Activities for and by
Young People in Middle Rasen
Rainbows 5-6 pm .......... Brownies 6 - 7.30 pm * @ The Church Hall, North Street
Guides 6.30 - 8.30 pm @ The Village Hall @ ........ Ranger Guides fortnightly @ The Village Hall
* term time only
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Middle Rasen School News
We are looking to recruit a new member to our Governing Board. We are seeking a Co-Opted Governor who has no current links to the school. This role may be particularly of interest if you have skills in finance/accounting, human resources, data or education, but we invite applications from anyone who is interested in helping the school be the best it can be. Ideally this person would possess a range of skills and qualities including, but not limited to the following:
• Analysing performance data
• Budgeting and driving financial efficiency
• Performance management and employment issues, including grievances
• Work constructively in committees, chair meetings and to lead the governing board.
If you are keen to play an active role in the school's development over the coming years, we are keen to hear from you. You would be expected to attend 6 Full Governor Meetings through the calendar year as well as undertake 3 visits to the school during the Academic year. The role presents an excellent opportunity to play a key role in developing opportunities for young people at Middle Rasen Primary School.
If you are interested, please contact me at Ben.Curtis@middle-rasen.lincs.sch.uk
Ben Curtis ( Chair of Governors, Middle Rasen Primary School )
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERY SCHOOL NEEDS ITS FRIENDS
Middle Rasen Toddler Group .
There are plenty of toys for the children to play with and you get a chance for some more grown up chat. For more information contact Gail Lee (885812)
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Middle Rasen Nursery
A wonderful time was enjoyed by everyone who attended the Middle Rasen Nursery anniversary celebrations. Many thanks to everyone who helped organise the event and to all those who came along and supported the event. A good time was had by all. Many thanks to Angela Mayne for the photographs showing members of the community enjoying themselves whilst being entertained by the band ‘The Spokes'.
Aug 24
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Guiding in Middle Rasen
MIDDLE RASEN & DISTRICT GUIDES
Shannon White (07534112324)
During the summer Middle Rasen Guides and Rangers spent an amazing week camping at Poacher 2022 alongside over 6000 other Guides and Scouts from across the world. In the day they got the chance to do all types of activities including, learning to scuba dive, axe throwing, archery, crafts and many more. In the evening they could party at the disco, watch the open-air cinema or meet up with all the new friends they had made throughout the week. Middle Rasen Guides and Rangers meet once a week, if you are aged between 10-14 and are interested in joining guides, please contact Shannon on 07534 112 324. If you are aged between 14- 18 and are interested in joining Rangers, please contact Jeanette on 07961970579.
Shannon White
Middle Rasen Brownies
New members are very welcome and the Unit is open to all girls aged 7-10 year. Interest can be registered via the Girlguiding website:
https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-for-parents/register-your-daughter/
Brownies from Middle Rasen recently joined Brownies Market Rasen and Caistor at PGL Caythorpe for the Brownie Takeover Weekend. The Brownies took on challenges on land, water and at height, including Canoeing, high ropes, zip line, archery, giant swing plus many more. The Brownies showed great strength, resilience, determination and energy to try everything. Well done to all.
Tricia Neale Apil 24
MIDDLE RASEN RAINBOWS
We are also actively looking for Young Leaders (aged 14-18 years) and Adult Leaders to assist with the Units and other Units within the area. Anyone interested can express their interest via Girlguiding website:
www.girlguiding.org.uk/get-involved/become-a-volunteer/register-to-volunteer
RANGER GUIDES IN MIDDLE
The girls at Middle Rasen Rangers have loads of fun choosing and arranging their own activities within the Guiding program. In the last twelve months we have had girls training and completing their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award (see picture taken near Legsby), some have now moved on to start work on the prestigious gold award whilst we have more now training for their Bronze. We are now fundraising and applying for grants for our own equipment.
They have taken part in a County camp for guiding members their age (14 – 25, call the Senior Section), where they had the opportunity to take part in kayaking, air rifle shooting, archery and Japanese braiding. They have organised an evening's ice skating, a fund raising fashion show, international food tasting and helped run events for the 2 nd Middle Rasen Guides. They have also been to Sheffield arena to see the popular group JLS.
In January they organised a weekend away and one of our girls achieved her Senior Section Holiday Permit by coordinating the arrangements and program for the weekend.
Many of the girls are also training as Young Leaders with Rainbow, Brownie and Guide units in the Market / Middle Rasen area and we have three qualified Young Guiders in more training.
