The Hatfield Arrow, Aug 12 Issue 80

HATFIELD

August 2012

Issue No. 80

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Editors Letter‌..

Well, July was full of events going on in and around the area!! Ben Parkinson opened Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School as an Academy on the same week that he walked with the Olympic Torch through Doncaster! The children of the School sang a lovely song for him and read letters that they had written to him before he cut the ribbon.

The streets of Hatfield and Dunsville were lined with hundreds of people watching the Olympic torch being carried throughout the area. It was a great day, and the rain stayed away for the most part. Everyone was in good spirits and it was a day we should all be very proud of.

Unfortunately the Rescue day in Crowle which was advertised in last months Arrow had to be cancelled due to the grounds being waterlogged, however plans are already being made for the Rescue Day Event 2013.

It feels like I say this every month now but I do hope that August brings some sunshine and we can all get out and about a bit more.

Have a lovely Summer!

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DOG FOULING IN HATFIELD Residents in Hatfield are being encouraged to take personal responsibility for their dogs.

Dog fouling on footpaths, grass verges and in parks has been highlighted as an issue within by the local community and owners are reminded to pick up after there pets.

Doncaster Council's enforcements officers and the east area officers are patrolling seven days a week from early in the morning into the evening and through the night. The authority takes strong action against all forms of environmental crime and issues fixed penalty notices to owners who fail to pick up after their faithful friends.

Residents are asked to phone Doncaster Council's contact centre on 01302 736000 to report all types of environmental crime including dog fouling, litter, fly tipping and graffitti.

Laurence Summers Safer Doncaster Partnership Communications & Marketing Officer

HATFIELD WOODHOUSE PLAYERS NEWS. The Players now have had two meetings since their last production “Songs from the Small Screen”. The Annual General Meeting which was well attended and resulted in a couple of changes, Matt Allen is our new chairman, Ray Needham is Secretary and Yvonne Goulden continues as Treasurer.

It was agreed that the next show in 2013 would be Rodgers and Hammersteins Carousel. There has been one chorus sing through meeting which went very well.

Most of the Company are familiar with the music as we performed these numbers in a review done a few years ago.

Due to holidays and other commitments the next chorus rehearsal will be Wednesday 1st August in the Methodist Church, Main Street, Hatfield Woodhouse.

We would welcome any new members especially 16-25 year olds.

We have lots of new ideas on how to stage this production and it is going to be very exciting, please come along and join us.

Please contact Ray Needham phone no: 01302 845693 for more information.

More as it happens. Edith.

APPEAL FOR UNWANTED KNITTING WOOL. If you have any unwanted knitting wool (any colour) that you would like to donate to help raise funds for Cancer Research please call Mrs Hoff on 01302 842389.

Local collections can be arranged.

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GOMDE LINDHOLME HALL SUMMER FETE 1st September 2012, 11am - 4pm Attractions: Teashop and Tibetan food The history of Lindholme talk & tours of the Hall, Open music sessions – please bring your instruments!

Vintage tractor procession arriving at 12 noon Jaguar & vintage car exhibition.

Visit the meditation hall and meet our resident monk, Lama Oser.

Woodland treasure hunts * Crafts & making * Games & sports * Bug hunt * Raffle * stalls and much more!

Adults ÂŁ1 Children 50p! We hope you can join us.

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NORTH EAST DONCASTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Advice Column I have been too ill to work for some time and have been living on a sickness benefit called Employment and Support Allowance, but I have heard this might stop soon. It’s already a real struggle to get by and I’m in no state to go back to work. What can I do?

If you're getting Contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) – the form of ESA you should be getting if you paid the right amount of National Insurance contributions before you were ill - you may be affected by changes happening soon.

From 1 May, if you're in what’s known as the Work-related Activity Group, you can only get Contributory ESA for a maximum period of one year. Time spent in the Work-related Activity Group before 1 May counts towards the year, so if you've already been getting it for one year and you are in this group, your Contributory ESA will stop on 1 May. You won't be affected if you're in what’s known as the Support Group, which is made up of people not expected to be able to work again at any time.

If you have a condition which is getting worse, you may be able to go into the support group instead of the work-related activity group. Also, if you’re terminally ill or you’re undergoing, recovering from or likely to get certain kinds of cancer treatment, you will be in the support group. If you’re in the support group, your Contributory ESA isn’t time-limited. You should get in touch with Jobcentre Plus and give them evidence of your condition.

If your Contributory ESA stops, you may be able to get income-based ESA instead. This will depend on your income and savings, and any income and savings of your partner, if you have one.

If you were getting both Contributory ESA and income-based ESA, you will get more income-based ESA to replace the contributory part.

