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January 2015 edition of the Brandon Town Magazine.TRANSCRIPT
BrandonTOWN MAGAZINE JANUARY 2015
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As 2015 begins, we look forward to the new year. 2014 saw progress made in attempting to brighten Brandon. The events in the town continued and were well supported.
Floral displays around the town impressed and as other changes were made the improvements were visible.
In 2015 we hope you can be part of these
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Brandon has a variety of community groups, most of which welcome the addition of new faces. Go along and play a part in YOUR town, and we wish all of our readers a happy new year.
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Our community garden project has started to help a young lady in Brandon confined in a wheelchair who is unable to access her back garden.
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The first job has been clearing the garden; seven Rotarians attended and by lunchtime we had cleared all the garden and adjacent
council footpath of weeds and general loose material not needed on the project. Our next step will include digging foundations for the new walls to support the ramp and replacing worn out fencing.
Support from local businesses is the key to making this a successful project and our thanks go to Travis Perkins in Brandon and Stoke Ferry Timber; both of whom have supplied building materials. Further key stages will include a new shed with the help of B & B Betts Sheds from Brandon.
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Brandon Town Council ReportPlay Area at The Brandon Remembrance Playing Fields: Unfortunately, we recently had to fell nine diseased trees at the play area site. These have now been replaced with 3 Cherry, 3 Maple and 3 Rowan trees. With protective cast iron cages around each one, it is estimated they will mature into 6-8 feet tall trees within a few years.
Tree Survey: AC Tree Surgery & Garden Care has recently carried out, at our request, a basic tree survey on all town council owned trees. This has been a long drawn out process but now completed. All of our 535 trees have been individually mapped, tagged and inspected. All immediate remedial works
have been carried out. Less significant recommendations will be incorporated into the town keepers work schedule over the coming months.
RSPB Brecks Team: The RSPB Brecks Community Engagement Officer will be giving a short presentation on the conservation and community work currently being carried out in the Brecks at the next Brandon Town Council meeting. This is on the 5th January 2015 at 7.00pm in the Council Offices, Market Hill, Brandon. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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On the first day of Christmas... we all had fun and raised money for charity. The start of December saw a wave of Christmas jumpers, all in the name of helping others. This year, for our annual Christmas tree assembly, we all dressed up to raise money for Save the Children. We decorated the tree, and some of the children even wrote their own new version of the 12 days of Christmas!
We are also celebrating our very successful Christmas Fair, and would like to thank everyone who brought in raffle prizes and gifts, and all those who braved the cold to come to the fair. The money raised will be used to pay for those little “extras” for our children in 2015. The total amount will be announced in the near future…We’re still counting!
Our children have also been working hard on their performance skills for a poetry recital that took place at the end of term. The whole school, including staff, spent their spare time learning popular poems to be recited in front of the rest of the school. No nerves were present as our talented children displayed superb speaking skills. Well done to all who took part.
All that remains is to wish you all a Happy New Year. Thank you to everyone who has supported Glade during 2014.
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CHRONICLES OF BRANDON AT WARJanuary 1915
Happy new year from Brandon 1915.
This past Christmas we heard how the Germans came out of their trenches and shook hands with our lads. You would be forgiven for thinking that there is at last some humanity in this world. Is it conceivable that the Germans might finally see sense and call a halt to this war? Well forget such fantastic notions because within the first minutes of this year the enemy has taken the life of a Brandon teenager.
More precisely, it was 140 minutes into New Year’s Day, when a German U-Boat slammed a torpedo into the Royal Navy battleship, H.M.S. Formidable. During the frantic minutes of the crew evacuating the heavily listing ship the enemy slammed another torpedo into her. The ship, and more than five hundred men, went to the bottom of the English Channel. One of them, a lad named William Kent, had left Brandon in the summer to join the navy. Just three weeks ago, after pass-ing his training, he embarked on his first ship. No one foretold at the time that
his new home, H.M.S. Formidable, would also be his final resting place. His life had already been tragic. He never had the love of a mother or father. You see his grandmother brought him up until she
became too frail, so he was then passed into the care of another family. The Germans have crushed his hopes of a future in the navy.
