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PEGGY IN PECKHAM On Friday 13 November, the deputy head boy

and deputy head girl, together with Year 7

students Jennifer Scourfield and Grace

Raphael, accompanied Ms French,

Mrs Hodgkin and, driving the mini bus Mrs

Hale, to deliver our harvest festival packages

to Peggy in

Peckham.

We started the day

organising the

donated tins and

packets of food into

boxes, which we

then loaded onto the

minibus. Grace won

the competition for

finding the tin with

the longest best before date (September 2020

no less!) and so our journey began.

No thanks to the satnav, we eventually found

our way to Peckham where we were met with

a lovely welcome from the famous Peggy and

her friend Lily. Our donations filled the

shelves almost to breaking point, and it was

nice to see the difference we made. Lily’s

granddaughter had made us the most amazing

fruitcake and we ate far too much!

Meeting Peggy, aged 104 years, was a

pleasure and we thoroughly enjoyed hearing

her stories. We were surprised to learn that she

had taken no less than three buses to get to us

that day all on her own! She was a real

inspiration and I think we all agreed that we

would love to have her

passion for life if we

ever reached 104.

We said a fond farewell

to the ladies of

Peckham, and due to

heavy London traffic,

we had to embark on the

long journey home.

Several sing-a-longs

later and beautiful

renditions of Frozen songs from the both of us,

we arrived back at school.

It was lovely to meet the woman we’d heard

so much about as we progressed through

school and it was nice to see where all our

donations ended up.

Becky Gill, Deputy Head Girl and

Oscar Forsey, Deputy Head Boy

YEAR 12 PARENTS’ EVENING

Tuesday 1 December 2015

4.30pm – 7.00pm

Curnock Block

Online bookings are now open.

Letters have been emailed to parents/carers.

DIARY DATES Wed 25 Nov Y12 Safe Drive Stay

Alive,

Hexagon, Reading

12 noon -3.30pm

Tues 1 Dec Y12 Parents’ Evening

Wed 2 Dec A Christmas Carol, 7pm, Hall

Thurs 3 Dec A Christmas Carol, 7pm, Hall

Fri 4 Dec A Christmas Carol, 7pm, Hall

Mon 7 Dec Y11 Practice Exam Week

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24 November 2015 www.stbarts.co.uk Issue No: 777

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ST BART’S PRESENTS

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

This year’s school production

features a brilliant cast of 65 students

with original music composition by

Mr James Maunders

At 7.00pm in the Hall on

Wednesday 2 December

Thursday 3 December

Friday 4 December

Adults £5 Concessions £3

Mulled wine and roasted chestnuts

available from 6.30pm

and during the interval

Tickets on sale from the Expressive

Arts Office during break

and activity times

SIXTH FORM AT ST BART’S Applications Now Open Year 11 – have you applied yet for a

place in the Sixth Form in September

2016? Loads of subjects to choose from, a

wide range of extra- curricular activities, social

occasions, charity events, quiet independent

study areas and a place to relax at break time

in the common room.

Look on the Sixth Form page of the website

www.stbarts.co.uk for details about our

courses and an application form.

FRENCH BREAKFAST As a display of support for France

in the wake of the terror attacks, a

group of Year 13 students held a French

Breakfast on 20 November in aid of charity.

The money raised

will be donated to

the Red Cross

who are setting up

help centres to

support those

injured.

In a whole school

show of solidarity,

the French flag in

the Luker Hub

was taken down

last week.

Dan Green 13C1

SIXTH FORM WINTER BALL

Friday 11 December 7.30pm – 11.00pm

In true Christmas spirit the evening will

be raising money for our link school in

Ghana. Dress up and join friends for a

night of entertainment and

refreshments.

Tickets £10 from School Officers in the

Sixth Form Area in advance.

Tickets on the night £12.50.

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EVERS FUNDRAISING A huge £550 was raised

for West Berkshire

Mencap by Evers House

Captain Jordy Haynes

who organised a

fundraising event at

Newbury Racecourse.

He sold tickets for entry to his birthday

party.

MONSTERS IN THE MAKING Students in Miss Dillnutt’s Year 7EP class

have been learning to use the textiles room

equipment. The monster project introduces a

selection of skills from hand embroidery,

making seams, sewing on buttons and

appliqué, as well as learning how to use the

sewing machine.

