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From the Editor Welcome to our January issue!
January 2021
Firstly, we would like to wish all of our readers a very Happy New Year! Whatever 2021 brings you, we hope it is filled with happiness and good health for everyone and a return to a more ‘normal’ way of life for us all. As you will know, we collate our magazine a whole month in advance, so as I write this column we are yet to enjoy a rather different Christmas in Stotfold. We will miss all of the festive traditions our community usually has to offer, such as the town light switch on event, the Silverbirch Avenue light switch on and the Salvation Army Christmas Concert to name a few - all of which, have become annual traditions in our household and mark the official start of the festivities for us in the town. This year, Christmas will be more low-key which only makes us appreciate the things we cannot do that much more. We have however enjoyed immensley the vast array of Christmas lights on display in peoples homes this year, with a huge effort made by so many people. As a town we need to congratulate each other and ourselves for keeping up the Christmas spirit as best we could! We hope you enjoy our front cover this month, we thank Shelly Pye for sending this in to us as part of our quest to find the most beautiful local pictures for our 2021 calendar - you can find out further details by checking out our facebook page. This month, we have the absolute pleasure of crowning our Christmas Hero’s for 2020. The judging was incredibly tough this year with so many worthy winners -We truly have some amazing residents living amongst us, you can find out who we chose as the overall winner on Page 6 of your January issue. All that’s left to say is we hope you have enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and look forward to embracing a much more positive 2021.
Joanne.
Contents
CONTENTS
Articles:
Your letters Christmas Hero 2020 News from Stotfold Mill Family Announcements Stotfold Football Club News Larksfield Surgery News Recipe with Trace Buggins
Page 5,10 Page 6 Page 7 Page 18 Page 23 Page 27 Page 28
Church news: St Mary’s Church
Page 31
News from Pix Brook Academy News from Etonbury Academy News from St Mary’s Academy News from Roecroft Lower School News from Fairfield Lower School News from Poppies/Poppyfields
Page 14 Page 15 Page 17 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22
Local school/nursery news:
Editorial: Please email your letters or articles to stotfold.news@yahoo.co.uk or write to us at: Stotfold News Magazine, 78 Hitchin Road, Stotfold, Hertfordshire,
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Published by Stotfold News Ltd in association with Woodbury Printing Services.
Printed in memory of Roy West.
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Nominate Your ‘Good Neighbour’ To WIN!
To celebrate the launch of their brand new business in Stotfold, ‘The Fruit and Veg Man’ are donating one of their vegetable boxes to one lucky winner in this fabulous New Year competition...
What makes The Fruit and Veg Man Unique? The fruit and Veg Man, co-owned by Stotfold resident John Huxtable not only delivers fresh vegetable and fruit hampers direct to your door, they also help raise much needed funds for local children’s charity Keech Hospice at the same time. 10% net profit of all box sales goes directly to the charity, having previously raised over £250,000 for the charity with their sister company Snak Appeal. Each hamper ordered from the company is aimed to be delivered within 12 hours of being packed and sold to you at supermarket prices! The Fruit and Veg Man is fully committed to carrying out a fully covid secure delivery service with complete social distancing and hygiene procedures in place. The Fruit and Veg Man accepts one-off orders or regular deliveries, you can find out how you can order whilst supporting Keech Hospice at: www.thefruitandvegman.com.
TO WIN a fantastic hamper worth £50 and delivered to your ‘Good Neighbour’ we want to hear from you! Simply tell us in no more than 150 words why you think your neighbour is simply the best! Entries can be sent to us through our facebook page, by post or by emailing stotfold.news@yahoo.co.uk. Entries will be announced in our February issue and contacted by phone. Be sure to include The £50 hamper up for grabs in our Good neighbour competition! your contact details with your entry!
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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I would like to thank the gentleman who lifted me up (I’m no lightweight) after tripping over at the crossroads at The Green on November 19th. Also to the lady who stopped her car and offered me a lift home. The only thing I wounded was my pride, but being of advanced years I was unable to get up unassisted. Kind people still exist even in these difficult times. My thanks again, Maggie Driver Dear Editor, I should like to say a big thank you to Central Beds Councillors for awarding Stotfold Good Neighbour Group (SGNG) a Ward Councillor grant which has enabled us to purchase and develop a secure database. SGNG had to match fund the grant and the database has since been customised to help in the administration of client requests, volunteer activities and other management tasks that a local charity like us has to deal with. The database has enabled us to be so much more efficient and has radically reduced the number of volunteer hours required to run the group effectively. As each year goes by SGNG gains more and more clients. This past year we have had a large increase due to the number of new people requesting help during the Covid pandemic. We have been very happy to support these people and will continue to do so for as long as they need us. The most frequent requests for help have been for the collection and delivery of prescriptions during the lockdown periods. At the height of the lockdown in addition to our other activities our volunteers were delivering approximately 6 prescriptions each day, every day to local residents. This has really mounted up since March 2020 and I would like to thank the volunteers for all their work.
