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Happy Solstice – Vernal Equinox

Today celebrated the Vernal (Spring) Equinox – the first day of Spring which occurs when the sun passes the equator moving from the southern to the northern hemisphere.

The North Pole begins to lean toward the sun again. Day and night have approximately the same length and the days will become longer.

The clocks will go forward next weekend on March 28th signifying Summer is definitely on its way!

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Local Employment: English Teacher At Beaminster School

Beaminster School have a vacancy for a 2nd in English Teacher who will have respnsibility for KS3 children.  Required to start in September 2021 on the Teacher’s Payscale + TLR 2.1 (£2,873).  Closing date for applications is Tuesday, 20th April.

To Apply:

Please note that they cannot accept CV applications.

​Visit HERE to download and read

  • Teaching Job Application Form.
  • Full Job Description 2021.
  • English Teaching Person Spec. 2021
  • English Department Information 2021
  • Notes to Applicants 2021.

Here is what they are seeking:

We seek a dynamic, highly motivated and inspirational English teacher to join us in September 2021, who will also take on the role of 2nd in department, responsible for leading the continuing development of KS3 English.

Over the past two years the English department has undergone a period of rapid improvement in which all department policies have been reviewed and modernised. This includes developing a new set of assessment criteria for reading and writing that underpins the KS3 curriculum and bridges the gap between KS3 and GCSE, KS3 assessments that mirror the demands of GCSE, an updated feedback policy that aims to ensure students understand their targets and how to improve, along with many other improvements.  As KS3 lead, you will review the current KS3 Improvement Plan as well as our newly created resources and will be responsible for using this plan to drive further development in the department.

As a collaborative team, who work together efficiently and will always support each other, we look forward to welcoming an ambitious KS3 lead as they seek to improve the department. We offer personalised induction and support programmes for new staff, with many opportunities for professional development.

This is an excellent career opportunity for a colleague who firmly believes in the entitlement of young people to a rich, engaging and stimulating English curriculum. Working within a vibrant and highly successful faculty, you will be an outstanding classroom teacher who is totally committed to the progress of all students in our popular and fully comprehensive school.

You will have an unwavering belief in the potential of every student, and a contagious enthusiasm for your subject which will excite and motivate all students to achieve their very best. You will:

  • Engage, inspire and enthuse students through a genuine passion for your subject and for learning

  • Have high expectations of student achievement and behaviour

  • Be a great classroom practitioner

  • Be forward thinking, creative and well organised

  • Be enthusiastic, resourceful and fully committed to securing student progress.

This popular and successful 11–18 school stands in beautiful open countryside on the edge of Beaminster, a Dorset town with great charm and historic interest, just 6 miles from the World Heritage Jurassic Coast.

We have a joint Sixth Form with our partner school, the Sir John Colfox Academy in Bridport, offering a broad and developing range of courses including English Language and Literature. Sixth Form numbers are buoyant and our results are some of the best in Dorset. Knowledge of, or an interest in, teaching A level English Language would be beneficial although certainly not necessary.

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged, and the Head of English will be happy to meet with you. Please do get in touch if you would like to arrange this.

We value the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Beaminster School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants are required to have appropriate medical and enhanced DBS clearance.​

Completed applications should be returned to Mrs. Nicola Chalkley by the closing date Tuesday 20th April 2021

Contact: Nicola Chalkley
Head’s PA and Office Manager
Beaminster School
Beaminster
Dorset DT8 3EP

Email:               NChalkley@beaminster.dorset.sch.uk
Tel:                   01308 862633

Closing date:   Tuesday 20th April 2021
Interviews:      Week Beginning 26th April 2021

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Easter Egg Cheesecakes From McKenzies Cake Bakery

Tucked away in Orchard Mead in Broadwindsor is the kitchen of McKenzies Cake Bakery.
Village resident, Lisa McKenzie is producing the most delightful Easter Egg Cheesecakes in 3 varieties 🙂 The main picture shows the Easter Egg Cheesecake.  There is also Malteser Easter Egg Cheesecake and Biscoff Easter Egg Cheesecake…
Available in two sizes:
MALTESER EASTER EGG CHEESECAKE
Malteser Easter Egg Cheesecake
  • The large ‘sharing’ size cost £5 each.
    (Sharing is optional)
  • The small ‘single portion’ size cost £2.50 each.
BISCOFF EASTER EGG CHEESECAKES
Biscoff Easter Egg Cheesecake

Collection: available from 19 Orchard Mead, Broadwindsor, DT8 3RA
on Thursday 1st, Friday 2nd or Saturday 3rd April.