We meet once a fortnight on a Monday and are always open to new members, you can contact us on 07961 970579.
Jeannette Reilly, Ranger Guider.
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30 Years of Middle Rasen Rainbows
I was sad to read in April's Community Sprit that Middle Rasen Rainbows was closing. (see below) Thirty years ago the Rainbow movement of the Guides was just beginning. Valerie Wright and the late Jackie Kitchen asked me if I would be interested in leading a group in Middle Rasen and Pat Golby kindly volunteered to be my assistant! We had to become guiders first, so underwent training before being enrolled as fully-fledged leaders!
In those days we met in the old church hut, which lacked facilities, but had a certain wartime atmosphere. There was a toilet that was rumoured to have it's own resident rat, although I cleaned the toilet before every meeting and never came across it! Our girls made far too much noise for him anyway!
In those days, rainbows weren't allowed to have sleepovers or work for badges, although they were given a rainbow badge when they were enrolled which brightened up their homemade tabards! We sang songs, played games and did masses of crafts! One thing that we were really good at was having parties! These we indulged in at every available opportunity! A visit to the pantomime at Christmas was another favourite!
When the old church hut was pulled down, we were included in a time capsule to be buried in front of the new Church hall. Whilst the new hall was being completed, the council kindly allowed us to use the Braemar community room rather than us being homeless!
During my seven years with the girls I had many helpers, especially Guides working for their Young Leaders badge. The first of these was Tricia Neal (Lamming) followed by Lizzie Jones, Gemma Fowles, Sarah Lamming and Rosemary Bedford. Thirzah, my daughter, often leant a hand too, as did many of our lovely mums! Over the years, Rainbows began to be included in larger guiding activities like those held in the Festival Hall and the Lincoln Showground. My sister, Karen, helped out with a group that opened in Market Rasen, until, unfortunately, she became too ill to continue.
Eileen Bedford took over from me and Linda White soon joined her. My time with the Rainbows left me with lots of fond memories. I feel really proud when “my girls” tell me that their daughters have followed in their footsteps!
Eileen, Linda and Karen continued to lead the girls on further adventures, until the recent closure. I feel sure that, although the group has come to a close, it will certainly not be the end and one day in the not too distant future a new group will have fun in Middle Rasen once again.
Elaine Jennings
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It is with a heavy and sad heart that I have to announce that the Rainbow Unit of Middle Rasen has closed.
During the first lockdown, we were meeting via emails and many of the girls worked really hard on their badge work and the activities that I prepared and sent out to them.
When September came, we were really looking forward to having face-to-face meetings but this was still put on hold by HQ. I had lost a few girls as they were able to go onto Brownies and with so few numbers it wasn't viable to hire the hall to meet. We continued to meet virtually until Christmas, when I again lost girls to Brownies and started the New Year with just 2 Rainbows.
After 17+ years of service to Guiding and being able to transfer the girls to Market Rasen Unit, I have decided to retire.
Last year we were hoping to have held a 30th Birthday party for Middle Rasen rainbows, as the unit had been active all that time, but as with so many celebrations that had to go by the wayside!
I have had some wonderful times with the girls over the years and it's been a great pleasure to watch the girls grow and mature with us before continuing at Brownies and then onto Guides.
A big thank you to my co-helpers for their time - Eileen Bedford, Linda White, Shannon White who have all had skills for different things, but we were able to work together as a team and each give something to the girls. I have also had some young Guides come and help out for their Duke of Edinburgh awards and then go on to be young leaders themselves.
I must say a big thank you to all the parents who have sent their daughters to us over the years, and, who knows, maybe one of them, when old enough, may open the unit again and have lots of fun just like I have had!
Karen Gramson
On behalf of Middle Rasen, I would like to say a very big thank you to you Karen, to Eileen, Linda and Shannon, for all your hard work and dedication over the years! My daughter, Alice, was a rainbow here 20 years ago – she loved her time with you all! It is very sad to see the unit closing, but we wish you all well in your retirement!
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GIRL GUIDES FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS
100 years ago, a small group of courageous girls stepped forward at the 1909 Boy Scouts Rally in Crystal Palace Park and asked its Founder, Robert Baden-Powell for “something for the girls”. The result was the Girl Guides.