The Jobcentre will write to you before your benefit stops, telling you what's happening and asking if you want to be considered for income-based ESA. You'll have to provide details of your income and your partner's income and savings promptly, so that the Jobcentre can transfer you to income-based ESA straightaway, if you are eligible. You won't have to make a new claim for ESA or have more medical assessments because of this change.

If your money goes down as a result of these changes, you might be able to get more of other benefits, such as Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Pension Credit or Tax Credits. ©Citizens Advice. For the most up-to-date version of this information, please visit www.adviceguide.org.uk If you would like any advice/assistance from our Thorne or Stainforth offices, concerning the above or any other issue, please contact our Assessment Team at North East Doncaster Citizens Advice Bureau on 0844 499 4137 Monday & Tuesday between 10:00 & 2:00 or Fri 10:00-11:30.

You can also email us at: advicecabthorne@fsmail.net We now run drop-in enquiry assessment sessions at Stainforth every Tuesday between 10:00-2:00 & Thorne every Friday between 10:00-12:00 Contact details and opening times are also available on our own website at: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/northeastdoncastercab PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR OFFICE AT STAINFORTH HAS MOVED ACCROSS THE ROAD TO: THE HOPE CENTRE, STAINFORTH METHODIST CHURCH, CHURCH ROAD, STAINFORTH.

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South Yorkshire's Perfect Miss Tamsin Hobbs, 21 years old, from Hatfield, started pageantry in 2010 when she won the Title of Miss Teen, Doncaster.

Being a part of the pageant circuit has allowed Tamsin (who currently works full time as a civil servant for the prison service) to achieve her dream of working along side various companies, charities and organisations on many exciting projects. Her current title is South Yorkshire's Perfect Miss and in October of this year she will be travelling to Wales to compete in the European final - Europe's Perfect. Throughout the course of this year Tamsin will be working alongside her chosen charity Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice, where she is hoping to raise as much money for them as possible. Further to this she will be working with her sponsor, Yorkshire Portraits (a photography company based in Hatfield.) www.yorkshireportraits.co.uk .

At the pageant Tamsin will compete in 5 different rounds: Opening number - dance, Fashion wear, Interview, Swimwear & Evening wear. Should she be lucky enough to bring that crown home to Hatfield, she will win a place at the global final in Florida next year where she will represent Europe.

Tamsins first event with the Bluebell Wood was on July 20th 2012 where she opened a charity superhero's and villains night at the Blue Bell pub in Hatfield.

Tamsin has a blog which she will be updating throughout the year with all her pageantry updates :- www.southyorkshiresperfect.com

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SPOT CAT PAIN Did you know that cats are designed to hide signs of pain to protect themselves from prey? Signs of chronic pain in cats can therefore be very difficult to spot.

Chronic pain is a continuous pain caused by an underlying and ongoing illness.

Did you know that arthritis is a very common cause of chronic pain in elderly cats?

Arthritis is a degenerative joint disease due to wear and tear of the joints over the years. Unlike dogs, cats that suffer from arthritis are unlikely to limp or cry out.

So, how do you know if your cat could be suffering from chronic joint pain?

The presence of any of the following behavioural changes can be a sign of chronic joint pain:  Reduced mobility

e.g. reluctant to jump up or down  Reduced activity e.g. sleeping more  Poor grooming e.g. coat appears matted  Changed temperament e.g. angry or quiet

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If your cat is over 8 years Old and is showing any of these behavioural signs then bring your cat to us for a FREE arthritis check up in August 2012.

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A Gala was held at Smallworld Day Nursery to raise money for a child who attends nursery called Ryan Golding. Ryan has been diagnosed with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy.

I would personally like to thank all of the parents and staff who attended and raised more than £850 for this very worthy cause.

Particular praise goes to Manager Debbie Scott and Danielle Cresswell who organised the event along with other members of staff at Small World.

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Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School A Special Visitor Recently our school had a very special visitor: - Ben Parkinson.

He came to our school the same week as he had carried the Olympic Torch through Doncaster, to open it officially as a School Partnership Trust Academy.

A few of our pupils read him letters they had written, explaining how he was their hero and saying how he demonstrated our school values of quality, aspiration, partnership and responsibility. We were amazed by the patience he showed in allowing every child who wanted their photograph taken with him holding the torch, to do so.

If you watched Calendar News on Friday 29 th June you will have seen our school as Ben Parkinson cut the ribbon to open our Academy.

Summer Fayre The date for our annual Summer Fayre finally arrived! This year our fair has been uplevelled by the inclusion of our talent show finalists performing their best. Boy, did they show some initiative! Adding to this exciting event were the many stalls arranged by the Parents and Friends of Hatfield Woodhouse School such as the ‘Guess the Teacher’,

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‘Lucky Dip’ and ‘Tombola’. Pupils also had their chance to raise funds for their class with our Enterprise projects where, for example, Year 1 ran a successful ‘Strawberries and Cream’ stall.

