Feb/March 2013 Journal

Caldecote Journal

February – March 2013

Caldecote Journal February – March 2013 Community Diary February 13 7th Parish Council meeting – 8.00pm - Pavilion 13th Neighbourhood Watch Meeting – 7.30pm – Pavilion th 20 Police Panel – SCDC Council Chamber – 7.30pm st 21 Planning Committee meeting – 8.00pm – Pavilion nd Open Door Coffee Morning, 22 9:15am in the Village Hall March 13 7th Parish Council meeting – 8.00pm – Pavilion th Caldecote Journal Deadline 8 including entries for Photo Competition th 11 Sports & Recreation WP – 8.00pm - Pavilion st 21 Planning Committee meeting – 8.00pm – Pavilion nd 22 Open Door Coffee Morning, 9:15am in the Village Hall April 13 4th Parish Council meeting – 8.00pm – Pavilion 17th Annual Parish Meeting – 8.00pm – Village Hall th 26 Open Door Coffee Morning, 9:15am in the Village Hall May 13 8th Caldecote Journal Deadline including entries for Photo Competition

Further dates and information of community meetings and activities can be found at www.caldecote.gov.uk/diary For Social Club events, Church Services, Frequent Group events and Village Hall dates, please see details elsewhere in this edition.

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Caldecote Photo Competition There were not entries for our December Photo Competition, we were obviously all too busy with Christmas. The picture on the front cover is provided by Rosemary Sweeney of Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

The he competition will continue next month with no particular subject.

Anything goes so let us have your entries of whatever subject you want….

No prizes, rizes, it’s just for fun.

The deadline for entries is the 8 March 2013.. Please email to caldecotephoto@btinternet.com .

Care Clubs Care Clubs was established at Caldecote Primary School in June 2008, to provide breakfast and after school clubs, along with a Holiday Club, for children from playgroup age through to those in Year 8 at Comberton Village College.

The children participate in a number of activities including outside play, messy crafts, cooking, board games, computers, pool table.. table football, etc. Daily activities are planned or the children can chill out and unwind in our quiet corner after a hard day at school. Our outside soft-fall fall play area allows children to go outside in most weather conditions. The Holiday Club arrangess walks, visits to local parks, activities in Cambridge and bowling trips.

So what have we done recently?

Our exciting autumn term began with a visit to the museum of Zoology where the children got to see dinosaur bones, insects, fossils and stuffed animals als etc. Then came Bonfire Night where the children made their very own Bonfire Pictures using chalks and dark paper and as the nights were drawing in we were able to have a mini Bonfire Display outside where the children got to use sparklers, this was incredibly enjoyable! During the run up to Christmas, we all got into the seasonal spirit aided by the children making a ‘huge’ collage of a

festive winter scene, incorporating a giant sized Father Christmas and Rudolf, the scene was surrounded with fairy lights hts and glitter a plenty, truly delightful to see!

Our Christmas Party was not to be missed; the children were all very excited! ☺ Santa’s little ‘elpers’ made sausage rolls, Yule logs and fairy cakes which, as you can imagine, they all enjoyed eating at snack time.

The children wrote letters to Santa including their Christmas wishes and posted them all the way to the North Pole in our special Care Clubs postpost box which they made and decorated themselves.

When we reopened in the New Year on the 3rd January, we were delighted to welcome some new faces from surrounding villages; it was really nice to see our regular children making new friendships. We are now looking forward to February half term and are planning to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year (the year of the Snake) and Shrove Tuesday, where we’ll be making pancakes. We have lots of activities on offer and we are also planning a trip out (numbers permitting). With all the forthcoming excitement we are hopeful that we’ll have another busy, sy, eventful year where our Care Club's family grows for children and young people aged between 3 – 14 years.

Anyone is welcome to call in and see us at The Children’s Centre (7.45 – 8.55 am & 3.15 – 6.00 pm). We wish you all a Happy New Year and hopefully lly will be you in 2013.

For further information, please contact Nichola Church (Manager) on 01954 212636 or e-mail careclubs@caldecote.cambs.sch.uk

Caldecote Social Club • Large Projector Screen with HD Sky Sports and HD ESPN Sports • Free Fortnightly Member’s Cash Prize Draw • Two Pool Teams & a Darts Team • Smoke Free with Full Air Conditioning Throughout • New Members always welcome Anyone wishing to find out more about using the Social Club and how to become a member please come along and ask a member of staff who will be happy to answer any questions…..

Forthcoming Events Friday 1st February 2013: MEMBER’S FREE CASH PRIZE DRAW This draw is held every other Friday between 7.30pm and 9.30pm and you just need to be in the Social Club with your current membership card, if your number is drawn out then it’s yours!!!

Our first draw of 2013 one lucky Member won £120. The prize money starts at £60 and goes up £10 per week….

Thursday 28th February 2013: AGM Any members wishing to express a view on the club or how it is run, this is your opportunity! Please come along!... Anyone who is thinking of joining the Committee and help with the day to day running of the premises or lend a hand please step forward and have a chat with either Tim Bates or Maria Brookes. We will also be discussing the current

suspended rule of “Expired Members not being able to use the Club”. To share your opinion and have your say you need to be there. This is a Member’s only evening.

2013 MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS: A “Big Thank You” to all who have renewed their membership for 2013. We look forward to seeing you in the Club!

Memberships for 2012 have now expired and if you have not already renewed your subs please renew before 31st January otherwise you will have to reapply for your membership at a cost of £15 or pay a guest signing in fee of £2.00. *** Existing Members: £10 / New Members: £15 / Junior Members: £5.00 *** We are currently planning events for 2013 – if there is an event you would like to see more of or something new you would like to suggest please feel free to discuss with a Committee Member.

For additional information on Club Events don’t forget to check out our Club Internal Notices and External Notice Boards. www.caldecote.gov.uk/~socialclub/ Open 7 days a week - Every evening and Saturday & Sunday afternoons.

Hire of the Club - Free to Members Weddings, Christenings, Birthdays, Anniversary’s, Wakes etc. Contact Maria Brookes at the Club or caldecotesocialclub@gmail.com

Caldecote Playgroup Spring Term We arranged for the playgroup children to bring in a special item from home for “Show and Tell” during the first few weeks of term. They chose an item/toy and showed it to the children during circle time, explaining what it is and why they chose to bring itt in. The children enjoyed talking about things they are interested in.

The children found puddles in the playground and painted the water with different colour paint. They were fascinated watching the paint get mixed in.

Playgroup Sessions leased to be offering warm We are pleased school lunches from the school kitchen to children attending afternoon sessions or staying for lunch at £2 a meal. Please book and pay a day in advance. For more information on menus and nutrition visit: www.myschoollunch.co.uk/cambridge shire/.

Sessions for school-risers: risers: Monday: Morning session (9:00am – 12:00pm) Afternoon session (12:00pm – 3:00pm) Tuesday: Morning session (9:00am – 12:00pm) Lunch hour (12:00pm - 1:00pm) Mixed sessions (school-risers risers and non-risers): Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: Morning session (9:00am – 12:00pm) Afternoon session (12:00pm – 3:00pm) Please contact Anesta Cooper for more information.

Tel: 01954 210857 or e-mail: e contactus@caldecoteplaygroup.co.uk Caldecote Baby and Toddler Play and Stay Group Come and play and meet new friends (0- 5 years) Tuesday: 2:00 – 3:20 pm We would like to invite parents/carers to bring their babiess and toddlers along to meet other families on Tuesdays between 2:00 – 3:20 pm (term time only). We are a drop-in drop session for Little Footsteps Children’s Centre which enables us to run this as a free session.

We will provide: • Activities for toddlers and young oung children • A comfortable, stimulating sensory area for babies • Refreshments for families • Occasionally we will have a visitor providing small group activities such as reading stories and singing songs.

Contact Anesta Cooper for more information on: 01954 210857

Open Door Charity Coffee Morning in Caldecote Village Hall 9:15 – 11:30am Come along for coffee, homemade cakes, conversation and company Everyone Welcome to join us on: Friday 22nd February: HEARING DOGS FOR THE DEAF Offering greater independence, confidence and companionship to deaf people by providing dogs trained to alert them to chosen everyday sounds.

Friday 22nd March: EAST ANGLIAN CHILDREN’S HOSPICE Friday 26th April: ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH

Parish Council News

• The Parish Council normally meets on the first Thursday of each month at 8.00pm. This year, most meetings will take part in the Pavilion although where they are likely to be large meetings, these will be in the Village hall.