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Hero2020 Christmas
We are delighted to announce the winners of our Stotfold Christmas Hero for 2020!
Together with Satchells Estate Agents, the Stotfold News Magazine are proud to present this award to one extra special Christmas Hero from within our community.
With 2020 being such a tricky year for many people, the competition was much harder than ever before. We were astounded at the volume of entries we received, and thank everybody that took the time to nominate.
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We are delighted to announce that the Stotfold Christmas Hero award for 2020 goes to Dave Marks. Nominated by close friends and neighbours Gerald and Romilla Smith, Dave and his wife Brenda have really gone ‘above and beyond’ during the last few months ensuring that their neighbours were well looked after during the two recent lock downs. Volunteers of the Stotfold Good Neighbour Group and both Stotfold News delivery volunteers, they have been a lifeline to many, with nothing too much trouble. The judges were so touched by the detail in the entry that they decided unanimously that this years award should be given to Dave for being such a wonderfully caring neighbour and friend. Runner Up this year for Stotfold was Heather Illett. As a senior NHS worker, working from the Lister Hospital, Heather has been working at the forefront of the pandemic for many months. Her determination to help others during this time led to several nominations being received, we wholeheartedly congratulate Heather in receiving the Runner-up award this year and we are sure we echo many people’s sentiment in saying that we are extremely thankfully to Heather and to the NHS as a whole during what has been a most difficult year.
We are delighted to also run this award inside our Arlesey News Magazine this year and thought we would share with you these winners for 2020. In Arlesey first place was awarded to Chris Gravett and his fellow members of Arlesey Good Neighbours who worked tirelessly during the lock down periods ensuring that residents were well looked after, delivering food and providing a caring ear for many people affected during these times. Runner up in Arlesey was Emily Rowlands for the many roles she plays within the community including School Governor, involvement in the local church and instigating many different activities during lock down. We congratulate all of our winners and our nominees for this year. All winners received a luxury Christmas hamper to enjoy and certificates were awarded to the runners up.
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News from
Stotfold Watermill
Welcome to 2021…….
Like all of you, we at Stotfold Mill are looking forward to the new year with great enthusiasm as we are confident that it is going to be so much better than the year past. Whilst at the present time much of the future must be uncertain, the arrival of an approved vaccine holds promise that we might find things begin to revert to normal. Certainly, the majority of our volunteers, who are by no means in their youth, should be in the earlier groups to be vaccinated so we hope they will be able to return to welcoming and serving visitors when we are able to open again. We would also be very pleased to have more volunteers come forward to help us ensure a secure future for the mill, particularly if you are looking to contribute a little of your time to the benefit of the community. Information on volunteering can be found at www.stotoldmill/volunteer. If the vaccination programme has the success that has been suggested, by the spring we could be back to opening to visitors on Sunday afternoons with the opportunity to see the mill in action and to enjoy service in Randall’s Tea Room, all be it with appropriate cautionary measures in place. We are also becoming more optimistic that the Steam Fair and Country Show might take place in May and the Major Events team are pressing ahead with exciting plans for the weekend. If it does go ahead, we will need many volunteers to help, particularly if restrictions remain that require more martialling of visitors. Other teams continue to keep in social contact even while they are unable to meet. The Education team held a Christmas Quiz between themselves in early December, perhaps to keep their brains alert so they are ready to inspire visiting children in school parties and youth groups next year. Regrettably, however hard our volunteers try to maintain the mill and the nature reserve for the benefit of the community there seems to be an element who find satisfaction in destroying all that we put in place for the benefit of the local residents and all other visitors. Recently we have found that some people, have spent time in the nature reserve shelter destroying the perspex panels. Doubtless whilst any appeal to those involved to stop this mindless behaviour would likely go ignored, we would ask to them to please enjoy the facilities provided but to preserve them for others. Similarly. it is apparent from reports that throughout the town pre-Christmas wilful destruction of house’s lights and displays has taken place. Can we suggest that much of this cannot go unnoticed and that residents immediately report incidents to the police. A sad ending to our final report for a sorrowful year but let us hope for a brighter 2021.
Our very best wishes to everyone for a better and successful new year and we look forward to seeing you back at the mill again.
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The Stotfold and Arlesey branch of the Royal British Legion are appealing for new members. Especially any who would like to play an active role in the branch.
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Stotfold Co-op Award Local Charities Stotfold Co-op have recently celebrated payouts to three local community groups as elected by Co-op members in their latest round of funding. The Stotfold store joined together with Hitchin and Letchworth to nominate three local charities to benefit from the money raised from their membership card scheme.
The beneficences of this year’s funds were, Finding Me Living Well Despite Cancer, Hitchin Counselling Services and Stotfold based Need Project.