Key Stage 1 Production Recently the Key Stage 1 and Foundation Stage production was held in school. In the production the children really tried their hardest to have the best performance to show off to their parents.

‘It was very fun and entertaining. The words were very loud and clear and it was a great production,’ said Miss Shaw.

Mrs Acton said that the final song ‘Sing’ from the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert made her cry it was so beautiful.

Well done Key Stage1 and Foundation Stage!

Key Stage 2 Production The Key Stage 2 production was called ‘Go For Gold’ and reflected our recent focus on the Olympics. The children across Key Stage 2 have been learning all about the Olympics all this term. They have studied everything from the design of modern sportswear to Ancient Greeks and the very first Olympic Games. They have looked into the gods of the Ancient Greeks and learnt about The Olympic Truce. Our show reflected some of this learning in a funny musical style.

This is our last report as correspondents for the Hatfield Arrow because we are looking forward to starting our new secondary schools. A new team will report events at Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School from September.

Good-Bye and Best Wishes for the Future!

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ASH HILL ACADEMY AND ACTIVE FUSION BRING OLYMPIC INSPIRATION TO 100’S OF YOUNG PEOPLE During May and June, Ash Hill Academy worked with Active Fusion on a Creative Craft and Sports project based on the theme of the Olympics.

Six of our feeder schools, (Stainforth Kirton Lane Primary School, Sheep Dip Lane Primary School, Long Toft Primary School, Travis St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Hatfield Crookesbroom Primary School and Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School) participated in a Creative Craft Day, where Year 5 pupils worked with an artist and each school was given a country/continent to concentrate on. The pupils created flags, bunting, banners and T-shirts so that they could bring them along to the sporting event which was held on 20 June The mini Olympic Games event took place on our Academy’s sports field.

Ash Hill’s Year 11 student, Alice Codman, who is one of Doncaster’s Youth Olympic ambassadors, opened the event. The Primary Schools performed a dance in the opening ceremony and pledged an Olympic oath.

The schools then participated in the following events: kick boxing, golf, javelin, hand ball, multi skills and the official Olympic dance. The event finished with a closing ceremony, where certificates were given out and a trophy presented to the winning school, Stainforth Kirton Lane Primary. There was also a guest appearance from the official Olympic Mascot.

The creative workshops and sporting event was enjoyed by all.

Ash Hill Academy and a team of sport and educational workers are inspiring children from across the Ash Hill pyramid of schools by delivering Olympic and Paralympic themed sports and arts before the Olympic Games start.

The team, from Ash Hill and Active Fusion, will be delivering an Olympic themed afternoon for Year 5 children from across the area. The day will include Olympic and Paralympic Sports and leading the official Mascot Dance. Children from each school are split into 6 countries and will compete on the day starting with an opening ceremony and Olympic oath, with the festival ending with a closing ceremony and presentation of awards and trophies.

Children from the school have also taken part in an Olympic Arts workshop funded through Ash Hill Academy. These workshops have enabled children to learn about different countries and their cultures. They have also been able to design banners and T-shirts to wear on the Olympic Day. Lindsy James, Partnership Development Manager for Active Fusion said: “As a leading sports coaching, education and training provider we wanted to do something to inspire the young people from across the Ash Hill Pyramid to get the most out the Olympic and Paralympic games.".

“This is a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity for Doncaster’s children to feel part of the biggest sporting event in the world and we want to make it a memory which will last forever”.

Dave Williams, Principal at Ash Hill Academy said: “As an academy we recognise the impact that both sports and arts can have on young people and, as such, we are trying to nurture that”.

“The Olympic event at Ash Hill will provide students with an excellent opportunity to take part in some fantastic events that hopefully will live with them for a long time”.

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South Yorkshire Athletics Championships Six of our students who were selected from the Doncaster Trials in May competed on Saturday 16 June in the South Yorkshire Championships against Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster. Congratulations to all our students who took part.

STUDENT NAME

YEAR

EVENT

POSITION

TIMING

Mollie Magee-Sharpe

Year 7

Rounders Ball Throw

1st

36.75min

Kyle Griffriths

Year 9

Javelin 100m

3rd Semi-finalist

25.40min

Hannah Brown

Year 10

100m

4th

14.2sec

Steven Lambourne

Year 10

100m

5th

11.6sec

Matthew Jackson

Year 10

Long Jump 100m

6th Semi-finalist

5.10min

Rebecca Scott

Year 11

Long Jump

4th

4.84min

The Hidden Architecture of Doncaster - Outreach A Year 9 Animation class from Ash Hill took part in several workshops being delivered by Wak Studios. Students chose three different structures from Doncaster Town Centre:- 4-6 High Street, Clock Corner and Doncaster Girls High School building. Our students benefited greatly from this exciting project, learning much about the history of the architecture in their home town of Doncaster. They enjoyed taking part in this creative activity and working as a team. The completed animation film will be launched in a central location in Doncaster in the autumn.

