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Parish magazine of Four Elms, Hever and Markbeech
£1
March 2019
In this issue:
• Last film club of the
season• What is Collop Monday?
• 50 years of Mark Beech
nursery school
• What makes a good
photo?• Remembering Margaret
Dale• Mark Beech book fair
• What’s on in March
...and much more!
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Welcome to the March Link
‘You’re not loved because you are blessed, you’re blessed because you’re loved’
This quotation comes from a crime novel I read so many years ago that I can’t remember the title or the author! At the time it seemed so out of context that I wrote it down, and every now and then it slips out of my notebook as a timely reminder. Of what? For me, it says that God loves and blesses us all without distinction.
As Lent approaches, that set me thinking about the Beatitudes - those beautiful sayings that we can read in St Matthew’s Gospel. In 8 short verses the Bible provides a rich mine of resources for living faithfully in the world of today – they are always relevant, whatever the state of the world.
Whether you’re planning to give something up for Lent or not, this is an invitation to join us to focus your thoughts and prayers on what is important in life. Some versions of the Bible replace the word ‘blessed’ with the word ‘happy’. Maybe that works for you. There’s no right or wrong version.
So, with very many thanks to all who have let me know what might work well for a Lent programme this year, this is the plan: we shall meet at 10:30am on five Saturday mornings beginning on 9th March. Most of my respondents said that they prefer to meet in someone’s home – so I am grateful to Elly Heard, who has promised us not just the comfort of her home, but also a generous supply of coffee or tea! Her address is – Wedgwood, Uckfield Lane, Hever TN8 7LJ. All are welcome. If you can offer someone a lift, please let me know.
Wendy Izod
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Markbeech Our monthly Family Services have begun! This is a very exciting time in the life of Holy Trinity Markbeech – historically a high Anglo Catholic church basing its worship in Tractarian theology – now offering a light hearted service with coffee and buns, might well have our ancestors turn in their graves! The church was built to provide an alternative to the rather low and liberal minded churches in Cowden and Hever and was, for over a century a single parish with a large vicarage (originally Edells).
As we puzzle together as a Benefice of three parishes about our future financial viability, it makes me wonder: how did they afford it? It was, however, wonderful indeed to see the church filled with families of all kinds singing, praying and worshipping together along with a good deal of chat and laughter. Our next Family Service will be on 16th March at 9.15 am.
Also in February we celebrated the life of Margaret Dale.. It was lovely to hear her story and tales of village life from her son, Shaun.
Nicki TalbotChurchwarden
Four ElmsDuring the quiet winter months of January and February when we expect the worst of the winter weather, St. Paul’s Four Elms celebrated our Patronal Festival
on 27th January, which coincided with the meeting of ‘Inspire Club’ Unfortunately, the Parish Rooms were not available for use so the young members of Inspire worked quietly at the back of the Church, joining in the service at the end. Well done everyone for not making a difficulty into a problem. Café Church was back in its home in the Parish Rooms, Four Elms for its monthly meeting on 10th February. Learning about Jesus calling fishermen to be his disciples, the children coloured cut out fish, while others (a little older) participated in “name the fish”. The enthusiasm of the very young children listening, singing and just participating in the short service makes Café Church a happy event. Our “Inspire” and “Café Church” resource tins are beginning to become depleted, so we are, ourselves, being resourceful and are holding a family quiz evening on Saturday 6th April to raise some funds to fill them up. Do please join us for some easy/slightly harder quiz questions and to enjoy a fun evening.
At the end of December, Four Elms Primary School, decided it would not be hiring the Parish Rooms anymore. Fortunately, a small local business running an afterschool club has taken the opportunity to use it for the foreseeable future. We hope that others may also use the Parish Rooms for meetings, small parties and the like so that this amenity may continue to be of service to the village.
Christina Hodson
news from the pews
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HeverOur year started with fun and sparkle at the Grand Hever Quiz, a much needed fundraiser for the church. We all had a very jolly and mind-bending time and the winners this year were the Brocas Bunch who collected the Mollie Brudenell rose bowl. Thanks to the Castle for lending the Guthrie Pavilion and to all the sponsors and donors of raffle prizes. You know who you are!
We also enjoyed our Valentine’s Day parish lunch at which we celebrated
Una Higgs’s 97th birthday with many congratulations and a heart shaped cake.
As we start Lent we have some special services ahead, for example Ash Wednesday on 6 March, for details see the list on page 18. Easter weekend sees services throughout the Benefice and an Easter egg hunt in Hever church. Meanwhile we look forward to our next Parish lunch on Thursday 14 March .