Emma Goudling, Member Pioneer for Co-op stores told the Stotfold News Magazine ‘We were thrilled to award three very worthy charities funds raised through our membership scheme.’ ‘All three charities were so pleased to receive the funding, especially during these incredibly testing times.’ Cheques were presented by Mark Jepps, Stotfold Store Manager (pictured top right) together with members of the Stotfold Co-op team. As you can see, both the Need Project and Finding Me Well Despite Living With Cancer both received cheques for over £5,000.
Members of the Co-op staff team present the cheques to local charities
Funding for these awards is gained by Co-op shoppers nominating a local charity of their choice. When shoppers purchase selected Co-op products and services, 2p from every £1 spent goes into your Co-op Membership account. The Co-op then give the same amount to support community organisations and local causes. In 2020, the Co-op delivered £15m to over 4,500 local causes, thanks to their members. For further information and to find our how to nominate your local charity for a future award visit: www.coop.co.uk and click on membership services.
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Local Calendar Raises Funds For Charity Local care home Baycroft have been busy collecting photographs that depicted ‘local life in lock down’ for their 2021 calendar. The Stotfold News Magazine were deligted to have been asked to design and print the calendar with some fantastic images being used representing many different aspects of the past twelve months. Each image chosen won a prize for their entry with a percentage of the profits for each calendar sold donated towards three charities: Cancer Research, Dementia UK and the Need Project.
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Congratulations to everyone that entered the competition - the calendar is a fantastic memory of what has been a most memorable year!
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Stotfold Art Group News.. Welcome to the next update from Stotfold Art Group, we hope you enjoyed our first piece last month..
This month we look at flower drawing, this is something of a speciality as shown by this lovely work from Carol Milton. Carol is a member of our club and works mainly in watercolour, choosing flowers or landscape as her subject matter. She has also contributed to our exhibitions with beautiful craft work. If you were foxed by who Geoff Hoile's boyhood sporting heroes were in last month's article in the Stotfold News, they were as follows: Dennis Compton - Cricket Reg Harris - Cycling Stirling Moss- Motor racing Roger Bannister - Athletics Stanley Matthews - Football We wish all of our members, family and wider community a very happy and healthy New Year! We are hopeful that we can begin meeting again next year and would welcome any new members that would like to come along. The details of our group can be found at the back of the Stotfold News Magazine in the directory.
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A wonderful flower drawing by Carol Milton
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News from
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New Year greetings from Pix Brook Academy.
We have made it to 2021‌ finally! Perhaps the most unusual year in any of our lives, is in the past and we look forward to the New Year with excitement and optimism. In schools, we are so fortunate to have two fresh starts; the first in September at the beginning of the new academic year and again in January when the new year starts for everyone. I have always felt that this provides a real opportunity for schools to be energised and motivated to look ahead. It feels for us doubly so in that we are in position to take advantage of our new facilities in the phase two part of the building. These areas include DT, Music, ICT, Food and Art spaces that will be used by PBA pupils over the coming years. It really does feel like new beginning.
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As I write, December is providing the normal grim weather with wind and rain battering the windows. However, as I have reflected in the past, Christmas is an amazing time to be in school, especially with children in Year 5 and 6. Rooms are decorated, carols are being sung and generally a sense of anticipation fills the school. Everyone is looking forward to Christmas lunch and Christmas Jumper Day but this time of year also provides a perfect stimulus for us to consider the plight of many in this country and around the world for whom life has become so difficult. As a school, we place a great deal of importance on the need to understand our place in society and in my conversations with our pupils it is genuinely amazing to hear them speak so maturely about the environment, the homeless and the situation for refugees. These are topics that matter and in our continuing drive to ensure our pupils are socially responsible make for interesting and thought-provoking discussions. Young people seem to have such a clear view of the world, unfettered by mis-information and bias.
Sadly, we have been unable to provide the tours and open evening events that we had planned to undertake. Not to be able to show the school to our existing parents and prospective parents is hugely frustrating. Hopefully by visiting the website and joining the virtual tour of the school you will have a small insight into the life at PBA. We are all crossing our fingers that 2021 will get back to normal and we can once again welcome visitors to our school. From all at PBA we would like to wish you a fantastic New Year and I look forward to seeing many of you in January when the new year starts.
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News from
Happy New Year!
Etonbury Academy
As we write we have just launched our Musical Advent calendar, and the response has been incredible, even reaching the press. A number of schools and local groups in our area participated including Roecroft Lower School, Fairfield Park Lower School, Gothic Mede Academy, Recorders in the Garden and the Salvation Army. It has been an excellent project undertaken by Mrs Emily Hardy, Head of Music, that has brought the whole community together. Christmas Jumper Day, turkey lunch with the trimmings and electronic Christmas cards has kept us in the festive mood. Mrs Elissa Hilsden has made foam thank you wreaths with her class in Design and Technology using the laser cutting machines. Mr Ian Evason, Principal, was taken aback after receiving a lovely message from a student, ‘Thank you for making our school a much better place’. These heartfelt messages make all our jobs so worthwhile. The progress of our students remains our priority, focusing on learning and aiming higher. With our committed families and additional funding, we have welcomed students into school for extra tuition before and after school, we are running additional focused, small group sessions known by our students as intervention lessons and our Meet the Mentor programme is keeping them on track. Every student has a mentor to guide them.