• On the third Thursday of the month the Planning Committee will meet, when required to respond to planning applications within the consultation period given. These meetings will commence at 7.30pm in the Pavilion.

• Residents are invited to address the Council on any agenda item. If you would like something added to the agenda please notify the Parish Clerk at least 10 days before.

• Agendas and Minutes of the meetings can be found on the notice boards in the village and on the website: www.caldecote.gov.uk.

• The Annual Parish Meeting, where the various groups in the village are asked to come and give a report to the Council and the Chairman gives his annual report will take place on 18th April in the Village Hall.

• The Annual Parish Council meeting where the Parish Council elects its Chairman, Vice-Chairman and agrees the Committees and WP details is to take place on 16th may in the Village Hall.

Parish Clerk contact details are: Alexis Wood (Miss) Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer Caldecote Parish Council 79a West Drive Highfields Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7RY Telephone 01954 2105341 Email: parishclerk@caldecote.gov.uk

For details of the meetings, please see our website: www.caldecote.gov.uk New Councillor We welcome Mr Andrew Faulkner who joined the Parish Council at the December meeting. For contact details please see our website: www.caldecote.gov.uk Parish Council Achievements since the last Edition.

The Pavilion The Pavilion is now in use for the Parish Council and Planning Committee meetings. We are hoping that more groups will wish to start using it as their place to meet and for individuals to hire for parties, etc.

Mike Phillips is the Bookings Secretary, tel: 01954 210438, Slimphil@uwclub.net. For more details and to download the booking conditions and hire agreement, go to the community website at www.caldecote.gov.uk/sports-pavilion.

Website Updates Information for the older people in the parish and those who look after or are “carers” have been added to the website. http://www.caldecote.gov.uk/OlderPeo ple. There is also information for all under the Community Services pages.

Information for the Youth has also been added to help them stay safe when they go out and about, etc. http://www.caldecote.gov.uk/communi tyservices.

There is also a “Residents Issues” page on our website. We are hoping that the community will use this to raise concerns, happenings, information, views and questions to the Parish Council. To get an issue

placed on this page, please contact one the Parish Clerk parishclerk@caldecote.gov.uk or one of your councillors http://www.caldecote.gov.uk/contactd etails, who will be happy to discuss the issues with you. You will see with the contact details, the areas on which each Councillor leads.

Also included on the website is information on the various groups and meetings that the village supports for all ages; business services and advice; community police; neighbourhood watch and of course details on the Pavilion! http://www.caldecote.gov.uk Drainage Problems on the Playground, MUGA Area and Tennis Courts The Parish Council Drainage Working Party, formed to look at the drainage issues in respect of the Playground; MUGA; tennis courts; kick-about areas, etc near Strympole Way/Furlong Way are looking at alternative ways of tackling the problem. They are investigating trying to get other agencies involved in the resolution (County Council and Anglian Water) to find a way forward which will have the most benefits for the community. Whilst this is ongoing, please bear with us. We are aware that the drainage problems are causing icy patches on the Stympole Way path near the tennis courts and we ask everyone to be careful when walking that way. We will keep you posted on updates through this journal and, of course, on our website. http://www.caldecote.gov.uk Caldecote Neighbourhood Watch The Parish Council has bought 12 street signs for putting up on the lamp posts on the main roads in the village

to make a visual impact that the village and community are an active part of a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme and therefore not a good place for potential criminals to be.

More members are needed – the more of the village that is part of the scheme, the safer the community will be. Contact your local Street-Coordinator or the Village Co-ordinator (caldecotenhw@hotmail.co.uk, tel: 01954 210341) for details or if you want to report anything suspicious which you are not confident should be reported to the police.

Events and Happenings in the Village or that affect the Community If you would like to be kept up to date by alerts, etc, please go to the website and subscribe. This will enable us to alert you to the important matters which are happening in the village and will affect the community.

Your details will not be shared with anyone else. www.caldecote.gov.uk.

Traffic Calming The Parish Council have created a Working Party to look at the work required to remove the road thumps and roundabouts on Highfields Road, whilst keeping the roads safe. It will include sourcing funding, where possible and managing the whole process, once an agreed way forward has been reached. We have managed to obtain a number of Speed Reduction Stickers which can placed on the side of the dustbins so that when they are out for collection, it is clear what the speed limit is for that road. To ensure that during the process of change, and perhaps as part of the long-term solution, those living on Highfields Road are asked to use the stickers. This may help us achieve a reduction in speed without

devising a more expensive route. The school safety issues are being taken into consideration during this process.

Public Open Spaces Could we please ask that the public open spaces are kept tidy and free of rubbish. The Playground fence was fixed at the beginning of December.

Further damage to the playground equipment and MUGA was, once again, fixed by our handyman. If you have any issues regarding the Playground or Public Open Space areas, please contact Councillor Saskia Barker, Saskia.barker@o2email.co.uk who is the lead Councillor on these issues.

Youth Bus The visits from the Connections Youth Bus presently continues on Wednesday evenings at the Furlong Way recreation ground from 7-15 pm until 9-15 pm. http://www.connectionsbusproject.org. uk/ . Facilities include: 4 PCs with internet access, PS3, Xbox, DVDs, Karaoke, tuck-shop, variety of sports equipment, leaflet rack, quizzes and crafts.

At least 3 youth workers are on the bus each session and are happy to chat and point young people in the right direction when in need of help or advice.

Those using these facilities are reminded to respect the local residents by not causing any disturbances particularly when leaving.

A Youth Club is being investigated to replace the Youth Bus from April onwards. This involves the youth currently using the bus and volunteers. For further information, please contact Councillor Saskia Barker, Saskia.barker@o2email.co.uk

who is the lead Councillor on these issues Planning Applications Residents are reminded that planning applications are available for viewing on the South Cambs DC website.

Please note, the South Cambs DC planning application search has moved to http://plan.scambs.gov.uk.

There is also an opportunity to make comments on line, where a decision has still to be made.

If you know of a Planning Application which is being considered by the Parish Council and you would like to add your viewpoint to be taken into consideration as part of the Parish Council response, please contact Councillor Alan Levett, who is the lead Councillor on Planning issues: alan.levett@btconnect.com or tel: 01954 211494.

Dog Owners PLEASE do NOT allow your dog to foul the sports areas or any play area, even if you intend to clear it up.

RECREATION GROUND PITCHES SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR DOG EXCERCISING. Dog faeces and urine are extremely harmful to children and, although the pitches are cleared by those organising the games, it is impossible, without a thorough clean, to ensure that all traces are removed.

And PLEASE clean up after your dog elsewhere, using the dog bins provided.

Fly Tipping Please note that it is an offence to dump grass cuttings or spoil or any waste. The Parish Council will not hesitate to report individuals, and offenders can expect heavy fines.

Crime Please could we ask residents to report all crimes and incidents to the police. The Parish Council does receive monthly reports from the officers at Cambourne which includes not only crimes, but incidents as well, and it would help us if they are all notified. There has been a recent spate of burglaries in the community.

The community is asked to keep vigilant and report any incidents, whether it is a sighting or an actual incident to the police. If you have any issues regarding the safety of the village which you wish to raise please contact Councillor Doreen Francis: doreenctvf@oal.com or tel: 01954 210395. As well as being part of the Parish Council, Doreen is on the Police Panel and can raise the issues for discussion and consideration by both groups.

Police Contact The non-emergency telephone number for Cambridgeshire Constabulary is 101.

For residents with call packages this number will provide a free call as is it classed as a local call.

Remember - in an emergency, always dial 999. You should dial 999 if lives are in danger or if there is serious risk of injury, if a serious crime is happening or if a criminal is still at the scene. In all other cases, and for general enquiries, please call 101.

This number is staffed by specially trained operators, 24 hours a day, seven days a week including bank holidays.

RNID TypeTalk is a national telephone relay service which enables, deaf, deaf blind, hard of hearing and speech impaired people

to communicate, to access the service dial: 0800 515152 Our PCSO is Karen Mahoney – email Karen.Mahoney@cambs.pnn.police.uk.

The police priority at the moment is parking and speeding issues as well as anti social behaviour and there are regular patrols through the village and at the recreation ground. Please continue to report any incidents.

