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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR I’ve gotten to know the lollipop lady outside Jack’s school quite well over the years. We have talked about her daughter, who is in high school, her son, who is in college, the fact that she’s been on a diet and her yellow coat is now far too big… Now you may wonder when we have time to chat and rather surprisingly it’s as we stand waiting for cars to stop each morning. She holds her lollipop aloft, arm outstretched to prevent eager children from running across the road, and we wait, and wait, and wait as driver after driver pretends not to see us, gaze focused directly ahead, determined to get to somewhere awfully special (I assume). Occasionally they will wave as if to say “I acknowledge your existence but you must realise how incredibly busy and important I am so I’m going to ignore your request”. And we carry on waiting. Just the other morning a driver stopped, forcing the driver coming from the other direction to reluctantly (there are some words it’s rather easy to lip read!) to do the same thing. Just as the lollipop lady set off another car overtook one of the stopped cars, forcing her to jump back onto the footpath. What was he thinking? If the prospect of being 30 seconds late is so appalling then get up earlier or take a different route.

If you are driving past a school please be sensible and respectful and let’s show those impressionable boys and girls waiting to cross how it should be done.

On the subject of responsibility, we just got two rabbits, yet unnamed but very cute. I’ve been telling Jack it’s his responsibility to look after them, stressing time and time again how important it is to make sure the hutch is properly closed. As we came downstairs this morning he shouted “the rabbits are running around the garden” – and so they were! And who was the last person to visit the hutch? Me!! By the time we got to school Jack had told eight people what I’d done, including the lollipop lady. My authority has been completely undermined, but I’ve come up with a way to make this work to my benefit. Clearly I’m not up to the task so Jack really has to take over in order to keep those rabbits safe!

NEWS WOW (WOMEN ON WHEELS) RETURNS CALLING ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS TO GET ON THEIR BIKES

Wow Sudbury returns on Sunday, September 18 following last year’s successful event with more than 100 women and girls taking part. With a choice of a five, 20 or 50 mile route available through countryside and cycle paths around Sudbury and surrounding villages, the event will start at AFC Sudbury and the ride will be fully marshalled and signed.

This is great opportunity for women and girls (aged 8+) to get on their bikes for a really good cause. With en route stops for tea and cake, this is the perfect event to get children, mums, aunts and nans cycling together.

One of the most fulfilling aspects of WoW is seeing the joy on the faces of the women and girls taking part, often rediscovering the pleasure of being on a bike. This is reflected in many of the testimonials.

“Wow, what a fantastic event. Well organised, lovely weather, a few hills but loads of cake. We will be back.”

“Amazing day, superb organisation, so friendly.”

“Fantastic event, great route, good opportunity to meet other ladies.”

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Tracey Loynds, chief executive of South Suffolk Leisure said: “We are delighted to be hosting the second WoW event in Sudbury, especially after the success of last year. Why not dig your bikes out of the back of the shed, dust of the cobwebs and pump up your tires and come and join us for a great day out?”

George Chilvers, St Nicholas Hospice Care’s community fundraiser, said: “We are very grateful to be having WoW Sudbury in aid of the hospice again, especially after last year’s event raised the amazing total of £6,045. We rely so heavily on the local community to help us enable people to have the very best experience in the final chapters of their lives. As the palliative care provider for Sudbury, it’s so important for us to get support from the town – this event is doing just that. Please sign up and together we really can help. Thank you.”

To register for the WoW Ride visit: www.stnicholashospice.org.uk/wowsudbury Entry is £15 for the 20 and 50 mile ride and £5 for the five mile ride.

To keep up to date with the latest news from the WoW Ride like our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/wowsuffolk) and follow us on Twitter: @WoWSuffolk.

JUKEBOX SUMMERTIME Presented by the award winning Orchard Players This show has a summertime vibe, with all the fun and excitement of holiday time. The songs are mostly from the jukebox era of the 1960s and include numbers from iconic artists such as The Beatles, The Kinks, Dusty Springfield and The Beaachboys.

For a trip back to the 1960s come and join us at Capel St Mary Village Hall from July 7-9. Box office: 07754 175399 3

NEWS HADLEIGH HIDDEN GARDENS Saturday, June 11

SPROUGHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL SET TO PACK A MIGHTY PUNCH Sproughton Primary School, one of the smallest schools in Suffolk with just 105 pupils, is set to pack a mighty punch, slip, slide and other fun and raise some much need funds this summer at the first annual Sproughton Family Knockout – and they need you!

Plans are progressing for this popular and enjoyable day. A variety of gardens, both large and small, will be open from 11am-5pm.

Refreshments will be available in the church and The Row Chapel will be open for visitors who can also take a guided tour of the medieval Guildhall Complex.

