As part of Family Learning Week, Yaxley Community Information Centre launched a story-writing project in two local schools, based on costumes borrowed from local amateur dramatic group, Yaxley Amateur Players. Following a presentation by centre staff dressed in the costumes, the children were asked to take an information pack home and write a story with other members of their family.  The winning story was written by Sophie Barnwell (aged 6) and her family and their prize is to have the story transformed into a play, which will be performed by YAP at Farcet Primary School on 6 October at 10.30am. Other activities for Family Learning Week have included a quiz about Yaxley and a locally based crossword and the prizes for the winners of these will be awarded just before the play is performed.

Huntingdonshire District Council’s community information centres’ manager, Julie Butcher, said “Everyone from the local area is welcome to come along to see YAP perform their adaptation of Sophie and her family’s story and entry is completely free. We hope to be running a free story-writing workshop for adults in the area very soon which will link in with a story-writing competition that the BBC is launching – I will be able to give further details out on the day of the play so I do hope that as many local people as possible can attend”.

For further details please contact the Yaxley Community Information Centre at Broadway Shopping Centre, Yaxley PE7 3JJ or telephone 01733 247133.