Subsequently it appears our Royal Navy is not as indomitable as we had believed, and yet we pin our hopes on them repelling any invasion threat the Germans might have up their sleeves. A local newspaper has listed things we should do if an inva-sion might occur. Apparently us civilians should not attack the enemy, but instead remain in our homes out of the way. If we want to help then we should offer the army our pick axes, spades and shovels, just in case they need to dig trenches. One wretched point has been raised. We may be ordered to burn our precious crops and give up our horses and farm animals, for we cannot concede them to the enemy.
Even without this sombre war news the town is feeling somewhat depressed anyway. Our maligned Suffolk County Council has still not sorted the flooding along Thet-ford Road which has gone on for eighteen months! The council’s latest suggestion is that the water is pumped into a butcher’s blood cart and taken away. The cart is currently used to take unwanted blood from the slaughterhouse so it is watertight. One resident is so desperate that he has taken to cutting a channel across his front garden to drain the water from his home.
So do I have a tonic for these New Year blues? Perhaps! The men in the town are excited to hear the talk of a new volunteer army forming in Brandon. The idea is for those men not serving in the army to join and act as proper soldiers, with marching and drills. Details are sketchy at the moment but it seems all will be revealed at a meeting at the Paget Hall next month. If rumours are to be believed then the volunteers may be armed!
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Brandon Christmas FayreFather Christmas arrived to this year’s Brandon Christmas Fayre in style as his sleigh was pulled up the High Street to Market Hill by members of the Brandon Power Lifting Club.
The event, which took place on Sunday 7th December 2014, kicked off at 4pm with an introduction by Brandon’s Town Crier.
Brandon Carollers were first to the stage and entertained the crowd with selection of Christmas carols.
Local rock band Heathen were next up who performed a thirty minute set of rock covers and classic Christmas songs, getting the crowd moving on the cold winter’s evening.
As the evening drew to a close the town crier, along with Town Council Chairman Reg Silvester and Lord Iveagh of Elveden Estate, took to the stage to start the countdown.
The 6pm switch on was followed by a fireworks finale to end the evening.
Town clerk, Christine Mason, said “Once again the Christmas Fayre was a tremendous success with lots of positive feedback from stall holders and visitors. Already looking forward to making next year’s event even bigger and better. “
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It’s been feeling a lot like Christmas at Forest Academy Brandon. Nativity plays, carol concerts, Christmas Fayres and so much fun.
At the end of November, hundreds of children wrote to Father Christmas and many have already had a reply! Father Christmas chose six of the best letters and wrote to the school to say the children deserved a special treat. Mrs Grimes and Miss Wisdom took the children to Elveden Farm to collect the Christmas tree which was kindly donated to the school by Lord Iveagh. They were then treated to a drink and snack. These lucky children had an early Christmas present too from Father Christmas.
This year we have held our first ever Christmas Fayre and it was FANTASTIC! The children in Upper Key Stage 2 were asked to organise this fundraising event as an enterprise project. There were lots of stalls, refreshments, fun
and games. Everybody really enjoyed this exciting new project and the children have learnt many skills. Watch out Lord Sugar! We have many entrepreneurs at Forest Academy.
The children rehearsed for, and then participated in different Christmas performances, and we shared our most magical Christmas moments with parents and carers.
And from our partner school...
Some pupils in Key Stage 2 from Elveden C of E Primary Academy made a nativity scene for the Thetford Nativity Scene Festival in King Street Baptist Church. This is on display to the public at the Baptist Church.
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Happy New Gardening Year! Whilst it may be too cold in January to do much gardening, there is still plenty of planning to do. Whilst planning your garden, take time to consider the most important product used when gardening - compost. Many people are understandably confused when faced with the sheer amount of choice of composts available, and the biggest debate of all is whether to use peat or peat-free compost. Nothing divides gardeners like peat.
Peat became hugely popular with both commercial and amateur gardeners in the mid 1970’s due to its stability, lightness, predictability and low cost. Before this gardeners either made their own compost or bought ready-made loam compost. Peat remains the mostly widely used planting medium in the UK and around 70% of all extracted peat is used in horticulture.
The Problem with Peat: To meet the demand, UK peat bogs were drained and destroyed resulting in peatland becoming one of the UK’s most threatened habitats. Because of commercial extraction 98% of the UK’s lowland raised peatbogs, one of our rarest and most vulnerable habitats, have been lost. There are just 6,000 hectares in pristine or near-natural condition left. Each of these bogs holds its own unique community of plant and animal species and peatlands contain one of the world’s most important carbon stores. Peat is imported, the latest government figures show that 62% of the peat in compost comes from the Republic of Ireland, the Baltic States and Finland. Like oil, peat is a finite resource: it will eventually run out. We can’t control what happens in the countries we import peat from, however being less reliant on peat makes commercial sense, and manufacturers are beginning to understand this.