This event is organised by The Friends of St Mary’s Church, a charitable organisation dedicated to preserving the architectural heritage of Hadleigh’s magnificent historic church and deanery tower It is perhaps not as widely known as it should be that some 92% of the buildings in Hadleigh’s long High Street are listed, one of them at Grade 1. How many towns can claim this? Many of these buildings were refronted in earlier times, but the rear elevations often give the game away. So visitors should not limit their time to admiring the three Grade 1 buildings surrounding the churchyard, but get into the town where there are still many attractive town houses and local shops and several side streets also likewise well endowed. www.hadleighgardens.co.uk

The fun and frolics will take place on Saturday, July 2, 10am-4pm, at Jimmy’s Farm and local businesses, friends and families are invited to enter a team or simply come along and watch the hilarity as the charity teams pit their agility and wits against their peers as they are pushed to their absolute limits. Giant inflatable courses, water and full-on games warfare, the event is all in the name of some jolly good fun and all for a worthy, local cause.

Paul Baker, chair of Sproughton School Association, said: “We are really excited about the It’s a Knock Out event and are looking for teams to compete and join in the fun. The event is to raise much needed funds to replace the playground equipment at Sproughton Primary School and simply by entering you will help the school and have a great laugh!”

There will be free entry for families to come and watch the tournament, visit the market stalls, enjoy the children’s entertainment, take up the sport and health opportunities on offer and to savour some of the most spectacular summer activities seen in the area, sponsored by First Strokes Swim Schools. An event simply too good to miss!

To learn more about booking a charity team to compete for your chance to win great prizes please visit: www.pta-events.co.uk/sproughton

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NEWS

Living with Dying 2016

We are delighted to say that the Living with Dying event on Saturday, May 14 in St Mary’s Church was a great success. We had lots of people attend in the church and there were a lot of really positive comments about how informative the whole day had been.

Our aim was to help everyone with two difficult subjects, end of life care and death. Including the businesses and charities that took part and the members of the general public who attended, I think we managed to achieve that aim. The five masterclasses in the Guildhall were also very well received. Our Memory Tree in St Mary’s looks beautiful with all the coloured cards and written notes as people remembered their loved ones. It will be in the church for a while longer if you want to go and have a look or add your memory.

Thanks to the wonderful people who made cakes we were able to serve copious amounts of cake and tea, the proceeds of which will be shared between Sue Ryder and St Elizabeth Hospice. We are pleased to say we have been able to send them £95 each.

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped to make the day possible. Our sponsors – Aldham Common Charity, Hadleigh Town Council and The Thrift Shop – Joan and all the groups who produced such beautiful flower displays for us all to enjoy, to those who helped on the Saturday and all those willing people who took it in turns to sit in St Mary’s for the duration of the exhibitions to welcome visitors. We are grateful to you all. If you didn’t get to see the exhibitions you missed a treat!

Finally, we have produced a free booklet for you to have as a handy reference whenever you might need it. It includes the contact details of all the businesses and charities that took part, a foreword from Gloria Hunniford, plus much more. If you were unable to come on the day don’t worry, the booklet is available from the library, the health centre, the town churches, Gotelee Solicitors and both Kingsbury & Saunders and Gwinnell Funeral Directors. Look out for the very distinctive cover and take a copy for yourself and someone you know.

Kate, Jess and Pauline

CHERNOBYL CHILDREN’S LIFELINE MID SUFFOLK LINK Time is now marching on and we are very busy preparing for the arrival of the main group of children at the beginning of July this year.

We now have all the children’s ages and sizes so can be more accurate in the clothing we are collecting for them. We have one eight-year-old child who is very small for her age at only 1.22m tall, a few tall and slim eight and nine year olds, many at the regular size for their age but some up to 1.41m tall and some children who are bigger than average size for their age. So, if you have any good quality second-hand clothing you can donate we would be very grateful. In particular we are looking for good winter coats, leggings and elasticated waist skirts, plus the usual T-shirts and tops. In particular we would like to be able to provide a swimsuit for each child. We only have two boys coming this year, one aged eight who is a big boy and needs clothing sized for 9/11yrs and one boy of nine of average size. Our host families provide a great deal for the children during their visit so everything we can provide can only help to keep the costs down for them.

We do buy a new pair of trainers for all the children, but in an effort to allow them to take them home in the best condition possible we also aim to give each child a pair of good quality second hand trainers to be used for messy activities. We currently need two pairs boys 3/4, and for girls three pairs size 1/2, four pairs size 2/3 and two pairs size 4. Any donations can be dropped for my attention to the charity shop in Needham Market, open Tuesday to Saturday.

