SUSSEX DOWSERS ENGLAND: SUMMER- AUTUMN OUTDOOR PROGRAMME JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 2013

SUSSEX DOWSERS  AFFILIATED TO THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF DOWSERS

PROGRAMME  OF OUTDOOR EVENTS

THOSE  JOINING THESE EVENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY

SUNDAY 16TH OF JUNE : EXPLORING KINGLEY  VALE  SUSSEX

MEET IN THE KINGLEY VALE CAR PARK AT 2PM  GRID REF : SU 815126

COME AND EXPLORE THE ENERGIES AND AGE OF THE ANCIENT YEW TREES , AND DOWSE FOR WHERE THE DANISH CHIEFTAINS WERE BURIED .FOR THE ENERGETIC ,WE WILL CARRY ON TO CLIMB BOW HILL WHERE THERE ARE NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE TUMULI ,AND TWO IRON AGE HILL FORTS . THE BRONZE AGE ROUND BARROWS ARE AMONGST THE MOST SPECTACULAR EXAMPLES ON THE SOUTH DOWNS.

SUNDAY 14TH OF JULY : NORTH STOKE CHURCH  SUSSEX

GRID REFERENCE : NORTH STOKE , AMBERLEY , ARUNDEL ,BN18 9LS . MEET AT THE CHURCH AT 2PM

NORTH STOKE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN THE 12 TH CENTURY. IT`S  LIGHTNESS AND UNUSUAL SERENITY DERIVE FROM IT`S SETTING AND IT`S EXCEPTIONAL  ARCHITECTURE .IT IS COMPLETELY UNSPOILT .SOME FRAGMENTS OF 13TH CENTURY STAINED GLASS DEPICT THE VIRGIN MARY . ON THE LAST SUSSEX DOWSERS VISIT IN 2007 , MANY ORBS WERE IN EVIDENCE .

SUNDAY 18TH OF AUGUST  : BRAMBER CASTLE

MEET AT THE ENTRANCE  OF THE CASTLE AT 2PM.

BRAMBER IS OFF THE A283 , JUST SOUTH OF STEYNING , WITH PARKING IN THE VILLAGE .

BRAMBER CASTLE WAS FOUNDED BY WILLIAM DE BRAOSE AS A DEFENSIVE AND ADMINSTRATIVE CENTRE FOR BRAMBER ,ONE OF THE SIX REGIONS INTO WHICH SUSSEX WAS DIVIDED FOLLOWING THE NORMAN CONQUEST . EXCAVATIONS CARRIED OUT IN 1966-7 INDICATE  HOW THE CASTLE EVOLVED FROM A MOTTE AND BAILEY TYPE FORTIFICATION , FOUNDED CIRCA 1075 TO AN ENCLOSURE TYPE IN THE 12TH CENTURY . THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHURCH ,STILL IN USE TODAY AS THE PARISH CHURCH ,LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE CASTLE.

SUNDAY 15TH OF SEPTEMBER : BELINUS LINE AT TITCHFIELD , HAMPSHIRE .

MEET AT 1PM AT THE TITCHFIELD ABBEY CAR PARK . TITCHFIELD IS ON THE A27 JUST WEST OF FAREHAM HAMPSHIRE .

JOIN US TO EXPLORE THE BELINUS LINE AT THE CHURCH AND ABBEY AT TITCHFIELD

CONTACT : DAVID CHARMAN , 01903 884582 . MOBILE : 07754 480553 . E-MAIL : energyviewin@fsmail.net

EDUCATION : SWEDISH FREE SCHOOLS CLOSE DOWN

EDUCATIONAL NEWS FROM THE INDEPENDENT i      JUNE 1ST 2013

BY  :  LEWIS SMITH 

SWEDISH   FREE  SCHOOLS  CLOSE  DOWN

ONE OF THE LARGEST FREE SCHOOL OPERATORS IN SWEDEN IS TO SHUT DOWN , RAISING FURTHER DOUBTS ABOUT CONSERVATIVE HOPES OF LETTING PRIVATE COMPANIES RUN BRITISH FREE SCHOOLS  FOR PROFIT .

