THREE RIVERS Summer 2016 Summer All year round www.playrangers.co.uk South Oxhey Also in this issue . regeneration Page 4 Council’s new online New business services Page 3 workspace Page 11-12 Your animals’ welfare Leisure activities Page 4 Page 14-16 THREE RIVERS TIMES SUMMER 2016 NEWS New Play Rangers website launched Three Rivers District Council has launched a new website for its Play Rangers service, where young people aged between 5 - 16 years join in a variety of adventurous outdoor activities and explore their local woodland and open spaces. During the regular Play School makes history Ranger sessions, children and young people can join provide opportunities to Play Rangers birthday with video link to in activities including den make many new friends. parties cost £199 for up building, camp fires and to 20 children (including space station The website features the rope swings. Three Rivers food). Parties take place History was made at The Royal Masonic School for Girls new Play Rangers birthday Play Rangers are fully at Carpenters Woods (RMS), as the school became the first school in the world parties where children trained and experienced (Chorleywood), Croxley to make video contact with the International Space Station can take part in activities in working with children Hall Woods, Leavesden (ISS). RMS and visitors were treated to amateur radio and picked by the birthday child, to enjoy outdoor play. All Country Park or South video contact with British astronaut Tim Peake direct from followed by the experience activities aim to encourage Oxhey Playing Fields on the ISS. of cooking their party food free choice, adventure, Saturdays at 11am - 1pm all confidence, team work and outdoors on a real fire. As Peake’s voice responded to the radio call, a huge cheer year round or at 2.30pm - went up from the crowd and selected RMS girls began to 4.30pm between 1 May and ask Tim a series of questions during his 10 minute ‘flyover’ 30 September. of the UK. Questions included ‘If you have hiccups in space, The Play Rangers service do you bounce around?’, ‘What was the first word that also includes a fun outdoor came to mind when you saw the earth from space?’ and learning experience for ‘What is the most surprising everyday object on the ISS schools, with activities to that you did not expect to find?’ inspire pupils out of the The girls were also inspired by former RMS student classroom, and fulfil the Susan Buckle, of the UK Space Agency and they also had Outdoor National Curriculum. the opportunity to engage in a variety of space-related www.playrangers.co.uk activities including creating a model of the ISS, creating a menu for astronauts and an essay competition. A video of Health Walks awarded the contact can be found http://bit.ly/RMSTimPeake excellence in public health By Pippa Hopkins Hertfordshire Health Walks, coordinated by the Countryside Management Service (CMS), received an award for excellence in public health. The organisation was recognised for making an outstanding contribution to improving the health of Hertfordshire residents, through leadership, achievement and innovation. The health - focussed walks are free, local and open to the whole community and are led by 250 trained volunteers. Across the county there are 60 walks a week, from gentle ‘First Steps’ walks to 90 minute faster paced walks, attracting over 47,000 participations annually. For more information about the walks or volunteering as a leader, visit www.hertfordshirehealthwalks.org or contact 01992 588433. The South West Herts The 34th Abbots Langley Carnival attracted Astronomical Society thousands of visitors to The South West Herts Astronomical Society based at The the event on 11 June 2016 Royal Masonic School generally meets on the last Friday and it topped off a very in the month at the school. The next meeting is Friday 30 successful day which offered September at 8pm, with a talk from Susan Buckle on the ‘UK a range of cultural and fun Space Agency’ and Tim Peake’s ‘Exploits in Space’. Details of activities in the village. the society and the meetings are on the website www.swhas.org Page 2 www.threerivers.gov.uk SUMMER 2016 THREE RIVERS TIMES Contents page News 2-5 Jack Garratt tops Sustainability 6-7 BBC Sound of 2016 Democratic and Civic Activity 8 List and wins Critics’ Choice Brit Award Community Action 9-10 Former St Clement Danes Business News 11-12 student, Jack Garratt, was announced this year as Community Safety 13 the BBC Sound of 2016 and Critics’ Choice at the Brit Awards. Previous Leisure and Culture 14-16 ‘BBC Sound of’ and Critics’ Choice winners include Editor