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Welcome February is finally here! January seems to have gone on forever this year but in review a lot has happened. Donald Trump as officially moved into the White House, let the controversy continue. We had four inches of snow.. oh wait, no, that hasn't arrived yet but it has been pretty cold recently, we often wake up to find middle child scraping ice off her car before she heads to work. January also saw our eldest turn 22, he spent a couple days in Rome with his girlfriend to celebrate. Why is it that we seem to hear from him more when he's away than when he's home! Lots of you kicked off your year with Dry January and if you managed to keep it up well done there's not long left to go now.

Unfortunately January also featured a number of burglaries in the local area. They are not shy, frequently they have taken place in broad daylight. Be especially vigilant and make sure you lock up and take extra precautions where necessary.

On a brighter note February has some exciting events lined up for us. The Fireside Festival will be taking over Baldock Town Hall from 23rd February till the 4th of March. There will be a whole host of events and shows taking place and there really is something to suit everyone.

The Baldock Beast is back! February 26th at 10am will see hundreds dare themselves to tackle the mighty ‘Beast’. Best of luck to everyone who will be taking part whether this is your fifth beast and you've been there from the start or if this is your very first one. If you're not running you should definitely head down and show your support, you're almost guaranteed to see someone you know.

Personally I will be preparing myself for the mountain of pancakes we're planning to make for Shrove Tuesday.

We'll be having a little throwback to last February when we shared with you our family's favourite pancake recipes. Seems like a good way to round off the month!

Friends of Green Space are putting together another local task force to help clear up Weston Hills on the 12th& 13th. The team have already made a massive difference to all the other areas they have tackled recently. They are always on the look out for fresh volunteers so if you are interested in getting involved pop along and roll your sleeves up.

Until till next month, look after yoursleves

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Commemoration Evening 2017

On Thursday 5th January, sixth form students past and present gathered in the school hall for an evening of celebra on.

A number of awards were given to students who have demonstrated excellent levels of effort, a ainment and/ or community spirit during their me in the KTS sixth form.

Our guest of honour on the evening was famed explorer Mr John Sullivan, who delivered a fascina ng key-note speech.

Mr Sullivan cap vated the audience with accounts of his travels to far flung parts of the globe in his many career roles as an explorer, conserva onist, mountain expedi on leader, TV researcher and even as a Royal Marine Commando. One par cularly incredible story involved Mr Sullivan trekking through the unforgiving jungles of Papua New Guinea in search of cannibal tribes!

Mr Sullivan closed his speech with an inspiring thought- to find your passion in life and feed it with as many challenging and interes ng experiences as possible.

In addi on to the presenta on of awards and the key-note address, there was an array of entertainment on display throughout the evening from sixth form students old and new.

The brass ensemble performed their devised piece wonderfully well, before leading the audience in a rendi on of the na onal anthem. In addi on, year 13 student Beth Mance delivered a brilliant vocal performance, singing ‘All that jazz’ from the musical Chicago.

It was also nice to welcome back music phenomenon Ben Goldscheider, who wowed the audience with his French Horn playing. Ben finished his A Level studies in the summer of 2016 and is now studying at a pres gious music school in Berlin.

Our Head Boy and Head Girl for the class of 2016, Barney Taylor and Lucy Merrell, also delivered a passionate and mo va ng speech. They encouraged current students to appreciate the opportuni es on offer at The KTS Sixth Form, as they reflected on their own journey through post-16 educa on and their respec ve achievements.

We would like to thank our guest of honour Mr Sullivan for taking me out of his busy schedule to appear at this event and we would like to thank the students, parents and staff in a endance for helping to make Commemora on Evening 2017 a truly celebratory occasion.

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News from Sandon JMI School The term is well underway and once more the school is full of laughter and song as we prepare for the annual Music Fes val at Knights Templar School. I always think that this performance gives our eldest pupils the opportunity to work at the school where the majority of them will transfer to a er Sandon.

We always encourage trips out and this term is no excep on.