As our prospective parents make their next important school choice for their child, we are disappointed not to be able to allow them to experience the school for themselves. So, we have put a short video for the Year 4 children to see Etonbury from our own children’s perspective with the help of Eve, our Junior Head girl. Take a look on our website to view this. As soon as possible, we will open the school up for those who have chosen us to get a feel for what’s to come. We are sure the children will love it in our new building that promises that small lower school feel so the transition will not be too overwhelming. Thank you to our lower schools, St Mary’s, Gothic Mede, Roecroft and Fairfield Park for handing out our prospectus to their Year 4 children to take home. If you are new to the area and not currently in a feeder school, please contact us and we will have a copy of our prospectus sent out to you. Call 01462 730391. Applications to our school are increasing and children are currently being accepted for places in 5,6,7 and 8 for immediate start, which means they will automatically qualify for entry into the Secondary school. We are always happy to talk you through the application process.
Our value for the month of December was ‘Determination’, and we can all safely say we have achieved that. Wishing you all a very Happy and Healthy 2021 from all at Etonbury Academy.
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News from
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We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas over the last few weeks of term. The children enjoyed many events including Christmas Concerts, Santa’s Grotto and a Christmas Party, we hope our families enjoyed receiving all the special pieces of artwork that the children have produced for them too. We were proud to sponsor two charity events during December, Alzheimers Elf Day and Save the Children Jumper day. We wish to thank all our parents and staff for their continued support with outfits and monetary donations.
Like many charities our fundraising opportunities are currently restricted. We are proud to be a recently registered charity with AmazonSmile. Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support a charity of your choice every time you shop at no cost to you. Please visit smile.amazon.co.uk on your web browser and select Pippin Playgroup. For each eligible purchase Amazon will pay us 0.5% of the net purchase price.
The Committee are always looking for new members so if you have a child attending Pippin and can spare a little time each month to attend our meeting and help out with future fundraising activities we would love to hear from you, please email pippincommittee@gmail.com for further information.
We continue to collect donations of plastic bottle tops, unwanted fabric, small yogurt pots, buttons for our gluing station. All donations welcome, please drop off at the office.
The Pre-School reopens on Tuesday 5th January 2021 after the Christmas break, we look forward to welcoming the children back and hearing about all their Christmas celebrations and activities they encountered during the holidays.
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News from
St Mary’s Academy
We finished 2020 with a 'different' Christmas Concert! As with everything in this year we have had to adapt around the COVID restrictions by filming each class singing their Christmas song within their bubbles and then finishing with the traditional Reception Class Nativity. This will then be added to Tapestry, Dojo and our website for our parents to enjoy. We really missed having our families into school at this special time. We also thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas lunch, class parties and virtual pantomime eve if we didn't have the atmosphere of everyone together in the hall.
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2020 was an unusual year for everyone, including St Mary’s and will never be forgotten. Despite lockdown, restrictions, regulations, separation, isolation and home learning challenges all of our staff and children have worked extremely hard and we are really looking forward to a positive and more balanced 2021. We will continue to support the many charities that we do each year. We are part of a very generous and caring community and had a fantastic response to our collections last year which included MacMillan Cancer Support, Royal British Legion, The Need Project, Save the Children, Keech Cottage, Mary’s Meals, BBC Children in Need and Sport Relief. Thank you to everyone as always. Please look out for our monthly Newsletter here in the Stotfold News or visit our Website www.stmarysacademystotfold.co.uk
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News from
Roecroft Lower School
Hello everyone, and welcome to Roecroft Lower School’s news update. Firstly, I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year, let’s all hope it brings better news and times for us all. This month we bring you updates from our KS1 teams. At Roecroft, we use a phase leadership model, meaning in each year group we have a teacher that leads the team and ensures standards and expectations remain at their highest. These staff always like to share with you an update from some of the learning in their cohorts each month.
Key Stage 1 Update: In Year 1, we were very busy over November and December and joined in with plenty of festive activities to celebrate the Christmas period. We were all very excited to decorate our classrooms, write letters to Santa based upon the Jolly Postman book, act out parts of the Nutcracker story and also take part in real life maths activities. Our maths work was particularly engaging as we measured lengths of wrapping paper, weighed ingredients for Christmas cakes and added small money amounts for gifts. We thought we could perhaps then use these maths skills at home!
