Big Voice in Stubbington, August 2019 by Big Voice Directories

August 2019 | Issue 55 | ÂŁ1.50 where sold

FREE college courses at St Vincent Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on locally for kids? Meet Jenny Wilford....

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ADULT LEARNING

We are delighted to announce further courses from September 2019 for our new community learning project at St Vincent College. • Back to Basics English • Back to Basics Maths • Creative Writing • Criminology • First Aid • Local Community History • Mindfulness • Study Skills • Reiki • Cake Decorating • Mandarin Chinese • Spanish Classical Guitar • Sewing for Beginners • Patchworking...and many more! All our courses are located in the Clocktower building at the front of the College • Local buses stop directly outside the Clocktower and parking is also available Many of our students, who are now at university, started their learning journey with us on our free community courses! Our latest Choices brochure of FREE courses is now available.

For more information, please see our website: www.stvincent.ac.uk/adult-education/ae-courses St Vincent College, Mill Lane, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 4QA jsmith@stvincent.ac.uk 023 9258 3890

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Adult Learning

Crofton Parish

Get Puzzled

Keep On Running

Mum’s the Word

Home Focus

Watering and Wellies

Explore the FREE college courses at St Vincent

Test yourself with this month’s crossword

What’s on for kids this summer holidays?

A new role in the parish, find out more!

The Gosport Golden Mile results....

Use your outside space for outdoor living

It’s all about planning and patience

august issue 2019

Smalltalk

he school holidays are here!

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Summer didn’t get off to the best start this year and for a while it felt like we were living in ‘Monsoon June!’. Now the sunshine is finally upon us let’s hope it will last at least a good month or so. I love the school holidays for the simple reason that I get to enjoy a lot more time with the children! Alverstoke, Lee on the Solent and Stubbington are fantastic places to live, especially at this time of year and there are plenty of places to explore and things to do that don’t cost the earth! We have already managed to get to the Stokes Bay Splash Park a couple of times and enjoyed a ‘chippy tea’ on the beach. What a fantastic, free facility this is and so we are super excited to see what the new Splash Park in Lee on Solent will be like. It is due to be ready in time for the summer holidays, so I will be sure to give you a review next month! Six weeks may feel like a lot of time to fill, so if you are looking for some new ideas of what to do or where to visit, check out ‘Mum’s the Word’ on page 12. After some great feedback last year, I have put together another guide of local places to go, clubs and activities. Next month will be a ‘Back to School’ guide, if you have any tips you would like to share with fellow parents, I’d love to hear them!

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Although August is a month of holidays and hopefully some relaxing, it is also a planning month in our house as September is a big Birthday month for us. Our youngest will be turning 4 and has asked for a ‘hot dog’ party (any ideas greatly appreciated), my husband will be turning 41, but the big one this year is my Mum’s 60th! Of course she doesn’t want a fuss but we will certainly be celebrating!

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The great outdoors and local places to visit... Visit the Park…...there are plenty of parks in the local area and the best thing is they are FREE! In Gosport our favourite is the play and splash park at Stokes Bay. The NEW Lee on Solent Splash Park will open soon too! Not only can you enjoy wet and dry play but you can also visit the beach! In Stubbington we love the park found on the recreation ground behind the library and we always pop to Costa to grab a drink and treat before heading there! Explore nature…...visit Gosport’s wildlife haven, The Alver Valley Country Park. Look out for all sorts of flowers, birds and butterflies and if you are really lucky you may even see the odd barn owl or water vole. Cycle, walk or run and in the late summer you can even enjoy a spot of blackberry picking. As well as visiting all the different wild grounds, lakes and bridges there is an adventure playground and BMX track for all to use. This is a perfect spot for Geocaching! Little Woodham, living history village…...this 17th century village situated off Howe Road in Rowner allows you to step inside the pages of history books. Open the doors of real homes and immerse yourself in the everyday life of a small village. Meet the seamstress, potter and blacksmith or listen to a mother telling tales of faeries to her children. A unique and educational experience which so many local people are yet to discover. Visit www.littlewoodham.org.uk for further information and prices. Museums…...in this area there are plenty of museums to explore. Many cost a few pounds to enter but generally kids under 5 are free (call ahead or check the websites). Locally there is the Hovercraft Museum, Diving Museum, Explosion and the Royal Navy Submarine museum and a little further away there is Fort Nelson and the D-Day Museum. Garden Centres and Aquatics…...involve the kids with the gardening, you can get some jobs done and they will enjoy helping out. Show them how to weed, plant and sweep. Why not plan a trip to a Garden Centre such as Garsons in Titchfield, there’s a lovely café and a Reptile and Aquatics Centre to explore or if you pop into Maidenhead Aquatics in Gosport you can feed the Koi Carp for £1! Libaries......we are lucky enough to have a few