Once the students are confident with the

equipment they design and make their

monster. Last week the students completed

their project making.

TRAIN TO TEACH AT

SECONDARY LEVEL

Career Information Evening

Wednesday 25 November 2015

At The Downs School

RG20 6AD

5.00pm – 8.00pm

Inspire young people to fulfil

their potential

The Downland Alliance specialises in

training the secondary teachers of the future.

Whether you are a teaching assistant, a

career changer or you graduate in summer

2016, why not come along to our Train to

Teach Information Evening?

http://www.downlandalliance.org.uk

01635 270096

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ANTI-BULLYING WEEK The tagline of this year’s

national Anti-Bullying

Week is to “Make a Noise!”. We, as a school,

are making sure that every student feels

comfortable with sharing their feelings or

experiences with someone who is ready to

listen.

A dramatic, light-hearted assembly from

Year 12s (led by Mrs Sims, Beth Edwards,

James Glen and Amy Bowen) last Wednesday

illustrated that bullying comes in many forms,

and can be taken in many ways; many thanks

to Cleona Freemantle, Henry Hutchins, Kane

Dodd, and Gabriel Foley. At the end of the

day, we aim to convey the message that there

is always a trusted teacher, friend, or House

Head willing to make sure every student is

content during their time at St Bart’s.

Despite this week having a particular national

focus on anti-bullying, we don’t bind the

practices to just a week; we feel that its ethos

should be echoed throughout our St Bart’s

community, throughout the academic year.

Our school policy reminds us that bullying is

never tolerated in any form, whether that be

online, at home, or within school, socially,

physically or verbally.

A poem read and written by Megan Easton

concluded the assembly, making the whole

school reflect on the very raw and real reality

of bullying. “Making a noise” doesn’t have to

come from the person being bullied; we are

encouraging every St Bart’s student to take

responsibility, and actively take a stand against

any form of bullying they experience or

witness.

50% of young people reported in the 2015

Annual Bullying Survey said that they had

been bullied at some point in their lives. Here

at St Bart’s, we aim to ensure that all students

feel entitled to learn in a safe, inspiring and

happy environment. The first step is to just

“Make a Noise!”

By Amy Bowen, James Glen and Bethany

Edwards, Year 12.

Bullying isn’t necessary! I’m back in a corner all alone,

Curled up in a ball, feeling like stone.

Being kicked and pushed, wanting to hide,

Even though I know I can’t inside.

They think it’s right, but I don’t agree,

Oh I wish they didn’t bully me.

Trying to find out my past,

I hope this bully is the last.

Horrible words being aimed at me,

Oh I wish I wish I could be free.

All these words making me feel down,

I feel like I’m wearing a broken crown.

I feel like I’m being towered over by a bear,

There isn’t a happy feeling in the air.

I feel like I want to run,

Because I feel like I’m going to be shot by

a gun.

My heart is beating really fast,

Why do they want to know my past?

A cold feeling, chilling me to the bone,

I’m backed in a corner all alone.

Megan Easton, 9D1

KEY STAGE 4 AWARDS At a recent Year 11 assembly,

104 students received signed

certificates as members of the

15 Club. These are students

whose work in the classroom and in terms of

Independent Study is particularly impressive.

Six students also received Progress

Certificates for improvements of two levels on

the 0-20 scale.

During Year 11 Assembly, the winning

students from the 15 Club Draw were: John

Neely 11C2 and Michelle Willmer 11E2 who

both received £10 of Live-to-Shop vouchers,

and the lucky winner (£20) was Emily Gray,

11D3.

The next award will take place at the start of

next term.

Mr N Cook

Assistant Headteacher Learning and

Achievement at KS3 and KS4

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CHRISTMAS LUNCH Our Christmas lunch this year will be

held on Wednesday 9

December.

There are a limited number of tickets at a cost

of £3.95.

Lunch will be served at 12.30pm and there

will be no other provision of hot food during

activity time that day. Availability of food at

break time remains unchanged.

