Adderbury Contact September 2017

Making a difference for Adderbury’s Young People ASSISTANT SCOUT LEADERS NEEDED “Scouts was the making of them”. It’s a lovely phrase and one we hear quite a lot in the Troop. It makes you realise that all your time and effort is worth it for the part you play in giving a young person the training, memories and experiences that will benefit them for the rest of their life. Yes, there are a few young people in the village who don’t even try Scouts and that is their loss; for those that do make the commitment we are proud to provide one of the best, engaging programmes around – something that schools do not provide, even within their extra curricula activities.

Keeping the standards high requires a lot of time and effort from the adult leaders. Increasingly work and family pressures mean we now need to seek additional adults (even post-GSCE young adults) as volunteers to join our team and help spread the load. An ex-Scout would be ideally placed for an Assistant Leader role, but that is not a pre-requisite and any adult who feels they can volunteer some time, no matter how small, would be welcome.

Have a look at what we do at www.adderburyscouts.com and if you would then like to know more about an Assistant Leader role please call me (810521) or email andy.green@adderburyscouts.com.

Andy Green CHRISTOPHER RAWLINS FOREST SCHOOLS PROJECT On Saturday 5 August volunteers from the parish council, Adderbury lakes group and Christopher Rawlins Primary School began the initial stages of an exciting project to develop the land opposite the school into an area that can be used and enjoyed by the school children and community. Several volunteers cleared an area which was full of nettles and weeds, in order for the children to be able to survey the land and catalogue the plants and insects. In September the children can then begin designing how they want the area to look and how we can use it to develop the opportunity for children to learn outdoors and learn new skills. We are looking forward to the children being able to build dens, study plants and insects and plant flowers and trees to attract further wildlife. It is hoped to develop a sensory area. I would like to thank all the volunteers who gave up their time on a very wet and windy morning to get this exciting project off the ground. If you would like to learn more about the project or could spare some time to help please contact Tracy Ostler or Diane Bratt.

Tracy Ostler. Teacher, Christopher Rawlins School 23