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Buckden Roundabout
October 2017
School & Pre-School
Our new starters are settling in well and making friends. The
children are enjoying printing leafy autumn trees using cotton
reels and learning more about their bodies as part of our ac-
tivities this half-term. They’re also looking forward to theme
weeks on numbers, shapes and The Rainbow Fish as we near
the end of September. Next month, there will be Harvest Fes-
tival activities, including a visit to the church and activities
based on the Jewish festival of Sukkot, and the children will be
learning about Diwali too.
On the fundraising front, we will be raising money for Jeans
for Genes and Macmillan Cancer Support with a coffee after-
noon and second-hand children’s book sale. This will be at
preschool from 2-3 on Thursday 29
th
September. But our main
pre-Christmas fundraiser, as always, will be our famous Hal-
loween Disco!
Halloween Disco
Friday 27th October, 3-4.30pm
Buckden Village Hall
Tickets include a hotdog & squash for chil-
dren
£2.50 in advance from Pre-school or £3 on
the door
A final note for parents and carers of those children who left
us in July: Don
’
t forget to ask your child to fill in their leav-
ers
’
postcard this half-term. The post-box is ready for you in
Nisa! You can also drop your postcards into Preschool if you
prefer.
To arrange a visit or book a place for your child, contact our
Manager, Denise Carter, on 07941 671999. You can also con-
tact our Chairperson, Tizzy Pape, at buckdenpreschoolchair-
person@gmail.com. For more information, visit
www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk
Miss Alison
BUCKDEN CHURCH OF
ENGLAND SCHOOL
(Primary Academy Trust)
School Term and Holiday Dates 2017/2018
2017
Autumn Term Opens
Monday 4 September
Half Term
23 October - 27 October
Autumn Term Closes
Tuesday 19 December
2018
Spring Term Opens
Wednesday 3 January
Half Term
12 - 16 February
Spring Term Closes
Thursday 29 March
Summer Term Opens
Monday 16 April
May Day
Monday 7 May
Half Term
28 May - 1 June
Summer Term Closes
Tuesday 17 July
Professional Days
Wednesday 18 July -
Tuesday 24 July inclusive
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL 2017
28th October to 12th November 2017
Remembrance Sunday 12 November2017
We again ask for your kind and generous support. Our grateful thanks also go to HMP Littlehey and the residents and business-
es alike in Buckden, Diddington and Perry. The collections seem to become more important each year as we find that many
prison inmates are ex-service personnel with serious mental health issues and seemingly wrongly in prison rather than hospital.
Hopefully the new interest in mental health treatment might help.
May I take this opportunity to remind donors of the advantages of gift aiding which increases the value of donations by 25%
and any amount can be gift aided.
The RBL needs more new members as the roll reduces each year. Our Branch exists now only for the Poppy Appeal. We do how-
ever receive information of numerous activities, trips etc. information about which I would be pleased to pass on. My telephone
number is 810070 and I will try to help any query. Enquiries about membership may be passed directly to John Cartwright on
811402.
Veronica Hunstone, Secretary, Buckden Branch RBL, Tel : 810070
There are still several numbers available.
If you wish to join the 200 Club and support both Buckden
and Little Paxton Surgeries, please contact Sheena Wilkinson
M 07811986633.
£100
No. 121
Mr Mick Bangs
£25
No. 45
Mrs Audrey Gill
£25
No. 61
Mrs Gill Thompson
£25
No. 81
Mrs Val Jolly
£25
No. 117
Mr Richard West
Buckden Surgery Patients’ Association
200 Club Prize Winners
September 2017 Draw