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Great Gaddesde Parish Newsletter Supported by Volutary Cotributios Number 239 Feb 2016

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From the Vicar Dear Frieds We have fially fiished with Christmastide, (which eded with the feast of the Presetatio of Christ i the Temple, last Suday, 31st Jauary) ad hardly ca we draw breath, before we are cofroted with the begiig of the ext seaso i the church s year; Let - which begis o Ash Wedesday, 10th February. Oe year we seem to have weeks ad weeks before the start of Let, the ext, it is upo almost without our realisig. The issue of fixig the date of Easter cotiues to cause problems ad a few days ago, it was aouced that the Archbishop of Caterbury, the Most Revered Justi Welby, hopes to remedy the situatio I wish him well! It would brig to a ed oe of the logest-ruig disputes withi the church, throughout the world. The hope is that the chage could be made withi the ext five to te years, i a move that is likely to have quite serious repercussios for us all, whether we work or are still at school. The Archbishop says he will be talkig to other leaders of the various deomiatios withi the Christia Church, icludig Pope Fracis ad the Coptic Pope to hopefully egotiate a agreemet. It is oe of those decisios where all parties will eed to agree a tall order ideed! Pope Fracis has already discussed chagig the date of Easter. Last year he said that we have to come to a agreemet about chagig the date, at a meetig of priests from aroud the world, accordig to the Catholic News Agecy, but that was as far as it wet. Our Archbishop did remid us that churches have bee attemptig sice the teth cetury to fix the date of Easter, which at the momet is set with referece to the moo ad the su it could be a uphill struggle. The legal foudatio for chagig the date of Easter has bee i law sice the Easter Act of 1928. I order for the chage to happe, i a ideal world, all churches eed to agree to it, eve though the law actually allows the Govermet to simply decide to fix the date, Parliamet has deferred to churches, so far. For the record, sice the fourth cetury, the date of Easter always falls o the first Suday, after the first full moo, after the sprig equiox! (I hope that s clear!?) That meas of course that it varies hugely from year-to-year, leadig to all the mix-ups, cofusio ad icoveiece. Will the date of Easter ever be fixed? Who kows? Watch this space but do t hold your breath! Iam yours i Christ, Joh. 3 Joh Russell St Joh s Vicarage Pipers Hill, Great Gaddesde HP1 3BY e-mail:joh_russell@live.co.uk tel: 01442 214898 Christmas Flowers Very may thaks to all those who geerously cotributed to our Christmas flowers. I hope you were able to get to church to see them. They certaily lasted well, with the fial oes beig dismatled just a moth after they were first displayed. Val Mills

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Clea for the Quee a atioal campaig to clea up Britai i time for Her Majesty s 90th birthday O March 4th, 5th ad 6th, we are orgaisig a umber of walks across our parish to pick up litter. It would be ice to have as may people as possible ivolved ad we would like to hear from local residets who would be willig to lead a walkig party i their locality Please cotact: Jo Coell - jo@mpcoell.demo.co.uk - 01442 842981 or: Val Mills - regalreval@yahoo.co.uk - 07929 650664 For more iformatio see www.cleaforthequee.co.uk 5

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Great Gaddesde Bellrigers - Sue Collyer Ido love the Christmas festivities, but I also love this time of year whe the cakes ad chocolate have all bee eate, thigs have calmed dow ad there's a opportuity to take stock ad pla for the year ahead. We rag o several joyful occasios over the Christmas seaso for the Carol service o Suday 20th where we also played 3 carols o hadbells; for the crib service o Christmas Eve; ad also of course o Christmas morig - i my opiio, there's othig better tha hearig the bells rigig out loud ad clear o Christmas morig I hope of those who live aroud the church agree! Those parishioers who live close to the church may have missed our traditioal celebratio of the arrival of the New Year - sadly this year we did ot have eough rigers to rig i 2016. Ica report the outcome of the Wester District quarter peal evet which took place over the weeked of November 20th to 22d whe 15 quarter peals were attempted i 9 differet towers. A great weeked was had by all ad 13 of the 15 attempts were successful. There were 3 attempts at Bob Doubles, 3 at Plai Bob Mior, 2 at Plai Bob Major, ad other attempts icluded Mixed Doubles, Superlative Surprise Major, Gradsire Triples, Lodo Surprise Mior, Boure Surprise Mior, Double Norwich Court Bob Major, ad Pudsey. A very impressive selectio of methods beig rug i oe district! Three of us from the Great Gaddesde bad took part by rigig i our ow tower. Je achieved her first quarter peal rigig the teor behid to a selectio of mixed doubles. Very well doe Je. I got my quarter rigig the umber 3 bell iside to Bob Doubles ad Val made sure we were well looked after rigig with us. I was lucky eough also to rig the treble to a quarter peal o the Trig bells. It is a big step doig a quarter peal it ivolves rigig cotiuously for about 45 miutes, keepig cocetratio ad focus while rememberig the patter ad progress of the method ad all the time tryig to produce perfect strikig ad regular rhythm. I maaged to do all of these thigs some of the time, but certaily ot all of it. I am remided of that great Morecambe ad Wise sketch where Eric poited out that he played all the right otes but ot ecessarily i the right order! O a more sombre ote, we rag our practice eveig o the 16th December with the bells half-muffled as a mark of respect followig the sudde ad uexpected death of Soia Wood, a well-kow ad respected member of the parish who has bee a log-stadig member of the church, also makig great cotributios to the woderful creatios of the flower team. She will be much missed ad we had the hoour to rig with the bells ope o Jauary 22d for the thaksgivig service which was a celebratio of Soia's life ad a opportuity for her may frieds ad family to share together i remembrace. 7