Jane RosamChurchwarden
United benefice of Hever, Four Elms & MarkbeechRev. Wendy Izod (01342) 850738, [email protected]
Benefice website: Threespires. wordpress. comCommunity website: www.hever.org
What is Collop
Monday?Collop Monday – is a day of feasting, taking place the day before Shrove Tuesday, but now much less well known and rarely observed.
This year, it falls on Monday 4th March. The holiday most likely has its origins in medieval England
and was traditionally the last day on which meat would be cooked and eaten before the Lenten fast. As the day occurred towards the end of winter, the cuts of meat were usually smoked or salted, and although the definition of the word is ‘slice of meat’, in England it came to be synonymous with bacon. This would usually be served fried with eggs in the morning, with the fat from the rashers used to make pancakes the following day.
From the magazine Landscape
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What I do.....Richard Maslen Fine Furniture Ltd I served my apprenticeship working for Westerly yachts whilst living in Cornwall. This taught me the skills and patience needed to produce high quality work. Having gained my City and Guilds in Carpentry and Joinery there, I decided to move back to Kent where I was born, and I then gained further experience and knowledge working for a local cabinet maker.
In 1997 I set up my own business in Hever. I quickly established my reputation working for clients up in London in areas such as the prestigious Brompton Square. However I have always retained a workshop locally and employed up to three local people. I take great pride in my work, using traditional methods and high quality hard woods to create stunning work. In 2008 I built Woodlands as my family home. For this I used traditional building methods from tudor times. In 2012, I was commissioned to refurbish Hever Church porch and the following year made some striking doors for Cowden Church. Having created libraries, wardrobes and kitchens to compliment homes in and around Hever, I also particularly enjoy making stand alone furniture such as cabinets, tables, chest of drawers, dressers, tables and libraries with secret drawers.
I appreciate working in such a beautiful location and have been fortunate to receive a variety of interesting commissions.
If you would like to commission a project, please call Richard on 01342 851160 or 07934 314 415.
fine furniture indeed!
Hever Parish lunchThursday 14 March
12 for 12.30 in Hever Village Hall.
All welcome to come to lunch - delicious home made soup, bread and cheese, cake etc. The company is good too!
The lunch is free although donations are always welcome.
Do join us if you can!
07930 341 415.
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Discover a unique and fascinating country house that’s right on your doorstep Exhibition of local history | Accredited Museum collections | Tudor origins
Victorian rooms | 35 beautiful acres & fishing lake | Tea room | Gift & Antique Shop
Open 31st March to 30th October, Sunday to Wednesday and Bank Holidays (excluding Good Friday) 11am – 5pm
Year round availability for weddings, parties, corporate events, groups & school visits
CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE LITERARY FESTIVAL – 4th - 7th MAY 2019 Please see our website for the online Box Office and the full programme of talks/events – including Anna Pasternak, Sabrina Ghayour, Joanne Harris, Giles & Mary (Googlebox), Oz Clarke, Giles Milton, Tracy
Borman, Guy Parker Rees, Pericles Theatre Co, Aardman animations and many, many more
For more information about our forthcoming events please visit our website www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk
Chiddingstone, Kent TN8 7AD - 01892 870347 - [email protected]
The Hever Festival Theatre
The Hever film club may be coming to an end but a cornucopia of culture is opening up at the Hever
Festival Theatre (heverfestival.co.uk) in the grounds of
Hever Castle. The season starts on 4 May with “Horrible
Histories” and ends on 30 August with an Elvis tribute
act. In between there’s drama, opera, comedy, more
tribute bands, talks and cinema – and Jeremy Vine in person, not a tribute Jeremy as far as we can tell. Most
of the theatre is under cover and there is food available on site or you can take a picnic. On a beautiful evening it is a delight, and in the rain it is an
experience.
Village screen film club at Hever Castle Golf Club
Friday 15 MarchPaddington 2This film needs no introduction really. It scores 100% on one film review website and is loved by the immature and the mature alike. It features the voices of Hughs Grant and Bonneville with Ben Whishaw as that bear. The film (less than two hours long) starts at 8pm and doors open at 7pm for the pre-show meal and bar - with ice cream and popcorn in the interval.
Tickets are a suggested donation of £4 for the film or £12 to include the meal. You can book with Bridget Harris on 01732 700986 or [email protected] or buy tickets at the door. However PLEASE pre-book your meal by the Wednesday morning before the show if you would like to eat.