We have received many donations of the simple medicines that we give to the children to take home to their families. These might not seem that valuable but to the families we support they are priceless as they are not allowed to buy any goods that are not manufactured in Belarus and the quality of the product is much, much lower than in the UK. It may say the same thing on the box but the contents can be entirely different. If you would like to contribute to the medicine collection or any of the other items we need for the children you can contact me by phone or email and I will be happy to send a list. Alternatively, if you can’t get to us but would still like to support the children we have now setup a specific justgiving page for this purpose: www.justgiving.com/chernobylmidsuffolk A big thank you as always to everyone for all their support Link Chair Elizabeth Parker 01449 760343 / enquiries@ccllmidsuffolk.org.uk www.ccllmidsuffolk.org.uk

INTRODUCING YOUR NEW SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM Dear Readers, The new county policing model for Suffolk Police has been in operation since April 4. These changes have been made to the structure of local policing and the way in which we deliver our services to the public. There are now nine locality teams strategically located across the county who will work with partners to deal with local priorities.

Hadleigh Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is currently based at the police station in Hadleigh, however, we do cover a vast area of some 49 villages – from Hemingstone to the north, Brantham to the south, Nayland to the west and Shotley to the east.

THE TEAM Inspector Kevin Horton: covers whole of Ipswich West / Hadleigh Sgt Gary Milbourne: covering Hadleigh and surrounding villages) PCs: Chris Garrod, Enise Bala, Di Porter and Sarah George PCSOs: Julia Bignell, Jo Adams, Denise Ford and Stephen Cooper 6

SNTs will work with partner agencies to deliver local solutions to local problems, focusing on early intervention and prevention. Emergency calls will be responded to by response teams covering the whole area.

In next month’s article I will go into more depth about the way we will be working and useful information regarding contacting us about issues within your community.

But for now, can I just remind you that the police station front desk at Hadleigh is no longer open to members of the public. The closest one for us would be Museum Street, Ipswich.

For emergency calls 999 / non-emergency calls 101 Email: hadleigh.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk Until next month, PCSO 3173 Julia Bignell, Hadleigh SNT, Magdalen Road, Hadleigh IP7 5AD In Touch with Hadleigh

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Bring your dog along to the first doggy tea party at Gladwells Pet & Country Store in Copdock!

In association with WOOF&BREW. From 10am, WOOF&BREW will be serving their delicious herbal infused teas*, designed especially for dogs!

Copdock Mill, Old London Road, Copdock, IP8 3LA Tel: 01473 731 117

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NEWS across the town each week. You just have to turn up to get involved.

If you know of any group or organisation that has a session that is open to those living with dementia and their families please get in touch and we can help to promote it.

DEMENTIA FRIENDLY HADLEIGH The Hadleigh Dementia Action Alliance has had an incredible month, receiving three awards and national recognition for their work to become a dementia friendly Hadleigh.

• Community Achievement Award – Action in the Community • The Special Chairman’s Award went to Tracey Loynds for her work as chair to the alliance • National Sport Community Impact Award went to South Suffolk Leisure for its work in the alliance The alliance attended the Living with Dying Event at St Mary’s Church on May 14 and along with making 10 new dementia friends, they had Chris’s dog along for the session. Dementia Champion Kelly Blackburn said: “We had a wonderful day with Pauline and her team, this was an amazing event. Not only were we on hand to signpost people to support, but making 10 new friends increases Hadleigh’s Dementia Friendly total to around 1,326 dementia friendly people living and working in our community with a greater understanding of dementia.”

Tracey Loynds said: “We were very excited to have our first dementia friendly dog, even if he did snore through half the session. Well I hope it was him!”

Alzheimer Facts As a person’s dementia develops, it is likely to have an impact on their ability to carry out certain activities. This includes maintaining everyday skills.

Benefits of keeping active and maintaining everyday skills Keeping occupied and stimulated can improve quality of life for the person with dementia, as well as for those around them. Activities can act as an opportunity for fun and playfulness. They can also encourage independence, social inclusion, communication or expression of feelings.

Benefits to the person with dementia • Activities can bring enjoyment and pleasure.

• By remaining involved and active, a person with dementia can maintain their skills and independence for longer.

• Activities can help people to express how they are feeling and relieve the symptoms of anxiety and depression.

• Activities can increase social interaction and reduce isolation.

• Sharing an activity with others may promote shared interests, increased interactions and understanding.

• An activity may help a person feel important and valued because it relates to past roles and experiences, such as raising children or helping around the home.

• Shared activity can promote a sense of belonging.

• Leading a physically active lifestyle can have a significant impact on wellbeing. Exercise is beneficial for physical and mental health and can improve the quality of life for people at all stages of dementia.

Benefits to carers, family and friends • Taking part in activities with a person with dementia can help maintain a good relationship.

• Activities can offer a break from the everyday caring routine.

If you would like to get involved and become a dementia friend or dementia friendly business, you can contact Tracey at: 01473 823470 / hadleighdementiafriends@ssleisure.co.uk The HDAA aims to support families to live well by encouraging them to stay active and connected. Being physically active can really help both the person living with dementia and their carer. Hadleigh have a whole range of dementia friendly activities taking place

• Shared activities can provide mutual enjoyment and companionship, which can support the relationship between the person with dementia and their carer.