On Thursday the 28th June 2012 Ash Hill Academy held its first ever Prom at the Doncaster Knights Rugby Club. 130+ students attended the event with most of them arriving in different limos, specialist cars e.g. Aston Martin DB9's etc, an open top bus, the Mystery Bus from Scooby Doo, to the more extreme, two Motability scooters decked out with balloons and ribbons, a very funny and original idea. The entertainment was fantastic with live music from, 'Chalk face' (the school teachers’ band), a disco and other events including speeches from the Principal Mr. D Williams and Mr. Reynolds Head of Year-11. Students were robed in the finest attire - dresses and suits worth hundreds of pounds. Students were excited, female students had spent hours preparing and all students looked fabulous. Staff helped with the very difficult decision of selecting the best dressed boy, girl and Prom King and Queen. Staff complimented the way all students conducted themselves as they showed just how much they had matured over the last year. Overall, a very well deserved and attended event, one that I feel the students will look back at with fondness in years to come.

A very special thanks to Mrs. Hardwick and Mrs. Cull who spent weeks preparing the whole event and to Mr Wood for taking all the photographs.

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To celebrate the ‘once-in-alifetime’ occasion of the Olympic Flame travelling through Hatfield, we held the ‘Line the Streets Event’ for the Community. The weather was very kind to us on the day! The event was very well attended and enjoyed by all.

C a r o l in e F l i n t , S h a d o w Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, also joined us on the day. The Event raised over £600, many thanks to all involved.

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Hull University ACE Day 2012 On 23rd May, 63 of our Year 9 students travelled to Hull University to take part in an ACE (Aiming for College Education) Day. The days are designed to improve knowledge of Higher Education and for students to get a feel for life as an undergraduate. Ash Hill Academy students were given a guided tour of the campus and had a chance to look around lecture theatres, the Student Union and other learning facilities.

The visit was also an opportunity to help students realise their potential and recognise that going to university is an achievable goal. They worked alongside current students throughout the visit who acted as mentors and passed on their experiences.

A range of activities were undertaken such as quizzes, games and brainstorming sessions linked to HE, what people study and different course types. These activities were organised by the Student Recruitment Service.

Advice was given to students regarding how to manage their finances and information on tuition fees. We were amongst 49 schools who chose to take part in the days which ran from 3-27th May. Staff and students enjoyed the day, including our picnic lunch.

A number of our Year 9s are now considering HE and it has helped them to learn about life after school. All the staff commented on the good behaviour of our Year 9s and are so pleased that many felt inspired by the experience of their ACE Day. In the future we hope more students will take up the opportunity to attend an ACE day. They come highly recommended!

Hatfield’s Twin Town - Merksplas Visit We were proud to welcome visitors from Merksplas, Belgium, including students from various schools, staff and representatives of the Merksplas/Hatfield Twinning Committee, to our Academy.

They arrived to have lunch with us, followed by the Merksplas students taking part in a P.E. lesson with students from our Academy. The lesson involved a game of rounders which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone taking part.

Our visitors were invited back to the Academy for an event ‘An Evening at Ash Hill Academy’ - a concert to showcase our students’ talents, including dancing, singing and a performance from this year’s production, ‘Grease’, with a guest from Hatfield Colliery Brass Band. The Concert was well attended and enjoyed by members of our community.

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Phoenix Notes Since I gave the last update on the progress of our production of Calendar Girls, due to be performed in September at Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall, many things have happened.

We had a photo-shoot for the calendar which is to be on sale at the show. ( Proceeds from this and raffles at the shows will be given to Lymphoma and Leukaemia Research.) It was held at the house of one of our members and we also used this as an opportunity for fund raising. A local professional photographer took photos of each lady in different classic and tasteful poses. We are very grateful to him as he was busy with semi-naked ladies from 3pm to 8pm. We hope the experience hasn’t traumatised him too much as we are due to have the final shoot next week at our Musical Directors home. The photos not only include the members of the cast but also other members of the group.

We are trying to persuade some of the men to be in the calendar but so far without success.

Speaking of the men, however, our technical team has spent days at the Village Hall constructing the set and making alterations to the stage which are necessary for this production.

We also had a good turnout last Saturday when most of our members came to help make all the complicated props for the show.

We could have made this a much more simple production but we believe that our local community deserve the best and we are striving to achieve this.

Finally, our tickets have been selling well and we have had good publicity from “Hatfield Arrow”, Doncaster Free Press, Thorne Gazette, South Yorkshire Times, Doncaster Council “Whats On” and TMCR radio station. We have applied for our bar licence and the meal for the South Yorkshire Premiere Night is organised.