Our Recep on and Year 1 and 2 pupils are visi ng the theatre in Her ord where they will see The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It is always very exci ng to visit the theatre; educa onal trips and visitors to the school broaden the pupils' experiences very considerably. They generate great enthusiasm for learning and provide a vital s mulus for the pupils' imagina ve wri ng.

Our topic this term is 'Homes' but before the start of term the teachers have already planned some of the ac vi es for the children. As we have a small staff at Sandon we plan, organise and evaluate work together.

Our teachers talk about teaching and observe one another's prac ce. This way we are all teaching each other and, as we o en say to the children, we never stop learning.

Our governing body is highly ambi ous for the school and has appointed Mrs Emma McGill to replace me as headteacher. She has been the deputy here and we intend to spend the next few weeks working together so that the handover at the end of term will be as seamless as possible.

All applica ons are in for the Recep on cohort for September 2017. I have shown many prospec ve parents around over the past few weeks. We don't have 'open days' as I believe that every day is an open day, this way we can show parents round at their convenience and becomes a more personal approach. This allows parents plenty of me to ask ques ons and see the school working. People o en comment on the calm atmosphere in school. Our children are unfailingly courteous, though ul and polite to each other and adults. Their exemplary behaviour within and outside lessons is o en commented upon and contributes greatly to the calm at all mes around the school. I am very lucky to work here!

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Baldock 'Beast' Half Marathon Sunday 26th February 2017

Runners The sixth Baldock 'Beast' Half Marathon will take place on Sunday 26th February 2017. Previous runners will know the course is set in beau ful countryside with great scenery. It includes some off road sec ons through glorious fields and woodland. However, it is not called the Beast for nothing, as there are also some challenging hilly sec ons. It is also a fantas c community event with many local residents coming out to support the runners along the length of the course. A great race to take part in in its own right, it could also be part of your training schedule if you're running a marathon in the spring such as London or Paris.

Poten al runners can find out more about the race at www. baldockbeast.co.uk, and can also register to run at www. ac ve.com/baldock-her ordshire/running/distance-runningraces/baldock-beast-2017.

Volunteers If you don't fancy running how about suppor ng the event by volunteering for 2 or 3 hours on the day as e.g. a race marshal, or by coming out to cheer the runners on? The race starts at 10am and is expected to finish by 1pm. For more informa on about volunteering please contact Richard Sell e:richardsell@b nternet.com or t: 07919 216806.

Road Users The route starts and finishes from the old Wallington Road in Clothall Common, and passes through the villages of Wallington, Sandon and Redhill. Road users in this area are asked to proceed with cau on on race day between 10am and 1pm, and look out for runners in the road. Advanced warning no ces will be put out on road sides approximately 2 weeks before the event, and further safety signs will be put up on the weekend of the race.

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FEBRUARY 10th - Billy Lynns Long Halftime The film is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, the film reveals what really happened to the squad – contrasting the realities of the war with America’s perceptions.

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EDUCATION CUTS - A SLICE TOO FAR?

A er much news coverage, Bill Bowke examines the state of educa on and the impact of today’s policies in the future.

If you thought Brexit was the only controversial issue in poli cs, think again. The result of the referendum has sent shock waves through the country and even toppled Prime Minister Cameron to be replaced by Teresa May. Aside from promising more funding for transport, prisons and transport, in the last Budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, made a stark statement. As the economy since vo ng to leave Europe has been ‘so bad,’ public spending was to be cut by five per cent to 40 per cent. Rather worryingly, these radical cuts would affect schools.

If you search online the Conserva ve party’s educa on policy, it will tell you about how much it is doing “to help the next genera on get on in life and succeed in the global race.” I am here to ques on this statement.

The first thing that the government are supposedly aiming to do is: “Protect the schools’ budget, because nothing is more important than our children's educa on.” Tell that to the postBrexit budget managers. Schools are in a dire need of funding right now, whether that would be for suppor ng students with learning or personal issues, encouraging students to par cipate in extracurricular ac vi es or simply keeping class sizes below 46 (as reported in a school in West Yorkshire). Unless the government allocates more money, schools will lose £3 billion a year in funding by 2020. That is £400,000 per school and nearly £500 per each secondary school student. That's £500 less spent on your educa on every year.