McKenzies Cake Bakery
Lisa creates far more than Easter Egg Cheesecakes. She bakes cakes for all occasions – cupcakes, giant cupcakes, mini cakes, layer cakes, wedding cakes, Christmas cakes and more – whether it be a birthday, wedding, special anniversary, celebration or you are simply in need of cake!

Lisa specialises in cupcakes with a wide range of styles and flavours.  Also available is a range of mini cupcakes especially for little ones!

Delivery is available to the local area.

You can text or call Lisa on 07812 757 547

Visit her Facebook page HERE.

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Arts & Crafts – Book Your Table Now

The team for Broadwindsor’s Fun Day are actively working behind the scenes to bring you a day of safe fun and celebration on 14th August.

Part of the day, 2pm – 6pm will involve stalls at the Comrades Hall with Arts and Crafts.  Molly James is in charge of coordinating this.  Costs are £5 for a small table and £10 for a large table.  Spaces will be limited.

Broadwindsor Fun Group

If you would like a stall for the afternoon, please email Molly directly at: handcraftedbymolls@gmail.com or message her via Facebook HERE.

Any other enquiries about Broadwindsor’s Fun Day, please email bwfunday20@gmail.com.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day – 17th March

St Patrick’s Day is a global celebration of Irish culture on or around March 17.  It particularly remembers St Patrick, one of Ireland’s patron saints, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century.  He was born in Roman Britain to a wealthy family near the end of the fourth century. At age 16, he was captured by Irish raiders and brought to Ireland, where he spent six years in captivity, working as a shepherd. He became a devout Christian and, it’s believed, began to dream of converting the Irish to Christianity. He then escaped back to England. He wrote that a voice — God’s — spoke to him in a dream telling him to leave Ireland.

The photo shows a stained glass recreation of St. Patrick holding a shamrock, found in Junction City, Ohio. Photo by Nheyob/Wikimedia Commons.

After reaching England, Patrick described having a second dream in which an angel told him to go back to Ireland as a missionary. He started religious training to become a priest. He was later sent to Ireland on a mission to convert the Irish to Christianity and minister to Christians already there. Rather than replacing pagan Irish rituals, he incorporated them into his teachings. For instance, the Irish used to honor their gods with fire, so Patrick used bonfires to celebrate Easter. He died in A.D. 461 on March 17, which became St. Patrick’s Day.

Wearing green has become a staple of St. Patrick’s Day, but the holiday was originally associated with the color blue. It’s thought that the shift to green happened because of Ireland’s nickname “The Emerald Isle,” the green in the Irish flag and the shamrock, or clover. Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn as early as the 17th century. During the Irish Rebellion of 1798, an uprising against British rule in Ireland, Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on March 17 to make a political statement.

LeprechaunLegend has it that wearing green makes a person invisible to leprechauns that will pinch someone if they see them. The symbol of St. Patrick is a three-leaf shamrock, not a four-leaf clover.  In Ireland, some people still adhere to the tradition of Catholics wearing green and Protestants wearing orange, the colors that represent their respective religious sects on the Irish flag.

St. Patrick’s Day is the traditional day for planting peas. Cabbage seeds are often planted today, too.

Celebrations and Céilidhs are common as is the imbibement of alcohol particularly Guiness and Irish whisky.

Here are 2 recipes: one for Irish Jelly Shots and the second for a delicious Guinness Chocolate Cake with Irish Buttercream

Irish Jelly Shots!

