This workshop is free to attend for anybody over 60s. The workshop runs twice a week, on Mondays (10 to 11am) at the Centenary Lounge or Fridays (11 to 12noon) at the Parochial Hall.Refreshments are provided free of charge. Feel free to drop in at anytime.This workshop has been sponsored by Nottinghamshire County Council. Active mind workshop aims to help prevent the onset of dementia.
‘Active mind’ abacus sessions for the elderly have been running for 10 sessions now (5 weeks). We have around 21 participants who signed up for the event when we started. There are currently around 15 who still attend at different times depending on their other activities.It is really amazing to see their enthusiasm toward learning the abacus and how they put aside time everyday to do some tables. The dedication they have shown towards the training is also unbelievable. Many of them have taken the abacus with them when theySEE DETAILS
Two clubs will start in February on Fridays (4pm to 5pm – Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre) and Saturdays (10am to 11am – 60 Bradgate Road; 4 to 5pm – Sikh Community Centre). Contact Tajinder at 0759-589-4904 to book a place.
The lastest SATs performance by children who have been studying with The Abacus Club. 36% of Year 2 children who sat for Maths SATs paper for 2017 achieved 114 or 115 out of 115 in their scaled scores. In 2016, our Year 2 children achieved similar percentage at 40%.