The Ivybridge magazine - January 2013

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The HUB is where the heart is Community space putting heart back into town Bright ideas for the future Town team hears residents’ aspirations

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A spectacular moment in time College show soars to new heights

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YOUR AWARD-WINNING COMMUNITY MAGAZINE

The HUB is where the heart is Community space putting heart back into town Bright ideas for the future Town team hears residents’ aspirations

January Issue FREE 2013 024

A spectacular moment in time College show soars to new heights

COVER: Reaching new heights at the gym and dance show.

Photo Clive Burgess

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inside this month

05 Community action showcase Financial advice for elderly 06 Concerns over plan changes Singing a Woman’s Century 09 Bright ideas for future 10 The HUB is where the heart is 13 Review of the year 17 County matters 18 A spectacular moment in time 22 What’s on calendar 25 Ivybridge means business 27 Clubs and groups 28 School reports 31 School reports 35 Wild About Ivybridge 36 Take better photos 38 Playground project launched All information, advertised or provided, is accepted in good faith as being correct at the time of going to press. Opinions expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher and editor. The publisher accepts no responsibility for products, goods or services that may be advertised or referred to.

There is nothing like a bracing walk around Ivybridge delivering 6,000 magazines to work off the excesses of festive food and drink! I highly recommend it, so if anyone would like to join me in future...

I hope that you and your family have had a very good Christmas.

We spent quite a bit of time in and around town this Christmas and my perception was that it seemed pretty busy.

The town got the festive period off to a great start with the Christmas Festival – the town was really buzzing, and many people commented that they had not seen so many people in town.

There has been free parking as well, which I am sure will have made a difference. If it is shown to have had an impact, let’s hope it leads to a genuine reappraisal of parking charges for the long term, with the objective of giving Ivybridge traders a fighting chance of competing with outlets that can offer free parking all year round.

And let’s hope that the people who have visited the town recently liked what they saw and return.

INSIDE THIS MONTH The students and staff at the community college have once again surpassed themselves with an outstanding Gym and Dance Show. I hope the photos on pages 18-21 give you a little bit of the flavour of the show – it is an epic production

Monthly musings from the editor executed with poise, precision and power by hugely talented youngsters at the college.

As I report on page nine, Ivybridge people are not short of ideas for how the town can prosper in the future.

The Town Team’s first public meeting was very well attended, and the audience participation sessions had a real vibrancy to them, so I hope the Town Team continue to give the community the opportunity to contribute to the process.

If you would like to take a few moments out at this busy time, I am delighted to publish a poem (page 14), written during Ivybridge Arts Festival, which celebrates The Erme, the river with which the town’s history is so intertwined.

There are some great community initiatives happening at the moment, none more so than the Home from Home Community Hub in Glanville Mill, which you can read about on page 13.

I hope you enjoy reading this issue, and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy New Year.

Steven

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New cycle route in Ivybridge

Financial advice for elderly

CYCLING IN IVYBRIDGE has been

IVYBRIDGE’S OLDER resi-

given a boost with a new cycle route to Salcombe.

It is part of the National Cycle Network, where the sustainable transport charity, Sustrans, provides signed routes on quiet roads and lanes for walkers and cyclists.

The new route connects to an existing route at Ermington and goes to Modbury, Aveton Gifford and Salcombe.

It is now possible to follow the National Cycle Network for a circular tour of South Hams starting and finishing at Ivybridge. The ferry at Salcombe accepts bicycles to East Portlemouth where the cycle route continues to East Prawle, Slapton Sands, Totnes, Rattery, South Brent and back to Ivybridge.

In Ivybridge it starts at the train station and goes past the rugby club via little lanes to Ermington. Route NCN28

Over 50s can get social A NEW SOCIAL group for the over 50s starts this month.

Ivybridge Social Group for over 50s starts on 25 January, 2013, in The Sportsman Inn between 10am and 12 noon, and will thereafter meet on the second and fourth Fridays of each month.

The group is an ideal way to meet new people and enjoy a social morning. There is no need to pre-book, you can just turn up on the day. If you need help with transport, it may be available from the Voluntary Car Scheme (approx £5 return journey).

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served at the meetings, which are only £2.50.

To find out more, call 07598 781155.

is likely to attract leisure cyclists either out to explore the area on day rides or by touring cyclists on longer journeys.

The signs to look out for are NCN 28 to Salcombe and on to Totnes, while it continues as NCN 2 back to Ivybridge.

Route NCN2 into Plymouth offers a reasonably fast journey, much of which is on safe, dedicated cycle paths. It connects to Devon Coast to Coast Route at Plympton, which goes to Barnstaple and Ilfracombe. It is hoped that the rail link at Ivybridge will attract visitors with bikes who want to leave their cars at home.

Future developments planned for cyclists in Ivybridge are improvements in Western Road and extending an existing cycle route around Dartmoor into Ivybridge

dents will be able to get one-to-one help with their finances thanks to a new initiative.

Age UK Devon is coming to Ivybridge to help older people put ‘more money in their pockets’.

A drop-in clinic at the Home from Home Community Hub in Glanvilles Mill is being held on the first Monday of each month between 10am and 1pm, which will offer independent information and advice.

It is part of a scheme to ensure older people, who are more likely than any other age group to miss out on the benefits they can claim, are getting all the financial help they are entitled to.

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Community action showcase What is the Home from COMMUNITY GROUPS, bridge Probus Club, Home Community Hub? clubs, local support The Stroke Association, See page 13 to find out more. groups and charities Devon Senior Voice, will be able to showcase their work in National Womens’ Register, St John’s the local community thanks to a new Parish Church, Chenobyl Children, initiative at the Home from Home Ivybridge ‘Time 4 Life’, Christians Community Hub in Glanvilles Mill.

Against Poverty, Domestic Violence A wide variety of ‘third sector’ or- and Abuse SW, The Seamoor Centre ganisations have been invited to share and The Dove Project already contheir objectives with potential benefi- firmed as taking part. ciaries, members, volunteers and The ‘showcases’ will take the form of members of the Ivybridge community, table-top information material, with who will be able to find out exactly some staffed displays to provide furwhat the bodies do. ther explanations, and run from The initiative starts on 26 January, 8.30am to 4.30pm.