Now that it is the Spring term, we have launched a new theme for our learning: A Knight's Tale. Our lessons will be full of exciting activities based upon knights, dragons and castles and this will even include making our own dragon's den to catch Stotfold dragons and our own dragon-themed puppet show on the iPads! We will also be taking a step back in time and fully embracing our knight theme through a fancy dress history day; we will be learning all about the famous Battle of Hastings and we will be working as class teams to create sections of the Bayeux Tapestry! During November and December Year 2 have been continuing with their topic theme of 'Fire and Ice'. In Geography we have been learning about map skills and drawing maps based on the local area of Stotfold using our compass skills. To complement our ice theme, we have been learning about physical and human features in the Arctic and Antarctica. Over the past few weeks in Year 2 we have been studying the famous artist Jackson Pollock and his style of drip painting. The children enjoyed learning to splat paint and created some beautiful pieces of fire- and ice-themed art that reflected Jackson's drip painting style. In November we learnt about Remembrance Day and created some stunning drip painting poppies which were displayed outside Roecroft Lower School. Year 2 took part in Anti-Bullying Week; the theme was to wear your favourite colour to show that we are all unique. The children came dressed up in their favourite colour and we designed some jigsaw pieces with kind messages to show that we are all unique and fit together like a jigsaw. As a school we celebrated Children in Need; pupils came dressed up as their hero or a key worker. In Year 2 we did activities based on five themes; get active, connect with each other, be curious, take notice and to give. Our activities included, making cards for a loved one, doing fun exercises, finding out information to interesting questions, appreciating the little things in life and making a charity poster. Finally, in December Year 2 enjoyed getting in the Christmas spirit by learning to sing ‘Deck the Halls’, putting up the Christmas tree, having Christmas dinner, wearing Christmas jumpers and having Christmas parties. Year 2 will be starting the Spring term with a brand-new theme: Kings and Queens. We will be learning about The Royal Family present and in the past and The Tudors. Our lessons will involve researching and writing a fact file about The Queen, drawing a Royal portrait, making a delicious afternoon tea for the Queen's birthday and performing Royal debates from past Kings and Queens. We will be having a Tudor Day which will involve the children dressing up, having a Royal Banquet, creating art from Tudor times and playing Tudor games. King and Queens is a firm favourite in Year 2 as the children love to learn about our Royal Family!
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News from
Fairfield Park Lower School
A Happy New Year from all at Fairfield Park.
We hope everyone had a peaceful and joyous Christmas and extend our very best wishes for the new year to each and everyone of you! Two helping hands and a caring heart" was our festive motto for Christmas at Fairfield Park Lower School at the end of last year. Our staff were keen to ensure that Christmas in school was a special, treasured time as our children had experienced such a turbulent year and we definitely wanted to show that Christmas wasn't 'cancelled'.
The festive season was kicked off with a Christmas story and a mug of hot chocolate and marshmallows for everyone; children also enjoyed a virtual pantomime courtesy of the PTA (thank you!) in each of their class bubbles and the children's creativity shone through with the inaugural inter-class competition for ‘best wreath’. Long-established traditions of Christmas jumpers, traditional Christmas dinner and our candle-lit Christmas assembly continued with some COVID-friendly adjustments and were still equally enjoyable for all. Our strong links with the Baycroft Care Home gave us the opportunity to give back and show gratitude to the workers and also let the residents know we were thinking of them during this challenging year. Each class created a parcel of child-made creations for a nominated resident to spark joy and learn the power of giving to others. In lieu of carolling at the Care Home, we put on a virtual performance and a COVID-safe recording was able to bring the Christmassy feeling to residents instead. Children across the school enjoyed learning and reflecting about pilgrimages and the journeys people take during our 'Spirited Arts' week in early December. These opportunities presented during this week enabled children to explore religions, people and places through arts, drama and music and as a result created their own masterpieces, paintings,models and literature. We are very proud of how our children have taken on the changes, shown flexibility and resilience and adapted to this different type of school-life this past term. The staff commitment and drive to make each school day engaging, fun and safe has enabled children to continue to achieve their potential and develop as Fairfield citizens and we are Conditions treated include spinal also grateful to our parents and carers who have showed their support in these and extremity injuries, neck related challenging times. headaches and sprains/strains. Well done and We are NOW OPEN thank you to all! Our revised opening hours: Please remember Tues: 2pm-7pm * fencing that if you are a Wed: 10am-1pm * decking Thursday: 3pm-7pm parent needing to Friday: 10am - 1pm * pergolas apply for a Saturday: 10am-2pm reception or * summer houses middle school place for For a FREE quotation call Andy on September 2021 07837 791365 or (01462) 628388 then the deadline for applications is Public Liability Insured 15th January 2021. Established 18 years
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Poppies &Poppyfields Nursery News Happy New Year from all at Poppies and Poppyfields!
