FRIDAY 2nd <strong>Swaffham</strong> Guides Term time only, 18:00-20:00. Church Rooms, Campingland. Girls aged 10-16yrs invited to join. Contact 07769294414 Acoholics Anonymous Every Friday at 1pm in Parish Rooms at St Dominic’s RC Church,Howdale Rd, Downham Market Adult Ballet For Beginners 6:15pm See Monday’s Senior’s Keep Fit Age Concern-<strong>Swaffham</strong> Support Services at Community Centre Volunteer recruitment 10.30am - 12.00 noon 1st Friday of the month Adult Tap 7:15pm See Monday’s Senior’s Keep Fit Arts Lounge Drawing/sketching classes 10-1pm and 1.30-4.30pm. 723 624 Art, Printing and Paper Craft Session at The Old Art Room 93 Market Place. Techniques, Tips, Inspiration and printing presses in a modern equipped Art &Textile Studio. 10am until 12.30 £10 Tel.01760 337181 Bingo at Narborough Community Centre Doors 6.30pm, eyes-down 7.45pm Contact Mrs Hennessy 01760 337540 <strong>Swaffham</strong> Bellringers Practice St. Peter & St. Paul Church, 7:30pm on the Friday preceding the 2nd Sunday of the month. Beginners welcome. Tel: 01760 724944/lindaringer0447@gmail.com <strong>Swaffham</strong> Carpet Bowls Community Centre. 2 hours from 6.30 for £3. Tea & biscuits inc. Call Alan on 01760 723 910 Coffee Morning At Ashill Community Centre 2nd Friday every month, 10am until noon. 01760 441 651 Country Music Last Friday of each month at the communal lounge at Valentine Barker Court, 7.30 to 22.30. Families and friends, free raffle & donations for Wish Upon a Star children’s cancer charity. 0370 192 4797 Games Evening & Social 2nd Friday/month <strong>Swaffham</strong> Baptists Church Hall - 7:30. All welcome <strong>Swaffham</strong>’s Green Gym Friday 8.30am Recreation Ground, Haspalls Rd Henchmans Early Friday Night Magic at Henchmans, 13 Station Street, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. 2pm to 6pm. Friday Night Magic at Henchmans Iceni Lunch Club <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre, £6.00 for two courses and tea/coffee every Friday 12.30pm. 01760 722 800 Indoor Market <strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms 9am-2pm, free entry. Refreshments, various stalls… bookings contact Haydn 07957 862 239 Judo Sacred Heart School 6-7:30pm £2.50 5 years+ Tel. 07920440235 Oasis Messy Church 6pm every 3rd Friday Fun event for all ages. £1. www.facebook.com/oasiscentreswaffham Rise and shine Baby & Toddler Group: 10am - 12noon. Large play area. £1.50 per adult/chld. 50p any extra persons. Incl drink & a biscuit Senior Snooker (60 years +) @ The Norfolk Snooker Academy, West Acre £4 per session Facebook - Norfolk Snooker Academy 01760 755337 Sporle Art Group meets every Friday at 1pm-3pm. in the community hall. No tuition given, bring your own materials. Free intro then £2 per week. 01760 724615 <strong>Swaffham</strong> Senior Section Term time only. 19:30- 21:00. For young women aged 14 to 25yrs. Contact Tracey Clements 07770236689 or Chrissie Brown 07970105771 Tai Chi for Health 10am Advanced Class. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre. Tel: 01760 723102 or barbara.smith58@yahoo.co.uk <strong>Swaffham</strong> Veterans Snooker Group (60+) 2-5pm at West Acre Village Hall, PE32 1TQ. £3 per player. Call Phillip on 01760 755337 Yoga 10.30 - 12 Green Britain Centre, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. £7 per class. Contact Jayne on: 07544974342 or email: greenwillowyoga@outlook.com to book a place. SATURDAY Art Class for over 12s ...and accompanied Children who want to use the sewing machine. The Old Art Room 93 Market Place. 2nd Saturday of the month.10 until 1pm £10 Tel.01760 337181 Arts Lounge Silver Workshops 9:30-3:30 October 22nd & December 10th. All equipment, silver and refreshments inc 01760 723 624 <strong>Swaffham</strong> Bingo Club Community Centre last Sat in month, 7pm for 7:30pm start. £2.50 annual membership, 50p for visitors. Paul Darby 07880 568628 Board Games Group For Adults At <strong>Swaffham</strong> Library Saturdays 10-11am. The board games include Draughts, Scrabble and Dominoes. The group provides people with the chance to meet others in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere Children’s Art Club 1st Saturday of the Month. 10am until 12.15 £10 All Equipment, Snack and Drink provided Tel. 01760 337181 Henchmans Miniature Painting Workshop or Pokemon Battles (alternate weeks) 10am to 1pm. MtG Standard Showdown or Yu-Gi-Oh (alternate weeks) 2pm to 5pm. 01760 788427 www.henchmans.com Pentney Country Music Club www.pentneycowlsclub.co.uk weekly 01760 337 392 karenpentneycountryclub12@yahoo.co.uk Pilates Class 9-10.15am All Saints Centre, Church Lane, Boughton. Beginners welcome. £8 per session. 07515834729 Pokemon; Yu-Gi-Oh! Magic: The Gathering for beginners alternate Sat. www.henchmans.com. Children welcome. 10.30am – 2pm <strong>Swaffham</strong> Market Traditional market, now 800 years old! Every Saturday 6am until 3pm. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Market Place. Details 01760 722 922 <strong>Swaffham</strong> Rugby Football Club <strong>Swaffham</strong>RUFC@outlook.com West Norfolk Crafters & Needleworkers Stitchers, crafters and knitters who meet at Leziate Village Hall on the 2nd Sat. 01760 720767 SUNDAY Henchmans Yu-Gi-Oh or Star Wars X-Wing (alternate weeks) from 12 noon to 4pm. 01760 788427 or visit our website www.henchmans.com Kuk Sool Won Narborough Com. Centre 5.30 - 6.30pm. 07541261713 Pentney Indoor Bowls Club bowls coaching for beginners and improvers Sundays 10am - 12noon. G Freezer 01760 722262 Star Wars @ Henchmans 12-4pm www.henchmans.com <strong>Swaffham</strong> Rugby Football Club Minis 10:30-12. Games see Saturday Snooker @ The Norfolk Snooker Academy West Acre 3 hours play £9. Facebook - Norfolk Snooker Academy 01760-755337 Spiritual Awareness Group Most Sundays 5:15pm to 6:30pm for Healing and 6:30pm to 8:30pm Service at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre <strong>Swaffham</strong> Home Library Service The Home Library Service delivers books and audio books to people who are unable to get to their local library whether permanently or temporarily. Books are delivered once a month by friendly volunteers who have been vetted by the Royal Voluntary Service. If you live in <strong>Swaffham</strong> or the surrounding area and would like to use the Home Library Service please contact <strong>Swaffham</strong> library on 01760 721513. Tackling Period Poverty As you may have heard in the news recently, there are an increasing number of young women and girls being forced to skip school when they’re on their period due to being unable to afford adequate sanitary protection. A survey by the charity Plan International UK found that one in 10 girls or women aged 14 to 21 in Britain cannot afford sanitary towels or tampons. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre have recently received a significant donation of sanitary towels, so please feel free to come to collect some free of charge from the Iceni Office. There is almost always a female member of staff in the office who will be able to discreetly help you with what you need. We welcome any donations to enable us to have an ongoing supply available. You can get in touch by calling us on 01760 722 800 or emailing enquiries@iceni.info We are also now on Facebook: @Iceni<strong>Swaffham</strong>1 <strong>Swaffham</strong> Junior Academy Team Houghton at SJA: This term Year 6, at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Junior Academy, are learning about electricity. As part of our investigations the whole year group spent a day creating motorised electric cars which could be taken home at the end of the day! Charlie Marien has written a short description of the fun day: “So we created a car which was motor powered, it did take a while but we all eventually created one! We used skills we had learnt in previous years about circuits and followed the instructions. Some of us had to improvise to make our cars work.” Drake, deep in concentration, he later managed to adapt his car by adding tape to his tyres so it could move on the carpet. Later on in this term we have other exciting and challenging activities to complete which investigate alternative power sources to electricity. This will include the class creating their own wind powered turbines and designing solar bottle lights (a device which is used in many places of the world where electricity isn’t currently present). Iceni Rural Writers We often use our life experiences as inspiration. Here Charlie explores how our attitudes to our relatives can change over time. My Father’s Cousin Poor Elsie. A refrain often heard repeated by mother. Poor Elsie. She has a lonely life. I used to ignore her but now I keep in touch. I used to think she was boring but now I find her stories interesting. I used to think it was mum’s job to keep in contact but now Mum’s no longer here I accept that it’s mine. Charlie Dearden Sacred Heart <strong>Swaffham</strong> As the world is reported to be a more stressful place for the youth of today, Sacred Heart School has put focus on ‘well-being’ for this academic year. Students have been encouraged to consider what well-being is and how they can help themselves and their peers to gain a more positive perception of themselves and the world. PSHEE lessons and assemblies have introduced concepts and techniques to improve well-being. Some classes have done workshops in yoga and nutrition, whilst others have taken the time to visit art exhibitions. Most recently, the school took the last morning of the Autumn term to explore well-being; allowing students the freedom to try something new, challenge themselves and bond with students from different year groups. Some activities were active: some students gaining a sense of achievement from running the furthest they had ever run before, others learning how to ‘improve fitness’ in HIIT training, whilst others learnt the ‘benefits of yoga’ for ‘relaxing and toning’. Some students embraced a challenge, with orienteering introducing students to ‘new skills’ such as ‘the compass, maps and Morse code’. Some were mindful and explored the quotes of great philosophers about happiness and how it is achieved. Many got creative! Some learned to arm knit, while others danced and made decorations. Meanwhile, another group learnt the benefits of animal companionship and explored some of the world’s amazingly adapted creatures. The well-being day was enjoyed by all of the students and staff; leaving for holidays with a positive outlook and well informed in ways that they can improve outlook and perception of themselves. 6 7