Saturday Workshops - booking now

If you would like to book a place on a Saturday workshop then please contact Jenny Bodinham on Tel: 01993 813592 or Email: comed.4560@marlborough.oxon.sch.uk

PC Maintenance, £26 (includes booklet)
Stained Glass, £23 (tutor will charge for materials)
Flowers as Gifts, £23 (tutor will charge for materials)
Curtains, Cushions & Blinds, sorry, but this has been cancelled
Propagation: The Art of Creating New Plants from Old, £23

Digital Camera , £23

Family Parenting Workshops, Tuesdays, starting 23rd February

‘Help me get out of here’ workshops are for parents and carers of rising teenagers. These sessions will provide a space for you to discuss the challenges and look at ways you can help your children through this time in their lives. These sessions are free.
Where? Marlborough School, Woodstock
When? Tuesday Evenings Feb 23rd, March 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd
Time? 7.15-9pm
How? Contact June Trumper or Carol Carvalho 01993-813592
Leave your name, telephone number and email if you have one or leave a note of your contact details at reception in an envelope marked ‘Extended Services’.
We look forward to meeting you.

Two new courses for children after school

BADMINTON
Mondays 5-6pm, 10 sessions, Marlborough School Sports Hall
Starts Monday 11 January 2010
(from age 7+), Cost: £31.50

POTTERY
Thursdays 4-6pm, 10 sessions, Marlborough School
Starts: Thursday 14 January 2010
(from age 7+), Cost: £42.00 (includes materials)

Booking is essential.  If you would like to book a place on either of these courses then please contact Jenny Bodinham on Tel: 01993 813592 or Email: comed.4560@marlborough.oxon.sch.uk.

School's Out Activity Programmes 2009 - 2010

Download the programme of activities and booking form for EASTER and LATE MAY BREAK here (pdf).

Community Learning - Courses for 2009 - 2010

Download the new community learning brochure here (pdf) .

See also WHAT'S ON at the MEC for weekly activities and special events.

There are a variety of course subjects, from computing, machine embroidery to yoga. Some run over several weeks and some are Saturday workshops. The leaflet gives full details, including how to enrol and costs involved.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact:
Jenny Bodinham, Extended Services Administrator
Telephone 01993 813592 (direct) or 01993 811431 ext. 228
Email comed.4560@marlborough.oxon.sch.uk

Book Club

Next meeting is on Monday 19th April 2010, 8 - 9 pm, in the school library. We are reading The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry.

The Marlborough Book Club started in the Autumn 2007. We meet every six weeks (approximately) in the school library. We are a friendly group and anyone who would like to drop in and join us are very welcome. Book club dates for this academic year are (all Mondays): 7 Sep, 2 Nov, 4 Jan, 22 Feb, 19 Apr, 7 Jun and 19 Jul 2010.

Books read so far The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney The Seige, Helen Dunmore Redemption, Kay Langdale Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell Anita and Me, Meera Syal The Island, Victoria Hislop Norwegian Wood, Haruki Marakami Dandelion Soup, Babs Horton Pay It Forward, Catherine Ryan Hyde I'm Not Scared, Niccolo Ammaniti Suite Francaise, I Nemirovsky Hidden Lives, M Forster The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, S Larsson When A Crocodile Eats The Sun, P Godwin Fair Stood The Wind For France, H E Bates Small Island, Andrea Levy Half-truths & White Lies, Jane Davis

Make Woodstock "A Plastic Bag Free Town"

Fed up with all the plastic bags that litter the countryside and never, ever seem to degrade? Why not join together in ridding the town of the dreaded free plastic bag? A new environmental group in Woodstock called "Sustainable Woodstock" has been awarded a £2000 grant from Oxfordshire County Council to buy canvas/calico bags for sale at cost price in the town’s shops to encourage everyone to cut down and eventually eliminate the plastic bag menace. Please complete the on-line questionnaire. It will take you less than five minutes!

Click here to go to questionnaire 

If the link does not work, please copy and paste the following into your browser address bar: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=uky47uQTQFyxQrbqEYNoHg_3d_3d

Parents Matter

Free introductory workshops. Come along, have a coffee and find out you are not alone! More sessions will follow if there is sufficient interest. Please contact us for more information.

In the meantime Oxfordshire County Council have a new Parents Information page on their website with information links to childcare, health, leisure, education, social care, support groups and financial support.