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Great Gaddesde CofE (VA) School For pupils aged 3-11 A belated Happy New Year from all at Great Gaddesde School. It has bee a busy start to 2016 with lots plaed for the Sprig Term. Alogside academic learig, childre are lookig forward to experiecig Drama Workshops, Theatre Trips, Martial Arts ad Football ad Netball Matches agaist other local schools. We are curretly i the process of traiig our Year Five ad Six pupils as Play Leaders. Our play-leaders will work i teams of three ad take oe luch-time a week to provide a activity/game for youger childre. This peer support will help to improve play provisio across the school ad help to esure pupils are gettig the most out of their luchtime breaks. As I write this i Jauary, the school has ot yet received our aticipated Ofsted Visit which was due i November 2015. We ow expect to be visited by Ofsted this term. We had some good ews back i December regardig our academic attaimet. We were delighted to discover that i the Departmet for Educatio s recetly published School League Tables for 2015, the school was placed 20th out of over five hudred schools i the whole of Hertfordshire for academic attaimet, which also puts us withi the top three schools i Dacorum! Our success was oted by a small metio i the Daily Telegraph. Last term Years Oe & Two leart about the Great Fire of Lodo. Their teacher Miss Groves has recouted their learig of a topic which captured may of their imagiatios. Years Three & Four wrote some fatastic Haikus based o celebratig the New Year, which are also featured i the ewsletter this moth. As a remider, i a Haiku, lies are 5, 7 ad 5 syllables log! The deadlie has ow passed for Receptio applicatios, but ew Nursery applicatios ca still be made directly to the school. The deadlie for ursery is 18th March 2016. The school cotiues to have two itakes for Nursery i September 2016 ad Jauary 2017. Please cotact the school if you would be iterested i a tour. Clare Rudd, Paret Goveror Learig i Year Oe ad Two from Miss Groves Last term i year oe ad two we leart all about The Great Fire of Lodo. We leart all about how the fire started i Puddig Lae ad spread through the city of Lodo. We read extracts from Samuel Pepys diary to fid out exactly what it was like i Lodo i 1666. Did you kow that he buried his cheese ad wie i his garde so the fire did t destroy it?! Smaller tha average pupil cohort umbers mea attaimet ca vary year-o-year much more tha it does i a larger school, but this result is a testamet to the hard work of the pupils ad staff at the school ad we are very proud of our achievemets! We created a class timelie ad placed the evets of the 4 days i chroological order, before discussig what life was like back i 1666. We also discussed the positives that came 9 (cot. P11)

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from The Great Fire of Lodo (there are a few!) The fire brigade was set up to help those i eed. Laws were passed to make safer houses built from brick ad stoe ad the streets of Lodo were cleaed o a more regular basis to help combat the spread of fire. We also liked our art topic of Light to our learig of The Great Fire of Lodo by creatig our ow fire pictures usig chalks ad other materials. We also leart about fire safety i the preset day. We talked about what to do ad who to call i a fire emergecy. We role played callig the emergecy services ad discussed how we ca keep ourselves safe at home ad school. Haikus from Years Three ad Four The cheerful school smiles The school shares forever ow I love school its cool! Easters comig soo! Flowers start to grow ad bloom Eggs are hidde ow Feella The ew lambs are here So are the cute butterflies I ca t wait for more The plats start to grow The duckligs start to waddle Horses prace ad dace Fish swim about ow Excitig thigs are outside Roses bloom ad grow Olivia Sprig is comig Blossoms have bloomed, lambs are bor Sushie comes, hooray! Hot su ad flowers Happiess throughout summer Moo shies bright at ight Su shies everywhere Moo sparkles o the ocea Celebratios spread New Year New people comig They are bor ito the world We ca celebrate Filey Sprig Daffodils have bloomed Cherry blossom o the trees Sprig is i the air Eleaor Big celebratios Growig aimals, ripe fruit Happiess aroud! Birds fly i the air Cherry blossom is comig Easter eggs are foud! Easter is comig Chocolate eggs ad piñatas Daffodils have bloomed Birds fly all aroud Happy people ca party Aimals come out Evagelie Immy 11

