R OSE H ILL JULY 2015 ISSUE 35 News INSIDE THIS ISSUE Tenants and Residents Association : 2 Energise Rose Hill: 3 Rose Hill Community Centre update: 3 Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon: 3 Rose Hill Children's Centre: 5 Rose Hill Junior Youth Club : 6 & 7 Men’s Health Day: 7 Rose Hill Primary School: 7 Project ERIC: 8 Library News: 8 Spot the difference Competition: 10 Sport : 12 ON FRIDAY 24 July Rose Hill Junior Youth Club will host an incredible family cinema evening in the front car park of Rose Hill Primary School. Supported by Rose Hill Lottery project, Film Oxford and GreenSquare it will be an evening of celebration, marking the premiere of ROSE HILL TELEVISION – the movie made by Rose Hill children. The fun will then continue with a full length feature film – either Shaun the Sheep or Paddington. This will be decided by residents’ votes. We will be celebrating Rose Hill’s “green” credentials by making the whole event pedal powered! Electric Pedals the events company will provide the bikes to power the lights, projector and PA system. Electric Pedals will use the energy from people cycling to generate electricity for the films. All of this without using a single battery! Pedal power is not only a clean and fun method of generating electricity, it's also an amazing way to promote sustainability, exercise and energy appreciation. So please come along and help us to keep the films running by doing some pedalling! You don’t have to be a Championship cyclist – just willing to do some “community” cycling to keep the power flowing! There will be food, music, a popcorn machine supplying non stop popcorn and a great community atmosphere. So bring your picnic rugs and chairs and lets have a wonderful Rose Hill party! Gates open at 7.30pm and the first film will be shown at sunset. For more details call or text Fran on 07770 324 277 or check out our Facebook page www.facebook. com/RoseHillRP OPEN AIR CINEMA COMES TO ROSE HILL Amazing FREE Family Film evening and it’s Pedal Powered!
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ROSE HILL JULY 2015ISSUE 35
News
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Tenants and Residents Association : 2
Energise Rose Hill: 3Rose Hill Community Centre update: 3
Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon: 3Rose Hill Children's Centre: 5
Rose Hill Junior Youth Club : 6 & 7Men’s Health Day: 7
Rose Hill Primary School: 7Project ERIC: 8
Library News: 8Spot the difference Competition: 10
Sport : 12
ON FRIDAY 24 July Rose Hill Junior Youth Club will host an incredible family cinema evening in the front car park of Rose Hill Primary School. Supported by Rose Hill Lottery project, Film Oxford and GreenSquare it will be an evening of celebration, marking the premiere of ROSE HILL TELEVISION – the movie made by Rose Hill children. The fun will then continue with a full length feature film – either Shaun the Sheep or Paddington. This will be decided by residents’ votes. We will be celebrating Rose Hill’s “green” credentials by making the
whole event pedal powered! Electric Pedals the events company will provide the bikes to power the lights, projector and PA system. Electric Pedals will use the energy from people cycling to generate electricity for the films. All of this without using a single battery! Pedal power is not only a clean and fun method of generating electricity, it's also an amazing way to promote sustainability, exercise and energy appreciation. So please come along and help us to keep the films running by doing some pedalling! You don’t have to be
a Championship cyclist – just willing to do some “community” cycling to keep the power flowing! There will be food, music, a popcorn machine supplying non stop popcorn and a great community atmosphere. So bring your picnic rugs and chairs and lets have a wonderful Rose Hill party! Gates open at 7.30pm and the first film will be shown at sunset.
For more details call or text Fran on 07770 324 277 or check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/RoseHillRP
OPEN AIR CINEMA COMES TO ROSE HILLAmazing FREE Family Film evening and it’s Pedal Powered!
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ROSE HILL NEWS 35 JULY 2015Annual General MeetingTHE Rose Hill Tenants and Residents Association held its Annual General Meeting on 2 June in the community centre. The well attended audience voted unanimously to return the sitting officers and committee including one new member for a further 12 months. The assembly was reminded that, through its efforts, great strides were made to continue the improvements on the area. Notable among these were the complete resurfacing of Rivermead, Mortimer and Court Farm Roads the latter being surfaced at the lower end for the first time since being laid in 1947. Progress can be slow on Rose Hill! Thanks were given to Oxford City Council for carrying out this and other works and in particular to Cllrs Gill Sanders, Michele Paule and Ed Turner for their commitment to our estate. Cllr Sanders was responsible for securing funding but warned that financial restraints would probably mean little investment would be available in future years from the County Council. Donations in the previous 12 months were received from Oxford City Council and Greensquare Housing Group and the
thousands of pounds donated were, or are, in the process of being redistributed to projects in the community. The TRA continued to make representations to the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to provide suitable health facilities in the new community centre on Ashhurst Way when the building is completed and opened in early 2016. During the July meeting Cllr Ian Hudspeth Leader of Oxfordshire County Council, who was a guest speaker, was questioned about the poor state of our primary school including roof
and window defects and the constant breakdowns of the heating system during the winter. Councillor Hudspeth said that emergency works would be forthcoming when the school broke up for the summer holidays. The association meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the community centre, starting at 7.30pm. You are very welcome to come along and ask questions about your street or area and it is absolutely free. See you there!
