SAL WRIGHT, 17 ASHTON CLOSE, ASHTON, BISHOPS WALTHAM, HANTS. SO32 1FP

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Dear Easter Gatherer,

Please find enclosed the Final Programme for Easter 2009. You’ll see lots of familiar activities in addition to some new ones and we hope that you’ll join in as much as possible and have a fun-filled weekend. I’m sure that you have all been busy preparing your acts for Pop this year.

During Easter Weekend you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire. I would ask that you do this as honestly as possibly to enable me to shape future Easter Gatherings. All returned questionnaires will be entered into a prize draw – lucky winners will be announced in the Annual Report.

If there are any pianists who will be in school for Sunday Evening Reading this Easter, and who would be happy to play the piano for the 2 hymns in the meeting house, please do make yourselves known to me before Easter Sunday! I am also looking for volunteers to run arts and crafts activities during the weekend – the activities are prepared and ready to go, but will need a responsible adult to monitor the materials and explain what to do.

Dennis Parker is retiring after 19 years of organising the Local Walk on Easter Sunday. This is an outstanding commitment to the Easter Programme and I know that many of you will have been walking with Dennis and would want to join me in thanking him. Mike McRobert has kindly agreed to lead the walk that Dennis has prepared for this Easter, but I am looking for someone to take over for future Easter Sunday rambles. If anyone is interested, please feel free to contact me.

Finally, I will be heading up north for Easter on Wednesday 8th April, so if you need to get hold of me after Tueaday, please use my mobile number or email address as I will not receive letters or be able to access landline messages until after Easter weekend!

Looking forward to seeing you all next week!

Best Wishes,

Sal & The Easter Team!

EASTER AT ACKWORTH 2009

Friday 10th April 2009

From 1250 Lunch GDR 1400 Board Games Centre Library 1400 Film Matinee – The Easter Egg Adventure BSH Common Room 1600 Refreshments Centre Library 1630 Children’s Easter Egg Hunt – UNDER 11s ONLY Centre Library 1815 President’s Welcome Centre LibraryFrom 1830 Dinner GDR/BDR 1915 Children’s Film - TBC Common Room 1930 Quiz GDR 2100 Nominations Committee HR 2200 Adults’ Film - TBC BSH Common Room

Saturday 11th April 2009

From 0820 Breakfast GDR/BDR 0930 Devotional Meeting Meeting House 1000 Ackworth Old Scholars’ Association Committee Meeting Fiction Library 1000 Big Ball Football The Green 1000 Easter Egg Painting Art Room 1030 Coffee Centre Library 1100 Move to Music with Shirley Day Gymn 1130 Pointless But Fun! The GreenFrom 1250 Lunch GDR/BDR 1400 School Today with Jeffrey Swales Music Centre 1400 Rock-It Ball! Sports Centre 1500 Tea Centre Library 1530 Bring ‘N’ Busk! Centre Library 1530 Children’s Drama Workshop – UNDER 11s ONLY The Gymn 1700 The Annual General Meeting of the Ackworth Old Scholars’ Association Fothergill Theatre 1700 Children’s Party including Tea & Film BSH Common Room 1800 Formal Dinner including wine which has been GDR/BDR anonymously donated this year. SMART NOT CASUAL

1930 After-Dinner Speech with Chris Rengert Fothergill Theatre Followed by Coffee Centre Library 2100 Easter Auction GDR

Sunday 12th April 2009

From 0920 Breakfast GDR/BDR 1000 Easter Bonnet Making Art Room 1045 Meeting for Worship Meeting House 1100 Click, Edit & Exhibit with Elspeth Moore Meet Centre Library 1130 Coffee Centre Library 1200 Moroccan Misadventure with Chris Banks Music CentreFrom 1250 Lunch GDR/BDR 1300 Local Walk Meet GDR 1230 1400 Teen Spirit with Elspeth Moore Meet Centre Library 1400 Off The Rails?! with Jeffrey Swales The Barn 1500 Tea Centre Library 1530 Easter Bonnet Parade The Terrace 1600 Egg and Spoon Race The Green 1630 Roll Me Over! The GreenFrom 1720 Dinner GDR/BDR 1800 Children’s Film - TBC BSH Common Room 1900 Evening Reading: Address by Martin Dickinson Meeting House 2000 Easter Team Challenge GDR 2130 Coffee Centre Library 2200 Adults’ Film - TBC BSH Common Room

Monday 13th April 2009

From 0820 Breakfast GDR/BDR 0900 Easter Art Competition Art Room 0930 Devotional Meeting Meeting House 1000 Badsworth Meet Inn’s Yard 1030 Coffee Centre Library 1100 Move to Music with Shirley Day The Gymn 1100 Hockey Cricket PitchFrom 1250 Lunch GDR/BDR 1400 Sports Finals throughout the afternoon 1400 Teen Spirit with Elspeth Moore Meet Centre Library 1500 Big Ball Football The Green 1530 Refreshments Centre Library 1600 Poetry Hour with Eunice Mortimer Fiction Library 1600 Cricket for All The Green 1700 Orienteering Centre LibraryFrom 1800 Dinner GDR/BDR 1900 Pop! Fothergill Theatre followed by Grand Finale BDR 2030 Coffee Centre Library followed by Beetle Drive BSH Common Room 2200 Adults’ Film - TBC BSH Common Room

Tuesday 14th April 2000

From 0750 Breakfast GDRALL RESIDENTS MUST BE OFF SCHOOL PREMISES BY 9AM AT THE VERY LATEST

Swimming Times:

Friday 1400 - 1700Saturday 0730 - 0830; 0930 - 1300; 1400 - 1630.Sunday 0830 - 0930; 1030 - 1300; 1400 - 1700.Monday 0730 - 0830; 09.30 - 1300; 1400 - 1700.Tuesday 0700 - 0800 Splash Time Happy Hour every day in the pool 1200 – 1300 1400 - 1500