2013, when Young Devon, South The initiative is the idea of Jo Jopling Hams CVS and Ivybridge Caring will and Helen Jones, the driving forces bebe presenting the work that they do. hind the Hub and the Community During the year, over 40 days of Market, who hope it will awaken the ‘showcasing’ will run in the Hub on the sleeping giant of dormant community last Saturday of every month, with or- spirit in Ivybridge. ganisations including Ivybridge De- Each month, The Ivybridge magazine mentia Support Group, Cancer will list which organisations are due to Research UK, Operation Henry, Ivy- be in the Hub. January 2013 THE IVYBRIDGE MAGAZINE

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Pastors are on the streets STREET PASTORS have been walking the streets of Ivybridge to help, listen and care for people out at night.

The initiative was formally launched at a commissioning service at the end of November, since when teams have been out every Friday night from 9.30pm until 1.30am to offer a visible caring presence on the streets.

Street Pastors is an inter-church initiative to demonstrate care and compassion for the community by the community.

MacAndrew’s Field proposals go on show IVYBRIDGE RESIDENTS have the chance to comment on a series of design proposals for MacAndrew’s Field.

The design proposals are on display at The Watermark and in the Home from Home Community Hub, and comments can be submitted to the Friends of MacAndrew’s Field Group and the town council until 1 February, 2013.

An independent analysis of the responses to the recent public consultation regarding the future use of the field has been used by Primrose Landscape Architects to develop a ‘Landscape Design Brief’ and a series of design proposals to represent the considerations raised by members of the public.

The brief and proposals were presented to the town council’s parks committee last November and a further six week consultation started on 21 December, 2012.

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Concerns over changes to development plans RESIDENTS VOICED their concerns about major changes to the masterplan for redeveloping the eastern edge of town at a consultation event at the end of November.

The new plans, drawn up for developers Hannick Homes, were seen by over 230 residents during an exhibition at The Watermark and later subject to a question and answer session attended by over 70 people.

The deviations from the Prince’s Foundation plans for the same area were detailed in a short presentation, which highlighted that the new plans included more employment land, less residential, less open space and a smaller park and ride car park. People then had an opportunity to raise questions about the new plan.

A major area of concern was the siting of employment land on Exeter Road under the new plan, a major change from the PF masterplan, which located employment land

near the railway line. There was concern that this would be an unsightly welcome for people entering the town from the eastern side, that noise and light would affect houses surrounding the land and regarding the viability of the scale of employment land envisaged due to the current economic climate.

Other concerns were raised about the overall design, whether the town’s drainage system will cope and access from Exeter Road.

People were assured that all comments would be taken into consideration before outline planning permission is sought.

Singing a Woman’s Century A UNIQUE SINGING project which will David Haines, to commemorate commemorate women’s struggle for equal political rights has been launched in Ivybridge.

In 1913, Ivybridge was one of the stopping-off points for an historic march from Cornwall to London by suffragettes demanding votes for women. It’s all too easy nowadays to take for granted equal political rights for the sexes, but women sacrificed their reputations, liberty, safety, and even their lives to gain this basic right – all within living memory of the most senior members of our community.

South Devon Singers (the umbrella group for both the Ivybridge and Teignmouth Community Choirs) plan to commission a new work from their resident composer,

and celebrate this important event.

Singing a Woman’s Century will be a cantata (a series of interlinked solo and choral songs), based on conversations with women and girls born in each of the decades in the hundred years since the Great Suffrage Pilgrimage and will reflect the enormous changes in women’s lives over the last century.

At least one of the songs will be co-written with local children following their conversations with women of the older generation.

If you would like to be involved in any way with this unique and innovative project, please contact Sheila Townsend by email southdevon singers@gmail.com or call her on 01626 870107.

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Bright ideas for the future IVYBRIDGE RESIDENTS expressed their aspirations and dreams for the future of the town at the first public meeting of the Ivybridge Town Team.

Hosted by the town’s MP and Town Team chairman Gary Streeter, the meeting was an opportunity for people to find out about the work of the team and what it intends to do to help ensure the town prospers in the future, as well as have their say on the issues facing Ivybridge.

The Town Team brings together councils, landlords, businesses and the community to identify ways to breath new life into the town.

It is set to commission a £30,000 retail and leisure survey, in conjunction with SHDC, to find out why people do, and do not, use the town centre. It is hoped the survey will reveal what attracts people now, and more importantly, what would attract more people in the future.

During a series of presentations, the owners of Glanvilles Mill emphasised their commitment to the town and outlined a number of forthcoming improvements to the centre, Cllr Tony Barber highlighted the opportunities and threats for the town from the impending closure of the paper mill, and Caroline Hodg-

son put forward a community perspective on town vibrancy.

A highlight of the meeting was the presentation from the Girl Guides.

The Guides, who have been looking at their local community and finding positive ways to improve where they live, identified things they liked about the town, but also raised issues which concerned them and put forward possible solutions to these issues (a summary of the Guides’ presentation is in the panel opposite).

The meeting concluded with a lively audience participation session, with people putting forward a host of ideas which would boost the town.

A common theme was tourism and the potential for the town to exploit its location and natural assets better. The meeting was surprised to learn of the good reputation of the River Erme for kayaking, and other ideas include high ropes in Longtimer Woods and better marketing of the numerous walks that can be started in the town.

Richard Sheard, chief executive of SHDC, closed the meeting by praising the energy and positivity of all the contributors, saying that he would leave stimulated by the evening.

Helping someone Looking for work? with dementia Club is just the job IF YOU WOULD like to know how you IF YOU ARE looking for work, want to can support someone living with dementia, the Alzheimer’s Society is holding an information event in Ivybridge this month.

The befriending service event is at The Watermark on Friday, 18 January, 2013, between 1.30 and 3.30pm.

You will be able to get advice on how you can support someone living with dementia by giving them the opportunity to do more things they enjoy, like gardening, walking or strolling to the shops.

You can just drop in or contact Sally Ellis at sally.ellis@alzheimers.org.uk

look for a better job or just need some job advice, then the Work Club at The Watermark is for you.

The club is held between 10am and 12 noon each Wednesday, when Ivybridge Rotary Club members will be on hand to offer advice, as will Next Steps and other agencies. There is also free access to computers.

To find out more, contact the town council or Ivybridge library, or drop into the information centre at The Watermark (01752 892220). Alternatively, visit the club’s website – www.ivybridgeworkclub.org.uk

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Here is an abridged version of the Guides’ presentation: “The top ten things the Guides like about Ivybridge include the open spaces and parks, the people who live here, the sports clubs and facilities, the schools, all the entertainment, such as The Watermark, the shops with friendly staff, and the takeaways.