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Our Mum, Margaret Dale
Margaret Dale’s funeral took place in Markbeech Church at the end of January. She was born at Cherry Tree Cottage, Horseshoe Green in 1929 and lived in and around the village all her life until 1995 when she moved from Grove Cottages to Cowden to be nearer to her children after her husband Roy died. She was a renowned flower arranger in Markbeech church and a stalwart of the Women’s Institute. This is an extract from the lovely eulogy written for her by her children Shaun and Stephanie.
“It can’t have been easy raising a family in the 1950’s. The war hadn’t been over for that long and the country was still struggling to get back on its feet. I’m sure my sister Stephanie and I thought nothing of this at the time. Nevertheless, Mum and Dad worked incredibly hard to bring us up correctly and make sure we had all we needed. My sister suffered terribly from asthma when she was young. This must have been a terrible strain on them. On several occasions I remember being woken in the night and having to get up so that she could be taken to hospital. I think
the only time I ever saw my father cry was as he was carrying her down the long, dark path to the car.
They also found time to take part in many local events with Mum being very active in the W.I, Hever School and this Church, my father was also heavily involved in the St John Ambulance service.
When Dad died Mum was devastated, as we all were, she could have been forgiven for giving up there and then. Instead she got quietly on with things, once again it was family she lived for, being heavily involved with my three children, Christopher, Kimberley and Joseph. Soon the great-grandchildren started to come along, once again she blossomed as she watched them grow up. Towards the end, I was particularly struck by the fact that even though she was starting to have trouble recognising people, when we brought baby Evie to visit, her face would immediately light up with joy and for a moment she would be her old self.
“ She lived a good and honourable life. Please remember her with fondness.”
Hall Bookings
Four Elms:Village Hall − Mr Leigh 01732 700514Hever − Mrs Ryan 01732 864168Markbeech − Mrs Paige 01342 850328
Councils
Kent County CouncillorPeter Lake 07740 701695Sevenoaks District:Matthew Dickins 07910 328110Hever Parish:Charlotte Cole 01732 [email protected]
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Paul Houlton, judge of the Rose Show photography classes tells us
What I’m looking for in a pictureWe live at a time when taking photographs has never been easier, mobile phones incorporate cameras and we are bombarded with imagery. Inevitably, the quality of this is variable so when I’m asked to judge a competition it is useful to analyse and determine what constitutes quality in a picture.
Here are some of my criteria:Interpretation of the briefI will always respond to an interesting and creative interpretation of the set subject. It can be an opportunity to create something out of the ordinary, something to intrigue or amuse. But above all, try to avoid cliché - for example, we all know that a beautiful sunset is beautiful; but showing how the colours of the light impact on reflective objects could make for a more original and interesting approach.
StructureHow do the elements of the picture combine, what is the picture trying to convey and is your eye led to an explanation of the subject? In short, does the composition work? Does it make you understand what motivated the photographer to take the picture? Is it framed or cropped for maximum impact?
LightHas light been used to good effect, are details in the image readable or has low lighting been used for a more dramatic effect? Does the lighting support what you are trying to convey in the image?
EmotionDoes the image convey a feeling or a mood – happy, sad , wistful? Whether it is something that makes us laugh or cry, emotion is what ties each and everyone of us together. Does your picture tell a story? We know that the book is often better than the movie, because it allows us to use our imagination to create individual special effects in our minds. This undoubtedly applies to photography.
ClarityPhotography is communication – is it clear what the subject of the picture is and what it is trying to achieve? Does it communicate this successfully?
TechniqueNever overlook the obvious: is the subject in focus, should you have used a faster speed to avoid camera shake, outdoors – have you taken the position of the sun into account, indoors – have you been aware of the impact of different light sources? Would going in closer have given a better result?
ConclusionThis article is guaranteed to be controversial. Is it possible to objectively describe how to take a great picture? I have simply tried to list the elements that help me to reach a decision.
But most important all, enjoy taking pictures... have fun!
PS. At the Hort show in June in the Photographic Class for borderless, landscape 15cmx20cm colour photos, the categories are photos entitled A building I like and Textures.
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Ann Cleeve’s Markbeech nursery school - fifty years old and going strong!
Ann Cleeve moved to Markbeech with her first husband, Mike Roberts, in 1959. Mike had just left the army and they needed a home for their growing family which was near to his work in East Grinstead.
Ann had fallen in love with Mike when she was 19 but her mother insisted that she “did the season” as a debutante - she complied but then married him as soon as she turned 21. Hers was to be a conventional married life with children and dogs, some work in the community and a great deal of homemaking for her husband. But Ann has never been predictable...... She did the community work locally in spades - Chairman of the British Legion Women’s branch, the Conservative club, St John’s Ambulance, the Parish Council, and the Governors of Edenbridge Primary and organiser of the poppy appeal - but when the idea of running a nursery school came along, she did that too.
It all started when she and Mike were thinking of how to educate their two small sons, Mark and Tim. Mike had had a governess as a child and wanted the same for the boys, but times had changed and the governesses who looked after children, seen but not heard, in the nursery were no more. They did however find a retired governess
called Miss Starey in Cowden who said that if they could find seven friends to join the boys she would run a nursery in her home for two years, one year for Mark and one for Tim. And that is what they did. The children thrived - they learned to play together and were taught to read and all the parents were pleased to be involved; nursery schools were not that
common in the early 60s and children tended to stay at home (mothers rarely worked) until primary school, so mothers got no time off and their children were isolated.
When Miss Starey retired again after her agreed two years and her boys moved to primary school, Ann expected that to be the end of it. Not so! Ann’s friend Toupette Lochrane had another child, Alexandre, and she did not know what to do with him. The answer was simple, set up nursery school around him at Toupette’s house! Mike did not want her to do it because he was uncomfortable about Ann running a business with friends as clients but “I did it anyway and some of my best friends have been my parents”. They applied to
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Social Services for permission and were given it on three conditions: the Council and the neighbours agreed, there were enough lavatories and they each had a chest X-ray. Things were simpler in those days!
Ann says that after Alex left “no one would let us retire!” The children kept on coming and they ran the school in Toupette’s house from 1965. They charged £9 a term and opened three hours a day, three days a week. Ann loved watching the children develop and get ready to go to “proper” school and she was able to guarantee to a worried parent that their child would by perfectly happy after a week with her - and they always were....then after seven years Toupette moved away and they closed the school in 1972.
But just as Ann was thinking about learning to be just a housewife...... one of the school’s parents, Maureen Burdock, had another child who needed a nursery - and it all began again! Maureen offered to help run the school and they started up, this time in Mark Beech village hall. The hall’s only condition was that they didn’t play with sand or water in the building which was not a problem - and the school has been there happily ever after.
As the school expanded to up to 24 children they took on other teachers and over the years the children of the first toddlers started to arrive as pupils. Ann continued to be delighted by them and loved her work but she has had to take on the many
regulatory changes that crept up over the years. Social Services had given way to Ofsted who, ten years ago, demanded that as the Head Ann should have a teaching qualification. Ann was outraged that after 40 years running a nursery (not a school at all) this should be demanded of her - but she fought back and aged 70 took her first exam in 55 years and passed the required Level 3 in Education - the school was saved!
Three years ago the school celebrated its 50th birthday with a big party in the Hall. Nearly 200 grandparents, parents and grandchildren attended including five children from the original 1965 class of seven - one sent his best wishes from Australia! Ann still loves the school and has many fond memories of the children. One of her proudest moments was getting a letter from a mother who now lives in Texas. She said that she had despaired of finding a nursery for her autistic son as schools she tried always asked her to take him away - until she found Mrs Roberts who gave him the stability he needed.
And that, children, is the end of the story!
Joanna Wade
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When you read this the Hever Hort year will have kicked off with our first talk on ‘All things Nutty’, by Alexander Hunt. This will be followed by a talk on March 20th entitled ‘The fascinating and secret life of the Mole’. All talks are at Hever Village Hall at 8pm and everyone is welcome. The first big event of the year is the Spring Show on 6th April. This is the smallest of our three shows and of the 38 classes for exhibits 15 are devoted to daffodils, so it is worth saying a bit about these glorious flowers. There are over 13,000 varieties of daffodils (including Jonquils) and these are categorised into 11 divisions or main types. However, the Hever Hort show classes refer just to the first five; trumpet, large cup, small cup, double narcissi and triandrus and the accompanying diagrams show a couple of examples of these. The schedule has more information on how to distinguish between these divisions and there are some diagrams in the Hort section of www.hever.org.
There are, of course, other spring flowers to exhibit, including tulips, hyacinths and primulas, as well as a wide variety of flower arranging, children’s and domestic classes.
This year we have included an 8” Simnel cake, traditionally made at Easter.
