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All Change at Firs Hill Story by Fran Belbin | Photo by Saskia Baker JULY 2016 • ISSUE 121 Voice of the Burngreave Community All change at Firs Hill Story by Fran Belbin | Photo by Saskia Baker Firs Hill Community Primary School if you get seven warnings you has undergone significant changes have to see the teacher. You have since being put into special to write “I will not be rude again” measures last November. The twenty times if you are naughty.” Regional Schools Commissioner (Gabriel, Y2) requires that the school becomes an academy. It will reopen as “Before children were made fun Abbeyfield Primary Academy in of for their background and August, sponsored by Five Rivers sometimes they left. Now there Multi Academy Trust, with Helen are more teachers out during Best, from the senior leadership playtime, the rules are stricter.” team, as Principal. (Cosmo, Y5) An executive team from Tinsley However, one parent told us “I don’t agree with the school becoming Meadows Primary were brought lining up in the morning is a lot an academy, it’s not good for the in after OFSTED found Firs Hill more organised and the security teachers or children.” Another “inadequate”. Concerns included is brilliant. The homework said that, while some security lack of safety, bullying, intimidation received by the children is much improvements were necessary, and poor behaviour amongst pupils, better too.” alongside weak teaching and lack of parents no longer feel welcome. Parents’ visits to class have been educational progress. Anap has children at the school: abolished and there is no longer a A school spokesperson stated: “Before there was lots of fighting. parents’ group. My son was always in trouble. “Behaviour and safety has Now there is a stricter learning “The atmosphere in the yard with improved following the environment and booster classes. parents isn’t caring or friendly implementation of new strategies We have our life back.” like it used to be. The foundation and higher expectations. Children of community has broken down.” are now demonstrating improved Another parent whose child had attitudes to learning, and been labelled with “anger issues” Current Executive Head Becky Webb bullying, racism and homophobia says her son doesn’t feel so angry feels parents are supportive: is declining. The work produced and is now enjoying school. “We rely on strong links with by children has dramatically parents and are overwhelmed improved.” Pupils report improvements too: by the support we have received. “The behaviour in the classroom Parents have responded In April OFSTED found that the is better. When we do something positively with some excellent new leadership team was taking good we get marbles, and when feedback. We are working to effective action, and Tanzeen the jar is full we get a special secure improvements and this Younus, Year 2 parent, agreed: treat as a class.” (Brodie, Y5) effort is paying off. We are “There was lots of bullying in the already seeing results and are past. The changes are definitely “The school is better, there is less confident that Firs Hill will go positive. The system for children fighting. There is a warning book; from strength to strength.” 2 www.burngreavemessenger.org Bringing back the celebrations In 2015 we were disappointed to be unable to report on Welcome to our youth issue. Abbeyfield Multicultural Festival. Thanks to our new outreach Unfortunately, due to factors training programme and our young including lack of funds and volunteers have had considerable community organisations being input into this issue. Huge thanks to unable to spare staff to organise all who got involved! the event, the festival could not go ahead. Messenger info While these challenges are still present, this year the Messenger Next deadline: 13th September has decided to step in and gather Issue published: 1st October together a team of volunteers Burngreave Messenger Ltd. from across the area to create a Abbeyfield Park on 3rd September Abbeyfield Park House community network who will be from 12-7pm. Abbeyfield Road, hosting a ‘Burngreave Hullabaloo’. Sheffield S4 7AT. If you would like to get involved as The Hullabaloo will be replacing a stallholder, volunteer or have any Open Monday to Friday the big budget of the festival with ideas you would like to put forward 9am – 5pm community spirit and the generosity please contact the Messenger on Tel: (0114) 242 0564 of volunteers. There will be stalls, 0114 242 0564 or email [email protected] activities, and plenty of fun in [email protected] www.burngreavemessenger.org Follow us on Twitter @TheBMessenger Messenger readers’ survey www.facebook.com/ burngreavemessenger Please take a moment to fill out our readers’ survey and return it to Burngreave Messenger, Abbeyfield Park House, Abbeyfield Road, Sheffield, S4 7AT. Or complete it online at www.burngreavemessenger.org/readers-survey The