SIX ISSUES THAT GIRLGUIDES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT Issue 1: Security – This was the topic that concerned Guides the most. Is the security in the town centre successful? Could security be more efficient in alleyways and routes between houses? Can Ivybridge be a safer place?

Issue 2: Road crossings – We looked at routes that students take to school and how safe they are and the question we asked was – is there a need for a crossing on the roundabout by the slip road coming off the A38?

Issue 3: Litter – Each year, Guides do a litter pick and are surprised at how much litter we find in one evening. Why is litter a problem?

Issue 4: Plastic bags – Why can’t Ivybridge become a plastic bagfree town?

Issue 5: Youth play equipment – There is a good amount of play equipment for younger children in Ivybridge, which some of us are young enough to use, but parents with younger children are worried that we might hurt or frighten their children, so are not happy with us playing there.

There is no play area specifically for younger teenagers and we think it is important to have activities that are free for us to use.

Issue 6; Youth meeting space – Where in Ivybridge can young people meet socially outside of paid organisations and predetermined activities without consequences?”

In coming issues, The Ivybridge magazine will be publishing in full the solutions the Guides put forward to these issues.

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Wild

ABOUT IVYBRIDGE

BY MARGERY EVANS AND CELIA RALPH

any of our birds are LBJs, or little brown jobs, quite difficult to identify for the non expert, but this bird, the avocet, is so striking you cannot help noticing it.

It is the logo of the RSPB, rescuing it from extinction in this country in the 1940s, to the present point where nearly 1,000 pairs occur. You are very unlikely to see the real thing in Ivybridge but thousands of avocets choose to spend their winter in the South West and two of our local estuaries are particularly important for them.

Six weeks ago, four hundred of these beautiful, elegant black and white birds with long pale blue legs flew into the Tamar Estuary to feed on the millions of creatures living on the generally unfrozen inter-tidal mud flats. The Exe Estuary has an even larger flock of avocets.

The best time to see them is just before or after high tide, when they are much

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closer to the shore. It is a joy to watch groups effortlessly feeding in the mud and hear their quiet contact calls, whilst always keeping watch for a hungry peregrine. If they do sense danger, they will take to the air in a spectacular synchronised flying display.

For views of avocets on the Tamar, go to Weir Quay or the China Fleet Club. On the Exe, when the tide is not too far out, excellent views can be seen from the Goat Walk, or when the tide is high

hundreds rest on the lagoon at nearby Bowling Green Marsh and you can see them from the hide or from the lookout point. Staff at the RSPB shop at nearby Darts Farm will be only too pleased to advise you about where to go.

Another option is to take a boat trip. By doing this you get an excellent commentary on whatever is about. These depart from Saltash, Topsham and Exmouth but you do need to book. Times vary according to the state of the tide.

Next walk Our next DWT event is a birdwatching walk at Topsham on the 17 January.

Meet at Darts Farm at 10.30am, where we have permission to park. Finish at 1pm. Donations £2. All welcome.

Margery and Celia are volunteers with the Ivybridge and South Brent local group of the Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT)

Contact Margery Evans on (01752) 892984 • www.devonwildlifetrust.org

St John visit to childminding group Sopranos and altos master the harmony

Choir hits right note THE NEWLY-FORMED Stowford CommuRay (far left) with children and minders from the Ivybridge Childminding Group

A ST JOHN Ambulance volunteer vis- dren had a great morning learning ited a group of pre-school children to show them what happens when people hurt themselves.

Ray Birch brought an ambulance to Ivybridge Childminding Group at the beginning of December so that the children could explore inside.

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about first aid and what the inside of an ambulance looked like.

The visit concluded the group’s term theme of safety, which also saw the children visit the police and the fire station.

Childminder Claire Hallett said: “We would like to say a big thank you to St John Ambulance and to Ray for giving up his morning off to allow the children to experience what it’s like inside an ambulance.”

nity Choir performed in public for the first time at the school’s recent Christmas events.

The choir, “brainchild” of Stowford deputy head Sue Williams, has nearly 30 regular members, including staff, relatives and parents, who are well supported by local musician Ian Weston.

As well as performing its diverse repertoire of The Fairytale of New York, The Holly and the Ivy and Gabriel’s Message at the school’s Christmas Fair and Carol Concert, it will also be recording the tracks for a CD featuring the children singing carols.

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The ‘Home from Home’ Community HUB in Glanvilles Mill

The HUB is where the heart is

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he heart is being put back into Ivybridge thanks to a new community space in the town centre.

The Home from Home Community HUB, which was launched in October last year, offers a warm, homely and relaxed space within Glanvilles Mill and is run by Jo Jopling and Helen Jones, together with an extensive network of volunteers.

Formerly one of the fastest growing towns in Europe, the fast pace of change meant Ivybridge never really had the opportunity to grow within itself. The HUB is an attempt to put the heart back into the town.

It offers children’s activities, music, arts and crafts, and is a welcoming place for people to get together to share ideas, skills, stories, laughs and life.

The HUB hosts a toy library, in association with Plymouth Play Asso-

Community market The Ivybridge Community Market takes place outside the HUB in Glanvilles Mill on the first three Saturdays of every month, from 9.30am to 2pm.

Stalls offer everything from quality local food to arts and craft, there is music, and children’s activities and workshops are held in the HUB.

ciation and Seamoor Childrens Centre, offering an invaluable resource of toys to borrow.

The HUB is also a back-up station for the Ivybridge Food Bank, where food parcels can be dropped off and collected.

The Home from Home Community HUB is available to charities, local initiatives and groups to hire, for a nominal donation, in order to

promote themselves, recruit, and to hold workshops and meetings.

A series of community showcases are planned at the HUB throughout 2013, when third sector organisations will promote their work in the local community with displays and presentations – see page 5 for details.

The Ivybridge Community Market (see panel) is co-ordinated from the HUB. Stallholders are charged a minimal fee, with all money collected put back into Ivybridge for community events.

At the heart of the community, the HUB’s uses are limitless and a welcome resource within Ivybridge.