The Police Panel, which is open to the public, is held on a quarterly basis and is your opportunity to issues and priorities forward, helping to shape the emphasis of the police actions in your area. The last meeting of the Panel was on 21st November and the outcomes can be found on our website: www.caldecote.gov.uk. The next meeting of the panel is due to meet on 20th February 2013 at 7.30pm venue is South Cambridgeshire District Council Chamber – get your views across!!

Other local campaigns include: The Get Closer Campaign which is a new and creative way in which the force communicates with the people of Cambridgeshire, in the most targeted, yet cost effective way. e-cops which is a free service that gives you direct and easy access to your neighbourhood policing team at a time convenient to you.

For more information on the various campaigns, please go to: http://www.caldecote.gov.uk/LocalPoli ce The email address to contact any of the Cambourne team is as follows cambourne.npt@cambs.pnn.police.uk

Cambourne Police Station, Sackville Way, Great Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23 6EG Opening times for the enquiry office at Cambourne Station are as follows: Monday 4.00pm - 8.00pm Tuesday to Friday - 10.00am to 2.00pm Saturday - Sunday - CLOSED Neighbourhood Watch Scheme The newly formed Caldecote Neighbourhood Watch has started well. The Street-cordinators are working hard to recruit their neighbours to become members. The more of the village that are members of the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme, the safer and better the community will be. So please put your details forward to join. For more detailed information please see the article in this journal or the website: http://www.caldecote.gov.uk/neighbou rhoodwatch. Whilst much of the village is covered by the co-ordinators who have put themselves forward to help, there are still gaps which need to be covered. In particular: parts of Highfields Road. If you are interested in supporting the scheme, whether it is a co-ordinator or a member to receive information and report incidents if seen, please contact the Village Co-ordinator on caldecotenhw@hotmail.co.uk or tel: 01954 210341. There is a meeting of the Caldecote Neighbourhood Watch on 13th February in the Pavilion at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome!

Local Development Plan and Transport Strategy Future of South Cambridgeshire Have Your Say! South Cambridgeshire District Council is preparing a new Local Plan that will set out the vision for the district over

the years to 2031. A second consultation on extra Issues and Options for the new Local Plan begins on Monday 7 January running until 5pm Monday 18 February 2013.

Exhibitions The Council would like to hear your views and is running a series of public exhibitions across the district in January between 2.30pm-7.30pm (unless otherwise stated). Come along to an event where you can see the consultation material and talk to planning officers.

7th - Grantchester Village Hall, High Street* 9th - Fulbourn - The Swifts, Haggis Gap* 10th - Cambourne - The Hub, High Street* 12th - Trumpington Village Hall, High Street (12-4pm)* 14th - Melbourn Village College, The Moor 15th - Waterbeach - Salvation Army Hall, Station Road 16th - Great Shelford Memorial Hall, Woollards Lane* 18th - North Cambridge - Meadows Community Centre, St Catharine’s Road* 21st - Sawston - Spicers Pavilion, Link Road 22nd - Histon & Impington Recreation Ground, New Road* 23rd - Comberton Village Hall, Green End 24th - Haslingfield - Methodist Church, High Street 31st Cottenham Village College Main Hall, High Street (2.30-9pm) *Exhibition being held jointly with Cambridge City Council

An exhibition will be on display at the Council’s office in Cambourne during the public consultation.

The parish council would like to include your views in their response to the consultation. When you submit your responses, could you please send a copy to either the Parish Clerk (parishclerk@caldecote.gov.uk) or to Councillor Alan Levett (alan.levett@btinternet.com).

THANK YOU! For more information and to make comments on the Issues & Options 2 visit www.scambs.gov.uk/ldf/localplan, email ldf@scambs.gov.uk or call 03450 450 500. A paper copy of the Issues & Options 2 Report is available at your local library Street Lights and Footway Lights If you notice a light that needs attention, because the light is off or the column door is open, please alert the Cambridgeshire Highways contact. Regardless of ownership, all street light faults can be made to one freephone number 0800 7838 247 or email: enquiries@lightingcambridgeshire.co m.

When reporting the fault, please describe the following: • Fault description • Street name, village • Identification number (located on the column). This will consist of letters such as CCC, EC or SCDC followed by a number, or just one number.

Emergency faults which are likely to cause an immediate risk to life of limb should be reported to the police, either by telephoning the nearest

police station or, in extreme emergencies, by dialling 999.

You can also let the Parish Clerk aware of the fault reported, with any reference details, so that any chasing or monitoring which needs to be done can be carried out. parishclerk@caldecote.gov.uk parishclerk@caldecote.gov.uk.

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Tokushima shima Shotokan Karate Club News Congratulations to the following karstudents students who were successful at the recent Juvenile and Junior gradings.

Daniel Ward (Juvenile) 7th kyu 2 yellow tabs.

Anastasia Ward (junior) 5th kyu 1 orange tab.

Lydia Nash (Junior) 4th kyu 1 green tab.

Christopher Green (junior) 3rd kyu 1 blue tab.

Ben Thomson (junior) 3rd kyu 1 blue tab.

Sian Leader (junior) 3rd kyu 1 black tab.

The club meets at "Caldecote Primary School", on Mondays from 7pm to 9pm and Thursdays from 7:30 pm to 8:30pm.

For further information contact Sensei Trevor Parmenter 4th dan Tel 01480 391175 Mobile 07765804460 E Mail tokushimashotokan@virginmedia.com

Caldecote Village Hall The village hall is a great place for village activities, fundraising events,

public meetings and parties for adults and children. The hirer has use of a modern, fully equipped kitchen and under certain circumstances may be able to use the Village Hall’s alcohol license. The hall has disabled and baby changing facilities and it is situated within its own secure landscaped garden rden with ample parking. There is plenty of room for a marquee or bouncy castle.

If you would like any information or to book an event contact Jan Roberts on 01954 210779.

Charity number:1114201 Registered in England & Wales, company number 5736926

Caldecote ote Village Institute Ltd. Dates and time of classes and clubs in the Hall.

Mondays 7 - 8pm Aerobics 8.30 – 10pm Table tennis Tuesdays 9.15 – 10.15am Colourstrings 2.30 - 4.30pm Tuesday Club (2nd Tuesday day Of The Month) 7.30 - 10pm Womens Institute (3rd Tuesday Of The Month) Wednesday 5 - 6pm Rainbows 6.15 – 7.45pm Brownies Thursdays 7 - 9pm Dog Training Fridays 9.15 - 9.45am Colourstrings 9.45 – 10.15am Colourstrings 6 - 7.30pm Cubs 7.45 – 9pm Scouts Sundays 11am – 12pm Family Church Service (2nd Sunday Of Every Month)

Caldecote Primary School P.T.A. Dates For Your Diary JANUARY 2013.

Our next PTA meeting will be held in the school on Thursday 17th January 2013 at 4.00pm.

FEBRUARY 2013 We are hoping to hold a half term disco for the children and will post more information in the new year.

Dates to follow soon.

MARCH / APRIL 2013 The PTA is planning to hold either a family quiz night and / or another family Bingo evening. More details to follow in the New Year.

MAY 2013 The PTA will be running its second Bag – 2 – school clothing collection, actual date to follow in the new year. _____________________________

Caldecote, Dry Drayton and Hardwick Community Car Scheme As many of you will be aware the above scheme is running as usual, but as happens from time to time, the people doing the actual co-ordination of runs have changed, The people to ring now if you need a lift somewhere essential, are: Marian Gibbens Tel. 01954 211709 Hazel Swndells Tel 01954 212998 Anne Maclachlan Tel. 01954 211452 In some cases you may well meet an answerphone. If you do please do not worry. Just leave a message with your name and phone number and the date, place and time you need your lift for. The person you have rung will ring you back to sort it out just as soon as they can. We always ask for a minimum time of 48 hours notice.

However if you do get into an emergency situation we will do our best to help out. You simply have to ring round the co-ordinators and see if anyone can help. However as the scheme is manned totally by volunteers we cannot promise to achieve it - though we will do our best.

Payment follows Government guidelines. The passenger pays the driver on each journey and the route is always decided by the driver.

Currently all Comberton and Bourn Surgery runs are £3.50 there and back.

All other runs are paid for at 30p per mile from the driver's home to the destination and back. These runs include Hinchinbrooke and Addenbrooke's Opticians, Dentists etc.

These days we do try and fit in other essential runs such as visiting sick relatives, hairdressers amd occasional shopping. If you have a query do please ring a co-ordinator and ask.

