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PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS…

From the Headteacher…

Wishing our Guilsborough family a very happy 2024!

Throughout the Autumn term, things have been non-stop here at Guilsborough C of E Primary School! Our Nativity play by Reception, Year 1, 2 & 3 children was a real treat and I’m so proud of all children for their first-class performances. They even performed to residents of Sibbertoft Manor Care Home. The residents left the performance with huge smiles on their faces. I’d like to thank all involved in putting this perfect production together.

We are very thankful to the parents and staff who made our recent ‘Bake-off’ event so special. The cakes made blew us all away. Graham Leah our Chair of Governors had such a hard time judging but found a winner in the end, so well done to Willow in Class 2/3! Also well done to our School Council and Mariann in class 2/3 who thought of this super idea. They all had the pleasure of judging the teacher bake-off, which Miss Patrick deservedly won!

The children really enjoyed seeing Santa and I hear the special gifts given put a magical smile on all faces. We are also grateful for the donations for the ‘Northampton Hope Centre’ which were collected over the festive period. We continue to collect for this organisation all year round so further donations are always welcome. And our whole school disco was a great success, with all children leaving very happy.

We have been doing lots of fundraising over the term including the bake-off, hamper raffle, children’s disco and Santa visit so we’d like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone involved. We have raised lots from all of these events and couldn’t have done this without your support. The School Council will be deciding on what else they feel the money could be spent on to make our school even better.

Our end of term house winning team is……WATER! They had a super traditional party to celebrate with party food and games. Fun was had by all!

Thank you for all who attended the Christingle service at St. Etheldreda Church. It really did get everyone in the festive mood and we’d like to thank Revd Allison and the church team for such a beautiful service.

Please remember, if you need any information about what’s happening at Guilsborough Primary check our website – www.guilsboroughprimary.co.uk – or you can keep up to speed via our Facebook account – Guilsborough C of E Primary School (a closed group for parents, guardians or carers) – or through our Twitter profile – @guilsboroughpri or youtube channel.

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Monday Morning Meet

Monday Morning Meet  Guilsborough Village Hall

9 – 11am every Monday (excluding Bank Holidays)  

All welcome, baby – OAPs.

£2.50 per Adult, Children Free

Meet for a chat, knit, hot drink & cake.  






Good Friday - Easter Eggs & More.

10-12am

Craft activities.

Hot Cross Buns & Hot Drink

£2.50/adult

For more information contact Janet 01604 740640

Activities in Guilsborough Village Hall


Monday:

3M’s Coffee Morning

Bowl’s

Knitting


Tuesday:

Pilates,Yoga

GMADS


Wednesday:

Pilates, Guides


Thursday:

Nia


Friday:

Fitness

7am - 8am


Contact information for all classes is on the notice board at the entrance to the hall.

Other bookings via website or phone 07342 382706


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Message from your Parish Council

At our December meeting we agreed the budget for the financial year that runs from April 2024 to March 2025. We have included the same contribution towards our bus service as we made this year in the hope that we will continue to benefit from at least the same level of bus service as we currently do. However, this is far from certain as the current operator, Uno Busses, are withdrawing from all bus operations. Our services have been put out to tender and we await the outcome of this process. We have also budgeted to begin a rolling replacement of our older street lamps with new LED ones. This will be over several years and the benefits are that it will reduce our energy costs, as they use significantly less electricity, as well as reduce repair costs to the older lamps.

Having agreed our budget, we have also set our precept for the next financial year. A Parish Council’s precept is it’s main, if not only, source of income and is collected on our behalf by WMC as part of your Council Tax. Last year, as we were benefitting from having entered into a fixed price for our street lighting electricity, we were able to keep our precept the same as the previous year. This time, we have had to increase the precept due to our fixed price agreement coming to an end plus insurances, as for everyone, have gone up. As a council, it is considered by our National Association, if not a requirement, then prudent to keep reserves equal to half of our precept which means if we increase our precept then we are expected to increase our reserves. Accordingly, our precept has increased by just under 13% which equates to, based on the average band D property, £0.69p per Council Tax payment or just over £6.90 per year.