For more information about the Hub and the Community Market, including bookings, contact Helen Jones on 07816 939068, email simplymoorish@ yahoo.co.uk, or Joanne Jopling – joanne.jopling@btopenworld.com

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TIRI WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD AN IVYBRIDGE Community College pupil has been named 2012 Disabled Sports Personality of the Year award for her gymnastics and swimming at a prestigious sports awards ceremony.

Tiri Hughes (pictured) became the first girl and first visually impaired person to win the title at the Torbay Sports Awards when she picked up the award at a gala dinner at The Riviera International Conference Centre.

The award capped a successful time for Tiri, who recently competed in the National Disability Short Course Open Championships, where she got five out of five personal bests and

Michael Bailey, of Ivybridge U3A Writing Group, wrote this homage to the river which runs through the heart of town as part of Ivybridge Arts Festival A brief few miles of English heaven The river Erme drops down through Devon.

High upon the ancient moor The mossy source provides the door Through which the stream gathers pace And heads towards the Harford race.

two gold medals in her S13 category.

She was also thrilled to meet several Paralympians, including Ellie Symonds.

Playground project launched A PRIMARY SCHOOL’S Friends association has revealed ambitious plans to totally revamp its run down adventure playground and turn it into an integrated play experience catering for all ages of children.

Woodlands Park Friends Association launched its fundraising effort at the school’s Christmas Fair with a display of its plans, which it hopes to start work on by spring this year.

The existing area has been allowed to get into such a poor state of repair that it is frequently out of bounds.

The first phase of the project is to refurbish or replace the existing safety matting, and extend the area it covers so as to increase the useable space. They also hope to add one or two new pieces of play equipment.

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The current state of the area

across age ranges, the incorporation of a performance/ story telling area and more age-appropriate equipment.

Also planned is better access and adventure trailstyle equipment.

Once completed, WPFA hope the new area will provide children with a fully integrated play experience catering for all children and their various needs.

The key to starting the project is getting the groundwork completed for the replacement of the safety matting, and WPFA have put out an appeal for anyone who may be able to help with this to contact them.

If you can help with this, or in any other way, contact WPFA by email – wpfaplay @googlemail.com

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These first few miles of ancient brook Could write a moorland history book; Crossing the Stone Row and Upper Pound, Beehive Huts and ‘tinners’ ground.

The many walkers hereabouts Listen in as history shouts.

The Erme comes next to Harford village Where the ancient ford’s replaced by the bridge It’s here that the river gathers in pace And creates the need for a wider space.

At the edge of the moor is a natural ridge O’er which it tumbles to Ivybridge.

Our town is defined by the power of the Erme.

In all of its history, milling’s the term.

Fulling and tucking and paper and grist Without the Erme it would not exist.

Today’s ill news is a bitter blow Stowford Mill is the last to go.

In days of old the coaches came And went across the bridge of fame.

The Ivy Bridge, first inn of renown, For those on their way to London town.

Two hundred years ago next year Will mark John Turner’s painting here.

Downstream the Erme flows onward south Towards its pretty but infamous mouth.

Ermington exists as it’s name implies To the river on whose bank it lies.

Past Sequer’s bridge and glorious Flete The Erme flows on ‘till the tide it meets.

The estuary now is peaceful and calm, With the ancient village of Mothercombe But two hundred years ago was fraught As smugglers and the customs fought The sometimes deadly battle ground Where the estuary of the Erme is found.

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No purchase necessary. All entrants must be 18 years and over. Entries to be returned by Wednesday, 30 January 2013.

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Helping older people put more money in their pockets Age UK Devon has been given a grant of £4,140 to help ensure that local older people are receiving the financial benefits they need. There are 1.7 million pensioners living in poverty in the UK and as much as £5.5 billion in benefits goes unclaimed each year – up to 1.6 million older people who are eligible for Pension Credit do not take up their entitlement.

As part of Age UK’s ‘More Money in Your Pocket’ campaign, Age UK Devon will be holding a pilot drop-in centre at Ivybridge’s Community Hub, in Glanvilles Mill, offering information to older people on benefits and welfare.

Starting in January 2013, the clinic will be open on the first Monday of each month between 10am and 1pm.

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Countymatters Get gadget knowhow Ivybridge’s County Councillor and more at the library byRoger Croad If you got a new gadget for Christmas but are still trying to work out how to use it, pop along to the gadget workshop on Saturday, 19 January, between 10am and 12.30pm. Help will be on hand to show how to make the most of that new iPad, iPhone or e-reader!

experiences of their own.

The group will be led by a trained project worker and is on from 10-11.30am.

Free Fridays is a new service offering free computer access with staff support between 10am-1pm and 2-4pm every Friday - see ad on page 23.

Get into reading A new support group, Get into reading, for people with dementia starts on Wednesday, 23 January.

Selected texts will be read aloud, slowly, taking time over each text, allowing thoughts, connections and understanding to emerge in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Members can choose to join in or not, and at times the reading will stop to allow some talk about parts of the text, discussing what it might mean, or reflect on similar

Regular library groups start again for the new year.

Bounce & Rhyme is every Thursday in January between 10.30-10.50am.

Knit and Natter is also every Thursday, 3-5pm.

Adult reading groups are on Thursday, 3rd, 7.158.15pm, Thursday, 24th, 67pm, and Thursday, 31st, 11am to 12noon.

Children’s reading group is on Monday, 7th, 4-5pm.

Finally, the Friends of Ivybridge Library meeting is on Thursday, 24 January, starting at 6pm.

Book now for Cafe re-opens The Open House Cafe at conversation the Methodist Church starts The Conversation Café will be open on Tuesday,8 and 22, January, 2013, at the Home From Home Community Hub in Glanvilles Mill.

Speaking Your Truth Conversation Café is open between 7-9pm and these will be ‘open topic’ evenings. Suggested donation £5, concessions £3.

For more information contact Simon on (01752) 698703 or email simon@ setyourspiritfree.com This month’s What’s On calendar is on pages 22-23

again on Friday, 11 January, and will run weekly.

Market resumes Ivybridge Country Market resumes in the new year on Friday, 18 January.

The market, where you can buy locally-produced cakes, pasties, preserves, local crafts and seasonal produce, takes place every Friday between 8.30am and 11.30am in the Scout Hut next to the leisure centre.

Bus service to Plymouth I don’t often go to Plymouth. My journeys are normally in the opposite direction, but I have recently been elected chair of the newly-formed Police and Crime Panel for Devon & Cornwall, which meets in Plymouth City Council offices, so I now have to go to Plymouth quite frequently.