These rich, sweet treats have been eaten since medieval times and are decorated with eleven marzipan balls, representing the apostles, minus Judas. So if you fancy putting your culinary skills to the test, or exhibiting any of the other classes, contact me or Jan Tolfree for more information on how to enter. We will be pleased to hear from you. A few jobs to think about for this month: Winter prune Wisterias by cutting back the long green shoots to two or three buds, This will help ensure the flowers are not hidden as the leaves grow. This may be obvious but now is a good time to dig over vegetable beds and add compost. Also, think about rotating beds, but bear in mind the soil conditions needed by different crops. Hellebores make great cut flowers and to give them a longer lease of life slice one side of the stem from the flower right down to the end.
The subjects and rules for all the photographic classes are in the schedule in the Hort section of Hever.org
Doug Bowern Jan Tolfreedoug.bowern 01342 850206 @gmail.com
Hever Horticultural Society news
Division oneOne flower to a stem, trumpet as long as or longer than the petals.
Division 2Trumpet more than one third but less than equal to the length of the petals.
Division 3Trumpet no more than one third the length of the petals.
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Chiddingstone Nursery School, an Ofsted Outstanding Nursery at the heart of the Chiddingstone community, is run as a charitable company and is seeking volunteers to join its management committee. The existing committee is very dedicated and consists of both long-standing and new members. However, due to future commitments, the current Chairperson and Treasurer roles will soon become available.
Would you like to give back to the community, or do you know someone who would like a small, rewarding
project? This voluntary role will involve monthly evening meetings, and a few hours a week of your time to help manage this excellent pre-school. No previous experience required, just enthusiasm!
Many of our committee members are parents of young families but we would benefit from the expertise and wisdom of a more senior member of the community - so we are reaching out to anyone who may be interested. Please contact [email protected] for further information.
Cheese puff biscuitsThis recipe is a bit of a cheat but it works very well and they look good. Buy a ready rolled sheet of puff pastry, open it out and (optional) spread thinly with Dijon or grainy mustard. Then scatter liberally with grated cheese, I normally use cheddar but any will do. You could scatter in a few cooked lardons too if you wanted.
Then roll it up, rolling the long side for small biscuits and the short if you want a biscuit you can use as a starter. Squeeze the roll so that it sticks loosely together but make sure that the cheese is still visible at either end.
Put the roll in the fridge for about half an hour if it is getting sticky.
Cut “Swiss roll” slices about 5mm thick across the roll to make the biscuits and put them on a greased or lined baking sheet. You can scatter a bit of paprika on top if you want. They look a bit small but they spread and as the cheese melts it sticks them together too so don’t worry if they are falling apart.
Cook for about 10 minutes in a hot oven until golden brown - but keep checking them. You can freeze all or part of the roll and use it another time.
Joanna Wade
Wanted: Committee Chairperson and Treasurer for Chiddingstone Nursery School.
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Our language is a funny thing. From the French word ‘bougette’ – a little bag in which one transported one’s wealth – came ‘budget’. And to ‘open your budget’ means ‘to speak your mind’. So that’s precisely what I’ll do, about Sevenoaks District Council’s budget.
It was passed last week with less grandeur than its more famous cousin in Westminster but it’s no less worthy of inspection.
It’s important for three reasons. First, because it’s your money - £215.01 if you’re the average household. Second, because the things the District Council do are the marks of, for want of a better term, a civilised society. And last but not least, because what we are doing is seriously different to pretty much any other authority in the country.
We stand out in Kent as the only area to have kept weekly rubbish and recycling collections. And we still stand alone in having a dedicated fly-tipping investigation team.
But it doesn’t end there! Locally we’ve benefited from new technology to improve noise monitoring for disturbance such as during the Neverworld festival, cafés in village halls including ‘Pop Up Sue’s’ in Cowden, and staff in Tunbridge Wells Hospital to coordinate installation of home improvements like grab rails to get loved ones back home. Meanwhile, community grants have been retained, helping support the likes of our Citizens’ Advice Bureau and award-winning Edenbridge Voluntary Transport Service.
Visit Edenbridge or Sevenoaks and you’ll benefit from CCTV being monitored so criminals are caught in the act, rather than just recorded on a tape for posterity, and town centre parking charges which are in their fourth year of freezes.
And then there are the basics: those things which we are probably only aware of if they go wrong – checking standards of hygiene in restaurants, managing planning permissions, licensing taxis and the sale of alcohol, providing leisure centres, and much more!
My colleagues and I try go the extra mile not just because it’s often the right thing to do but also because, perhaps counterintuitively, much of it keeps pounds in your pocket and mine. Crime, unemployment, low wellbeing, and similar problems cost us all, so it’s in all our interests for the Council to address them.
