v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v 24th August 2023 • The HERALD • Page 45 KIDS ZONE Services offered: Private Tutoring Services Home-schooling Solutions Exam Prep and Entry Coaching and Mentoring Services Soft Skills Training Phone: 07751 083447 Email: office@stgeorgeseducation.com Website: www.stgeorgeseducation,com Investing in Private Tuition: Frill or Necessity? by Helen Sanderson, St George’s Educational Services In a world of increasing competitiveness and opportunities, it is estimated that a staggering 43% of children in London and 27% in the rest of the country are receiving private educational support at some point. So, why should you consider private tuition for your child? e most common situation is when a child is falling behind, struggling in one or more speci c subjects; losing marks but also interest and con dence. In this case, individual tuition will help to overcome these di culties at their pace as the tuition will be designed around them. Private tuition is mainly about academic support, but will also generate increased con dence, with long term bene ts in the classroom and beyond. Exam preparation is another reason for seeking private educational support. Not only will private tuition address any speci c area of di culty, but it will provide an invaluable tool to help with exam techniques, organisation, planning and time management to get the grade needed to go into a chosen school or university. St George’s Educational Services helps students service. Please visit our website for more information and get in touch to see how we can help you. www. stgeorgeseducation.com Helen Sanderson, St George’s Educational Services through al l the s tages of their education, from their very rst day at school, until they enter university. We offer: private tuition, revision courses, exam p r e p a r a t i o n , exam services for private candidates, home education, m e n t o r i n g , coaching and consultancy. We pride ourselves in o ering a tailor made, dedicated READY SET READ! is year’s Summer Reading Challenge: Ready, Set, Read! Runs until Saturday 16th September in Hampshire Libraries. Read/listen to 6 books across the summer and collect rewards. Sign up in your local Hampshire Library or online: www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/library/kidszone Pirates! Fact & Fiction in Lymington St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in Lymington have a swashbuckling new exhibition; ‘Pirates! Fact & Fiction’ running over the summer until 9th September. e exhibition will take you on a journey through pirate history, lm and literature, with lots to see and do including spectacular costumes from Black Sails, Peter Pan and Spartacus and fun interactives, children’s trail and activity sheets for all ages. You can even have a go at walking the plank! For more details please visit: www.stbarbe-museum. org.uk On Thursday 7th September Praizin’ Hands Puppet group will be holding a Taster evening for young people in school years 7 to 13 (ages 11 to 18) who are interested in learning Puppetry as a new skill and joining other like-minded young people in the ‘Little Hands’ Puppet team. e evening will include having ‘a go’ with a puppet and learning some basic puppetry skills as well as playing some games and meeting the current, very friendly team. e Little Hands team meet on alternate ursdays in Black eld and perform at various places such as Community Fun Days and in Church services throughout the year. Alongside their evenings of puppetry and games/activities, they have regular trips out. Praizin’ Hands Puppet Group is a local charity, based on the Waterside. Being a puppeteer is ideal for people who tend to be a bit shy as it is an ideal way of expressing yourself but with the safety of being hidden behind the puppet stage! No experience is needed as full training will be given. If you know of a young person who is interested in going along to the Taster Day please ask their parent or carer to email: info@praizinhands.org.uk or call: 07842 142269 to nd out more information. ey would love to hear from you! For more information about Praizin’ Hands and what they do please visit: www.praizinhands.org.uk Do You Know of a Young Person Who is Looking for a New Challenge? Local Walking Route Enhanced for Residents New Forest District Council (NFDC) have been making it easier to enjoy local green spaces by improving footpaths in the district as part of the greenspaces project. Locally in Hythe, NFDC have worked to create a walking route through open countryside by adding new access gates and widening the footpath and constructed a new boardwalk at Depedene, between Claypits Lane and Challenger Way. Stretching southwards from Claypits Lane (near its junction with Southampton Road) to Challenger Way (near its junction with Upper Mullin’s Lane) the footpath provides a pleasant walking route through open countryside with occasional views to Southampton. e path has been resurfaced and widened to make it accessible all year around and a spectacular oak boardwalk has been constructed to ensure that even in wet-weather walkers don’t get muddy. e entrance points at both ends of the footpath comprise bi-directional radar swing gates, which are suitable for wheelchair users. e walking route can be joined at either end, or through connections with other narrower footpaths from Widecombe Drive and Lower Mullins Lane to form circular walks of varying lengths. Ashurst & Colbury Summer Fete Ashurst & Colbury Parish Council’s Summer Fete returns for the rst time since 2019 on Saturday 9th September at Whartons Lane Recreation Ground from 12noon to 4pm. ere will be lots of stalls and activities as well as food from Bella’s Gelato, e WI, Vibrant Forest Brewery and e New Forest Hotel. Con rmed entertainment includes: Michael O’Leary Storyteller, Simon Chadwick Cartoonist, Hand to Mouth Steampunk Puppet Show, Burnt Toast Ukulele Band, Ocean Harmony, Liam and Tony White and Foxhills School. ART IN TOTTON Totton Art Society’s (TAS) next meeting will be on Saturday 9th September for a Members’ Allday Workshop, 10am to 4pm, An Expressive Colour Painting in any medium. On Tuesday 12th September for an Art Extra Workshop from 2pm to 4pm in Calmore Community Centre, £3. On Wednesday 20th September for Adventurous Artists Sketching, 2pm. On Wednesday 27th September for Alan Langford Cover for a Graphic Novel, 7.30pm. Meetings take place from 7.30pm until 9.30pm at the ree Score Club, Totton SO40 3RS (unless otherwise stated). Visitors are welcome to go along on the night for a small fee of £4pp. For more details of all the activities visit: www.tottonartsociety.org e Montagu Singers were formed as a casual group in 2016 to give a concert at Palace House, Beaulieu; they so enjoyed the experience of singing together that they have continued to give concerts since, visiting many parts of the UK. Music at Beaulieu welcomes them for their rst concert for them on Saturday 9th September. ey are titling their concert ‘With Cheerful Voice’ and will present pieces from both the religious and secular repertoires of Tallis, Purcell, Vaughan-Williams and others; their selection will include items which have a special association with the Beaulieu Estate. Doors open at 6.30pm and the concert will start at 7pm. Tickets are £15 and may be obtained in advance from: www.ticketsource.co.uk/musicatbeaulieu or at the door, through their box o ce, telephone 07770 859900 or by post at PO Box 84, Lymington, Hants, SO41 3ZA where cheques will be accepted. Music at Beaulieu
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