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March 17th 2015 Page 19
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CHILDREN’S PAINTINGS KEY
PART OF LOCAL ARTS SCENE
“WESTHOUGHTON art has a great future
if our exhibition of Primary students’
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paintings is anything to go by,” said
John Oakes, Westhoughton Rotary Club
President, welcoming everyone to the
2015 prize presentation at Westhoughton
Library.
“This is our eighth annual competition for Year
3 and Year 5 pupils and the exhibition of the best
of the entries opens today. Please encourage every-
one to come and see some great children’s art. This
year, it’s wallpaper designs for children’s bedrooms
and Impressionist views of fancy dress parties;” he
said.
“There’s a bonus this year;” he added.
“Westhoughton Art Society is also holding an exhi-
bition of their members’ work in the library, so any-
one coming will have lots more interesting artwork
to enjoy.”
The President welcomed the Mayor, Cllr Kevan
Jones, prize-winners, their parents, families and
teachers and fellow Rotarians.
He said: “Our competition is designed to encour-
age and celebrate local children’s work and it’s
great that, once again, our Town Mayor has come
to present the prizes.” He also paid tribute to the
time and enthusiasm put in by local teachers and
their pupils tomake the competition such a success.
Before presenting the trophies, school prizes and
individual prizes and certificates, Cllr Jones said
how pleased he was to help to celebrate the excel-
lent talents of local young people. “It’s an excellent
display and I would encourage everyone to come
and see the impressive artwork in our superb
library. Many thanks to the Rotary Club for organ-
ising this great community event.”
In closing the event, John Oakes thanked the
library for making the exhibition possible. “The
staff always give everyone a warm welcome.
Westhoughton Library is a great centre for the
town and ideal both for the exhibition and the prize
presentation”. He congratulated the staff on their
Alice in Wonderland costumes and for organising a
children’s story telling session as part of local cele-
brations of World Book Day.
“Finally, a big thank you to so many local people
for their donations to the Christmas Sleigh. This
money makes it possible for Westhoughton Rotary
to organise many valuable community events.”
Eatock Primary School won the Westhoughton
Rotary Diamond Jubilee Year 3 Trophy and £100.
St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School was awarded
the Bernard Ramsden Art Competition Year 5
Trophy, presented in honour of a much loved for-
mer Rotarian, and also received £100.
Year 3 Topic: A Fancy Dress Party in the style of
the Impressionists
Winning School - Eatock Primary School
1st Rhys Walker, Eatock Primary School
2nd Leia Hodgson, Eatock Primary School
3rd Leah Myerscough, St Bartholomew’s CE
Primary School
Year 5 Topic: A wallpaper pattern for a children’s
bedroom in the style of William Morris or Andy
Warhol
Winning School - St Bartholomew’ s CE Primary
School
1st Jessica Phelan, St Bartholomew’s CE
Primary School
2nd Billie-Jean Yates-Conway, Washacre
Primary School
3rd Lucas Boag, St Thomas’ CE Primary School
Westhoughton Library
staff on the day of
Westhoughton Rotary’s
Art Competition prize
presentation
Below: Rotary President
John Oakes with
Year 3 prizewinners
Leah Myerscough,
Leia Hodgson and
RhysWalker; Year 5
prizewinners Jessica
Phelan and Billie-Jean
Yates-Conway and
Westhoughton Mayor,
Cllr Kevan Jone.
Bright sparks switch on
to power of electricity
PUPILS at Sacred Heart
Primary
School
in
Westhoughton
discovered
the power of electricity dur-
ing a hands-on interactive
day.
The fun-filled Bright Sparks
workshop,
organised
by
Electricity North West, the com-
pany that owns and maintains
the regional power network,
helped to teach the 25 young-
sters how electricity is delivered
to homes, how to build their very
own electrical circuits and how
to stay safe around electricity.
Helen Sweeney, customer and
business services director for
Electricity North West, said:
“We were delighted to spend
time with the children at Sacred
Heart Primary School and teach
them about how power plays a
vital role in our everyday lives,
but also the importance of how
to stay safe around electricity.
“The session is a great way
for youngsters to be inspired
by electricity in the hope of
encouraging pupils across the
North West to think about how
they use electricity and open
up the idea of a future career in
engineering.”
Chris Brannan, year 6
class teacher at Sacred Heart
Primary School, said: “We
were over the moon to welcome
Electricity North West to our
school and the Bright Sparks
session was a huge success.
“The class were all enthused
by the important safety mes-
sages and especially the
hands-on activities and we hope
to book the workshop again in
the future to help teach more
pupils.”
Pupil Lourdes Hernandez with her electrical circuit board
FREE NURSERY PLACES FOR 2 AND 3
YEAR OLDS
Is your child eligible for a FREE Nursery place? If so then why not register them to
attend the fantastic Nursery at Washacre Primary School/Westhougton Children
Centre.
Due to demand for our excellent Nursery, the school now has a 2 year old Nursery for
up to 24 children. With the ratio of children to staff there will be 1 member of staff to
no more than 4 children.
Our facilities include:
A play room
Extensive outdoor play area.
Rolling meadow
Climbing tree
Woodland area
Giant covered outdoor sand pit
Outdoor play kitchen and garden
An outdoor construction site for the children to build things in
A den making area
Latest ICT technologies for the children to play with
At our excellent centre we believe in making learning fun and exciting within a safe,
friendly and secure environment.
Our Nurseries are able to offer 15 hours of free childcare, with additional paid
sessions from just £2.50.
Parents who send their children to the Washacre Primary School Nursery have been
thrilled with the progress their child has made, as they become more independent and
confident individuals.
So don’t miss out – call the school today to arrange to come and have a look around
on 01942 634756.
Your Child, Your Community, Your School