Answers to Science Quiz: 1. Earth; 2. Carbon; 3. The tongue; 4. The Milky Way Galaxy; 5. The River Nile; 6. Mercury; 7. Einstein; 8. A pride; 9. Spiders; 10. Water.
THINGS are progressing well on the construction of the new Rose Hill Community Centre. The external insulation is now nearly complete and we have started installing the new windows. Building the external brickwork walls will commence within the next two weeks. Internally, the partition walls are being erected and the floor screed is being laid. The topping out ceremony took place on 19 June, where the first photovoltaic panel was symbolically installed by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Colin Cook. A tour of the site followed the ceremony and the reaction from everyone who visited the site was very positive. The building certainly has a very bright and contemporary feel and the views from the large first floor windows is very impressive. We are now working hard with the design team, to finalise the internal finishes, colour schemes and fixtures and fittings. We are still on schedule to complete the project in December, so it should open early in the new year, following the final fit out by our client. We will be working with Science Oxford, to provide some science based construction activities for the young people who join their Summer holiday group.
ROSE HILL Residents enjoyed time in the sun to celebrate the Energise Rose Hill and new community centre Topping Out Ceremony. The Energise Rose Hill event attracted 250 local people who had fun trying out low carbon activities including make your own fruit smoothie on a pedal powered smoothie machine, the fruit was donated by Sainsbury Heyford Hill, free style face painting, play in the recycle fun house and to build and decorate dens with Orinocco. Residents were also able to speak to energy efficiency providers and the Oxford City Council waste reduction team. The Energise Rose Hill event organised by the Oxford City Councils’ Community and Neighbourhood, Sport and Youth and Low Carbon Oxford Teams was part of the afternoon’s activities which included 320 pupils from Rose Hill Primary School taking part in sport and fitness tasters including table tennis and tag rugby. The main attraction for the event was the Topping Out Ceremony for the new community centre, this was to celebrate the building reaching a key milestone in the build process. The ceremony, which had 25 invited people attend, was officiated by the Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Colin Cook. The community centre, which is already set to have a 60kWp solar PV array will now also be fitted with Maslow battery storage, storing surplus solar energy during the day to power lights and
appliances in the centre at night. Cheryl Snudden, Locality Officer for the Rose Hill, said that Energise Rose Hill event was very successful and enabled the residents of Rose Hill to see the progress of the new community centre while having fun with the range of activities.
The new community centre is due to officially open in January 2016, if you would like to book the new facility for any of your events, activities or parties bookings are now being taken, please contact Natalie Oakley – [email protected] or call 07825 935 900.
HERE’S a puzzle for you: Add 14 people + 6 scythes + 5 rakes + 4 forks + 3 shears + 2 billy cans of tea + 1 sunny day and what do you get? 35? Wrong! You get Rivermead Activity Day! Rose Hill and Iffley Low Carbon joined Andy Gunn’s volunteers from Wild Oxford for a day in the country just off Rivermead Road. The Rivermead Nature Reserve is so tucked away that many Rose Hill residents don’t realise it’s there. We hope these Activity Days will help more people to enjoy this lovely forest on our doorsteps. We started off with a nature talk at 10am. Andy explained that Rivermead Nature Reserve is unique in that Rose Hill sits on the edge of a cap of limestone. This is why there is a natural spring, which creates a calcium-rich fenland with an unusually wide variety of vegetation. Our job was to clear the reeds that are choking some of the rare plants. So for the next three hours (with just a few breaks and chats!) we scythed, snipped, raked and carried the reeds. Some of us picked up the litter too, so now it looks as if it’s a hundred miles away from the nearest town. Then we all stopped for a shared picnic by the pond. Not a house in sight, butterflies all round us and huge trees to shade us from the sun: what could have been a better way to escape the pressures of daily life? To
cap it all, our youngest volunteer, Eric, found lots of baby toads in the pond – which of course he put back after we’d all admired them. No-one would have guessed we were a five-minute walk from The Oval. Coming events: If you’re interested in the latest scientific inventions, please join us for a celebration of the Science
Oxford Summer Camp at Rose Hill Primary School at 3pm on Friday 14 August. Throughout the week-long camp, 8-12 year-old children from Rose Hill will be designing their own eco-houses, complete with solar electricity, well-insulated walls and possibly rain-water harvesting. We will be admiring their inventions and celebrating with
cake and lemonade at 3pm. Do join us if you can.
