vvvwclitheroeadvertlser.co.uk Thursday, April 2,2015 28 I CLITHEROEADVERTISER&TIMES


Thursday,Apnl2,2015 www.clitheroeadvortiser.co.uk 1 v- Ji VALLEYPUZZLES 9 6


4 3


7


8 2


7 5


4 3 4


1 5 9 2 3 z z


You have 10 mins to find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the hub letter and at least 3 others. Letters may be used only once. You cannot use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. There is at least one g-letter word to be found.


5 2 3


7 1 6


7 2 2


7 1 1


3 9 6


Cryptic Clues: Across


DOUBLE CROSSWORD Down .


1. Relief organisa-. tion will make the anarchist annoyed (3,5) .


5 . Fateful date for teams with no capital (4)


9. Plant in an­ other bed (4)


10. He makes a suitable score (8)


11. A bird to get on the track of, we hear (5)


12. Radio link­ up showing attacking play in the tennis match? (7)


13. They provide capital cover for the spring (6,7)


18. It w ill sail with William Bird (8)


19 Receive your deserts, we hear, and get the b i rd .... (4)


2 0 . .. .. e.g. 1 Down will produce ju st that! (7)


21. Blonde about fifty showing instinctive aptitude (5)


How you rate:


6 words, average; 9 words, good; 12 words, very good; 15 or more, excellent.


A HwClitbcn*! rn '• dver tiser and J imes


22. The fool puts the learner in a spot (4)


23. It's perplexing - be thinking things over (8)


2. Pick an artist tobethe.Greek heroine (7)


3. Describing the , stripper in vari­ ety act for this entertainment (7)


■


4. A device for weighing seasonal profit? (6-7)


6. Flower does go wild about the end of Septem­ ber (7)


7. More than one work stop­ page makes an impact (7)


8. Vessel riot re ­ turning to part of Switzerland (


6)


13. Used arms to remove ob­ structions (7)


14. To scrutinise the lad on return is injurious to the reputation (7)


15. A badge to re ­ semble medals partly (6)


16. Hypodermic equipment will be almost un- riecessary (7)


17. What one doing a stretch is sub­ jected to? (7)


Quick Clues: Across


1. Authorship (8) 5. Ostentation (4) 9. Signify (4)


10. Custom (8) 11. Exclude (5) 12. Building (7) 13. Turmoil (5,2,6) 18. Friendly (8) 19. Achievement (4) 20. Bishopric (7) 21. Indefinite (5) 22. Encounter (4) • 23. Agreed (8)


n r CODEWORD


Codeword is the crossword puzzle with no clues. The number in each square corresponds to a letter. Work out the words in the grid using the letters provided. Fill in these known letters first, then use skill and judgement to work out the others.


VALLEY SCHOOL NEWS


Food for thought at Grindleton primary


EASTERFUN


CLITUER0EADVERTISER6TIMES


29


Eggs-ellent fund-raiser


Down 2. P a r t (7), 3. Touch (7) 4 . Poor memory (13) 6. Aperture (7) 7. Give (7) 8. Deed (6)


13. Pre-eminence (7) 14. Fatty (7) 15. Rubber (6) 16. Chorus (7) 17. Enactment (7)


1 2 3 "l5~ 4 5 6 7 8 9 IO 11 112 18 19 20 21 22 23~ 24” aT " 26


DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: l Papist; 4 Window; 9 Leave in the air; lb Teheran; 11 Barge; 12 Bride; 14 Stick; 18 Natal; 19 Purpose; 21 Right- hand side; 22 Watery; 23 League. Down: 1 Pilate; 2 Play hard to get;


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS SUDOKU:


Chairman of governors, Mrs James, collecting thefoodto deliver, (s)


*3 Steer; 5 Inhabit; 6 Dead- reckoning; 7 Warden; 8 Inane; 13 Dilator; 15 Andrew; 16 Speak; 17 Delete; 20 Ridge. Quick: Across: 1 Odious; 4. Scribe; 9 Faces the music; 10 Capital; 11 Argue; 12 Screw; 14 Strip; 18 Let-up; ig Auction; 21 Put in the shade; 22 Eddied; 23 Fester. Down: 1 Office; 2- Incapacitated; 3 Upset; 5 Compact; 6 insignificant; 7 Exceed; 8 Shelf; 13 Expanse; 15 Elapse; 16 Bathe; 17 ■ Endear; 20 Caste.


CODEWORD: i=E, 2=B, 3=G, 4 =R, 5 =P, 6 =C, 7=F, 8=D, 9 =A, lO=S, ii=Z, 12=X 13=N, 14»H, 15*L, i 6=W, i7=Mt 18=T, ig=K, 2 0=Q, 21=0 , 22* 3, 23=U, 24=1, 25=V, 26=Y. WORD WHEEL: PARENTAGE.


’Great Value Breaks by coach SlSISi®!


Chelsea Flower Show Royal Ascot ^ ? .i-V^Stratford-URon-Ayon


• • = on Ladies'Day & Stratford-upon-Avon


Pupils at Grindleton CE Pri­ mary School have been col­ lecting food during Lent to donate to the Ribble Valley Food Bank. During Lent the children


have been attending weekly services in St Ambrose Church atGrindletonandbringingdo- nations of nonperishable food items with them each week. These will be put to good use by the food bank. Some children chose to donate money during Lent,


which will be donated to the Solomon Project by St Am­ brose Church, along with its own collection. The Solomon Project helps some of Kenya’s poorest children, providing meals to children in their lo­ cal schools. Just £17 will feed a child in school for a whole year. These activities are part of the school’s ongoing com­ mitment to educating the children about their respon­ sibilities both locally and na­ tionally.


