ALL council tax rates for services provided by South Oxfordshire District Council will go down this April, if the 2012/13 budget is approved next week.
Last Monday (13 February) cabinet voted in favour of approving the budget which includes reducing the district council tax by 2.5 per cent. This means that, if it is approved by council on Friday, February 23, those living in an average ?Band D? property will pay
ARTS WEEK at John Hampden Primary school, Thame – Monday, February 6th to Friday 10th: CONTRIBUTED:
THIS year?s Arts Week at John Hampden School saw us in full art-training for the 2012 London Olympics, complete with a huge John Hampden School Olympic Mascot and our own Olympic torch.
The children have been hard at work designing a school mascot in the style of the Olympic mascots, Manderville and Wenlock. The winning mascot, by Bridget Harrington, year 4, has been made on an olympic scale to dominate the school hall and inspire our children to Olympic frats in art in 2012!
The Olympic Arts Week included the whole school community, from local artists, parents, grandparents, teachers, teaching assistants and governors, with over 70 volunteers who worked with the children from the nursery right through to year six.
Yet again it has enabled every child to shine through artistic activities ranging from an Olympic size Temple of Zeus to a collagraphic Olympic printed banner!
The ?Great Self Portrait Mystery? saw an exhibition of John Hampden School?s staff?s self portraits, and those of the children. These will be submitted to Face Britain, a nationwide project that sees the whole country producing self portraits that will be screened at the 2012 London Olympics. There has also been an in-school competition to see who could identify which self portrait belonged to which member of staff for an arty prize. A real challenge for all!
The whole week culminated in a Fairtrade Arts Cafe, where everyone involved was invited to come and enjoy the results of our school arts project! What an Olympic week we have had, we have definitely gone for gold!
A group of children from Thame will be holding a Bake Sale in Greyhound walk, to raise money for the wild animal refuge, Tiggywinkles, in Haddenham.
The sale will be a mixture of cupcakes and cookies and will run between 2:30-4:30 PM, on SUNDAY 19TH FEBRUARY,
The last bake sale held by the group who are members of year 7 from Stowe House at Aylesbury High School, was for Children in Need and raised
CANCELLED – CANCELLED – CANCELLED – PANCAKE Races for the Mayor’s Charities. WHEN:18/02/12.
TIME: 10am to 3pm in the Buttermarket, Thame.
Mums’ races, children’s races, Dads’ races, Team races, Wheelchair race.
Entry
CRENDON Chamber Orchestra concert at St Mary’s Church, Thame, 7.30pm. Ireland: Concertino Pastorale, Tipett: Little Suite, Parry: Lady Radnor Suite, Vivaldi: Sinfonia “Alla Rustica.” Plus..
Two cello concertos Conductor: Rouger Coull, Soloist: Nick Roberts, cello., Adults
THE Mayor of Thame has announced that the pancake races, due be run tomorrow in aid of The Scouts and Citizens Advice Bureau, have been cancelled.
The Mayor, David Bretherton, said today: “It is unfortunate that we have had to cancel this event due to the terrible weather forecast and the total lack of support from the public.
“I would like to thank all the traders who offered help and support.”
POLICE officers from the neighbourhood policing team in Chinnor have reasssured the reassured the community this afternoon that they are following up every line of enquiry after graffiti was sprayed onto paths, walls and fences in Chinnor.
Insp Martin Ford, said: ?There are officers from the neighbourhood team, in the area speaking to residents and carrying out their investigations, after graffiti was sprayed in red paint on the road and walls of houses in Oakley Road between 5am and 6am on Wednesday (15/2).
?At this stage we believe this to be a targeted attack aimed at specific individuals and we would like the community to know that we are doing all that we can to find who is responsible but it is important now for residents to stick together and let us know any information they have about who has done this.?
If you have any information at all about who has done this, please contact PC Mick Goodenough of Thame police station via the 24-hour Thames Valley Police Enquiry Line on 101.
If you don’t want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
PHOTO: Inspector Martin Ford
Sat 18th Snakemoor A work party is planned for Saturday (9.30 for 10am), provided the ground is not covered in snow! Robyn Thorogood writes: ?We will start with a short training session on use of tools (as requested by the lottery). The Vale Volunteers will give the benefit of their knowledge/experience.
Sat 18th Line Dance. The Pondarosa Line Dance group has its next social dance evening on Saturday (8-11pm) at Haddenham Village Hall. Entry is
CHINNOR RFC will be playing three matches at their Home ground on Saturday, as they catch up with matches postponed because of the snow.
The 1st XV will be playing Exmouth who are fourth in the league. Chinnor are still unbeaten and pushing for promotion to National 2.
The 3rd XV are at home to Maidenhead llls, and the 4th XV play Bicester lls. The 2nd XV are away to the London Irish. All are league games so promise a good showcase of local talent!
Kick offs are from 2.15 to 2.30 pm. Entrance