16 March 2012

St Edburg’s is a small Church of England primary school with 150 children in Bicester, a town now famous for its designer outlet shopping village.
We wanted to provide a time and space for children to reflect and respond to the Easter story. We used the Faces of Easter, from the Godly Play resources, as a basis for classroom discussion and used the theme of crosses to stimulate response and activity in our church. 

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16 March 2012

ADOPTION charity PACT has welcomed the Government's plans to amend the time it takes to prepare and approve adoptive parents to six months.

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16 March 2012

The First Deddington Boys’ Brigade Company Section has had its first ever overseas trip during the February school holiday. Accompanied by seven adults, nine young people travelled to Mmabatho in North West South Africa. The hosts were all based with the Church of the Resurrection which has existing links with St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Deddington.

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16 March 2012

THE new Bishop of Växjö, the Rt Revd Jan-Olof Johansson (pictured left) shakes hands with Bishop John at Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral.

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