In these pages I have previously beat the drum for the new CityBus 45 service, so I thought it about time I practiced what I preached. Last week I had a 10am meeting so I parked at the station car park and caught the 9:14am – a couple of stops in the town and then straight down the A38 into Plymouth Royal Parade – 26 minutes, job done!

I then caught the 3.40pm – £3 return, brilliant! If I had gone by car it would have cost at least 6 quid parking charge and a gallon of fuel – a bit of a no-brainer really.

A star is born My wife and I attended the Christmas Carol Concert on behalf of Ivybridge Caring and amongst others performing at the concert was the U3A Choir on their debut public performance. The general opinion of the audience was that they performed superbly, so I would just like to thank them, and all the other performers, for turning out to support Ivybridge Caring, a volunteer organisation who do such an excellent job in and around the town.

Free Fridays Devon Library Service have launched a new service for people on benefits or seeking work. The library offers free computer and internet access every Friday.

What will be available? Free computer and internet access for up to two hours; free support with using the internet, searching websites, setting up an email account and using email; free help with job seeking and finding out about benefits; free information about job vacancies and how to get the most from the local job scene; free access to agencies that can help you manage your budget; free books and information to help you where you most need it.

Don’t take my word for it, drop in to The Watermark during opening hours and pick up a leaflet.

Locality budget I have been pleased to support clubs and voluntary organisations in the town, with a little money over the years, so if I can assist you then please contact me.

Festive greetings and a peaceful New Year to everyone.

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Ivybridge Community College

Gym and Dance Show 2012

PHOTOS BY CLIVE BURGESS – cliveburgessphotography.co.uk

A spectacular moment in time Audiences were taken time travelling with a time lord for a clock-stopping ‘Appreciation of Time’ at the annual Gym and Dance Show at Ivybridge Community College.

The cast of over 400 students, including children from the college’s feeder primary schools and guest appearances by performers from Germany and Israel, as well as visiting gymnastic clubs, wowed sell-out crowds with seven performances over four days.

The show’s 25 individual pieces allowed for a cornucopia of different interpretations of an ➘ ‘Appreciation of Time’.

See more Gym and Dance Show photos at www.cliveburgessphotography.co.uk Use password – time. You can also purchase photos through the website.

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Gym and Dance Show 2012

See more Gym and Dance Show photos at www.cliveburgessphotography.co.uk Use password – time. You can also purchase photos through the website.

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The crowd went on a journey through time with ‘Dinosaur Boogie’ and ‘Party Time Through the Decades’, while the whimsy of ‘One Brick at a Time’, contrasted starkly with a dark, powerful acrobatic interpretation of ‘The Darker Side of Time’.

The delicate dance and acrobatic excellence was complimented by a timethemed soundtrack, which included live music for the first time.

The student’s poise, percussion and, in the case of the gymnasts, power left audiences wishing they could turn back time and relive the show all over again.

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Film @ The Watermark – Great Expectations (Cert 12A ) 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £5 conc.

Ivybridge Work Club, 10am-12 noon. The Watermark. Tel (01752) 892220 or visit www.ivybridgeworkclub.org.uk

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Ivybridge Library Bounce and Rhyme 10:30-10:50am Ivybridge Library Knit and Natter 3-5pm Ivybridge Library Adult Reading Group 7.15-8.15pm

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Film @ The Watermark – Great Expectations (Cert 12A ) 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £5 conc.

Ivybridge Library Free Fridays Two hours free on library computers with staff support between 10am-1pm and 2-4pm.

Careers Advice for Adults.

Aged 19+, The Watermark.

Call (01752) 892220 to book an appointment.

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Ivybridge Community Market Glanvilles Mill, Ivybridge. 9.30am to 2pm.

List your event in the Community Diary Call (01752) 892220 or email info@ivybridge watermark.co.uk The deadline is the 12th of each preceding month

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Age UK’s More Money in Your Pocket Campaign 10am-1pm Home From Home Community Hub, Glanvilles Mill – see page 5 for more details.

Give Blood Ivybridge Rugby Club, Exeter Road. 1.153.15pm and 4.45-7.15pm.

Appointments only. Contact 0300 123 23 23 or www.blood.co.uk Ivybridge Library Children’s Reading Group 4-5pm South Hams Citizen Advice Bureau Drop in at The Watermark, 10am to 1pm.

Call call 08 444 111 444 or www.adviceguide.org.uk Meeting of Ivybridge Town Council, including public participation session, 7pm, The Watermark.

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Betty’s Memory Café, Ivybridge Methodist Church, 2-4pm. Contact Frances Reeve 01752 893952.

MS Exercise Group 1011am, Harbertonford Village Hall. Contact MS Society South Devon Branch - 0845 6020805.

Ivybridge & District Camera Club Meeting, 7.30pm, New Hall, Bittaford. ivybridgecc@tiscali.co.uk Meeting of Town Council Planning & Infrastructure Committee, 7pm, including public participation session, at the Town Hall.

Speaking Your Truth Conversation Café 7-9pm, Home From Home Community Hub, Glanvilles Mill.

‘Open Topic’. Contact Simon on 01752 698703 or email simon@setyourspiritfree.com

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One-day pencil and watercolour workshop (10am-4pm), Town Hall. £37.50 for the day. Tel 01752 893852.

Film @ The Watermark – Gambit (Cert TBC ) 7.30pm.

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Stowford Pre-School Toddler Group for all under 5s 9-11am. £2 per family. Visit www.stowfordpreschool.co. uk Ivybridge Library Bounce and Rhyme 10:30-10:50am Ivybridge Library Knit and Natter 3-5pm Film @ The Watermark – Gambit (Cert TBC ) 7.30pm.

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Stairways Club 9:30am12:30pm. Club for adults with learning difficulties.

Meet in Scout & Guide Hut off Blatchford Road.

Ivybridge Library Free Fridays Two hours free on library computers with staff support between 10am-1pm and 2-4pm.

Film @ The Watermark – Gambit (Cert TBC ) 7.30pm.

Tickets £6, £5 conc.

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Ivybridge Community Market Glanvilles Mill.

9.30am to 2pm.

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Film @ The Watermark – Hysteria (Cert 15) 7.30pm.

Tickets £6, £5 conc.

Toybox, Chapel Place Community Centre, Fore Street, 9.30-11.30am.

