Day: June 18, 2014

The Bishop of Southampton blessed the foundation stone of the new Jigsaw building today in front of Royal Bournemouth Hospital patients and staff, contractors and members of the previous Jigsaw committees. For more information please visit: www.rbch.nhs.uk/our_services/support_services/communications/latest_news/2014/18062014.php

In a joint initiative with Queen Elizabeth’s School in Wimborne, the town’s Rotary Club and its business partners have launched a workplace awards scheme. Under the scheme four young people aged 16-17 who are in their A-level year are being given a week’s practical work experience this summer through placements with a selection of the business partners.

Dozens of giant colourful balls will roll into Ferndown when the Big Bounce, a playful outdoor performance for children under five, arrives at Fete on the Fields on 28 June. A humorous story of learning how to play is told with acrobatics, dozens of large coloured balls and one GIANT ball. This fun and visually…

Feathers and scales featured at Bournemouth’s Bishop of Winchester Academy during a science innovation day. From Jonathan Cleverly’s Jungle Roadshow, students were able to handle a 15-year-old African royal python called Rafiki and a giant millipede, and get a close up view of a tarantula. From Ringwood’s Liberty’s Owl, Raptor and Reptile Centre, birds including a peregrine falcon, kestrel, tawny owl and baby Asian wood owl called Cookie, also fascinated the year 9 students.