Sutton Bonington
VETERINARY SCHOOL TRAINEES. Students at the University of Nottingham are among the first in the UK to return to face-to-face classes since lockdown.
The 150 first-year trainees at the veterinary school, in Sutton Bonington, - who had been forced to study online since March - are now able to get hands-on experience and training.
One student on the course said: “Sometimes if you’re doing it online, you might forget why you’re doing it and when you actually touch a dog, it just reminds you like why you want to be a vet.”
Only those from the same university flat are taught in the same class to create “bubbles”.
QUIZ NIGHT. The Schools Week BIG Schools Quiz night supported by Sutton Bonington Primary School is all about bringing the sector together for a bit of a laugh and to raise funds for our chosen charity Centrepoint, says Sutton Bonington Primary School headmaster Mr Lee Shilton.
The quiz night aimed at bringing together hundreds of school staff for one big night of education themed questions. Hosted by the legendary Sir David Carter, attendees could expect their education knowledge to be put to the test. Sir David was to be joined by several guests during the evening to help read a round of questions.
Thanks to Pearson, say the organisers, they are also able to offer a fantastic prize for the ultimate winner of the quiz-- a Microsoft Surface Laptop 3.
Entries for the quiz could be as a solo entry or organised a team of four maximum. There is no entry fee but a simple request that all individual participants make a donation to the chosen charity Centrepoint with a suggested donation £5. Only those quiz entrants who have made a donation will be eligible for any prizes on offer during the evening.
SHEEP FLOCK. Coming to the fore over the last month or so, Agriculture students at the University of Nottingham’s Sutton Bonington campus have been proud to introduce their sheep flock, a student enterprise run by, and for, the students. All proceeds from sales go back into the sheep flock.
In the Spring lambs were on sale in half-lamb packs. These can be collected from the University Farm Office.
Last year’s income from sales helped to purchase an automatic weighing system so the students can now keep track of how the lambs are doing, and so improve traceability and recording.
Several studies using the flock have been carried out including by Louise Eyre who discovered sheep lameness can be detected by monitoring foot temperature
John McDonagh, while Kimberley Slinger and Zoe Huggett have been developing automated behaviour recognition to help predict parturition using camera surveillance.
Remi Toupet found tall and dense permanent pastures grazed by the sheep are beneficial for ground spider and beetle numbers, grass diversity and the grazing animal.
The flock at the campus are used as part of the students learning journey to gain knowledge and experience about running their own farms.
Several students received training in shearing by British Wool and the wool went to Ireland to make insulation for housing. DISPENSATION FOR CHURCH MEETINGS. St Michael’s and St Anne’s Churches in Sutton Bonington have been granted a special dispensation to hold their annual meetings in the autumn, providing conditions perrmit.
They are annually held before the end of April but the coronavirus pandemic meant this year they had t be postponed.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SURVEY. Residents in Sutton Bonington are being invited to take part in the first ever Neighbourhood Watch Impact Survey.
The survey is open to all members of the public including NW supporters and members and the organisation is asking our partners to share across their public networks. “It will enable us to look at how Neighbourhood Watch impacts in our communities and identify the concerns surrounding crime, fear of crime and the increase in neighbourliness and community spirit.”
In their message, NW say “We ask that you share the survey with friends, neighbours, colleagues and your partners, to ensure that we get a good mix of responses. You can do this in various ways through email, using social media and any other methods that you may have.”
Neighbourhood Watch Network say they are excited to launch their first National Impact Survey and we want everyone to take part. “It doesn’t matter if you are part of Neighbourhood Watch or not, we want your views.”
Those taking part are invited to click on the link https://bit. ly/2XbuX8J and NW say they look forward to receiving your responses to their survey which needs to be completed by 21st August.
Neighbourhood Watch Network is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered in England and Wales.
MAN EXPOSED HIMSELF. Police have appealed for information on an incident in Sutton Bonington when a man - wearing only shorts and a hat - was reported to have exposed himself to a woman to a woman who was walking alone in the village.
The incident occurred at about 8.30am on Sunday, July 26. The woman was walking along a footpath in Pasture Lane, near to Diamond Wood and the River Soar.
The man is described as white, tanned, about 5ft 6ins and was in his mid 40s to 50s. He wore a black cap with three words written on the back in yellow.
He was also wearing dark glasses, dark blue baggy shorts, no top on and carrying a white carrier bag. He has previously been seen with a rucksack.
His hair is described as very short, salt and pepper coloured.
The man may also have been seen in recent weeks, according to police, due to online posts on a local community page, but no calls were made to them until the Sutton Bonington incident. .
Local Inspector Craig Berry, who is leading the team of officers investigating the incident, said: “We take incidents like this very seriously and we are working with the victim, who was obviously quite alarmed seeing such an incident on her early morning walk.
“Anyone who saw the incident, or has any information, please call 101 quoting incident number 20000383871.”
PARK LANE BOOK-SWAP PLEA. A plea is being made, at least for the time being, for residents in Sutton Bonington not to deposit any more books in the Park Lane Bus Stop book-swap service.
Because of the current coronavirus pandemic situation the project has for the time being been abandoned due to it potentially being a very fertile sources of the virus transmission.