Green Layer

  • 1 small Lime jelly
  • 150ml water
  • 150ml Sour apple pucker

White Layer

  • 120ml coconut milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 packet Knox Gelatin
  • 120ml Marshmallow Flavoured Vodka
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

Orange Layer

  • 1 small packet Orange jelly
  • 150ml water
  • 150ml Orange liquor

METHOD:

  • Add 150ml boiling water to lime jelly mix in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved.
  • Repeat with orange jelly mix.
  • Add your liquors to both jellies and set to the side.
  • Cool 10 minutes.
  • For the white layer, pour milk into a small saucepan.
  • Add the gelatin packet to the milk and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
  • Stir the white mixture and break up the gelatin.
  • Turn on medium heat, simmer until the gelatin dissolves.
  • Stir well, until it comes to a boil.
  • Remove from heat and add sugar and vanilla and stir to dissolve.
  • Add in your vodka, stir and let cool 10 minutes.
  • Pour or spoon lime jelly into plastic shot glass ⅓ of the way full.
  • Refrigerate 25 minutes.
  • Pour white jelly mixture on top of blue layer ⅓ of the way full. .
  • Refrigerate 20 minutes.
  • Top it off with the orange jelly.
  • Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
  • Garnish with whip cream, sour rainbow candy and chocolate gold cake sprinkles.
  • ENJOY!!

Still containing alcohol – you may prefer it in the form of…

Chocolate Guinness CakeChocolate Guinness Cake with Irish Cream Buttercream

  • 225 grams plain flour
  • 400 grams granulated sugar
  • 65 grams unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon fine salt
  • 170 grams sour cream or plain full fat yogurt
  • 120 ml fresh vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 235 ml Guinness beer

For the Irish Buttercream:

  • 450 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 750 grams icing sugar, sifted
  • 60 mls plus 2 tablespoons Irish cream, such as Bailey’s

For the chocolate drip:

  • 120 gms semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
  • 120 mls heavy cream

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C /350°F/Gas Mark 4. Generously grease two 8-inch wide and 3-inch deep cake pans and line with parchment rounds.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  3. In a medium bowl whisk together the sour cream, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, and beer.
  4. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir with a spatula until just combined.
  5. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
  6. Cool the cakes in their pans for 30 minutes before carefully turning them out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
  7. If possible, freeze the cakes while you prepare the buttercream.

 

Make the buttercream:

  1. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the icing sugar then the Irish cream. Beat the mixture on high speed until very light, fluffy, and smooth, about 3 minutes. If the frosting is too thick, add a splash more Irish cream. If it’s too thin, add some more icing sugar.
  2. Assemble: Place one cake layer a cake stand or serving plate. Frost the top of the cake generously, as this will become the filling. Use even more if you’re decorating as a ‘naked’ cake. Top with the other cake layer, flat side up.
  3. With an offset spatula, spread a very thin layer of frosting all over the cake. This layer is a crumb coat and should act like polyfilla. For the smoothest frosting, return the cake to the fridge or freezer until firm to the touch.
  4. Spread the remaining frosting all over the cake. If desired, focus the frosting on the top to maintain the ‘naked’ look.
  1. Chocolate Guinness CakePlace the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Bring the heavy cream to a simmer then immediately remove from heat and pour over chocolate. You can also do this in the microwave. Cover for a few minutes then stir until smooth.
  2. Allow to cool until it has thickened but is still pourable, approx. 10 minutes. Don’t place ganache in the fridge to cool. Test the consistency of the drip by pouring down the side of a glass. If it’s too thick, microwave for 5 to 10 seconds. If it’s too thin, allow to continue to cool.
  3. Decorate classically with chocolate shavings or add green coloured shamrocks & gold coins
  4. The cake can be stored, covered, at room temperature for up to 1 day or in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Recipe By Tessa Arias. Photos by Ashley McLaughlin.

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Vikki’s Specials At The White Lion

From Thursday 18th – Saturday 20th March, in addition to their Takeaway menu (below) Vikki is offering you the choice of:

  • Homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken with Basmati Rice (gluten free).
  • Homemade Steak and Kidney Pie with Fresh Vegetables and Chips or Mash .
  • Butcher’s Faggots with Onion Gravy, Mash Potatoes and Mushy Peas or Garden Peas.

Please pre-order the day before.

Caramac CheesecakeFor dessert this week, there is

Homemade Caramac Cheesecake with Cream
@ £4

Sunday Lunch – £8.50

You can choose from Roast Beef, Roast Turkey or Roast Lamb.

