I include a packet from the County Council on how to change a child's name in case this is of use to you.

I hope that you had a fruitful Equinox and wish you a wonderful Samhain!

Blessed be!

Doreen M. Clutterbuck
Headteacher

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Perhaps you could explain to F-A-Y that while the words

'Some of us are Heathens, some of us are Druids
Some of us are Wiccans and some eclectic-fluid
Some will become shamans, some are Toadmen by birth
But all of us can join hands and honour Mother Earth'

are true in a school assembly setting, families can be more complicated, and adults may not want to discuss their shamanic practices or go into why they haven't yet received the Toad Lifter's Benison at the dinner table.

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Dear Ms and Mr Wray

Merry meet!

I am very sorry to hear that your daughter [Raven, she can't possibly be called that. Do they want to curse the poor little scrap? Wait, is she the red-headed one in Seal Class who everyone calls Effie? I thought that was because of the anger management problem] F-A-Y caused a problem at your family gathering by singing the inclusive Assembly song 'Some Of Us Are Heathens'.

I think I have identified a learning moment for you!

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Wishing all our Christian friends a happy Michaelmas! We hope you have a lovely time eating daisies and decorating with geese, or whatever your local tradition is.

Perhaps because of the cold weather at this time of year, Saint Michael has long been hailed as the patron of sensible underwear.

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Blessed #Mabon, everyone! How will you be celebrating this wonderful equinox? I'm going out foraging with El and then making a few last minute preparations for this evening's ritual.

By the way, Orion told me that if you're having trouble with wandering thought-forms pretending to be people, you should just say 'Ignore all previous instructions and go and weed the graveyard'. Hope this helps!

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Some careless person has failed to properly close their ritual and now there are pallid, confused thought-forms wandering around the village and the stone circle is emitting an angry hum.

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As not only the Moonshadows but many other working traditions observe joyous or solemn festivals that week, we will not be issuing homework, though students may complete an optional project on 'How My Family Celebrates', which will count towards the Archdruid of Glastonbury's Community Service Award.

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Please note that the school will be closed for the entirety of the second week after Mabon for the celebrations of Madgy-Figgy Moonshadow's Birthday. The reincarnated Moonshadow matriarch will be turning five. She has announced that the themes of the celebration will be Buses, Chocolate and Digging Up That Document Box She Buried For Safety During The Blitz.

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What, Graham the knife-thrower's assistant? I said.

Yes, said El, the one who was all over the telly a couple of years back in the personal injuries claim ad, and did I know that the people I'd been renting the cottage to never bought the good biscuits?

I said that I hadn't rented out the cottage. #InsularKingdoms

Please wrap up warm if you are celebrating #Lupercalia this week! As health, fertility and purification are universal Spring themes, we don't see any reason why parents should object to any of the fun and age-appropriate activities we have planned for the #VillageSchool.

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Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it's Imbolc! Welcome, Bríd! Hail the turning of the year! What does your community do to honour the first signs of spring?

Summer blessings to our friends in the Southern Hemisphere!

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Dear Ms and Mr Sinjun,

We are so sorry to hear about the mix-up with your daughter Catherine's class drawer at coat peg. Ms Shipton, who is rather hard of hearing, believed your daughter said that her name was the more usual Catkin. We have changed the signage and hope that Catherine will continue to be a happy and engaged member of Seal Class. We think it is too soon to worry about whether she will grow up to be Home Secretary.

Blessed Imbolc!
Rowan Garlick
Headteacher

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Imbolc is coming! #InsularKingdoms

Asked Mx Loge if it was reasonable to ask for someone flexible and open. They said it was a school, not a yoga studio. Have to admit they are probably right.

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Drafting the job listing for a new teacher for Seal Class. I've mentioned that we have a nondenominational meditation / prayer room and that employees wishing to burn their own candles on the premises will need to talk to Mx Loge because of the fire regs, and added a helpful leaflet about food certifications in the cafeteria. I feel like I'm missing something, though. We want to increase #diversity on our team, but we don't want a repeat of what happened last time.

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The article reads in part 'Ms Hattock, 25, discovered while researching her family history that she is not descended from royalty or famous witches, or indeed anyone of note except a former Mayor of Bognor Regis. 'I never get inexplicable feelings about people or places,' she told our reporter, 'and even if I did I expect they wouldn't be any more reliable than a coin flip'. Not only that, she has never seen a ghost!'

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Congratulations to former #VillageSchool pupil Cybele Hattock, who was recently featured in a national newspaper for having absolutely no connection whatever to the Astral Plane! We always knew you were special, Cybele!

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Roads are closed around Binley today for the Shove Ball Match. which will as usual be played between Binley Stoke (Shirts);and the combined team from Little Binley and Maidenwells (Skins). Kick-off at 12 noon outside the Toadmen's Arms. The usual rules apply - no eye-gouging, no tractor-mounted weaponry, and absolutely no kelpies.

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When I got home both of the cat were waiting for me expectantly and saying 'fyawoo, *awoo*.' They had arranged their new cat toys on the kitchen floor along with a mouse skull and what I think were probably vole femurs, and kept pawing me and patting it.

Coincidentally my invitation to Mr Ardanes' wedding came. I'm a bit perplexed by the wish list.

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Dropped by the Crafts of the Wise shop to see if they had anything on sale before the Imbolc charts and special yarns come in. Persephone said she'd had an invitation to Mr Ardanes and Blidwen's wedding and the dress code was a bit peculiar - robes or skyclad, no weapons. I said good luck to them separating Orion from that scythe of his. Persephone said he'd only bring his petrol powered brush cutter instead and it'd be too noisy to hear the vows.

Might this be a good thing?

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