THREE OF THE SCHOOLS RUN BY JB EDUCATION IN SWEDEN ARE TO CLOSE  AND THE OTHER 19 ARE TO BE SOLD AFTER PRIVATE EQUITY GROUP AXCEL ,THE PARENT COMPANY WHICH BOUGHT THEM IN 2008 , DECIDED THAT THE LOSSES WERE TOO SUBSTANTIAL ” IT IS EXTREMELY REGRETTABLE THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE STUDENTS” , JB EDUCATION `S CHIEF EXECUTIVE , ANDERS HULTIN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING YESTERDAY.

YESTERDAY  TEACHING UNIONS IN BRITAIN SAID THAT THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE DEMONSTRATED HOW INAPPROPRIATE IT IS TO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO RUN FOR PROFIT .

CHRISTINE BLOWERS, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF TEACHERS , SAID ; A PRIVATE COMPANY `S FIRST LOYALTY IS TO SHAREHOLDERS , NOT PUPILS OR PARENTS. IF A SCHOOL ISN`T PROFITABLE , IT WILL EITHER CUT CORNERS OR , IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO , CLOSE IT DOWN .

PORTSMOUTH AGAINST THE CUTS TOGETHER : MARCH AGAINST ALL CUTS : 18TH MAY 2013 PORTSMOUTH ENGLAND

PORTSMOUTH AGAINST THE CUTS TOGETHER : PACT : MARCH AGAINST ALL CUTS : SATURDAY 18TH OF MAY 2013 ASSEMBLE AT 11-30 AM

ASSEMBLE AT THE COMMERCIAL ROAD FOUNTAIN  ( OUTSIDE OF WATERSTONES ) PORTSMOUTH  . MARCH LEAVES AT 12 NOON .

MARCH AGAINST ALL CUTS ………. SURE START ,TAX OFFICES , DISABILITY BENEFITS , HEALTH AND SAFETY , NHS PRIVATISATION , PENSIONS , WAGES , BEDROOM TAX , SOCIAL CARE , HOUSING BENEFIT , JOBS , SCHOOLS , CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES  , LEGAL AID , TAX CUTS  FOR THE RICH ………

 AUSTERITY ISN`T WORKING ! !                                       

RICH AREA SCHOOLS FAILING POOR PUPILS : ENGLAND 2013

SCHOOLS IN THE RICHEST AREAS ARE FAILING THE POOREST PUPILS

BY ANDREW GRICE POLITICAL EDITOR : THE INDEPENDENT i  23rd April 2013

SCHOOLS IN THE MOST AFFLUENT PARTS OF ENGLAND ARE FAILING PUPILS FROM POOR FAMILIES ,THE GOVERNMENT WARNS TODAY . DAVID LAWS THE SCHOOLS MINISTER DESCRIBED THE RECORD IN “SOME OF THE LEAFIEST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ” AS A “DISGRACE ” , ACCUSING THEM OF WASTING EXTRA MONEY PROVIDED FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE .

IF THESE SCHOOLS FAIL TO IMPROVE THE “OUTRAGEOUSLY LOW ” EXAM RESULTS OF POOR CHILDREN ,HE WARNED THEY COULD BE EVENTUALLY FACE CLOSURE  . CHILDREN FROM DEPRIVED AREAS ARE GETTING BETTER RESULTS THAN THOSE FROM AFFLUENT PARTS ,HE SAID . IN AN INTERVIEW WITH i ,THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MINISTER ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ENSURE HIS PARTYS  £2.5 bn -a- YEAR PUPIL PREMIUM SCHEME MAKES MORE IMPACT .

UNDER THE SCHEME , 1 .8 MILLION PUPILS WHO ARE EITHER  ON FREE SCHOOL MEALS OR HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THEM IN THE PAST SIX YEARS ATTRACT £900 A YEAR OF FUNDING  EACH SO THAT THEIR SCHOOL CAN GIVE THEM SPECIAL HELP .NEW DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION FIGURES SHOW THAT 42 PER CENT OF THOSE CHILDREN GOT FIVE GCSEs WITH GRADES A* TO C IN 2011 -12 COMPARED WITH 67 PER CENT AMONG CHILDREN FROM BETTER OFF FAMILIES -A NATIONAL ” ATTAINMENT GAP ” OF  25 PER CENT .

