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news & views buckinghamshire&mknews Do you have news to celebrate? We’d love to hear! Email sam@schoolspublishing.co.uk www.primarytimes.net/buckinghamshire Geronimo Festival - the hottest ticket in every kid’s calendar The ultimate kids’ festival, a must-go event, Geronimo 2018 will take place in the North & South making it accessible to everyone in the UK. Geronimo is delighted to be hosting their inaugural event in the South at the magnificent iconic Knebworth House. Entrance to Geronimo includes free admittance to the dinosaur trail and adventure playground a value of £9.50 per person. Referred to as ‘Glastonbury for kids’ the likes of Justin Fletcher, Mr Bloom and Cook and Line have all headlined the main stage in the past. DON’T MISS OUT on early bird tickets, Geronimo loves savvy festival goers, book early before the price increase and take advantage of early bird discount with a huge saving on the gate price! Geronimo has everything your family needs with a jam-packed schedule of performances from the country’s best children’s entertainers, 2 circuses, zip lines, a full-scale showground arena with activities including jousting tournaments and motorcycle stunt displays, a Victorian funfair and much, much more! Fancy the trip to Cheshire? Camping and glamping is available at Geronimo at Arley Hall for a mini-vacation! Tickets are available NOW via the only official ticket partner www.ticketline. com (All under 2’s, carers and senior citizens go free). www. geronimofest.com Buckinghamshire Farm Park Announces New Eco Wildlife Reserve The Green Dragon Rare Breeds Farm & Eco Park at Hogshaw, Buckinghamshire, has embarked on a new project to build a British & European Wildlife Zone that will feature birds of prey, red foxes, red squirrels and species of deer and reindeer. The Green Dragon has a target to reach 250,000 children by 2023 and give them first-hand experiences of the great outdoors that they may not otherwise have. Educational visits are tailormade to suit the learning needs and objectives of each group and follow the seasons to make the most of the natural resources available on the Farm. Roadshow experiences are also delivered, where a selection of the animals is taken into schools and other venues. The new Reserve will be integrated into their successful schools’ programme that is aligned to the latest curriculum guidelines covering horticulture, agriculture, farming, pets and food provenance. They will develop their Children’s Partnership Programme to widen the appeal of the Farm and inspire a broader range of children, forging links with charities, specialist schools, as well as college and university students. Ray Marzec, owner said: ‘We want to diversify our Farm, enabling more people to learn about and enjoy the natural environment and the animals that live in it. The new Reserve will follow our Farm’s ethos of conservation and sustainability and we will continue to promote healthier lifestyles through recreation, education and social play.’ Christmas card Competition Winners! Every year Primary Times asks children to create the picture for our Christmas Card. This year we received a sack full of wonderful entries and we would like to thank you all for taking the time to draw, colour, paint and glitter your designs for us! The overall winner of the competition is Holly Zheng’s, aged 6 from Garnetbank Primary School in Glasgow who will receive 50 Christmas cards made up in her design of Santa next to a Christmas Tree. We were so overwhelmed by the standard of entries that we have also decided to award two runner up prizes who will also receive 50 copies of their designs made into cards, they were: Sahaib Parvez, aged 10 from Cambuslang, Glasgow (top right) and Florence Holt, aged 6 from Radley Primary School, Abingdon. Everyone who entered was a winner! Booker Gym Club Success at the National Championships 2017 High Wycombe based Booker Gym Club enjoyed another outstanding performance in this year’s National Championships held in Milton Keynes in October. In the individual apparatus section, 19 girls qualified in the Southern Region and came home with 14 medals with 3 National Champions. In the men’s individual apparatus and all-round championships, 10 boys qualified at the Southern Region from Booker and came home with 38 medals and 10 Individual Apparatus National Champions and 3 All Round National Champions. In the women’s all-round finals, with 32 in each category, 22 girls from the club qualified and came home with 12 medals. Booker Gym Club was founded in Cressex, High Wycombe in 1987, and all the instructors are British Caiden, Aaron, Ryan, Micah, Eddy, Deshaun, Jake, Charles, Adam, George Amateur Gymnastics Association qualified coaches and offer wide range of gymnastic disciplines. They are a Grass Roots club and their main aim is for all its members to reach their full potential no matter what their ability or age. www.bookergymclub.co.uk 4 Primary Times WINTER Issue | www.primarytimes.net/buckinghamshire
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