German Youth Wind Band to perform at Brookvale BROOKVALE GROBY Learning campus will be hosting 40 young German students from Lindau in Bavaria.
They have chosen Leicestershire as their venue to come on tour this year. During their stay they will be visiting our cathedral and Richard III centre as well as stopping off in Nottingham and London. They will be spending the afternoon with Brookvale’s Groby music and language students of similar ages, rehearsing together and eating pizza. The evening will end with a joint performance at the college with the Brookvale campus wind band. All are welcome. The event takes place on Tuesday 6th September 7.00pm Groby College Drama Studio. Tickets cost £3.50/£2.50 concessions. The two bands will present a lively programme of music including Slumdog Millionaire, Movie themes from 1984 and Glee Showstoppers as well as traditional Bavarian music. Who knows... could this lead to a cultural exchange to Germany for our Groby music and language students? • There’ll be a futher opportunity to hear the Bavarian Band at St Patrick’s Church, Beaumont Leys Lane, Leicester on Thursday 8th September 7.30pm
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Wilson and Sons AFTER 44 YEARS of being the newsagents to Groby we are now transforming into Wilsons of Groby Convenience Store. While we will continue to sell and deliver papers and magazines we shall now be able to offer a wide range of services and products for many years to come in our new refitted shop still at our old address 26 Ratby Road Groby. My staff and I would like to thank all those who have continued to support us with patience and tolerance during the turmoil of the reconstruction work. With the help of our Symbol Group, Mace, we shall endeavour to serve the people of Groby with competitiveness, friendliness, and choice and will be retaining all the staff you already know plus a few new faces. We thank you for your past support and hope you will be with us on this new adventure.
Bob, Stuart, Greg, and all the staff
Co-Op Launches Scheme For Green-Fingered Pupils PUPILS FROM the Lady Jane Grey Primary School helped to put the “grow” into Groby as they dug into a new scheme launched by the Co-op’s Groby food store to connect children to the food they eat. Children from the school planted vegetables in a plot created by the Co-op’s Laundon Way food store in a bid to provide a fun way to “cultivate” an interest in gardening and encourage a greater understanding about seasonal produce. The new scheme, known as “A Place to Grow”, works in partnership with the school and with the support of the Hawgrip Nurseries, Enderby, to help to enrich the curriculum by providing a creative, practical and first-hand learning experience. The hands-on activity also provides opportunity for crosscurricular learning, including developing social and team skills, and promoting science, numeracy, literacy, problem solving and creative writing. Kelly Hearn, Community Pioneer at the Co-op’s food store in Laundon Way, Groby, said: “The children had a great time. ‘A Place to Grow’ provides a space for pupils to learn and engage in a creative and fun way. As a community retailer we are committed to making a positive difference locally. The activity presents a host of cross-curricular learning opportunities, but also provides a flavour for the dedication and hard work that growers have to put in to grow the great quality seasonal British produce that the children will see on the shelves in store.”
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