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When we are feeling stressed and worried, it is difficult to relax. Yet when we have a calm and peaceful mind, we can deal much better with life’s difficulties. A short course on how to meditate began on Wednesday 17 April in Kibworth Village Hall where Kadam Chris Heyes, Resident Teacher at Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre in Leicester, explained the benefits of meditation and how to meet the challenges of daily life.

Our next meeting on Saturday 18 May will be the Annual Plant Sale from 10.00 until 12.00 noon.

Members of the public will have a rare opportunity to visit the oldest mill in Leicestershire. It opens on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May as part of National Mills Weekend. Volunteers will show people around inside and outside the mill, showing the inner workings and marks left by the millers over the last 400 years.

An evening of cabaret, questions and fun!

presents at Kibworth Community Hub (formerly Kibworth Grammar School Hall) on Saturday 27 April from 7.30pm the experienced four-piece fun band ‘The Smiler’ consisting of four locals. The lead guitarist is from Foxton and plays tennis at the club. They will be playing classics and anthems from the 60s onwards. Music definitely to make you smile!

For many people, spring marks the beginning of the golf season. As the weather warms up and daylight hours extend, golf enthusiasts eagerly anticipate hitting the course again. The greenkeepers are beginning to wonder if a different spring has sprung on the course with the excessive rain that we have witnessed! However, we remain certain that brighter days are ahead. 

We are delighted finally to share with you the results of our February Ofsted inspection. The report, published last week, confirms that Kibworth Mead Academy is rated Ofsted ‘good’ in all four categories. Quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management.

I think most of us reading this know that our wildlife is in serious decline. (https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/landmark-report-shows-uk-wildlifes-devastating-decline).

Easter tide, but why is the title of this seminal festival unrelated to the event which is commemorated? Answer: Christianity was very adept at poaching titles from pagan sources. Eastre was a heathen goddess whose festival was in spring, hence the bunnies and eggs, not the stone being rolled away and a time when millions around the world meet on this day – Easterday. Easter time lasts till Whitsun (50 days).

The Parish Council’s last meeting was held on 5 March in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub.