Wednesday 13th July saw Operation Red Rabbit, the 2011 Peak Five School’s Fun Day swing into action. A full school day of activities for the children of Parwich and Fitzherbert Primary Schools, organised by our local churches. The day was generously sponsored and supported by many local individuals and businesses. Thank you to all of you of you for helping create such a lovely day. For the full story and lots more photos see the church website. Rev’d Andy Larkin
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Dorset: day four.
More Theory, and a very long day. I crammed the last section, and I was still late leaving. Review #5, an exam and a further written examination: done and passed. My brain is fried!
I’m staying at The Villa on Brownsea Island, in Poole harbour. Walking back along the board walk, I saw deer in the edge of the marsh and a tern whilst waiting at the jetty. I’m tired… will write more tomorrow.
Tomorrow is tonight and I dislike diving intensely! I fought back tears in the pool; it’s tough. Almost drowned at the bottom, trying to clear my mask; coughing and spluttering at two and a half meters is not funny. On surfacing, I’m emotional. Lou asks me if I want to continue with the course, “because you don’t seem to be enjoying it”… Continue Reading »
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As in previous years, it would be great if parents/families could please bring along donations of party food for everyone to share.
If you are wondering what to bring, this may give you some idea. If you could bring a couple of items from the list, enough for your own children/family (or maybe a little more!) and then everyone shares, it should work out OK!
Sandwiches – Crisps etc – Veg sticks/salad – Cocktail sausages or other savouries – Cakes – Biscuits – Fruit
All hot drinks and soft drinks will be provided by the PTA.
If you have any questions, please ask Sam L (477), Sally P, or Mandy N.
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Update: Click here for previews of all this year’s acts.
This year’s Y-Not Festival takes place between Friday August 5th and Sunday August 7th, on Mouldridge Lane in Pikehall. There are three stages this year, and a line-up which includes Maximo Park, Feeder, The Go! Team, Jamie Woon, Viva Brother, New Young Pony Club, Art Brut, The Rifles, Miles Kane, Beardyman, Dananananaykroyd, The Duke Spirit, Wolf Gang and Benjamin Francis Leftwich.
Update: all tickets have sold out.
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IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.
The list will be updated again next month. Until then, you will be able to find it on the INFO page, via the SITE MAP, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section on the right hand side of this page.
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REMINDER: the balloon launch takes place tomorrow (Thursday), so this is your last chance to buy tickets!
Continuing with their 150th anniversary celebrations, Parwich Primary School are holding a Balloon Launch.
On Thursday 14th July, starting at 2pm, each of the fifty children will launch a balloon to celebrate education at Parwich Primary School.
Each Parwich Primary School child will be given a balloon, free of charge, to release on the afternoon. However, everyone else needs to purchase one!
This means that the school has 100 balloons to sell, to make this event a success!
Each balloon can be bought for a minimum donation of £2.
To be in with a chance to win, all you have to do is:
1. Click here to open the order slip, then print it off. Parents will already have received paper versions of the slip.
2. Fill in the slip, completing your details for the label as you want them to appear.
3. Turn up on Thursday July 14th at 2pm, to be part of a fab afternoon, with hope for a clear day.
4. Look forward to your balloon travelling the furthest, so you’re in with a chance of winning a first prize of £25, a second prize of £15, or a third prize of £10.
Anyone can purchase a balloon and there is no limit to the number you are permitted to buy.
All money raised goes towards our ‘Celebration Garden’ which will begin to take shape during September and October and will provide an amazing outdoor learning environment for all our children.
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As this year’s Big Butterfly Count is about to get underway, here is some more information about the project, which might appeal to anyone with an interest in nature conservation.
The Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide survey, which aims to help in assessing the health of our environment. 10,000 people took part last year, counting 210,000 butterflies and day-flying moths across the nation.
According to the Big Butterfly Count’s website:
Butterflies react very quickly to change in their environment, which makes them excellent biodiversity indicators. Butterfly declines are an early warning for other wildlife losses. That’s why counting butterflies can be described as taking the pulse of nature. The count will also assist in identifying trends in species that will help plan how to protect butterflies from extinction, as well as understanding the effect of climate change on wildlife.
This year’s count runs between 16th and 31st July.
To take part, simply count butterflies for fifteen minutes during bright (and preferably sunny) weather, at any time between 16th and 31st July. This can be done anywhere: gardens, fields, school grounds and so on. You also should try to identify the species of each butterfly you see.
Then register your findings on the Big Butterfly Count website: http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/
The website contains all the information that you will need about the Big Butterfly Count – including an illustrated chart, which you can print off and use while you’re counting.
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Dorset: day two.