Tony Hart

Chair

guilsborough-pc.gov.uk

Welcomes new and existing members from ALL VILLAGES for the 2024 season! Friendly club playing social tennis.
Tennis continues throughout the winter and spring months (weather permitting) on THURSDAY nights under floodlights from 6pm to 8pm until the clocks change, then on TUESDAY nights from 6pm after March 31st, and on SUNDAYs 10am to 12 noon. Family Membership is kept at £10 for 2024, subscriptions due on 1st April.
For more information contact Graham on 07894 424328 or Caroline on 07840 846842.

£10 per person


Quiz and Sharing Ploughmans

(please advise of any dietry requirements

at time of booking)


Cash Bar


Raffle

Come join us for a Quiz Night with

friends and/or loved ones on

Friday 16th February 2024 at 7:30pm

Guilsborough Village Hall


To book tickets (tables of up to 8) contact:

Sue Needham 07771926519

theneedhamfamily2@gmail.com

or

Sue O’Neil 07713622127

 sue@nortoft.co.uk

Raffle donations to Emily Cheney 07818823558

emilylc81@yahoo.co.uk



1st Guilsborough Guides

We would love to welcome you to our unit to enjoy activities, company & much more!

Girls aged: 10-14 yrs

When: alternate Wednesdays & Fridays

7—8.30pm

For more information Contact: Pauline

p.jacobs59@outlook.com



10 mllion Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 152 countries worldwide

Experiences and opportunities.

Fun and excitement

Guilsborough Friends

Are a local friendly group for ladies and gentlemen, usually meeting at 7.30pm, at Guilsborough Village Hall, the second Thursday of the month.

During the summer months we arrange outside events. Weather permitting.

Social activities include

• Guest speakers

• Garden visits

• Meals out

• Visits to local places of interest

• and much more

£3 per meeting, unless otherwise stated, which is used to cover refreshments, costs and make charitable donations.

We are looking forward to welcoming new members.

Our Programme for the

next 3 months:

Thursday February 8th

Charity Supper Proceeds to Cynthia Spencer

Thursday March 14th

Historical  Talk by Derek Blunt   (Local Historian)

Thursday 11th April

Arthur Cockerill, local  Northamptonshire Philanthropist – talk by Dr Isabella Robinson


For further information contact:  

Janet Minney

01604 740640   

Elizabeth Southgate

01604 740064

VILLAGE SHOWCASE AND MARKET

This year the Parish Council will not be holding an Annual Parish Meeting. Instead, they will be hosting a free to attend

‘Village Showcase & Market’ on

Saturday June 22nd.

Based in the Village Hall and on the Green this event will be YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE YOUR ORGANISATION to the village!

Invitees include all parish-based organisations: clubs, societies, businesses, crafts, services, sports groups, produce makers, charities, etc.








Are you are interested? Several groups are already talking to us here at the Parish Council – so please register your interest with:

David O’Neil councillor.oneil@guilsborough-pc.gov.uk

or 07801 700909

Lisa Phillips  councillor.phillips@guilsborough-pc.gov.uk

Find out more about the work of Guilsborough Fire Station and the crew on our Home page. With thanks to Mark Hazle for the words and photos!


Carol Singing Thank You

A big thank you to everyone who came carol singing in December and to those who listened and donated. We are especially grateful to Colonel and Mrs Evans who kindly fed and watered us en route.

We raised £180 for the Hope Centre in Northampton where they look after people experiencing problems of disadvantage and marginalisation, including hardship, homelessness, addiction and mental health.

Katie and Mike Fulcher


GMADS presents House Guest by Francis Durbridge from 21-23 March, a gripping tale of love, intrigue and murder. This dark and exciting thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat.


It’s at Guilsborough Village Hall, bar opens at 7pm, performance at 7.30 pm.

Tickets are £10,

available from Karen Shuter on 07981 754852 or www.wegottickets.com/gmads

You can email info@gmads.co.uk, visit our website at www.gmads.co.uk or follow us at facebook.com/GMADSAmateurDrama


Guilsborough Playing Fields village sport and recreation

CRICKET

Could cricket be for you?

Haddon Cricket Club are a village club based at three beautiful grounds at Guilsborough, East Haddon and West Haddon. The club offers both social and competitive cricket for men, ladies and juniors of all standards.

