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Arbury Road Cycleway Scheme – Extension to Road Closure

We have received the following project update from Cambridgeshire County Council:

Unfortunately, due to a set of unforeseen circumstances surrounding additional works required by Anglian Water in providing a positive drainage system to the new works outside the school it has been necessary to extend the Road Closure by another two weeks.

The contractor, John Henry Group, has worked tirelessly in an effort to ensure the works were completed on time but on Friday 26th August  a decision was made that even with their best endeavours, due to the above, an extension in time would now be required.

The Head at St Laurence school has been notified and arrangements will be made to ensure staff are able to access the school car park during the normal working day.

From Monday 5th September safe pedestrian access will be maintained for parents and children via Kings Hedges Road and from St.Albans Road. Parents arriving by car are advised to follow the diversion routes already in place and have been asked not attempt to use the school car park for drop off and collection.  Parents will be notified of this via Parent Mail.

Cambridgeshire County Council apologise for the inconvenience this will cause but are working extremely hard with the contractor to ensure this disruption is kept to an absolute minimum. It is hoped that not all of the second week will be required.

 

Impington Village College Celebrates GCSE Results

We have received the following from Impington Village College:

Impington Village College is celebrating its best-ever GCSE results by a significant margin (9%), securing over 80% for the first time. In total, 81% of students achieved 5 A*- C grades including Maths and English, and 34% of all grades achieved were A and A*. There were a number of notable successes with one in five students achieving 10 or more A/A* grades and two students securing 13 A* grades. These excellent outcomes represent the culmination of two years’ hard work by staff and students alike.

Principal Ryan Kelsall said, “ These GCSE results are truly outstanding and eclipse any previous achievements at Impington Village College. These fantastic outcomes reflect not only the talent, ability and, above all, efforts of our students and staff but are also the result of a number of years of dedication, hard work and commitment.”

The results come at the end of a very successful academic year for the College which saw it achieve a very strong Ofsted in March, superb IB results in July and strong A Levels last week. Robert Campbell, Executive Principal, said “We are in the process of becoming a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) and these outcomes confirm our very strong position and the opportunity we will have to develop new provision and work in collaboration and partnership with other schools in Cambridgeshire.”

 

Understanding Dementia – Information Evening

Firs House and Telegraph Street Patient Participation Group, in partnership with Histon Baptist Church, is delighted to invite you to a free information evening at the Baptist Church on Tuesday 11 October, 7.30 – 9pm (refreshments available from 7pm).

Speakers will be Valerie Freestone, Clinical Specialist Dementia Nurse and Dr Simon Poole, local GP.

Topics include:

  • Preventing dementia
  • Writing your own care plans
  • Maintaining independent living
  • How friends and family can help

Followed by a question and answer session.

No booking required

Further information is available at www.firshouse.com 

 

Next Sunday Steam Trains Return to Histon Station!

We have received the following news from the H & I Model Rail Group
On Sunday, 17 July, the Histon and Impington Model Rail Group, will be displaying and operating the ‘Little Histon Model Railway’ at the Pavilion at the Recreation Ground as part of the Festival Sunday celebrations. We will be there from 12.30pm until 5.00pm. Histon & Impington Feast purchased the model railway in the Spring. This is the first time the layout has been displayed in the village. The layout depicts Histon Station in the 1930s when the Chivers Jam Factory was in full production. The creator of the layout, Graham Tandy, will also attend and give a talk about why and how he made the model. The talk is scheduled for 2pm and also 3.30pm.

Are you a railway modeller? Do you know anyone in the village who is? The Model Rail Group has only recently been established and we are keen to make contact with modellers in the village. Anyone who is interested should let me know at lambsquay@hotmail.com<mailto:lambsquay@hotmail.com>. We also have a Facebook Site (please search for ‘Little Histon’) and you are welcome to become a Friend.

