Dorchester fish passage and Bucks pool weir solution Public Consultation

The River Thame Conservation Trust, in partnership with the Environment Agency and the Hurst Water Meadow Trust, has developed and designed a project to enable fish to migrate upstream and downstream past the current barrier at the Bucks Pool Weir.

The project will involve some in-channel works to install a permanent cascade-type feature. Construction is planned for summer 2025, subject to planning consent.

We invite you to offer your views on the design and learn more about the project ahead of the planning submission, anticipated in mid-May 2024.

  • Date and Time: 29th April from 7pm to 9pm
  • Location: Dorchester-on-Thames Village Hall

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School Newsletter : March 2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our quiz night in the village hall. Our PTA did a superb job hosting an excellent quiz and serving delicious food. We raised over £700 towards our playground improvements.

There has been such a lot going on in our school recently.

Our younger children enjoyed a trip to the Royal Festival Hall earlier this term. They enjoyed hearing music from the London Philharmonic Orchestra and joined in the singing with great gusto.

Our older children have taken part in visits to the Winchester Science Centre and experience days at the Abbey. They really enjoyed exploring the Last Supper sculpture in the Abbey and creating their own mosaics.

We also took our Year 5 and 6 children over to Didcot recently to join other schools at an inter-school tag rugby tournament. This was a new sport to most of our children and we were proud of the way they all did their best and persevered against some teams who clearly had way more experience!

Our mini ox for the Sobell House Oxtrail has arrived in school. He has been christened Birinox and we are looking forward to decorating him. He will then be placed in a public space over the summer with other mini oxen from schools and community groups around Oxfordshire. The Oxtrail will be taking place over the summer and we are really proud that our little school is playing a part in this fundraiser. We will share photographs and the exact location with you when we know it.

We have spaces in school and you are welcome to come and visit us to see what we can offer your child. You can find out more from our website here: https://www.st-birinus-pri.oxon.sch.uk/

Jo Staples
Headteacher

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Recent and Upcoming : March 2024

To try and help promote news and events within the village, and get the email bulletin sent on a monthly basis, we are going to trial publishing a monthly article which just lists recent posts, upcoming events, and any documents uploaded recently (eg. newsletter, parish council minutes).

If you have something you feel should have been on here, or would like in future posts, please do let us know using the contact page on the website.

Dorchester Abbey Museum News

Volunteers Needed!

Please come and join our friendly group of volunteers

  • Greet visitors from all over the world, as well as local people
  • Make new friends, learn about Dorchester’s fascinating history, and make a valuable contribution to the village community
  • Time commitment: six or seven afternoons between Easter and the end of September
  • Full training provided

For further information and a chat please email: museum@dorchester-abbey.org.uk

 

New pop-up exhibition from Easter

Shops, Pubs and other Businesses from Dorchester’s past

Please can you help?

As part of the Dorchester Festival, on 5 May three Museum and Historical Society volunteers are repeating their popular themed walk exploring Dorchester’s past.

The Museum plans a pop-up exhibition to complement the walk.

Can you help by lending or donating objects related to Dorchester’s businesses from bygone times, especially those which no longer function?

We have, for example, a painting of the George, a milk bottle from Belcher’s dairy (lent by James Pratt), invoices from old shops, a shop ledger from Fletcher’s store, some pub/hotel menus and several photographs. Please do contact me if you can offer any similar items:

Margot Metcalfe, Curator, museum@dorchester-abbey.co.uk, or phone 01865 340054.

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Dorchester Abbey Museum: Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers Needed!

Please come and join our friendly group of volunteers

  • Greet visitors from all over the world, as well as local people
  • Make new friends, learn about Dorchester’s fascinating history, and make a valuable contribution to the village community
  • Time commitment: six or seven afternoons between Easter and the end of September
  • Full training provided

For further information and a chat please email:
museum@dorchester-abbey.org.uk

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