Welcome to the June issue

It’s June! And we can’t wait for a bit of sunshine now… Come on Summer, we’re ready for you!

In anticipation of some warmer weather, we’ve got right into the spirit of it in this issue. If you’re hosting any garden parties over the next few months or just want to get your garden spruced up, we’ve picked out some gorgeous garden accessories to set the perfect scene to entertain your guests all Summer long, see page 6.

As we’re entering bbq season, on page 42 we have a delicious burger recipe to impress your friends with. And the ‘pièce de résistance’ – a recipe for mouthwatering watermelon prosecco sorbet slushies on page 40.

And don’t forget, it’s Father’s Day on Sunday 18th June.

We hope you enjoy this issue with lots of info from local businesses, plus all the usual news and events.

Take care and we’ll see you in July.

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With food prices increasing rapidly, try our Click & Collect service. Buy single products at wholesale prices.

*Order on our website & collect the same day!

Set of 6 Solar Lightbulb Lanterns (Sainsbury’s) £18

La Hacienda Cone Chimenea £120.00

Habitat/Argos furn. Ibiza Outdoor Cushion

£16 Dunelm

Ceramic Planter

£15 B&M

Citronella Bamboo Torch £4.99

The Range

Top Picks

IF YOU’RE PLANNING ON HOSTING ANY GARDEN PARTIES THIS SUMMER, HERE’S SOME GARDEN ACCESSORY TOP PICKS TO SET THE PERFECT SCENE!

Moretti Round Indoor Outdoor Rug

£38.50 Dunelm

Outdoor Wall Clock

£25 B&M

Terracotta Cylinder Pot

£22 Homebase

Seasonal veg boxes delivered either weekly or fortnightly.

We supply organic, seasonal, Suffolk grown, quality vegetables from our farm in Cavendish delivered direct to your doorstep in Bury St Edmunds.

To order, visit our website www.sunshineandgreen.co.uk

Follow the story of your food from seed to delivery on social media @sunshineandgreen

Eventus22 deliver bespoke, results driven, fitness training programmes. And their new state-of-the-art facility on Moreton Hall is NOW OPEN!

Their success is reflected purely on the life changing, body transformation that their clients have achieved. Eventus22 is designed for small group personal training for committed individuals who want to see serious gains and improvements in their own health and fitness.

Eventus has many meanings but one of them is “TO SUCCEED”. So many try and fail at the whole “gym thing”. We are known as a place where people do actually succeed with their health and fitness.

We EMPHASISE THE E of Eventus as E is the mathematical symbol “to belong to…”. Sadly so many people feel out of place, uncomfortable and like they don’t belong in a gym due to the perceptions or experience of using commercial gyms. We want to become your second home, a place where you belong and are a part of like minded people who support each other.

And finally, our YELLOW branding.

Yellow is the colour of friendliness, something which so many other gyms are not.

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Everything about Eventus is amazing. My whole well-being has been transformed. It’s been brilliant and I’ve rediscovered an enthusiasm for life.

My ambitions for joining was to lose weight and become fitter and stronger. And I really wanted to re-balance my life and work balance.

The changes I’ve seen have been quite significant. I’ve actually lost 2 stone and mentally I’m not as drained as I was.

Ultimately, I am better because I’m happier.

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By James Tottie, Headteacher

Sebert Wood Primary School

We marked the King Charles’ coronation in style at Sebert Wood! In the build-up to the coronation, each year group worked together to produce a new coin, inspired by art styles or artists they had focused on in art and design. These are now hanging proudly in our library – we’re sure you agree that they look great!

To mark King Charles’ passion for the environment, and inspired by the book ‘It's Up to Us: A Children’s Terra Carta for Nature, People and Planet’, pupils made beautiful leaves of all shapes and sizes. They worked alongside children from another year group, with each class using different mediums of art. Shabby Shack Trading generously provided the school with more than 50 plants to stimulate our budding artists. It was lovely to see younger and older pupils working so well together. The leaves were then compiled into a wonderful display at the entrance to the school by our art coordinator Mrs Howell. The children also enjoyed a royal tea party, with red, white and blue cupcakes made by our kitchen team and they sang the national anthem proudly. Each child received a packet of seeds to plant, kindly funded by FOSWS (Friends of Sebert Wood School).

We are currently exploring options for expanding our outdoor provision with a multi-use games arena. If you would be interested in sponsoring such a project, please get in touch with us at admin@sebertwood.co.uk.

The topic of ‘Sleep’

Part of the mental health and wellbeing advice series

How do you look after your mental health and wellbeing?

That’s the basis for a new campaign for 2023 which focuses on 12 ‘emotional needs’, one for each month, to bring you practical tips, people’s stories, and support to keep you well.

Be Well, Feel Well: A healthier Suffolk in 2023 is a partnership between Suffolk Mind, Public Health and Communities and a range of community groups teaming up to focus on ways for you to be well throughout the year. Look out for a new article every month with information for how you can keep healthy, get the help you need and even save money.

Jon Neal, Chief Executive, Suffolk Mind

Top tips

l Avoid using smartphones in bed and –better still – don’t take or charge your smartphone in your bedroom (removing the temptation to look at it).

l Avoid watching TV or internet surfing in the two hours before going to bed.

l Try to do any activities, such as reading, meditation, listening to podcasts etc before bedtime so that going to bed is solely about sleep.

l Learn and practise relaxation exercises to help you to go off to sleep more easily.

l Have regular going to bed and getting up times – and stick to them.

l Cut down on caffeine in the second half of the day.

Why sleep matters

We all need the right amount of sleep in a 24-hour period, which means about eight hours for the average adult and less as we get older. Most of us feel better after a good night’s sleep, but with the pressures of modern living and balancing raising families with work life, lots of us find it harder to get the sleep we need.

Many people suffer with sleep disorders and about 80% of the population feel they aren’t getting enough or the right quality of sleep. Not enough sleep is connected to a range of health issues, from tiredness and headaches to more serious issues such as increasing the risk of dementia, depression and even suicide.

Different types of sleep

There are two particularly important phases of sleep for mental health: deep sleep and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, which do different jobs. During periods of deep sleep, reduced brain activity sees hormones released to repair cells in the body, supporting our physical health. Our bodies use REM to calm the brain and support our mental health by burning off cortisol (stress hormones) that may have built up during waking hours. Both kinds of sleep are vital - it’s important to get a balance between the two. When our other emotional needs are well met, things balance nicely. But if things around us change, such as during the pandemic, or we experience stress that affects our wellbeing, the quality of sleep can be reduced.

Take the beep out of your sleep

A regular good night’s sleep is linked to whether we can meet our physical and emotional needs during the day. You can introduce some small changes that will make a big difference. Start by making sleep a priority by creating a distraction-free bedroom environment. The best way of doing this is to remove your smartphone from the bedroom altogether –that includes charging your phone in your bedroom overnight – which removes the temptation to look at the screen, which can affect your quality of sleep. Evidence has shown that exposure to blue light from devices in the hours leading up to bedtime can negatively affect your sleep. Blue light suppresses the body’s release of melatonin, which is a hormone that makes us feel drowsy. This month, we’re encouraging you to ‘take the beep out of your sleep’ by making the bedroom a phone-free zone.

Where can I find out more?

Avoid using phones in bed

Try it for the month of June (including resisting the temptation to have a sneaky peak at your phone on your way back from an overnight toilet trip) and we think you’ll see a noticeable improvement to your sleep. Creating a regular bedtime routine which lets you wind down fully is also important.