Finally the scheme can only run at the kindness of our wonderful volunteer drivers. We always need more. If you can help in any way please telephone Sheila Stephenson on 01954 210638.

Because the scheme is so valuable the County Council reimburse drivers an extra 15p per mile so that in the end the driver receives the Nationally allowed amount of 45p per mile.

Please do ring Sheila if you possibly can help. Runs are done totally at the driver's convenience when they have time, There is absolutely no pressure.

So please do help if you possibly can.

Your help would be so much appreciated by a lot of people.

Sheila Stephenson

Caldecote Parish Council - Areas off Responsibility Councillor Councillor Jack Lang (Chair) Mitchellwood House Main Street Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7NU jack@lang.net Tel: 01954 212500 Mob: 07831 161534

Area of Responsibility Byelaw matters Planning Committee School Governor Web issues

Councillor Tom Footman (Vice-Chair) 42 Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7NX Tel: 01954 210318 Mob: 07759 491711

Ditches Footpaths Roadways

Councillor John Barker The Old Rectory Main Street Caldecote Cambridge C23 7NU john@hubark.co.uk Tel: 01223 264138

Old village of Caldecote Senior Parishioner Issues

Councillor Saskia Barker 2 East Drive Highfields Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7NZ Saskia.barker@o2email.c o.uk Tel: 01954 211216 Mob: 07887 546747

Allotments and Community “Grow your own�

Playground and POS areas PR & Marketing Public Transport Sustainability Youth Issues

Councillor Andrew Faulkner 79a West Drive highfields Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7RY ajfmrao@gmail.com Tel: 01954 210341

Planning Committee Traffic Calming WP

Councillor Councillor Doreen Francis 100 West Drive Highfields Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7NY doreenctvf@aol.com Tel: 01954 210395

Area of Responsibility Police Issues Sports & Recreation WP Safer Caldecote Vandalism

Councillor Alan Levett 50 Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7NX Alan.levett@btinternet.co m Tel: 01954 211494

Planning Committee (Chair) Sports & Recreation WP Traffic Calming WP (Chair)

Councillor John Newby 38 Strympole Way Highfields Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7ZH Johnnewby@btconnect.com Tel: 01954 212547

Conservation and Trees Drainage WP (Chair) Grounds Maintenance Sports & Recreation WP Traffic Calming WP

Councillor Mike Phillips 75 Clare Drive Highfields Caldecote Cambridge CB23 7GB Slimphil@uwclub.net Tel: 01954 210438

Drainage WP Pavilion Management Planning Committee Sports & Recreation WP

For more information about the Councillors and the work of the Parish Council please go to www.caldecote.gov.uk

From The District Councillor Happy new year to everyone, even though it’ll be February when you read this. I hope that you will find the information below useful.

Planning and Housing:: The process for creating the new South Cambridgeshire Local Development Plan has now entered the next stage.

The Issues and Options 2 Consultation starts on Monday 7th January 2013 and ends at 5pm Friday 18th February 2013.

2013 For those inclined to read all a of it, the full document can be downloaded in two parts, from http://bit.ly/LDP2-P1 http://bit.ly/LDP2 for the joint consultation with Cambridge City, and from

http://bit.ly/LDP2-P2 for the further sites for South Cambs.

As I’ve explained in my blog, Caldecote is again to be affected as land at Bourn Airfield, specifically the former TKA site, is being considered for alternative types of employment use to address the long standing noise issues associated with current Use Class, and is in addition to the proposed 3000 housing option for the airfield site.

You can have your say by sending in your comments in a number of ways: online at http://scambs.jdiconsult.net/ldf which is the preferred method, downloading and completing the response form at http://bit.ly/LDP2-P (pdf format) or http://bit.ly/LDP2-W (word format), by completing the questionnaire leaflet which you can download at http://bit.ly/LDP2-Q, or email your comments to ldf@scambs.gov.uk or in writing to Planning Policy, SCDC, South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne Cambridge CB23 6EA. Anyone who wants a paper copy copy of the questionnaire leaflet can call me on 01954 210840 or call the planning policy department on 03450 450 500.

Affordable Housing specifically for local people in Caldecote has come up for discussion recently. As a first step, the Parish Council at its meetings of 1st November and 6th December 2012 voted in favour of enabling Cambridgeshire ACRE to carry out a needs survey at no cost to the parish, so that the actual need within the village can be quantified.

Watch out for more information from the Parish Council about this, and do

make sure that you have your say when the survey does eventually take place.

Superfast Broadband Santa seems to have missed one stop, as residents of Highfields Caldecote are still waiting on BT to commission the PON (Passive Optical Network) that will bring superfast broadband to the remaining majority.

As explained in my blog, I had wondered if we would get it by Christmas but BT is still saying that “technical problems” are still being resolved and we should go live “soon” .. whatever soon means.

At least some residents in Grafton Drive, and top part of West Drive already have it, so it is only a matter of time before the rest of us have access to the information super highway.

I previously reported that Caldecote had also benefited from an award of £1,500 worth of broadband equipment, as part of the Race to Infinity prize. The equipment has arrived and will be installed in the Pavilion within the next few weeks.

I also remind residents of Old Caldecote to register on the www.ConnectingCambridgeshire.co.uk website so that their exchange (Comberton) can get upgraded as part of the County Council broadband project.

SCDC Business Support Fund This is to remind everyone that the SCDC Business Support Fund is still available. The scheme is being run by Exemplas on behalf of SCDC, and offers free business advice and guidance to eligible small and medium businesses in the district.

The scheme runs various types of workshops for those wanting to start a new business or those looking to grow their existing businesses. These workshops are free and take place in Cambourne, Fulbourn and Foxton.

The Business Support Fund is available to anyone that has been running a business within a South Cambridgeshire postcode for at least 12 months and can who demonstrate that the recession has caused or still causing them difficulties. It To book a workshop place or find if you or your business qualifies for a grant, call 0844 346 0755 (Mon-Fri) or email southcambsbusinesssupport@exampl as.com or visit www.examplas.com/southcambs.

The service is only available until 29 March 2013, so get your skates on if you want to take up this opportunity.

Councillor Drop In Surgery I am here to help you with any issues you have with getting service from South Cambridgeshire District Council. Please contact me if I can be of help. You can drop in to the councillor surgeries that County Councillor Fiona Whelan and I hold as follows: Caldecote Village Hall: first Thursdays of the month, 7 – 8pm, next one 7th February.

Kingston Village Hall: second Thursdays of every other month, 78pm ,next one 14th March Toft People’s Hall: first Mondays of every month, 6 – 7pm, next one 4th February

You can also contact me via my blog (www.TumiHawkins.org.uk ), facebook page (www.facebook.com/itsCouncillorTumi) , Twitter (www.twitter.com/CouncillorTumi ), linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/in/tumihawki ns ), telephone (210840) or if all else fails snail mail (90 West Drive, Highfields Caldecote).

I look forward to seeing or talking to many more of you and serving you over the coming months.

Best Wishes Tumi Hawkins ______________________________

Churchwarden’s Corner My first ever visit to St Michael’s was…. memorable. My husband and I walked to the church – it was a crisp January morning – only to find it locked on our arrival. As we debated whether we had got the wrong day or time, around the corner flew a mass of flowing clerical robes. Somewhere in the middle, fumbling for keys, with a big smile on his face, was Mike Booker’s predecessor, who, by his own admission, struggled somewhat with the organisational demands of running hot-foot from one service to another in neighbouring parishes.

Accompanying him was what the Church of England then called a ‘Reader’. He was trained and qualified to preach and assist in other ways, although not a member of the clergy.

The Rector led the service, the Reader preached. And my husband and I were the congregation, on our first visit. The Bible verse “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them” had special

resonance that day. There was something about the place though – and I just knew this was the church for me!

That Sunday was of course a one-off one – the churchwarden was on holiday, no doubt the regulars were in bed with winter bugs or away visiting family for the New Year. But all the same, it’s a wonderful memory, and not just in itself, but because it’s such h a vivid reminder of how much this little church has changed over the years.

We are still a small church, with all the benefits that go with that. But it’s hard to believe that we now have an After School Club, a weekly Bible Study Group, a Friends fundraising aising group, two websites, and a regular cohort of five organists!

Perhaps the aspect of change that stands out most is that the church has developed in the most natural – and yet unexpected – ways. Natural, because its grown organically from the talents, s, dedication and real life situations of real people – individuals of all types.

