MeridenMag Spring 2025

Spring Events

Film Shows at the Village Hall 7.30pm

15th March 14th April

17th May

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Meriden Village Art Exhibition - Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June

Meriden Village Art Exhibition Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June

Meriden Village Hall

DOGGY DAY CARE

T’ai Chi and Meditation and Relaxation T’ai Chi and Meditation and Relaxation

The perfect start to your day………..

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by Barbara Barnett

An n update e on n Meride n Methodist’s s Garden

Christine e

U Until l next t time, , best t wishes s from m us s all l at t Meriden n Farm.

Tony, Heather and Andrew

Meride n Fish h and d Chips s

Opening hours Monday – Saturday 11.30am - 2pm and 4.15pm – 9.30pm

It is the time of the year to pick rhubarb, this recipe makes a good dessert, served warm with cream or custard or cold with a hot drink.

225g dark chocolate

50g butter

110g desiccated coconut

1 beaten egg

50g glace cherries chopped

50g sultanas

Line a Swiss roll tin with tinfoil, break up the chocolate and allow to melt in a warm oven for a few minutes

Spread the chocolate evenly and leave to harden in the fridge

Cream butter and sugar until ﬂu y and mix egg, cherries and sultanas and spread evenly over the hardened chocolate and bake in a slow oven (150 degrees, 140 degrees fan, gas mark 3) for 45 minutes, Mark into slices and leave until cool to take out of tin.

Jacqueline Hughes-Williams and her unwavering dedication to working with young people and helping them to achieve their best.

In the time that I have worked at the school, a huge amount has changed. These changes range from what is covered in the curriculum, approaches to teaching and learning, the way that schools interact with other services and the challenges that young people can face today. However, what has always remained the same is the dedication of the staff here in working with young people in order to achieve their very

When speaking with parents at the start of the academic year, I spoke about secondary school and learning as an adventure. An adventure can be solo or collegiate; it can be scary or exhilarating; it can be boring or thrilling. No one adventure is the same and sometimes adventure lies where you least expect it. The same can be said about learning, each new subject and lesson has the potential to take you places you have never imagined, to gain an insight and understanding of something or someone that makes you look at the world with fresh eyes or new appreciation.

It is this spirit of adventure that marks Heart of England School’s next chapter. We will be bold and adventurous in what we offer our students, inside and

term we completed building work of our new Cedar Centre, an additional facility

for us to be able to work with students in small groups or one-to-one where additional help and support is needed. Students are seeing further building work this term as we build a new servery to improve service at break and lunch as well as broaden the food that we offer.

Adventure was front and centre when students in Years 9, 10, 11 and 12 heard about the opportunity to participate in an expedition to Tanzania. As someone who loves to travel, the opportunity to talk with different people and experience other cultures is an incredibly enriching one. Of course, such an opportunity is not cheap but one of the appeals of working with the organisation we are is the support they offer young people and their families in fundraising to pay for the trip; the fundraising itself is part of the adventure.

Over the coming months there will be much to update you on with regards to the next chapter in Heart of England’s adventure!