WHAT'S ON IN FEBRUARY

9 FEBRUARY

A video presentation by Jane Lazenby LRPS BPE4*DPAGB EFIAP

LMPA entitled:

“Working with Textures”

The Sullivan Room, The Weatherly Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8JH

Entry is from 7:30 starting at 8:00. A fee of £3.00 is payable at the door. www.biggleswadecameraclub.co.uk

11 FEBRUARY

Castle Comedy

Doors open 7.30pm, show 8pm

The Weatherley Centre, Biggleswade

Three headline quality acts means the ultimate comedy night out! Web: www.castlecomedy.co.uk

11-19 FEBRUARY

Wicked Wildlife Trail

9.30am-3.30pm Jordans Mill, Broom Wednesday to Sunday. Keep the little ones entertained and inspired this half term with our wicked wildlife outdoor activity trail. Trail sheets £3.50 from the Mill Shop.

12 FEBRUARY

Biggleswade Woman’s Institute

10am for 10.30am The Weatherley Centre, Biggleswade

Visitors £5. Meets third Monday of the month (except August). Email: biggleswadewi@gmail.com

12 FEBRUARY

Not Strictly Jazz

5-7pm Fairfield House, Fairfield Road, Biggleswade

Tickets £20, 10-18 years £10

Live music performed by exceptional musicians. Refreshments included. Call or email for tickets.

Tel: 01767 312176

Email: sarahwiggs@hotmail.co.uk

13 FEBRUARY

Sandy Flower Club

7.30pm Conservative Bowls Club Pavilion (rear of the Conservative Club, Bedford Road)

Meets second Monday in the month (excluding January, August and December).

Tel: Sue Alexander 01767 699729

16 FEBRUARY

Bedford RSPB Local Group

7.30pm ARA Club, Manton Lane

Bedford MK41 7PF

Members £1, guests £2, under 18s free, annual group membership £5 ‘Farming for wildlife’ by Charlie Porter. Charlie will tell us the part he and his team are playing to help the recovery of our local wildlife at Wood End Farm in Cople. Suitable for experts and novices. RSPB membership not essential. Tel: 07905 199769 www.rspb.org.uk/groups/bedford

19 FEBRUARY

Antique & Vintage Fair

9am-4pm The Weatherley Centre, Biggleswade

Café serving food and drinks all day. Free parking. Wheelchair/pushchair access. Tel: Marcel 07887 648255 Web: www.marcelfairs.co.uk

21 FEBRUARY

Bedford National Trust Association

2.15-3.15pm

Addison Centre, Kempston BNTA members £3, NT members £3.50, visitors £4

‘You cannot be serious! Tales of a Wimbledon umpire’. Alan Gray will talk about his time at Wimbledon, where he was a line judge and umpire. Non-members welcome.

Tel: Betty Thomas 01480 860421

21 FEBRUARY

Greensands Writers’ Group

7-9pm

Free event. Enjoy writing? Join Greensands Writers’ Group for a monthly Zoom meeting. Web: https://m.facebook.com/ GreensandsWritersGroup/

21 FEBRUARY

Sandy Women’s Institute

10am-12pm Sandy Conservative Club, Bedford Road, Sandy Visitors £4. Meets third Tuesday of every month, except August. Visitors very welcome. Tel: 01767 680644

Email: sandywibeds@gmail.com

23 FEBRUARY

A digital presentation by Naomi Saul ARPS DPAGB APAGB EFIAP ASINWP (EAF”A”) entitled: “Africa’s Dust Under my Feet”

We meet every Thursday evening in The Sullivan Room, The Weatherly Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8JH Entry is from 7:30 starting at 8:00. A fee of £3.00 is payable at the door. www.biggleswadecameraclub.co.uk

23 FEBRUARY

Biggleswade & District Camera Club 7.30pm for 8pm

The Weatherley Centre, Biggleswade. Non-members £3 ‘Africa’s Dust Under My Feet’, a digital presentation by Naomi Saul. See website for programme. www.biggleswadecameraclub.co.uk

25 FEBRUARY

The Big Blunham Book Sale

10am-3pm

Blunham Parish Church, MK44 3NQ

An enormous selection of nearly new books - specialist and fiction sorted into categories. Refreshments served all day. All profits to Blunham Church Fabric Fund. Tel: Sue and Peter Holden 01767 640572

25 FEBRUARY

Wine Tasting Quiz & Supper

7pm Broom Village Hall

£20 per person. Wine tasting quiz (eight wines) with fish and chip supper. Teams of six or less. Friends of All Saints Church Southill event. Tel: Nico 01767 811927

Email: rodenburg@btinternet.com

UNTIL 16 APRIL

Changing Times: A Century of Modern British Art Exhibition The Higgins, Bedford Free entry

Visitors will find sculpture, paintings and works on paper by some of the best-known and well-loved names in British art.

Web: www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk

Helping our kids along the way is the duty of every parent, so with that in mind here are a handful of brilliant psychological and practical methods you can employ in order to fuel your child’s learning potential at school or college.

Psychological: It’s okay to fail

If your child ever needs reminding that failure is a route to success, then point him or her the way of Sir Richard Branson, who had various scrapes with bankruptcy on the way to accumulating his £5billion fortune.

The Virgin chief always credits the lessons learned from failure as the most valuable building blocks for success.

Practical: Enjoy what you do and learn

When a student doesn’t like a subject, they will put a mental block in its path, yet when we enjoy what’s on offer, we open our minds, creating pathways and processes that are pleasurable to explore. Thus, finding ways in which our children can enjoy even the subjects they dislike, by instilling a positive mindset that is pre-programmed to succeed, will have a great effect.

Psychological: Position, don’t punish

Encouraging your child to study by positioning outcomes and consequences (good results from studying well, and possible negative things that might result from failing to study) offers a mature and sensible route.

The alternative – punishing them for not working hard enough – won’t inspire them to succeed, as it only tackles the avoidance of failure.