Lovely Charing - Kent

Village Barn Dance

From the desk of Charing Primary School PTFA:

Polish your cowboy boots…dust off your hat and come to the
VILLAGE BARN DANCE in the School Hall
on Saturday 1^st October at 7.30pm

Tickets £10, includes a hot supper. Please bring your own drinks
Prizes for the best dressed cowboy and girl (dressing up not compulsory!)
Tickets £10 from Mrs Long in the School Office Tel: 01233 712 277

Proceeds to Charing Primary School PTFA

Charing 10k - 2011

*** Saturday 3rd September. The 2011 Charing 10K ***

After a successful debut last year, it is just one week until the Charing 10K returns to our village!

The Children’s race is at 10.30, swiftly followed by the start of the 10K race on the School Field.
250 runners are expected to pound along School Road, up the High Street, into Pett Lane and off towards Westwell, before climbing the ‘little hill’ and returning through the woods and back into the village to the Finish Line at School!

Please come and support the runners on their way! Last year the speediest completed the course in an impressive 35 minutes, those of us who preferred a more leisurely pace returning somewhat after this!

We had some very positive feedback from the runners last year, complimenting our pretty village and our very enthusiastic and helpful marshals! If you want to take part and haven’t applied yet, you can enter online at www.runnersworld.co.uk/events or www.nice-work.org.uk .

If running is not for you, but you would like to help marshal on the day, or if you have any questions, please get in touch with Pip Tanton at ict@charing.kent.sch.uk.

This is a fun village event which we hope everyone will enjoy, with race profits going to Charing Primary School PTFA.

PS: Competitors car parking is on the School Field

Lazy Boot Fair

From Charing Primary School PTFA

'Lazy' as it has a much later start than usual!)

Saturday 2 July, 10 am start - Charing Primary School Field. entry via School Road

For pitches, please call 01233 639046 or email joannaastbury@sky.com

Pitch Price:

• £ 7 for cars
• £ 10 for vans or cars with trailer

Pitch set up from 9 am (no commercial sellers please)

PFTA Charing Primary School

When visiting the fair by car, please do not block normal traffic or commercial parking places on School Road/High Street. (Local bus service needs to be able to get through!)
Parking available behind Brenchley Mews Estate off School Road

Odd Man Out Competition 2011

Back by popular demand! Charing Primary School PTFA would like to organise the ‘Odd Man Out Competition’ again this year.

The competition runs during the week leading up to the Church Fete (which is on the 18^th June), encouraging families to visit the shops, further publicise the Church Fete, raise funds for our school, and above all is a fun activity for local children too!

The support from our local shops and businesses was fantastic last year, and the children loved looking for the ‘Odd’ item in the windows.

Odd Man Out 2011 Key Facts!!

• The shops/businesses that are participating put something that they DO NOT sell (an 'ODD' item) somewhere in their shop window, (and a small poster to say they are taking part.)
• Entry forms are £1 (available from the school office), and between 10^th & 17^th June children look in the shop windows and try and identify what the 'ODD' item is.
• The winning entrant is pulled out of a hat (of correctly completed entries) and presented with a prize at the Church Fete on June 18^th.
• The PTFA provide the prize (unless a Trader would like to donate one!) Many thanks to Saddlers Estate Agent who donated the prize last year.
• The competition is open to all children whether or not they live in the village or attend Charing Primary School

Calling Charing businesses to join

The more "Odds" there are, the merrier this popular Competition will be.

All businesses that have participated in the past will be contacted by the PTFA to see if they are again happy to join in, others are invited to contact the PTFA to join in the fun this year too!

Lisa Bellamy
Secretary Charing Primary School PTFA

Your local village Pre-School is now recruiting

CHARING PRE-SCHOOL 5 POSITIONS AVAILABLE:

• 2 x Pre-School part time Assistants (level 2 qualified) to work 10.5 hours a week
• 2 x lunch time supervisors to work 5 hours a week.
• 1 x Emergency Cover Assistant – temporary part time

For application form and full job descriptions for these positions please contact the Managers on 01233 714000 or email managers@charingpreschool.co.uk

Charing Pre-School is located at Victorian Hall, Charing Primary School, School Road, Charing (if arriving by car, please park at village parking behind Brenchley Mews, off School Road)

Open: Monday – Friday 9.00 – 3.30pm
Age Groups: 2* - 5 years

* Spaces are limited for 2-2½ year olds in each session

Closing date for applications: Friday 25th March 2011

Bumps, Baby's and Toddlers welcome at Charing Tots

Pregnant mum's and parents with children up to school age are warmly invited to join Charing Tots.

Every Wednesday mornings 10-11.30 in the Charing Primary School Hall.

It costs £1.50 per family and includes messy play, active movement, arts and crafts and an opportunity for parents to mix with others

Come along to Messy Play at 26 January and Active Moment on 2 March.