If you’re interested in joining our group, contact Eleanor Watts at [email protected] or come along to our next meeting at 7.30pm at Rose Hill Community Centre on Wednesday 29 July.
Rose Hill energised !
ROSE HILL COMMUNITY CENTRE UPDATE
ROSE HILL AND IFFLEY LOW CARBON UPDATE
Five minutes from The Oval
Lois Muddiman in the Orinoco tent. Photo by Kasia Bus.
THE Rose Hill Children’s Centre has had a new stylish make-over! The walls have been light-ened up with beautiful pastel shades from pink to lilac which runs through from reception to the cafe area giving the place a refreshing lease of life. The centre has a lot to offer and is not only welcome to families, everyone can come along and enjoy the free services. Such services in-clude an IT room which gives those who are job searching or studying a place to go which is certainly worthwhile!
The Cafe has been given a splash of colour as well as a new coffee machine which delivers high standard drinks. Everyone is encouraged to visit the cafe on Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fridays for tea, coffee or lunch all for £2 or under! What a bargain! The centre also has upcoming refurbish-ments, in particular the Bumblebees classroom and the front reception garden. The centre is also looking for help in creating a vegeta-ble and flower area, if you would like to get involved in this please call the centre on 01865 714739.
By Aimee WinkfieldTHE Rose Hill-Littlem-ore Children’s centre have just released their summer programme! Starting from 20 July, the centre are offer-ing a range of activities perfect for the whole family. These will include the following events: Monday holiday drop-ins10am–1pm. This drop in provides numerous activities indoor and out with free play for children under 5. Friday Fun12–2pm. Endless fun and playtime for children under 5.There is also a holiday drop-in for under
8s provided by the centre on Wednesdays, 10am–12pm, which gives the older children the opportunity to experience a lot of exciting activities too!
Whilst over at the Littlemore community centre the Summer programme continues with an under 5s holiday drop in on Tuesdays 10am–1pm as well as an under 8s drop in on Thursdays between 10am–12pm.
The summer programme has even more to offer! For the full timetable please call the Centre on 01865 716739.
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By Daniel Breach
IT WAS 22 June 2015. I was nervous about the Graduation Ceremony. I had started as a part-time student of fine art and film so many years ago; now another chapter in the “Book of Life” was ending. The culmination of work over time: some enjoyed, some frustrations endured too. Yet there is also the beginning of what comes next. Wondering how I had done compared to my full-time peers; being the floating satellite, off for a while, then on again. I wait for my son and daughter to arrive, while wearing the gown and hat. As I stand in line for my name to be called: “Feet do not fail me – do not trip over!” Handshakes over, degree in hand – no tripping over as I get
back to my seat. All the grand speeches: how much will we remember? We all feel pride in our achievements. For me it is the example I have set for my children, not of the importance of a degree, but of the importance of seeing something through to completion. I know that so late in my life, and with my health issues, I am not likely to be snapped up by Hollywood. I hope that my volunteering will continue to lead to some part-time work helping others to realise their creativity. I know my children are proud that I have a 2:1 in Fine Art and Film. My body has its failings, but my mind still has fresh creative bursts and may yet inspire or confuse!
Rose Hill Graduate
Decoration celebration! Fun in the sun
CONGRATULATIONS to parents who completed the 8 week HENRY programme at the Rose Hill Children's Centre.HENRY (which stands for Health Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young) tries to give parents the
toolkit to give their children the best start possible in life as well as looking after themselves.
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Men’s Health DayBy Aimee Winkfield
THE Rose Hill Children’s Centre celebrate Men’s Health Day: a day that specifically recognises the importance of raising awareness of preventable illnesses amongst men. The thought of going for a check up can be nerve-racking for many people. Men’s health day recognises what a difference check ups can make. It aims to break down barriers whilst providing much needed reassurance and support. The day was well attended with dads from Rose Hill getting tips from health experts, meeting new people and bonding with their children.