These events bring to mind that there are so many facets in the production of a show and that teamwork is at the heart of it all. The final component of the team is of course you the audience.

There are still a few tickets left and we would love to sell out so that we are playing to full houses which greatly adds to the atmosphere. The play is set in a village hall so come along and support your local village hall group. Tickets can be obtained from Colin Hepworth on 01302 840437 (preferably between 4.30 and 6.30). Sat Sept 1 st Premiere Night including show and 3 course meal Tickets £24, Other Shows Sun Sept 2nd, Fri 7th Sat Sept 8th Tickets £7. Licensed bar at each production before the show and during the interval. I hope to see you at the show and hope you have a good night.

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Following the Plan which was completed in March - Hatfield has a Village Watch membership scheme which is growing every week – to join go to www.hatfieldvillagewatch.org.uk The group is still developing ideas and progress for such issues as – play areas for young/older children, litter/dog fouling, housing/ industrial developments/traffic, allotments/community garden – we are regularly in contact with Hatfield Town Council and Doncaster MBC, suggesting residents ideas and providing them with updates on progress.

The Village Plan group will meet again in September and consider the possible formation of the Hatfield Village Forum - if you are interested in joining the group please call 351635 or email to admin@hatfieldvillage.org.uk or view website www.hatfieldvillage.org.uk

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A Snap Time Lesson.

Back in February1986 whilst Billy Ocean was telling us what to do when the going got tough I found myself what some people would call “in between jobs”, I had failed at being a supermarket shelf stacker/trainee manager and I was confirmed as England’s slowest postman therefore, I found myself out of work which in those times was a tough place to be. The after effects of the miners strike were still being felt within the area and jobs were not that easy to find. However, one Friday evening John Holt a local builder and entrepreneur stopped me in the Ingram Arms and asked me if I was in gainful employment. Upon hearing my sad story he explained that a friend of his and fellow builder located in Hatfield Woodhouse could do with some labour and that I should get on my bike pronto and get in there before someone beat me to it. He then rather gingerly explained that I should ensure that I had eaten my porridge before knocking on his door. The very next morning I rode the 2 miles down to the house of local builder John Ridgeway and in my best manly manner knocked on his door. John answered and after a few choice questions and rubbing of his beard he beckoned me to enter his building yard around the back where the 2nd stage of the selection process was to take place.

You can forget asking me questions on team working, where I saw myself in 5 years or how I felt about diversity and inclusion, all John was interested in was how physically capable I really was. Test 1 consisted of lifting a bag of cement 4 times onto my shoulder, Test 2 consisted of carrying a scaffolding pole to the bottom of his garden and back, finally Test 3 resulted in me having to climb a ladder with 2 breeze blocks on my shoulder. Crikey, you can forget all about reasonable adjustments and interview expenses this man definitely wanted plenty of punch for his pound. Against all odds I passed and I was instructed to report to his house again the following Monday morning and not to be late. I did as I was instructed and so began my new career as a builder’s labourer. My eldest brother Steven was recruited a few weeks later and we set about the mammoth task of renovating 2 decrepit barns in Blyth with the intention of turning them into 2 desirable residents fit for a local king and queen. John was a quietly spoken and sincere man who took his trade to heart and was determined to make sure that his new project was both well constructed and possessed a certain charm and intrigue. Nothing was ever wasted, things were often re-cycled and for 3 months all I seemed to do was chip old cement of re-claimed bricks, by the end of my chipping stint my right arm was clearly twice the size of my left. John also recruited a local builder in his 40’s named Gary who would travel from Tickhill every morning to join us on our project. Gary was an extroverted chap who would often chip in with his thoughts and opinions and was not backwards in coming forwards so to speak. He was a broad man with hands like shovels capable of delivering a prizable blow to any would be chap also coming in handy for plying his trade laying copious amounts of bricks. I on the other hand was still a wet behind the ears adolescent that had ideas and opinions far and above his years – in other words I was a gobby little git.

The months ticked by, the work got done and some days when the work had been extra arduous and the weather awful I would often nip off to the local bakery for my lunch time snap, often treating myself to a warm crispy pie and a yummy looking cream cake. One wet and damp late spring afternoon John shouted that it was snap time and that we should all assemble in a small coach house which doubled as both snap cabin and equipment shed. This being a day when I had no lunch time fodder, I delved into my pockets and located just enough money for a warm pie and a nice cream bun to reward me for my efforts throughout the morning. I hurried off to the bakery returning to the make shift cabin to be met with the sight that Gary had located himself on “my” cement bag! I wasn’t going to have this so I made it plain to him that I was not impressed and that he should find himself his own seat from now on. I found a suitable location over the other side and set about devouring my lunch time treats. I could sense that all was not well within the team, it had all gone quiet, John read his building trade magazine, Steve idly flicked his Daily Star while Gary who’s