All of this informa on is from www.schoolcuts.org.uk, who are raising the issue for the public to pressure the government to doing more. It is a helpful website, as it allows you to see how these cuts will affect your own school, or school that your children a end. I worry what our school will be like in the future a er further funding cuts. KTS prides itself on offering a vast array of extra-curricular ac vi es and the Sixth Form boasts a great selec on post-16. Yet, I can already see how these changes made by the government are affec ng the school. North Herts MP, Sir Oliver Heald disagrees with these projec ons but was unavailable for interview.

From September this year, new students that come into Year 7 are asked to contribute per year, when previously their en re secondary school educa on was free. Our school has been forced to do this.

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Don't Equate Small with Safe Despite signiďŹ cant cyber security exposures, 85 per cent of small business owners believe their company is safe from hackers, viruses, malware and data breaches. This disconnect is largely due to the widespread, albeit mistaken, belief that small businesses are unlikely targets for cyber a acks. In reality, data thieves are simply looking for the path of least resistance.

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Baldock Gardens

By Graham Tapp

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February 2017.

We are in the latter end of January and I have several people asking about sowing tomatoes and cucumbers, intending to do so with immediate effect, now that's fine if you have the skills required and an advanced growing facility including computer controlled heating, lighting and irrigation. The answer I expect is no, then we should not be sowing them, at least until March, preferably April the idea being to sow seed 10 weeks before the last frost of the year, eight weeks would be safer.

For many years my last recorded frost here at the Garden Centre was the ninth of June but two years ago we had a damaging frost on the twelfth of June so that would give us a planting date of between the third and seventeenth of April for growing outside. I would suggest that for greenhouse grown you could start three to four weeks earlier say the third to the seventeenth of March.

Starting plants early seems to be the goal of all beginners, this may satisfy the urge to get started and of course will give bragging rights in the pub, but you won't get any earlier crop or overall total, quality and flavour will be poorer and they will be prone to disease. Now there will be old hacks in the pub who will have spent years honing their skills and clean up at every spring and summer show, they will have a diary full of planting and cropping dates and will regularly get away with early dates and bigger crops, I have seen hundreds of them, most will never own up to the cash and time spent getting the results or tell us about the re-sows or total failures.

Most general gardeners want value for money and a fair return on their investment, whereas professional growers will need maximum profits and maximum returns as the money they are using will be borrowed, input from large financial institutions, or out of the owners pocket, I have grown fruit and vegetables and flowers for everyone of them in my time and I can assure you that you can't cheat nature without a lot of luck or great expense. I have had great enjoyment sitting in front of a board of directors explaining that its been a lovely warm year and had very few pests and diseases, the crop was huge and we have made a pile of money, on the other hand, I have had to explain why we have had a crop disaster and lost a pile of money, fortunately not so often. The last thirty years have seen me growing for myself, for the original farm shop and latterly the Garden Centre so it all had to work, no risky early plantings or untried techniques. The old Head Gardener I started under in my teens had to have something for the big house every day, fruit, veg or flowers so he couldn't afford to fail, He would always quote "that it was better to have something late rather than nothing early".

Something of importance, we have been working with our local water company to help monitor our ground water levels, we have a fifty metre deep borehole or narrow well that we use for our irrigation water, it was originally dug we believe in the late 1920's to provide water for the farm through a network of four inch iron pipes that are still laying underground to this day. We have records of the water levels for some of the last thirty years and for some years before that, it seems that the water level is usually somewhere between ten and twelve metres below ground level, but this year, we have been told that for the first time it has dropped to fifteen metres and below without us pumping our small amounts of water, this could be very serious if the winter drought continues it will be a big problem if the level drops another one and a half metres as it will indicate wider problems with ground water and the likelihood of national restrictions on use, the dreaded hose pipe and car washing bans. It appears that Ivel springs is suffering from flow problems at our fifteen metre level although I believe other discovered factors are in play that may be causing both.

