Archive for January, 2010

Well finally we have caught up with a bit more technology and got ourselves onto the social networking map.
Not only can you now keep up to date with Learning To Listen events on our own website, but you can keep up with Sarah personally on Facebook, Twitter & MySpace.
Click the links to find our pages and find out all the gossip.

Happy New Year to you all.
After an extended break due to the snow we are back to it and have welcomed some new students in to the team. Becky, who has written her first blog for us, James and Josh who are here to do Agriculture, Tom who is here to do do Construction and Mechanics and Siinead who has joined us to study Horse Care. Check out Beckys blog from today, the girl is a comedian in the making when it comes to writing, we could definitly all do with taking a leaf out of her book!!
I hope that you have all recovered from the excesses of Christmas and New Year frivolities and are keeping up with the exercise regimes that we all say we are going to do!!!!!
Speak soon  Sarah Midd

Hi my name is Becky, I have just started at Learning to Listen today. I am in charge of the rabbits, the cockerel, the hare, and the pony. I have named the hare ‘Will’, the girl rabbit who is an old lady, ‘Susan’ and the boy rabbit ‘Chip’. I have cleaned them all out , given them food and water, some grass, and I am experimenting with different bedding to see which one they prefer. I have been giving the white rabbit cuddles and its dead cute. Black Jack is a welsh pony. We have been learning to understand each other, playing trust games, and leading him in and out of the obstacles. I also went and fed the herd of horses. We had biscuits and hot chocolate in the School houseafterwards. We had bacon and chicken casserole for dinner. I have met most of the people here and they are all lovely. I have met Sarah, Rob, Janine , John, another Sarah, Robbie, Beccy and Chris. This is going to be my first blog and I am going to do some more. I am also starting a diary. We need a girl belgian hare and we need a girl lion head rabbit because they have been getting frisky with Susan (the old woman rabbit) and she has retired. If anyone can help with this please contact us!!

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

from

becky

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APPEAL FOR HELP - We recieved this at Learning To Listen and thought you might be able to help too.

Hi
My two miniature horses were stolen of the night of 29/12/09. I bought Bailey and Tinkerbell 4 weeks ago as a way of getting back into horses after a riding accident 3 years ago which left me paralysed from the chest down and in a wheelchair. They are the ideal size for me to groom and take for walks and I was planning on showing them this year.

I feel with enough publicity and public awareness that my horses will become too “hot to handle” and the thieves will either dump them or come forward to claim the reward.

If you could forward this to anyone you know, add to your website or place on your notice board I would be very grateful as I am completely distraught about losing two very much loved family members.

ANY INFORMATION NO MATTER WHAT SIZE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. Please contact Surrey Police on 0845 152 2222 and / or Daniel on 07738 826953

Many thanks
Daniel Nicholls 

Hi All

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a fab time over the festive period & are enjoying the extended breaks we all seems to be getting with the snow.
I just wanted to apologise if anyone has emailed or called and not had a reply yet - with all the snow & ice, getting into Hill Top Farm is a death defying feat! We are answering enquiries as soon as we can so please bear with us.
Don’t forget we have exciting NEW COURSES running this year including:
Equine & Animal Assisted Private Therapy
Team Building For Kids
The Warrior Programme
NEW Partnership & Introductory Courses in Horsemanship