Papplewick School, Windsor Road, Ascot. www.papplewick.org.uk Mrs Rebecca Lindley, on 01344-621488 at registrar@papplewick.org.uk
Amongst the huge range of activities on offer at Papplewick, members of the Charity Club have been learning about philanthropy and the importance of social action. Three year 7 boys wrote their ideas about the aims of the club and suggested visiting a local care setting. They were asked to research tasks and found a local care home gaining an understanding of the service users and the organisation and present their findings to Ms Hutchings who runs the club. The care home chosen was Larklands in Ascot. Contact was made with the manager and she was happy to accept the offer of a weekly visit by the boys.
On Thursday 3rd November the three boys Lorcan, Haruki and Elijah with Ms Hutchings were welcomed by the Manager who spoke to the boys about dementia as an illness in general and then spent 50 minutes in the communal area talking to residents, their families and some of the staff. They spoke to some fascinating residents and heard about their lives and interesting careers, and in turn answered questions about school life at Papplewick and their own lives over chocolate biscuits and squash. The boys and residents are thoroughly enjoying this and their next visit they were able to congratulate a resident who had turned 100 in April hearing all about her stories of living in New York City many years ago.
Read more: Papplewick Charity Club Visits Larkland House Ascot 
Charters students take part in Prince's Trust Enterprise Challenge
As part of Charters School’s thriving Careers Programme, students in Year 9 took part in The Prince's Trust's Enterprise Challenge on Monday 14 November, when they were able to build their own virtual businesses.
Over 100 students took part in the initiative which was led by trained mentors throughout an entire school day. The students were split into teams and were tasked with developing a virtual pop-up shop, developing their ideas around what should be sold, their profit margins, target market and marketing initiatives. Their choices were then entered into a business simulation game, which enabled them to virtually run their business ides and discover which teams would make the most profit, attract the most customers and crucially have the most sustainable and ethical values.
Read more: Charters Students In Prince's Trust Enterprise Challenge
Local dog photographer and dog lovers from Windsor & Ascot raised £1,350 for a Berkshire charity through their fundraiser in 2022
Millers Image Limited, the Ascot and Windsor UK based specialist dog photographers, announced today the launch of their book “Tails of Windsor & Ascot”, the completion of their fundraising project for a Berkshire based charity.
Tails of the World is an international group of professional pet photographers, each celebrating the dogs of their region with their own “Tails of . . .” fundraising coffee table book. Back in February of this year, MIL Pet Photography was selected into the international collaborative to create Tails of Windsor & Ascot.
Pictured Above: Winning Entry by Daniel - KS4
Students at Charters School have been busy capturing unique images for their House Photography competition. At Charters all students and staff are divided into three Houses; Bulldogs, Panthers and Eagles. These Houses provide students with a host of opportunities to contribute to and get involved with. From events and competitions to Sports Day, the House system promotes the school’s motto of Unity Respect Excellence and strengthens the bond between students and staff who share the same House.
Read more: Charters | Stunning Images Produced for House Photography Competition 
On Friday 11th November, Charters School in Sunningdale fell silent to mark Remembrance Day.
Standing in year groups, the entire school joined together to remember the nation’s service men and women who have died in the line of duty.
Poems were read by the Head Boy and Girl, before the Last Post was played. Students and staff fell silent for two minutes before the silence was broken by the playing of the Rouse. A wreath of poppies was then laid by two Sixth Form students. As the students returned to lessons, they passed an art installation of a giant poppy, which was created from patchwork squares of material.
After the service, the wreath was moved to the foot of the school’s Tree of Remembrance; an English Oak tree that was donated to the school by Hillier Garden Centre to mark the centenary of the Great War in 2018.
Read more: Charters School Remembers 2022
Further to the big public meeting at Ascot Racecourse pavilion, on November 7th, Patrick Griffin - Chairman of the Sociaety for the Protection of Ascot & Environs (SPAE), has written to local councillors and MP, alerting them to the very strong community objection to London Square's plans for Ascot High Street. See below to read SPAE's letter. CLICK HERE for full report of meeting
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14th November 2022
To Mr Andrew Johnson, Leader of the Council
CC Adam Afriyie MP, Cllr David Hilton, Cllr Julian Sharpe, Cllr John Story, Cllr Sayonara Luxton, Cllr Christine Bateson, Cllr Phil Haseler
Dear Mr Johnson,
Over 200 residents attended a public meeting on Monday, 7th November, at Ascot Racecourse to discuss the Planning Application for Ascot Centre (Application 22/01971).
A public meeting was held on 7th November at Ascot Race Course (Pavilion Room) to consider developemnt plans for Ascot High street site.
Hundreds of angry Ascot residents turned out on a wet November night to consider London Square’s Plans for housing, commercial and open space, on the wooded area behind Ascot Fire Station, south of the High Street, access off Station Hill (planning application (22/01971) ).
After a very clear and informative presentation by Patrick Griffin (Chairman of the Society for the Protection of Ascot & Environs - SPAE) and former solicitor, Martin Baker, the meeting voted overwhelmingly for the motion:”After careful consideration of the facts, the meeting strongly objects to the planning application submitted for Ascot centre and calls on the Council to reject it.”
Patrick Griffin explained that the proposal is for development of the 2.77 hectares of land (owned by Ascot Central Car Parks –ACCP), accessed from Station Hill, with 137 dwellings , 3,261 m2 commercial/retail, open space and loss of 46 out of 115, good specimen oaks and sweet chestnut trees.
The presentation described the application as ‘very seriously flawed’ for many reasons - firstly because 137 houses is nearly half the total 300 dwellings, allocated for the whole 12.3 hectares of Ascot High Street development land (Policy AL16), set out in the Local Plan, approved in February. So completely out of proportion to the eventual whole!
If the London Square development is permitted, at this density of around 50 dwellings per hectare (dph), as opposed to the envisioned 25 dph, there is a surely a risk that AL16 as a whole, will end up with twice the allocated 300 dwellings, at least! Similarly, the London Square site is taking half the allocation of commercial units, on only one fifth of the whole AL16 site!
Read more: Angry Public Meeting Rejects High Street Planning Application