Dorchester Pre-School has had an excellent start to the new school year, with lots of new starters all settling in well. It is wonderful to see the children so happy to go into the preschool each morning!

We do have some, limited, spaces for new starters so please get in touch with Helen at manager@dorchesterpreschool.co.uk for more information, or to arrange to be shown around the setting.

The AGM for preschool is on 20th October at 8pm (enter through the preschool), if you missed it but would like to get involved please contact us to let us know; we are always happy to have more volunteers and support – it takes a village to raise a child after all!

We are hoping to run a sponsored walk for the children around the local farm soon, so keep a look out on noticeboard and the Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/dorchesterpreschool/

We are happy to accept donations of things that we might fid useful, at the moment we are on the look out for old pots and pans for the children to use in the mud kitchen.

For more information contact Rach at secretary@dorchesterpreschool.co.uk

Please see https://www.southoxon.gov.uk/south-oxfordshire-district-council/recycling-rubbish-and-waste/garden-waste/gardenwastecollectionchanges/

This month’s Garden waste collections from Dorchester-on-Thames were on Friday 8th October and the next will be on Friday 22nd October.

From the detailed list it looks like all streets are included but let me know if you see one that is missing:

Abingdon Road Beechcroft Bridge End Crown Lane Drayton Road Haven Close Herringcote High Street Jemmetts Close Manor Farm Road Martins Lane Meadside Monks Close Overy Oxford Road Page Furlong Queen Street Queens Close Rotten Row Samian Way Tenpenny The Limes Watling Lane

The October edition of the Dorchester news is now available to download and read from the village website.

The “Dorchester News” newsletter

Charity event with all proceeds to the ‘Pride of Nasio’*

Dorchester Abbey Tea Room

Saturday 2nd October and Sunday 3rd October 2:30 until 5:00pm

*Pride of Nasio are a group of young people from the local area who will be raising money to travel to Kenya to volunteer with the Nasio Trust.  Activities will include: house building; working with the Red Cross; helping in the Day Care Centre and community schools

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – Section 14(1)

Notice of Temporary Traffic Order
Dorchester on Thames – Queen Street
Prohibition of Through Traffic
Date of Order: 25 October 2021
Coming into force: 1 November 2021

This Order is being introduced because of fibre optic cabling works which are anticipated to be completed on 19 November 2021.

The effect of the Order is to temporarily prohibit any vehicle proceeding in the whole length of Queen Street.

Appropriate traffic signs will be displayed to indicate when the measures are in force.

Exemptions are included for police, fire and ambulance services and for the works and for access to premises which are only accessible from the closed section of road.

The alternative route for traffic affected by the closure is via Martins Lane, High Street and vice versa

This Order will remain in force for a maximum period of 18 months or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner.

Traffic Regulations Team (T9349 / RAG) for the Director for Infrastructure Delivery, County Hall, Oxford OX1 1ND. 0345 310 1111.