Menu

Cranberry and Sage Stuffed Turkey Breast

wrapped in Bacon

Pig in Blanket

Crispy Roast Potatoes, Carrots, Peas and

Gravy

Christmas Dessert

Vegetarian Menu

Quorn Fillet with Vegetarian Stuffing

Crispy Roast Potatoes, Carrots, Peas and

Gravy

Christmas Dessert

Crackers, table decorations and a bottle of

drink will also be included.

Tickets are on sale now until Wednesday

3 December from either the Facilities Office

(W030) break or activity time and the kitchen

before school. Please note that payment will be

taken from lunch cards.

This event will be ticket only.

PENTATHLON Congratulations to Sam Hart

10C1 who competed in the

Pentathlon GB biathlon in

Bracknell on 24 October. He

performed fantastically well

across the disciplines and was

awarded the gold medal.

YEAR 7 PE AWARDS

SCHEME Well done to the following Year 7

students who have had a PE

Department postcard sent home in the post.

They were nominated by their PE teacher for

making good progress in their PE class during

the latest PE module of work.

William Shapland, Rhiannon Evans, Iris De

Sousa, Luci Robertson, Charlie Shakespeare,

Tom Kerry, Pippa Thomas, Erin Rees, Ed

Brooker, Will Connington, Johann

Mascazenhas, Jennifer Scourfield

Miss N Ostinelli, Director of PE and Sport

BOYS’ PE Rugby

Year 7

St Bart’s 55 – 20 Reading School

St Bart’s 30 – 5 The Downs

St Bart’s 25 – 0 Park House

Year 8

St Bart’s 33 v 12 Reading School

Try scorers were Louis Carnell, Matt Gaskell,

Arham Khalid, Luke Bullen and Will Freer.

Matt Gaskell converting 4.

Man of the match Sam Taylor

St Bart’s beat Kennet 12-5.

Arham Khalid scored both tries. Matt Gaskell

got the conversion.

Player of the match Arham Khalid.

Teacher man of the match Adam Tucker.

Best performance of the team so far in horrible

rainy condition. It was the first time for many

of the players to play on Newbury RFC 1st XV

pitch, and they wore the St Bart’s shirt with

honour and pride.

Year 9 A team lost to Reading School, but

played very well with a third of the starting

team absent on the day.

Year 9 B played Clere A and John O’Gaunt A.

They did not win, but they were playing

against A teams, and lent Clere five players.

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Year 10

St Bart’s 33 – 38 Reading Blue Coat

Year 11

Lost to Park House, and beat Trinity 29-0

1st XV

1st Xv v Lord Wandsworth lost 14 - 54 -

MOTM Luke Parkes – other try scorer Barney

Morgan.

2nd

XV

Beat Reading School 27-19

Fantastic game, the boys played very well.

Try scorers: Oscar Day, Nick Haynes, Will

Hutchins, Matt Houghton and Max Hayman.

Joe Seward score one conversion

Football

The Year 9 6-a-side teams played in the Area

Tournament in very windy conditions.

Congratulations to the A team who came first.

Goals from Dan Stevenson, and some brilliant

saves from Goalkeeper and Player of the

Tournament Harry Greenwood.

The Year 7 teams played in the Area

Tournament last week. They played some

great football, and came 2nd

on the day.

Boys’ Badminton

The KS3 team came fourth out of eight

schools in the West Berkshire Tournament

which was hosted by St Bart’s on

12 November. The boys narrowly lost to Park

House in the third/fourth play-off.

Well played to Dylan Rees, Jo McLaughlin,

Keian Ho and James MacAllan.

GIRLS’ PE Netball Results and Players of the

Match v Trinity

Y7A won 18-5 Maddy Ettridge

Y7B won 12-1 Ella McCarthy

Y8 won 16-2 Daisy Dijksman

Y9 won 15-8 Sophie Stancombe

Netball v Park House

Year 8 and 9 had league matches.