Busy times are afoot at our nurseries and out of hours groups! In our nurseries, we have been having a lovely time outdoors, exploring the natural world, painting pebbles, building with logs and branches, and making wonderful concoctions with leaves, water, twigs and mud! All these activities provided invaluable opportunities for learning; science mixing different materials, gross motor skills building amazing assault courses, exploring weights with pebbles and making amazing patterns using Rangoli activities! Diwali was explored, making clay divas and lots of lovely Christmas activities enjoyed by all! Our after nursery/ after school clubs have had fun printing, including making their own printers, team building, construction, mindfulness colouring, making books and also making decorations for Christmas! We currently have some spaces in our nurseries and afterschool provision. Poppies are open from 7.45 a.m to 6 p.m for children aged 2- Reception class (St Mary’s Academy) and Poppyfields 8-6 p.m. for children aged 2 to Year 2 (Fairfield Park Lower School).
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May we take this opportunity to wish all readers a Happy New Year. Thankyou for all the support over this last, very tricky, year. Our families, schools and the community have made these times much easier. We are all looking forward to a more settled new year.
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You often hear us asking for your local photographs - only this time, we are looking for those EXTRA SPECIAL shots of Stotfold taken throughout the year.
Next year, in partnership with Stotfold Town Council, The Stotfold News Magazine are delighted to be launching the official annual Stotfold Calendar entitled ‘Stotfold in Pictures.’ CLAIRE’S We are on the hunt for 12 stunning photographs depicting the wonderful town we live in. The calendar will be on sale during late 2021, with all profits made going towards the Stotfold Christmas CAT SITTING Lights Appeal. Stotfold based cat sitting service Each month, the chosen picture should reflect the relevant season which is why we are asking you to Your cats looked after in your start sending us your photographs NOW. If you are planning on getting out and about over the own home while you are away, festive break please take along your iphone or your camera and see if you can capture us giving you complete peace of the perfect shot. mind.I am fully insured & can feed your cats once or twice a day. Other small animals can also be catered for. Now in our 8th year!
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As usual the Garden House Hospice are offering their recycling scheme for all real trees in Stotfold and the surrounding areas. Between 6th January and 14th January 2021, they will collect and recycle real Christmas trees across North Herts – all they ask for in return is a small donation to the Hospice.
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GP surgeries have now been requested by NHS England to plan for delivery of: 1. FLU VACCINE to 50 - 64 year olds not in the usual ‘At Risk’ Groups = 2,032 patients 2. COVID VACCINATION = 10,400 patients As you can imagine, this is a massive task for us and we would appreciate if you could help us by:1. Not calling the surgery regarding the above unless asked to do so. 2. If we send you an SMS inviting you to one of the above clinics and you do not wish to receive the vaccine, please reply decline. This really helps us in planning for vaccines we have to order, especially the Covid Vaccine as we believe it may have a very short shelf life which means high wastage if not managed carefully.
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January Recipes- Classic Italian Soup! with Trace Buggins, Head Chef at Mount Pleasant Golf Club
Hello all! Can I use this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope you all had a great Christmas with your family but like me, I’m sure you are all happy to see the back of last year! So, here we go with another year - we all start the year thinking about eating healthy, this is a nice little recipe which will “keep the cold out” as Grandma use to say, served with crusty bread for lunch or add your choice of sausage to bulk out for a filling evening supper. Enjoy, Trace
Classic Italian Soup 120g dried haricot beans, soaked overnight 2 tbsps olive oil Local chef Trace Buggins 120g piece bacon 1 carrot, diced 2 medium-sized potatoes, diced 60g peas shelled, fresh or frozen 1/2 courgette diced 120g pasta (any will do) For the sauce: 10 fresh basil leaves 1/2oz pine nuts 15g 1 egg yolk 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 1/2cup olive oil 1/4pt/140ml salt & freshly ground black pepper 30g finely grated Cheddar or Parmesan Soak the beans overnight. Next day rinse, drain and lightly dry them with a kitchen towel. Heat Tasty italian soup! the olive oil in a large saucepan and gently sauté the beans and bacon for one minute. Add plenty of water and cook for about 45 minutes until the beans are done. To make the sauce, crush together the basil leaves and the pine nuts. The Salvation Army Womens Fellowship are unable to Add the egg and garlic. Gradually whisk in the olive oil until the meet during these times however they wish to send their sauce thickens like mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper. Add thoughts and prayers to all those affected by the current grated cheese to the sauce, stir well and set aside. Add the carrot, ongoing pandemic. potatoes and peas to the beans, cook for a further 15 minutes and then add the zucchini and pasta and cook for a final 15 minutes. Details of their re-opening will be publicised in the magazine as soon as it is safe to do so. Remove the bacon and serve the soup with the sauce in a separate bowl or jug .
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Keep warm this winter and snuggle up with a good book! Plus, every children’s bundle will now come with a free craft for you to complete at home!