Prudent financial management, continuously innovating and doing little things which make a big difference have set us apart at a time when hardly a day passes without some headline about local authority cuts or councils in crisis.
As ever, do please feel free to get in touch if you would like to discuss this or if I might be able to help in any way.
Matthew DickinsDistrict Councillor for Cowden & HeverSevenoaks District Council, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 [email protected] 328 110
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Hever Parish
Council The next meeting is at 7.30 in Four
Elms Village Hall, Wednesday 20th
March (planning at 7pm), all very
welcome.
The agenda will be posted in the
Parish Council section of www.hever.
org and on the noticeboards around
the Parish and on Facebook (Hever
Parish Council).
Speaker meetings of
U3A (University of the Third Age, though not academic) held on the last Tuesday every month 2-4pm at Crockham Hill Village Hall. Anyone retired is welcome.
26 March - Passports, Assassins, Traitors and Spies - Martin Lloyd 30 April - The Wonderful Wildlife of Edenbridge - Mike Reed
FAMILY QUIZ EVENING
Saturday 6th April, 7.30pm start
£8 adult £3 child
to include a welcome drink
BYO SUPPER
(tables of 6)
Four Elms Village HallAll proceeds for resources for
“Inspire” & Café Church
Email: [email protected]
Hever will be
litter picking on Good Friday, 19 April from 9.00-
12.00 and Markbeech on Saturday
20th from 12.30. There will also
be one in Four Elms. Meet at the
Village Halls. We will publish more
details next month.
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schooltime
news from Hever
As we come to the end of another Half Term at Hever Primary School, there is much to celebrate. Following on from the well-publicised success of our Key Stage 2 assessments last year, we were very pleased to receive a letter of congratulations from the Secretary of State for Education and the Minister of State for School Standards. Our school’s results show that 100 per cent of our pupils reached or exceeded the expected standard in writing at the end of Key Stage 2. This means for achievement in writing, our school is in the top 1% of primary schools in England. This is exceptionally good news and a credit to the hard work of students and staff for producing such high standards. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, all stakeholders, for your continued support.
Continuing the theme of celebration, Hever School recently performed at the O2 in London with a choir of nearly 8,000 students as part of Young Voices, the largest children’s choir in the world. The day began with rehearsals before the doors opened to the estimated 23,000 parents, teachers and members of the public who were keen to hear us sing! The atmosphere was electric, our students can now all say that they have sung at the O2 - an amazing night and a memory that will stay for a long time, inspiring our children to discover their love for music.
Our Reception children also went on a trip to the Bridges Centre, Dandelion Café to take part in the ‘Inter-generation Creative Workshop’ last week. Each child was partnered with an older adult and the theme was Valentine’s Day. They worked together to make beautiful heart paintings. Everyone was really engaged and the customers have asked if the Acorns can stay longer next time!
Joanna Stratton
Video starsLast year we attained Bronze status as a United Nations Rights Respecting School. As part of this initiative, the children have created and starred in an anti-bullying campaign video directed and produced by panto star Silly Billy (AKA Ant Payne) to promote the ‘Right to be Safe’. Children in years 1-6 were given the opportunity to star in the film with auditions giving them one minute to demonstrate their acting talents and persuade the judges they were perfect for the role.The completed film is now available on YouTube! Go to https://youtu.be/W8Cufpv0fWU or search YouTube for ‘Four Elms zombully’. Please watch and like our film to share the importance of anti-bullying.
CourageClass Three presented an assembly to parents based on one of our core values, courage. It reminded adults and children alike that we have
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to overcome our fears in order to benefit from different experiences. The children shared posters they had created on the theme of courage and wrote personal accounts of episodes in their lives when they had felt afraid and how they had overcome it. Courage stories ranged from cross country races, to sleepovers to roller coasters!
As Nelson Mandela said: “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Wise words, which resonated with the whole school and the parents.
SportsThe school Netball and Football teams have been going from strength to strength with impressive wins this month. Under the guidance of dedicated parent coaches, the teams
have been training really hard and scored seven goals in each of the last two netball matches and the football team scored ten goals in their last match.
