There were a few quiet few days a week or two ago, and if I look back in my diary there are gaps, so that I could almost wonder how I filled my time - but I know I have not been sitting around doing nothing! Some of the more serious business has got written up already, but less strictly political highlights included:

• The Beaufort School Fete, with our new Head Teacher showing her Australian roots by taking personal control of the Barbecue.
• The Surrey County Harp ensemble concert at St. Mary’s in Saunderstead, when we had our first go at playing the theme tune from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ in concert. A world first for this arrangement: not a piece of music you’d associate with a group of 30-ish harps, but we all enjoyed it, and the audience didn’t walk out! (At least not before the end of the concert.)
• The Knaphill / Brookwood ‘In Tune’ community engagement event held at The Vyne. A good number of people there, with three discussion groups set up from topics chosen by those attending, as well as the exhibitions in the hall. But whether anything will come from it I wouldn’t like to say - there was a similar meeting at Goldsworth Park last year. Opinions got written up, and I guess it’s all part of keeping the pressure up to get the facilities people in the community want.
• Ian Wakeford, the local historian, gave a talk at Knaphill Library about Knaphill’s history, with pictures of the village from the past. The idea was to draw in people who could perhaps be involved in setting up a history group at the library - all the seats were full, so it looks as if the interest is there. For anyone interested in helping, the next ‘Friends of Knaphill Library’ meeting should be on 26th of June at 7.30 - but details will be in the library.

Last week had a ‘Schools and Learning’ Committee meeting as well as the ‘Children and Families’ reported on at some length below - but there is more to be picked out from both of them, which I’ll try to do before long.

Next week is Full Council, and the following week (Monday 23rd) Woking Local Committee. If you live in Woking, the deadline for written public questions is mid-day this coming Tuesday. Any Woking resident can just turn up at the Council Chamber from 6.00pm to 6.30pm for Public Question Time, when you’ll have the opportunity to raise issues, though the session is informal and not minuted.