A party of students from Bradley Stoke’s twin town of Champs-sur-Marne (France) visited Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) for a day earlier this month. The students were welcomed by members of the Bradley Stoke Twinning Association before going on to take part in a day of activities at the school, the Leisure Centre and the Willow Brook Centre. In the
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Exchange visit from Champs-sur-Marne students
A party of 35 students from Bradley Stoke’s twin town of Champs-sur-Marne (France) visited Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) earlier this week. BSCS French teacher Sheriban Fekaj welcomed the exchange group to the school on Wednesday and has sent us this report: “We have been extremely pleased to welcome 35 students from Champs-sur-Marne and their teacher, Priscilla Hellier, to BSCS
Continue readingTwinning Association group visits Champs-sur-Marne
A group from Bradley Stoke has visited Champs-sur-Marne (France) to mark the tenth anniversary of the signing of the twinning agreement between the two towns. The French trip follows the visit of a party from Champs to Bradley Stoke over the Community Festival weekend in June. The 15 British visitors were welcomed with a informal ‘soirée’ at a local dance
Continue readingTwinning Association meeting to discuss France trip
Bradley Stoke Twinning Association is to hold a General Meeting on Tuesday 31st August at the Jubilee Centre (7:30pm start). Anyone interested in getting involved in the Twinning Association is invited to attend. Local organisations, including The Stokes Cycling Club, St Mary’s Rugby Club, Bradley Stoke Judo Club, Black & Blues Netball Club, Bradley Stoke Youth FC, Bradley Stoke Community
Continue readingTwinning Association reports on June visit
Christopher Lee of Bradley Stoke Twinning Association has kindly provided the following report on the recent visit of a group from Champs-sur-Marne to Bradley Stoke (11th – 13th June 2010): We received our visitors on the Friday 11th evening at The BS Community School. Here we discussed exchange possibilities with representatives of Language Faculties,Football,Rugby,Netball and Local History. On Saturday BS
Continue readingResidents invited to twinning celebration party
Members of the local community are invited to a cheese and wine party being held on Friday evening (11th June) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the twinning of Bradley Stoke and Champs-sur-Marne (France). A party of 23 guests from the French town is visiting Bradley Stoke over the Community Festival weekend and they will be welcomed at the function
Continue readingTwinning Association under fire from Councillors
Members of Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) have criticised the town’s Twinning Association after the group retrospectively applied for a grant towards the cost of a meal at which visitors from the twin town of Champs-sur-Marne were entertained earlier this year. Residents of the French town visited Bradley Stoke over the weekend of 2nd/3rd May and took part in a meeting
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