The children of Abacus Pre-School @ Meadowbrook and Abacus Pre-School @ Baileys Court enjoyed a wonderfully wet morning discovering the local woodlands at Savages Wood! The children from each setting were invited along with their parents to join in some fun woodland activities, including ‘filling a bucket with woodland treasure’, musical instruments, stories & puppets and ‘bug hunts’ with magnifying
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The new mayor of Bradley Stoke was elected on Thursday 12th May: the chosen candidate was Cllr Elaine Hardwick, who has served on the town council since 2011. We managed to ask Elaine some questions about her aspirations as the new mayor of Bradley Stoke. Elaine says her main aim is to “keep up with the good work that has
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Ellie Holley has become the first girl at 1st Bradley Stoke Scouts to attain her Chief Scout’s Gold Award. Made up of nine challenge badges – Adventure, Community, Creative, Expedition, Fitness, Global, Outdoor, Outdoor Plus and Promise – it is the highest award available to the Scout section. She has hiked, camped, cooked on an open campfire, taught more junior
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Details of an application made by local representatives of parkrun UK to hold two weekly running events in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve have been published on the town council’s website. The application has been made to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), which owns the nature reserve and will make the final decision on whether or not to grant permission, but the
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The churches in Bradley Stoke, in partnership with Cllr Tom Aditya of the Bristol Multi Faith Forum, are hosting a debate on the eve of the European Union (EU) referendum. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to ask questions and listen to an in-depth discussion of issues surrounding the referendum question. The event takes place at 7.30pm on
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A Bradley Stoke mum has taken part in a sponsored skydive to raise funds for a charity that is close to her heart. Jo Hancock, who helps run the Gymtastic pre-school gym club at Filton Community Centre, along with her boss Sherri Webber, undertook the skydive at the Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury on Saturday 14th May. Their aim was to
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Pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School have been taking part in an exciting project which links in with UK astronaut Tim Peake’s six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The school has joined the Tim Peake Primary Project, organised by the UK Space Education Office, which aims to increase the engagement of primary school children with science, numeracy
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Bradley Stoke Community School’s (BSCS’s) Year 10 Boys football team have been crowned Gloucestershire County Champions, capping a fantastic season that also saw them reach the last-16 stage of the English Schools FA Cup. The team’s latest success comes after they beat St Bede’s 5-4 in the final of the Bristol and South Gloucestershire Schools’ League. This was followed up
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Members of Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) have continued to express concern about a new weekly parkrun being established in the town’s Three Brooks nature reserve, despite assurances from an expert that the proposed event “will not conflict with the designation or long term management of the site”. The town council’s previous request that South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), which owns
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An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. I’m sure many of us will have been out tending our own gardens over the last few weekends, so I hope you will give some thought to entering our annual ‘Best Front Garden’ competition. 2015 was our third year running this competition and although we only had eight entries
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