I found my way to the medical centre over in Parkstone with one minute to spare. Blood pressure, pulse, heart and lungs. The result: fit for diving, with no restrictions. The Doc examines guys that dive to a depth of 200m – and here I am, thinking 2m is too deep!
There was light mist this morning and drizzle the rest of the day. I took a detour via Studland on my return, but didn’t stop. There are National Trust car parks everywhere, which makes things expensive on the ‘recce’ front.
On to the B&B and more study. The dive manual, chapter 4… and an afternoon nap?! I must be tired.
This evening I was invited to a bbq at the PADI centre. I met Eileen, the instructor who will be teaching me tomorrow evening, and chatted with a couple of ladies.
I need an Ordnance Survey Map, National Trust membership, and to work out where I can store my materials on the mainland to make it easier traveling back and forth to the island…
Dorset: day three.
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From the Community Messaging Service at Buxton Police Station.
A 13.2hands bright bay 20 year old pony went missing from his field near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, on Saturday 2nd July, 2011. Please ring 07775 676651 with any information regarding his disappearance or his present whereabouts. He is micro chipped. Continue Reading »
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Tracy M writes:
The Masquerade Ball has been postponed until the Autumn. Further information will be available shortly.
For anyone who has paid for tickets, your money can be given back to you or the tickets will still be valid for the re-scheduled ball in the autumn.
Would you please contact the original person that you purchased your tickets from, and they will be able to give you more information.
Anyone who has purchased raffle tickets can be assured that these also will go forward to be drawn on the re-scheduled evening.
If you wish to contact me for more information, you can do so on 390552.
Thank you,
Tracy
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Everyone is invited to the Open Meeting on Community Renewable Energy, tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7.45pm in the Memorial Hall.
The meeting will be lead by John Youatt. Although he will cover the points below, it is a meeting set up to enable our village to find out more about how we can help ourselves with becoming more sustainable – something which becomes ever more relevant as energy prices continue to rise.
1. Formation of Sustainable Youlgrave : why & how
2. Access to grants for feasibility studies for larger communities projects such as Alport hydro scheme, Friden AD plant
3. Help & support for individual projects, eg solar/pv on house roof
4. Government policies, eg Feed-in-Tariffs
5. Planning difficulties
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Any queries please contact
Paul Beckett, South Area Maintenance
Derbyshire County Council
Tel: (01629) 538585
E-mail: paul.beckett@derbyshire.gov.uk
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I have 2 tickets for Sunday 17th July 10.30am at the Buxton Festival (excellent seats 2nd row)
Will Hutton – Them and Us: Politics, Greed and Inequality
17 July, 10.30am. Opera House
Will Hutton’s latest book shows how our society has fragmented into inequality and sets out a powerful and brilliantly argued call for a fair society. His heartfelt campaign is for no less than a radical transformation of Britain, from its political system, media, and its over-reliance on big finance to the very values we live by. Writer, columnist and former editor of The Observer, Will Hutton musters convincing arguments for political change based on a firm moral framework, and his book is certain to inform the current affairs agenda for some time to come.
Tickets: £10
Please let me know if you can use them.
Martin Compton – martin@orchidserve.com
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Parwich artist Esther Tyson is working on a project to immortalise the seahorses of Dorset in art – but first of all, she has to learn to swim underwater. Esther’s project diary continues below…
Dorset: day one.
I’m tired; it’s been a long day starting with a drive around Holton Heath Trading Estate looking for a PADI sign. In actual fact it began earlier with a full English breakfast, but that was an unexpected treat due to a double booking on the accommodation front.
9.41am, a cup of tea and we jump right in to Chapter One of the dive manual: The Underwater World, followed by Dive Equipment, Scuba Systems, The Buddy System and Confines Water Dive Preview. At the end of each chapter there is a two page knowledge review and I’m tested.
Chapters Two and Three are long. They cover: Adapting to the Underwater World, Respiration, Dive Equipment, Buddy System: Communication and Procedures, Confined Water Dive Preview, The Dive Environment, Dive Planning, Boat Diving, Problem Management, Confined Water Dive Preview, General Open Water Skills, Open Water Dives 1 and 2.
The objectives are covered; I fill out the self-assessment and take three short exams.
I’m done in. Lunch, another mug of tea and we plough on with the practical side of things. We look at the different masks on show and check for fit, the snorkel, boots and fins. I try on a semi-dry wetsuit. Boy, it’s tough to pull on. How I’d fasten it on my own, I don’t know! My suit may be a cerise/purple, rather than the red of the dive center. I had hoped to be coordinated – but just when I’d pondered the red and black theme, I’m now red, cerise and yellow! Where’s the pot of gold?
