NG14 March/April 2022

Nottingham Junior & Girls’ Voices & Nottingham
Youth Choir - choirs for children 7-21yrs. Rehearsals
take place Tues (term time only) 6.15pm - 7.30pm (Junior &
Girls’ Voices) & 7.30pm-9pm (Youth Choir) at Nottingham
Emmanuel School. For more info call 0115 958 9312 or
admin@music-for-everyone.org
book review: the invisible by
tom percival
by Tash Donovan
Notts & Arnold Amateur Cricket Club - Oct-March.
Notts Indoor Cricket Centre, Bar Lane Ind. Est., Basford
Maltings. Mon U11 6-7pm; hardball net 7-8pm; Friday Club
Night for all ages 6.30pm-7.30pm. Indoor Cricket League
Saturdays 1-5pm U11 & U13. Call Andrew Claye 07834 488663.
Nottingham Youth Band - if you’re 8yrs+ and play a
woodwind, brass or percussion instrument to Grade 2 or
above, come along & try out our Youth Band. Rehearsals are
Tues (NYB West Bridgford) & Thurs (NYB Beeston). For more
info call 0115 958 9312 or admin@music-for-everyone.org
NOTTINGHAM Triathlon Club - Do you love to swim, bike
& run or just want to get fitter? Why not join our family triathlon
club for adults and juniors aged 8+. Based at Bingham, Harvey
Hadden & Bestwood. Contact: hello@nottinghamtri.com
Rainbows, Brownies & Guides - for info on groups in
NG14 call free on 0800 169 5901 or visit www.girlguiding.
org.uk/interested
Rhyme, Rattle & Roll - at Burton Joyce library alternate
Wednesdays from 10.30 to 11am. Bring your babies and
toddlers & make some noise. Call 0115 931 3360 for info.
St Helen’s Baby & Toddler Group - Old Church Hall,
Main Street, Burton Joyce (next to chip shop). Mon & Thurs
9.30am - 11am (term time), email: emmahare@hotmail.co.uk
Sing and Play - baby & toddler group for parents/carers.
Meet @ Methodist Chapel, Main Street, Lowdham. Wed
10am-11.30am, term time only. Play & crafts, snack for
children then a singalong with piano. £1 per family. Just turn
up or contact Jeanette on 07925 011821
The Windmill Kindergarten Pre-School
Playgroup - a small friendly group offering a safe and
stimulating environment for children from 2 yrs to school
age. Open Mon-Fri (term time only) from 9am to 3pm at the
Old School Building, Chestnut Grove, Burton Joyce, NG4
5DP. Call Linda on 07800 509190.
Woodborough Pre-school - we are open Mon,
Tue, Thur & Fri (closed Wed). 9.15am til 3.30pm daily.
Woodborough Village Hall. £3.40 ph. 2.5 yrs upwards. Govt.
places available. Full & part time places available. Email:
woodboroughpreschool@btinternet.com. Tel: 0115 965 5895.
This is another book about untold stories and
human connections.
Tom Percival has blended gorgeous illustrations with
his simple, clear prose in this picture book which is
perfect for bedtime reading. Isabel is a happy child
whose parents love her and each other but the family
is struggling financially. They slip through society’s
cracks and descend into poverty. Isabel discovers
that poverty brings a cloak of invisibility. No-one
seems to see her, though she can see more than
ever before. She begins to notice the other invisible
members of society, and she begins to understand
that alongside invisibility poverty brings something
else...loneliness. Isabel decides that she will do
something to tackle the problem.
The book has modern social themes, but rather than
being unremittingly grim, or alternatively, ridiculously
upbeat and positive, Percival uses his light touch to
show us the humanity and love that exist between
people everywhere in society, and how we can all
make a difference, whoever we are. The beautiful,
heart-warming ending doesn’t rely on a lottery win, or
a fairy godmother but on Isabel herself showing the
way. The author has drawn on his own experiences
growing up in poverty to create a gentle and thoughtprovoking
window into a world that for many of us
goes entirely unnoticed. This is another book that
will stay with you and one which children will delight
in hearing again because it has the magic of a fairy
tale with none of the schmaltz.
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