Attendee David Brake, who lost his grandfather to prostate cancer, recognises the importance of having a day dedicated to publicising men’s health in particular. He said: “Prostate cancer remains the number one cause of death for men in the UK. I connect with the purpose of men’s health day, because my granddad was taken by prostate cancer. “I feel that check ups are important, as they’re the best way
to ensure you’re in full health.” Last year, David completed the London Marathon, raising an incredible £2000 for Prostate Cancer UK. David is now embarking on a trip to China, in order to walk the Great Wall with help from online fundraising. He said: “No matter how much money you raise, you always raise awareness – which is equally important.”
ROSE HILL JUNIOR YOUTH CLUB UPDATE
STAR VOLUNTEER: Donna Wood
A wonderful year !WELL what a year it has been at Rose Hill Junior Youth Club! In the space of nearly 12 months we’ve welcomed 120 children through our doors each week, started weekly football training sessions, fed over 100 residents at Come Dine With Rose Hill, enrolled over 20 children into our Young Leaders programme and created a feature length film! In our final session of the term we had a pizza party, with the children making their own pizzas with the help of Rose Hill Primary School, followed by an exclusive premiere of Rose Hill TV. Play Worker Jamie Clark said: “It has been a wonderful year for the children, the staff and Rose Hill. I am amazed at the rate to which we have all grown. The Young Leader programme in particular has been a huge success with many of the children taking on new responsibilities each week and engaging with one another in a positive and fun environment.” RHJYC Young Leader Leah Carron said: “I am sad that it has ended for the Summer but I cannot wait until it starts again in September. Working on Rose Hill TV and helping in the kitchen has been so much fun and I’ve really enjoyed myself.”
YOUNG leaders Leah Caron and Lily Dallimore gave up their afternoon to be volunteers at the FareShare Neighbourhood Food Collection in the Tesco Superstore. Nationally over 3.6 million meals for people in need were collected between 2 and 4 July by FareShare. The food collected will benefit people living in food poverty, many of whom are parents struggling with food costs due to lack of free school meals over the long summer holiday. In two hours Leah and Lily were able to fill two supermarket cages with donated food and raise over £60 in much needed cash donations. They talked to dozens of shoppers telling them how important FareShare is to the people of Rose Hill and in particular to the Junior Youth Club. Without the support of FareShare’s weekly deliveries to the Club we would not be able to cook and serve the 100+ meals that we offer the children. The Club also operates a free grocery service to local families who are in need of a little help with their food supplies. Lizzie Carline (pictured) who was part of the volunteer team said: “This was such a great experience for our Young Leaders, giving them the chance to engage with the community and to understand the importance of giving their time to such a good cause.”
REBECCA Mather, Bebe Speed, Sally Lowe and Chris Caunt organised an Open Gardens event, plant sale and tea and raised an AMAZING £2749.75 for the children of Rose Hill Junior Youth Club! Rose Hill Community
Worker Fran Gardner said: “These four lovely ladies from North Oxford have formed a Rose Hill Junior Youth Club fundraising committee and are totally committed to raising funds for our wonderful children by organising
events, suppers and book sales amongst other activities. “We are so grateful to them for all their hard work and for an amazing event that won’t be forgotten!”
THE Rose Hill Junior Youth Club joined the Wild Oxford team for a fun-filled nature day at Rivermead Reserve. Activities included cooking on the fire, bug hunting games, pond dipping and nature trails, as well as an amazing zoo bus! Luke Lismore-Barson, 11, said: “It was so much fun. We got to see snakes, spiders, lizards… everything! I also managed to see some birds through the binoculars and had so much fun exploring. It was great!”
By Rose Bud reporters Marija Besevic, James Lusanta and Emily Opalinska
YEAR six from Rose Hill Primary School went to Hill End Outdoor Education Centre. They slept at Middle Dormitory on the hill. Some of the activities in which year six took part, such as fire building, were dangerous. Others were fun, like “capture the flag”. Most of them hurt; there were stinging nettles! Oscar Woodley, 11, said they did activities helpful to survival: “I found the activities
fun, but the map reading was hard.” Martin Solebo, 11, said: “The fire building was similar to Minecraft, but real life was far more exciting!” Year six used fire steel to try to set fire to cotton wool. Sounds easy? It wasn’t. They were lucky to have Miss Hood and Mr Turner, from Outdoor Learning, to lead activities. By night, year six were exhausted. They supposedly went to sleep at 9pm, although Matin says otherwise! He says the
boys were snoring by 11pm, but the girls cried and laughed until 1.30am and most woke up at an alarming 7am! The next day, year six did even more activities, although they were not as enthusiastic due to the freezing morning start. They had to leave their dorms at 10am and have a big clean out. Year six teacher Caitlin Prentice, 32, said the trip was a fantastic experience because the year six pupils could be independent. She said: “It’s a challenge and you find out what people are made of.”