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Tickets £6, £5 conc.

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Ivybridge Country Market 8.30-11.30am, in the Scout Hut next to the leisure centre.

Stairways Club 9:30am12:30pm. Club for adults with learning difficulties.

Meet in Scout & Guide Hut off Blatchford Road.

Ivybridge Library Free Fridays Two hours free on library computers with staff support between 10am-1pm and 2-4pm.

Alzheimer’s Society Befriending Service information event 1.30-3.30pm – see page 9.

Film @ The Watermark – Hysteria (Cert 15) 7.30pm.

Tickets £6, £5 conc.

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Ivybridge Community Market Glanvilles Mill.

9.30am to 2pm.

Ivybridge Library Gadget Workshop 10am-12.30pm – see page 17.

Live @ The Watermark – Reg Meuross with special guest ‘Jess Vincent’ 7.30pm. Tickets: £9, conc: £8.

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Betty’s Memory Café, Ivybridge Methodist Church, 24pm. Contact Frances Reeve 01752 893952.

MS Exercise Group 1011am, Harbertonford Village Hall. Contact MS Society South Devon Branch - 0845 6020805.

Meeting of Town Council Planning & Infrastructure Committee, 7pm, including public participation session, at the Town Hall.

Ivybridge & District Camera Club Meeting, 7.30pm, New Hall, Bittaford. ivybridgecc@tiscali.co.uk.

Speaking Your Truth Conversation Café 7-9pm, Home From Home Community Hub, Glanvilles Mill.

‘Open Topic’. Contact Simon on 01752 698703 or email simon@setyourspiritfree.com

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Toybox, Chapel Place Community Centre, Fore Street, 9.30-11.30am.

Ivybridge Library Get into Reading 10-11.30am see page 17.

Film @ The Watermark – Rust and Bone (Cert 15 ) 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £5 conc.

Third Sector showcase Home from Home Community Hub, 8.30am - 4.30pm. Young Devon, Ivybridge Caring, South Hams CVS – see page 5.

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Ivybridge Library Adult Reading Group 6-7pm Friends of the Ivybridge Library meeting 6-7pm.

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South Hams Citizen Advice Bureau Drop in at The Watermark, 10am to 1pm.

U3A General Meeting 2pm Methodist Church. Speaker will be Alan Puddington ‘The Jubilee Sailing Trust’.

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Film @ The Watermark – The Sapphires (Cert PG ) 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £5 conc.

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Ivybridge Country Market 8.30-11.30am, in the Scout Hut next to the leisure centre.

Stairways Club 9:30am12:30pm. Club for adults with learning difficulties.

Meet in Scout & Guide Hut off Blatchford Road.

Ivybridge Library Free Fridays Two hours free on library computers with staff support between 10am-1pm and 2-4pm.

Ivybridge Social Group for over 50’s 10am12noon, The Sportsman Inn, Exeter Road - see page 17.

Film @ The Watermark – Shadow Dancer (Cert 15 ) 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £5 conc.

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(All dates and times believed to be correct at time of going to press)

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‘Telephone Orders & Delivery’

Call: 01752 89 30 30

u o y g n i h Wishing i s you a very happy W

and prosperous New Year Winners with Gribble’s We are pleased to announce the winners of our Christmas competition: Congratulations to: • Mrs Tina Hill who wins 1st prize of a free range turkey • Helen Serjeant who wins 2nd prize of a free range duck • Linda Prout who wins 3rd prize of a free range chicken

At Gribble’s we are dedicated to supporting the countryside and the local economy, and giving our customers outstanding service and the finest quality meat.

We are always pleased to offer any help and advice that you may need, as well as: • Traditional hand-butchering methods and skills • Quality and reliability and excellent customer service • Supporting West Country and British farming • A full range of beef, lamb, pork and poultry

• Handmade sausages and burgers • Venison, game and exotic meat • Free weekly draw • Come in and see Ali and his team at any time.

We would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to all our customers for their continued support during 2012.

We hope that you had a good Christmas and look forward to seeing you all again soon.

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IVYBRIDGE MEANS

business

The Greengrocers’ veg boxes are proving popular

IVYBRIDGE RESIDENTS can now have their veg taken from the Fore Street to the door step with the new veg box scheme started by The Greengrocers.

Launched last autumn, the scheme is proving very popular, with satisfied customers delighted to get quality produce from local growers delivered direct to their door.

The boxes come in three sizes, to suit all budgets and needs. The range starts with the small box, which contains about seven items and is only £8.50. A medium box has about nine items and costs £10.50, while the largest box containing a larger variety of items or just more of some of the contents is £13.50.

All boxes contain potatoes, onions and carrots, unless you specifically tell them that you do not want them.

“The town’s independent traders compete well [on price] and will order an item if not in stock. We are lucky to have such good shops, but they do need to advertise more.”

Praise for Ivybridge traders at the town team meeting.

Advertise in The Ivybridge magazine for under £20. Call us now – see page 2 for details.

“No frills, just honest, quality produce from local growers.”

Additions of extra veg or fruit can be added on request and from time to time they will also include some more unusual items and various items from their extensive dried goods range.

As well being delivered straight to your door, you can give a veg box as a gift to friends or relatives – and get it delivered direct to theirs!

In the New Year, a new website will be launched, which as well as making ordering even more straightforward, will also include lots of ideas for additions to the boxes, such as packs for different types of meals with all the herbs and veg required, babies’ first meals, soups, salads,various fruit baskets and of course The Greengrocers popular vouchers.

To order, call (01752) 698198 or pop into The Greengrocers on Fore Street.

Low cost advice for small businesses SMALL BUSINESSES CAN get help to improve their competitiveness, attract more customers and safeguard jobs – all for just £20.

The business health checks are being offered by Business Information Point (BIP) – a Devon-based enterprise agency. During the one-to-one sessions, the advisor will be able to review areas such as financial management, business margins, marketing, customer retention and reducing costs – among many others.

Such business health checks normally cost around £500 but are available for just £20 thanks to grant funding.

The low-cost advice and support is available thanks to a project supported by South Hams District Council.

To sign up for a business health check, email team@ bipwestdevon.biz or call 0800 592 872. The scheme runs until June, 2013.

Stylish display takes top spot Diana Boutique has been named winner of this year’s Best Festive Window Display competition run by the town’s chamber of commerce.

