Page 73 - Phonebox Magazine April 2011

Museum Matters
The Museum is now open for the 2011 season and visitors can take advantage of the coupons below for discounts on admission and shop purchases until the end of the month.
From mid-April the Museum is marking the Royal Wedding with its Exhibition of Wedding Dresses. Come and see how fashions have
changed through the decades, compare them with THE wedding of 2011 and read the accounts of past nuptials.
Over the Easter weekend (Saturday and Monday) there will be an Easter Trail (entry £1.50) with prizes for all participants, as well as a chance to make Easter crafts. Refreshments will be served in the courtyard.
The Friends’
AGM will take
place on Thursday
28th April at 7.30pm at the Museum. Once business is concluded there will be a chance for Friends to visit the Wedding Dress Exhibition and enjoy a glass of wine and some nibbles.
The Cowper and Newton Museum
2 for 1 Entry
On presentation of this voucher any adult paying the full entry price of £4 may claim FREE admission for one accompanying adult, concession or child aged 5-16.
Valid until end of April 2011
The Cowper and Newton Museum
10% off any shop purchase
On presentation of this voucher you will receive 10% off your total sales in our shop.
Valid until end of April 2011
News from Lavendon School
Pancake Day
Excitement once again heightened at Lavendon School at the thought of those delicious pancakes being cooked. Mrs Van Riel (LSA) kindly cooked and helped to serve the 110 pancakes. Each child had the choice of four tasty toppings; some children returned their request slips with all four boxes ticked! Needless to say the event was very successful. In the afternoon the excitement carried on as we held pancake races for each class. Due to strong winds across the playground the pancakes seemed to have a mind of their own flying out of the frying pans much to the dismay of those racing.
Lavendon School is 136 years old
In March Lavendon School celebrated being a total of 136 years old. The school first opened in 1875 in what is now the Railway Nursery building where it remained until 1971 when the current school building was finished.
In celebration of 40 years in this building, the school is holding an open morning where everyone is welcome to come into school and have a look round. Each school class has studied a different decade – 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. News on how the open morning went and photographs will appear in the next edition of the Phonebox.
Class 1 and Class 2 Lavendon Village Walk
Class 1 and Class 2 enjoyed their walk round Lavendon Village; the walk had been planned earlier in the term but sadly the weather was dreadful so the outing had to be cancelled. Each child was given a clip board with a map of Lavendon attached to it showing the buildings and places of interest. The children enjoyed identifying different buildings and places on the map whilst looking at the layout of the village; the favorites being the church and of course the playground.
On their return to school each child was given a blank map of Lavendon Village and asked to put pictures of the buildings they had seen in the correct place.
This was great fun!
Would you interested in becoming a mid day supervisor at Lavendon School? A vacancy has arisen for a mid day supervisor to join the friendly staff at Lavendon. The position is for 3 lunchtimes per week: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday lunchtimes from 11:50 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. If you are interested in applying, even for one day a week, or would like more information please contact the school on 01234 712680.
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