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SummerWinter Edition Edition 2012 2015 mastrick matters Mastrick Pensioners Zumba Community Council The Fine Peace Café Christmas Party Fun! Come join the party. Annual Report Celebrate Anniversary Around The World Mastrick Parish Church Policing Team Northfield Academy For DISSC 60 Years of Worship Be a Good Neighbour Youth Room Mastrick_Matters_Winter_2012.indd 1 15/02/2012 10:35:20 Page 13 Page mastrick matters Summer Edition 2015 Page 4 Page 10 CONTENTS Editorial Kingsford Primary School 3 Welcome to your Summer edition of the Mastrick Matters community magazine! Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards 4 If you would like to get involved and join the Around the World for DISSC 5 editorial team or if you have ideas for the community publication, you can easily get in touch with us. Northfield Academy 6 The staff at shmu are able to support and train anyone living in the area who are interested in developing John’s Creative Section 7 their ideas and skills in either writing, photography or proof reading. So please don’t be shy, this is your Veterans 8 & 9 magazine written, edited and designed by the good Mastrick Parish Church 10 folk of Mastrick. If you live in the Mastrick area and would like to come John’s Creative Page 11 along to the editorial meetings or submit an article then Mastrick Walking Groups 12 get in touch with Laura at shmu on 01224 515013 or you can email her on [email protected]. St Clement’s Episcopal Church 13 You can also get in touch with us via our new Facebook SHMU 14 page - look up ‘Mastrick Matters’ and hit that ‘like’ button, and you can view this magazine alongside Summerhill Housing 15 previous editions on the shmu website: www.shmu.org.uk then click the ‘PRESS’ option. Front cover image: Graeme Youngson Happy Reading. Supported By Kingsford Primary School This has been a very busy term for everyone at Kingsford School. All our classes have invited their parents in to school to share in the work of the class. It was wonderful to see parents actively sharing in their child’s learning experience. Every pupil has now shared in our lunchtime science playground activity led by two of our pupil support assistants. Lunchtime science has proved such a success that we are going to carry on this initiative next session with mixed age groups of children over lunchtime. Earlier in May our P6 pupils enjoyed a residential week at cup - the cup will take pride of This week we welcomed the Cromdale Outdoor Centre and in place in the trophy cabinet. Absafe team in to school to lead a couple of weeks our P7s will be a special assembly related to safe Two of our pupils, Roseanna heading off for an activity week parking in the vicinity of the school and Megha passed their Grade at Compass Christian Centre and the children will now do 1 violin exam with distinction and near Glenshee. We are indebted some activities at home with their merit respectively. Our teams to our staff and parents who, by families to reinforce this important did really well in the Rotary Quiz supporting these residential trips safety message. this term with one of the teams give our children a wonderful gaining second place. Keep a Our Nursery children thoroughly outdoor experience. look out for Kirstie’s (P5) winning enjoyed their Highland Games Our after school activities art design on one of the new Sports Day last week and are continue to go from strength to planters on the road leading up looking forward to their day trips strength with children enjoying to Hazlehead Park. to Loch Inch Park. Our afternoon Scottish Country Dancing, class have their train trip to Room 9 have taken an active rugby, drama, netball, football, Inverurie to look forward to later part in the Aberdeen Youth basketball and cross country this month too. Games at Aberdeen Sports - not forgetting our lunchtime Village and our P6s enjoyed a Hopefully this has given you a reading club, sewing club and sports event with all the schools flavour of what goes on at Kingsford Cre-8. Well done to our P6 and in the Hazlehead group. Our School and we look forward to P7 pupils who have run a dance P7s are involved in a range of catching up with you again in the club and cheer leading club for transition events to ensure a next issue of Mastrick Matters. younger pupils. smooth transition to secondary Have a lovely summer everyone! Special mention must be given school and are also busy Audrey I Walker (Head Teacher) to our football team and their preparing for their “Neon 80s” coaches for winning the league end of P7 celebration. Funday Mastrick Community Centre and Mastrick Parish Church are holding a joint Summer Fayre on 29th August, 10am-1pm. Across the two venues there will be: Bouncy Castle Critter Keeper Face painting BBQ Tombola stalls Children’s games Various Stalls including Angelic Aromas, The Soap Shack, Bella’s Clips & Bows and Handcut by Helen. 