In a hotly contested competition, the boutique’s stylish display was chosen by Jane Britton, wife of Ivybridge Citizen of the Year, the late David Britton.

Diana Boutique owner Debbie Reeves is pictured alongside the winning display with the impressive winner’s trophy.

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Join a club or group Ivybridge Art Group esinforster@groups.facebook.com Ivybridge Arts & Crafts (01752) 897024/344096 Ivybridge Garden Association (01752) 894867 Ivybridge Flower Club (01752) 894643 Ivybridge U3A www.ivybridge-u3a.org.uk Ivybridge Twinning Association (01752) 893726 Ivybridge German Society alanjwright1@btinternet.com The Rotary Club of Ivybridge (01752) 898906 Ivybridge Lions Club lionsivybridge@gmail.com Ivybridge Trefoil Guild (01752) 895833 National Women’s Register 01752 698041 Ivybridge WI (01752) 893851 Erme WI (01752) 892998 50+ Club (01752) 691974 Ivybridge Probus Club (01752) 892255 PL21 www.pl21.weebly.com Community Computer Club 07979 998 949 Ivybridge Walking Club www.iwc.org.uk Cleeve Angling Club (01752) 895241 Erme Valley Harriers www.ermevalleyharriers.co.uk Ivybridge Tai Chi Group 07972 846443 Ivybridge Cricket Club www.ivybridgecc.co.uk Ivybridge Rugby Club www.pitchero.com/clubs/ivybridge Ivybridge Town Football Club www.ivybridgefc.com Ivybridge Bowls Club (01752) 691061 Ivybridge Short Mat Bowls Club (01752) 402658 Manstow Football Club www.manstowfc.co.uk Air Cadets www.339sqn.org.uk Fire Cadets ljulian@dsfire.gov.uk Boys Brigade (01752) 892756 Girls Brigade (01752) 892756 Scouts (01752) 893277 Explorer Scouts (01752) 346866 Erme Valley Girl Guiding ermevalleyguides@live.co.uk

Life is local

clubs&groups

Hospice donation from sale proceeds Members of an Ivybridge society made a donation to a children’s hospice following a successful exhibition and sale.

The Ivybridge Art and Crafts Society Annual Exhi-

bition and Sale in November was very well attended, with many craft items and paintings sold on the day.

As a result, £62 was donated to Children’s Hospice South West. Society

Fantastic festive floral designs A fantastic evening of floral designs by David Martin, area demonstrator from Royal Wootton Basset, delighted members of Ivybridge Flower Club at the club’s Christmas meeting.

His demonstration was entitled “White Christmas” and consisted of 10 white arrangements, with appropriate foliage and accessories, which when placed together made four complex exhibits.

He kept his audience enthralled with tales of his

dog’s penchant for discovering wood, which he was then able to use in his demonstrations and his work as a florist in Wiltshire.

Visitors are cordially invited to the club’s monthly meetings – the charge is £5.

Next month’s meeting is on Tuesday, 8 January, at 7.30pm at The Watermark, when Richard Forster, another area demonstrator, will present his demonstration entitled “From Here to There”.

FIND OUT MORE: Contact Janet Weston (01752) 894643

chairman, Mr Gerry Howes, has already received a thank you letter accompanied by a painting done by one of the children.

FIND OUT MORE: Telephone (01752) 897024 / 344096

Gardeners’ AGM Ivybridge Garden Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, 24 January, at the Methodist Church Hall. The meeting will start at 7.45pm. There will be complimentary refreshments and a quiz will be held.

The association looks forward to welcoming all members old and new.

FIND OUT MORE: Contact Mrs Acheson on (01752) 894867

Club & group reports If you would like your club/group to be in The Ivybridge magazine, send your report to us by email, post or put it in our box at Ivy Cabs in Fore Street – details are on page three. The deadline for the February issue is 15 January.

Ship ahoy for high-octane take on classic tale There is only seven weeks to go before Ivybridge Theatre Company’s high-octane pantomime based on the classic pirate adventure Treasure Island hits the stage at The Watermark.

Featuring the young hero Jim Hawkins, who, with a little help from his family (in the shape/figure of Ma Hawkins – the Dame!) and friends, set sail to seek their fortune using Captain Flint’s old treasure map. Of course it wouldn’t be a pantomime without a few ‘baddies’ thrown in and one in particular under the name of Long John Silver (boo, hiss!).

So, ‘come on me hearties’ and get yourself some tickets and join in the fun. The show will feature five performances in February – Thursday 21st at 2.30pm, and Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets, priced £7 and £5, are on sale now!

There was ‘murderous’ fun with a Christmas 1920’s theme for over 70 guests when ‘Black Ivy Mysteries’ held another successful murder mystery at Endsleigh Garden & Leisure in December. The group is looking forward to its next one on 16 March, at The Glazebrook Coun-

try Hotel, South Brent.

Ivybridge Theatre Company meet at Chapel Place, Fore Street, every Wednesday from 7.30pm onwards.

The company is pleased to welcome new members and encourages anyone who has an interest in the ‘performing arts’ – it’s not just about acting, as there are so many other roles to play within a theatre group – to visit them.

Membership is from age 16 years and over and costs just £15 per year.

FIND OUT MORE: Contact Ron Davis on (01752) 893308 or visit ivybridgetheatrecompany.co.uk

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school

All at sea at Manor

REPORTS

Shiver me timbers, t’were 12 weeks’ hard graft but worth every piece of eight for children at Manor School as they studied pirates for their term topic!

Otters and Badgers classes started off by researching buccaneer history as far back as 700BC, discovering that the first pirates were the Ancient Greeks.

Literacy lessons were spent brushing up narrative and descriptive writing skills and using these to create a piece of extended story based around the life of a salty seadog during the Golden Age of Piracy.

The second half of term began with a trip to Bristol, where the children circumnavigated Bristol harbour with Pirate Pete’s walking tour. He showed them the house were the young Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard, was raised and the pub that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s tavern in Treasure Island. They also enjoyed a trip on The Matthew, a hand-built replica of the vessel John Cabot sailed to discover the

coast of Newfoundland in 1497.

The pupils also discovered that pirates still very much exist today thanks to a visit from Richard Walker, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Marines who once planned raids on Somali pirates in the pirate-infested waters off the east coast of Africa.

