Brotherhood meeting
MEMBERS of Callington Brother-hood meeting for fellowship on Sunday, welcomed their guests, Keith and Kathryn Mutton from St Ive.
Sharing their gospel in song, their duets included: Take Time to be Holy, Wonderful Words of Life and Shine Jesus Shine.
Keith was also making his first visit as the guest speaker and took as his text, words from St Matthews gospel, 'You are the Light of the World'.
The bible reading was given by Basil Bunkum. Douglas Fry chose the hymns, and pianist Barry Higgins led the singing.
Lennard Woodland was chairman for the evening.
Methodist Guild
THE DEVOTIONAL meeting of the Callington Methodist Guild was presided over by Rev Anne Curnow.
The speaker was Pastor Bruce Brown of the Mustard Seed. He spoke on Christmas and good news.
Pianist was Barry Higgins, and tea and biscuits were served by Eileen and Rena Wooldridge.
Sisterhood
MRS ELSIE Trevorrow presided over the Callington United SIsterhood meeting.
Happy thoughts were read by Carrie Duance, Grace Candish, Thelma Fulcher, Ida Duke, Vida Pearce and Elsie Trevorrow.
The speaker was Captain Calder of Liskeard Salvation Army. She showed her collection of tea towels.
Pianist was Rena Wooldridge and tea and biscuits were served by Vida Pearce and Eileen Wooldridge.
College course
SIXTH Form Students from Callington Community College are being offered an exciting opportunity to develop themselves next week when they are being taken away to attend a three-day course at Cotehele House, the first of its kind in Cornwall.
The hugely successful 'Breakt-hrough to Excellence' course sets out to show students how their mind works and helps them to build confidence in themselves and their abilities. It shows them how to get motivated and gives them the tools to turn their hopes into reality.
Dr Nick Smith, Assistant Head of Sixth Form at the college and project co-ordinator explained: 'This might sound very idealistic, but it is a very impressive course based on the latest accepted cognitive psychology and is packaged in a very accessible way. Nine teachers from the college have been on the 'Investors in Excellence' course, the version tailored to adults, and every single one feels that this has had a significant impact on their lives.'
To ascertain the value of the course, a group of Callington staff visited a Dorset school which is very comparable to Callington, to observe the effect the course has had on students. Dr Smith continued: 'We are convinced that completing the course will have a significant and positive effect on students' progress at college and in life. It could change their lives dramatically.'
Citizenship Training
A UNIQUE offer for the South West will soon be available at Callington Community College when Dr Nat Cooper, a university lecturer from the United States of America, will be running a Citizenship training day at the College.
The conference is open to anyone who is interested in the importance of developing young people's characters within a school and its community. It would be ideally suited to Citizenship Co-ordinators, Senior Managers and Teachers in primary and secondary schools, Youth Workers and the Police.
Overall it would be beneficial to anyone who works with young people.
'Character Counts' is an American concept that promotes the development of the six pillars of character (respect, fairness, citizenship, trustworthiness, care and responsibility). Dr Cooper will introduce the concept in a seminar and will share research findings on the success of the character development programme.
He will also advise conference participants on how to implement this work in their own institutions.
The conference will take place on Monday, February 11 and anyone interested in attending or requiring further details should contact Mrs Karen Gold, Sports College Assistant, (Tel: 01579 383292, fax: 01579 383562 or e-mail: [email protected]">[email protected]).
Masterclass
CALLINGTON Community College is holding a regular series of Saturday 'Masterclasses' for students in Years 7, 8 and 9, along with others for the Sixth Form.
Last Saturday saw 26 students from Year 9 attending the first Extension Studies Masterclass of 2002. Jonathon Plunkett, Head of Drama at the college treated students to a varied programme of activities and instruction.
The group responded extremely well to the input, attempting routines and sequences which are normally introduced to advanced students in Years 12 and 13.
One student commented: 'These weekend sessions are really great, I would certainly rather be here than just watching television at home.' These sentiments were echoed by the programme's co-ordinator, Denis Mays: 'Just like every other Masterclass this one meant a great deal of hard work for both staff and students, but there is no doubt that it was enjoyed by everyone present.'
Liskeard sale for cats
THE CALLINGTON and District branch of The Cats Protection have their monthly fund raising event booked for Saturday, February 9 at Liskeard Long Rooms. The event will be held between 9am and 1pm.
Many varied items will be on sale to help raise funds for cats in care, including new goods from Cats Protection, a craft stall, a toy stall, book stall and good quality bric-a-brac.
It is hoped the public will support this event as well as members. Entry is free and donations of cat food are always welcome.
For more information contact Val on 01579 363192.
Gunnislake school to open new extension
PREPARATIONS are in hand for the opening of a new extension at Gunnislake primary school which will provide facilities such as a hall, a library, staff rooms, a computer suite, and offices.
Head teacher, Matt McKeown, said it is hoped that as many former pupils as possible will be able to attending the opening, on March 25 at 2.30pm
Callington Scout troop starts again
CALLINGTON Scout troop is to restart today (Friday) after being closed since November last year.
The closure of the group, which came about because the leader had to give up, was the first time Callington hadn't had a scout troop for 80 years.
Now Group Scout leader Roger Denley is delighted that a new leader has been found, a former assistant Scout leader from Manchester who has just moved to the the town and who came forward when he heard there wasn't a troop in the town.
The first meeting is tonight at 7pm at the Scout Hall in New Road car park and will be an informal evening to meet and chat with the new leader, David Bradley.
Former scouts and anyone who is interested in joining the Callington troop, together with any parents who want to attend, are invited to go along tonight.
The two packs of Cubs and the Beaver pack have kept going and are doing well, said Mr Denley.
Anyone interest in joining or wanting to know more about the Scouts, Cubs or Beavers can contact Mr Denley on 01579 383032.