Issue 49: Feb 2007 /March 2008

Fourways 2 , 6 Dilston Terrace, Amble, Northumberland, NE65 0DT editor@theambler.co.uk


Surf spectacular
National championship at Druridge Bay

A Dog's life
We have the best dog beaches - it's official!

Affordable housing
Dreaming of your own house?

Deer Ambler
Spring surprise

Everybody's talking
Community forum promotes our interests

Hedging bets
Doing what comes naturally

Saving wildlife
Making a river change its mind

RNLI station shop
Spend money and save lives

Amble slimmers
Get thin and save lives

Editorial
Supermarket snags and what's in this "life saving" issue.

Have your say
Letters and email, including photos

Improving Queen Street
Grants can give you an uplift

National 'Elf
Dress up as an elf and save lives

Veggie basket scheme
Disadvantaged people help community

Neighbourhood watch
Keeping an eye on your neighbours

Coquet High School Partnership
Expected drop in pupil numbers

Women's house building project
The house that Jill built

Artograffi
Easter fun

David's Diary
News from Amble Development Trust


Town council report
News update from the Town Council

Confessions of an addict
Harry gives up the weed

Age Concern Northumberland
...need people who are concerned

Chinese freeze affects Welfare
Snow stops take-away

Child Trust Fund
Invest in your child's future

Penny
New year Resolutions

Amble Churches Together
Thoughts for New Year

County Councillors report
Future developments

A tale of two thefts
You have been warned

The Peer Mentors
Students help each other

Residents get the hump over bumps
Calming the traffic?

Dirty wellies in a wine bar
Rural romance


Small skinny latte
Toddlers make their own coffee shop

Poetry corner
Safe to shore

Paddlers Paradise
New look play area

Snippets...
Local food, recycling
, school numbers, welfare update

What's On
Including live music, Easter services, volunteering at Warkworth Castle and more.

Greetings from Aglaia
Message from a tall ship


Ray King column
Kevin Keegan takes over. "We all eagerly await"

Molly’s smiling face is a winner

At the harvest assembly at Amble Links First School on Thursday 18th of October the new school badge was unveiled.

During last summer term the pupils’ council organised a competition to produce a new school logo. The winner was chosen from a host of very good entries.

The designer was Molly Dee Mitchell. Chair of governors, Audrey Jones said, “ We chose this particular design because of the happy smiling faces of the parents and children all linked together.” There are five figures with LINKS emblazoned on their chests
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Molly was in year two when she created the design, and now in year three she can be proud to see all her fellow pupils sporting the new badge.

Head teacher Jackie Brown had hoped the new sweatshirts would be ready for the start of the new school year, but there was a delay in the manufacturing. The harvest assembly gave the parents the opportunity to drop in for a cup of coffee and buy sweatshirts for the children.

As an added bonus, the children from the Links School, together with all other pupils who took part in the Early Years Family Learning Programme, received a free book bag.

Parents and children in the scheme came together over a six week period, when they enjoyed fun events and attended workshops on sleep, speech and language, behaviour, dance and healthy eating. Sara Jenson-Boon, the Extended Services Coordinator for the Coquet Partnership of Schools, set up the course and was there to present the children with their blue bags, with the new logo on, of course.

Vivienne Dalgliesh

 

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