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makes is that children will leave this school as good, honest and happy citizens, will have respect for other human beings, and will then enter secondary education well prepared. They will have the good fortune of understanding the enormous benefits of belonging to a community, and will be able to "form and sustain constructive relation ships". How very fortunate, as they are in a society embroiled in domestic violence, high divorce rates, and child abuse. I find it hardly surprising that there is a national shortage of teachers.
I feel that the only conclusion the report
SHEENA BYROM, (Parent), Milton Road, Whalley.
Tabloid tactics on
school shame list I AM writing to you to express my disgust at the manner in which you chose to exploit the inspector's report on St Michael and St John's Primary School. The use of billboards declaring that a
Ribble Valley school had been included in the list of "shamed schools" is the tactic used by the tabloids, who aim to keep up their circulation figures by sensationalising events. I cannot remember seeing any billboards
at the school work tirelessly on behalf of our children and the inspection was very encouraging about most of the teaching at the school. Where shortfalls were found the school has taken immediate and positive steps to rectify them with additional train- ing. The school is more than a building where
Vincent Murray and the rest of the staff
worse. Our health centre is too small now, so they will face the same consequence as,
our local schools. Please think again before granting per
budding geniuses are pushed out at the end of Year Six. There is an ethos at the school, reflected in Catholic faith, that we are all worthy of the best attention throughout our lives. This means that, unlike other successful schools, all the children are given equal attention and benefit equally from the quality teaching at the school.
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Catholic community of Clitheroe. The school, the church and the community are united in faith and in resolution and are all committed to mutual support. Many parishioners spend time at the school in support of the sacramental programme and helping with some class and outside activities. The school is a testament to the well being of the family, church and com munity.
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As well as being a primary school, St and St John's is a focus for the
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last year declaring that the same school had been awarded Beacon Status, to act as an example of best practice for neighbour ing schools. It was also noticeable that when the Key
nors, pupils, parents and church communi ty of St Michael and St John's for the pejo rative way in which the headline and arti cle painted the school and should print a retraction of the headline and an apology to all the schools of Ribble Valley for fail ing to take the opportunity to support one of its finer primary schools.
I feel that the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times owes an apology to the staff, gover
Stage 2 results for the Ribble Valley Pri mary Schools were published in your paper last December that St Michael and St John's results were missing. You had the decency to apologise the
next week. Was it perhaps because they finished higher than any other school in the area and were placed 35th out of 400 coun ty schools? Do I smell a conspiracy? Or is it that the
P. J. SIMMONS, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe.
Astonished to see
shame headline I WAS astonished to see the headline of the article regarding St Michael and St John's recent Ofsted inspection. One would assume from the headline that the school had gone from one of the best primary schools in Lancashire to a national dis grace. Or indeed that it was a "failing school," much like the schools regularly
paraded on television news. The facts of the situation would, under
have supported the school and, as the facts of the school's success indicate, have ques- tionned the validity of the inspection. Instead we were treated to an article, which, although factual in content, did nothing to support the school in the way that the newspaper claims it does. "The paper that champions the Ribble Valley cause" rings very hollow among the par ents, staff and children of St Michael and
a more skilled reporter, have suggested that St Michael and St John was the victim of an ill conceived and poorly executed Ofsted inspection directly resulting from changes to the method of conducting the inspection related to the past success of a school. A more sympathetic headline might
St John's school. The inadequate Ofsted "short" inspec
tion, brought about, as a direct result of the school's continuous success, has done nothing for those of us who have supported the Government's development of the school inspection system. If St Michael and St John can be considered a "failing" school, what on earth will they make of the less successful schools in Ribble Valley, Lancashire and in the nation as a whole? What kind of support from the paper could
they expect? I am at a loss as to how Ofsted inspectors
let down.
could possibly have discovered exactly who the so-called "bright pupils" were, never mind how they could possibly have formed an opinion as to how they might have been
STEPHEN W. AND JANE M. TUCKER, Brothcrton Meadow, Clitheroe.
Give school praise it
paper finds it difficult to report high suc cess and high endeavour?
so greatly deserves I AM writing to express the views of myself and of other parents of St Michael and St John's RC School on the story on your front page last week. We believe this to be appalling and think
that for all the fantastic achievements of Mr Murray and all the staff and pupils of St Michael and St John's to be overshad owed by this report seems to be very unfair. It is apparent by this Ofsted report that the more you improve and achieve, the
more is expected of you . Parents with experience of the school
going back some time have been quick to express their views on how greatly it has improved. Instead of taking into account two days
GLADYS BAINES, Milton Avenue, Clitheroe.
i BELIEVE w e w i l l s o o n n e e d t o p u t u p sjgns on the roads into the Valley saying:
Lancashire’s grey valley here soon
cashire's grey valley" ment continues at its current pace. , Greenfield sites are proving too tempting
"Welcome to the Ribble Valley - Lan- if housing develop-
for developers and our councillors seem powerless to halt the advance of bricks and mortar as it destroys more and more of our
valley's beauty. And, if Bellway Homes gets its way, yet
another beautiful site will be lost forever. The first thing visitors parking in Chester Avenue will see will not be the beautiful view of field upon field leading to Kemple End, but 25 drab, bland "luxury" detached
homes.
Avenue and am lucky enough to wake up every morning to this view. It is one of the reasons I bought the house - and it is one of the reasons I don't live on a sprawling sub urban estate on the outskirts of Manches
I admit I am biased. I live in Cowper .
derful environment without having paid a small fortune for the privilege like you have to in so many other parts of the country. That might not be the case for much
longer. It is increasingly the case in the Ribble Valley that you can only enjoy the view if you have paid out £100,000 plus. If we don't take a stand against the
ter. I am lucky enough to live in such a won
mission for these plans to go ahead, as it is our belief that they have been inadequate ly thought out and will put even more pres sure on our already stretched services.
being devoted to individual students in schools, or to patients in the local clinic and hospital. Clitheroe used to be a quiet, serene town,
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with plenty of employment, good health services and ample education. This is slow ly, but surely, being destroyed by the con stant building of new houses. This cannot be allowed to happen. Please help us fight against this proposed development.
ROBIN AND PAT HARTLEY, Milton Avenue, Clilheroe.
Too much housing alrPaOV 111 L l lt t ie rO e
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THE residents of Clitheroe seem to be almost unanimous in the belief that there has been far too much housing develop ment in the town. I wonder if the Advertiser and Times
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could do a little research, and perhaps pub lish some figures as to just how many hous es have been built during the last 15 years? How much was on green fields, the increase in population, number of cars etc? What is the situation regarding school
places, the number of available jobs? Will the new residents be commuters? Are the medical services stretched to the limit? How much the level of carbon dioxide in the air has increased due to cars, home
heating etc? The increase in effluent and sewage, can
the treatment system cope? Will there be more pollution of the river system?
JOHN BROWN. Waddington Road, Clilheroe.
Knitting needed,
developers now we might as well wave goodbye to our green valley. Nigel Evans has said he is prepared to
M. GERRARD, Cowper Avenue, Clitheroe.
Annoyed, shocked
of inspection, the Government should look further than the end of its nose, and take notice of the vast achievements of this Beacon school and give Mr Murray, all the staff and the pupils the praise they so
greatly deserve. J. O'CONNELL, Clitheroe.
housing proposals I WISH to express our dismay concerning the proposal for the new housing develop ment on Milton Avenue, Clitheroe. Where are we to park our cars on this narrow, residential, avenue, which is not
Dismay at avenue
built as a through road? Where do we tell family and visitors to
park when visiting us? The congestion on Waddington Road is
bad enough now, so if the development plans go ahead it will be horrendous. How is the issue of extra traffic pulling out on to Waddington Road going to be
dealth with? There are far too many houses being
built on green field sites in the Ribble Val ley.
and to the small park, which will be right next to the building of the houses? The fields should be used to benefit our children by extending their small park,
How will the children feel safe going from
instead of building atrocious houses. How are the schools going to cope with
at 25-house plan I AM very annoyed and shocked at the new proposal to build a further 25 houses in the field at the end of Milton Avenue. I believe that, on the part of the council, it would be a very inadvisable idea to per
mit this building to commence. The streets around this area are not ade
fight to keep our valley green. I hope we can rely on the councillors too.
