February 2009 Archives

BRIGHT students have been adding to their chance of success by passing their exams a year early.

In total, 38 students at Stockley Academy in Park View Road, Yiewsley, passed their Maths GCSEs either six months or a year ahead of schedule.

Jennifer Hill, curriculum leader for mathematics, praised the students for their hard work, she said: "We are very proud of the student achievements."

For pictures of the students see next weeks Gazette out on Wednesday (4/3)

A YOUNGSTER who won a design contest at her church has been celebrating after winning circus lessons for her school.

Ashleigh Tomlin, 10, was picked as the winner of a contest to design a logo marking the 150th anniversary of St Matthew's Church, High Street, Yiewsley.

Proud Ashleigh, who was nine when she designed the emblem, now has her design and her name printed on a big banner outside the church, ahead of its anniversary which takes place in July.

Vicar Richard Young said: "The entries were of a very high standard, choosing a winner wasn't easy.

"But we liked Ashleigh's design, there's a big iron cross hanging up inside the church, just like in her logo, it was everything we wanted."

As a prize, her class at St Matthew's Primary School, in High Street, Yiewsley were provided with circus training, and Ashleigh has become and expert plate spinner.

HOMEOWNERS being driven mad by the overflow of patients for Hillingdon Hospital are being offered the chance to have their say on a solution.

An extension to the hospital parking management scheme has been proposed and an ongoing consultation is currently taking place, with the ideas to give residents in Yiewsley priority for on-street parking.

The roads affected are Greatfields Drive, Lavender Road, Rosemary Close, Saxon Close, and part of Violet Avenue.

The scheme will involve parking bays being implemented in all roads, with double yellow lines at corners to prevent people parking too close to junctions and restrictions in place between 9am and 5pm on weekdays.

Detailed drawings of the plans are being displayed at Yiewsley Library, up until the end of the consultation period on 11 March.

There will also be a chance for residents to quiz council officials on the scheme tomorrow (26/2) between 2pm and 7pm in the library.

SPEEDY pupils at Stockley Academy emerged victorious from a nail-bitingly close athletics competition.

The Academy in Park View Road, Yiewsley, hosted the latest round of the Borough Schools Indoor Athletics Competition last Wednesday (11/2), winning in the end by the narrowest of margins.

The competition was for year seven pupils, and events included relays, individual sprint and long distance running, long jump, triple jump and high jump.

Louise Du Plessis, sports teacher at Stockley Academy, said: "It went really well the children gave it their all, it was very competitive, and really tense."

The Stockley Academy team finished on 466 points, ahead of Vyners School pupils on 464, Uxbridge High on 463 and Harlington on 462.

The team now go through to the next round where they will compete against winners from elsewhere in the borough.

YIEWSLEY is set to reap the benefits of a new scheme unveiled by the Mayor of London to plant over 50 trees in the area.

Plans were announced today (Friday) to plant the street trees in nine roads around Yiewsley, as well as in nine other borough's around London as part of a new Boris Johnson scheme.

The trees will be planted by Hillingdon Council who successfully applied for funding and hope the improvements will make the area a more pleasant place to live.

Boris Johnson said: "I have made it a top priority that we make our city a more attractive place to work, live and visit, and reversing the decline of street trees is one way to do this. I cannot think of a more uplifting way to usher in the spring than the arrival of these brand spanking new trees in Hillingdon."

The trees will be planted in Falling Lane, Heather Lane, Gorse Walk, Violet Avenue, Royal Lane, Bryony Close, The Coppice, Peach Tree Avenue, and Yew Avenue.

Street trees offer a range of benefits including attracting wildlife, providing shade, helping improve air quality and reducing flood risk, and there are estimated to be over 16,000 street trees in Hillingdon, making it one of the greenest boroughs in the capital.