The topic finished with a creative pirate day. The children dressed as brigands and spent the day baking hard tack biscuits, distressing their treasure island maps and making cardboard cutlasses. The event culminated in an afternoon’s treasure hunt in the school grounds with the rich reward of chocolate coins all round.

Talking to government As a follow up to the visit from MP Gary Streeter (right), children at Stowford had the chance to meet a local businesswoman who works with MPs in England, Scotland, Wales Mrs Pringle with Hannah and Paige and Northern Ireland.

Although not an MP, Karen Pringle, fisherman have discovered in in her role as assistant chief certain sections of water. executive of the South Western Fish Year 5 teacher, Anne Burns, said: Producer Organisation, represents “The children were very interested fishermen at government level. She to discover that a person who was explained that, while MPs were not an MP, but who had detailed responsible for setting fish quotas in and specific knowledge in a certain British waters, they do not always area, could have an influence on have the detailed, day-to-day decisions made by ministers. knowledge to hand that her “It added another fascinating organisation does, so part of her dimension to our understanding role is to explain to MPs what of democracy today.”

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MP explains law making

Tayne, Jacob, Seb, Grace, James and Sophie with Gary Streeter MP

As part of their work on democracy and rules and laws, Year 5 children at Stowford School had the opportunity to talk to Ivybridge’s MP Gary Streeter.

Gary explained how he became an MP and encouraged the children to think about where the power truly lay in a democracy and asked them to make sure that, when they reached 18, they used their vote.

He then talked to the children about how new laws were made. Having reflected on times in the past, when monarchs had total power for creating laws which suited them, he outlined the system in place today, with debating and voting sessions in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords in place before any new laws can be passed.

He talked about the motion he was most proud of being involved with, which was a proposed law to provide families with severely disabled children with more financial help and went on to answer a range of questions from the children.

Year 5 TA, Juliet Dean, said: “It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to learn about how our country runs from their local MP. Gary gave them some fascinating insights into the life of an MP, as well as explaining very clearly some of the dilemmas he had faced over the years.”

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School’s newspaper chronicles poor harvest Riverside Cla ss²The

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Kestrels are challenged to balance with only their stomach touching the floor

Healthy lifestyle drama A local drama company spent a day with Kestrels class at Stowford running a drama workshop on healthy lifestyles.

Dan Pryce, Louis Brzozka and Vicky Nagy from Headbangers introduced the children to Amy and Duncan (aka Vicky and Louis), who acted out 24 hours of their life. The children discovered that while Amy always seemed to be active, she only managed to keep going because of the sugary drinks she drank constantly, and Duncan struggled to concentrate because of his late nights.

The day included a range of activities to encourage the children to think about ensuring they had a healthy balance in their lives. Along the way they met the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;evil chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Klaus Von Burger, who concocted a drink for Amy full of sugar with a small piece of banana in to make it healthy, and an Australian celebrity quiz show host who tested their knowledge.

The day ended with a play as they watched Duncan fail to reach his football cup final match due to the various bad choices he made. The children were then encouraged to watch the play again, but stop Duncan every time he made a bad choice and advise him how to make a better choice.

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Children performed a plethora of productions at Woodlands Park this Christmas.

Four productions, involving 90 children in each, wowed audiences of parents, family and friends.

The shows were ‘One Snowy Christmas Eve’, ‘Mrs Christmas’ and ‘The Little Green Sprout’.

Reception class children staged the traditional Nativity.

Shepherds Ben, Joseph, Edward, Olli and William

Children at Stowford School have been busy performing their Christmas Performances for parents, relatives and carers.

Key Stage 1 performed the musical ‘Bethlehem’s Buzzing’, a story about the Nativity with a twist. Three Bethlehem street sellers see the error of their profiteering ways after seeing baby Jesus, and are so reformed by the experience that they decide to give tours of the town to

future visitors.... for free!

Key stage 2 took a more traditional approach, preparing a service of Nine Lessons and Carols.

Children from each class delivered a reading, with the headteacher, Helen Tipping, giving the final reading. The carols were also a more conventional selection, although a range of singers performed solos and the newly-formed Stowford Community Choir took to the stage.

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Take BETTER PHOTOS More tips on how to improve the images you take using your digital camera from David Rayner of Ivybridge & District Camera Club

WE HAVE ALREADY had our first dusting of snow over the top of Dartmoor as I write, so this time I’m going to give some tips about photographing snow scenes, ready for a crisp day out with your camera.

Snow scenes are one of the sneakiest subjects to photograph, as the camera can easily be fooled by the bright lighting conditions.

Scenes such as the people playing in the snow at Two Bridges (above) are not generally a problem as there is enough non-snowy subject matter to let the camera do its job of working out the exposure properly.

But in photos where the image is mainly snow, special care must be taken to avoid some issues. Even cameras with a snow-scene mode may not always get it right, so if your camera display shows false colours or dark subjects, switch back to a normal mode and take the picture again with the following tips in mind.

The two main trouble spots are auto-exposure and colour cast. Sunny days will give issues with both, particularly as the snow really is reflecting the blue from the sky, but our eyes (actually 34

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our brain) correct for this. Often correcting the exposure will bring the colours into control by letting the camera’s Auto White Balance work properly.

Let’s look first at getting exposure under control. In general, the camera works by adjusting the image exposure for an average tonal range, so when nearly everything is white the exposure gets adjusted downwards, making the snow grey (or blue) and our subjects quite dark.

If this happens when you take a snow scene, try this simple no-button trick to fool the camera into making a brighter exposure. Point the camera off-composition at a dark part of the scene then half-press the shutter to fix the exposure; then

without releasing the half-pressed shutter, point the camera at the original composition and complete the button press. This is exactly how I took these two photos at Princetown (below). For the second photo I simply half-pressed the shutter with the camera pointing under the table.

Getting the colour cast under control tends to happen automatically when the exposure is corrected, but if it is not to your liking you can simply take the white balance off ‘auto’ and change it to ‘shade’ or ‘cloudy’. Do experiment with finding the white balance control in the warm at home!

Talking about warmth, both the camera and especially the batteries don’t like the cold, so do keep the camera (or spare batteries) in an inside pocket when you are out in cold conditions.

A few more tips: Use a slow shutter speed to capture snow falling. Try to include some colour in your scene – a red scarf or jacket works well. Shoot when the sun is low - the light is golden then, plus the side-lighting improves contrast, which is often lacking in snow scenes.

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