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Hi all here is this terms letter.
1st Dronfield Boys’ Brigade Company and Girls Section.
Captain: Dr Tony Drury-Smith
210 Eckington Road, Coal Aston,
Dronfield. S18 3AZ
01246 415681. 07930 177764
www.coalastonmethodist.org.uk
2/1/10
Dear All
May I wish you all a very Happy New Year.
There are changes this year to the way I communicate to you all. We shall be using our web pages on the Church web site. This will have a copy of this letter, forms for downloading, and up to date news items. It will also have a link both to our Company Calendar, and the Battalion Activities Calendar. These are on Google Calendars and I hope you will find this useful.
Email can still be used but I know some of you still do not have access to email, but all our young people will be able to access the web, and most adults.
Uniform: Thank you to the few who have given me their uniform sizes. I have ordered a selection of sizes.. The cost of the uniform is £12 and we shall be fitting them to bodies in the next week or two. All boys and girls will be expected to wear their uniforms to meetings, visits etc
Subscriptions: Thank you to all who paid termly last term. Fees are now payable on a termly basis, ie £15 in September, £10 in January, £10 in April. Weekly subs will not be payable of course. Please make cheques payable to 1st Dronfield BB Company. Our capitation fees alone this year were £650, Minibus insurance £300, Road Tax £200. £30 per boy approx. This has to be paid whether you come every week or not. Please chat if this will cause hardship.
Consent form. Please collect and complete this as without consent your child will not be able to take part in any activities. This is very important, I will take some on Monday
Summer Camp: Our camp will this year be at Feldon Lodge near London. It will be 24th July- 31st July. Activities will include a day at the Natural History and Science museums and site seeing in London. A day at Windsor Castle, and a day at Whipsenade Zoo, plus archery, swimming, bowling, canoeing etc. The centre has 20 acres of grounds, totally secluded and safe as well as a 5-a-side court, sports hall and showers toilets etc. The cost this year will be around £130 but we are organising some fund raising events to offset the cost, for those who take part in fund raising. Current year 6s and above are eligible, but a £20 deposit is payable. Weekly payments will now be accepted. Please sign the enclosed consent.
Anamchara services: Every second Sunday of the month at 9.30am This service, is especially for members of BB and their parents and friends and forms part of badge work as well’
Torksey Junior Camp. 18th-20th June Cost around £35. For all members currently at Juniors School. Limited places so please sign the consent with £10 deposit asap. Help with staffing as last year greatly appreciated. Please phone with any queries, and I hope this new system will save trees and money.Tony.
1st Dronfield Boys’ Brigade Company and Girls Section.
Captain: Dr Tony Drury-Smith210 Eckington Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield. S18 3AZ 01246 415681. 07930 177764 www.coalastonmethodist.org.uk 22.2.10
Dear All,
I have the following names for Torksey who have signed consent and I will have to confirm this with Battalion along with T shirt sizes by next week. There has been a big interest and virtually all places are taken. However we do have a waiting list for places unconfirmed by next week. Please check this list and let me know if it is correct, or if you wish to drop out or be added to the waiting list,
This Sunday is our Church Anniversary, when we shall have our Worship Band playing and is a Family Parade Service to which everyone is invited. 10.30 am at Church. Tony.
Girls: Imogen, Phoebe, Ellie Butler, Ellie Pickering, Isobel, Laura
Boys: George, Sam, Harry Bracken, Harry Butler, Billy Staniforth-Burgh, Billy Dixon, Joseph, Isaac, Oliver and Tommy
Hi all this is Aprils newsletter
1st Dronfield Boys’ Brigade Company and Girls Section.
210 Eckington Road, Coal Aston,
Dronfield. S18 3AZ
01246 415681. 07930 177764
www.coalastonmethodist.org.uk
17/4/10
Dear All
Hope you all had a good Easter holiday. BB restarts on Monday when Anchors and Juniors move up. Year 3s to Juniors and will meet at 6.30pm and Year 6s to Company Section at 7pm All Company Section members are going out to the woods weather permitting this Monday. Please look at the website for Summer outdoor activities starting in May.
