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The School Run
The children should be adjusting to life in their new class or school and we have all had a chance to mourn the loss of summer. The nights are
now drawing in, the leaves are falling from the trees and it’s time to dig out your jumpers and boots and get ready for autumn. Halloween falls in the half term break this year so it’s the perfect reason to dress up, bake cakes and have a party.
Shops will be stacked to the rafters with cheap Halloween costumes, tableware and decorations so it’s relatively inexpensive to create a “spooky” setting for your party. Children love to go trick or treating and Halloween is fun for many but some people do not like to participate so only visit houses with obvious Halloween decorations outside and be always take care around candles and pumpkins especially in fancy dress!
Here are some simple tips to make your party fabulously freaky:
Have some easy Halloween crafts for younger guests, cut out simple bat or spider shapes from black card and supply glue, glitter and sprinkles to decorate. There are lots more great party ideas at celebrations.com Decorate a pumpkin by drawing a stencil (or download free designs online), once you’ve hollowed your pumpkin you need to attach the stencil and use a cocktail stick to poke holes around the shape. Remove the stencil and carve out your design. Add a tea light and you’re good to go (make a hole in the top of your pumpkin to allow heat to escape
Getting Ready for Autumn Dawn Copsey
up to four children are guaranteed a full day out for just £25, the Museum is open from 11am-4.30pm every day during half-term. Check out miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk for more info.
There will be pumpkin carving at The Natural History Museum in Tring on 29 October, with 30-minute sessions at 17.30, 18.00 and 18.30. Tickets £3 (advance booking required), suitable for ages 5+. Carve a spooky pumpkin to light your way through Tring Park with the Woodland Trust’s lantern walk. Look at nhm.ac.uk/visit/tring/ for more info and to book.
The Roald Dahl museum in Great Missenden has lots of fun half term activities, including Mrs Pratchett’s sweetie bowl decorating and Witchy hand holder’s photo frame making. Events need to be booked in advance and are charged in addition to the usual museum entry fee. Look at roalddahl.com/museum for more information.
Whatever you do this half term: have fun, be safe and don’t eat too many sweets!
Royal British Legion
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age Shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
and the lid won’t catch fire).
Make meringue “ghosts” - using homemade or shop brought meringues, make little holes for eyes and a mouth with a cocktail stick, fill with black food colouring for a simple treat. For the visiting trick or treaters you can create “bat” lollies by cutting out simple shapes and poking a lolly through, use a cardboard box for display.
There are lots of “out and about” activities during half term too:
Milton Keynes Museum hosts five days of holiday activities geared to young visitors. From 26-30 October there’ll be demonstrations, displays, and dozens of fun things to do as the Museum does its bit to occupy young and old while school is out. Extraordinary science demonstrations with Professor Beamish, fantastic magic lantern shows and the irresistible hands-on Connected Earth gallery where the story of how we communicate is told. Two adults and
Great War Remembrance
The First World War brought immeasurable tragedy to families across the UK, who lost their sons, husbands and fathers to the trenches.
Here, we will publish the names of the fallen, from our
local war memorials, exactly 100 years ago to the month.
Having worked with the Royal British Legion, we have the names of the men, alongside their unit and rank, below.
Name
William Allen Harry Warren William Coey Walter Burnell Charles Johnson William Earl
Douglas Bowers Amos Hall George Sear
Date of Death Age
01/10/15 20 03/10/15
05/10/15 24 06/10/15 21 09/10/15
13/10/15
15/10/15 20 22/10/15 20 30/10/15 19
Rank
Private Rifleman Lance corporal Private
Private
Acting Corporal
Private Private Private
Unit
“A”, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 6th Btn, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s) 6th Btn, Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry
7th Btn, Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry
9th Service Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Btn, Royal Berks Rgmnt
(Princess Charolotte of Wales’)
1/6th Btn, South Stafs Regiment
Btn, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 2nd Btn, Hampshire Regiment.
Memorial
Stevington
Stoke Goldington Castlethorpe Newport Pagnell Olney
Newport Pagnell
Grendon Bradwell Milton Keynes
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