• Activities can encourage closeness between a person with dementia and people around them and improve feelings of comfort and security.

• Engaging a person with dementia in meaningful activities may improve behaviour that challenges.

A MIDSEMER NIGHT’S DREAM – THE MURDER MYSTERY SHOW

CAPEL IRISH SET DANCE GROUP

As mentioned in the May edition, Six Acre Productions will be performing a new murder mystery by Tom Hitchcock on July 1, 2, 8 and 9 at Manor Farm in Semer (IP7 6JB).

Capel Irish Set Dance Group meets at St Mary’s Church Hall on the third Sunday of every month (except August and the second Sunday in December) from 2-5.30pm.

These shows always prove popular so don’t miss out. As usual, there will be some stunning raffle prizes each night to raise money for Suffolk Community Foundation. There will be a licensed bar, ample parking and a light supper (included in the price) provided by Le Petit Paris, Hadleigh. Tickets are £12 and seating is allocated around tables (eight max per table). To book your tickets, contact: 07508 472142 / sixacreproductions@live.co.uk For more information, please visit www.sixacreproductions.co.uk or find us on Facebook.

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We are a friendly group and it’s not necessary to have a partner. In fact you’re welcome to come along just to enjoy the music.

2016 Dates: June 19, July 17, September 18, October 16, November 20 and December 11.

Hope to see you, Hille and Trevor Peartree, 01473 310146 9

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CHATTISHAM OPEN GARDENS

Holiday Snap, a comedy by Michael Pertwee and John Chapman, runs from Thursday, June 9 to Saturday 11 at Brantham Village Hall with performances at 7.30pm.

Sunday, June 19, 11am-5.30pm

This tale of comic predicament and mistaken identity unfolds with real wit and style. A Portuguese time-share villa has been double-booked, but the company rep, the myopic tippler Commander ‘Chitto’ Chittenden, is in the dark.

When Mary and Henry arrive shortly after Eve and Leslie, Chitto manages to remain unaware that there is more than one couple on the scene.

Watch the confusion compound with the missing housekeeper and her husband. How will the arrival of Henry’s mother-in-law cause even more problems? Who is the real Sir Piers? Answer these questions by coming along to see this hilarious play.

Tickets are £7 and available from: Bakes & Blossoms Café at Acacia Court / 01206 396674 / 07891 974844 (text).

BUMPER BOOK SALE Another Bumper Book Sale will be held at Manningtree Methodist Church in South Street, Manningtree on Saturday, June 25, 10am-3pm.

Admission is free with all hardbacks priced at £1 and all paperbacks 50p.

A great family day out with 14 gardens open in this friendly village.

Visit a wide range of types and ages of gardens including formal, natural and aquatic features. Attractions include plant sales, cakes, lunches, cream teas and a family competition.

Admission £4, accompanied children under 14 free. Tickets on the day.

All proceeds to Chattisham Church Restoration.

Location: three miles west of Ipswich, one mile south of the A1071 at Hintlesham / Sat Nav Ref IP8 3QE. For further information contact 01473 652359 / r.d.chase@uwclub.net or visit: www.hintleshamandchattisham.onesuffolk

Thank you to everyone who helped and supported our latest jumble sale and made it a success.

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Pop Up Circus

FOR ONE DAY ONLY * SATURDAY 2nd JULY

12pm - 5pm TICKETS

Show times:1pm & 2.30pm £6.00 Child * £7.00 Adult each show is 45 minutes

At Boxford Primary School & The Fleece Available from CoffeeBox

GAMES * STALLS ON THE DOOR

REFRESHMENTS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY

BBQ * BAR

RAFFLE

This is an animal free show

£7.00 Child * £8.00 Adult

Under 3’s free

If you missed this last sale, there will be another in October or November so please save all your goodies. If this is a problem we can collect before then.

Pam Rayment, 01473 310283

BRANTHAM’S ANNUAL MEGA CHARITY GARAGE SALE Saturday, June 11, 9.30am-4.30pm Open garages throughout the village will be selling a treasure trove of household items needing a new home at bargain prices. Look for the balloons and signs throughout Brantham on the A137.

The village hall will host a table top sale with WI refreshments, handicrafts, preserves and plants.

There will be a barbecue, tombola, ice cream van and much, much more.

Why not make a day of it, grab a bargain and help the charities? Last year’s grand total was £6,000, with half going to St Elizabeth Hospice (Carla Dawson’s Tribute Fund) and the other half split between Clic Sargent, Lego Therapy at Brooklands School, the Maisie Hayward Charity and Woolverstone Wish at Ipswich Hospital.

Over the last 12 years we’ve raised more than £36,400 for charity, but this year may be our last event unless we get more volunteers to help organise it. Come along and help us make it a huge success.

For more information contact Ronnie Dawson (01206 395557) or Yvonne Amoss (01206 392296).