Science and nature at Pendle Primary


Girls on the run a t Stonyhurst (s)


Marathon effort on Stonyhurst’s Avenue


A group of 21 girls ai Hurst Green’s Stonyhurst College and their games teachers ran 104 miles up and down the Stonyhurst Avenue raising almost £700 for Hospice at Home. The girls, who are all in Year 10, ran in four teams,


Departing Saturday 9 May 2015


100 nurseries, 500 trade stands, show gardens, Q&As with celeb gardeners, sculpture, music and theatre, Malvern has got the lot. Join our great value break which includes travel and transfers, superior hotel, evening meal, full English breakfast and a visit to Stratford.


Look what's included..


• Overnight stay at a 3 or 4 star Midlands area hotel with 3-course evening meal and full English breakfast


• Admission to the Malvern Spring Gardening Show on Sunday


• A visit to Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday -Ji • Return coach travel from Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, Nelson SPadiham


- ?«■; Departing Friday 22 May 2015


Join the gardening glitterati at Chelsea, the show all the top professionals want to be known for, with over 550 exhibitors striving for the horticultural prize of prizes,


- a Chelsea Gold Medal. Be Inspired by its patchwork of show gardens, small gardens ', and vibrant plant displays on this short break with a quality hotel, evening meal, . full English breakfast and a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon also included!


Look what's included.


• Overnight stay at a 3 or 4 star outer London/Reading area hotel with a 3 course evening meal & full English breakfast


• Admission to the Chelsea Flower 5how, with coach transfer


• A visit to Stratford-upon-Avon : ^


• Return coach travel from Burnley, Clitheroe,' / | Colne, Nelson & Padiham


.y’: . 1 /,-■ ,>• / -.“•'ir'H'he*!'.


Departing Wednesday 17 June 2015


Hats on for fashion, it's Ladies'Day at Royal Ascot, a time-honoured tradition showcasing British millinery, with some racing too. Get ready to dress up for the Gold Cup in the Silver Ring and a fun day out among the thoroughbreds.


Look what's included..


Overnight stay at a 3 or 4 star outer London hotel with dinner and full English breakfast Admission to the Silver Ring enclosure on Ladies'Day


(Upgrade to Grandstand Admission ticket; supplement of£40pp) A visit to Stratford-upon-Avon


Return coach travel from Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, NelsonS Padiham


Pendle Primary School pupils have been busy, (s)


Bread baskets, lunch boxes, variety of activities as part of yoghurt pots and 3D owls were their topic work. As well as all created as part of a science, pond dipping, the children technology, engineering and toured the reserve and saw fla- maths competition held at v. mingos, geese and swans and Clitheroe’s Pendle Primary other wild birds which they School.


There were more than 100 servatory.


watched from the Raines Ob- ■


entries in total and three prize Nature has also been winners were chosen in each brought back to the school age group. The competition with trout eggs from the Rib- was part of a week of activi- ble River Trust hatched in a ties at the school which also tank. Once again the school included a special science as- supported the work of the sembly, bridge building, and a trust by hatching the alevin whole school maths day. which were later released by Meanwhile, pupils in Year pupils in the brook near to


Five and Six visited Martin school as part of the trusts Mere WWT and enjoyed a conservation work.


completing four marathons collectively, running 52.5 laps each. There was a great atmosphere of team work and fun as the girls ran the length of the Avenue, which. is almost a mile long, dodg­ ing the odd Canada goose and stray rugby player!


Kids’Purple day Springing into life


Pupils at a Ribble Valley school held a non-uniform “purple” day to raise money for children in Zimbabwe. Everyone at Stonyhurst’s


prep school, St Mary’s Hall, wore a splash of purple and


paid £1 each, in support of their partner school near Harare. The money will help to buy text books and other materials. Purple was cho­ sen because it is the tradi­ tional colour for of Lent.


Easter is a time for new life and children aLDownham Preschool have seen it first hand. For three weeks they


stored eggs in an incuba­ tor, wondering each day if something would happen. The, over a couple of days,-


they watched fascinated as the five chicks hatched o u t , before their eyes. The e g g s r and incubator were kindly loaned by one of the par­ ents and Preschool Manag­ er Susan Carter said: “We have been very privileged to watch this amazing process.”


An Easter egg raffle took place on the last day of term at Clitheroe’s Pendle Primary School. Pupils donated more than 110 eggs and the sale of raffle tickets raised more than £300 for the Friends of Pendle School.


Ribblesdale High School skiers, (s)


Ribblesdale pupils skiing to victory


Pupils in Ribblesdale High Victoria the Upper Senior School’s ski teams came Girls and Callum the Upper—r- away with several trophies Senior Boys. They also won after-competing in the a trophy each for being the North West Schools’ Skiing fastest female and fastest Championships at Pendle male overall on the day. Ski Club.


" Will Austin, meanwhile, The A team was made up came third in the lower


of Callum Witts and Victo- senior category and Ciaran . riaGatty (Year 11), Will Aus- Bradwell ninth.


tin (Year Nine) and Ciaran Out of all 160 competi- Bradwell (Year Eight), while tors, Callum was first, Tori the B team was made up of fourth, Will sixth and Ci- Elisha Priestley, Eleanor aran25th. Jessop (Year Nine) and Geor- The A team won the over- giaSinghandJoelWhitfield all team competition, re- (YearEight).


' A spokeswoman for the last year, whilst the B team


school said all the pupils came a respectable 14th out performed exceptional- of34 teams. Eleanor placed ly well with both Victoria 22nd in her age group, Joel and Callum winning their 25th, Elisha 33rd and Geor- _ respective age categories - gia43rd.


#


gainingthetrophytheywon'


®


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25