ROSE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS
ROSE HILL resident Donna Wood has been volunteering with the Rose Hill Junior Youth Club since February 2015 and has been a fantastic success within the club. Donna, whose son Aqiel visits the club, volunteers twice
a week and is very popular with the children and staff. On Wednesday Donna does one-to-one work with youth club attendee Darragh Moore and on a Thursday she helps out with free play and art. Donna said: “I love coming
into the youth club because it’s full of amazing people and it’s a great work environment. “Everyone is so friendly and I’d encourage anyone to start volunteering in Rose Hill.” Play Worker Jamie Clark said: “Donna has been a revelation since she started to volunteer at the club. She instantly gained respect from the children and she is always offering to help. She’s a lovely, kind-hearted and hard working volunteer who deserves the very best.” Donna is set to start training for a level 2 in playwork diploma and a sign language course later this year. Thank you Donna for everything that you have done – you’re a star!
A MONTH ago, I started volunteering at the Rose Hill Junior Youth Club. I was nervous at first – this being a new experience for me I wasn’t sure what to expect. Then an eight-year-old boy tapped me on the back and made me play ‘It’ with him. After that we played football. The next day, I came back and played more football. The next week, I came back again, but this time I didn’t try to do anything other than play! The football game already had a referee, so all I needed to do
was join in on one of the sides. This has been my experience volunteering at the Junior Youth Club: having a wonderful time. I think that what makes the Youth Club special is that there are so many people who just seem to be there because they’re enjoying themselves. That’s what makes it possible for a kid to tap a stranger on the back and say ‘It!’. He’s used to people who want to play with him, which is a wonderful thing for anyone to feel.
Luke Lismore Barson does a bit of bird spotting. Photo by Alex Hammonds.
Rose Hill Primary School children at the Hill End Outdoor Education Centre.
Donna, Darragh and Daniel. Photo by Kasia Bus.
Clifford Carr and his new friend Aqiel Wood. Photo by Kasia Bus.
Young Leaders pull shoppers heart strings
Open Gardens fundraiser for the JYC!
To keep updated or for more information on the youth club contact Fran on 07770 324277 email [email protected] or visit out Facebook page www.facebook.com/RoseHillRP
VOLUNTEERING STORY: Clifford Carr Trip to Rose Hill’s Rivermead Nature Reserve
Year 6 go overnight to Hill End!
Drummng workshop at Men’s Heath event.
The Rose Hill Junior Youth Club is an inclusive club for 6–11 year olds, and takes place at the Rose Hill Community Centre during term time:
Wednesday: Years 2 and 3 – 3.30–5.30pm
Thursday: Years 4, 5 and 6 – 3.30–5.30pm
Sessions start again in September at a date yet to be announced.
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PROJECT ERIC, a research project that is bringing clean solar power and battery storage to homes in Rose Hill has been working with pupils from Rose Hill Primary, to inspire the next generation of green energy pioneers. ERIC has been running a series of energy-related workshops with Year
5’s from Sycamore Class. In the most recent of these pupils made their very own solar PV panel, which can charge a phone or tablet and power LED lights. Last month Ewa Jasiewicz, from Fuel Poverty Action ran a workshop introducing the idea of ‘energy democracy’ and pupils learned what
a cleaner, fairer energy system could look like; with public ownership and community control. Artists and activists from Nigeria and Bangladesh have also run sessions with the class, where pupils made banners and sent messages of support to communities on the frontline fighting against fossil fuel extraction.
The workshops series is part of the ongoing community engagement Project ERIC is undertaking to highlight how renewable, locally controlled energy with storage can be a means to bringing down energy bills, give people a greater say over the energy and tackle climate change.
Project ERIC works with Rose Hill Primary to create the next generation of green energy pioneers.
LITTLEMORE LIBRARY UPDATEThis year’s Summer Reading Challenge starts mid-July for children aged up to 15 years. The theme this year is Record Breakers so please come to the library with your children and sign them up! The challenge is to read six books over the summer. The benefits are many and include fun activities in the library, earning stickers, bookmarks and other goodies. We will also be having a medal ceremony at the end of summer. All these fun activities are every Thursday from 2.30pm from 24 July. There will also be opportunities for volunteers to get involved in the Summer Reading Challenge. Anyone aged 13–24 can go to www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/libraries or ask at your local library for more information.