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OUT & ABOUT FRIENDS OF CAPEL LIBRARY Gradually our membership increases. It was good to meet folk outside the Co-Op on April 23 when we were able to distribute the free books available from World Book Night. Interestingly it was quite hard to give away the free book, and it took us most of the morning to distribute the 25 books we had been given. Still, it was an opportunity to advertise the work of the Friends, and one or two people signed up as members.

At our management meeting we agreed to go ahead with the I-pad project, and those who have registered an interest will soon be able to borrow one from the library, though we are only starting with two. This has been made possible by Katherine and Ali’s run in the Colchester Half Marathon. Thanks to all of you who sponsored them.

We also decided to increase the prize level in the 100 Club so that our main winner in April receives £15. The April winners were: Sue Edwards £15, Alison Stewart £5, Clive Powell £5.

Looking ahead we will see many of you at Fun Day when we will have lots of books available for sale, as well as other activities within our gazebo.

Further ahead we plan an astronomical evening on September 10, more on this later.

We would still welcome new people who want to support the library by becoming a trustee, as well as possibly being prepared to become chair.

Chris Yule

NEWS FROM CAPEL LIBRARY June will see longer days and shorter nights and just the right time to spend reading books in the shade with a nice glass of lemonade or a cup of tea – or whatever your fancy is at the time. It depends on your taste just as selecting your books to read, some of us like thrillers and crime, others just wish to delve into a novel. Whatever your choice is come into the library and choose or select from the online catalogue at: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk Storytime and craft: Friday, June 10, 4pm and Saturday, June 11, 12.30pm Do come and join us for the telling of The Queen’s Knickers by Nicholas Allan and then make a pair of knickers suitable for the Queen. All items will be displayed on our very own washing line for everyone to admire and possibly a photograph of them to be included in the Birthday Book!

Baby Bounce: every Tuesday at 2pm It’s good to see some old faces coming back again, as well as some new mums joining our little group. Come and shake some instruments and join in with some nursery rhyme singing and action songs. Suitable for everyone under-five and their parents and carers.

Library Book Group: meets on Friday, June 17 at 2.30pm Minecraft Club: meets on Sundays, June 12 and 26 Don’t forget that we also sell book tokens in any denomination and books of first and second class stamps.

OPENING TIMES Monday: Closed Tuesday: 9.30am-12.30pm and 2-5.30pm Wednesday: 9.30am-12.30pm Thursday: 9.30am-12.30pm Friday: 2-5pm and 5.30-7.30pm Saturday: 9am-3pm Sunday: 10am-3pm Contact: 01473 311699 12

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BRANTHAM BOX OFFICE Film night Wednesdays at Brantham Village Hall; doors open at 7pm, films start at 7.30pm.

Wednesday, June 15: The Lady in the Van (Cert. U) The charming true story of playwright Alan Bennett who forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman (Maggie Smith) living in a van in his driveway.

Wednesday, July 20: Suffragette (Cert. 12) Starring Carey Mulligan, the moving portrayal of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement.

Tickets £4 in advance from Bakes and Blossom café, £4.50 on the door, £2 for under 16s.

Find out more at: Facebook.com/BranthamBoxOffice

A RIGHT ROYAL STREET FAYRE The Friends of the Church of Preston St Mary present A Right Royal Street Fayre to celebrate the official 90th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen on Saturday, June 11, 10.30am-5pm This exciting Royal-themed event will be along the High Street, which will be closed to traffic, and around the award-winning Six Bells village pub and gardens.

The Right Royal Street Fayre will be a family fun-packed day with activities for all ages. There will be a wide range of merchandise, food and products, artisan gifts, garden products, home wares, fashion and toys among the many stalls, a programme with a 90 guineas prize draw, free entry and parking.

Entertainment will include live music, Morris Dancers, a bouncy Windsor Castle, donkey rides, game of ‘Thrones”, Dress-Like-A-Royal Competition, Regal Raffle, Egg & Silver Spoon Race and other “Royal’ novelty attractions.

To keep visitors well fed and watered there will be a BBQ, a Pimm’s tent, Royal-teas and refreshments, while the Six Bells will be offering a full range of drinks and food.

The aim is to provide a whole fun-packed day for the family to enjoy and celebrate our Queen’s 90th.

Proceeds in aid of Hintlesham & Chattisham churches

Hintlesham & Chattisham

Village Fete Saturday 11th June 2.30-5pm

Red House Farmyard, Duke St, Hintlesham IP8 3PR

Real Ale and Sausage Tent Cream teas Pimms raffle inflatables Tombola En ter our Childrens’ games “Road t Olympic C o Rio hallenge cake sale ” email: a n suffolke drew@ sc to enteape.co.uk and so much more! r team o your Free parking

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SCHOOLS HADLEIGH HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS Our Year 11s began their GCSE exams on Monday, May 16 and will continue examinations until Wednesday, June 22. It is now we find out if all the hard work has paid off! We asked the head of Year 11, Miss Rowland, about the exams and she said: “Students have been working very hard to prepare for their exams so we (staff members) would like to wish them all the best of luck!”

LIP SYNC BATTLE The staff Lip Sync Battle took place on May 6 and was run by some of our Year 10 students, supported by Mrs Calvino.

Many teachers showed a lot of interest and the event was a great success, raising £50 for #HadFest. Mrs Calvino said she was “pleased with the amount of interest shown, and the amount of money made to go towards #HadFest.”

A massive thank you to the four Year 10 judges: Charlie Kebell, Aemilia Gillespie, Aurora Clare and James Tapp.

We would also like to congratulate Thomas Hipkins for winning the competition. Mrs Calvino, who was Tom’s mentor, said: “Everyone was outstanding and it was such a fun night. I’m very proud of Tom as he deserved to win.” #HadFest #HadFest is an upcoming event organised by the Year 10s to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. It’s a festival themed family fun day set up by Hadleigh High School for the Hadleigh community taking place on Saturday, July 16 between noon and 4pm. The Year 10s are currently securing donations, fundraising and booking acts for the main stage.

Mrs Calvino said: “We are excited to have local bands such as Polar Collective and Waltzz perform for us, as well as some of our own pupils and ex-pupils including Jess Simmons and Harry Plank.”

To keep up with HadFest follow us on social media: Instagram: Had_Fest Twitter: @Had_Fest THE ART OF PRESENTATION We were delighted to welcome Cameron Marshall, chef and proprietor of The Boathouse restaurant in Dedham. Cameron provided a demonstration of the different approaches which could be used to enhance the presentation of desserts using the same produce. Year 10 pupils were delighted to have had this opportunity.

H FACTOR HITS HADLEIGH HIGH On Tuesday, May 10, Hadleigh High put on a fantastic show of The H Factor. It was a great way for our singers to show their talent to the community. As in the style of The X Factor, there were four groups, each with a mentor: the Year 7 and 8 girls – Mr Betts; the boys – Mrs Calvino; the groups – Mr Day; Year 9 and 10 girls – Miss Richards.

Although many of the techniques require great dexterity, students quickly mastered new skills including piping chocolate and fruit coulis.

The results were very impressive and each dish showed a good deal of creativity, resulting in the food looking highly attractive. These skills will prove to be invaluable for pupils as they develop the skills required to submit their practical work at GCSE.

The whole show was very well received by the audience, especially as it was judged by local band Polar Collective. Polar Collective took to Instagram and said: “Thank you to everyone at @hadleighmusic tonight.

It was an absolute pleasure judging your H Factor and you’re all so talented! See you again soon”.

Written by Chloe Perry and Anna Vince

It was a pleasure to have them and we hope that they will be visiting Hadleigh High very soon.

ROBIN’S NEWS Baby Bears The Baby Bears have been making the most of the wonderful weather, spending lots of time outdoors playing in the garden. They have had a great time eating snack and picnic teas on the decking area and their handprint minibeasts and summertime artwork have been displayed in the garden, making it look much brighter and summery. Something new that the Bears have tried is painting on tin foil and we think the end result looks fab displayed in the room.

Toddling Tigers The Tigers have created and explored a jungle in their room. Sharing Handa’s experience from the beautiful story Handa’s Surprise has been such good fun, looking at all the animals of Africa and finding them in the jungle. There has also been lots of different yummy fruit tasting including avocado, guava, passion fruit and pineapple.

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Pupils reported: “The visit taught us many different techniques and how we could use these to make a dessert look really attractive. We really enjoyed piping with chocolate and aim to include this to improve the presentation of the food we include in the practical part of our GCSE exam.”

FORTHCOMING EVENTS • PTA Meeting: Tuesday, June 7, 6:30-7:30pm • #HadFest: Saturday, July 16, noon-4pm High Lands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 5HU office@hadleighhigh.net / 01473 823496 www.hadleighhigh.net Gruffalos May has been a busy month in the Gruffalos! We have planted the rocket seeds, watered, monitored and measured, carefully recording the results for the RHS Rocket Seed Campaign. We are looking forward to finding out whether it was the seeds in the blue or red packet that have been on the International Space Station! Tim Peake will be sending a message to let us know.

We have also been learning about the life cycle of chickens by observing some eggs in an incubator, watching them hatch (it was so eggciting!)! and then caring for them. The children very carefully held the chicks, noticing how soft and fluffy they were.

June will bring more fun and we look forward to celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday.

If you would like any information about Robin’s Childcare please contact Vicki on 01473 310767, visit www.robinschildcare.co.uk or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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SPORT / CHURCH NEWS EAST BERGHOLT UNITED FC Well, the 2015/6 season has just completed and it has to be said that it has been a pretty good season for the club on the pitch.

