Schools/colleges

Explorer Scouts visited Woking district's own campsite for their second camp of the year on February 28. The scouts, aged between 14 and 18, played games and trained for expeditions in the summer.

Explorer commissioner for Woking, Brian Pinto, said: "On arrival at the site on Saturday the explorers were divided into teams, and they set about planning the evening's entertainment. This included designing and constructing a four metre stage and covered seated areas around a campfire using traditional pioneering poles and lashing."

Children are being warned not to set foot on the frozen Basingstoke Canal no matter how safe it may look.

Ian Brown, director of the Basingstoke Canal Authority, said today (January 7) that the ice is in fact quite thin and cannot take the weight of even a small child.

Woking Football club stars and their mascot KC Kat were mobbed by pupils at the launch of the newly named Barnsbury Primary School.

The special day, marking the merger of the infant and junior schools, began with the planting of a tree in the grounds of the site in Almond Avenue by Woking Mayor Cllr Peter Ankers, followed by an assembly.

As students look forward to starting university, retired people are planning their own new journey of discovery.

The thriving Woking Area University of the Third Age held an enrolment day on August 11 to start the new year, offering monthly meetings from next month and courses ranging from poetry to jazz appreciation.

The non-profit organisation, known as U3A, is open to anyone no longer in full time employment and is not a true university, with no exams and little homework.

The fun will step up for children in Goldsworth Park and Horsell under plans to upgrade playground equipment in two areas.

Woking Council is undertaking improvements in Goldsworth Park recreation ground and Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Horsell, in the fourth round of a scheme to improve play areas in the borough.