Jobs you can do in your garden this month include, - towards the end of the month you can start sowing cold germinating vegetables such as leeks and onions under cover in seed trays, start chitting early potato tubers, but don't be tempted to plant out too soon. Fruit trees can be planted potted or bare root so can all shrubs and ornamental trees, complete pruning any trees or shrubs not touched yet, as I said a few months ago February is the best time to prune your wisteria, back in August you will have cut the annoying fast growing wispy growths in half just to keep them under control, now is the important part, those wispy growths are going to be having the flowers, look back along those branches until you get back to the branch they are growing from, count four buds back and cut it there, if the wisteria is a guaranteed heavy flowerer you can cut it back to two buds if it is a shy flowerer then cut it to six buds, experience will tell you which to chose, do not over feed if at all, do not give nitrogen as they are legumes and fix their own, if you need to feed at all give a week liquid fertiliser such as Tomorite, remember they hate waterlogged soil and love the warmth of a south facing wall and will reward you with weeks of lovely long flowers.

Perennial grasses should have been looking good all winter and will need cutting back before they start to regrow, be careful not to damage the growing spikes if in doubt cut a little higher than you think.

Do not be tempted to do anything to your lawn, leave that to the golf course and football pitch groundsmen who have to do it and know what they are doing, do some more armchair gardening until the weather warms up.

Hope that helps, Cheers Graham.

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“MEET OUR MEMBERS” At Slimming World Baldock

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Alice Welby, aged 73 from Ashwell, is a Target member of the 9.30am group.

Joining the group in September 2014, Alice has now maintained her stunning 4st 10lbs weight loss for just over 18 mths.

Alice says "I was really pleased to be asked to do this feature as it just shows what Slimming world can do for the old as well as the young, I don't know why I waited so long, I have a new lease of life and feel fantas c. I am never going back to how I had let myself get. I love how easy the plan is to follow. I don't like fancy food or spending ages slaving over a stove, so I eat really simply and the food op mising plan fits perfectly with that. I have met some lovely people in group on my journey and made some great friends, I absolutely love my Wednesday mornings at Slimming World.”

Alice explained how now she is not carrying the excess weight she now enjoys daily ac vity, going on long dog walks with her family who live locally, something that previously Alice was just too red and unfit to do.

“My life is very different now.” Says Alice, “The support from Image Therapy is lovely, everyone is full of advice and ps from things to eat to ge ng you mo vated, and now I am at target I love encouraging the other ladies and gents too. We have a real mix of age groups a ending and its fab. I've poten ally extended my life by over 10 years and if I can do it then anyone else can too."

Slimming World Baldock, every Wednesday at the United Reformed Church, Whitehorse Street at 9.30am, 5.30pm and 7.30pm.

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a p p s Our pick of this month’s must have downloads Exacto - IOS & Android This app is specialized in cropping out and removing your main object in photos from the background. Or just crop out whatever else you want. You've got infinite undos, in case you trimmed a bit too much fat.

ForgetMeNot - Password Keeper - IOS & Android Use a lot of passwords for the different apps and services? This app will help you store them all in one secure place, all locked behind your TouchID. There's no cloud, too — all passwords are stored only on the iPhone.

GeoPickle - IOS & Android This app builds sort of crowd-sourced melapses. You take a picture at a loca on and other users of GeoPickle will see that photo when they are near it, if they snap a photo as well. A me lapse starts forming and goes on and on.....

Dux Meter - light intensity measurement tool - IOS This app uses your phone's camera to measure light intensity and temperature. It can either do it in real me or from an individual snap. This Light Meter could save on purchasing of professional illuminometers.

Apple Support - IOS Having a problem with your iOS device? This new app is designed to make it easier, filled with ar cles designed to answer your ques ons and has a direct link for cha ng with Apple support reps, and the op on to book repairs etc.

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DJI Phantom 3 Standard

Best Drone in it's Class The DJI Phantom series of camera drones are amazingly simple to operate, a trait which makes them perfect for first me drone owners and great for capturing incredible video and s ll photos.