TIM ASHBY Adele, Sam Smith, James Designer DIANE BUGEJA Bay and Ellie Goulding. in general, knowing that he said “I remember seeing could learn something from him in school shows when Main Photographers ANNE SIMONS, VICTOR SHACK, Director of Music at St all genres of music”. I was in year 7, so it’s really LES MEAD, SUE LACEY Clement Danes School, Ms amazing to see how far he’s Stevens, said, “Jack always Jack has donated one of come since then”. got involved with as much his tour caps to the music We welcome your ideas and feedback on this magazine. as he could. As he moved department, who now Staff and students were Ring 01923 727334 or email [email protected] up the school, he worked award it to students who also able to enjoy a surprise Front cover: Local events. See back page for details. with younger students, have performed particularly visit by Jack Garratt this helping them with demos well in a lesson; and is year as he spent time in and encouraging their considered a huge honour the music department If you would like this information musical aspirations. He to wear the ‘Jack Hat’! reminiscing and chatting to translated into another language please professed a love of music Alice Bungard, a student pupils at the school. contact us on 01923 776611. Recording Café in the W sprawie tłumaczeń proszń kontaktowań sie z Park awards studios Para traduções favor contactar Based at the Aquadrome Are you an ambitious in Rickmansworth, Café in musician just like Jack the Park was shortlisted as Garrett? Then why not head one of five finalists this year down to two of the great in the People’s Favourite 01923 776611 recording studios in the category of the Sustainable This information is also available on our area. The Centre in South art studios for music, film Restaurant Association’s website at www.threerivers.gov.uk Oxhey has a fully equipped making, animation and Food Made Good Awards. recording studio and photography. In addition, for the third If you need this information in practice suite. YouthPoint www.hertsmereleisure.co.uk year in a row it was named large print, braille or another in Watford, has state of the and www.mogolistings.org as a runner up in the Best Cheap Eat category in The format call nywhere A A n Observer newspaper. s y Council’s s ti 01923 776611 e m c c 12 1 e A 11 2 n All information is correct at time of going to print. n R An audio CD and large print version of this magazine new online 10 e e g r 3 is available from the Council. The audio magazine is i o 9 s 24/7 t produced by Watford Talking Newspaper and is distrib- M 4 e online services 8 r d uted to its members. A podcast and text-only version 5 n SERVICES 7 n 6 a R are available at www.threerivers.gov.uk Watford Talking e Three Rivers District Council y p a Newspaper 01923 248006. o P r t is improving its online services t s n R e e u q and achieving savings with its new n Printed on chlorine-free paper from sustainable forests. This publication cost 20p per copy including delivery. customer portal. Residents can now make payments, applications, requests and report faults through To reduce costs this magazine is now published twice a year. Next edition autumn/winter 2016. a single sign-on portal/account for all council services. The project will cut down on telephone and in-person interactions and as a result provide more efficient and user-friendly online services. A key feature of the new platform, is that it’s mobile-friendly. View my.threerivers.gov.uk www.threerivers.gov.uk Page 3 THREE RIVERS TIMES SUMMER 2016 NEWS South Oxhey £150M regeneration wins planning approval In a big step forward for the South Oxhey Initiative, Three Man’s best friend Rivers District Council Dogs and public spaces If you wish to report an planning committee has A Public Spaces Protection incident of dogs not kept approved the multi-million Order with restrictions for under control please visit pound regeneration of dogs came into force on 1 www.threerivers.gov.uk central South Oxhey. The Council’s development partners Countryside Properties and April 2016 throughout the Home Group received approval for plans to develop 514 new homes in a mix of private Home boarding for dogs district. The Order makes it sale and affordable housing, a new supermarket and other complementary retail units Anyone providing a home an offence for dog owners/ providing good shopping choices. High quality public spaces will be incorporated, with boarding service or dog day walkers to fail: improved access to Carpenders Park station and an attractive market square which can care must be licensed by n be used for community events.