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MOOS Melbourn Out Of School Club

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Melbourn Playgroup Jane Crawford 07842 151512 Notre Ecole Janet Whitton 261231 Pippins Children’s Centre Alison Wood 223460 Primary School Headteacher Stephanie Wilcox 223457 U3A (Univ. of Third Age) Chairman George Howard 260686 Village College Principal Simon Holmes 223400

Mr Behenna at The Village College in 2009 on the occasion of its 50th Year Celebrations

Melbourn Out Of School club has been incredibly busy during the first half term back. We have had some new children to our setting and are pleased to say all have settled in really well. The new space we gained at the beginning of this term has had an exceptional impact on MOOS.

Following on from the huge success we had with our 2-week summer holiday club we are really pleased to say that we plan to cover most of the half term holidays. The exception to this will be the Christmas break. We are also planning to cover the first two weeks of the summer next year (2015). Our holiday club as with our Out of School Club setting aims to be a freely chosen, self - directed environment. We aim to ensure we have as much input regarding the running of the setting from the children who attend.

If you think this may be of interest to you please do contact a member of the MOOS team on 01763 223459 Yvette Griffiths – MOOS Manager.

Little Hands Nursery School

The bigger hands at Little Hands, Melbourn have spent a very busy summer preparing for the new term, ensuring our little hands enjoy bundles of fun in every session.

Plans for the refurbishment of the room adjacent to the Butterfly room are well under way. This additional area will give our younger children more space in which to roam and explore.

Our recent room for the under two’s has proved enormously popular with our parents and spaces are being snapped up fast. As our intake is rapidly increasing and our nursery grows, there will be the opportunity to welcome more staff into our team, ensuring we can welcome many more little friends into our Nursery.

The September term is an exceptionally busy time as we welcome new children into our Nursery, this offers great opportunities to make more friends and create even more fun. Recently, our children got to grips with harvest. We learnt all about the crops and explored our favourite fruit and vegetables. It appears we have a healthy bunch of children at Little Hands who enjoy their vegetables…no wonder the rooms are always buzzing with energy. We enjoyed harvesting our very own apples from the tree in the garden. The fun didn’t stop there…our small but very talented chefs cooked up a delicious treat APPLE CRUMBLE! We filled our tummies with this at snack time, yummy!

The apple crumble definitely tickled our taste buds and left us wanting to cook some more scrumptious treats. There’s no better excuse for doing this than a cooking week to carry on our Harvest Festival theme. We made our own bread rolls and it was lovely to see some of our friends enjoying their roll the next day for lunch. We have some very talented fingers at Little Hands, these fingers created cupcakes, jam tarts, flapjack and even home made pizza. Welcome to Little Hands very own Great British Bake Off!

Melbourn Youth Club Activities

Where?

Community Sports Pavilion, The Moor, Melbourn

When? Tuesdays, 7-9pm Who? For all aged 11-18 What and why? Free activities!

2 Dec Cooking: Great British Bake Off 9 Dec Hockey & Christmas decoration making 16 Dec Christmas party!

Melbourn Youth Club will re-open every Tuesday evening from Tuesday 13th January 2015

Contact:

Martin Goddard, Youth Worker martin.goddard@groundwork.org.uk

www.groundwork.org.uk/beds @gwklutonandbeds #MelbournYouthClub

Curious about creative writing? Seeking community and a bit of gentle prodding to keep your pen moving?

Join a Writing Circle! Writing Circles are programmes for small groups of writers who meet once a week, led by teacher and facilitator, Melissa Fu. Courses offered in Melbourn and nearby villages.