Events 23 July – Record Breakers Event: Cool Tech, 2.30–4pm 30 July – Record Breakers Event: Way to Go! 2.30–4pm
For more information about the Littlemore Library please contact Sharon Ingram, Littlemore Library Manager by email [email protected] or call 01865 714309.
Your child could receive up to 15 hours a week if your
household income is less than £16,190 a year.
Find out atwww.oxfordshire.gov.uk/
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1. What is the third planet from the Sun?
2. Diamonds are made from which element?
3. Which muscle in the human body is the strongest?
4. In which galaxy do we live?
5. Which river on Earth is the longest?
6. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
7. Who discovered the formula E=mc2?
8. A group of lions is known as what?
9. If you suffer from arachnophobia what are you afraid of?
10. Which one of these materials is most common on the surface of the Earth: calcium, wood, water, silicone, soil, rock or tarmac? Answers on page 2
Rose Hill News Fun and GamesTHE ROSE HILL CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
Many thanks to Pete Appleford for the wordsearch, crossword and sudoku, and to Matthew Keleher for the spot the difference competition.
Solution on page 2
Spot the difference and win a £10 voucher !It’s Summer time and The Wilson’s are lapping up the Rose Hill weather but can you spot the FIVE differences? If so, you will be entered into a draw to win a £10 voucher. Email your answers to [email protected] message us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RoseHillRP or text Lizzie on 07768 600935.
The deadline for entries is 5pm on Sunday 2 August.
SPOT THE WINNER!
The Wilsons had originally planned a simple stroll on the beach, but one thing led to another and they ended up making a day of it. Before long, Mr. Wilson had won the sandcastle competition
with his impressive replica of Buckingham Palace; Mrs. Wilson, meanwhile had scooped first prize at the air guitar tournament! After enjoying a hearty burger and chips at the Rose Hill Junior
Youth Club's Summer cookout, the Wilsons finally decided to pack up and head home.
Congratulations to Rose Hill resident Jo Anthony who won the May ‘Spot the difference’ competition and received a £10 Sainsbury’s voucher.
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2) Female voice (7)
3) Long-limbed (5)
4) Capable of spreading from person to person (10)
6) Established opinion or belief (5)
7) Braque or Picasso, for example (6)
10) Traveller on foot (10)
14) Filled to capacity (6)
15) Hoodlum (7)
17) Contribution of ideas (5)
18) Fierce anger (5)
WORDSEARCH
R L Z G V L C S N G R B Z D P A G C A N D U L U W X L O M E X R F D Z Z N Y A E F X N A V V T I C E H O C K E Y I S S T N U X N B N F A I N Z M F J F N K W E B R R S C I T S A N M Y G C I T S I T R A C Q D M F N O A Y P Y Q Q F V B B N O L Y I D L D S G O A B X S M B O P N J A L H A O A M W H R F M G B O E C P I F A W B G V A G I K C Q N J U G T N H A W Z R K C W O Q O E N G X A L R R B S T M N C B I Q G U O E E K W E C P X H N N G G Q R M Z R M A U B M U N B I Z Y N U E X Q B W B T H I F U S T D V V R E B O X F G E R X R V C R M G P B U J M E D M T Z G A U G S D Z C Y F V L N E F Y M H I O S A D F O U R R J D M X U Q U U E A R P W L O Z D Z R O D H V B A Q B W H X E X H Y I B U J K Y I N G X H S I N N E T D Z D R E J Q C F K R Z W B I Q E N B H W P J B X T R B I P V K Y Y L W U Q R N E A
American Football
Artistic Gymnastics
Badminton
Golf
Ice Hockey
Judo
Mountain Biking
Netball
Parkour
Rugby
Running
Tennis
This wordsearch grid contains all twelve of these sports and games – can you find them? Remember that words may go up, down or diagonally – even backwards!
WHY not make shopping more fun with your own personalised reusable shopping bag decorated with cupcakes?
You will need: Paper for templates Soft pencil Scissors Brown and white or cream colour felt Button or little bit of red felt Needle Thread – red, brown and white Multicolour seed beads Reusable shopping bag
First you have to make a paper cupcake template. Draw a cupcake (cake and cream) or print from internet by searching for cupcake outline templates. Cut out paper templates. Pin cup on brown felt, cream on white or cream colour felt, draw around with a
soft pencil and cut it out. Embroider white lines on a cup using back stitch or running stitch, pin cup on to the shopping bag to hold it in place and stitch around the edges with brown thread using running stitch. Embroider the cream topping with seed beads, place cream on top of the cup, pin it into place, stitch around with a red thread using running stitch. Stitch button on top of
the cream. Or you could cut a small red circle from red felt and stitch it on top of the cupcake with red thread. I got carried away so this is why I ended up with three cupcakes on my bag! Ready to go shopping now – for more craft supplies!