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Sprig Update Gaddesde Row JMI School o Headteacher: Mr. N Read www.gaddesderow.herts.sch.uk erts.sch.uk Gaddesde Row, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 6HG 01582 840376 admi@gaddesderow.herts.sch.uk derow.herts.sch.uk It s bee a busy start to 2016 at Gaddesde Row JMI School. We started the term with lauchig our ew approach to teachig ad learig: havig a growth midset. We believe that every pupil ca develop their abilities through effort, fort, persistece ad learig from mistakes. This way of thikig is called a growth midset ad developig it ca help make our pupils more resiliet for life. We have spet a lot of time teachig our pupils that although obody likes gettig thigs wrog, we should use these setbacks to motivate us. Challege ad effort fort meas we are learig ad growig our brais. The childre have loved learig about havig a growth midset ad as a result have set themselves some excellet e targets for the term. Followig o from the Christmas s seaso, we have bee overwhelmed by the respose from the local residets thakig gthe childre for their cards ad presets. I the last week of the autum term, the whole school walked to the local village to deliver hadmade Christmas cards ad baubles made by the childre. It was a delight to talk to the village about the school ad see the childre ejoy the gift of givig at Christmas. Log may the liks betwee the local commuity cotiue. 14

Parish Coucil meetigs 2016 Great Gaddesde Parish Hall 22d February 21st March 25th April 18th July 19th September 24th October 21st November Gaddesde Row Village Hall 23rd May 20th Jue All meetigs are o Modays ad commece at 8.00pm uless otherwise oted Veues subject to fial cofirmatio - always check the curret ewsletter Chairma: Vice-Chairma: Members: Clerk: The Parish Coucil Paul Harris Ady Thompso Jaice Brow Sarah-Jae Gree Marti Lidley Paul Sadford Malcolm Stodell Graham Cox 01442 258773 01442 843751 01442 247272 01442 843151 01442 200779 07767 075490 01582 840059 01442 255483 (For all equiries about the Parish Coucil ad local matters.) Coucil e-mail address is greatgaddesde@btopeworld.com Aythig published i this ewsletter does ot ecessarily reflect the views of the Parish Coucil Parish Coucil Website The Parish Coucil s ew website is ow available at www.greatgaddesdeparishcoucil.org.uk 15

We do try to keep a up to date list of birthdays. f ayoe wats to add ames to our Ilist or kows of people who have moved away ad could perhaps have their ames removed, please cotact: Sudha Bellarmie-Emes at The Plough, Jockey Ed Gaddesde Row e-mail - Gaddesde.Birthdays@gmail.com Names are ormally removed after the perso becomes 18, but we ca iclude special birthdays for ay age. February 2016 Eleaor Rudd 1st 8 Sam Garratt 2d 12 Blue Kempster 3rd 6 Aaro Timlett 6th 8 Frakie Vukovich 8th 15 Curtis Florido 10th 9 Freddie Blake 11th 11 Owe Chappell 12th 8 Harriso Oliver 16th 7 Harriso Osbore 17th 6 Kia Bolto 21st 4 Shyla O Neill 26th 13 Adrew Cope 28th 9 St Joh the Baptist Church, Great Gaddesde Motherig Suday with distributio of posies All Age Commuio Service 6th March, 10.30am All Welcome 16 DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT MARDCH 2016 ISSUE is 21st February aythig after the deadlie caot be icluded

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Parish Hall GAMES EVENING Friday19th February 7.30pm start As the village of Great Gaddesde (that is the area aroud the Church, Garde Cetre ad the Parish Hall) is missig that vital waterig hole ad we do ot have aywhere to socialise easily as a commuity, we are lookig to hold a games/pub eveig i the Parish Hall for our local commuity. The eveig will offer games such as Bigo, Play your Cards Right, Domioes, Crib etc. We would like you to joi i or just ejoy great compay over a glass of your favourite tipple. You ca brig your ow ibbles ad whatever you will be drikig. The eveig is predomiatly geared towards adults but we uderstad the issues aroud sitters so childre are welcome ad ca of course joi i the games but they are solely your resposibility ad will eed to sit with you. We would look to ru these eveigs o a regular basis if this oe is successful. Let us kow your thoughts ad if you ca make it. RSVP to greatgaddesdeparishhall@gmail.com Alteratively you ca call Carol o 01442 247720 18