Not all Peat is bad: No one denies that we need to protect peatlands and peat bogs however not all peat is harvested from bogs. In Somerset, for
example, peat extraction from agricultural land creates wildlife habitats. Lots of Scandinavian countries have huge areas of peatland that have not been living bogs for ages.
So why do gardeners still use peat-based products? It’s estimated that as many as 90% of gardeners don’t realise that compost labelled as “multi-purpose” contains between 70-100% peat, unless it is labelled as peat free. Keen gardeners tend to use a compost brand they know and trust, and until recently peat free composts have had a reputation for being unreliable and inconsistent, especially those at the cheaper end of the market. Peat free composts tend to be coarse which is not ideal for sowing small seeds. Peat free composts are more expensive because they have been processed more and because haulage costs are higher. At the end of the day, gardeners want a bag of compost that will perform well. Successful results gained by organisations including The National Trust, Kew Gardens and the Prince of Wales’ estates, show that we can garden without the use of peat.
What can you do? The UK government plans to ban the sale of peat by 2020 in the meantime the choice as a consumer is yours. Peat-based composts already contain less peat than they did before but equally important you can see how easy it is to be peat-free. In the future, if you choose to purchase peat-free compost for the best results always follow the instructions on the bag, and be prepared to water and feed more frequently. But if you use peat-free products, you’re providing an incentive to companies who are making the move, so stick with it, the price will reduce and the quality will improve.
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Saturday, 11th October saw all our students taking their major ‘IDTA’ dance exams. The exams cover ballet, tap and freestyle/street.
An examiner from the IDTA examination board attended the school and marked all of the students out of 100%.
I am very proud to say that all 200 students passed with fantastic grades. They will now receive their awards and all will move up another level in their dance genres.
Well done boys and girls. Another great year of exams!
Our next event was our ‘Choreography Competition’ which took place on Saturday 13th December. Top judge, Ann Holland, attended the school to be shown the dances that the students made up themselves. Ann is a prestigious dance principal and teacher from Bury St Edmunds.
This is great fun for the students, giving them a chance to be creative and show off their own dance talent. They all worked hard
on their pieces which covered all genres of dance including ballet, tap, freestyle and contemporary. Everyone who took part received medals and trophies.
We have started a new Cheerleading class on Thursdays for 5-8 years and 9 years plus. We still have a few places available so if you are interested please text me, Kerry, on 07864025041 and I will reply back or alternatively visit our website on www.brandonschoolofdance.com. We will be recruiting until January and after that our next recruitment date will be in the summer of 2015.
You can keep up to date with our latest news and events by visiting our website or by searching for our page on Facebook.
Thank you for everyone’s support behind the school and a Happy New Year to you all from the Brandon School of Dance.
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2014 ended with some very positive news which reaffirms the progress we have been making. In November IES Breckland had a two day monitoring visit from Ofsted to ascertain whether the school is making progress.
The tangible improvements that have been made at IES Breckland since February were recognised by Ofsted. The report by Her Majesty’s Inspector Chris Moodie found that: “The school is making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures.”
There are only two judgements available - a school can be found to be making reasonable progress or not making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures.
As we head into 2015 we will maintain our efforts to ensure that our school continues to improve.
May I take this opportunity to wish everybody a very successful 2015 and to thank all students, staff, parents and the wider community for all of their hard work and support in 2014.
Kindest Regards - Mrs A Tilbrook
During Learning Community Assemblies in December an amazing amount of merit certificates were awarded to students in Indira, Edison, Sinclair and Brandon. Merits are awarded for positive attitudes in school.
The photo at the top of the page shows assistant Principal, Leigh Foster, presenting year 7 student Marianna Birkitt with a Certificate of Achievement for receiving over 250 merits during the Autumn term.
Congratulations to Caitlyn Watkins who has received a Classical Ballet Award recognising
her outstanding dancing ability. Caitlyn has been dancing since the age of 3 and now attends Brandon School of Dance. She loves all forms of dance but is particularly fond of ballet (see photo below).
