School Children Appeal to Irresponsible Dog Owners
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StPeter-Winter2015 fin.qxp_Layout 1 27/11/2015 10:28 Page 2 Winter2015 de la Paroisse de St Pierre Keepoff our grass! School children appeal to irresponsible dog owners StPeter-Winter2015 fin.qxp_Layout 1 27/11/2015 10:28 Page 3 StPeter-Winter2015 fin.qxp_Layout 1 27/11/2015 10:28 Page 4 Les Nouvelles In this issue Welcome p.3 Les Nouvelles: the latest news When primary school children are moved to pen a p.19 Les Officials: From the Constable and Deputy letter to Les Clefs to air their frustrations and anger the local community must pay attention and take p.20 Les Associations: Flying Wings appropriate action. In this case, it is the wholly p.21 Les Associations: WI irresponsible nature of those who let their dogs foul p.26 Les Jeunes: Youth Club the grounds of our primary school with disgusting and reprehensible results. Ten out ten schoolchildren – p.30 La Vie Paroissiale: Farming in Jersey zero out of ten the irresponsible few. p.36 La Foi: Church news Also in this edition, the very long-standing concern about the p.38 Les Événements: things to do speed of traffic passing through Beaumont Village gets another airing. It was an issue as long ago as 1957, a recently surfaced As always, Les Clefs welcomes any contributions or suggestions JEP clipping has revealed. from Parishioners. Our editorial deadlines and publication dates for Work has begun on creating a new path in St Peter’s Valley next year’s editions are shown below. for cyclists and pedestrians and a project to reduce the risk of flooding at Beaumont could begin this spring. Planning Magazine Editorial deadline Publication date continues for building up to 40 ‘affordable’ homes for first-time Spring Fri 4 Mar Mon 28 Mar buyers in St Peter. Expect a Parish Assembly proposal this spring. Summer Fri 3 Jun Mon 27 Jun We also put the spotlight on the work of the Parish Roads Autumn Fri 2 Sep Mon 26 Sep Committee and welcome our new Parish Rector. Winter Fri 11 Nov Mon 5 Dec Flood prevention work at The wall, a relic from the German occupation when it was erected as a defence against seaborne invasion, will be reshaped to give it a sea-facing lip to deflect Beaumont could begin incoming waves. It is calculated that the new wall will prevent 70 percent of ‘overtopping’ and reduce the danger of flying pebbles and other debris. this spring Even after the sea wall has been raised some sea water will still spill over onto the The plan to raise the height of the sea promenade, so another part of the scheme is to install a flood gate at the top of the Gunsite access road at the point where sandbags are normally placed at times of wall by 0.3m from the Gunsite slip to flood threat. The gate will normally remain open but will be designed to be closed just beyond Le Perquage car park – a within a couple of minutes. distance of 330m – is (at time of going Seawater splashing onto the promenade drains down to the road and the roundabout. Properties there were badly flooded in stormy weather during 2008 and to press) waiting for planning consent. 2014. The construction will allow for the wall The existing German wall is in need of repair and that work will be done at the height to be raised another 0.3m same time as the wall is heightened. The scheme was presented to the planning department for approval following public consultation in September. when rising sea levels demand it. Below: These mock-ups were on display in September and show the visual effects of raising the height of the wall by 0.3m and 0.6m St Pierre Winter2015 page3 StPeter-Winter2015 fin.qxp_Layout 1 27/11/2015 10:28 Page 5 Les Nouvelles A heartfelt plea from the children Remembe ring Mitch Couriard of St Peter’s School Mitch Couriard, a stalwart of the Jersey Youth Les Clefs has received the following letter from a Year 6 pupil at St Service, who died earlier this year is to be Peter’s School. The letter sends a strong message – one that surely remembered at a special event at the Queen’s Silver must not be ignored. Please take time to read it. Jubilee Activities Centre at Crabbé. The letter was written following a particularly disgusting incident. Nursery At 10.00am on Sunday 20 December Mitch’s cremated children were playing in their mud kitchen - m aking mud pies - when it was remains will be interred at the centre followed by a discovered that a dog had messed in it. celebration of his life. Now pupils at the school want dog fouling there to end. As you will read, Many in the Parish will remember Mitch for his the problem is having a deleterious effect on schooling and is posing a real involvement with youth work at the community centre – danger to our youngsters. like the Herculean task building and the subsequent dismantling of the Youth Service stage! Dear Parishioner of St Peter, For several young Parishioners the Arts Alive nights Imagine your child was playing in dog faeces, imagine a child being sick because were the first step towards a career in the arts – some later someone is too lazy to pick up their dog faeces, imagine having to wash shoes establishing them selves in London’s West End. time and time again: this is the situation at St Peter's School. If you have dogs do On the last night of the shows, after all of the ‘thank you NOT let them in our school grounds. messages’ and general high spirits, a cheerful Mitch would This is an unpleasant situation for everyone. No one wants dog faeces on be there with the Youth Service van leading a team of their shoes, and it's not just our school, people are letting their dogs foul all over volunteers tasked with taking down the stage and packing our beautiful island - it's an outrage! And it's especially unpleasant at our school it. All the bits would fit in, and Mitch knew exactly how. because it's filthy. Filthy because it stinks, it's dirty and dangerous. Mitch was one of life’s great organisers and will be Did you know over one hundred children a year are blinded because of a much missed by many in St Peter. disease called Toxocariasis? It's caused by touching dog faeces. There are worms Below: Christian Furr in the faeces only the size of a pin but still extremely dangerous. This could painted the portrait of Mitch in 2012—2013 as happen to your child or a child you know. part of the People’s Portrait Also, it interrupts our learning because it's not fair when a teacher has to series. clean the carpet and check whose shoe has the faeces on it, and then wash the shoes, so we can't go outside! The more time spent washing shoes the more learning time we lose. While some people think it's okay, even if they pick up their dog's faeces, others know it's not: the worm eggs still have time to burrow underground and hitch a ride on us when we roll around on the grass. To stop this happening do NOT let your dogs in our school. How would you feel running around and then realising you have dog muck on your shoe? How would you feel not being able to go outside? How would you feel having to write a letter asking people to stop? We have to and it's horrible and so unnecessary if dog owners were just a bit more thoughtful. I (and all the other pupils in this school) still think you should stop walking your dog in our school. It's unfair for us and the teachers, so if you like to walk your dog in St Peter’s school...Please stop! 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