To see Lina’s online shop visit www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCastleCrafts or email [email protected] for more information
By Reverend Sarah Northall
THIS is a conversation I must have several times a month.
Q: Oh, so you’re a priest. Where do you work?
A: I live and work on the Rose Hill estate.
Q: So which is your church then?
A: Iffley Church.
Q: Oh, do you mean the beautiful one by the river?
We do indeed have a fabulous and famous church building right here in our community. The carvings, the windows and so much more. What strikes me though after three years here is that there are many, many people in our local community who treasure Iffley church for
completely personal reasons. My grandmother was married there. My brothers used to sing in the choir. Mum’s ashes are in the burial ground. I went there for to sit in the quietness when I was having a tough time. My babies were baptised there. No wonder Andrew, the human vicar, calls the building "the other Vicar". Martyn Percy, as the new Dean of Christ Church, has written about cathedrals, saying that they are “sacred spaces and common ground. Cathedrals stand as signs of God’s love and grace in the midst of a distracted world. They provide serious spaces and places for prayer and contemplation in a busy world. Cathedrals meet, greet and minister to every visitor, and enable every casual wanderer to take those first steps to becoming an intentional, seeking pilgrim.” Maybe we could say that Iffley Church is our very own cathedral right in our midst.
Rose Hill Methodist Churchwww.rosehillmethodists.org.uk
CITY COUNCILLORSEd Turner – Labour Rose Hill and Iffley Ward 01865 778358 E: [email protected]
Michele Paule – LabourRose Hill and Iffley Ward 07766 775716 E: [email protected]
COUNTY COUNCILLORGill Sanders – LabourRose Hill and Littlemore 01865 761856E: [email protected]
Councillor surgeries held at the Rose Hill Children’s Centre: 13 October, 9.30–10.30am: Ed Turner 10 November, 10–11am: Gill Saunders 10 December, 9.30–10.30am: Michele Paule
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENTAndrew Smith MPOxford EastLabour 01865 595790E: [email protected]
Andrew holds advice surgeries in Rose Hill at the Rose Hill Community Centre on the first Friday of each month between 6 and 7pm. Andrew sees all constituents but as surgeries are always busy it helps if you make an appointment – please ring 01865 305080 (also for details of other advice surgeries in the area).
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Jurassic WorldReviewed by Aimee Winkfield
JURASSIC World, the box office record breaker is the new modernised sequel of the much loved and classic Jurassic park film franchise. We all know by now that genetically modifying creatures is a bad idea, let alone a prehistoric dinosaur, which gives us the main plot for this
film. Hoskins, the villain in the film decides to do just this creating the main attraction for the theme park Jurassic world, bigger, better and more advanced
than before. And let me tell you, it is brilliant. Chris Pratt, plays the raptor trainer who is brought in to detain the escaped hybrid who is running wild through the park. It is jam packed with action with a sweet romantic undertone which does not take away from the main plot of the film. It will make you smile, laugh, jump and hide, an overwhelmingly satisfying film. And the message: Don’t mess with genetics (or dinosaurs).
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WILDLIFE GARDENOut in the wildlife gardenBy Stuart Mabbutt
THE frequency and tones of bird calls has become higher over the last few days as I write. All around, in the undergrowth is a range of fledgling birds - robins, dunnocks, blackbirds, great tits, blue tits, long tailed tits and
house sparrows. Many still have those yellow flashes at the base of the beak, and the brightly coloured inside of the beak as they still beg for food even if out of the nest. Starlings are notoriously bad at badgering parents on mass for food, even when they have left for the big wide world. Often these juveniles move around in giant crèches, eating all before them. At one time we considered them as pests; now they are a rarity in many people’s eyes. How times do change. We need the declines we have seen in so many species to be reversed and
special habitats protected. One way to help the sparrow populations is not to block up all the holes in your house roofline so they can get in to nest. House Sparrows love to nest communally so having space for more than one family group is essential. Sparrows like to feed communally too, so have a large flat platform, maybe on a shed roof where they can feed, with a large tree or bushes close by that they can dart into for protection. Without that escape bush or tree, if the feeding area is to exposed, sparrows are less likely to appear.Happy Gardening.
Cupcake shopping bag.