Year 8 won 24-6 and Daisy Dijksman was

awarded player of the match

Year 9 lost 11-2 and Emma James was

awarded player of the match

Year 10 played a friendly match and won

24-10

Y9 v Park House

The girls knew Park House would be a tough

match as we have always been evenly matched

in the past. The team worked hard to move the

ball to attack but some good defending and

very fast attacking players from PH saw them

take an early lead. Unfortunately Ellen Grace

(GA) fell in the second quarter and injured her

ankle which left the team unsettled and down

to six players. Team spirit didn’t fail and the

six battled hard to deny P.H. Kindly Melissa

Congerton from Year 8 stepped up as GS, the

shooters moved the ball nicely within the

circle with help from Ottilie Sanderson and

Emma James. Despite some good interceptions

by Emily Mayo and Izzy Sutton we were

beaten 11-3. We have moved away from the

match with some positives and things to work

on to improve for our next two matches.

Player of the match was awarded to Emma

James (C). Sophie Stancombe

Y7B v Trinity

On Tuesday 17 November, two teams from

St Bart’s went up against two from Trinity in

the Berkshire league. It was a game with

halves of 10 minutes each.

St Bart’s got off to a cracking start winning the

first quarter with them only having one goal.

We had an amazing attacking side of the team

with the defence taking the ball off of them at

every opportunity, meaning that they only had

the chance to score right at the start. Overall

we all played amazingly and have kept up our

winning streak by winning 11-1.

I would like to say a massive thanks to Louise

Gubbings, Sophie Cunningham, Jennifer

Scourfield, Zoe Quarterly, Rebecca Harris,

Ella McCarthy, Nina Faithful, Olivia Spatharis

and Aimee Robinson for being an amazing

team so far. Keep it up.

A special well done to Ella McCarthy for

being player of the match.

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Y7A v Trinity

The netball season is coming to an end with

only two more netball matches. It was the

Year 7’s first match away from home at the

Trinity netball courts. There was a slightly

different format with two halves each

containing ten minutes. The girls started well

with shot after shot going into the net and the

defenders were intercepting all the Trinity’s

passes. The midfielders were aware of the

spacing and used the netball court wisely to

receive strong, accurate passes. At the half

way point St Bart’s were winning 9:2, there

was a little change to the team with Erin Rees

coming on at WD and Lottie Day moving to

WA. Once the new positions had been sorted

the umpires whistle blew and the game had

begun! The attackers were great at running in

to receive the centre pass and the shooters

were on fire scoring goal after goal or catching

the rebounds. The defenders were great at

blocking the shots and bringing the ball back

down the courts were the WA or C could do a

great feed into the shooting D for the shooters

to score even more goals. After a fast game

St Bart’s won 18:5.

A huge well done to GK Neve Scarr, GD

Imogen Pemberton, WD Lottie Day, C Luci

Robertson, WA Bianca Vicaria, GA Maddy

Ettridge, GS Maisie Lainsbury and Erin Rees.

A massive congratulations to Maddy Ettridge

who got playeY7B

Luci Robertson

SEE PAGE 10 FOR MORE NETBALL

REPORTS AND PHOTOS

Lacrosse

Our senior teams played a mid week fixture

against St Swithun’s

Results and players of the match were as

follows:

1st team lost 10-3 Anna Prudden

2nd

team lost 8-4 Katie Clements

Last weekend we played St George’s Ascot at

home. Results and players of the match were

as follows:

1st team won 8-6 Jenny Alston

Year 10 won 17-2 Millie Pope

Year 9 won 18-3 Molly Robinson

Year 8 won 15-3 Lola Callaghan

Y8 v St George’s

On Saturday 16 November the Y8 lacrosse

team played a home game against St George’s.

Our team played very well and won 15-3.

Lola Callaghan scored seven goals, Maya

Landhed scored three, Melissa Congerton

scored three and Esme Layton scored two.

Captain, Lola Callaghan, was player of the

match.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all

the coaches who gave up their Saturdays for

us.