Among us are those who come for our Fifth Sunday traditional Matins service; those who are members of churches elsewhere but join us for our Second and Fourth Sunday family services, ervices, those who enjoy the variety of our patterns of service and the relaxed come-as-you-are feel.

We haven’t grown the way you build up a lego house – more perhaps the

way that coral reefs develop: beautifully, uniquely, unexpectedly, and with breathtaking aking diversity. The shapes and colours they take depend in part on the type of coral larvae that start the process, but also evolve in response to the environment. They grow into their environment and are shaped by it as they grow. Being part of St Michael’s l’s means finding your own place, at your own speed, and enjoying the journey of discovery!

Dona McCullagh Email: dona@dmccullagh.co.uk Tel: 01223 263180 Website: www.caldecotechurch.org.uk To get the weekly Caldecote CatchCatch up churchwarden’s email, with more news of upcoming services and events, add your email address using the sign-up sign box on the website or email me directly.

The Weekly W Light Bible Study Group If you’d like to get together with others from Caldecote to think thin about the Bible, join us on Monday evenings for the Light Bible Study Group. No prior experience necessary! Rosanna Mahmood's house every Monday evening 8-9pm.

All are welcome – come when you can, whenever you can make it.

Services and Events:

St Michael and All Angels Church, Caldecote with Childerley More details at: www.caldecotechurch.org.uk Date

Time

Service

3rd February

11am

Holy Communion

11am

Informal Worship for all ages

11am

Holy Communion

11am

Family service

3rd March

11am

Holy Communion

10th March

11am

Informal Worship for all ages

17th March

11am

Holy Communion

24th March

11am

Palm Sunday Family service

29th March

2pm

Good Friday Meditations

Childerley Chapel

31st March

11am

Easter Day Family Communion

St Michael’s Church

1st April

2.30 – 5.30pm

Easter Monday Bank Holiday Spring garden walk & teas

Childerley Manor

7th April

11am

Holy Communion

14th April

11am

Informal Worship for all ages

21st April

11am

Holy Communion

28th April

11am

Family service

10th February 17th February 24th February

More information at www.caldecotechurch.org.uk

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After School Church Club

Tuesday Club dates coming up: • 19th February • 19th March • 23rd April • 21st May • 18th June Refreshments – games – activities Tea & coffee for parents who would like to stay

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Friends of Caldecote Church … reviving our heritage We had great fun with the children at the PTA Fair before Christmas.

Instead of bottles we had lots of

tantalising gifts as prizes for a Tombola. Just as happened the year before, the children loved the chance of unwrapping the boxes, and we made over £200 towards our next church improvement. Many thanks to Lisa, Jan & Sheila for wrapping all those parcels!

Internet shopping has never been so popular as it was this Christmas, so let’s hope lots of us used the ‘Shop at Amazon’ button, so that the village church will benefit – details below. If by any chance you were given something you won’t use, you might consider it becoming a raffle prize – if you have anything suitable please contact Sheila (details below).

Some people are still kindly filling jam jars with loose change. If your jam jar is anywhere near full, please contact Sheila so your coins can be banked.

The Friends are due to meet again soon to discuss our plans for the New Year – amongst other things, we will be planning yet another Open Gardens weekend. It’s hardly been the easiest autumn for digging, but if you would like to let others enjoy the sight, if not the fruits (!), of your labours, please do get in touch.

Thank you to everyone for so much support. We wish everyone a fulfilling New Year. For any ideas of activities for this year, or offers of help please contact either Roger SylvesterBradley on 01 954 210560 or roger@sylvester-bradley.org or Sheila Stephenson on 01 954 210638 or sheila1pc@yahoo.co.uk To be informed of fundraising events as they are organised, you can visit our website at www.caldecotefriends.org.uk and sign up for our newsletter.

during ‘privilege time’ taking a small group for activities such as knitting, sewing, crochet, jigsawing, baking, gardening, etc.

CALDECOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL

Caldecote Primary School We would like to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year and thank all of you who came and supported the Christmas Fair at the school on Saturday 1st December.

There was a wonderful turnout and we raised lots of much needed cash which will go towards purchasing a replacement piano. Our current piano has been at the school for as long as anyone can remember – we would be very interested to hear from any resident if they know exactly how long it has been in use.

We know that in every community there are always people with many different skills that could be used to enhance the children’s education. We are very keen to welcome anyone who has any spare time and examples of ways you could help are: giving an hour to hear children read coming in at lunchtime to host a ‘lunch-time’ club e.g. playing board games with small groups of children, lego construction sharing your knowledge of a particular subject during an assembly or to an individual class e.g. animals, farming, history of the area, astronomy etc. helping maintain our grounds, flower and vegetable beds

If you feel you would like to be involved and could spare some time we would really like to hear from you.

The children always get so much out of visits and support from others and it helps to build their sense of belonging to Caldecote as a community.

Mrs K. Stanton Headteacher ______________________________

www.littleyogacorner.co.uk

One-to-One Yoga • Improve your strength and flexibility • Build up gradually at your own pace • Personalised sequences for you to practise on your own In your own home: £30 an hour (see website for villages covered) or £35 an hour at Caldecote Village Hall (meeting room) For further details, please contact Anita Cullum anita@littleyogacorner.co.uk 0790 6176050

The Neighbours will be talking And that’s just the way we want it Public Meeting 13th February 2013 at 7.30pm The Pavilion, Furlong Way

www.caldecote.gov.uk/neigh bourhoodwatch Neighbourhood Watch helps people work together to create strong and friendly communities where everyone can feel safe.

Neighbourhood Watch We believe the key to safer neighbourhoods is a strong sense of community.

The first step towards that is to get everyone talking. Why not come and meet

your neighbours and share your ideas? We want to be able to pass our “hot” and most reported issues onto the Police Panel to influence their local priorities.

There willll also be a speaker to come and talk to us about security marking of property.

When: 13th February 2013 at 7.30pm Where: The Pavilion, Furlong Way

We hope to see you there!

Please call Alexis Wood on 01954 210341 or email: caldecotenhw@hotmail.co.uk

www.caldecote.gov.uk/neigh bourhoodwatch Following the launch of the Caldecote Neighbourhood Watch Scheme, our Street Co-ordinators ordinators have been working hard to recruit members. You will probably have had a letter through your door or someone knocking on your door to ask you to join. The more members ers we have, the safer our village and community will be.

What does it involve?

Street Co-ordinators ordinators – we need to have Street Co-ordinators ordinators to “recruit” members from within their vicinity (that is their neighbours), to hold the contact information of those members and disseminate information by email.

Whilst we were lucky enough to get a number of people to sign up so far, we are still short off Street CoCo ordinators for some areas. If you are interested in doing this, please contact the Village Co-ordinator, Co Alexis Wood on caldecotenhw@hotmail.co.uk or tel 01954 210341.

Members – the more of the community who sign up to the scheme the better off the whole village will be. Members will receive regular updates from their Street Coordinator which will enable them to know what to look out for; be expected to be vigilant and report any unusual behaviour either to the Police if it is an actual incident, on 101, or to the relevant Street Co-ordinator so that information can be collated and analysed for reporting if necessary.

As a member we are not asking for any time commitment and it will not cost you anything at all! Please either contact your Street Co-ordinator (see below) or the Village Co-ordinator on caldecotenhw@hotmail.co.uk or tel 01954 210341.

Aims – to help members know what to do with information they may have; to feel confident that they know how to deal with their observations or suspicions; to take away the hesitation people may currently feel in reporting information; developing a mindset so that we all get to know what to look for; to establish a twoway communications system with the Police so that they feel supported in the role we are expecting them to play and that we in turn feel that our concerns are listened to and acted upon.

