Town July 2016

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S Maidstoneummer Festival Saturday 2 July

Entertainment LIVE MUSIC

DANCE TROUPES CHOIRS

GRAFFITI

FACE PAINTING WACKY BIKES YARN BOMBING

Live Music GET INUIT

HOBO JONES & THE JUNKYARD DOGS

NO LIMIT STREET BAND CLEA LLEWELLYN TRIO RHONDA AND

THE GREAT UNKNOWN LARKSPUR DANIEL SON BLOCO FOGO

OLD SCHOOL SAMBA BATERIAS NOT INCLUDED

STARTS MIDDAY TOWN CENTRE

Thanks to the Maidstone Summer Festival's Media Partner, The Downs Mail George pecks up bin prize

A ROOSTER is encouraging Maid- stone shoppers to “peck up” their rubbish, thanks to a design by a 10- year-old pupil from the area. George Dunn’s design now fea-

tures on bins at the shopping cen- tre following The Mall’s Design A Bin To Win contest. The competition set out to raise

awareness about the environment and encourage more people to use the centre’s waste and recycling bins.

The competition for children

aged 15 and under attracted more than 470 entries from four schools in Maidstone. The pupil, from South Borough Primary School in Postley Road, re-

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ceived a bike and £350 for his school. Head Jeannine Olivier said: “We

are all extremely proud of George. His design was innovative and clever and he took a great deal of time developing the concept. “At South Borough Primary

Schoolwe recognise the importance of helping children to develop their artistic skills and competitions like this allow them the freedom and creativity to use their imaginations in a real and purposeful way.” The school will be spending the

money on new bins for the play- ground. George Dunn is pictured with his winning design and his classmates.

Pupilswelcome public to festival

OAKWOOD Park Grammar School is hosting its first Litera- ture Festival – and opening the doors to the public. The festival, “Get Lit”, runs from

July 4-8, giving students the chance to learn more about literature, his- tory, sociology, psychology, lan- guages and geography. During the week, students will

share workshops with authors, poets and actors – among them poet Adisa, Shakespearean actor Ben Crystal and poet and per- former Mark Gwynne Jones. Akala and the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company will also visit the school. Guest speakers will include botanist and travel writer Tom Hart-Dyke, TV historian Marc Mor- ris and renowned authors Patience Agbabi and John Agard. All four talks will be open to the public. Tom Hart Dyke appears on Tues-

day, July 5, from 7-9pm, and Marc Morris on Thursday, July 7, from 7- 9pm. Tickets are £10. John Agard will be speaking

from 2-4pm on Thursday, July 7 and Patience Agbabi at the same time the next day. Tickets are £7.50. “Get Lit” is being organised by English teacher Stacie McGowan, who said: “OPGS is using this

event to develop students skills for English and literature exams. “The aim is to have guest speak-

ers coming in to share their experi- ences and to deliver talks that broaden their horizons in as many fields as possible.” Miss McGowan believes that the exercise will not only improve stu- dents’ abilities when it comes to exam time, but also be an impor- tant addition to their personal statements when applying to uni- versity. She said: “In terms of academic preparation, being able to write on university personal statements that our students have independently attended talks by professionals in their field and taken the initiative to study around pre-set reading, stands our students apart from the crowd and makes their applica- tions unique from that of their aca- demic peers.” She added: “The four public

events should appeal to students and adults not just of literature but of many other subjects.” For further details visit www.opgs.org. Tickets are available by emailing office@opgs.org or calling 01622 726683.

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