News

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

• The next Parish Council meeting is on Tuesday 10th November in the Village Hall – 7pm
• December Film Club is on Thursday 19th – 7 for 7.30pm
• The annual Carols round the Green is on Friday 20th – 6.30pm at Half Moon, or 7pm at the Green.
• The Winter Warmer Cafe continues every Friday – 2.30-4.30pm

Julie Robinson, Headteacher of Sheet Primary School has sent us this Newsletter. Hopefully we’ll have a couple of photos of their Christmas events on the website in January. In the meantime, also attached is a notice from the School concerning a need for a Co-opted Governor.

Sadly we say goodbye to Ambrose Barber who, as some of you will remember, was a former Chairperson of the Sheet Preservation Society and the first Chairperson of the Sheet Village Association. His son, Justin, has asked us to inform any Sheet residents who knew his father of the funeral arrangements. The funeral will take take place at St. Mary’s Church, Sheet, on Wednesday 18th December at 12 noon. Refreshments afterwards at the Queens Head.

• The Winter Warmer Cafe starts on Friday 1st. 2.30 – 4.30pm.
• The next Parish Council meeting is on Tuesday 12th November in the Village Hall – 7pm
• Saturday is the Sheet Fireworks on the Millennium Field. From 4pm – fireworks at 6pm. See poster for all details.
• November Film Club is on Thursday 21st. 7 for 7.30pm
• Rosemary Foundation Christmas Market at Churcher’s College – Sunday 24th November. 10.30-1pm
• Save The Children Festive Concert at Churcher’s College – Friday 29th November
• The Parish Council have a vacancy for a Councillor:

Halloween Post Box and Sunset over Sheet Church

• The Sheet Association AGM is on Friday 4th October at 7pm.
• The next Parish Council meeting is on Tuesday 8th October in the Village Hall – 7pm
• Film Club is on Thursday 17th
• Looking further ahead, The Sheet Winter Cafe starts on Friday 1st November in the Village Hall at 2.30-4.30pm
• The Queen Elizabeth Country Park is offering a variety of activities, funded by East Hants District Council, designed to promote physical and mental wellbeing.  At present, these include free guided walks, mindfulness workshops and guided bike rides. www.hants.gov.uk/qecp

• Film Club – new season starts with ‘Scrapper’ on Thursday 19th September
• A little further afield, West Meon Music Festival runs from 12th to 15th September – https://westmeonmusic.co.uk
• Parish Council Meeting on Tuesday 10th September

A quiet month. No Film Club and no Parish Council meeting.

Enjoy the Summer holidays!

• The cultural event of July is The Petersfield Shakespeare Festival’s Romeo & Juliet – 16th to 21st July. And their first ever ‘Fringe’ on the final afternoon – 21st July.
• The next Parish Council meeting is on Tuesday 9th July at 7pm in the Village Hall.
• No Film Club until September

THE SHEET OLYMPICS held on Saturday 22nd June was a great success with many medals won. Hugely enjoyed by so many children – and adults, with stories of children insisting on wearing their medals to bed that night! Many thanks to The Sheet Association committee members for all their very hard work perfecting the logistics of such a fun event. And to Sheet School children for their ‘Chariots of Fire’ Opening Ceremony performance and creative Olympic torches.

8 teams competed – Australia, France, Greece, India, Kenya, Ukraine, UK and USA. India won Gold, Ukraine won Silver and Kenya won Bronze. And some great prizes were won in the Raffle too. A tasty BBQ and WI tea & cakes provided delicious fuel for the athletes and spectators, together with refreshing drinks from The Half Moon pub’s bar. And our fluent ‘Franglais’ speaking MC guided us expertly through the afternoon!

Thanks to Lucy and Sloane Pringle for the photographs

Please note that the Events Calendar is currently being reformatted and is out of date.

