UP FRONT
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Volunteers are needed to help care
for trees on the borough’s streets.
The council recently finished planting
1,500 trees as part of the Mayor of London’s
Street Tree scheme and they need to be
looked after for the first three years while
they establish. The council set up London’s
first tree warden scheme in 2011 and is now
looking for more wardens to help support
Ealing’s network. Read the full story.
Or volunteer by emailing Susan Wyatt at
[email protected]
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Ealing Half Marathon returns for its
fourth year on Sunday, 27 September.
For full information and details of the
route visit www.ealinghalfmarathon.com
Three Year 6 pupils at Berrymede
Junior School decided to take it
upon themselves to raise money for
cancer research recently. They asked all the
teachers for help and for any unwanted
clothes, books or toys and they then ran
a jumble sale, spending their afternoons
some time after school sorting and pricing
clothes and making posters and signs. With
books for 10p and handbags for £2 they
worked hard and made £86 which was sent
off to Cancer Research UK.
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Oldfield Primary School pupils
reached the finals of the Great Quiz
during the summer and came ninth
out of 2,000 participating schools.
A new Ealing Teaching School
Alliance has been set up to help staff
from local schools share ideas, train
and raise standards. It is supported by the
council and a number of primary and special
schools. It is based at Castlebar School
in Ealing, designated a Teaching School
after its third ‘outstanding’ inspection
by Ofsted last year. The alliance can be
contacted at [email protected]
or 020 8998 3135.
speedread
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around ealing
Autumn 2015
Horsenden Hill
No such thing…
…as a Gruffalo. Or is there? Children will soon be
able to embark on an exciting nature trail around
Horsenden Hill to find out for themselves.
The council’s parks team is working with the
North Greenford ward forum to create a Gruffalo
themed adventure trail in the park by the end of
the year.
It will include a 7ft wooden sculpture of the
Gruffalo, and four smaller ones of a fox, owl, snake
and mouse, which will be hidden along a pathway for the children
to find. There will be lots of fun activities for young children to get
involved in and information on the park’s wildlife along the route.
Based on the international bestseller by Julia Donaldson, the Gruffalo
is the story of a mouse’s walk through a deep dark wood, where he
encounters several dangerous animals, including a fox, owl and snake,
and a Gruffalo, who all want to eat him.
What is your view?
The council has scrutiny panels and committees that examine
the work and effectiveness of local services. They are keen
to hear your views on the topics being looked into this year:
Child sexual exploitation; co-operative enterprises; community
centres; health and adult social services. An ‘Ealing 360
degrees’ panel will look at the area as a whole; while the
overview and scrutiny committee will review decisions by the
council. Email [email protected] or call 020 8825 7497, or
visit www.ealing.gov.uk/committees