libaries within a good distance, many of which host weekly activities and events for children, espcially over the holidays. Gosport Discovery Centre seems to be ‘nailing’ summer this year with a jam packed schedule, from storytimes to ‘mini makes’, (check websites or contact them directly for details). Don’t forget the Summer Reading Challenge!

The Summer Reading Challenge...

Starts on Saturday 13th July at Gosport Discovery Centre and continues throughout the Summer. This years theme is ‘Space Chase’, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Join the super space family ‘The Rockets’ for a thrilling mission to track down books nabbed by mischievous aliens! Children can read whatever they like as long as they are borrowed from the library. There are special rewards each time they finish a book and a certificate for everyone who completes the Challenge. Open to all primary school aged children and designed for all reading abilities. Library staff support children, helping them to discover new authors and explore a wide range of different types of books.

Clubs and Events... FREE open access sessions for children and young people up to 12 years. All children must be accompanied by a parent or adult carer. Below is just a small selection of dates, for the full schedule please check the Play Rangers Facebook page @YPlaYrangers or the website: www.fareham.gov.uk/leisure/out_and_about_in_fareham/playrangers.aspx Thursday 1st August, 10am - Midday, Stubbington Recreation Ground. Theme: Sports and Craft Monday 5th August, 10am-Midday, Westbury Manor, West Street, Fareham. Theme: Dinosaurs! Tuesday 13th August, 10am - Midday, Outside Genesis Youth Centre, Locks Heath. Theme: Messy Play Tuesday 20th August, 1.30pm - 3.30pm, Barry’s Meadow, High Street, Titchfield. Theme: Nature Play Thursday 22nd August, 1.30-3.30pm, Forton Recreation Ground. Theme: Nature Play & Football

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SPRING THROUGH AUTUMN Tips to help you plan your garden now so that you’re ready to plant spring bulbs during the Autumn time.

I’ve often wondered if gardening should be on the National Curriculum. Apart from learning about plants, the cycles of nature, weather, birds, insects and the whole gardening ecosystem, the biggest thing that could be taught is that of planning and patience. With so much reliance placed on immediate gratification, instant results and everything being done at double quick speed, the one thing that cannot be hurried is the growth of a plant. Fair enough, with a hefty budget and a bit of assistance, a garden can be fashioned with the help of a garden centre by purchasing it all ready made. But that’s where the fun stops - the plants still need to be looked after and at some point the beds will need adding to or adjusting. And anyway, where’s the fun in getting it all ready grown in pots? We could teach our children the satisfaction of seeing a little seedling poking its first tendril through the soil, caring for it with water and kind words and then subsequently potting it out to bloom and grow. Nothing beats seeing the face of a child who has grown their own cress seeds with their chubby little hands. And that’s something that I would love to see restored for our children now who, oftentimes, miss out on this amazing, gentle pleasure. So back to our topic in hand. In order to achieve a lovely garden, whether it be a big or small plot, a little bit of planning really does go a long way. And what better way to do it than from your garden chair, a glass of Pimms in hand and a selection of catalogues to go through. Of course you’ve also got the online alternatives and I’ve found Pinterest to

be a fabulous resource for ideas. Set up a board to store all your gardening pins throughout the year and you can come back to them when you’re ready. If you’d like to have spring flowers from bulbs, you ideally want to get them planted out in the autumn. That’s because the soil is still warm so it allows bulbs to get their root system developed, ensuring that they flower in the spring, rather than the summer.

incredibly resistant. Nature has a funny way of looking after itself so even if you’ve poked one in the wrong way up, oftentimes the plant will somehow find its way to the surface. Note - if you can manage to stick them in pointy side up you’re generally going to be onto a winner!