The price however has been their s cking point, prohibi ng that impulse purchase and leaving poten al owners struggling to jus fy that purchase.

The drone uses DJI's 'Intelligent Flight System' to assist with controlling it which allows for GPS stabilised flying, 'locking' the drone in place in the air and automa cally adjus ng to gusts of wind to keep it posi oned in winds up to 18 mph! You can let the drone control both take off and landing which makes learning to fly much easier especially in the la er.

Controlling the drone is via the controller with the aid of your iPhone or Android smartphone using the downloadable DJI Go app. The controller is basic but well made and works incredibly well, your mobile phone is connected to the controller by WiFi and the controller connects to the drone over another secure WiFi channel. This stops interference from other sources and means the control of the aircra is handled primarily by the controller with the phone adding func onality.

In the UK drones must not operate above 400 feet and outside visual line of sight (ie. you must be able to see it unaided at all mes), the Standard happily operates within these ranges and I'm fairly confident could operate much further in countries that allow for beyond visual line of sight.

DJI's Intelligent Flight Mode assists with these restric ons by allowing the operator to set opera ng distances in the DJI Go app, thus you can set the maximum distances and heights when learning to fly the drone which causes it to stop when reaching these distances and crea ng an invisible walled area to operate within.

So what happens if you lose radio contact? DJI have that covered too with their RTH (return to home) func onality which will wait a few seconds, ascend to a safe preset height and fly back to the take off GPS posi on and establish radio contact again.

The 4480 mAh Lithium Polymer (LiPo) ba ery included with the drone gives a maximum flight me of about 25 minutes with a recharge me of about 90 minutes. As a safety precau on, the drone will return home when it detects it's ba ery is draining to reduce the danger of losing it.

The big selling point of drones is the video and photo capabili es, this is where the Standard wins hands down in it's price bracket. It comes with a 94 degree, F2.8 lens able to record 2.7K HD video (be er than 1080p) at 30 frames per second along with 12 megapixel photos in JPEG, RAW or both formats

Video and Photos are stabilised using the 3 axis gimbal which is extraordinary in it's ability to completely to keep the video and images absolutely locked s ll. It has to be experience to be believed. This means that the camera is moved in space to counteract the movement in the air around it keep it level in 3 axis.

Video and Images are stored on the included 8mb micro sd card which can be replaced with up to 64mb if required. You are unlikely to use more than 4gb of space per flight, but be careful to copy your video to your computer between flights to avoid your recordings being lost. You also get a lower quality 720p video copied to your mobile device during flight with an op on to 'live stream' to YouTube.

At £450, the Standard isn't cheap, but it is the absolute best in it's class and backed by the industry leader and the quality is stunning.

To view example videos of what the Standard is capable of, go to www.thegadgetman.org.uk.

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Deb’s Dirty Cookers We clean cookers, extractor fans, microwaves.

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Rotary Club Seeks New Gardens Is it your New Year's Resolution to make a Will or revise your existing Will?

As part of the Baldock Fes val in May, the Rotary Club of Baldock will once again be sponsoring and organising the very popular Open Gardens event.

As is tradi onal, it will be held on the last a ernoon of the Fes val on Sunday, 14th May. Generally the Open Gardens are a mix of gardens some of which are open for the first me and others that have opened previously. This always gives people a choice of which gardens to visit.

In order to provide an even wider choice of new gardens to visit we would like to give people the opportunity to volunteer to open their gardens.

Your garden doesn't have to be any of the following:A show garden – there are no prizes at stake A large garden – small can be just as interes ng Pris ne – weeds have a habit of appearing overnight!

However it does have to be a safe environment.

Baldock residents are always interested in the Open Gardens event and ideas and comments (always posi ve) are shared on the day. However with greater publicity the event is beginning to a ract visitors from further afield.

All gardens are marshalled throughout the a ernoon by Members or Friends of Rotary who take responsibility for checking ckets and suppor ng the garden owner.

