October 2020

17 Buckden Roundabout October 2020 Village News October 2020 Stop by and support your local library … It has been great to see so many of you again after our long break. If you haven ’ t popped in to the library yet it would be good to say hello to you too! Buckden library ’ s temporary opening hours are: Tuesday – 2pm - 6pm Friday - 10am - 2pm The limited service we are currently able to provide means you can: • Request books from the library catalogue using the normal on line reservations service or via Customer Services (contact details below). Normal charges have been suspended for this service. • Use our Select and Collect service to request a selec- tion of titles based on, for example, genre or author. Using the form available on our website or by calling Customer Services you can tell us what you like to read and library staff will select books based on your choices. Please note that this is the only way you are currently able to obtain a selection of board and pic- ture books for children. • Return items to Buckden library • Book an appointment to use the library computers . Note that this is currently restricted to one 45 minute appointment per day per customer • Print and photocopy – exact cash only to pay for this please The library will operate a queuing system for readers to col- lect their reserved books which will already have been checked out to you. Please do be prepared to wait outside for a few minutes if we are busy. We cannot currently allow browsing in library buildings or assist with computer use, and all events and clubs remain suspended. We are also not able to accept book donations at this time, so if you have any great titles you would be happy to donate after their lockdown use, please hold on to them for us for now and we will be very pleased to take them off your hands at a later date. We look forward to seeing you soon! Village Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden Tel: 0345 045 5225 www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library Preschool reopened for all pupils on 2nd September, and it was lovely to welcome everyone back—and to welcome our new starters and their families. The focus in our first week was on ’ All About Me ’ activities, helping everyone get to know each other. The children took selfies of themselves and meas- ured their heights so that they can refer back to them and see how much they grow throughout their Preschool journey. We have converted part of our cosy corner to include a super- hero wall and the children now have the opportunity to be a Hero Helper of the day, which they are loving! Of course, although we are ‘ back to normal ’, this is the new normal, where everything we do is carefully considered in the context of Covid - 19 guidelines. The children are adapting well to the changes we have made to ensure they ’ re kept safe at all times. Our Acting Manager, Nicola, has now been offered the post of permanent Preschool manager. The committee congratulate her and are delighted that she ’ s accepted the post. They want to thank her for all her hard work, especially during the pan- demic. Sadly, we had to postpone our Racing Night fundraiser at the end of August, but we hope to be able to bring you news of other fundraising activities soon. We wish you all a safe October. BREAKFAST CLUB FOR AGES 2 - 11 YEARS: WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED? We are considering opening a breakfast club for ages 2 - 11 years (Yr 6) after the October half term and would like to gauge how much interest there might be in this first. If this is something you would be interested in, please email us at buckdenpreschool@yahoo.co.uk. Please mention how many children you would be considering sending and their ages. This isn ’ t a sign - up email and puts you under no obliga- tion to send your children—it ’ s just our way of estimating the numbers we might expect so that we can assess staffing re- quirements etc. Committee enquiries: contact Jo Chillmaid (Chairperson) at buckdenpreschoolchairperson@gmail.com or on 07393650084. To enrol your child or arrange a visit, contact the Manager, Nicola Henge, at the Preschool on 01480 810600 . For more information, visit www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk or see our Facebook updates at https://www.facebook.com/ www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk/.