Having said that, the First Team will be disappointed with a third place finish in the Senior Division after leading the pack for a number of weeks.

However injuries to key players as the fixtures came thick and fast in the run proved to be too much and they settle for third spot.

The Reserves did continue their good run though and finished as runners-up. The A Team as previously reported ended up in a very creditable third position in the table.

We are a family of ordinary people who love God and trust Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. We would be delighted to welcome you to our church office in George Street and to any of our services, activities, courses and events.

After a number of years at the helm, Tony Moss has decided to step down as chairman. He has led the club to a position of some strength at a time when many clubs are struggling, indeed a number have folded, so we are sorry that he is taking a break. Nonetheless this offers the opportunity for new people to join in the running of the club, continuing the progress that has achieved while Tony has been in the chair.

Audio recordings of our services are available on our website, YouTube and as podcasts from iTunes.

AGM: Wednesday, June 15, 8pm at Gandish Road We are always looking for people who can help the club as a committee member, whether it be on the playing side or just in the background.

Sunday Services (live streaming) 10.30am: All Age Worship including crèche, teaching and activities for three-13 year olds 6.30pm: Evening Service

Free Holiday Club for Reception to Year 6: Tuesday, August 9 to Friday 12, 1.45-4pm Community Fun Day: Saturday, August 13, 11am-3pm

If you would like to sponsor the club in some capacity we would also be delighted to hear from you. Club strips, dugouts, banners or boards on matchdays are all potential for exposure for your business while supporting a local organisation.Steve Butcher, secretary, stevebutcher55@btinternet.com

Christianity Explored If you are unsure what Christianity is all about but would like to find out, we regularly run free, friendly and informal Christianity Explored courses. You will not be asked to read or pray aloud but will be given the opportunity to ask your questions. Many people have found this course helpful.

EAST BERGHOLT TENNIS CLUB

Discipleship Explored A course designed to give you the time and space to think about what it really means to live the Christian life. This eight-week journey through Paul’s letter to the Philippians helps you think through questions such as: How can I be sure I’m a Christian? What is life really all about? How can I grow as a Christian? How can I enjoy being a Christian more?

East Bergholt Tennis Club is situated behind the playing fields in Gandish Road at CO7 6TP and welcomes new members of all ages and abilities. The club has three all-weather floodlit courts and teams take part in interclub friendlies with men’s, ladies and mixed league teams. Two professional coaches offer group and individual coaching sessions for children and adults. In particular, under the auspices of the North East Essex Tennis Academy (NEET), the club provides a high performance, tiered, group training programme for juniors (ages four to 16) more details of which are available at: www.neetacademy.co.uk Weather permitting, club night is on Tuesday from 7.30-10pm and all members are welcome.

Current membership subscriptions (allowing free use of the courts until 10pm every day) are: adults £50 or £90 per couple, juniors (under 18) £15, students £25, plus special offers for family membership.

If you would like to know more please contact the following: Pete Richmond, chairman/coach: 07932 815201 / richmondtennis@hotmail.co.uk Paul Lake, secretary: 01206 396556 / 55paullake@gmail.com

BURSTALL CARPET BOWLS CLUB IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS The club meets twice a week on Mondays and Fridays at 7.45pm in Burstall Village Hall IP8 3DR. In addition to social play, the club competes in the winter and summer Suffolk Carpet Bowls Leagues and individual members play in various other inter-club competitions.

We are looking for new members of all ages, including families from the village or surrounding areas. The game is easy to learn and lots of help will be offered to anyone thinking of taking it up.

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Midweek Groups We have six small groups, five of which meet on Wednesday evenings and one on Thursdays during the day in the chapel lounge and in homes around Hadleigh and the surrounding area for Bible study, fellowship and prayer.

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Baby, toddler, children and youth groups We have three midweek groups. One is for babies and toddlers with their parents or carers that meets on a Friday morning from 9.30-11.30am. We also hold a group for children in School Years 3-6 called Link (Mondays 6-7.15pm) and for young people in School Years 7-9 (Thursdays 7.459pm) called 7-Up! George Street, Hadleigh IP7 5BE / Tel: 01473 829602 www.hadleighbaptist.org.uk Twitter: @HadleighBaptist / Facebook: HadleighBaptistChurch YouTube: Hadleigh Baptist Church All equipment is provided so there is no expensive outlay.

Please call in and join us at any time.

OPEN DAY We are holding an open day on Saturday, June 11, 10.30am-4pm, so come and have a try at this friendly sport.

For more information contact Wendy Minchin (01473 652487) or club secretary Jane Sago (01473 742468 / j.sago@btinternet.com).

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ELMSETT AND CAPEL METHODIST CHURCHES HOW DO YOU MAKE DECISIONS? Have you ever been invited to walk across hot coals? How did you decide whether to do it or not? As I arrived at a venue for a motivational talk there was a huge fire burning outside the venue.

