Mimi and the Mountain Dragon is an animated film based on the book by Michael Morpurgo, with a live orchestral accompaniment, narrator and choir to be shown at New Theatre Peterborough on Tuesday 28^th November, 6:00 to 7:00 pm. 

We are excited to say that we will be joined by Rachel Portman, OBE, academy award winning composer of the music and James Burstall, film and tv producer and CEO of Agronon production company.  James will be giving a short talk before the performance. 

Please use the following link, https://newtheatre-peterborough.com/event/mimi-and-the-mountain-dragon/, for the box office.

The National Literacy Trust are having a Christmas Appeal

They are asking residents/businesses in Peterborough to donate a new children’s book to them (any age/genre). The Peterborough Hub will match all donations received up to 1000 books and these will be given to the Food Banks so that families who access these can have the books for Christmas.

They have ‘drop off’ boxes at Serpentine Green, Metro Bank in town and The Cresset theatre.

Sadly the Orton Wistow Under Fives is proposing to close.  The preschool has a lot of toys and resources at the Orton Wistow Community Centre, so we are holding an open morning at the centre on Wed 25th Oct 9.30-12.30.  If you run a children's club, group or nursery for pre-school ages, some items could be gifted to you.  Other items will be available for anyone and we would appreciate a small donation for these items which will go towards the school's final costs.

Thank you

Committee Members

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BBC’s 500 Words Competition is the UK’s largest children’s story writing competition! For ages 5-11, the challenge is to ‘write a story you would love to read’. The story can be about anything you like – as creative as you’d like! – but has to be 500 words or less.

Entries can be submitted online by an adult, and all information can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-words

Happy writing!

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