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Charters School in Sunningdale has recently received a set of new rugby posts from Leading Outcomes, a local consultancy company that specialises in delivering projects, programmes and transformation activities to help businesses achieve their objectives.

The donation, which will support the development of grass roots rugby at the school, will benefit students from every year group.

The CEO of Leading Outcomes, Drew Davy, visited the school on Wednesday 11th September to meet some of the students who will benefit from the new equipment.

Over the weekend of 4th to 6th October, St Francis of Assisi Parish celebrated its Patronal Feast and the 130th Anniversary of the dedication of the church in Coronation Road, Ascot, Berkshire.

The 130 Fest culminated in the visit of Bishop Philip Egan to dedicate  a new stained glass window  celebrating the Ascot UCM’s 60th Anniversary, installed through their fundraising and through the generosity of a private donor, to celebrate reconciliation and peace between peoples and nations.

We were pleased to welcome our Mayor, Councillor Sayonara Luxton, Rev. Darrell Hannah from All Saints Ascot as well as members of the Union of Catholic Mothers who hosted the refreshments at their window blessing celebration (pictured above).

A mass of healing on Friday morning was followed by our evening celebrations in the St Francis School Hall opened by Fr Kevin Bidgood and our wonderful primary school choir, followed by entertainment from our Saturday and Sunday choir and musicians.

We celebrated our parish groups and ministries with an amazing display of stalls around the hall, from Children’s Liturgy to First Holy Communion and Confirmation , Little Franciscan Toddler Group to welcomers to hospitality and church cleaners, SVP to KSC, Secular Franciscan Friars to UCM and London Slough Run.

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Papplewick was delighted to pass the Green Flag Eco assessment with flying colours and received this prestigious award last week.  Having already secured the Bronze and Silver awards, the boys had proudly shown Mrs Sandra MacLeod from the Eco School around the school at the end of September showing off their bat habitats and bird hotels.  They discussed the links with work in geography and science with topics such as fair trade and carbon footprinting.  Year 3 boys were asked to write a piece imagining what the world would look like at tipping point, and in French through the use of sounds picked up new vocabulary on a passage linked to preserving water for the planet. Finally a tour of the new year 8 boarding house took place where the boys showed their efforts in monitoring lights and windows to preserve energy and they assessed on their core knowledge and involvement.

 Tom Bunbury, Headmaster said "As an Eco-school we are delighted to receive this internationally recognised award for excellence in environmental action and learning."  

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Cards for Good Causes has been an annual feature in Sunninghill for almost 30 years and we are here again from Saturday October 23rd 2021  to Saturday 18th December, Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.

Find us in the Cordes Hall, Sunninghill, where we will now be open from 10am to 4pm daily, except Sundays. Our usual selection of Christmas Cards from around 30 different charities will be supplemented with Christmas gifts, wrapping paper, Advent calendars and more! Do come and support your favourite Charity and also give thanks to our wonderful volunteers, without whose dedication and loyalty the shop would not be able to operate.

E-mail cheapsidestaff3@gmail.com

Rainbow Kids Club , at Cheapside Village Hall, is looking for Tea Time Supply Staff .

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Acclaimed war artist unveils restored collection of Crimean War prints in the Great Park | The internationally-acclaimed, modern-day war artist Arabella Dorman, was amongst guests at the unveiling of a recently restored, historic collection of Crimean War prints at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, on 17th October.

The rare collection of prints is of watercolours by William Simpson (1823-99), depicting vivid scenes from the Crimean War of 1853-56. It was gifted by Queen Mary in 1947, the year the educational foundation was established at Cumberland Lodge.

Thanks to the generosity of the late Sir Ronald Hobson KCVO and the Hobson Charitable Trust, the collection has been restored to mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen, who is Patron of Cumberland Lodge.

The restoration work was carried out by local restorer Malcolm Leach, who owns the Manley Gallery on Eton High Street and is Treasurer of the Eton Community Association. Malcolm attended the unveiling with his wife Katie.