We stand side by side to set up our gear. In front of me is the tank filled with compressed clean air, a BCD and some regs. I copy the routine of putting the equipment together then pack up. It’s now my turn to set up without help; did it all sink in? This was one of the steps I thought would be difficult, but having repeated the process a couple of times it now seems quite simple. This is good!
We finished at 6pm, and I’ve spent the last two hours walking in the edge of the surf, along the beach in Swanage. Revitalizing! And there is so much pink along the tide line…!
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Here are last week’s readings:
|
Rainfall in mm |
Pressure in Mb (am) |
Pressure in Mb (pm) |
Temperature in ºC |
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Max |
Min |
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Sun 3 |
0.0 |
1017.4 |
1019.9 |
24.1 |
9.1 |
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Mon 4 |
0.0 |
1018.8 |
1017.5 |
24.3 |
14.4 |
|
Tue 5 |
0.9 |
1015.3 |
1010.0 |
22.0 |
11.7 |
|
Wed 6 |
5.8 |
1005.5 |
1004.6 |
18.1 |
11.2 |
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Thu 7 |
1.8 |
1002.6 |
1003.2 |
18.6 |
11.3 |
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Fri 8 |
2.2 |
1002.7 |
1003.6 |
17.9 |
9.4 |
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Sat 9 |
0.4 |
1006.3 |
1016.0 |
22.2 |
11.0 |
|
Total |
11.2 |
Average |
21.03 |
10.88 |
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Our weatherman on the hill says:
A little warmer and sunnier in the coming week with a shower or two on Thursday.
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| What’s on Where this Week |
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| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 10.30am-noon | Club Tennis | Tennis Courts |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2pm | Pikehall Harness Racing | Pikehall |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Monday | 6.30pm | Bowls Club Practice Night | Bowling Green |
| Tuesday | 7.45pm | Public Meeting- Sustainability – As a community & as householders |
Memorial Hall |
| Tuesday | 7.30pm | Safer Neighbourhood Meeting | Bradbourne Village Hall |
| Wednesday | 8.30am-3.30pm | Operation Red Rabbit: school fun day | School/Tissington |
| Wednesday | 9.30am | Trip to Felley Priory Garden & Hebb’s Farmhouse Please book your ticket |
Meet by The Green |
| Wednesday | 2pm | Pilates for the Over 60s | Memorial Hall |
| Wednesday | 6.30pm 7.30pm |
Pilates followed by Pilates for the Youth |
Memorial Hall |
| Thursday | 2pm | 150th Anniversary Balloon Launch | Parwich School |
| Thursday | 6-7pm | Circuit Training Cancelled |
Memorial Hall |
| Saturday & Sunday | 1.30 – 5.30pm | Winster Open Gardens | Winster |
| Saturday | 8pm | Masquerade Ball Postponed until the Autumn |
Memorial Hall |
| Sunday | 10am | Family Service | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 10am | Ashbourne Highland Gathering | The Rec, Cokayne Ave, Ashbourne |
| Sunday | 10.30am-noon | Club Tennis | Tennis Courts |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
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Another extremely successful Wakes Week is over and thanks must go to everyone who took part, spectators, participants, organisers and helpers, but without the hard work of the committee who meet, plan and co-ordinate the events we wouldn’t have this amazing week. So special thanks to Kerry Allsop, Janet Bainbridge, Sandra Chadfield, Roger Cundy, Liz Edge, Denis Laycock, Alan & Barbara Lowes, Paula Lynam, Sharon Swindell and Karen Wigley.
Next year’s Wakes begins on Saturday 30th June 2012.
The rest of this article contains all the Wakes posts and is a shortcut to any event or photo you may have missed. Continue Reading »
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Well done to everyone who took part, here are the results from Monday evening.
FLAT RACES
1. Girls 9-10 – 50 yards
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This week’s extended, two-page school newsletter is the last of the school year.
Please click here to open it.
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The Masquerade Ball is scheduled to taked place on Saturday July 16th. Tickets are priced at £20, and they can be purchased from Tracy Marshall, Mandy Noble or Sally Peat. Alternatively, please ring 01335 390552 for further details.
Message from the organisers:
Ticket sales for this event, for whatever reason, have been very slow and we are becoming concerned as to whether this event should take place or not.
If you are interested in attending The Masquerade Ball and have not yet purchased your tickets, would you please do by TONIGHT, so that we can assess whether to proceed with the event or whether to cancel or postpone it to a later date.
It would be incredibly disappointing to cancel or postpone, as we have put a great deal of effort into organising this event to co-inside with Parwich Primary School’s 150th year anniversary.