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face was now as crimson as a matadors blanket looked angrily in my direction and warned me not to be so cheeky. I merely raised my eyebrows and once again stated that next time Gary should be more considerate as I had sat there for weeks. The next minute of my life was like a blur… I remember gingerly taking my warm steaming pie out of its bag determined to enjoy every mouthful of its bovine delight. The next thing is that Gary erupted from his or should I say my cement bag and planted a huge slap across the left hand of my face. I felt my teeth move, I felt my head move, I felt my ear disappear to the other side of my head and then I remember the feeling of despair as my snap time pie slowly detached itself from my grasp falling onto the dusty and powdered floor, disappearing for ever without a single bite being taken. Gary returned to his perch and stated that next time I may choose not to be so cheeky. I starred down at my pie as it nestle amongst my mucky feet, I was an angry young man, a hungry young man and now I had lost the feeling down the left hand side of my face. However, all was not lost I can hear you all say, I still had my vanilla slice to devour and maybe this would provide me with something happy to fall back on. At this point Gary decided to state that although I was a harmless lad I should learn to keep my thoughts to myself and that I would get further in life if chose to learn from my elders and follow our Steve’s fine example and be more respectful. To which I cockily replied that I could think of far greater role models than a chain smoking brick layer from the back of beyond who couldn’t lay in bed let alone lay bricks. John continued to compare the prices of breeze blocks whilst our Steve once again buried his head amongst the racing pages – they seemed to experience a sense of déjà-vu !!.

I slowly raised my custardy and pastry based treat to my expectant mouth fantasising about enjoying its vanilla sensation. I think you know what’s coming here – Yes – Thwack!! Gary had once again erupted from his perch and delivered a blow that even George Foreman would have been proud of, this time to the right hand side of face. My left ear was now back where it belonged, my teeth were now placed into orbit within my mouth and yes, you guessed it my vanilla slice lay dead on the dust covered floor. I looked down at the decaying remnants of my lunch, I looked up at our Steve who I could tell was laughing as his paper went up and down more times that a St Leger jockey, John rubbed his chin staring into the spring sunshine and I sat there hungry, cold, depressed and suffering the after effects of severe concussion. I will never forget the lesson I learnt that day ladies and gentlemen. “If you are a young foolhardy chap determined to have your say, offer your 2 penneths worth and cheek your elders, always ensure that this is done AFTER you have eaten your lunch and not BEFORE” !! I was indeed getting too big for my boots and fair play to Gary he did warn me.

Sadly John passed away a few years ago, Gary moved on to bigger and better things, our Steve stayed right to the end and I decided to give education another go in September. No matter how many qualifications I may possess, I often explain to people that the best lessons to learn can sometimes be the ones delivered as far away from a classroom or lecture theatre as you can get.

Thanks to John Holt and thanks to John Ridegway for being a nice bloke, a top builder and for giving me and our Steve a chance when the going was definitely tough. PW AKA The Difference

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Olympic Mad at Travis This month has been a busy time with the torch coming through the village and all the exciting celebrations linked with this. To celebrate the Olympics we held a Science Week which included our sports day and open gardens. Each year group were given a sport, Year 1 researched gymnastics, Year 2 looked at sports linked with throwing, Year 3 focused on archery, Year 4 and 5 concentrated on cycling and Year 6 investigated swimming and diving.

On the 27th June 2012, Travis St Lawrence Primary took part in a day jam packed with sports. In the morning the houses (Garnet, Zircon and Topaz) competed against each other in races such as: egg and spoon, obstacle, sprint, relay, long distance and short distance. In addition 8 of the year 6 girls then 8 of the year 6 boys ran round the long distance track once each to try to beat a record. The ultimate aim is to run a mile altogether in the short space of four minutes- ‘the four minute mile’. In the end, the girls ran in 5m 27s and the boys ran in 4m 58s. That seems pretty good for amateurs!

The second half of sports day included many fun activities such as: standing long jump, javelin, discus, basketball and much more. The children went round with either their parents/ grandparents/ family or otherwise with a teacher in a group. These activities were not put to the scores however they were still very fun and resulted with a nice, cool ice pop.

Jasmine and Megan Science week for Year 3 Year 3 learned all about Archery in Science week. We did an experiment which was “If you change the angle of the bow, does it make a difference to where the arrow lands?” and also the further you pull back the arrow string, will it make a difference? First we wrote a prediction about our question and then we went outside to do the experiments and it was really interesting and guess what …we got to use the bow and arrow. We found out that the best angle to fire at was 45 degrees and that the best pull back was to the shoulder. We had to measure the distance of the arrow and put the information in a table and graph. Stu came in to teach us about how to use a longbow and we learnt about the history of the long bow. Stu and Michael showed us how to shoot a bow properly and Stu even shot an arrow in the ‘Robin Hood Style’ which is 2 arrows at the same time.