Consider the sort of space you have for your planting. It should go without saying that if you want to plant a large number of bulbs, you’ll need a larger hole. Whether you Rather than be in a rush, spend some choose to lay them out neatly in rows, or summer afternoons working out what you dotted around for a more cottage-garden need, where it’s going to go and then you can feel, some can go closer to each other than happily place your orders. No next day the recommended spacing if you wish to delivery is required - you can sit back and group them. For depth, though, a bulb eagerly await your package without panicking should ideally go in around 2-3 times deeper that you’ll be missing any deadlines! than the bulb is tall. Double check the instructions for each bulb type to be sure as So what sort of thing might you want to see there are some exceptions. appear in the spring? Well first of all have a little look around your garden to see if there There we have it. Planning in the summer, are any obvious areas that need attention. ready to plant in the autumn, to get results Do you remember if the spring planting was a the following spring. There’s a big lump of little sparse? Would you prefer some more patience needed to go through that process containers next year? If so make sure that but it’s one that I hope we can all learn to you have the style and colours thought embrace so that we have a little bit of through - it’ll make choosing the contents a balance in this crazily fast world we are living little more uniform if you wish to ‘style’ your in! garden this way.

If you’re stuck for ideas, then you could go for the top choices such as Narcissus (Daffodil), Tulipa (Tulip), Crocus Vernus (Spring Crocus) or Iris Reticulata (Early Bulbous Iris). They will all provide beautiful splashes of colour and are pretty easy to look after. Don’t worry too much if you haven’t done this before either. Planting them is a pretty simple process and most spring bulbs are Annie Gardner

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A NEW STAFF TEAM MEMBER IN CROFTON PARISH Let me introduce myself, my name is Jenny Wilford and I am the new Parish Seniors Community Development Worker. My role is to work with older people in the parish and to help develop strong links with the community organisations that support them. I have been a committed Christian for most of my life and have been worshipping at Holy Rood Church for past few years with my husband, Wilf, after moving here from a church in Lee-on-Solent. I was born in Chester and came to the Stubbington area after a short career in the Royal Navy. I have two daughters and two grandsons and in my spare time I enjoy art, cycling and jogging with the Stubbington runners. Two years ago, I retired from a career in health and social care and in May applied to work in a voluntary capacity as a ‘Senior’s Worker’ as part

of the overall parish vision. Today, many churches employ someone to work with young people and the idea of having someone who can specifically support and work with older, retired people is relatively new. However, with an aging population this idea is becoming increasingly more common. During my working career I was engaged with adults in all areas of life, particularly enabling them to remain within the community. This entailed providing social, emotional and mental health support across a wide range of disciplines from hospitals and hospice care to support within the home. This involved assessing the impact on individuals and families resulting from issues such as the loss of identity, isolation, bereavement and deterioration of physical health and determining the effect these have on ordinary everyday life. Everyone needs to feel a valued part of the community and there is often a clear relationship between physical health, spiritual needs and mental well-being. In my new role, I plan to bring some of these requirements together by developing new opportunities for older people through support groups and services. Although as yet it is early days, over the next few months or so, I hope to get to know people in the community better and to

understand their needs, to research and develop relationships with existing community groups and those provided by statutory services, and, in light of this, maybe, offer some additional groups to offer support not covered elsewhere. Finally, I hope to develop and train a team of volunteers to work within the statutory legislation. Things at the moment are in their early stages but I am excited about the possibilities that my new role will offer and look forward to meeting many of you over the coming year. If you would like to

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