Local Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section and Guiders from our local units joined up with members from all over the County, past and present, to celebrate this event in a very modern way by taking a trip to Pleasure Island , Cleethorpes. Everyone had a great day trying out all the rides and watching the shows. Then in the afternoon over 2300 joined together to renew their promise.
Any girls aged 10 years and over are welcome to come along to guides to find out more of what is going on. For more info contact Katie Wright (843658).
TWENTY YEARS OF GUIDES
It was an evening of celebrations at the last meeting of the year for Middle Rasen Guides. Not only were they celebrating Christmas, but also twenty years of Guides in Middle Rasen. Among the invited guests were Sheila Lamming who started the Guide unit, Division Commissioner Mrs Jan Stimpson, and two former guides - Alice and Becky. Both were presented with their Baden Powell certificate, which they had worked for at Guides.
Everyone sang Happy Birthday as Alice and Becky cut the birthday cake. Then Guides and visitors enjoyed the party food, which the girls had provided. Party games were played, and the most original party hat was judged. The evening concluded with the enrolment of two new Guides, and a sad good-bye was said to Guider Katie. However, Linda and the Guides are looking forward to two new Guiders joining them in the New Year. when an exciting programme of meetings will start on Monday 11th January at 6.30pm.
Alice Hodgson looks back at the humble beginnings of the Girl Guides at Barkwith
As Guiding looks forward to celebrating its Centenary next month it is interesting to recall that one of the first ever Patrols was formed at East Barkwith in April 1912. Miss Nora Denny who was the daughter of the local doctor, had been involved with guiding from 1910 and she started with seven girls. They were duly registered at headquarters in October 1912 as the East Barkwith patrol of Baden Powell Girl Guides with the certificate signed by Agnes Baden- Powell and the first six girls made their promise on November 1 st 1912.
Barkwith's Registration Certificate signed by Agnes Baden Powell 21 st Oct 1912
A jumble sale was held to raise some funds and made £6.0.6 and the shopping list for the first camp held at Mablethorpe includes coal 1s 2d (5p), paraffin 9d, candles4d and beef 4s 2d (40p). Each guide contributed 3s 6d for the week, Miss Pike and ‘Mother' each gave 5s (25p) and Dr Denny paid the rent for the cottage they stayed in £1 10s (£1.50). The shared transport for the first stage of the journey to Louth to catch the train involved taking turns to ride with Mrs Denny in her tub trap and Mrs Duckering with her pony and dog cart or on the two bicycles, returning the same way.
The Rev'd Ferry gave them the use of a room at the Rectory for meetings and Mrs Smithson gave a big hearth rug and lent a table and tablecloth. They also had a lamp, camp stools and a fireguard and the girls, worked for dairy and sick nurse badges and took part in a competition with Horncastle guides in first aid, signalling and cooking. A committee meeting was held at Barkwith House in March 1914 and the first report recorded there were then ten guides and they had sent parcels of garments and dressed dolls to Dr Barnardo's Homes at Christmas 1912 and 1913. Letters were also sent to a little invalid girl in Newcastle each week with a doll at Christmas and a parcel of toys when at camp all subscribed by them. No camp was held in 1915 due to the war and it was difficult keeping the Company in existence as there was no one to help them when Miss Denny was absent nursing. In November 1915 Dorothy Barwick gained the War Service Badge. Miss Denny went to live in Vancouver later where she set up a private school with her friend but she retained her interest in guiding and took the idea of white haversacks to her guides in C
Miss Denny with the first Patrol 1914 outside Barkwith House
The Barkwith Group of parishes was formed in 1960 and cub, scout, brownie and guide units were again set up by the Rev Tony Simpson and helpers with the Barkwith Guide Unit registered in June 1967. It eventually moved to Wragby when most of the girls were travelling from the town and when new leaders wanted Wragby to have a unit of its own, the name was changed and the 1 st Barkwith title was adopted by a new unit formed at Donington on Bain. Sadly it did not survive long as there were not enough girls or leaders to retain interest and to keep the old patrol going.
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Karate
The Middle Rasen club was run from the Village Hall with a regional instructor ‘Sensei' James Davie, who co-ordinates all clubs in the area. If you are interested in taking up karate or joining a group, then please contact Sensei' James Davie first on 07659124950. If appropriate he will then arrange for someone to visit you and explain where the local club is and outline the charges. Currently there is a one off Lifetime registration fee of £49 which covers things like insurance. After that each session has a charge. There are concessions if more than one family member joins. A karate gi (suit) is around £30 to buy.