How it works: Order your books for FREE from home either online (www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/libraries), via our Bedfordshire Libraries App, or over the phone (0300 300 8068): - Either choose a genre based book bundle selected by our staff by going online or over the phone, or - Reserve individual titles via “Arena” our online library catalogue, or by using our Bedfordshire Libraries App or over the phone. Collect your books from the library when they are ready (You will be notified with either a confirmation email or letter in the post depending on your preference. Please remember to bring your reference number or Library card with you.) Return the library books you have at home to our front door during our Select and Collect opening hours using the returns boxes under the welcome table provided. *Please note* We cannot take any form of payment, so there are no fee’s or charges during this time. All requests are FREE and there will be no overdue charges added to your account from 20th March 2020. Strictly NO ACCESS into the building will be given to the public at this time so we’re afraid you will not be able to browse, use the public computers or photocopier services. Thank you and see you soon!
Visit the library from the comfort of your sofa! Discover the wide range of online services and resources available through the Virtual Library www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/libraries, including e-books, audio books and e-magazines. Not a member? Don’t worry you can register or request a PIN online. Other resources including newspapers, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Credo reference sources, are available online by logging in with library card number and pin. Visit the Virtual Library today and check out the following:
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There are no scheduled Council or committee meetings at this time During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic period, we are not meeting in our usual face-to-face manner. Should we need to meet, it will be via a virtual platform, currently using Zoom. We are trying to follow our previously published schedule of meetings, but at this time it cannot be guaranteed. Notices of meetings with agendas, supporting papers and joining instructions will be published on our website and Greenacre Centre noticeboard. WHO TO CONTACT Whilst our office reception is closed, you can still contact us on enquiries@stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk or 01462 730064. If your query relates to council tax, housing, benefits, education, street lighting, waste collection, planning, fly-tipping and litter please contact Central Bedfordshire Council on 0300 3008301.
NEWS We have recently been working on providing new community facilities for our Arlesey Road recreation ground. A new project will see provision of a community use type MUGA, play equipment and some outdoor gym equipment. We are also working on providing more opportunities for wildlife on the site, by working with Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity and in conjunction with the Etonbury Green Wheel project, we are looking to provide trees, shrubs and wildflower planting to encourage wildlife and pollinators to the Arlesey Road recreation ground. Both projects should be commenced during next financial year 2021/2022.
CITIZENS AWARDS 2021 The Town Council is looking for nominations for Citizens Awards. Nominees must be someone who has made a valuable contribution to the life of the community of Stotfold. You can’t nominate yourself, and Councillors may only be nominated by non-Councillors for things they have done outside of Council work. A decision will be made early in the New Year and a certificate for the successful recipient/s will be presented at the Annual Town Meeting in March (or if we still can’t meet due to Government restrictions, at another suitable time). Please forward a letter to the Town Clerk at the above address (or email enquries@stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk FAO the Town Clerk), giving the name of the nominee and full details of why you feel they should receive a Citizens Awards. We cannot accept nominations from anonymous sources. Nominations must be received by the Town Clerk no later than Monday 11th January 2021.
YOUR TOWN COUNCILLORS Steve BUCK 07860 473351 Sheila BUNDOCK 01462 730570 Anne CLAREY 01462 731195 Brian COLLIER 01462 730057 (Deputy Mayor) Alan COOPER 01462 733106 (Mayor) Mary COOPER 01462 733106 Satinderjit DHALIWAL 07875 310345 Steve HAYES 01462 834165
Mrs Jane HYDE Daniel MATTHEWS Colin PHELPS Humphrey PICKERING Glen RUSSELL Brian SAUNDERS John TALBOT
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RECYCLING YOUR OLD CHRISTMAS TREE Did you have a real Christmas tree this year? Now the ‘big festive day’ has passed, are you fed up with dropping needles? Your real Christmas tree can be left NEXT to the recycling bin on the normal collection day between Monday, 11 January and Friday, 22 January 2021. It must be placed separately and not in any bin or bag - No other garden waste will be accepted. Trees should be no taller than 6ft with trunks no greater than 3 inches in diameter. Alternatively, it can be recycled it at the local Household Waste Recycling Centre.
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St Mary’s Church News.. Welcome to the news from St Mary’s, The Parish Church of Stotfold & Fairfield
The doors of your Parish Church continue to remain open for public worship and private prayer. Every Sunday we offer a short, reflective service at 9.00am which does not include Holy Communion, followed by the 10.00am Parish Communion Service, to which everyone is welcomed. On the first and third Sundays of the month at 4.00pm we hold a Tea Time Praise service. All babies, toddlers and young children are welcome with their grownups. The service uses rhymes and movement to retell Bible Stories. There are also simple crafts. Our 3 January service will have a Christingle theme. We continue to hold a 20-minute service of Morning Prayer in church at 9.00am Monday to Saturday.
A midweek service of Holy Communion takes place each Wednesday at 9.45am. Our church is also open to anyone in the parish for private prayer and reflection on Sundays from 11.00am to 1.00pm and on Wednesdays from 4.00pm to 6.00pm. You can find online versions of our services at www.stotfoldchurch.org.uk. These times are subject to change. Please check our website, www.stotfoldchurch.org.uk, and the notice board outside the church for updates.