Uniform:. The cost of the uniform is £12 and we shall be fitting them to bodies in the next week or two. All boys and girls will be expected to wear their uniforms to meetings, visits etc
Subscriptions: Thank you to all who paid termly last term. Fees are now payable on a termly basis, ie £15 in September, £10 in January, £10 in April. Weekly subs will not be payable of course. Please make cheques payable to 1st Dronfield BB Company. Our capitation fees alone this year were £650, Minibus insurance £300, Road Tax £200. £30 per boy approx. This has to be paid whether you come every week or not. Please chat if this will cause hardship.
Summer Camp: Our camp will this year be at Feldon Lodge near London. It will be 21st July- 28th July. We are now pretty full. Activities will include a day at the Natural History and Science museums and site seeing in London. A day at Southend on Sea, with beaches, Fun Fair and Britains longest pier and a day at Whipsenade Zoo, plus, swimming, bowling, canoeing etc. The centre has 20 acres of grounds, totally secluded and safe as well as a 5-a-side court, sports hall and showers toilets etc. The cost this year will be around £110 Current year 6s and above are eligible, but a £20 deposit is now payable. Weekly payments will now be accepted .
Anamchara services: Every second Sunday of the month at 9.30am This service, is especially for members of BB and their parents and friends and forms part of badge work as well’
Torksey Junior Camp. 18th-20th June Cost £35. The following children are booked to go: Imogen and Joseph, Phoebe, Isobel, Laura and George, Ellie Rose Pickering , Sam and Harry Bracken, Harry and Ellie Butler, Billy Staniforth-Burgh, Billy Dixon, Isaac, Oliver and Tommy, and Alexander Pymm. Full Camp fees are now payable please. Tony.
1st Dronfield Boys’ Brigade Company and Girls Section.
Captain: Dr Tony Drury-Smith
210 Eckington Road, Coal Aston,
Dronfield. S18 3AZ
01246 415681. 07930 177764
www.coalastonmethodist.org.uk
17/4/10
Dear All,This year seems to have raced bye. Tomorrow is swimming for Juniors and Company and we shall meet at 5.30 for Juniors and 6.30 for Company Section. Please tell other members. This weekend is Torksey Camp Saturday 26th June Junior Section 5-a-side at Concord Park. Cynthia and I are away for 2 weeks from 26th and so help would be appreciated for those two weeks for all sections. July 17th Anchors and Juniors coach trip to Twycross Zoo, subsidised by Sheffield Battalion cost £10. Children should be accompanied by parent/adult who is responsible for them. If you are interested let me know please. August 24th is our annual camp. Kindest regards, Tony.
31.1.11 Dear Parents
I need to know names for Torksey Camp for 8-11s next week. It is on the 10th, 11th and 12th June, this year the cost is around £35, but due to increases in fuel food etc it may have to increase slightly. For those who have not been before it is at the Polish Scout Centre near Torksey the children sleep in dormitory accommodation and take part in a weekend of activities and a trip out. There is a big games field and wood.
I also need to confirm numbers for our weeks camp in Norfolk, by Feb 14thas I have to pay the deposit £700 this week Thanks to those who have already booked. If you could sign the enclosed consent and post this to me as I am so busy on Mondays that sometimes things get lost.. The venue this year is near the Norfolk Coast and the Broads. 23rd –30th July. This year for the first time I can remember we shall sleep in dormitories. The cost is going to be around £170. I have organised a bag pack to go towards Camp and Company funds on Saturday 21st May at Morrisons, Meadowhead. This a real opportunity for us to raise much needed cash and it is hoped that every member of the Company, and parents will take part for some of the day. A list will be coming out shortly. It is an ever-increasing problem especially with increasing fuel, insurance and craft material prices to balance the budget and so I would remind you to pay your subs £10 for this term please. Road tax, insurance and our annual capitation fee (which includes children’s insurance) is £1500 this year.
On 14th Feb we shall be having a fund raising event for Bluebell Wood come along with your children from 6.15pm to 7.30pm for a cup of coffee and bring a cake bun or whatever to sell for the Bluebell Wood Hospice.
BB stores in Sheffield will open for uniform sales etc at the café at Lowedges shops from 9-10am on Sat 12th March and then hopefully every month.
The Part in the Park will be on 18th June this tear at Hillsborough Park. There will be a climbing Wall and Archery again this year as well as lots of other activities. Put it in your diaries now. More details later.
Our rearranged Enrolment Service will be on March 29th 10.30am
Carbon Fast. Lent begins on March 9th traditionally a time to fast . Tear Fund have a Carbon Fast , which amongst all the increasing consequences of Climate Change seems to make good sense. www.tearfund.org/carbonfast is the link to there daily plan.