Maya Landhed 8C3

House Cross Country

Individual Runner Positions, Top 10

Year 7 Girls

7C3 LUCI ROBERTSON 1

7C1 REBECCA THOMSON 2

7C2 GEORGINA THOMSON 3

7E2 SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM 4

7P2 PIPPA THOMAS 5

7E3 ANNABEL SMITH 6

7E1 ELLA MCARTHY 7

7E1 JENNIFER SCOURFIELD 8

7D1 HARRIET PAPE 9

7P2 REBECCA HARRIS 10

Year 7 Boys

7P1 T STANCOMBE 1

7D1 C.DUNBAR 2

7E1 J DOUGLAS 3

7D2 C SHAKESPEARE 4

7E2 J KNIGHT 5

7P2 A DAYSH 6

7C1 C HART 7

7C1 N PROWSE 8

7P2 A GROVES-WAY 9

7D2 J MacALLAN 10

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Year 8 Girls

8D1 L QUESADA-GETGOOD 1

8C3 MAYA LANDHED 2

8C2 JESSICA HARRISON 3

8D2 ROXANNA MONSEF 4

8D1 GRACE LEES 5

8P2 HATTIE SMITHSON 6

8E1 ILONA ROYSTON 7

8P2 ELLIE POINTS 8

8E3 ANNA KAESSER 9

8C3 LAUREN DELAVERE 10

Year 8 Boys

8P2 L VICARIA 1

8P1 T THOMAS 2

8P1 C LANGLEY 3

8C2 H BEATTIE 4

8E2 W FREER 5

8D1 TOM HARVEY 6

8C3 A HENNIS 7

8C1 D MORGAN 8

8E1 S WHITE 9

8E2 J DAVIS 10

Year 9 Girls

9C2 ISABELLE HOLE 1

9P2 SOPHIE STANCOMBE 2

9P2 AMBER WHITE 3

9E2 MADELINE SMITH 4

9D2 GRACE TWYFORD 5

9D1 MADDIE MITTON 6

9D2 SASHA HOWGATE 7

9P2 NICHOLA CONNORTON 8

9P3 SIENA EDWARDS 9

Year 9 Boys

9P1 KYRAN DEACON 1

9C1 RHYS AINSWORTH 2

9D3 HARRY BROOKER 3

9D2 WILLIAM FYAL 4

9D2 IVAN BEYNON 5

9E1 DAVID MITCHELL 6

9P1 CHARLIE NEWELL 7

9D3 KAIN COLEMAN 8

9C1 JOSH MARSHALL 9

9C1 ALEX CHAPMAN 10

Year 10 Boys and Girls

10C1 SAM HART M 1

10C3 ALEX COLSTON M 2

10D2 DAN DRURY M 3

10E3 LUKE TUCKER M 4

10D2 WILL DENTON M 5

10E3 BEN MCARTHY M 6

10P1 SCOTT BAILEY M 7

10P2 HENRY CHANDLER M 8

10C1 JOSEPH POWER M 9

10E3 TOBY TAYLOR M 10

Year 11 Boys and Girls

11E1 TOM WEBSTER M 1

11C1 DAN WEST M 2

11D2 ARCHIE PERKS M 3

11D3 SUSIE DRAKE F 4

11E2 MICHAEL SEATH M 5

11P1 ETHAN LUPTON M 6

11D1 JAMES DALTON M 7

11D2 GERREN SCAPENS M 8

11E1 MAX UDEN M 9

11P2 TOM NEWMAN M 10

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House Netball 2015

Year 10 Curnock B Team

Year 10 – All teams

“Lots of fun, even if we do lose, it’s a good atmosphere”

“Loved house netball because it was fun and exciting” Emily Varley

“Got to pay against all houses and enjoyed as Different competitions” Ella Denham

“Good experience to play netball with Different people, people who don’t usually play have

an opportunity” Lola Callaghan & Hattie Smithson

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Netball Teams

Year 7

Year 8

On Tuesday 17 November the Year 8 girls

played a league netball fixture against Trinity,

away at Trinity. Although it was a cold, damp

and windy day the girls still played well and

kept going. It started off being a struggle, both

for St Bart’s and the Trinity girls, as where

they were placing the ball was difficult to

predict due to the horrendous weather. The

game set off as being evenly matched with a

narrow score, half time St Bart’s had the lead

at 5-2. In the second half the St Bart’s girls

dominated in all areas of the court, each player

found space, progressing the game well,

demonstrating great agility throughout.

The final score was a solid win at 16-2 to

St Bart’s. Player of the match was awarded to

Daisy Dijksman.

Daisy Dijksman 8C3

Year 9 Netball v Trinity 17 November 2015

It was a great game!