For more information contact Vicky on 07920053297 or Dawn (Community Involvement Worker) on 07827870508

Update Feb 2012: times from 9.30 - 11.30am (£.150 donation)

Note: if you come by car, please park at the Village parking behind Brenchley Mews, so School Road is kept safe and private/client parking at local business on School Road are not blocked in.

Big day for Charing Pre-School

From the Charing Pre-school desk:

Friday 12th November is a big day for Charing Pre-School. In the morning at 11.30am we have our official opening ceremony with Damian Green MP.

In late August, the Pre-School completed their move from the Sports Pavilion on the Charing Playing Fields to new upgraded facilities at the 'Victorian Hall' adjacent to the village Primary School. Damian will be looking at the new premises, meeting children, parents, staff and honorary guests.

Pamper your self and raise funds at the same time:

In the evening the Pre-School are holding their first fundraising event in the form of a Pamper Evening, taking place in the Parish Hall on Station Road from 7-10pm. Therapists will offer luxury treatments from Indian Head Massage to Reflexology. There will be gift stalls, a raffle and refreshments. We would love to see as many villagers attending as possible. Tickets can be purchased in advance from the Pre-School or on the door on the evening at £3.50 each or 2 for £6.

Please call Catherine Legg for more information on 714620.

Charing 10k run: over 150 runners registered already

From Charing Primary School PTFA:

We currently have 150+ runners registered for the 10k race on 4 September and Nice-work who are organising the event on our behalf hop that there will be 200 runners on the day!

Car parking will be on the school field and a temporary rolling road closure has been applied for from the Hight Street/School Road junction along Pett Lane before the race joints the Pilgrims Way (in the village, the closure will be for about 10 minutes).

We hope the race will provide an opportunity to bring visitors into the village.

A thank you to everyone who donated prizes.

Below you'll find the route, click on the image for enlargement.

The 10K run leaves Charing School Playing field at 10.30am (Children's 1 mile running race on the playing field - entrance fee payable - starts at 10.15am)

Come and support the runners along the route!

And a kind request from the PTFA and Nice-work, try to avoid parking in School Road on Saturday 4 September - stewards will be on hand to direct you to alternative parking.

The Charing 10k is coming....

Charing Primary School PFTA in conjunction with NiceWork are organising a 10k running race, (and 1 mile children's race) on

SATURDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2010

We are hoping this will become an annual community event, and fundraiser for the school.

All local businesses are invited to be involved in some way. Possible ideas are:

• Entering the race!
• Have a FREE stand on the day (with a suggested donation of 10% of any takings)
• Perhaps donate a prize of a bottle of wine (we haven 30+ prizes to purchase)
• Could you be a Marshall? We need 30 adult volunteers to direct runners and man water stations.
• We are open to other ideas if there is some other way you'd like to be involved!

What are we fundraising for?

Many of you will have seen the huge amount of work that has been undertaking over the last 12 months on the school grounds, both to the interior of the classrooms and also externally. One of our priorities now is to extend and resurface the main playground, and improve the playground equipment for the older children. We are extremely fortunate to have such fantastic outside space and want to maximise its use.

How to get in touch?

If you would like to be involved or find out more, please contact Pip Tanton in the School Office on 01233 - 712277, or email ict@charing.kent.sch.uk

If you would like to enter the race you can do so online at www.runnersworld.co.uk, www.nice-work.org.uk, or pick up an entry form at the school office.

As ever we greatly value the support that our local businesses provide to the school

Yours sincerely

Mrs Pip Tanton, on behalf of the Charing Primary School PTFA

(Click on the image to view the large poster you will no doubt will see popping up in Charing windows soon.)

The Return of "The Odd Man Out"

Last years successful Odd Man Out competition is about to return to our village shops and businesses.

The CBA received the following pre-announcement:

As discussed, following the success of the 'Odd Man Out' Competition last year, Charing Primary School PTFA (Parent, Teacher and Friends Association) would like to organise this event again this year.

We would like to run the competition in the week leading up to the Church Fete, encouraging families to visit the shops, further publicise the Church Fete, and raise much needed funds for our school, and provide some fun for local children too!

It was fantastic how the shops and businesses entered into the spirit of the competition last year and I know my children loved it.

 

I would be very grateful if you could publicise this to your members, and on the website, I have put a brief description of how it works below!!

 

Odd Man Out Key Facts!!

 

• The shop/businesses that are participating put something that they DO NOT sell (an 'ODD' item) somewhere in their shop window
• The children of the village pay for an entry form, and over the period of a week look in all the windows and try and identify what the 'ODD' item is
• We would like to run the competition in the week leading up to the Church Fete with the winning entrant pulled out of a hat (of correctly completed entries) and presented with a prize at the Church Fete
• The PTFA would provide the prize (unless a Trader would like to donate one!) Many thanks to Wood You Like who donated last years prize.
• The competition will be open to all children whether or not they live in the village or attend Charing Primary School

Many thanks in advance, for your continued support of our school.

Lisa Bellamy - for the PTFA

(A number of CBA members have already confirmed their participation - but of course we won't tell you who!)