Thursday, April 05, 2007


Fir class (Miss Bamkin). Second year.
Merging Schools ??

After the fall of Walker Street and the Battle for Gilt Hill, here comes another. Hopefully the powers that be will have learnt something along the way this time. Wonder what happened to the wooden seat that Minkley gave us for stopping throwing stones at the windows on his building site?

Schools merger plans on the way?
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser
8th March 2007

Parents are expected to discuss the proposal to merge two Newthorpe schools.
A letter from the Nottinghamshire County Council education department last week informed pupils' parents and carers of the possible amalgamation of Greasley Beauvale Junior and Greasley Beauvale DH Lawrence Infant Schools.The details, which the Advertiser has seen a copy of, says the possibility of establishing a single primary school on the existing site is being explored because of falling numbers at each school and the potential effects on their viability.But it added that the proposal was not a reflection on the quality of education the children at both schools receive.A school for 350 pupils is expected to be enough to meet the demand of the catchment area.Officers intend to educate in one building eventually but will operate in the existing schools until then.One carer, whose grandchildren attend the infant school, said he was willing to hear details of the consultation but added that he'd prefer the schools to remain as separate infant and junior schools.No action will be taken until parents' views and comments have been considered.• One of the donkeys that took part in a nativity at Greasley Beauvale DH Lawrence Infant School at Christmas has given birth.Pupils have been asked to name the foal and there are plans to visit the newborn and its mother.
And we're off.......

Well, this is the third major attempt we’ve had putting all this stuff together (and we’ve lost some of it along the way – major thanks to MSN on that one). We’ll still be keeping the version 2 web-pages on britishlibrary.net – link below, when we’ve worked out how to put it there – and we’ll be going on about the same old stuff, ranging from "what was so and so's nickname", to "remember when so and so did that", or even "who was the kid in the red flared cords"? For some reason our brains seem to have set aside a special place to remember this stuff, (as opposed to say, what we should be buying at the grocery store, or what our current next door neighbour is called!).

How it will pan out is anyone's guess (particularly ours) and we’re likely to stray off into other things too, like a new obsession with 70s Top of the Pops and 80s videos on YouTube ......