but no more wool I SHOULD like to thank the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times and the people of Ribble Valley for all the help which has been given to Ribble Valley WRVS in our attempt to knit the world's longest scarf. WRVS nationwide is hoping to knit 23
miles of scarf for the Millennium. We are no longer asking people to knit or
donate wool, but if any readers has com pleted knitting, we can still accept this. All knitting will eventually be made into blan kets for Oxfam. Once more, thank you to everyone who has supported us.
JOAN MYERS, Joint Manager Ribble Valley WRVS, Claremont Drive, Clilheroe.
quate to take larger volumes of cars. Mil- ton Avenue, the surrounding streets and Waddington Road are all full with cars at the moment. A further 25 houses would just congest the streets even further. The council's plan to only allow parking
Artist misread swan nicks for necks
on one side of Milton Avenue and Waddington Road would be very imprac
tical. Most families in this area have more than one car. If the council implements the idea of only having parking on one side of Milton Avenue and Waddington Road, then there will be no place for residents to park their cars. Most houses in this area do not have the capacity to fit more than one car in a garage, some don't even have a garage to park one car, let alone several. Traffic flow and congestion in this area
THE book I am reading just now is called "The River Ribble" by Ron Freethy and is I a record of a man's journey from its source in the limestone hills above Settle to its estuary between Lytham and Southport. He tells how neolithic people caught fish
in the river and its streams, hunted game in the once dense forests, built forts on the
breezy uplands and how Roman galleys eased their way upstream to the settle
ments. I wonder how many people know that, as
are also a problem. Access to and from the streets on Waddington Road is congested most times during the day. Heavy goods vehicles often travel along this route to get to the local quarries. Visibility and traffic are at a bad standard now, an increase in housing would just make the problem even worse. Many children live in this area. With even more traffic flowing across roads there will be a higher chance of injuries or even deaths. The old market town of Clitheroe is
the sudden over population of the area? People are fighting for places now. With
more children, it will only make matters
rapidly becoming over populated. Places in schools, adequate facilities and places of employment are already a problem. With an increase in the population about to occur again, standards in these establish ments may drop even further with less time
the author explains, the village of Pendle ton probably got its name from being the tun, meaning settlement, near Pendle. And the Swan with Two Necks pub? Swans I belonged to the sovereign, but he gave authority to some people to dine on them and they cut notches in their beak. The Vintners' Company marked all their birds | with two nicks from 1472 onwards but an artist misread "two nicks" for "two necks", and that is where the pub name comes | from, Mr Freethy tells us. We have many more places we know will be written about.
EDMOND CAMBIEN, Bolland Prospect, Clithcroe.
Wheelie’ rider banned after drinking
AN afternoon meeting about redundancies was
followed by a Ribble Val ley motor cyclist being arrested for drink-driving after pulling two "wheel-
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(29), of Whalley Road, Langho, did one on a pedes
trian crossing just yards from a police officer, Black
burn magistrates heard. The bench ordered that
he sit an extended re-test before getting his licence back when a 12-month ban for driving with excess alco hol it imposed is finished. Coughlin pleaded guilty
and also admitted danger ous driving and using his
machine with a faulty tyre. He was fined a total of £400 with £118 costs. Mr Neil Standage (pros
ecuting) told the court that a report was received about a motor cycle being driven at excessive speed
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moved away at speed into Barbara Castle Way, where he did another wheelie before again pulling away at speed." Mr Michael Blacklidge,
not and afterwards went to the pub. Coughlin had some drink. The motor cycle, said Mr
(defending) said that his client worked in Preston, and on the day of the offences many of his col leagues had been made redundant. They were told at an afternoon meeting who was going and who was
front wheel did lift off the ground, but he was oblivi ous to the fact th a t the police were wanting to speak to him," said Mr Blacklidge. "When he did realise he was the target of police officers' attention, he pulled in to the side of the road quite properly." Coughlin started work at
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