Sutton Bonington
ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUPILS. Details have been released by Sutton Bonington Primary School of arrangements for the way they will be dealing with some of the way they will be helping pupils to return as the coronavirus pandemic continues to make normal schooling difficult.
Headmaster Lee Shilton , in a message to parents and carers, comments on the announcement from the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, in which he said: “Children from all year groups will return to schools in September”.
Lee says they await further details on this matter at the current moment, and will update their announcements as soon as we know more. “There were also announcements earlier that schools would be provided funding for 1:1 tutors and that schools will need to devise a ‘catch up programme’ to enable children to catch up following their time out of school. More details will also follow regarding this.”
The headmaster says they had a recent governors’ meeting and when they came to a decision that they would close on Friday, July 17, for the children in Reception and Year 1 and open to children in Year 6 in that final week.
“We have arrived at this decision, as we all feel strongly that the Year 6 children deserve a proper goodbye and a chance to see their teachers and friends before the summer holiday begins.”
The head says it is not possible to host all of the children that week due to restrictions currently in place. “Please note, school will continue to be open for the children of key workers during this week.”
Year 6 will be welcomed back to school from Tuesday, July 21 until Thursday, July 23, so that they have three days to undertake activities in school and see their friends.
There will be further details about how this will actually look in school over the course of the next few weeks.
The school will be closed on Monday, July 20 and Friday, July 24, to all children apart from Key worker children. Says Lee: “Should this change for any reason, I will update you in good time.”
LOOKING FOR READERS.
When the current lockdown position caused by the coronavirus pandemic is over, both St Michael’s and St Anne’s parish churches in Sutton Bonington will be looking for more parishioners to take on duties of Readers. Intercessors and Sidespeople
The church leaders say for a variety of reasons they are becoming short of people to carry out the duties and if anyone feels they could help out, please contact Beth Clarke on 01509 672110 --email frankandbeth@onetel.com -- or David Etherton, 01509 672725 email:- etherton1@tiscali.co.uk .
MUSIC SOCIETY. The Sutton Bonington Campus of Nottingham University continues to hold a high reputation for its music activities and presentations with its Music Society running four ensembles – the SB Symphony Orchestra, SB Singers, SB Big Band and SB Folk Band, although of course currently activities are halted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Membership is not confirmed to students or campus staff and the groups are always looking for new members for any of the different groups..
The Music Society say they are particularly keen to get the community involved and would welcome contact from anyone interested.
“Why not try something different this year and give one of the groups a try?” say the Society. Cameron, adding that they always aim to accommodate all standards of playing and singing. “So do come and give it a go!” is their message.
Anyone wanting more information is invited to contact the group at svyicb@ nottingham.ac.uk for more details and information.
Of course the ever-popular SB Fest planned for May had to be cancelled and when the Sutton Bonington Campus would have been hosting eight hours of family-friendly outdoor activities such as inflatable games; interactive sessions in the Art and Science Hubs and live music featuring local talent throughout the event. A Beer Festival and the very popular Farmers’ Market stalls would have been operating, and there was to be a Dog Show.
The annual SB Fest Concert on the same day would have featured the SB Singers and SB Symphony Orchestra. All profits were to go to LOROS, a local hospice charity, and Riding for the Disabled Association Wenlo Group, who provide horse-riding lessons for disabled children and adults.
MORE DETAILS WANTED ON EQUESTRIAN APPLICATION.
Notts County Council Highways Department have called for more details on a planning application at Sutton Bonington for the erection of an equestrian stable block, with outdoor manege, associated car parking and access on land West off Pasture Lane
The proposed stable block would have eight stable pens, hay store and tack room, and would be used as a full livery yard.
The application site is accessed from Pasture Lane, which is currently a dual status highway and bridleway, and is currently maintained commensurate with its use.
A new gated access is proposed from Pasture Lane to serve the development site. As confirmed at pre-application stage, the track section of Pasture Lane will require upgrading to a hard-bound surface up to and including the site access, to a width sufficient to accommodate two-way flow.
This will need to be detailed on the application plans, with a detailed layout of the proposed site access arrangement.
The new access is located at the narrow end of the site, and would appear to require vehicles to undertake a tight manoeuvre on immediately entering the site.
Vehicle tracking should be provided to confirm that all vehicles, including vehicles with horse boxes/trailers, can easily access and manoeuvre within the site.
The Highways department at the county comment it is recommended that the application is deferred to enable the applicant to submit further information including another query on parking layout plans.
NO PARISH BY ELECTION ALLOWED.
Sutton Bonington doesn’t currently have a representative on Rushcliffe Borough Council following the resignation of former Borough Mayor Coun. Ron Hetherington.
Coun Ron Hetherington has resigned from his position as councillor for Sutton Bonington ward after 17 years of public service at the council representing both East Leake and Sutton Bonington wards.
He spent several years on the borough cabinet, and also became Mayor in 2015 when his late wife Glynnis ably assisted him as both Mayor’s consort and his chaplain.
Councillors and officers alike will miss him and wish him all the best for the future.
In this situation we would advertise the vacancy on the website and a by-election will be held if requested by two residents.
In the current circumstances, the by-election can be requested, but we cannot hold it until May 6, 2021 unless governments advises of changes to the relevant acts are reviewed before that date.
If no by-election is requested, the seat will remain vacant until the next ordinary election in May 2023.
A by-election can be requested at any point from 6 May 2021 to October 2022. If there is less than six months left before the next ordinary election, a by-election is not held.
“We will therefore have a vacant seat on the council, but it is designated as a vacant conservative seat until an election is held.”
This vacancy does not therefore affect the calculations of the seats allocated for meeting places. The residents of Sutton Bonington will be represented by the leader of the council supported by the cabinet in the interim period.
LOOKING BACK. The centuries tradition of wassailing again took place in Sutton Bonington Community Orchard, in Januaery 2016.
The tradition was revived in the village the previous year. Everyone was invited to join the event which had the tradition of encouraging the
fruit trees to produce plenty of fruit in 2016!
The event includes music with the Way of the Wyrd, singing, dancing and drinking and was suitable for all ages. The start was haralded by a meet at the Jubilee Tree with torches, lanterns, warm clothes, wellies and cider.
Wassailing is a tradition linked to Twelfth Night, January 6th or Epiphany, when the Church celebrates the visit of the Magi to the infant
Jesus. However, may traditionalist like to stick to January 17th for wassailing, which was the date of Twelfth night before the Gregorian
Calendar was introduced in 1752!
Wassailing is a very ancient custom that is rarely done today. The word ‘wassail’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon phrase ‘waes hael’, which means ‘good health’.
Originally, the wassail was a drink made of mulled ale, curdled cream, roasted apples, eggs, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and sugar.
In the cider-producing counties of the West of England -- primarily the counties of Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.
Wassailing also refers to drinking --and singing -- the health of trees in the hopes that they might better thrive.
The purpose of wassailing is to awake the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit in the autumn.
The ceremonies of each wassail vary from village to village but they generally all have the same core elements.