For course details, dates and registration, visit melissafu.com

Little Hands is a Private Nursery School specialising in quality education for the under fives and offers

Flexible hourly booking - open 08.30 to 16.30 Term time bookings with optional holiday club

Bumble Bee room for children 12 – 24 months

Ladybird room for 2 year olds

Butterfly room for children 3-5 years With optional “ready for school sessions”

Holiday club for children aged 12 months to 8 years

All sessions have a high staff to child ratio and are available for funded 2 year olds and funded 3/4 year olds with no extra charges

Categorised as “Outstanding” by Ofsted

For further information please contact Anne McCrossen - Nursery Manager : 01763 260964 e-mail lh-melbourn@btconnect.com

Little Hands is also at Bourn, Linton and Newton visit the website at www.littlehands.co.uk

Riding For The Disabled Association

Incorporating Driving

Iceni Group Riding for the Disabled Walk beside a child or lead a pony We desperately need your help at the South Cambridgeshire Equestrian Centre Barrington On Tuesday’s 9.45–11.45am In term time only Please contact Diana Allan 01638 572044 or Thalia Myers 07850 477550

Autumn has arrived! The leaves are changing colour, the trees are slowly becoming bare, so what perfect way to view the changes of the season, of course an autumn walk. The children love jumping in the leaves and listening to the crunch under their wellies. The children enjoy collecting conkers, berries, leaves and sticks. Back at Nursery we have been using nature to create autumn collages, hedgehogs and conker rolling in the paint.

It’s creeping up to our favourite time of the year, CHRISTMAS!! Excited faces, glitter, Christmas decorations, singing carols; it truly is the season to be jolly! The run up to Christmas will consist of lots of painting and making things. We love creating cards and gifts for our loved ones with a personal touch. We enjoy cooking delicious Christmas cookies, mince pies and decorating Christmas cakes. Our favourite creations are the melting snowman biscuits. Christmas truly consists of pure fun!

The fun doesn’t just stop at the end of each term. Holiday clubs open 8.30–4.30. Our flexible booking system enables parents to build the exact nursery care they need for their family.

For more information please contact Anne McRossen Nursery Manager by telephone on 01763 260945 or by e-mail at lh-melbourn@btconnect.com.

Melbourn Village College

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award

Twelve students from Melbourn Village College, Dani Friel, Eleanor Ferrie, Sam Austin, Ollie Johnson, Matt Harris, Josh Bates, Natalie Bartholomew, Jessie Peacock, Charlotte Stewart, Eirini Hunnable, Abbie Jones and Mary Topalian, took part in their Bronze Assessed Expedition last weekend, in the hills and woods near Chesham in Buckinghamshire, along with a contingent from Comberton Village College. Friday night’s sleep was constantly interrupted by a building alarm going off regularly throughout the night, so there were some bleary eyes on Saturday morning, but everyone was in high spirits nonetheless and ready to start hiking. Rather unfairly after last week’s glorious sunshine, the weather took a turn for the worse on the Saturday and they were rained upon for a good majority of the day.

However, the sun came out towards the end of the afternoon and the students were able to partially dry off before dark when it turned suddenly very cold. Sunday’s weather was much nicer, and the students were pleased to start the second day of hiking if only to warm up. They were very relieved to limp (in some cases) up to the finishing point on Sunday, and they showed real strength of character to keep going all weekend under challenging conditions, which included lack of sleep and some minor injuries. They should definitely be feeling proud of their accomplishment, and should be congratulated too on their exemplary behaviour and attitude throughout the weekend. They are a real credit to Melbourn Village College. Mrs Spicer & Mrs Bowers

Melbourn Village College welcomes primary pupils

Melbourn Village College welcomed more than a hundred pupils from local primary schools to experience a day as secondary school pupils.

The pupils were treated to a day of fun and learning based around the subjects they will study when they go to secondary school.

Year 4 pupils were divided into mixed groups named after European countries and took part in a number of activities, including creating a mood board based on a popular William Blake poem, an introduction to algebra, and learning how to greet each other in various languages.

Year 5 Arts Day

Around 130 youngsters were transported back in time for a taste of life 50 years ago.

The nine and ten year olds from seven South Cambridgeshire primary schools spent a day at Melbourn Village College for a themed 1950’s event.

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