If you are interested in opening your garden and would like to volunteer or would like more informa on about the event please contact Janet Hammond, telephone number 01462-894603 or email janet.hammond4@b nternet.com Rotarian Paul Lucke

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Investing in the Community Did you know every me you use Knights Templar Sports Centres facili es you are paying into the local community? Each year Knights Templar Sports Centre pays a percentage of its profits to the Knights Templar School to invest in their facili es and therefore your children's future. Not only that, SLL is a registered charity and therefore all profits are invested into ensuring the community has adequate sport and leisure opportuni es.

Choose from gym membership, an extensive range of exercise classes including Body Balance and Body A ack, a high performing incredibly popular gymnas cs club, children's par es and so much more!

Knights Templar Sports Centre prides itself on its friendly, welcoming team. It really is the healthy heart of the community.

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Baldock:

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allery 1066 brings an artistic flair to Baldock. Situated on Hitchin Street in the old coaching town of Baldock Gallery 1066 houses over 80 artists from highly acclaimed to emerging talent featuring Fabian Perez, Mackenzie Thorpe, Ronnie Woods, Doug Hyde and Danielle O'Connor Akiyama to name but a few.

Showcasing art from around the world the gallery offers an eclectic portfolio of talent whether it is for the wall or a sculpture for the mantel piece this art haven is a hidden jewel in Hertfordshire and fast becoming a leading art destination around the UK. A short walk from Gallery 1066 is their sister gallery London Row International Fine Art, offering a new range of artists and objet d'art offering clients affordable works to suit all pockets.

With a complimentary range of handmade glassware, beautiful handmade jewellery from Madrid by Uno de 50 and ladies' cashmere shawls and accessories. London Row offers a wide range of soft furnishings to make those final touches to your space.

New addition to the Gallery is acclaimed sculptor Michael Simpson. World renowned for his versatility and technical excellence of his delicately crafted bronze sculptures. A lifelong fascination with animal behaviour has combined with his outstanding artistic talent to produce tactile pieces that capture the charm and energy of domestic animals, birds and wildlife.

Gallery 1066 is delighted to offer his latest collection of beautiful solid bronze sculptures, prices start from £350.00.

artist Sherree Valentine Daines who was commissioned by none other than Her Majesty the Queen for her 90th birthday. We are excited to be working with an abundance of talent presenting them all under one roof.

Emerging talent…

We are excited to introduce local landscape artist, Alex Carlton. Compelled by texture and an expressive reaction to nature, Alex paints local landscapes and floral still life pieces with liberally applied oils and pigments from the earth. Her paintings exhibit the energy of expressive mark making from gloopy oil paint buttered across the surface, to scratched, carved away areas or sections delicately pressed with carefully selected materials.

Please visit the gallery to view these beautiful original oil paintings of local landscape Price start from £225.00.

Gallery 1066 the hidden jewel in Hertfordshire is nestled down a cobbled mews on Hitchin Street, please take a moment out of your busy schedule and pop down to this charming old coaching town of Baldock and be inspired!

A warm welcome awaits you.

THE DETAILS info@gallery1066fineart.com www.gallery1066fineart.com T: 01462 896164

Gallery 1066 is honoured to be working with emerging to highly acclaimed international artists such as Fabian Perez who was commissioned last year by the Pope to paint his portrait and not forgetting commended impressionistic

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Magic Moments Pre-School, The Scout Hut, Park Drive, Baldock, SG7 6EN Tel: 07980 400690 magicmomentspreschool@ntlworld.com www.magicmomentspreschool.co.uk

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30 Hours Free Childcare 2017 has got off to a busy start at Magic Moments. The pre-school is part of the hub which has trialed the 30 hour funding, so as well as being able to offer 15 hours free care and educa on to 3 year olds and eligible 2 year olds, we are eligible to offer 30 hours childcare to families who meet the criteria for the addi onal funding. Great news for working parents and parents who want to split the funding between us and a childminder.

Congratula ons to Jessica and Chloe the winners of the Christmas colouring compe on run by our sponsors, Satchells estate agents. Hope you enjoyed the goodies that you received.