The Rail Group is also looking for a home for the layout. The layout measures 8 feet by 18 inches and we need somewhere secure and damp free to store it (where ideally we can also work on it from time to time). Do you know anywhere in the village that we could use? If so please get in touch with me at lambsquay@hotmail.com<mailto:lambsquay@hotmail.com>.

I hope to see you next Sunday.

Simon Payne. Histon and Impington Model Rail Group.

 

After the referendum … no change

Following last week’s referendum there have been reports from several parts of the country of incidents in which immigrants from the EU and elsewhere have been made to feel unwelcome.

On behalf of Histon & Impington Parish Council I would like to reassure the many people from other countries who live and work in Histon & Impington that nothing has changed here. They are welcome and their contributions to our community are appreciated.

We are fortunate to live where we do and the Parish Council will continue to promote the freedom which it gives us to be an open, tolerant and welcoming community.

 

Consultation on forming a new Multi-Academy Trust (MAT)

We have received the following information from Impington Village College:

The Rationale

The Trust will be a new multi academy trust that is evolving from the current ‘standalone’ Academy Trust at Impington Village College to develop a local family of schools within Cambridgeshire. The new Trust will initially be formed by Impington Village College. Ten current Governors will become the ‘founder members’ of the new Multi-Academy Trust. It is proposed will develop in three ways:

  • Apply to establish and open a Free School.
  • Invite partners who share the ethos of the Trust and who recognise the benefits of formal collaboration
  • Sponsor schools that require sponsorship (and the Trust is submitting an application for this to the Department for Education)

The Trust has just announced it is applying to open a Special Free School for students with autism spectrum condition (‘The Cavendish School’) and this is prospectively the first development in the formation of the MAT. In time, the Trust will grow further. Legally forming the MAT is the first and most important step.

The Purpose

The Trust is being formed by an organization (IVC) whose members are passionate about and deeply committed to comprehensive, community-rooted education. The MAT will remain accountable to each local community by ensuring members are drawn from those communities it serves and enable schools to retain local accountability.

The Trust will have a strong ethos and set of values. We believe that children and young people have one chance to experience schooling and we will ensure that this unique opportunity is valued and that it enables all to flourish as individuals so that they can progress and take their place as positive, active and capable citizens in our world.

  • We believe in the individual and will ensure the schools reflect and respect this in both ethos and work
  • We believe that schooling is a unique experience and should therefore be inspirational for all
  • We believe in assumed autonomy for each school and that it is rooted in its community and we therefore will support each of our schools to be a hub for learning, opportunity and participation
  • We are committed to the mantra of excellence as standard and will ensure that pupils only receive the very best opportunities to flourish as independent and responsible individuals
  • We believe in inclusion in principle and practice and will admit all children/young people into our schools; similarly we are committed to avoiding exclusion
  • We believe children and young people should be encouraged to be naturally international in outlook and encourage our pupils in wanting to make a better, fairer and more equal world

Our schools will share and collaborate in a partnership which will ensure that education in Cambridgeshire is once again highly regarded across our nation and beyond.

The Trust will be based on important values and have a distinct ethos. In a rapidly changing educational landscape, this is an ideal opportunity for a successful learning community to develop and grow further.

The Benefits

Developing the MAT will have a number of clear benefits for member schools;

  • enhance the ethos and values of each learning community and contributing to the growth of a new and distinct Trust
  • creating a collaborative culture of excellence in teaching and learning,
  • strengthening professional development of all staff in all settings through increased collaboration and partnership
  • recruiting and retaining the very best professionals
  • strengthen the curriculum through curriculum and partnership across relevant schools,
  • broadening the learning opportunities and enrichment activities for students,
  • enhance provision for students with special educational needs through sharing of best practice and resources,
  • achieve efficiencies of resource and cost through collaboration and partnership of services
  • strengthen support for school improvement and the development of outstanding leadership and governance

Trust Vision and Values

The Trust’s family of schools will be bound by a shared vision and set of aims and objectives that reflect unity of purpose whilst retaining local character. It will aim:

To be an outstanding and inspiring trust comprising learning communities that are truly inclusive, innovative and international. Excellence as standard will be characteristic across the whole Trust.