NHW STREET CO-ORDINATORS STREETS COVERED Blythe Way – Rod Watt – 211314, rodwatt@sky.com Bosserts Way – Andrew Faulkner – 210341, ajfmrao@gmail.com Cavendish Way – Rod Watt - 211314, rodwatt@sky.com Clare Drive: 2 to 40 evens, 1 to 59 odds – Fiona Whelan - 212725, fewhelan@gmail.com

Clare Drive: 42 to 78 evens, 61 to 77 odds - Anne Cousins – 210038, hughie1664@sky.com Copel Close – Helen Osgood – helenosgood927@btinternet.com Copse Close – Andrew Faulkner 210341, ajfmrao@gmail.com Crafts Way - Andrew Faulkner 210341, ajfmrao@gmail.com Damms Pastures – Fiona Whelan – 212725, fewhelan@gmail.com Devonshire Mews – Rod Watt 211314, rodwatt@sky.com Dorral Dean – Andrew Faulkner 210341, ajfmrao@gmail.com East Drive – Saskia Barker – 211216, saskia.barker@o2email.co.uk Flaxon Glade – John Newby 212547, john-newby@btconnect.com Furlong Way – Pauline Field – 07984 585149, misspolly2010@hotmail.co.uk Goose Cross – Glenis Myson – 211179, glenis.myson@homecall.co.uk Grafton Drive – Blanca Tarrio – bgtarrio@hotmail.com Grayway Close – Fiona Whelan 212725, fewhelan@gmail.com Grove Close – Max Cartwright – maxcartwright@gmail.com Highfields Road: 2 to 24 evens – Gwen Tolhurst – 212522, gwentolhurst@hotmail.co.uk Highfields Road: 1 to 65 odds – Contact the Village Co-ordinator – 210341, caldecotenhw@hotmail.co.uk Highfields Road: 26 to 54 evens Contact the Village Co-ordinator – 210341, caldecotenhw@hotmail.co.uk Highfields Road: 56 to 76 evens – Andrew McKeown – 210530, Andrew@wrinklymacs.co.uk Highfields Road: 67 – 131 odds – Bob Oatham – 210330, bob.oatham@btinternet.com

Main Street, Old Caldecote – John Barker – 01223 264138, john@hubark.co.uk Mill Quern – Fiona Whelan - 212725, fewhelan@gmail.com Mitwell Close – Andrew Faulkner 210341, ajfmrao@gmail.com Orchid Fare – Anne Cousins 210038, hughie1664@sky.com Parsonage Close – Fiona Whelan 212725, fewhelan@gmail.com Porthmore Close – Andrew Faulkner 210341, ajfmrao@gmail.com Porthmore Way – Andrew Faulkner = 210341, ajfmrao@gmail.com Redmore Way – Fiona Whelan 212725, fewhelan@gmail.com Roman Drift – Anne Cousins 210038, hughie1664@sky.com Round House Close – Fiona Whelan 212725, fewhelan@gmail.com Samian Close – Anne Cousins 210038, hughie1664@sky.com Stargoose Close – Nick Kent – nick@k4one.com Strympole Way: 1 to 22 – Paul Coogan – strympolenw@gmail.com Strympole Way: 23 to 45 – John Newby – 212547, johnnewby@btconnect.com The Willows (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8) – Colin Fotland - 210042, cfa@globalnet.co.uk Thorny Way – Andrew Faulkner 210341, ajfmrao@gmail.com West Drive: 1 to 26 – Colin Fotland – 210042, cfa@globalnet.co.uk West Drive: 27 to 52 – Sally Ann Harrod – sallyann.pa@googlemail.com West Drive: 53 to 78 – Neville Hawkins – 07715 422373, Neville@highfieldhouse.org West Drive: 79 to 102a – Doreen Francis – 210395, Remember – it will not cost you anything to become a member of the NHW Scheme, indeed if you become

a member of a formal NHW scheme registered with the police (which ours is), you may be able to obtain a discount (of about 10%) off your property and contents/effects insurers.

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH MEETING – There will be a meeting on 13th February at 7.30pm in the Pavilion to discuss the issues which are affecting the village and community which we can highlight to the Police Panel in the following week. This will help influence the way they set the priorities for our village.

We are also hoping to have someone along to discuss property marking.

Please come along, whether you are a member or not! ______________________________

Friends of Comberton Library December Report There will be no meeting of the Comberton Reading Group in January but the group will meet at 10.30 on 6th February to discuss Fingersmith

by Sarah Walters.

From the December Cambridgeshire Libraries Newsletter “We welcome your donated books in good condition at any time of the year, but please consider giving a new book to the library this Christmas.

It may be a favourite paperback or children's book or something you see when shopping for books as presents.

Books for early years such as board books, picture books and nursery rhyme collections are especially welcome.

Please just hand your gift in at the library, we can provide a bookplate for your message if you wish.

All books will be put into library stock and will benefit all the library users in the county.

Your gift will be appreciated long after Christmas is over - some of our books are borrowed over 40 times before they become too worn for the library shelves.”

Date for your diary: National Libraries Day 2013, a culmination of a week’s worth of celebrations in school, college, university, workplace and public libraries across the UK, will take place on Saturday 9 February.

Why not introduce a friend to the library or try out one of the on-line resources?

Did you know...?

You can borrow magazines for one week from the library but also search many more titles online by logging onto InfoTrac UK Journals with your library card. Some magazines, such as Which? may only be viewed on library computers but most can be searched at home. Find the link on the library website http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leis ure/libraries/online-db.htm Suzan Griffiths Chair FOCAL

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Cambridge Baby Sensory are launching in Caldecote!

Cambridge Baby Sensory launched in May 2012 and have gone from

strength to strength ever since. We run classes in and around Cambridge and are now very pleased to announce that Cambridge Baby Sensory is coming to Caldecote with classes starting in January 2013 at The Village Hall.

Classes are on Tuesday’s and run throughout the year. 10am is the 7-13 mth class and 11.15am is the 0-7 mth class. Now for a little more info on what it’s all about...

Babies learn more in the first year of life than at any other time. Never again will there be such an extraordinary pace of development.

They are totally attentive and absolutely fascinated by everything that they can see, hear, touch, taste and smell. Baby Sensory doesn’t waste a moment of this valuable time!

Award winning Baby Sensory classes provide a myriad of colourful sensory experiences and new sensations.

Imagine taking your baby on a jungle, water or space adventure, to a winter wonderland or to a world of light and magic? Mums and Dads also find out how to settle and soothe their baby, how to get them on their tummies, how to perform simple massage techniques and a whole lot more.

There are also some wonderful games and activities which are fun to do together. Music therapy is another sensory delight that cannot be missed!

Each activity is supported by useful learning and developmental information, so that parents know how to lead their baby’s learning forwards, and every week is different. Parents are provided with hundreds of simple ideas for activities that they can do

with their babies at home. Baby signing for example, is a great way to develop speech and language, whereas movement activities can help with the development of sight and hand-eye co-ordination, so important for later reading and writing.

Baby Sensory classes also provide an exploratory play area where parents can try out the equipment and developmental materials, interact with others and gain ideas for home use.

And then it’s back to the sensory area for more activities, music and dancing that always ends with cuddles and big yawns from the babies. Not even a busy little baby can fight off sleep after so much activity!

Parents looking for an unforgettable experience won’t go far wrong with Baby Sensory! The joy and sense of awe that arises from seeing baby learn and develop is well worth the effort of squeezing it into the weekly schedule.

Founded on over thirty years of university research and practical theory, Baby Sensory is a unique programme that promotes baby learning and development from the start. Ongoing research ensures that the programme is constantly reviewed and updated with new materials and techniques introduced to add variety and novelty.

The cost is £70 pounds for each 10week block booking. Blocks run on a rolling basis with occasional breaks, but please see the website as any gaps in dates will be highlighted there.

If you want to see where else we run classes just go straight to our classes webpage http://www.babysensory.com/en/Class

Details.aspx?id=337 As a Caldecote resident we would like to offer you 1 free session from your booking. The discount code is CAL49 please quote this code so we know that you will pay £63 rather than £70.

This offer is valid until end February 2013 and can’t be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Contact us now to secure your place!

Juliette – 07966 789785. Email Cambridge@babysensory.co.uk or visit our website at www.babysensory.com (and search ‘Cambridge’). And join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/cambridgeb abysensory

____________________ Parish Council Update As you probably know, the Parish Council consists of residents elected to represent the interests of villagers and to maintain the village amenities for the benefit of us all. The Councillors are all volunteers, but activities and administrative support are funded from the “precept”, that part of the SCDC Council Tax paid by each household that is received by the village.

Most unfortunately, in the past year the Parish Council has several times had to spend money to repair wilful damage to the playground and now also to remove graffiti from the bins and the Storage cabins beside the Pavilion. This is really sad because it is so much more satisfactory to spend the precept on new projects for the village than on unnecessary repairs!

We are very lucky in Caldecote to have a number of leisure facilities – the playground, tennis and basket ball courts - the MUGA - the playing field, and of course the Pavilion. All of these are maintained by the Parish Council as are the open areas around the Village. The intention is that these should enhance the quality of life in the village for all of us - from toddlers to nonagenarians!