Due to lack of government funding, the PTA work very hard to raise money for the school to ensure that the children do not miss out on their educational needs, by raising money for educational trips, books etc.
So, please support this event if you can. We promise it will be a fantastic evening with exceptional food, a magician, music and wine! The only stipulation is a mask (which you don’t have to wear all evening) and no jeans or trainers (you don’t need a ball gown or tuxedo to have a good time).
BUT: please don’t forget buy your tickets by tonight – Friday July 8th.
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Before starting on this week’s informative and knowledgeable details of the results of the league team a few words on the Bowls Extravaganza which took place on Wednesday night. We all thought, considering it was organised chaos, that it went off really well. Some of the participants were very good indeed. We will have to see if we can organise something else later in the year. Perhaps we can try and persuade some adults to have a go. Well done to all concerned. It was fabulous to see the bowling green so full!
Turning to the informative and knowledgeable details for this week, we lost both matches. We will have to get some of the children to play for us.
Tuesday league -5 July – Home – Lafarge.
Last week was not good, this week was somewhat worse. The only consolation is that Lafarge are a much bigger club than us and have more players. The other factor of course is they played better than we did. We were exactly half way in the league. No doubt we have dropped down into the bottom half.
Next match 12 July – Away – Chatsworth.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League – 7 July – Away – Wirksworth.
Again this week we did not do well in the doubles games, losing all three again. One game however was only a narrow defeat. We did alright in the singles though, winning 4 of the 6 and only just losing in the other two. The result though was 129 to Wirksworth and 111 to us.
Next match 14 July – Home – Chatsworth.
John B
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LEWIS NOBLE STUDIO
SUMMER SCHOOL 1-5 AUG 2011
A full week of drawing and painting tuition with Lewis Noble in the glorious Derbyshire landscape.
The session will be a complete course involving drawing and painting direct from the landscape. Developing the use of sketchbooks to boost your creativity and working with drawings and sketches to produce finished studio work. Continue Reading »
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This year our village celebrates the anniversary of the building and opening of the School in 1861. Working in co-operation with the School we have arranged a special evening.
6pm – School Open – for everyone to look around
7.30pm – Slide Show of old pictures of Parwich School, including the Green Goddess’s TV visit in the 1980s
8.30pm – Cheese, Wine & Pate – an opportunity to chat and reminisce.
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If you fancy a Spa Day, which includes
* 55-minute Decléor massage or facial
* 30-minute manicure or pedicure
* Light lunch
* Full use of all spa facilities, including the heated indoor pool, sauna, steam room, fitness suite and relaxation room
* Complimentary robe and slippers to use throughout the day
is reduced from £102 to £49 and is available until the end of the year, then read on…
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Yesterday saw a record number of hits on Parwich.org, reaching a massive total of 2363 in just one day!
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Hi to all at Parwich.
Myself and my family {26 in total} including grand children, are looking to holiday in your village. Can anyone suggest suitable accommodation for us in your area? We are looking at a two month stay: August and September, or November and December.
We don’t mind our party staying in separate cottages etc.
Kind regards, Vicky Hamilton – vickyhamilton19@yahoo.co.uk
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For the full Wakes Programme click here
7pm – The Ball Race – on Pump Hill 
Tickets £1 available all week
Great Prizes available:
1st Prize – £75
2nd Prize – £50
3rd Prize – £10
7.15pm – Children’s Film Show in the Memorial Hall, after the Ball Race.
“A wonderful animated film about two garden gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, who try to avoid tragedy and find a happy ending to their star-crossed love affair when they are caught up in a feud between neighbours. Featuring the voices of Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, James McAvoy, Maggie Smith, and a soundtrack by Elton John. (Certificate U) . Free admission and refreshments.
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Here’s one for the parents and grandparents. We have included as many photos as possible from Monday night’s Sports.
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Just a reminder for those of you who reserved a place on the Parwich and District Horticultural Society trip to Felley Priory and Hebb’s Farm on Wednesday 13th July. The coach will leave Parwich at 9.30am from the Green, and return at approx 5.30pm.
If you have booked a place and now cannot make it please contact Glynis on 561 as there is a reserve list.
Lets hope the sun shines!
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Circuit Training has been cancelled tomorrow night because the Hall is in use for the Children’s Film.
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This afternoon and both evening pilates classes are cancelled tonight because of Wakes. So take the opportunity instead to join in the Wakes Bowling Extravaganza and the Golf Target Competition at 7pm on Parsons Croft.
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To enlarge the individual photos of the runners, click on each picture. Continue Reading »
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Pilates for the Over 60′s has been cancelled tomorrow afternoon because of Wakes Week.
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