Dates for your diary
• Tuesday 6th January 2015 - Spring Term Commences
• Thursday 15th January 2015 - Year 11 Parents Evening
• Thursday 29th January 2015 - Year 9 Parents Evening
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Detox TimeThe new year sees us all making New Year’s Resolutions to either give up
something naughty or to start eating healthier.January is a good time to get in to the detox mindset. Detoxing your body isn’t just a fad dreamt up for the uber rich Beverly Hills set. It really can be of benefit, removing many toxins from the body. The average person may
retain between 1 to 6 kilos of undigested food, toxins and waste in the colon and contain traces of between 400 to 800 chemicals and preservatives. Food
has a transit time of approximately 18-20 hours, meaning that after every meal we should be eliminating waste and going to the bathroom.
There are four main areas where toxin elimination has the most positive effect. That is your skin, your kidneys,your lungs and your colon.
There are several ways to detox naturally and the first is by drinking water. We should all be drinking 1 litre per 22kg of body weight each day. This, along with helping the detoxification process, will also help to keep us
hydrated. If you continue to drink caffeine based drinks throughout the day your water intake needs to increase to counteract their dehydrating effects.
Adding a slice a lemon to the water also helps to alkaline and cleanse the body.
Eating alkaline foods will help in your body’s natural detox process. Most green vegetables and salad ingredients are alkaline and one of the best
vegetable for this job is the brussel sprout.Try and stay away from acidic foods which unfortunately includes a lot of
the daily staples such as bread, meat, eggs, milk and cheese, but remember this doesn’t have to be forever. Just until you start to lose the sluggish
feeling a clogged up body may have.Exercise should play an important part in your detox plan. Although we have a heart to pump the 4 litres of blood around our system we have nothing to
pump the 12 litres of lymphatic system. This system is the waste disposal system in our body so we need to keep it moving. A daily brisk walk should
solve that problem and top it up with a body brushing routine in the shower.Breathing. Yes, we all breathe, but in our fast paced lives we don’t take the time to breathe in a fashion that aids our body. Our cells need oxygen to thrive and lots of it. Stop what you are doing several times a day and take some deep oxygenating breaths. These health enhancing breaths help to clear out the carbon dioxide from our lungs, stimulate the internal organs
to aid digestion and over a period of time , retrain our diaphragms to move more freely.
So, start taking some of these easy steps to help maintain a good standard of health but most of all keep positive and enjoy your life.
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Detox TimeFollowing on from the article on detoxing your body, I have decided to give you a list of a few foods that will aid in cleansing your system of the toxins
that will have accumulated over the holiday season.These foods will also help cleanse your liver which is the organ that traps the most toxins. Most of these foods contain a protein called glutathione. Glutathione, in effect, handcuffs these toxins and drags them out of our
body. However, the drawback is that this protein only works when the foods are eaten raw.
Not a problem in some cases but eating raw brussel sprouts may take some getting used to! So..
Brussel SproutsBrussels are high in sulphur. Eating a daily serving will work wonders
in ridding yourself of toxins. They also boost your natural levels of glucosinolate, an antioxidant that forces the liver to release enzymes that
block damage.Garlic
Garlic is also loaded with sulphur. It has also been shown to reduce cholesterol levels. It has also been used to treat high blood pressure and
bacteria-related illnesses. If eating it raw doesn’t appeal to you then buying it in capsule form works equally as well.
CarrotsCarrots contain good amounts of vitamin C. B6, A, K and potassium, as well as the important glutathione. Quite yummy when eaten raw accompanied
by some garlicky hummus.Tomatoes
Tomatoes have high levels of glutathione and also lycopene.Lycopene has been shown to protect against breast, skin and lung cancer.
WalnutsIn abundance after Christmas as no one bothers to sit with the nutcracker to eat them. Make the effort though as they are a great ‘ brain ‘ food. They also
contain a good level of omega-3 fatty acids.Acocado
Avocados are rich in glutathione and monounsaturated fats, proven to lower cholesterol levels.
AsparagusAsparagus is great eaten raw and tastes a whole lot different than when
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This is the story of a lucky kitten called Lucy.