Burngreave Messenger is a community newspaper with editorial independence, funded by Does the Burngreave Messenger Any other comments: advertising and the Big Lottery. help you learn more about Registered Charity: 1130836 different ethnic groups living in Burngreave? All content is copyright Burngreave Messenger Ltd or its voluntary Yes No contributors, not to be reproduced without permission. Does the Burngreave Messenger This issue’s team: help you find out about Shuna Beckett, Fran Belbin, Diana local services, groups and Cozma, Hamza Ditta, Saleema opportunities? Imam, Graham Jones, Alice Kirby, Jamie Marriott, John Mellor, Amy Yes No Palmer and Gaby Spinks. Does the Burngreave Messenger help you feel part of your community? Yes No " July 2016 • Issue 121 3 ‘Somme soldiers’ visit Burngreave Story by John Mellor | Photo by Fergus William Finian McCool One of the participants acting as a soldier said: “It was really difficult to stay silent the whole day. You could see how people were reacting and wanted to share their family stories. At times the silence was broken by ‘We’re here because we’re here’, a song often sung in the trenches”. Library users said it was a really moving experience as the men, dressed as soldiers, walked in silently. A library volunteer commented: “There wasn’t a dry eye in the place. It was a truly fitting tribute. Everyone was given a card with the name of an individual soldier who had died on that day.” On Friday 1st July a dozen men dressed in uniforms of It was a very powerful way to remember the men who soldiers from the First World War walked silently and went off to fight 100 years ago. unexpectedly into Burngreave Library in Sorby House. The Battle of the Somme continued until November This was a nationwide commemoration of the centenary 1916 with many more losses on both sides. Families in of the first day of the Battle of the Somme in France, Burngreave may well know of family members who were which started on 1st July, 1916. This proved to be the involved in the First World War. If you have any stories or most disastrous day in the whole of British military history. photographs you would like to share, please get in touch 19,240 men were killed on that one day from fifteen with the Messenger. regiments, not including those who later died of their wounds. Baby elephant spotted in Burngreave Cemetery Story by Diana Cozma | Photo by Patrick Amber On 3rd July 2016, at 12 noon, a baby elephant was presented to the world. Following June’s mass migration of elephants throughout Sheffield to support the Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity, the Burngreave Cemetery picked up the trail with “The Baby of the Herd” in memory of Lizzie, the Indian elephant was put to work in the city’s steel industry during World War One. To everyone’s awe, this purple baby elephant was the centrepiece of this year’s well dressing, following the Cemetery’s now established tradition. In 2015, a giant bee stood at the heart of the design. Louise Hunt, who attended the workshop, added “What I love most about it is that everything is hand made using Local volunteers worked for three days to bring the well living things, and also that this Burngreave one, unlike dressing to life. Patrick Amber, local artist, explained that other Derbyshire well dressings, is not tied to religion. It “It all starts with having a wooden board which is filled involves local people and encourages them to be creative, with moist clay. On to that we imprinted the baby elephant while celebrating water as the source of all life”. shape. Afterwards it’s just flowers and patience.” 4 www.burngreavemessenger.org Aspiring to fitness and enterprise Story by Kelvin Strydom | Photo by Amy Palmer On 11th July I was one of the few The Healthy Living Centre also men to get the chance to visit Fir hosted an event called ‘Chand Raat’ Vale Healthy Living Centre, an all- or ‘moon night’ just before Eid, so female gym on Earl Marshal Road. called because the sighting of the moon in Dubai is the signal for I interviewed Lena, a local resident the end of Ramadan. Local ladies who uses the gym regularly. She is with small businesses sold their happy that the gym is an all-female goods and services, such as henna facility which allows her to feel and massage so women could get comfortable around people who together to buy gifts and prepare she knows. for the celebrations. Zain, who is still at primary school, had made Lena says that the gym users are lots of attractively coloured loom very friendly and talk to each At the event there were fashion, bands to sell. other about everything. Lena is information and other stalls. Fruit pleased the gym accommodates kebabs and a playdough activity If you would like to find out more the requirements of people from was run by Family Learning to about Fir Vale healthy Living Centre, a variety of cultural backgrounds.
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