Nicole Holt
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OT Psalm NT Gospel Sunday
03 Mar Exodus 34:29-end 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2
Luke 9: 37-43a Sunday next before Lent
6 Mar Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 51:1-18 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
John 8: 1-11 Ash Wednesday
10 Mar Deuteronomy 26:1-11
91:1-11 Romans 10:8b-13
Luke 4:1-13 1st Sunday of Lent
17 Mar Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
27 Philipians 3:17-4:1
Luke 13:31-end
2nd Sunday of Lent
24 Mar Isaiah 55:1-9 63:1-9 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Luke 13:1-9 3rd Sunday of Lent
31 Mar 1 Samuel 1:20-end 127:1-4 Colossians 3:12-17
John 19:25b-27
4th Sunday of Lent
Date Lectionary readings February 2019
Services in March 2019 Services rota
Day Date Time Church Service Sidesmen
Sunday before Lent
03 Mar
06 Mar06 Mar07.Mar
08.0009.1511.0009.3018.3016.30
Four ElmsMarkbeechHeverHeverHeverHever
Holy Communion (BCP) Sung EucharistParish CommunionMorning PrayerImposition of AshesEvening Prayer
Church wardensRicky CalvocoressiWill & Lisa Cowell
Church warden
Lent 1 10 Mar
13 Mar 14 Mar16 Mar
09.1510.3016.009.3016.30tbc
MarkbeechFour ElmsHeverHeverHeverMarkbeech
Sung EucharistCafé St PaulEvensong (Rural Dean)Morning PrayerEvening PrayerBaptism – Matthew Penn
Ann BellamyChurch wardensPat Evemy & Elly Heard
Lent 2 17 Mar
20 Mar21 Mar
09.1511.0009.3016.30
MarkbeechHeverHeverHever
Family ServiceParish CommunionMorning PrayerEvening Prayer
Alexander & Arabella IrensJan Tolfree & Andrew Izod
Lent 3 24 Mar27 Mar28 Mar30 Mar
11.0009.3016.3011.30
Four ElmsHeverHeverHever
Parish Communion Morning PrayerEvening PrayerBaptism – Sadie Smith
John & Mary Proctor
Mothering Sunday
31 Mar 11.00
TBC18.00
Four Elms
HeverHever
Mothering Sunday Communion ServiceBaptism – DowningEvensong
John & Christina Hodson
Anne Simmonds & Lisa Cowell
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Churchwardens
Hever Jane Rosam 07766 763124
Four Elms Leslie GriggsGill Lambert
01732 70042801732 862976
Markbeech Nicki TalbotMarielou Linklater
01342 85052601342 850579
Readers Intercessions Chalice
Roger & Lynnie HopkinsWill Cowell & Daryl Roxburgh
Nicki TalbotAna Roxburgh
Nick IrensElly Heard
Carol Bowern & Marielou Linklater
Anne Simonds & Jane Rosam
Ann Bellamy Nicki Talbot
Kitty WestElly Heard & Robin Rouse
Ivy WilkinsonMarion Purll Jane Rosam
Mary & Gillian Proctor Marion Purrl Elly Heard
John & Christina Hodson
Andrew Izod & Will Cowell
Wendy Izod Gillian Lambert
From the registerFuneral31 January Margaret Dale, Markbeech
Since 2011 Kent Wildlife Trust has been working in partnership with local landowners and volunteers to combat the decline of species in the Eden valley and make the river a better place for wildlife and people. Our RiverSearch project is all about understanding what’s happening in the River Eden, so that we can restore local wildlife.
Our rivers do a vital job to support us and our local wildlife. The River Eden has a wonderful array of unusual species and habitats which have led it be designated a ‘Local Wildlife Site’. Local Wildlife Sites are areas of high quality habitat that are refuges for wildlife throughout the county. The diverse vegetation along the river corridor – including purple loosestrife, un-branched bur-reed, great yellow cress and fringed water lily – creates an ideal habitat for a variety of damselflies and dragonflies, birds and bats. However, as with most river systems, the habitat quality is below what is needed to halt the decline in species that is being experienced nationwide.
Over the last six years, Kent Wildlife Trust has run a number of projects locally, including creating and restoring almost 30 hectares of lowland meadows, protecting over 2km of river banks and creating new wetlands such as scrapes and a backwater. The RiverSearch project builds on this by monitoring the river through volunteer surveys, gathering better evidence about the problems and building biological records for the area helps to ensure that our conservation work is effective.
So far the RiverSearch team has identified some possible causes for the decline in species. In particular we have found problems with the water quality, a lack of diversity in bank vegetation and a shortage of so-called ‘riffles’ along the Lower Eden. Riffles are shallow, fast flowing areas over rocks and gravels which provide habitat variation to the deeper pools and runs. As well as oxygenating the water, riffles are important for fish spawning and are home to a greater abundance of invertebrates. Weirs and sluices stop the natural movement of water and sediments which are needed to form riffles and it is hard to create them artificially.