HOWEVER  , THE MAJORITY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES WITH THE LOWEST LEVELS OF DEPRIVATION HAVE “WEAK RESULTS”  FOR CHILDREN ON THE PUPIL PREMIUM AND A BIG ATTAINMENT  GAP BETWEEN  THEM AND OTHER CHILDREN . IN CONTRAST ,ALL 10 AUTHORITIES WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF DEPRIVATION  HAVE GOOD RESULTS FOR CHILDREN ON PUPIL PREMIUM AND SMALL GAPS BETWEEN THEM AND OTHERS .

MR LAWS HAS WRITTEN TO ABOUT A 100 SCHOOLS IN THE 15 AREAS WITH A BIG GAP TO ASK THEM TO ENSURE THE PUPIL PREMIUM IS USED TO CLOSE IT . FROM SEPTEMBER ,THE SCHOOLS THAT FAIL TO CLOSE THE GAP WILL BE CLASSED AS ” REQUIRING IMPROVEMENT BY OFSTED ,RATHER THAN “OUTSTANDING ” IF THEY DO NOT IMPROVE IN THE FOLLOW –  UP  INSPECTIONS ,THEY WILL HAVE TO BRING IN A HEAD TEACHER FROM A SCHOOL TO ADVISE THEM FOR A PERIOD . SCHOOLS  COULD BE PLACED IN “SPECIAL MEASURES ” AND EVENTUALLY CLOSED

MR LAWS SAID : SCHOOLS IN THE LEAFIEST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY MAY THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING EXTREMELY WELL  ,BUT THEY HAVE AN OUTRAGEOUSLY LOW NUMBER OF PUPIL PREMIUM YOUNGSTERS GETTING FIVE GOOD GCSEs . TO HAVE 65 PER CENT OF POOR YOUNGSTERS IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FAILING TO GET FIVE GOOD GCSEs IS A DISGRACE .

LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SCHOOLS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER HIDE BEHIND GOOD HEADLINE FIGURES IF THEY FAIL A VERY LARGE COHORT OF PUPILS . HE SAID HIS GOAL WAS TO HALVE THE 25 PER CENT ATTAINMENT GAP NATIONALLY .

LOS NINOS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT : SOUTHAMPTON HAMPSHIRE ENGLAND

NEWS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE ORAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN : SPRING 2013

THE  HLF -FUNDED LOS NINOS PROJECT RECORDING THE LIVES OF BASQUE CHILDREN EVACUATED TO BRITAIN IN 1937 DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR HAS NOW CONCLUDED . THE PROJECT, A PARTNERSHIP  BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVES AND LOCAL STUDIES , HAS PRODUCED A BOOK BASED ON THE LIFE STORY INTERVIEWS WITH THE NINOS, ENTITLED `HERE LOOK AFTER HIM ` : VOICES OF BASQUE EVACUEE CHILDREN OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR .

OTHER PROJECT OUTPUTS INCLUDE A TRAVELLING EXHIBITION , AN EDUCATION PACK , ` AIMED AT ENRICHING CURRICULA ON CONTEMPOARY  MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ISSUES ` AND A WEBSITE WITH IMAGES AND AUDIO EXTRACTS FROM THE INTERVIEWEES .

DETAILS ; `HERE LOOK AFTER HIM ` ; VOICES OF BASQUE EVACUEE CHILDREN OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR , BY ALICIA POZO- GUTIERREZ AND PADMINI BROOMFIELD , UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON ,2012 ,IBN  9780854329335 , £ 15 ; website http: // 60 .southampton .ac.uk/ preserving -the - stories – of -basque – refugees /42

CUTS PROTEST MARCH : SATURDAY APRIL 13TH 2013: PORTSMOUTH ENGLAND

IT`S TIME  TO  STOP  THE CUTS !      CUTS  KILL  COMMUNITIES .    SAVE OUR SERVICES !

JOIN THE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE CUTS TO SURE START CHILDRENS CENTRES IN PORTSMOUTH  ON  SATURDAY  13TH OF APRIL  2013 .MEETING AT 1PM AT THE FOUNTAIN OUTSIDE WATERSTONES IN COMMERCIAL ROAD  PORTSMOUTH HAMPSHIRE . 

