Highcliffe in song
Pic: Chloe Hicks, designer of the CD cover
for Highcliffe in Song
SALES OF a CD recorded by children from
Highcliffe School will help to raise funds to continue instrumental
tuition with pupils.
Last year, Highcliffe was one of four schools in the county to
participate in the Government’s Soundstart project, which
aims to provide the opportunity for every child in primary school
to learn to play a musical instrument.
As this was a pilot scheme, Government funding was provided for
only one year and now Highcliffe is trying to find £9,500
to continue the project for another year.
Music teacher Carolyn Necklen said: “One class of Year 5
children have been involved in the project and as they have gained
so much the school would like to provide the same opportunity
to another class next year.” The money is needed to pay
for instruments and tuition.
The fundraising was launched with a concert given by the school
choir, two of Carolyn’s adult choirs, Cantorum and Yavana,
and the Soundstart band.
Every child in the school has been involved in making a CD called
Highcliffe in Song, with infants and juniors singing some of
their favourite songs. The Soundstart band also performs and
the school choir sing several songs including one of their favourites,
Never Smile at a Crocodile.
The school held a competition to design the CD cover, won by
nine year old Chloe Hicks. It features children in school uniform
singing, musical notes and the school’s daisy logo. Chloe
said: “I was just amazed and really pleased to win”.
Besides sales of the £10 CD, available now at the school,
other fundraising projects are planned including a 2006 calendar
with drawings of all the children, with spaces for advertising.
Local businesses wishing to advertise can contact the school
on 2101112.
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Hotel and filling station planned
PLANS FOR a roadside service area and a
hotel at the Hallam Fields site have been submitted to Charnwood
Borough Council.
The location will be in the north east corner with access from
the A46/A6 roundabout.
The plans, submitted by Swayfields Ltd, are for a filling station,
a forecourt building for food retail uses and consumption of
food and a separate, 60 bedroom travelodge.
There will be 102 car parking spaces, an additional 80 car parking
spaces at the hotel, 12 HGV parking spaces and 2 parking spaces
for cars with caravans.
A picnic area will be provided behind the filling station, next
to the car park.
Landscaping, called a ‘Green Buffer Wedge’ on the plans,
will be provided on the southern and northern boundaries of the
site, to reduce visibility.
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Splash of colour
Pic: (l-r) Stuart Jones, Barry West and David
Michael beside the tubs planted by Barry
BRINGING A splash of colour to Sibson Road
has earned a Birstall man the gratitude of the public, shopkeepers
and the Parish Council.
Barry West (76) of Fielding Road is a keen gardener who for the
last 10 years has been bringing plants from his own garden and
creating a floral display in the tubs outside J Michael butchers
on Sibson Road.
Butcher David Michael said: “Barry is fantastic, what he
does enhances the frontage and gives it colour. And he won’t
take anything for his work, not even a pork pie! He does it for
the love of it.”
Barry said: “Gardening is my life really, I have two greenhouses
and lots of plants and the village needs some colour.”
The tubs are planted with petunias, trailing ivy, bulbs and busy
lizzies and Barry comes down every Saturday to tend them while
his wife is shopping. Vandalism does not deter him - one day
he planted 40 bulbs in the tubs and they were stolen within 24
hours. He replaced them the next day. “There was no vandalism
in my day, but you’ve got to keep carrying on” he said.
The tubs and the seat beside them have become a popular resting
place for shoppers on Sibson Road.
Chairman of Birstall Parish Council Stuart Jones said: “I’d
like to thank Barry for brightening up this end of the village”.
Diamond bowlers
BIRSTALL BOWLING Club is celebrating its
Diamond Jubilee this year and among the events taking place in
this special year was a match between the club and the Leicestershire
Bowling Association Executive team.
Birstall President John Lee celebrated by leading his team to
a comfortable victory.
In the ladies county competitions, Sue Wilson, Jan Everitt and
Diane Hurst reached the Quarter Final of the Triples but were
defeated by a team from Loughborough Granby. Diane Hurst also
reached the Semi Finals of the County Singles for the second
time, losing out to Lynn Green from Shepshed having beaten Maureen
Leeder from Loughborough in the Quarter Final.
In the men’s Country Singles, two Birstall players reached
the last 32 and ended up being drawn against each other. Andy
Wye beat club mate Rick Everitt before losing to England Junior
International Chris Rodgers of Holwell in the last 16.
The club has several representatives in the Leicester City &
District Parks finals which took place at the end of July. A
report will appear in September’s Birstall Post.
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