The Parish Council is always looking for ways to make the precept stretch further. For example, you may have noticed that we have taken advantage of the offer of the services of the Community Payback Scheme to cut back hedges and do other maintenance work around the village.

We are currently exploring options for draining the playground and leisure areas to extend the time that they can be used - so far they all look rather costly but we hope to complete the work in the coming year.

The public subsidy for the Connections Youth Bus has been withdrawn for the coming year, resulting in a very substantial cost increase, so we have regretfully had to cancel it from the start of the new financial year (April). However, the Parish Council has established a Working Group to help the young people in Caldecote set up and run their own Youth Club instead. If you would like to be involved, please contact Cllr Saskia Barker.

Planning and Infrastructure The speed “thumps” and miniroundabouts were installed without proper consultation with the Parish Council in 2002 and a Parish Council Working Party has been negotiating

with the different parties involved to get them removed and replaced.

Discussions are underway with the Cambridge County Council Highways Department to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion as soon as possible. This will be very welcome as it is clearly a priority for the village to have them replaced with an effective traffic calming solution that is more appropriate to our village setting.

In the past year the Parish Council and the Clerk have spoken repeatedly with Anglian Water about the failures of the Pumping Station. Anglian Water did finally acknowledge that the pumping station was insufficient for purpose and they have replaced the pumps with larger ones. They have also requested that none of us put nappies, cooking fat, wet wipes or similar items into the sewers – pipes and pumps are not designed to cope with such additional material. We will all be watching carefully to see whether the new pumps are up to the job.

All planning proposals come before the Parish Council and the Planning Committee makes recommendations in line with the Caldecote Village Plan (www.caldecote.gov.uk/parishplan).

The current Plan runs until 2015 – so if you have any ideas, get involved when the process to draw up the next plan gets underway!

The Pavilion It has taken some time to get all the necessary documents in place to enable the full use of the Pavilion.

However, the insurances and fire and safety documents are now in place and all the systems like heating and toilet facilities are ready to go, so in the New Year we will start to advertise

it more widely. The Pavilion is primarily a facility for the village, but we hope it will also be a source of income to the parish Last year the Pavilion was used by the Hardwick and Caldecote Cricket Club, the Caldecote Football Club and the Caldecote Feast. The Football Club also held a major tournament for Youths under 12 years which was very successful and the Youth Bus project also used the Pavilion.

Towards the end of the year, one of the SCDC and Transport Strategy exhibitions was held there.

In the coming year, the last football fixture is due to take place in the middle of March and the Hardwick and Caldecote Cricket Club have asked to use the Pavilion every weekend from 20th April until 14th September. The Parish Council have agreed to hold all Parish Council meetings, Sports and Recreation Committee meetings and other smaller meetings in the Pavilion. This will save money and also free-up the Village Hall for other users. The Pavilion was built for the village – let’s use it!

The Precept The Parish is required by law to retain 6 months expenditure in its account.

However, the recent construction of the Pavilion absorbed most of our reserves and they have now fallen to well below that level. We are obliged to bring the reserves back up to the level required with all reasonable speed. In order to do so without drastically cutting back on all that we do in the village, the Parish Council reluctantly decided to increase the precept this year.

At the Parish Council meeting held on 1st November 2012, it was agreed that the budget forecast to be drawn up should be for a £30.00 (or approximately 26%) increase at Council Tax Band D. This translates into a £20 increase for Band A and a £60 increase for Band H, or between 38p and £1.15p per week. Although any increase is unfortunate, this is not unprecedented as we have in the past had increases of 28.6%, 37.9%, 55% and 60.5%.

Come and tell us what you think!

As a pilot project, for the first few months of 2013, two Councillors will be volunteering their time to spend an hour or so in the Social Club on one evening each month. We will put notices up in the shop and the Social Club and on Facebook so do drop in and see us. We hope this will encourage you to share your concerns and ideas with us. Come and tell us what you think the village's priorities should be!

___________________ Bare Beauty (Cambridge University Botanic Gardens) A crisp day in deep winter brings out the structure of a garden and highlights the mass, patterns and colour that trees can bring to the winter landscape.

Bark patterns come to the fore from the armoured silver plates of the towering Scots pines to the fluttering coppery strips peeling away from the paperbark maples, from the burnished tones of alabaster white through orange and pink to deep mahogany red of the many birches in our

collection to the chevrons of the snakebark maples. Larger specimens like beeches, oaks and black walnuts create vaulted domes of bare branch lattices, silhouetted against silver skies.

Glorious and graphic, the trees nevertheless at first glance seem static and dormant but a closer inspection of the branch tips hint at the life about to burst out – indeed once leaves have been shed in autumn and in the absence of flowers, tree shape, branch tip buds and bark patterns are key identification tools.

The enormous treacle covered, sticky buds of horse chestnuts are already swelling – if in doubt, look further down the branches to find large shield-shaped scars created when last year’s leaf stalks dropped. They are sometimes thought of as horseshoe shaped and there are even seven ‘nails’ clearly visible indicating where the vascular bundles that transport food and water around the tree were severed during autumn leaf fall.

The smooth grey trunks of common beeches and the domed shape are usually enough for identifying the tree in winter, but if in doubt the slender whippy twigs now end in clusters of shiny coppery brown slender, pointed leaf buds, looking rather like chrysalises and with a clear crisscrossing pattern. Even tighter clusters of pinkish buds now adorn

the tips of most cherry trees, like little rosettes, and on most species the twigs have a distinctively wrinkled surface. Ash trees are very different, with the buds in dark charcoal grey, held close in to the branch tip and shaped like tiny hooves. Perhaps most uplifting at this time of year are the rainbow shades from crimson to bright yellow of the whippy new growth on limes and willows, the buds of the lime sometimes described as ‘like a boxing glove with one small red bud scale and one large red bud scale’, and fringed with fine hairs.

An added bonus of bare branches is being able to see the great industry invested by the birds and squirrels in making their nests and drays, their shapes and textures almost as varied as the host trees themselves, so do get out and test your knowledge of the winter treescape.

The Botanic Garden is open 10am – 4pm in January, and 10am-5pm through February and March.

Admission is £4.50, Giftaid admission £4.95 or join the Friends, get free admission & help the Garden grow!

For news and events, detailed information about the Garden or to discover this week’s Plant Picks from the Head of Horticulture, please visit the website at www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

The Caldecote Journal The main purpose of the Caldecote Journal is to keep the community informed of local issues, events and the activities of our village organisations and to publish useful information. The Journal will also publish reports, short stories, poems and other material produced by members of the community, subject to available space. All contributions are welcome.

If you are active in a village organisation please use the Journal to report your activities and inform the community of any meetings, events and functions that you are arranging.

Contributions by Email are preferred, but small articles hand written or typed are also welcome.

The deadline for the next Journal is the 8th of March 2013. Please have all material to the Editor by this date.

The Journal is financed by the Caldecote Parish Council and is issued every other month to all parish households free of charge. The current Journal can be viewed on the village website: www.caldecote.gov.uk.

The Editor is: Stewart Onyon, 23 West Drive. (211085) Email: stewart@westdrive.wanadoo.co.uk

VILLAGE DIRECTORY Please help to keep this directory up to date. If you are aware that any information is incorrect or if your group is not represented, please inform the Editor.

1st Caldecote Cubs Meet at Caldecote Village Hall on Friday nights 6.00 – 7.30pm Mark Robson (211907) e-mail: mark.robson@keenadvice.co.uk 1st Caldecote Scouts Meet at Caldecote Village Hall on Friday nights 7.45 – 9.15pm Rob Monk email: robmonk@tesco.net Chairman, David Harrison (210822) email: David.Harrison@ucb.com Brownies Meets Wednesdays 6.30pm to 7.40pm Rosanna (212543) Michela (212591) Cambridge Evening News Keep them informed of what’s going on.

News Desk (01223 434434) Caldecote Book Group Monthly meetings, New members welcome Hilary Spargo (210112) Caldecote Community Primary School Head Teacher: Rod Warsap (210263) School Secretary: Lesley Whitehead (210263) Email: office@caldecote.cambs.sch.uk Caldecote Journal All contributions welcome.

Stewart Onyon (211085).

Email: stewart@westdrive.wanadoo.co.uk Caldecote Sports Association New Members Welcome.