Due to sustained injuries we had a different

team structure that we were slightly

apprehensive about however the team worked

very well in their new positions. All players

worked excellently together only conceding

three goals in the first half and scoring seven.

The defenders did well trying new tactics of

marking which supported some great turn

overs by interceptions from Emily Mayo and

Izzy Sutton. The attackers gave some really

lovely balls ahead of player to ensure that they

had time to run onto it, this created a great

flow throughout the game. Interceptions,

flowing passing down court and some great

shooting secured a win for St Bart’s 15-8.

Congratulations to the team: Alice Lansley

(GS), Sophie Stancombe (GA), Ottilie

Sanderson (WA), Emma James (C), Sienna

Edwards (WD), Emily Mayo (GD) and Izzy

Sutton (GK). Player of the match was awarded

to Sophie Stancombe.

Written by Sophie Stancombe - captain.

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House Sport/Competitions Championship 2015/16

Curnock Davis Evers Patterson

Netball Year 7 A 6 4 10 8

Year 7 B 4 6 10 8

Year 8 A 10 6 8 4

Year 8 B 8 4 10 6

Year 9 A 4 8 6 10

Year 9 B 6 10 4 8

Year 10 A 8 4 10 6

Year 10 B 8 4 10 6

Year 11 A 8 10 6 4

Year 11 B 10 8 4 6

Total 72 64 78 66

Cross-country 38 28 40 36

Rugby Year 7 4 6 10 8

Year 8 10 4 8 6

Year 9 6 8 10 4

Year 10 8 4 10 6

Year 11 6 4 8 10

Total 34 26 46 34

Total 106 90 124 100

Place 2nd 4th 1st 3rd

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MINDFULNESS COULD HELP YOU!

IN A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE PRACTISING MINDFULNESS:

92% REPORTED THAT THEY WERE BETTER ABLE TO TOLERATE & REGULATE

THEIR EMOTIONS INCLUDING FEAR AND ANGER

72% REPORTED THAT MINDFULNESS HELPED THEM TO FOCUS AND

CONCENTRATE BETTER

55% SAID THAT MINDFULNESS HELPS THEM

TO ENJOY LIFE MORE

Time to Talk is offering mindfulness training to young people in West Berkshire. The

courses will be run by a qualified and experienced coach; Davina Nicholson.

ANYONE CAN LEARN AND PRACTISE MINDFULNESS, IT’S SIMPLE, YOU CAN

PRACTICE IT ANYWHERE AND THE RESULTS CAN BE LIFE-CHANGING.

MINDFULNESS IS RECOMMENDED BY NICE (National Institute for Care

Excellence)

The course will be on Tuesdays from 5pm to 6.30pm

At Broadway House in Newbury, Starting on December 8th

(Full list of dates:- 8th, 15th & 22nd December,

5th, 12th, 19th & 26th January & 2nd February)

WHAT IS MINDFULNESS:- By focussing on your breath in a particular way

mindfulness helps you to become more ‘in’ the present moment. Using our breath in

this way means we can always have a safe internal ‘place’ to go to. We can also focus

our attention mindfully on other things both inside and outside ourselves.

THIS COURSE INCLUDES SESSIONS ON:- Intention, attention, attitude, gratitude,

resilience, kindness to self and others and purpose. Each session has some learning

about how our brain works, some movement and some mindfulness practice, as well as

sharing, stories, videos and FUN!

WHAT IS MINDFULNESS CONTINUED:-

Often in everyday life we are caught in our thoughts and not awake to the present and

our thoughts can be negative and frightening and can cause anxiety or other

uncomfortable feelings, by practicing mindfulness we can learn to calm our mind and

release tension in our body.

Mindfulness has developed over 2,500 years, originally from Buddhist

meditative traditions

Mindfulness brings a moment by moment non-judgemental awareness of

the breath, body sensations and other happenings within us as human

beings

Mindfulness helps to connect mind and body

Mindfulness feels good Would you like to know more?

For more information or to register for the course please contact:- Luisa or Davina at Time to Talk, Broadway House, 4-8 The Broadway, Newbury RG14 1BA Telephone: 01635 760331 Email: office@t2twb.org Website = www.t2twb.org