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Matt’s in the pink – not in the red! FINANCIAL controller Matt Groom entered into the spirit of a fundraising event when he joined his female colleagues in pink. Staff at the Coxheath-based Green Home Company, part of GML group, raised more than £100 for a breast cancer awareness day. The women donned bright pink wigs and false eyelashes but it
wasMatt who stood out in his pink T-shirt and safety helmet. A company spokesman said: “Unfortunately for him he had to make a visit to the bank dressed like that!”
Plans unveiled for new ‘Tiger’ school
PLANS for a primary school on the New Line Learning Academy site at Boughton Lane, Maidstone, have been unveiled to neigh- bours. The Tiger Primary School, which will teach Mandarin, is due to
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open in September 2012, subject to final approval by the Depart- ment for Education. If permission is granted, it is expected to start life as “a school within a school”, using facilities adapted within the existingmain building for the first four years, until purpose-built accommoda- tion can be provided within the grounds. Future Schools Trust, which runs New Line Learning, held a con- sultation evening for residents after its application for a Free School was approved by the DfE through to the pre-opening stage. The trust’s chief executive, Gigi Luscombe, said: “We are very fo-
cused on attainment but equally important is the wellbeing of our children. This is a very challenging time for young people. Some of our youngsters come to us at the age of 11 and they don’t have very well-developed social skills. “We would like to have a more joined-up approach to education through from four to 18.” While two nearby primaries – Loose and Boughton Monchelsea
– are full, two more – Bell Wood and Oak Tree – are undersub- scribed. However, residents were told there was a need to provide parentswith choice, andwith fu- ture housing development, the demand would increase. Plans for the new 420-pupil school include opening times from 7.30am to 6pm to help working parents, a focus onMan- darin alongside English to pro- vide early experience of a foreign language, and abacus tuition to improve maths ability. Extension classes would be provided in music, sport and the arts at no extra charge and all children would be encouraged to learn a musical instrument. Residents heard that facilities
‘Improve existing
primary schools’ ZOE Trent, who lives in Boughton Monchelsea, had concerns about the new school. She is the mother of two young sons who will start school in a few years’ time. She believes that resources should be put into improving under-subscribed schools, Bell Wood and Oak Tree, rather than building a brand new school. She said: “They want par-
in the main academy building were flexible and there was spare capacity which could provide separate facilities for the primary pupils. Discussions on the new building were at a very early stage and the submission of a planning application was at least 18 months away. A consultation evening for prospective parents was due to take place at the academy on Tuesday, November 29, at 6pm.
ents to put five-year-old chil- dren among 16-year-olds who will have completely different issues. I don’t think this is right. “It defies common sense.
Most parents around here say they don’t want their youngchildrentogotothe same place as a secondary school. The money should be put into improving the pri- mary schools we have here at the moment.
Garage conversion to annex for relative A PROPOSAL has been submitted to convert a garage for the use of an elderly relative at 4Wilson Court, Yalding. The planning statement said: “It is to accommodate an appli-
cant’s elderly mother,who can no longer live by herself, so needs the care of her family while still retaining an element of inde- pendence where possible.”
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