STAFF and customers of Sainsbury’s store, Heyford Hill, gathered funds for charity Restore. The Heyford Hill store managed to collect £4151 after a year-long partnership with the charity.
Colleagues organized collections, tombolas, sponsored walks and raffles, as well as bag-packing events at the supermarkets. Hannah Feldman said: “It’s been a super month for supermarkets – our
partnership with Sainsbury’s Heyford Hill has come to a close and we were totally overwhelmed to see the final total of £4151. We're enormously grateful for the generosity of the employees and customers.”
Sainsbury’s raises cash for Restore
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Karen Smith, Bhisan Magar,Val Fisher, Richard Perry, Sharon Hulbert, Hannah Feldman, Gemma Humphrey, Diane Nagy and Aoife Connolly.
July 201512 | Rose Hill News
By the Orliter
ISN’T it amazing what twelve months can bring to a football club especially clubs with precious little investment? Since the far off heady days of (the infamous) Robert Maxwell who put-in many thousands of pounds to assemble a Wembley winning cup team, cash in the famous Yellows club has been woefully sparse. Ah, yes says my all-knowing football fanatical
furry friend, Briggsy, but what is meant by sparse? It is best described as zilch, nowt or beeall depending which part of Rose Hill or Wigan you hail from. So, says Briggsy – what's new? Well for starters we get new owners, a new ex premiership manager, a new ex England coach, a
new pitch – half plastic half turf – an almost new team including a bevy of local players. All this and reduced entry prices. Then again there is the promotion of Chris Allen from his most successful youth team job to first team coach and who is of course a very local guy. Chris starred in
the famous Yellows team of the mid 1980s and replaced Paul Simpson who was transferred to Derby County FC by...uhm...oh yeah...Robert Maxwell who just happened to own both Oxford and Derby. Already the pundits have made Oxford United third favourites which leads us to believe that the upcoming season really is going to be the year of the Ox. So come on you Yellows! See you at Wembley!
You can help us reach the £10,000 target by giving donations at these events or by sponsoring our teams online at:
www.justgiving.com/TemplarsSquare
6th-10th July 6th-10th July
Go YellowTo start the campaign we are all ‘going yellow’
£10,000WE HAVE COMMITTED TO RAISE
You can help us to achieve this target by supporting us at the following events...
FOR
Join our team to help us completea 1,000 km cycle
11th July - MOONLIGHT STROLLJoin our Templars Square team - and we will pay for your entry fee*For full details and t&cs please see our website
TAKE PART...
For full details and t&cs please see our website
18th & 19th July - CYCLETHON
…OR SUPPORT US ON THE DAY
THE Rose Hill Junior Youth Club may have stopped for the Summer but the Saturday morning football sessions are in full flow! The sessions, that run from 10.45am to 12 noon take place at the Rose Hill Primary School and are open to children between the ages of 6 and 14 years. The free sessions continue to be led by Oxford City Football Club Ladies team captain Aliyah Anthony with other members of the City FC squad. Chris Westwood, who helps to coach on a Saturday said: “These sessions are a lot of fun and give the
children something positive and educational to do on a Saturday morning. “Football teaches discipline and commitment and we’ve all been impressed by the ability of the children. With attendance growing each week it shows that we’re all doing something very worthwhile and fun!” Entrance to the sessions is via the gates alongside the Children's Centre and onto the school grounds.
For more info call or text Fran 07770 324 277
OVER the last twelve months, Global Smile Sports Centre has offered a variety of sports sessions for young people in Rose Hill, as part of the Oxford City Council Youth Ambition Program. These sessions have been very successful, engaging many young people from the local community. Global Smile coaches are also scouts for Reading Football Club. One young person said: “I attend the sessions as I heard the coaches work for Reading FC. They tell us what we need to improve, and when we’re ready they send us to Reading FC Academy, or to other clubs.” The sessions take place on Thursday evening from six to eight p.m. on Rose Hill Green, which is behind the Primary School and is accessible via Spencer Crescent. Sessions are open to people of all abilities between the ages of 16 and 21.
For more information please contact Brendan Flanagan at 07773733235 or [email protected]
Free Summer Sports with Global Smile Saturday Morning Football Sessions in full swing
Saturday morning football. Photo by Kasia Bus.
Come and join our fun and friendly jogging group. Weekly 5km route and monthly new runner sessions.Mondays 7pm – new runner session first Monday of the Month
Meet at the Oval, Rose Hill
FREE!Beginners, improvers and experienced joggers all welcome! Please note you need to be able to jog for 20 minutes to join the 5km route.
For more information visit www.RoseHillRunners.co.uk or contact [email protected]