Chair: Vacant Vice Chair: John Newby (212547) Secretary: Sue Tasker (212787) Email: johntask@aol.com Treasurer: Saskia Dart Youth Group Co-ordinator Sharon Newton

Caldecote Football Club U6/7 Coach - Vacant please contact John Miller for details U8 - Peter Beecroft (212035) U9 – Will Chung-How (210518) U10 – Warren Segrave (212134) U11 - Mike Perkins (212321) U12 - John Miller (210545) www.caldecotefc.org.uk Club Secretary – John Miller (210545) Club Chairman - Mike Perkins (212321) Club Welfare Officer – Susie Willis (710116) County Councillor Fiona Whelan (212725) Crimestoppers Call in confidence, you do not have to give your name.

0800 555 111 District Councillor Tumi Hawkins (210840) Doctors Bourn Surgery Emergencies 719313 Appointments 719469 Repeat Prescriptions Fax 01954 718012 Comberton Surgery Appointments/Emergencies 01223 262500 Repeat Prescriptions 01223 262399 A prescription service is available from the Village Shop.

Doctors Run Provides transport to and from the doctors surgeries at Bourn and Comberton as well as Addenbrooke's, Papworth and Hinchingbrook hospitals. Plus other medical/dental appointments and hospital visiting. 24 Hours notice of appointment needed.

Sheila Stephenson (210638) Glenda Jones (211700) Hazel Swindells (212998)

Volunteer drivers always welcome. please call Sheila on 210638.

Costs for each return surgery run £3.50. Other journeys costed by the driver at 25p per mile. All money payable to the driver at the time of journey.

Callers should try to give at least 24 hours notice of any request and to avoid ringing at weekends Evangelical Church Contact: Julie Southon (211628) Friends Of Caldecote Church Contact: Roger Sylvester-Bradley (210560) Roger@Sylvester-Bradley.org www.caldecotefriends.org.uk Hardwick and Caldecote Cricket Club Sue Tasker (212787) Chris Fuller (211226) Local History Group Sheila Stephenson (210638) Email: CaldecoteLHG@aol.com MP Andrew Lansley, Constituency Office, Hardwick. (212707) Neighbourhood Watch Street Co-ordinators: Andrew Faulkner – Bosserts Way and Grafton Drive –210341; ajfmrao@gmail.com Andrew McKeown – Social Club to 76 Highfields Road – 210530; andrew@wrinklymacs.co.uk Anne Cousins – Even numbers Clare Drive + Orchid Fayre – 210038; hughie1664@sky.com Blanca Tarrio – Grafton Drive – bgtarrio@hotmail.com Bob Oatham – North end of Highfields Road – 210330; bob.oatham@btinternet.com

Colin Fotland - North West Drive – 210042; cfa@globalnet.co.uk Doreen Francis - South West Drive to Bosserts Way –210395 Fiona Whelan – Parsonage Close; 212725; fewhelan@gmail.com Glenis Myson – Goosecross – 211179; glenis.myson@homecall.co.uk Gwen Tolhurst – South Highfields Road to school – 212522; gwentolhurst@hotmail.co.uk Helen Osgood – Deputy Village Coordinator/ Copel Close helen.osgood927@btinternet.com Jill Hickson – Clare Drive – 212263; jillhickson@talktalk.net John Barker – Main Street – 01223 264138; john@hubark.co.uk John Newby - Strympole Way –212547; john-newby@btconnect.com Max Cartwright – Grove Close – maxcartwright@gmail.com Neville Hawkins – Middle of West Drive – 07715 422373; neville@highfieldhouse.org Nick Kent – Stargoose Close – nick@k4one.com Paul Coogan – Strympole Way strympolenw@gmail.com Pauline Field – Furlong Way – 07984 585149; misspolly2010@hotmail.co.uk Rod Watt – Blythe Way – 211314; rodwatt@sky.com Sally Ann Harrod – Middle part West Drive – sallyann.pa@googlemail.com Saskia Barker – East Drive – 211216; Saskia.barker@o2email.co.uk

Parish Council Meets first Thursday of each month at 7.30pm in the Village hall.

Chairman: Cllr Jack Lang (212500) Vice Chair: Cllr Tom Footman (210318) Cllr Mike Phillips (210438) Cllr John Barker (01223 264138)

Cllr Doreen Francis (210395) Cllr Alan Levett (211494) Cllr John Newby (212547) Cllr Saskia Barker (211216) Cllr Andrew Faulkner (210341) Parish Clerk: Alexis Wood (Miss) (210341) Email parishclerk@caldecote.gov.uk For further details of the Council, see www.caldecote.gov.uk Playgroup Meets Monday to Friday, from 9.00-12.00 (morning session), 12.00-3.00 (afternoon session), with lunch from 12.00-1.00.

Playgroup Manager: Anesta Cooper Chair: Sarah Talmage Vice Chair: Jayne Grey Secretary: Terri Kent Treasurer: Alena Pechandova Admission Officer: Kerrie Coniam Funding Officer: Hilary Spargo Fundraising: Emma Andrew Committee member: Dan Talmage Contact: Tel: 01954 210 857 E-mail: contactus@caldecoteplaygroup.co.uk Website: www.caldecoteplaygroup.co.uk Petcare Circle Care for small pets while owners away. New members welcome Sarah Bell (210892) Police Cambourne Police Station, Sackville Way, Great Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23 6EG. Call 101. email cambourne.npt@cambs.pnn.police.uk For more information please go to: http://www.caldecote.gov.uk/LocalPolice In case of emergency, phone 999

PTA The PTA meets every 2nd Tuesday of each new term at 8pm - all parents are welcome to come along Chair: Lara McDonald (210765) Vice Chair: Louise Lawson (07887 737288) Treasurer: Quinton Carroll (212993) Secretary: Jo Lydon (210497) Email: CaldecotePTA@hotmail.co.uk Rainbows For Girls aged 5 - 7 years of age. Meets Wednesday Evenings 5.00 – 6.00pm at the Village Hall term time only.

Contact: Lara McDonald (210765) Contact Lara to join the waiting list.

School Governors Chair : Hester Higton (211526) Head : Karen Stanton (210263) Clerk : Eric Smith Mary-Ann Claridge (210080) Jack Lang (212500) Sue Breeze (210282) Jonathan Barnard (211484) Lesley Whitehead (210263) Alexis Wood (210341) Pippa Smith (01223 262435) Mark Hurst (210008) Carole Lewis (210263) Rene van der Merwe (212757) Social Club - New Members Welcome Chairman: Stewart Whitt (stewart_whitt@hotmail.com) Secretary: Tim Bates (212 627) Treasurer: Maria Brookes (210 791) Club: (210791) caldecotesocialclub@gmail.com

St Michael and All Angels Church, Caldecote with Childerley, one of the Lordsbridge team parishes www.caldecotechurch.org.uk Rector: Rev Mike Booker 01223 260095 email mikebooker@lordsbridge.org Churchwarden: Dona McCullagh (01223 263180) Email: dona@dmccullagh.co.uk Tuesday Club For the retired, 50 + group. Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month, 2.30 - 4.30 pm.

President: George Hyslop (01763 246684) Treasurer: Jean Stevens (210542) Minute Sec: Chris Levett (211494) Membership Secretary: Vacant In-House Entertainment: Diane Wakeling (211049) Vets Ashcroft, Hardwick (210250) Village Hall Chairman: Tom Footman (210318) Company Secretary: John Butler Treasurer: Saskia Dart (210526) Bookings: Jan Roberts (210779) Village Feast Committee John Miller (Chairman) (210545) Mike Perkins (Vice Chairman) (212321) Colin Fotland (Treasurer) (210042) Neville Hawkins Lucy Freeman (212131) Mark Symonds (211569) Sue Tasker (212767)

Village Website www.caldecote.gov.uk Contact: webmaster@caldecote.gov.uk For Community Diary Entries contact Alexis Wood: calendar@caldecote.gov.uk For more details about the groups, please see the webpages on the Community Website www.caldecote.gov.uk. To update the webpages and the website, please contact the Parish Clerk on parishclerk@caldecote.gov.uk WI Meets every third Tuesday of the month - New members welcome.

President: Hazel Steel: (01763 269955) Secretary: Lynda Gilchrist (211448)

Are you missing or not represented in this Directory? If so please contact the editor on 211085, or at stewart@westdrive.wanadoo.co.uk