Consents. I still have not got all the consents I yet. Please ask me or download off the website
Firm Foundations. Spring Bank holiday. Feldon Lodge This is a fun packed weekend for 14+. Cost £65. See our national website. I shall be going. http://ff.boys-brigade.org.uk/2011.php Follow this link for a superb weekend.
Amicus weekend 14+ age group weekend of indoor and outdoor activities at Green Moor cost £12.50 including food and transport. Calendar
All our events are usually posted on the google colander. There is a link to this on our website at coalastonmethodist.org.uk on the BB pages.
February: Sunday13th 9.30 Anamchara Monday 14th Bluebell Wood event Monday21st No BB half term. Monday 28th BB restarts
March: Saturday 12th Stores open 9-10.30 Sunday 13thAnamchara. 9.30am Monday 28th Swimming
April: Sunday 9th Church Parade Friday 15th-Sunday 17th Amicus weekend age 14+. Green Moor Activity Centre. Monday 18th no BB until May 9th Sunday 24th April Easter Day Family Worship 10.30am, or come for breakfast 8am
May: Sunday 8th Anamchara 9.30am Monday 9th BB restarts Saturday 21st Bag Pack Morison’s all day. Thursday 27th- Mon 30th Firm Foundations 14+ Feldon Lodge
June: Monday 6th Whitfest Games and Hot Dogs on field Fri 10th-Sunday12th Torksey Camp for those at Junior School Monday 13th Swimming Saturday 18th Party in the Park
July Saturday 9th Probable Anchor and Junior trip Sat 23rd- 30th Annual Camp Norfolk year 6 and above.
1st Dronfield Boys’ Brigade Company and Girls Section.
210 Eckington Road, Coal Aston,
Dronfield. S18 3AZ
01246 415681. 07930 177764
www.coalastonmethodist.org.uk
Dear Parents
I hope you have all had a good summer. Autumn has come with a vengeance today and I now have a garden full of plums and apples, which the wind has blown off. We had a great time at Camp this year and plans are already in hand for next summer at Feldon 21st- 28th July.
BB restarts on Monday as usual, and this Sunday is my service at 9.30am.
Subs will remain at £15 for this term, and I would appreciate early payment as I will have to pay our capitation fees shortly to maintain insurance cover.
This Monday will be a film and Pizza night for Juniors and seniors. However the film will introduce a Disney slant on Dickens Christmas Carol which we hope we will perform in December and some of the term will be spent in writing scripts, making costumes, scenery etc. All are welcome to take part in this, but of course we shall also have our usual activities, we shall be exploring food recipes in the bible as part of our ongoing look at various stories and passages in the worlds best seller. We shall be setting our 14+ age group a series of challenges and projects as well as continuing with Duke of Edinburgh’s award and we have a weekend away in October for them. Hopefully with enough support we shall be playing 5-a-side on Fridays as usual. Our charity will again be Bluebell Wood and we will be organising some events to raise money for them. We shall also be going swimming at Heeley baths, to the Bonfire at The Midland Railway Centre and a Santa Special visit for Christmas Eve. We shall visit the Panto at Staveley again this year. We are also having a Toy sale, probably on a Saturday morning . The Church is holding its Autumn Fayre on Saturday 17th September in the Community Centre, lots of stalls, lunches, and in the evening there is a concert. We shall be holding our Enrolment service in January . We shall again mark remembrance day with a 9.30 service followed by a short act of remembrance in our church and a contingent to lay our wreath at the cenotaph. Our Annual Church Parade is this year a departure from normal and we shall be holding it at Shiregreen St Thomas and St Christophers when Mark Greenwood from the 43 trust, the nearest thing to a Christian Peter Kay will be running the celebration. This is in November. We do have vacancies for 5and 6 year olds this term. I enclose this terms calander
1st Dronfield Boys’ Brigade Company and Girls Section.
Captain: Dr Tony Drury-Smith 210 Eckington Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield. S18 3AZ 01246 415681. 07930 177764 www.coalastonmethodist.org.uk
Dear Parents
Just a short letter to bring you up to date with some changes to the programme etc.
Finally can I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and every blessing in the New Year. Lets hope peace will break out in the world as we celebrate the ultimate Prince of Peace.
Tony.
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