Jack, Amy and Jessica.

Science Week for Year 4/5 In Year 4/5 we were learning about cycling and the different forces used. We learnt about friction and where it was on a bicycle. When Tom came in we learnt about the parts of the bicycle and what was their purpose. Lots of people brought their bicycles to school and we sketched some of them. We learnt that the frame is a triangle because that is the strongest shape and can hold the most weight. We had a great time and all our work was put on display in the hall for the Science Fair.

Mattie and Olivia

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Year 3 Sports Day On Wednesday we all took a chair outside and sat in our house colours. We waited for the different races to start. There was an obstacle race, a skipping, sack race, 200m race and a relay race. During each race we made up our own chants for the different houses to cheer along our teams. Wherever you came in the race you would get a point for your house, the winner of each race got 6 points. All the points were added together to see which house would win. The winners were swapping between Zircon and Topaz house but we still don’t know who won. In the afternoon, the parents were invited and also the lower school to take part in races and activities.

We got an ice-pop.

Mitchel, Olivia and Abigail.

Science Fair On the weekend of the 30th June and the 1st July, the school was open for people to come and look at our work from Science week. In the hall there was gym equipment such as a treadmill, cycling machine and a rowing machine. All our work was on display and we showed our parents. There was a lady from Natural England who came and you could make a kingfisher and a golden falcon. In the welcome area there was the wii and we played a game called “Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games”. I enjoyed playing the game and wanted it at my house. It was epic.

Callum and Emily

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Doncaster Advanced Motorists Driving on motorways in bad weather Dear readers, Driving in heavy rain.

Motorway spray caused by heavy rain, can cut visibility to zero. Lorries blast up an almost impenetrable wall of water that fills the air, coats your windscreen and wipes out your view totally for vital seconds. Plan wet-weather motorway overtakes carefully. Hang further back out of the spray and observe the road and traffic ahead. When conditions are most suitable (the route ahead is clear and straight), put your wipers on fast setting and move safely, quickly, and decisively past the lorry. With good planning your view should be impeded for only a fraction of a second at worst.

Heavy rain creates pools of water across the carriageway that can cause a car to aquaplane. This is where the car skims across the surface water and has no contact with the road. Aquaplaning affects your control by reducing the affect of steering and braking inputs. If you see water pooling or streaming across the road do not brake or accelerate, instead ease off the accelerator, grip the steering wheel firmly and try to steer straight ahead. Standing water will pull on the steering wheel and you may need to make corrective inputs when you hit Tarmac again.

Disengage cruise control. On hills diagonal streams of water often cascade across the carriageway.

Be extra vigilant and slow down gradually in very wet conditions.

Braking distances increase hugely in the rain. Compensate by slowing down, looking further ahead, and increasing your following distance.

Driving in Fog, Avoid driving in fog whenever possible. Most motorists drive far too fast and much to close together in foggy conditions. As always, ensure you can stop safely within the distance you can see clearly. Constantly ask yourself, if the next thing you saw in front of you was a stationary vehicle involved in an accident, would you be able to stop in time? Keep to the left-hand lane, if visibility drops below 100meters drive on dipped headlights and put your front and rear fog lights on as soon as you see fog developing, fog density can change in a matter of a few meters. You can go from a light mist to dense fog in a second so ensure you drive accordingly. Use windscreen wipers on the intermittent setting to clear the fine mist that collects on your windscreen. The strain of peering through thick fog quickly makes you tired. Take regular breaks. Take extreme care as you accelerate in preparation for any overtaking manoeuvre, never go ahead with a manoeuvre based on the fact that you can’t see any lights, not everyone will remember to put their lights on. Never be pressured into driving faster than you feel is safe by tailgaters, likewise don’t drive faster than you feel comfortable with, Avoid using main beam headlights in fog, the bright illumination reflects off the fog impairing your view by creating a wall of white in front of you. Consider using low-mounted front fog lights which will help you pick out the road markings or the verge at the edge of the road.

Don’t take any chances.

Remember to turn off your fog lights when the fog clears.

More next month.

If you would like a Free Public Assessment Drive please contact me below.

If you are interested in the courses we offer, you’ll be able to find this information on the Institute of Advanced Motorists website at www.iam.org.uk Or Tel: Doncaster 01302 886 276 Safe Driving, Paul Tuke. Senior Training Observer.

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WHAT’S ON? ORGAN BUILDER TO GIVE RECITAL AT HATFIELD CHURCH Following the success of Vernon Hoyle’s recent recital, on Saturday October 13th Geoffrey Coffin, head of Principal Pipe Organs of York, will give a further recital on the newly restored and improved organ in Hatfield Church.