Earlier this year I was asked to pick up 3 kittens from a farm just outside Mildenhall who were born to a feral mum and had been caught by the farmer. They were about 3-4 weeks old,
all black and white and when I brought them back to my home in Brandon, I noticed that one of them was different from the other two. Not only did she weigh much less than her litter mates, but her ears were down, her head was domed and she had very short legs. She was lethargic and slept most of the time. I took them all to see our vet, but I had my suspicions as I had seen this condition before. The vet agreed with me that she looked as if she had hypothyroidism. A blood test confirmed that she had no measurable thyroxine in her blood. This hormone controls growth and energy levels, and a deficiency is almost unheard of in cats. But a few years previously we had another litter of kittens who were not diagnosed until much later in their lives and all except one died. There is no medication for cats because of its rarity, so Lucy had to have a very low dose of human medication, which I collected from the
chemist. Three weeks later and another blood test, she still had no measurable thyroxine in her blood and the dose was doubled. She did begin to be more active, but still slept a lot. Another three weeks went past and her level was now 4.8 (normal range 7.5 -55 nmol/L.) Her dose was doubled again and the next blood test showed her thyroxine level was 10.3. She was within the normal range, at last. This is a congenital condition, and fortunately we managed to trap and neuter her mum, so there should be no more kittens who are affected.
Lucy will have to be medicated every day for the rest of her life, so finding the right home was imperative. No one knew what the outcome for Lucy would be, even the vet was not sure if she would live a normal life, because of the rarity of the condition. But she has gone from strength to strength and has now been neutered. She is still a bit small for her age, but is acting like a normal kitten and her appearance has change drastically.
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1st Brandon Scout GroupBy the time this issue reaches you the Christmas festivities will be over and many of us will be looking towards the start of a New Year. Some would say where did this year go and it has been a very busy year for us.
We are all busy planning our future weekly programmes and looking at dates and venues for future camps and activities. Already we have been invited to a weekend of water activities for our older members and plans for a trip to Duxford and a London museum.
I would like to thank everyone who has supported us over this year with our fundraising efforts. Money raised has gone back into our funds to replace equipment and subsidise outings and camps.
Can I wish everyone a Happy & Prosperous New Year.
The Leaders, Executives and Scouts, Cubs and Beavers of 1st Brandon Scout Group
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Although Brandon TYFC is the biggest community club in the area, we are always in need of more players and volunteers to help out at the club. With nearly 200 members and 16 teams to field each week, there is an awful lot of organising to get the kids onto the pitch! We currently need players on the boys, girls and ladies teams. If you would like to coach or help out in anyway now’s your chance – so get in touch!
We currently looking for players for the following teams: -
U8 Lads: The team train on a Saturday morning and play their matches on Sunday mornings in the South Norfolk Youth League, which is non-competitive. Richard and Dion coach the team.
U10 Lasses: We are now starting to think about the 2015/16 season. We need girls and coaches to form an U10 team to play in either the Norfolk or Suffolk League. Training is on a Monday night with Tiff and Steve; the team will also need a sponsor.
U10 Lads: The team train on a Saturday morning and play their matches on Sunday morning in the South Norfolk Youth League, which is non-competitive. Dan and Jason coach the team.
U12 Lasses: The girls train on a Monday evening and currently are not in a league but are playing festivals and friendlies. More girls are needed for this team as they move up to 9-a-side next season. Tiff and Steve coach the girls and the team is also looking for a kit sponsor.
U15 Lasses: The girls train on a Wednesday evening and play their matches on Sunday in the Suffolk Girls & Women’s Football League.
Matt and Amber are the coaches and the matches are competitive.
U16 Lasses: The girls train on a Wednesday evening and play their matches on a Saturday morning in the Norfolk Women & Girls Football League. Steve and Dave are the coaches and the matches are competitive.
U16 Lads: The team train on a Saturday morning and play their matches on Sunday in the Ipswich & Suffolk Youth League. Fabio And Liam coach the side. The matches are competitive.
U20 Lads: The U20 lads play on a Sunday afternoon and play their matches in the Tucker Gardner Alliance League and can field two over age players per match. Gary is the manager/coach. This side is also looking for a coach to work with Gary; experience in adult football would be beneficial.
Ladies: The Ladies train on a Thursday evening and play their matches on a Sunday afternoon in the Norfolk Women & Girls Football League. Sam and Roger are the coaches and along with outfield players, the team are desperately looking for a goalkeeper to add to the squad.
Brandon Town Youth FC
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