  • Inclusive – welcoming, embracing and supporting all pupils who come to our schools in achieving academic excellence
  • Innovative – challenging and supporting all members of each learning community to look forward with resilience and confidence and to be at the forefront of educational thinking and achievement
  • International – developing and adopting a global outlook and encouraging all members to acquire international-mindedness

Next Steps

We would like to invite all those with a particular interest in the development of the Trust to come to a public meeting on Monday 20 June at 7.30pm to hear from Trustees and the Executive Principal on:

  • The formation and character of the new Trust
  • The initial opportunity to apply to open the new special free school for students with ASC
  • The current challenges of developing excellence in a landscape where resources are diminishing
  • The consultation will run from Monday 13 June to Friday 1 July 2016.
  • Feedback can be submitted to rcampbell@impington.cambs.sch.uk

 

Environment Committee News

A meeting of the Environment Committee took place on 31 May, see minutes here

The new Committee Chair for the coming year is Cedric Foster

Items of special note include:

  • Wildflower verges – keep your eyes open for our 4 trial verges in Histon & Impington this year!
  • Bee Orchids have been found growing in The Coppice and the Council has put protective measures in place. The Bee Orchid is one of the most beautiful and well known of the native orchids in Britain. The flower is quite unique, with its pink petals and a brown centre which looks like the body of a bee.

Unfortunately it is no longer a common species and is less frequent than it used to be so, with its preference for chalky soils, we’re lucky to have these plants. When a bee orchid does find a place to flourish it can grow up to 30cm, however it can take 5 to 8 years to flower and may only do so once in its lifetime. If picked, the plant is unlikely to flower again, so will have lost its only chance of producing seeds which it normally does in late July.

Bee orchids are protected, as are all wild flowers, under Section 13 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981). This section prohibits unauthorised and intentional uprooting of any wild plant.

  • The Committee heard about plans for two environment-related events:

On Saturday 2nd July, Histon and Impington Community Orchard Project will be holding a Birds and Bees Breakfast as part of Feast Week.  The RSPB will have their bird-ringing experts and there will be a bee-keeping exhibit too.  Cooked breakfast will also be available.

On Saturday 1st October, the Sustainability Group and HICOP are holding a Village Food Festival.  There are plans for apple juicing, making smoothies by bicycle, a surplus stall for exchanging excess home-grow veg, local food vendors, plus stalls with information on poultry keeping, foraging, premium space growing, apple identification and the community allotment.

 

EU REFERENDUM – Local Hustings Thursday 9th June 2016

We have received the following invitation:

EU Referendum Hustings: St Andrew’s Church, Histon are delighted to invite everyone in Histon and Impington to a Hustings for the EU Referendum at 7.30pm in the Saint Andrew’s Centre on Thursday 9 June. Martin Keegan will be putting the case for leaving the EU and Rod Cantrill of Cambridge for Europe will be putting the case for remaining. Both speakers have been invited to offer a 5 minute ‘pitch’ in support of their case and then they will answer questions from the audience. There will be an opportunity to write down questions in advance (just arrive from 7.15pm).

 

 

Cambridgeshire Community Fair

Tuesday 7th June at Burgess Hall St Ives. This is a FREE event open to every resident of Cambridgeshire.

A busy afternoon with the opportunity to browse a marketplace of over 60 stalls from voluntary and community sector organisations, funders, local authorities and local programmes.

Learn from ‘Community Stars’, local community projects and groups who have successfully taken on challenges and may be able to help advise with your local projects.

For more information visit: https://cambscommunityfair.wordpress.com 
Search for us on Twitter #CommFair16

 

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INCREASING BIODIVERSITY IN THE VILLAGES

Tree across footpath behind Manor Park

Storm Eunice

Christmas Tree Chipping event Saturday 8th January 2021