For further informa on about Magic Moments visit. www.magicmomentspreschool.co.uk or call 07980 400690

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Slimming World Recipe Supplied by Sandra Lloyd Butternut Squash Soup A real winter warmer, this deliciously smooth soup is perfect for lunch or to fill a flask.

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Frylight 1 onion, peeled and diced 1 medium butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into wedges.

1 small potato, peeled and quartered 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed Salt and freshly ground black pepper 900ml vegetable stock A few thyme sprigs to serve

Method 1. Spray a large pan with Frylight and place over a low heat, add the onion and cook for 1-2 minutes.

2. Add the butternut squash and potato and cook for 2 minutes over a medium heat. Add the garlic and season to taste. Pour in the stock and simmer for 25 minutes.

3. Using a hand-blender or food processor, blend until smooth and serve sprinkled with thyme sprigs.

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Ashwell Music Festival 2017 18th–28th May at St Mary's Church Festal Evensong The annual Ashwell Music Fes val begins on 18th May this year – showcasing the talents of young people from Ashwell, Baldock and surrounding area with the Young Musicians' Concert.

The Fes val has a great variety of concerts, to appeal to a wide audience. Topping the bill Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri. For more than two decades, Kiki and Carmelo have been touring their dynamic and spellbinding acous c live show across the UK and overseas. Join them for an acous c journey of stories and song which include their own original music plus unique covers of songs by ar sts such as Kate Bush and Frank Sinatra and of course their versions of Kiki's own hits including, “I've Got The Music In Me”, the stunning “Amoureuse” and “Don't Go Breaking My Heart”.

Caius Men were formed in September of 2013, and comprise the male choral scholars of the choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The group specialises in unique arrangements of pop, jazz and close harmony tunes, as well as sacred music from the 13th to the 21st century.

Spend a relaxing evening on Sunday, 21st May with our special Ashwell and Friends event. The event features local musicians on a varied selec on of instruments, plus some super solo voices, a sprinkling of piano and a few choice verses into the mix. You even get the opportunity or a sing- along too!

For more informa on, Online Tickets +booking form www.ashwellmusicfes val.org.uk Booking office 01462 743289

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More owers to help Bees and Butteries Despite a hard frost, 3 intrepid volunteers turned out on Saturday 21 January to clear and dig over another patch of St Mary's churchyard to extend the garden which was set up by the church eco group last year to give bees and bu erflies a larger area of pes cide-free flowers. This patch is one of many springing up in Baldock which are so vital now that it has been found that even wildflowers on the margins of farmed fields are contaminated by pes cides sprayed on crops and these kill many pollinators.

The group feels it is important to manage areas such as churchyards to protect and encourage biodiversity. And le to its own devices the churchyard becomes overgrown and dismal as well as not honouring those laid to rest here as their gravestones disappear from view. Thank you to all who make a posi ve impact here.

1st Baldock Brownies are keen to sow wildflower seeds to help the natural environment and we welcome their involvement in this project which reaches out into the community. A er all, the bright and colourful flowers which appeared in our first year last summer brought posi ve benefits to humans walking along the footpath who delighted in seeing the flowers, as well as huge benefits to bees, moths and bu erflies as a new source of nectar!

If anyone else would like to donate bee-friendly seeds or plants (eg sunflowers, lavender, cornflowers, foxgloves, hebe) or help us with a li le weeding and watering during the year then please contact Katrina 07708 064294 or via the garden's Facebook page: h ps://www.facebook.com/stmarysbeeandbu erflygarden/ Many thanks St Mary's Churchyard Bee and Bu erfly Garden

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Winter Wonderland

The children have been exploring Winter at Merry Go Round.

They have been making snowballs cakes, ice cubes in the water tray, a Winter Wonderland with ar c animals and Frozen characters. Of course using our all weather garden to experience this first hand.

We have also been celebra ng Chinese New Year. They have been role playing Chinese restaurant, using chops cks to enhance fine motor skills and trying Chinese food at snack me.

If you are looking for a Nursery place for your child from September 2017 come along to meet us and find out more: Tuesday 31st January - Wednesday 1st February - Thursday 2nd February. Please call on 01462 896322 to book your appointment.

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