• A busy social month – Film Club and The Sheet Olympics. Also The Rude Mechanicals make their annual visit to Sheet.
• The next Parish Council meeting is on Tuesday 11th June at 7pm in the Village Hall.
• Early notification of The Petersfield Shakespeare Festival’s Romeo & Juliet next month – book early to avoid disappointment. https://psfest.co.uk
• Programme for The Sheet Olympics will be circulated soon via the Parish Contact e-mail list.

Looking almost as lush as the mature trees in the background!

Sheet Annual Parish Assembly 2024 – Wednesday 29th May at 7pm.

This year the Annual Parish Assembly is being held on Wednesday, 29th May at 7.00 p.m. at Sheet Village Hall and our speaker is Tim Slaney, CEO of the South Downs National Park Authority who will be talking about National Parks – Past, Present and Future. Residents are very welcome to join us for the talk and an update on the work of the Parish Council over the past year. The Annual Parish Assembly is also an opportunity for you to raise any local issues and talk to members of the Parish, District and County Council over a glass of wine.

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Don’t forget to Save the Date for THE SHEET OLYMPICS – Saturday 22nd June.  Many of you will have received The Sheet Olympics Flyer through your letterbox and we’ll be updating the programme on this website nearer the time.

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It’s great to see the Horse Chestnut tree starting to sprout. Photo – Lucy Pringle

News of a couple of forthcoming events in May and June. Saturday May 11th, Friends of Sheet School presents FLOSS FLIX. And on Saturday 22nd June, there’ll be The Sheet Olympics, organised by the Sheet Association.

The Film Club Quiz on 8th March was a fun event.  Thanks to the compilers of the question rounds -Frank Jennings, Brian Bird, Andrew Sydenham, Rachel Gorvin and Nicole Small, and thanks to the bar tenders Elaine Ballantine and Nicole for keeping us hydrated! And thanks to the excellent and most professional presenters, Frank, Brian and Andrew.   The event raised £1200 to be split equally between the Rosemary Foundation and Cancer Research UK.

Save The Date

The Sheet Olympics!  Saturday 22nd June. 

Scout Hut Defibrillator

We have an additional defibrillator, courtesy of The Sheet Scout Group, who have purchased and installed this on the exterior of the Scout Hut – the side facing Inmans Lane.  The other defibrillator remains in the porch of the Village Hall.

Valentines’ Film Club

Have you bought your tickets for the FILM CLUB CHARITY QUIZ NIGHT?  It’s on Friday 8th March in aid of The Rosemary Foundation and Cancer Research UK.  Should be a fun evening!

More information and tickets at webcollect.org.uk/sheetfilms/event/charity-quiz-night

Millennium Field Tree Planting Scheme

Sheet residents joined The Hampshire Monday Group and The South Downs National Park Volunteer Group at the Parish Council’s tree planting scheme, in the field adjoining the Millennium Field.  The trees were planted in three copses and one avenue, plus hedging. A full report of the extent of the planting will be available soon on the Parish Council website.

Millennium Field Tree Planting Scheme

The Parish Council have asked us to remind you about the Millennium Field Tree Planting Scheme – Monday, 29th January and/or Tuesday, 30th January.  We would love it if parishioners could come along to help  plant the whips – please let us know in advance if you are able to make  it (clerk@sheetparishcouncil.gov.uk) and please bring your own spade!   It is intended to start with the avenue and hedge on the south border of the field – the location of each species of whips will be marked out.  On Monday 29th we have the Hampshire Monday Group booked (approx. 12-15 in number) who have plenty of experience planting and laying  hedgerows and on Tuesday we have a South Downs National Park Volunteer  group (approx. 10–12 in number) – however, we would love to see  residents as well.

The Parish Priority Statement Survey

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Community Meeting on Saturday, 25th November to discuss the survey responses – all the feedback and discussion was very welcome.  Sheet Parish Council approved the Parish Priority Statement response to SDNPA at their meeting on 12th December.  Notes from the meeting can be found here.