The club runs 4 junior sides, a ladies team and 6 men’s sides in the summer, so there is something for everyone. Winter training runs indoors at Brixworth from January to April. If you are thinking of returning to cricket, looking to give it a go, or have children that could be the next Ben Stokes then please do get in touch by contacting Jim.houghton72@outlook.com.



How Guilsborough Playing Field came about

In 1978 the land for the Playing Field was sold by Sir John Lowther to 4 Trustees: Ivan Langton May, Harry James Townsend, Albert John Thompson and Peter Chapman, all of Guilsborough.

Current Ownership

In 1981 the trustees transferred the ownership to the Official Custodian of Charities at the Charities Commission on behalf of the Guilsborough Playing Field Association (GPFA). The Official Custodian is a corporation created by statute to hold land on behalf of charities.

Committee

The organisations that can be invited to be part of the management committee include a) the current users, the cricket and football clubs who are on the committee, and b) other clubs such as hockey and athletics that the current facilities enable. Bowls club members were on the committee for 30 years, but

the green maintenance became too onerous for its elderly members, and maintenance by contractors was too costly. The GPFA welcomes others to join its committee; contact Graham.Byars @hotmail.com or 0771269833.


The Use of the GPF

How the name of Guilsborough Playing Field was agreed is lost in time, but Playing Field is what was intended in the original conveyance, as team sports were listed as the primary purpose for the Field.

Public Benefit by Private Charity   

GPF is not a public space that is open and accessible to the public but is private and those wanting to use the Field do so with the agreement of the GPFA.  It is managed by volunteers who raise around £12,000 annually for fixed costs from clubs, organisations and schools using the Field and from fundraising events. More details on the GPFA can be seen at
http://guilsboroughplayingfield.com


Fund Appeal 2023

The GPFA has thanked all those who responded to the 2023 appeal for funds; £560 came from single payments, and £60 (£720 p.a.) came from monthly payments.  Further contributions are welcome, and  if you can help us please contact us through the link on the GPFA website. The 2023 GPFA Annual Report can be seen on the GPFA website


GPFA Maintenance Controller

The GPFA is seeking a Maintenance Controller for the  pavilion, tractor shed and machinery, currently performed by the ageing GPFA secretary. Part of the role would involve coordinating with contractors, the maintenance work on the buildings, and organising machinery servicing when required. Those who would like to find out more should contact Graham.Byars@hotmail.com or 07712649833.

From The Principal…

As an academy, our aim is to pursue and promote sustainable excellence in the provision of 11-19 Education for the benefit of our students, staff, parents/carers and the wider community.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our local community for their support in what has been a challenging few years for the academy.

Throughout 2024 and beyond there will be a huge focus on identifying community needs and resources that can support student learning and achievement. Guilsborough Academy has always been and will continue to be at the heart of our local community and one of many focuses this year is to identify and pursue local opportunities to help shape our young people, so they can make a difference on their doorstep and beyond. We’re dedicated to improving student outcomes, strengthening community ties and supporting economic, social and cultural development locally. Through fostering these relationships, we can build stronger partnerships that will benefit both the academy and our local communities for many more years to come.


The end of last term saw lots of activity involving the local community. Students across all year groups were involved in various community events including litter-picking in Guilsborough, the Christmas Tree Festival at the Church of St Etheldreda’s, Christmas activities at Guilsborough Village Hall, our annual Christmas Concert and spreading festive cheer at Daisies Wellbeing Café, supported by West Haddon Parish Council, to

 name just a few.

We already have lots of exciting things


planned for 2024, and we will be reaching out to community members, businesses and organisations to explore potential partnership opportunities. We strongly encourage everyone within the local community to support us. Please contact us with any potential opportunities and keep up to speed with what we’re doing by checking our website or following us on social media –://linktr.ee/guilsboroughacademy

Your ongoing support is much needed and very appreciated. Mr Simon Frazer


GUILSBOROUGH ACADEMY NEWS…

Local news from the Northamptonshire villages of Cold Ashby,

Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Guilsborough, Hollowell & Teeton and Thornby.

Last updated Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Copy deadline for next printed edition: Monday 4th March ‘24


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