Mr Coffin, a highly accomplished performer, was Assistant Organist at York Minster in the 1970s before founding his own organ building company.

In 1992-3 Principal Pipe Organs restored and made significant tonal additions to the worldfamous organ in York Minster.

Further details of Mr Coffin’s recital will be publicised at a later date.

Forget the Rain Hatfield Town Cricket Club Presents...

August 5th - The Ben Steadman Challenge Trophy Hatfield Town CC v Howden Town CC - 2pm Start Admission Free (Bring your Grannie for an extra £2) - Its 2 games all and this is the decider, be early to avoid the rush.

August 26th Hatfield Inter-Pub Knockout 2pm start - There will be a bar, admission is free, children's entertainment plus you can feel the grass under your feet. Can a team finally beat The Ingram Arms who are 11 times winners ? Will John Heslop defy physics and break his 6mph land speed record? Will Daniel Wright bowl a maiden over for The Blue Bell ?

Feel free to bring a picnic/bbq and lets get together and cheer on our local pub teams.

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HATFIELD CAMERA CLUB 2012 We meet every Wednesday evening at the Ash Hill Academy 7pm till 9pm

SUMMER HOLIDAY FUN - FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES ON CROWLE MOORS AND HATFIELD MOORS. Come along and enjoy some bug hunting, treasure hunt with geo-caching and lots more nature activities.

Crowle Moors - Thursday 26th July and Wednesday 29th August 11am -12:30 and 1pm 2:30pm, Please meet in the Car Park.

Hatfield Moors - Tuesday 31st July; Arts and Crafts 11am - 3pm Wednesday 8th August; Pond dipping and Bug hunt 1pm - 3:30pm Friday 24th August; Geo-caching 11am 2:30pm, Please meet on site in Boston Park Car Park.

All Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Wear appropriate footwear, clothing, insect repellent and sun protection. For more information contact: Ann (NLC) 07717587044 Janet (Natural England) 07766420290

HATFIELD WOODHOUSE METHODIST CHAPEL COFFEE MORNINGS SATURDAY 10AM - 12NOON. August 4th August 11th August 18th August 25th

Project 2000 Bluebell Wood Project 2000 Guide Dogs for the Blind

HATFIELD WOODHOUSE METHODIST CHAPEL SUNDAY SERVICE 6PM August 5th Mr Peter Gilliland August 12th Mr D Reasbeck August 19th Rev Keith Jump August 26th Mrs Anne Dye

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HATFIELD LIBRARY Local Author Lyn Wilkinson will be appearing at Hatfield library on Friday the 27th July at 9.30am. All welcome. She will be promoting her new book Just as it was.

Light refreshments will be served.

The Summer Reading challenge will soon be here. This years theme is Story Lab lots of "fun" and our old favourites will be joining us once again - Kimmo and Sam’s Safaris.

Contact the Library 842064 for more details

THE FRIENDS OF HATFIELD CHURCH BUILDING TRUST. Beetle Drive on Friday 3rd Aug at 7pm in the Barn, Hatfield, behind the Bay Horse.

Tickets are £3 and include light refreshments, available from Janet on 01302 849377.

All proceeds to the Friends of Hatfield Church Building Trust.

St Lawrence Church, Hatfield Sheffield Teachers Operatic Society

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Doncaster Choral Society Registered Charity No 505263

Presents

Free Concerts Of Popular Organ Music in the Series

Toccata Tuesdays

In support of Doncaster Choral Society’s Millenium Fund Each Concert is at 7.30pm and followed by Refreshments

7 August - Doncaster Minster St George, Church Street, DN1 1RD 14 August - Sprotbrough St Mary The Virgin DN5 7LF 21 August - Fishlake St Cuthbert’s DN7 5LP 28 August - Tickhill St Mary DN11 9PT By kind permission of the Church Authorities at each venue

Dr Simon Lindley Organist

Woodhouse Phoenix In Associati on With Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall

Proudly Present An Amateur Production of

The Musical Saturday 17 November 2.00pm

Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield A magical musical for the family which will send shivers down your spine and make your feet tap in equal measure

By Tim Firth (By kind permission of Samuel French Ltd

At The Hatfield Woodhouse V illage Hall 1st September 2012 An Amateur Premiere Dinner Theatre - Three Course M eal Followed by the show.

Doors open 5.30pm for 6pm start Tickets £24 - Dress Formal

Come and hear the old story of Scrooge, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future and Tiny Tim and his family

2nd, 7th and 8th September 2012 Conventional Theatre Setting Doors open 6.15pm for 7.15pm sta rt Tickets £7 .00

All tickets £18.50 Plus £8.00 for the coach Total £26.50 Available from Angela Lister 884848 Cath Watson 842163

A Proportion of Roya lties & Profits will be donated to Leuka emia & Lymphoma Research

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