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	Time	Group name	Contact name
Monday	7.15-8.30pm	Yoga	Sharmi Musgrave	Facebook Sharmi Musgrave Yoga
Tuesday	9.30am -12am	Playgroup	Caroline Gormley	playgroup.toddlers.kippen@gmail.com   or Kippen Playgroup and Toddlers on Facebook
	5.45-7.15pm	Cubs	Ian  McKinnon	1stcarsecubs@mail.com  or dyslexicdreams@tiscali.co.uk
	7.30-9.30pm	Badminton	Moira Turner	kippen_Pete@yahoo.co.uk
Wednesday	4.30-5.30pm	Rainbows	Yolanda McNeill	kippen.rainbows@gmail.com
	7.30-8.45pm	Yoga	Sharmi Musgrave	Facebook Sharmi Musgrave
Thursday	10.15  -12noon	Mother and Toddler Group	Caroline Gourmely	playgroup.toddlers.kippen@gmail.com   or Kippen Playgroup and Toddlers on Facebook
	5.30-9.15pm	Football Club	Jeeka Sullivan	kippenjuniorsfcsecretary@gmail.com
Friday	9.30am -12noon	Playgroup	Caroline Gormley	playgroup.toddlers.kippen@gmail.com   or Kippen Playgroup and Toddlers on Facebook
Saturday	8.30-9.30am	Andy’s Fitness Class	Andy Carlin	andysfitness@hotmail.co.uk

 

To book the hall email kippenvillagehall@gmail.com

Kippen Parish Church Guild

“One Journey, Many Roads!”  –  “Companions on the Road”

All men and women are welcome to attend

Guild meetings held in Kippen Church House (attached to the Church).  
Unless otherwise indicated, meetings are held on Tuesdays.                 

14^th January                2.00 p.m.

“Stories along the way: 
walking with the other”

Rev. Ellen Larson Davidson

11^th February               2.00 p.m.

“Dr Graham’s Homes”

Jim and Maida Gibson

25^th February               2.00 p.m.

“Patagonia to the Atacama – a long and wonderful journey” Roderick and Mary Lawson

Friday 6^th March       2.00 p.m.

“World Day of Prayer”

Kippen Parish Church

Saturday 7^th March  10.30 a.m. to 12 noon

Coffee Morning/Gift Day

10^th March                   2.00 p.m.

“Health Care Chaplaincy and

Spiritual Care in NHS Scotland”

Mark Evans

Guild Projects:  This year Kippen Guild is supporting two

Projects:– (1) Faith in Young People – The Boys’ Brigade                                                                                   (2) World Mission – Teenage Mothers in Zambia

Further information is available from

Joanna M. McPhail 870681 or joanna.mcphail@btinternet.com

Whether it is scrutinising snails, probing puddles or magnifying mushrooms, our mini-adventurers can be relied upon to get their hands – and sometimes their entire bodies – dirty, searching for the truth to nature’s big questions:

How does a slug move? Why do trees lose their leaves? How long before this water infiltrates my waterproofs? Do bears really poo in these woods?

When they’re not cataloguing our countryside, the Playgroup children sometimes choose to get their creative juices flowing by painting, creating clay sculptures and mark-making with charcoal.  At other times they decide it’s all about pond dipping, concocting potions, making up stories, or having a relaxing swing in the hammock.  When outside, children tend to ask permission less and rarely rely on adults to lead the play.  This is what Kippen Playgroup strives for, child-centred and child-led learning.

Recently the little ones have also really been enjoying the myriad of different uses for rope. It’s been used for tug-of-war, abseiling, as a tightrope, as a pulley and obviously to capture those pesky monsters.  Playing with the rope is not only good physical fun; it also encourages teamwork, creative thinking and problem solving.

When they’re not up at Monkey Camp, the children have been enjoying a wander down the back lane to visit the orchard.  The Playgroup are incredibly thankful to be allowed to roam in this beautiful, hidden part of Kippen, and the children are especially grateful at this time of year for all the fruit!  The brambles, apples and blueberries have been well and truly harvested by our voracious, little locusts!  No fruit has been spared; no top lip unadorned of a purple moustache.  Autumn is truly upon us.

If you think your little one would enjoy some outdoor adventuring, please get in touch with Morna via kippenplaygroup@gmail.com to arrange a taster session.  We run on a Tuesday and Friday (9:30am – 12:00pm) and we take children from 2 years old, up to school age.

There are ‘toddlers runs’ every Thursday in the village hall, all year round, and is the place to come when CBeebies is making you want to scratch your own eyeballs out.  We always have cake and biscuits, and as much tea as your probably now-compromised bladder can handle.  There are also lots of baby and toddler toys and it’s a great place for socialising your little cherubs in a safe environment.  Pop in any Thursday, 10:15am –12:00pm and we’ll see you there.

Suzanne Currie

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