However, despite the pressures on wildlife, there is plenty to see along the banks of the River Eden. Volunteers have recorded barn owls, lapwings, white-legged damselflies, harvest mice and even otter, a species which hadn’t been recorded on the Eden for about seven years. Kingfishers and cuckoos can still be found, but their numbers seem to be declining. We are hopeful that following the recent ban on the outside use of Metaldehyde, the active ingredient in slug pellets, the water quality will improve.
To find out more about RiverSearch or Kent Wildlife Trust, please visit www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk.
Hannah Reid, Assistant Water for Wildlife Officer at
Kent Wildlife Trust
Helping Eden’s Wildlife
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The Link Team
Bridget Harris, Joanna Wade, Paul Houlton email: [email protected]
Telephone 01732 700986 (Bridget) Mobile 07958 919 631 (Joanna) Address 1 Triangle Cottage, Hever Road, Hever TN8 7NL
Benefice website threespires.wordpress.com Community website www.hever.org
The views expressed in the articles in this magazine are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the editorial team. There is no implied approval or recommendation for any service
or event advertised in the magazine.
Copy for the April edition should reach us no later than 15th March.Subscriptions cost £5 pa if delivered by a volunteer. For payment either: a) Send a cheque payable
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and judges• Jumping and polework clinics• Unaffiliated dressage competitions
Four Elms Farm LiveryPootings Road
Four ElmsKent TN8 6PH
Mobile 07771 634995 or 07730 038747
MARK BEECH NURSERY SCHOOL Open Monday – Wednesday – Thursday – Friday mornings 9 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. in the Village Hall
and Monday and Wednesday afternoons till 3 p.m. Lunch Club available each day to 1.30 p.m.
A warm caring environment for children 2-5 years with a beautiful outside play area.
Vouchers accepted. Musical Bumps on Friday mornings Do come and see us. To arrange a visit please contact:
Mrs R Jordan (Manager) 07952 823852 Mrs A Roberts-Cleeve 01342 850403
Woodlea Craft & Design
PRESENT PARADISE Pottery, silk flowers, beautiful lamps, baskets, jewellery, stylish wrought iron, unusual toys, provencal soaps. The choice is enormous including many articles featured in glossy
magazines, yet tucked away in one of the prettiest parts of rural Kent.
Do come to see and browse.
FOUR ELMS EDENBRIDGE, KENT 01732 700279
OPENFRIDAY & SATURDAY 10am-5pm SUNDAY 2pm-5pm
FULLER’S FEEDS
Need feed for your:
Poultry, pigs, sheep or goats?
20 kg bags delivered locally Competitive prices
Telephone: Christine on 07909 514024
or Simon on 07900 965930
Now taking bookings for 2020
March diary
4 March Zumba class Crockham Hill Village Hall contact Kate 07595921574 6.30pm 5 March Pilates and HIIT Markbeech Village Hall contact [email protected] March Pebbles Dash St Peter’s Hever 3pm11 March Zumba class Crockham Hill Village Hall contact Kate 07595921574 6.30pm 12 March Pilates and HIIT Markbeech Village Hall contact [email protected] March Village lunch, Hever Village Hall, 12 for 12.3015 March “Paddington 2” Village Screen film club, Hever Castle Golf Club 8pm17 March Eden Valley Footpaths Group waymarking walk from Chafford Arms18 March Zumba class Crockham Hill Village Hall contact Kate 07595921574 6.30pm 19 March Pilates and HIIT Markbeech Village Hall, contact [email protected] March Hever Hort talk: The fascinating and secret life of the mole, Hever Village Hall 8pm23 March Markbeech Book Fair 10.30 – 3pm25 March Zumba class Crockham Hill Village Hall contact Kate 07595921574 6.30pm 26 March Pilates and HIIT Markbeech Village Hall contact [email protected] March U3A talk Passports, Assassins, Traitors and Spies Crockham Village Hall 2pm29 March Eden Valley Museum Talk: Brass Instrument manufacture Rickards Hall 7.30pm6 April Family Quiz Evening Four Elms Village Hall 7.30pm19 April (Good Friday) Hever Litter Pick20 April (Easter Saturday) Markbeech and Four Elms Litter Pick20 April Easter Egg hunt, St Peter’s Hever, time tbc21 April Easter Day sevices