The speaker said we could, if we chose, walk across the hot burning coals, with the flames leaping five or six metres into the air. Most people’s reaction was no-way would they walk through that! By the time we got outside it was dusk, the flames were dying down and the coals had become glowing embers. They laid the burning coals to form a long glowing carpet, two metres wide about 70mm deep.

At intervals there was a person preparing you to walk across these hot coals with bare feet. By the time I got to the front of the queue, I had seen many people cross and appear unscathed the other side.

I was glad not to be the first – it gave me the confidence as others had done it and now I have the certificate to prove that I did it.

It felt great!

When someone is willing to lead it makes it easier for others to have the courage to follow. As a nation, we have a decision to make in the referendum this month. How are you going to make that decision? I still think that many of us are unsure, we don’t know all the facts and both sides are interpreting the facts and the potential outcomes in a particular way to support their view. This leaves us not knowing quite what to believe. It could well be you respect a particular person who is on one side or the other of the debate and you are willing to follow their leadership. That’s fine, but remember leaders can be fallible and there are positive and negative points on both sides.

I certainly wouldn’t want to lead you astray by suggesting you vote one way or the other, and Jesus, whom I follow, doesn’t make any clear directive. He has given us minds to think through these issues and also principles which have impact on how to live in community.

We are to care for widows and orphans, to care for the homeless, to look to the interests of others and not just ourselves – to love and to serve one another.

When I got to the carpet of hot embers, it was tempting to turn away.

I made the decision to cross. The feeling of achievement was wonderful. As a church we are sometimes making difficult decisions, about employment, buildings, relationships. We sometimes have to take a step of faith. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes we make mistakes and we learn lessons. Jesus made decision to go to Jerusalem, knowing this would lead to his death. His disciples followed as they had learned to trust Jesus. The outcome seemed

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disastrous, but it was life transforming for those disciples and for the world. Jesus didn’t promise that if you believe in him all your troubles will disappear. However he did promise to be with us every step of the way, not simply by our side, but leading the way, one step beyond us.

The Rev Andrew Sankey, Minister at Elmsett and Capel Methodist Churches, 8 Roundridge Road, Capel St Mary IP9 2UG 01473 311178 / 07726 299968 / apsankey@gmail.com HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUR MAJESTY A Birthday Celebration Service will be held at Capel St Mary Methodist Church on Sunday, June 12 at 6.30pm, followed by refreshments including a birthday cake. Free copies of a 64-page book entitled The Servant Queen and the King she Serves will be available. I’ve given hundreds of copies of this book away, and just placed my fourth order. If you can’t get to the service and would like a copy, contact me and I’ll drop a copy in next time I’m in your area.

AT CAPEL ST MARY METHODIST Sunday 5

10.30am 6.30pm

Sunday 12

10.30am Worship with Deacon Georgina Brooks 6.30pm Queen’s Birthday Celebration Service

Sunday 19

10.30am

Worship with Dr Liz Cope

Sunday 26

10.30am 7.30pm

All Age Worship with The Rev Sankey United Prayer Time at St Mary’s (RC)

Worship with Canon Paul Daltry Prayer Stations

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Worship and Communion with The Rev Sankey Worship with Mr Roger Fern

Sunday 12

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All Age Worship with Mr Bob Molton Worship with The Rev Martin Dawes

Sunday 19

9.45am 6.30pm

Worship with Mr Bryan Nichols Communion with The Rev Sankey

Sunday 26

9.45am 6.30pm

Worship with Mrs Alyson Ellis Worship with Dr Lin Berwick

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ON THE GRAPEVINE MAKE A NEW FRIEND AND CHANGE A VULNERABLE PERSON’S LIFE! The Befriending Scheme is looking for volunteers, aged 16+,​ to become One-to-One Befrienders for vulnerable people in Suffolk.

Our members may have a learning disability, be rurally isolated, elderly or suffer with mild mental health illness. You might share shopping trips,​ a coffee, mutual hobbies ​or simply have a chat about your favourite things. There are over 130 people in our county, some in your area, who would love to find a​friend, but the right person hasn’t yet come forward.

One success story is Duncan, who became a Befriender last year. From helping at a Hub group each week, he formed a friendship with David, agreeing to become his One-to-One link.

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received. Duncan has played a crucial role in supporting his friend too.

Duncan said: “Befriending is one of the most rewarding ways to give your time, making a connection and a difference in someone’s life day to day and since I have been here I have seen how life changing that is.

“It’s important to understand that you are not there to help cook, clean or tidy up, just as a friend. Like any friendship there challenges, but you get through them together. Each small victory is one that you can both enjoy and every obstacle is a challenge you can both overcome. I’d encourage anyone to get involved with befriending because you get just as much from it as your new friend does.”

We match every link to make sure the right friends meet and are supported. There are no fixed times, just what is mutually convenient between you and your link.

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