3 KERRY DOES IT AGAIN! We have an update of what Kerry Cheyne has done since last November for “The Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards” where she won the “Young Achiever of the Year Award.” In March this year Kerry was nominated for an award at the National Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards were she was honoured to meet His Royal Highness Prince Charles and various other celebrities like Ant & Dec, Kevin Spacey, Ella Henderson, Rod Stewart, Penny Lancaster, Fearne Cotton and James Bay at the prestigious red carpet event in the Odeon in Leicester Square, London. Kerry was named runner-up in this event and is really happy at what she has achieved in her life and at both events. The Mastrick lass would also like to thank Susan Martin of the Prince’s Trust and Jayne Wood of Cornerstone for the nomination which has led to the 2 awards that she has achieved in winning in Glasgow and being runner-up in London. In London, Kerry had her award presented by Thierry Henry, the former Arsenal player. Photos by Holly Wren. 4 Around the World for DISSC Staff at integrated communications agency Citrus:Mix is supporting Disability Inspiring Sports and Social Club (DISSC) this year with a global adventure. Members of the team are currently using their own steam to clock up miles through walking, running, cycling and swimming, and aim to travel 25,000 miles, the equivalent distance of going around the world measured through the poles. All money raised from the intrepid year-long endeavour will be donated to DISSC. Paul Smith, managing director of Citrus:Mix, said: “We are pleased to be able to do something to help a dedicated community group like DISSC, and in the process improve our own fitness levels. The challenge has been going well so far and the office has been a buzz of activity as everyone swaps tips on how they are meeting their targets.” Group secretary Bryan McKenzie said: “It means a lot to us that Citrus:Mix is supporting us during their Around the World adventure. We are a small group that gives our members the opportunity to interact in a safe environment and we provide an important service to people with disabilities in Aberdeen. “Money raised from the effort will be vital in enabling us to continue providing this service to our members, and allow us to invest in more equipment.” 5 NorthfieldNorthfield AcademyAcademy A highlight for most of the experienced during their time Loch Eil 2015 youngsters was the ‘jog and at Loch Eil and be encouraged As in previous years the majority dip’ into a rather cold Loch Eil, to apply it to their day-to-day of our S1 pupils took part in the including the staff who had not engagement in school. previously had that experience. Outward Bound experience at This year we also had a week The height element of the Trapeze the Loch Eil centre near Fort long course involving some of and Jacob’s Ladder was a William. This trip was split in our S3 pupils who were following challenge for many and getting two and the first course ran from a programme developing a real soaking when rafting or 2nd March until 4th March with leadership skills. During this canoeing on the loch was a lot Wallace house pupils along with course the pupils also went on an of fun. The team leaders at Loch some second year mentors. overnight expedition and camped Eil are all very experienced and The pupils from Macbeth and at the side of a hillside loch. Stewart houses, along with tailored the focus of the activities some S2 mentors, attended the for the young people they were One pupil commented: second half of the course from working with. “The best bit about the course 4th March until 6th March. Pupils completed an evaluation was that we all had fun as a The focus of the courses for at the centre which was very squad! We would recommend S1/2 pupils was challenge and positive. The comments will the experience to anyone given developing a ‘can do’ attitude. be put in a report format with the opportunity.” Some of the activities pushed photos and sent to our bursary This was another successful the youngsters to their limits sponsors, NEXEN. This is the week thanks to the positive and there were very happy faces fifth year that they have helped attitude of the young people when they achieved what they us to make this experience and the staff who accompanied thought impossible.