Caring at Christmas KENN'S RITZY GLITZY CHRISTMAS PARTY As in the last few years we will be collecting items for “Caring at OVER 18'S Christmas” as administered by The KENN VILLAGE HALL Julian Trust in Bristol. FRIDAY 7TH DECEMBER We hope to be able to take a car full of donations to the Trust in the week before they open their doors to the homeless just prior to Christmas. 8.00 -12.45 Last year they served nearly 2000 BAR DISCO RAFFLE meals during the week they were open, providing 50 beds and showers. Ticket £6 From Sheila Naish 01934 838357 Or Heather Jenkins 01275 877389 They need, as always: food, toiletries, bedding (no duvets), and clothes (new underwear, socks, hats, scarves, CAROLS ROUND THE footwear, coats and warm casual wear CHRISTMAS TREE for 18-40 year olds). The real start to Christmas is at 7.00pm Donations of money are also very on Friday 14th December on the Village much appreciated, please make Green when we switch on the lights on cheques payable to “Caring at the Christmas tree. Christmas”. As always we will follow this ceremony If you want to learn more their website by singing Carols round the Tree. is www.caringatchristmas.org.uk. Mince Pies and Hot Punch will be Any donations to Robin and Marianna served to keep the chill away! or please leave in the Church porch if we are not in. Robin & Marianna They should reach us by TUESDAY Photography Exhibition th 18 DECEMBER at the latest. Kenn Village Hall A big thank you to everyone who by local photographer Robert Down donates, it is a very worthwhile cause. Saturday 1 December Robin and Marianna Mackay (340323) 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sunday 2nd December. Daffodils 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. KENN NEWS & VIEWS A small admission charge will be made (accompanied children under 12 free) Robert Down proceeds to the Village Hall fund. Displayed photographs will be available for Kenn’s answer to Billy Elliot! purchase. Refreshments available. Parish Plan News The steering group, for the Parish Plan, has met weekly throughout November, and are currently concentrating on completing an application for a grant that will help finance the production of Proud grandparents Colin and the plan. Jo Cooper have sent more news of Tom’s ballet career. The application requires us to tick lots of boxes concerning facilities in the From the beginning: parish and to provide three key pieces of information: Without any obvious outside - A description of the parish influence, Thomas had a strong - A timeline showing the key desire to dance ballet from the milestones for the production age of 7. By the time he was 8 of the plan he had taken the plunge and - An expected expenditure versus joined the Clevedon branch of funding table. The Bristol School of Dancing in their ballet class. We have made good progress on these and expect to complete the application Thomas was also encouraged to by the end of December. audition for a place with the Royal Ballet School as a Junior We meet again on the 4 December Associate and was successful. when we will receive some more guidance/training from Jacqui Ward of News... Community Action. Thomas along with the other In the New Year we will concentrate Year 7 boys will appear in the on fact finding/questionnaires and Royal Ballet Company’s mapping out the various activities that performance of The Nutcracker will arise from this.