 SAVE   SURE  START .. SEE THE FACEBOOK GROUP .. SAVE OUR  SURE START CENTRES  PORTSMOUTH

THE PROTEST IS NOT JUST ABOUT SURE START CENTRES , AS APRIL 2013 SEES THE BIGGEST ASSAULT ON WELFARE MOST OF US HAVE EVER SEEN ; WITH THE BEDROOM TAX , THE REPLACEMENT OF DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE , CUTS TO LEGAL AID , BENEFIT CAP ETC . …………APRIL ALSO SEES TAX CUTS FOR THOSE EARNING OVER £150 , 000 . MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD .

BRITISH SOCIETY OF DOWSERS : SUSSEX DOWSERS MEETINGS : CHICHESTER WEST SUSSEX ENGLAND

MEETINGS HELD AT THE BASSIL SHIPPAM CENTRE ,TOZER WAY, ST PANCRAS ,CHICHESTER PO19 7LG

PROGRAMME  JANUARY -MAY  2013  MEMBERS  £5  NON MEMBERS  £3-50  ALL WELCOME     

MEETINGS START AT 2 PM       DOORS OPEN 1.40PM

                                                             

SUNDAY 10TH FEBRUARY : THE COLOURFUL WORLD OF ENERGY VIEWING WITH DAVID CHARMAN

DAVID WILL EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAN LEARN TO ACCESS THIS DIMENSION AT ANY TIME .AND HE WILL HELP YOU INTERPRET SOME OF THE ENERGY YOU SEE .

SUNDAY 10TH MARCH : ANCIENT ENERGETIC LANDSCAPES . WITH SUE BROWN

SUE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING SOME OF THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF DOWSED ENERGY LINES ON ANCIENT SITES .DAVID TILT ,A SUSSEX DOWSER ,DISCOVERED AND MEASURED ENERGETIC AND GEOLOGICAL LINKS BETWEEN SITES, CHURCH MOUNDS , HENGES AND HILL FIGURES . JOHN BURKE , A US AMATEUR ARCHAEOLOGIST AND A COMMERCIAL SEED SPECIALIST ,USED GEOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SIMILAR FINDS IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN PYRAMIDS AND THE AVEBURY LANDSCAPE  AMONGST OTHERS . WE WILL LOOK AT THE LINKS BETWEEN THEIR WORK .

SUE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE BSD ARCHAEOLOGICAL DOWSING GROUP ,A MEMBER OF THE DOWSING RESEARCH GROUP AND THE BSD EARTH ENERGIES DOWSING GROUP.

SUNDAY 14TH APRIL : CREATING A THRIVING HOLISTIC PRACTICE WITH ALISON BROWN

ALISON WILL DISCUSS CREATING THE FOUNDATION TO MOVE YOUR PRACTISE FORWARD . SHE LOOKS AT TOPICS SUCH AS MIND-MAPPING ,MARKETING AND DATABASES  AMONGST OTHERS .

ALISON IS A MOBILE HOLISTIC THERAPIST AND HAS BEEN RUNNING HER OWN BUSINESS ALI`S HOLISTIC HEALING HANDS SINCE 2000 . SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE FEDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESS FOR 10 YEARS . HER WEBSITE IS: WWW.ALIHOLISTICS .CO.UK .

SUNDAY 12TH MAY : DOWSING THE SPINE OF ALBION WITH GARY BILTCLIFFE AND CAROLINE HOARE

GARY AND CAROLINE WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR LATEST BOOK `THE SPINE OF ALBION `GARY HAS TAKEN 15 YEARS TO DOWSE AND DISCOVER ON THE BELINUS LINE ,WHICH IS BRITAINS NORTH -SOUTH AXIS MUNDI OF SACRED CENTRES .IT CONNECTS SIX MAJOR CITIES AND ANCIENT CAPITALS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND . THEY WILL INTRODUCE US IN PARTICULAR TO THE WINCHESTER AREA AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT .

CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION : SANDY McKENZIE :  SMCKEN@BTOPENWORLD .COM