Please pre-order by 5pm Saturday.
Please collect between 12 noon – 2.00pm.

Telephone: 01308 867070
Email: info@whitelionbroadwindsor.co.uk;
Message them through Facebook: HERE.

White Lion Takeaway - Jan 2021

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Free Topsoil

Left over from the work at Bernards’ Place is a pile of topsoil which is by the basketball hoop.

Villagers are invited to help themselves.

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Happy Mother’s Day – Sunday 14th March

Mothering Sunday is a day honouring mothers and mother churches everywhere. It is celebrated in the UK and elsewhere in the English-speaking world.

Mothers Day has fallen on the fourth Sunday in Lent since the Middle Ages.  It is exactly 21 days before Easter Sunday.  It is also known as Laetare Sunday, Refreshment Sunday and Rose Sunday.

The Romans also celebrated a Mother Goddess, Cybele, every March as far back as 250BC.

Mothering Buns
Mothering Buns

Mother’s Day has an association with the story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand and the reprieve from fasting, therefore cakes and buns have long been made to celebrate.
Simnel cake is the most familiar and popular all the way through to Easter.  Popular in Bristol and other places are Mothering Buns: plain yeast-leavened buns, iced, and sprinkled with hundreds and thousands.  Also easy for children to decorate. Best eaten for breakfast on that day.

Love is LoveIf you are able, treat your Mum, Step Mum, Granny, Nan, Pseudo Mum, Adoptive Mum, Single Mum – we are all amazing!

Mother’s Day for the next ten years will fall on the following dates:

  • 2021 – 14 March
  • 2022 – 27 March
  • 2023 – 19 March
  • 2024 – 10 March
  • 2025 – 30 March
  • 2026 – 15 March
  • 2027 – 7 March
  • 2028 – 26 March
  • 2029 – 11 March
  • 2030 – 31 March
  • 2031 – 23 March

Why not plant a tree for your Mum? Find out more HERE.

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Grand Silent Auction Starts March 12th

Starting today and running until Sunday, 28th March, the Rotary Club of Lyme Regis are hosting a Grand Silent Auction of Goods & Promises. 

The event will be hosted online and is raising funds for Lyme Regis Food Bank, Julia’s House, Weldmar Hospicecare and the Alzheimer’s Society.

Mark Hix
Lot 3: A “Hix at Home” fish box plus a live “cook along with Mark”.

There are over 100 Lots with a vast range of fantastic offers including:

  • A voucher for a £250 discount on a Lyme Regis holiday cottage from Lyme Bay Holidays.
  • Cook-a-long lessons with celebrity chef, Mark Hix.
  • Autographed memorabilia from Lyme Regis resident & Deep Purple’s vocalist, Ian Gillan. Ian has kindly offered to personally sign the auction items on request 🙂
  • Half a day fishing off the Jurassic Coast.
  • A weekend experience at a Caterham Club Motor Race.

Bidding will begin at 12 noon on March 12th and will close at 9pm on Sunday, 28th March.

To get started, simply

  1. Click on the red ‘Sign in’ button.
  2. Register your contact details.
  3. You will then be able to place bids by clicking on the item and press “Bid Now“.
  4. Follow the online instructions.

To view all the Lots – Click HERE.

At the end of the auction, the winning bidders will be contacted by email, once payment is received. They will then be provided with an address in Lyme Regis from which their Lot may be collected.
Alternatively, the Rotary Club is able to arrange free delivery up to 10 miles.

You will be supporting four local charities, Lyme Regis Food Bank, Julia’s House, Weldmar Hospicecare and the Alzheimer’s Society, all of which have struggled to raise funds in the past year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

To contact Lyme Regis Rotary Club directly, please telephone the Secretary on 01297 560081.

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Tales From The Telephone Box

Regular users of the website (rather then the Facebook page or Twitter Feed) will notice a new sub menu item – Tales From The Telephone Box.

At the end of January this year, Margery Hookings invited users of the telephone box Book Exchange to submit their book reviews.  The response has been good and she has published several on her blog already.  Read more HERE.

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