Aiming to ‘break up’ KIG Primary school
AN about-to-be-formed residents' association has already identified a priority objective. Families in Crismill Lane are seeking the assis-
tance of Thurnham Parish Council and other in- terested parties to block any potential development on the former KIG site. They are keen to see a pocket, or pockets, of
land bought to make the overall site less attrac- tive to speculators. Resident JoanWise said Detling Parish Council
is considering such a move and Hollingbourne residents group Meadows Trust has already bought land to prevent the spread of development. On behalf of Crismill Lane residents, she asked
Escaping Alcatraz A TEACHER at Sandling Pri- mary School is to face the chal- lenge of a lifetime. Stephen Honey (24), from Pe- nenden Heath, is to swim the 1.5 miles from the fortress is- land of Alcatraz in San Fran- cisco Bay to the mainland – in aid of Bowel Cancer UK. His “ultimate adventure” on
April 12 will see Stephen bat- tle against strong currents and cold water as he swims from the imposing abandoned prison. Triathlete Stephen decided to
take on the challenge after his father was diagnosed and suc- cessfully treated for the disease, Britain’s second biggest cancer killer. Donations
at
http://www.justgiving.com/Ste phen-Honey.
Thurnham's monthly council meeting: "We won- dered if you would give it some consideration.We would be prepared to put somemoney in if other people did." MrsWise believed that a local farmer might be
more amenable to sell "as he was not 100% be- hind KIG". Husband Mike Wise added: "If Hollingbourne
can do it and Detling can do it, I'm quite sure Thurnham could do it, with sufficient resolve." Cllr Richard Jacques said it was something the parish should consider. He urged the residents to put a specific proposal in writing for the new parish council to consider after theMay elections.
Flip, flip hooray for land to stay!
makes progress ULCOMBE CE Primary School has made satisfactory progress in achieving improvements re- quired by Ofsted nearly two years ago. The school has also made sat- isfactory progress in demon- strating a better capacity for sustained improvement, ac- cording to an inspector. But while praising the effec-
tive action taken so far, Ofsted considered there were two in- hibiting factors–adecline in pupil numbers and “a small but significant group of persistent absentees”. Inspector Patricia Metham,
A PANCAKE race was held on Shrove Tuesday to raise money for the Hollingbourne Meadows Trust. The event, organised by theWomen’s Institute, took place at the
LanceMemorial Field. The trust needs £40,000 to purchase and safeguard four acres of
land behind the village hall. The group has already bought up to 23 acres to prevent land on the Grove Mill Estate from develop- ment.
who visited the 56-pupil school in January, said its strategies in- cluded rewards for good atten- dance, a swift response when any pupil failed to attend and referral to the education wel- fare officer if attendance re- mained poor. Following her monitoring in- spection, she wrote to head- teacher Vincent Hampton: “These are having a positive impact but there remains a core of non-attenders.”
Dose of Rennie’s! IAN Rennie, a regular at The Old Plantation, Bearsted, is holding a quiz night at the pub on Monday, April 11, to raise money for the Institute of Can- cer Research.
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