You are warmly welcomed to all our services. During the service please wear a face covering and follow the social distancing guidelines which are displayed as you come into church. There are hand sanitiser stations and a sidesperson will guide you to where you can sit to allow for social distancing. If you would like to receive St Mary’s weekly newsletter, the Weekly Messenger, and a link to our online services, please email stotfoldparishchurch@gmail.com
St Mary’s Church at night pictured by Heather Almond last January.
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Down Memory
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¶H HOPE· Strict Baptist CHAPEL, Mill Lane I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord
NEW YEAR·S DAY PRAYER MEETING SERVICES OF WORSHIP Every Sunday Every Wednesday
@ 10.30 a.m. & 2.15 p.m. @ 7.15 p.m.
NEW YEAR PRAYER MEETING Friday 1st; @ 10.00 a.m. YOUNG PEOPLE·S MEETING (age 15+) Saturday 2nd; @ 7.00 p.m. BIBLE CLASS Sunday 10th;
@ 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL Each Sunday; currently @ 9:20 a.m.²10.00 a.m. ALL ARE MOST WELCOME. [See Chapel Notice Board for full weekly details] Minister: Mr. G.E.Hadley.
Tel: 01462 686803
Web Site: www.hopechapelstotfold.org
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O Lord God of hosts; how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? [Psalm 80:4]
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Useful Telephone Numbers Hospitals Citizen’s Advice Bureau
Trading Standards Advice Line
01525 402742 01525 841217 0300 300 8136
Hope Chapel King’s Baptist Church Methodist Church Salvation Army Hall Ladies Fellowship St Mary’s Church Friends of St Mary’s Fairfield Community Church
01462 01462 01462 01462 01462 01462 01462 01462
Churches
Council
686803 730521 646562 731072 730739 730218 834108 733230
Stotfold Town Council 01462 730064 Email: enquiries@stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ 0300 300 8000 Email customer.services@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk Web www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk Waste Collection / Recycling / Dog Warden / Flytipping / Grass Cutting / Street Cleaning / Abandoned Vehicles 0300 300 8631 or 0300 300 8632 More Central Bedfordshire Council telephone numbers can be found listed at www.stotfoldnews.co.uk
Doctor
Larksfield Surgery Appointments Enquiries Out of Hours Service: MDoc Physiotherapy & Spinal Injury Clinic Arlesey Medical Centre www.arleseymedicalcentre.nhs.uk
01462 732244 01462 732200 Call 111 01462 735700 01462 732144
Ashwell Dental Stotfold Dental Surgery
01462 742353 01462 731938
Electricity Emergencies Gas Emergencies
0800 7 838 838 0800 111999
Childline National Menengitis Trust Samaritans NSPCC
0800 1111 0845 6000800 08457 909090 0800 800 5000
Howard Cottage Housing Association, Pioneer House, Norton Way South, Letchworth Garden City, Herts, SG6 1NY Grand Union Housing - all enquiries
01462 683307
Beds Police (Crime reporting) Community issues (Not crime reporting or emergency) Crimestoppers
01234 841212 01234 842515
Dentist
Emergencies Helplines
Housing
Police
0300 123 5544
0800 555111
Bedford Hospital Lister Hospital NHS Direct
01234 355122 01438 314333 08 45 46 47
Stotfold Library Arlesey Resource Centre & Library
0300 300 8068 01462 731469.
Beds Police (Crime reporting) Community issues (Not crime reporting or emergency) Crimestoppers
01234 841212
Coach & Horses Fox & Duck The Chequers Pub The Crown The Stag Tavern
01462 01462 01462 01462 01462
Box of Cakes Cafe & Cake Shop
07812 055587
Etonbury Academy Pix Brook Academy Fairfield Park Lower School Roecroft Lower School St Mary’s Academy Samuel Whitbread Academy
01462 01462 01462 01462 01462 01462
Pippin Pre-School SMASH, St Mary’s School
01462 834897 07971 354093
Tiddleywinks
01462 731072
Library Police
Pubs
Cafe
Schools
After School Clubs Toddler Groups Nurseries
0800 555111 734135 732434 732333 731061 731098
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Pippin Pre-School Poppies Nursery Poppyfields Nursery Treetops Day Nursery Stotfold and District Children's Centre
01462 834897 07833 927906 01462 830008 01462 734306 01462 730623
Trains (National Enquiries)
08457 484950
Boxall Taxis
01462 433333
Transport
Whitbread Wanderbus
Greenacre Transfers Airports & Chauffeur Services www.greenacretransfers.co.uk
Miscellaneous
Beds Rural Communities Charity Letchworth MS Unit Births, Deaths & Marriages Stotfold Good Neighbour Group
To contact the Stotfold News Magazine please call 01462 731986
0300 123 3023
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