I sat down last week at a low table in Feniton school hall. Nervously yet excitedly, individual children showed me in turn a portfolio they had compiled. It contained their evidence of activities they’d completed: active citizenship in the school, citizenship in the community, an active hobby and a non-active hobby, adventure training and charity work. This was their assessment for the Torbay and Devon Civic Award, rather like a Primary school Duke of Edinburgh Award. Us adults, socially-distanced across the hall, were their assessors. The …
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Reverend David’s August Message – Becoming Our True Selves
Consultation on Support for Community Groups
Dear East Devon Town and Parish Councils,
Please send out this opportunity to all the voluntary, community and social enterprise groups in your town/parish. This could be by email, newsletter, on your social media, through your Councillors etc.
We're looking into putting some overarching support in place for East Devon's fantastic voluntary, community and social enterprise groups. This support would be based on what the groups themselves want, and could do things like:
· Help them find funding
· Help them work together, with …
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Paul’s Nature Notes May-June 2021
The low moth counts continued right into June and unfortunately there are many species which may now not appear at all this year, notable amongst which is the Puss Moth. This is such a truly glorious moth and one which surely should be a firm favourite of all the cat owners in the village. I have it on authority that this has been the worst spring for insects since records began. Reports have come in from all over the country of Blue Tit broods failing due to lack of food. Oak trees came into leaf at least a month late and this meant that there …
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Reverend David’s June Message
Summer of Grace
Summer – what a wonderful word! The days stretch and relax. The sun shines (or not!). Warmth fills our bodies – winter’s cold becomes hard to imagine. Memories of childhood summers, lying back on the grass with gloriously nothing to do but gaze up at the deep blue sky and pick out animal shapes in the drifting clouds. A pint in a pub garden. The smell of suncream. Of bar-b-ques.
What are you doing this summer? Less traveling than in others, perhaps. In whatever way Covid chooses to cramp our summer style, the season will still …
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Yellingham Farm – March 2021
What I really don’t understand is why ewes, who at the present time have at least 12 beautiful hours of daylight, decide that the best time to lamb is between the hours of 10pm and 4am. Totally ridiculous in my book, but then I suppose all is quiet, Classic FM is playing softly in the background …….and just like us humans, it’s the body which makes the ultimate decision.
Whilst we don’t keep a vigil all night (because our numbers are relatively low), we check every few hours, as every ewe deserves the same chance as those who lamb during the …
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Funding at Pre School
Funding for 15 or 30 hours is available the term after your child’s 3rd birthday.
Any non-funded hours will be invoiced to you termly for you to pay via ParentPay, childcare vouchers or HMRC tax free childcare. …
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