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Gaddesde Estate News Farmig This witer has see so much rai that the groud is absolutely saturated. We have ot bee able to complete the spray programme yet. With luck coditios will improve eough for this to be carried out over the ext few weeks. The mai reaso for the curret sprayig is to elimiate the charlock growig i the fields sow to i the oilseed rape, the seed of which ca cotamiate the sample. Aother cosequece of the groud coditios is that it is ulikely that we will complete our hedgecuttig programme for this witer, bearig i mid that uder the ew rules of Cross Compliace we caot cut hedges after the ed of February. As a experimet we have sow part of a couple of fields with a cover crop of fodder radish. This will both act as a gree maure for a sprig crop ad with its log root we hope have a similar effect as deep cultivatio. I the meatime we had our aual ispectio from NSF Agriculture to eable us to remai compliat with the Assured Combiable Crops Scheme. As with all ispectios this ivolved a detailed check o all the grai ad other stores as well as a thorough check o all our paperwork. Luckily with the exceptio of oe mior techical observatio we have passed for aother year. It is a useful disciplie as the tidy-up sometimes reveals thigs which we eed to atted. Almost all of the 2015 crop has bee sold ad moved, though there are just a few lorry loads left, to be shifted this moth. Stella Frogley We were sad to lear of the death of Mrs Frogley, who died i Jauary. She was the secretary at the Home Farm for may years i the 1960s ad 1970s. She ad Gwe Tomli kept the office ruig smoothly durig some very busy times of farmig developmet. I those days before the advet of computers, they ra a very oisy NCR Accoutig Machie. Prior to harvest each year, Gwe used to orgaise a team of off duty fireme to joi the farm staff, walkig through the ripeig fields of wheat ad barley rougig the wild oat plats. A programme, which over the years, proved successful i reducig this pericious weed. Estate maiteace We are very busy at preset with property maiteace, both refurbishig houses ad cottages followig chages i occupatio, ad upgradig some of our commercial uits. Forestry We have ot yet fialised our programme for 2016. Most of our effort recetly has goe ito uderstadig ad completig the ew forestry maagemet plas, which sice the chages i the EU Commo Agricultural Policy the govermet, i their wisdom, has combied with the agricultural schemes. 21 NGH.

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February 2016 Suday 7th February, The Suday ext before Let Exodus 34: 29 ed; 2 Corithias 3:12-4:2; Luke 9: 28-36[37-43a] 9.00am Morig worship with Commuio by extesio Nettlede 9.00am Parish Commuio Little Gaddesde 10.30am Parish Commuio Great Gaddesde 6.00pm Evesog Little Gaddesde Wedesday 10th February, ASH WEDNESDAY 8.00pm Parish Commuio with Impositio of Ashes Nettlede Suday 14th February, The First Suday of Let Deuteroomy 26: 1-11; Romas 10: 8b-13; Luke 4: 1-13 9.00am Mattis Nettlede 9.00am Family Commuio Little Gaddesde 10.30am Family Commuio Great Gaddesde 6.00pm Evesog Little Gaddesde Suday 21st February, The Secod Suday ext of Let Geesis 15:1-12,17-18; Philippias 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-ed 8.00am Holy Commuio BCP Nettlede 9.00am Parish Commuio Little Gaddesde 10.30am Parish Commuio Great Gaddesde 6.00pm Evesog Little Gaddesde Suday 28th February, The Third Suday of Let Isaiah 55:1-9; 1Corithias 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9 9.00am Mattis Nettlede 9.00am Parish Commuio Little Gaddesde 10.30am Parish Commuio Great Gaddesde 6.00pm Evesog Little Gaddesde Suday 6th March, MOTHERING SUNDAY, The Fourth Suday of Let Exodus 2: 1-10: 2 Corithias 1: 3-7; Luke 2: 33-35 9.00am Morig worship with Commuio by extesio Nettlede 9.00am Family Commuio Little Gaddesde 10.30am Family Commuio Great Gaddesde 6.00pm Evesog Little Gaddesde WEEKDAY SERVICES Please check otice boards or pew sheet for ay variatios Tuesdays 9.00am Holy Commuio Great Gaddesde Thursdays 10.00am Holy Commuio Little Gaddesde Church Duty Rotas February Sidesme Reader Itercessios Feb 7 Sydey Specer-Wilso Susa Beale Susa Beale Feb 14 Susa Beale Sharo Mitchell Nick Halsey Feb 21 Michael Bayes Merli Howells Peter Diggle Feb 28 Jo Coell Val Mills Peter Kig Mar 6 Peter Kig Trevor Beale Gill Moore PRINTED BY HEMEL COPYPRINT, 102 LONDON ROAD, APSLEY 01442 212636 EDITOR MIKE CONNELL 01442 842981 mike@mpcoell.demo.co.uk