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Full programme confirmed for Crosspool Festival 2011

Crosspool Festival programme 2011
Download the 2011 Crosspool Festival Programme (PDF, 324KB)

The full programme has been confirmed for Crosspool Festival 2011, which runs from 2-10 July.

The festival is chock-full of events and includes something for everyone. Come along and join in the fun!

Events are listed on our Crosspool Festival 2011 page.

You can also 2011 Crosspool Festival Programme (PDF, 324KB).

The prize winning cover designs are by Constanza Valdovinos, Lydgate Junior School [front] and Sahar-Lavendar Ali Ahmed, Lydgate Infant School [back]. The festival committee would like to thank all those who entered. Entries will be on display in St Columba’s.

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Meeting called to discuss Tapton academy plans

Tapton school: to become an academy?
Tapton school: close to becoming an academy

A public meeting will take place at 6.30pm on Tuesday 21 June at Tapton school to discuss plans to turn the school into an academy.

Teachers at Tapton are against the move, fearing that becoming an academy will not raise educational standards.

Governors feel such a move would be in the school’s best interest, allowing them to balance the books by negotiating better value services.

Sheffield Star: Academy status a step closer at top city school

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Backlash at Tapton school academy bid

The Sheffield Star reports on the furious backlash over plans for Tapton school to become an academy:

 The NASUWT union says the decision has been taken unilaterally without consulting staff, parents or the local community.
“We hope parents and the Tapton community as a whole will have time to reflect on why they are being steam-rollered into accepting a decision to take their local community school out of local accountability and control,” said Sheffield secretary David Haigh.

Tapton school: to become an academy?
There is a backlash at plans to turn Tapton into an academy

Readers of this website have also raised their concerns on a previous article about the plans. What do you think? You can comment below.

Sheffield Star: Furious backlash at school academy bid

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Crosspool schools in ice cream van row

The council’s licensing board meets today to discuss concerns from Tapton and King Edward VII lower school teachers regarding the safety of pupils as they are drawn onto Darwin Lane at busy times in order to buy from the ice cream van.

In January, a boy was hit crossing the road to reach the van. Ice cream man Chris Turner has been trading on the site since May 1971.

Sheffield Star: Schools in ice cream van row

Police attend the scene of the accident on Darwin Lane
A boy was hit crossing the road to reach the ice cream van in January
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Tapton school to become an academy

Tapton school: to become an academy?
Tapton school: to become an academy?

Tapton secondary school in Crosspool is to break away from the council to become an academy.

Governors feel such a move would be in the school’s best interest, earning it a bonus of more than £740,000 a year and allowing them to balance the books by negotiating better value services.

Teachers at Tapton are against the move, fearing that becoming an academy will not raise educational standards.

Two negative responses were received from parents when 2,000 letters were sent out.

You can read more in the newspaper reports below.

Tapton prepares for academy move (Sheffield Telegraph)

Top school academy bid (The Star)

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King Edward VII school Community Fun Day

King Edward VII School are organising a Community Fun Day this Sunday, 20 March from 10am-2pm at their Darwin Lane site.

The day will feature a car boot sale, craft stalls, games, activities, a synthetic ice rink, food and drink. If you would like to get involved please contact Laura Drabble on 0114 268 2477 for more details.

Everyone is welcome on the day so please come along and join the fun!

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Boy taken to hospital after accident on Darwin Lane

As children left the local schools at home time on Wednesday 19 January, a boy was hit by a bus travelling down Darwin Lane.

After receiving emergency treatment from paramedics for a head injury, the boy was taken to hospital as a matter of caution. We wish him a speedy recovery.

The photos below were taken sometime after the accident at approximately 4.40pm on Wednesday.

Darwin Lane cordoned off following Wednesday's accident
Darwin Lane cordoned off following Wednesday's accident
Police attend the scene of the accident on Darwin Lane
Police attend the scene of the accident on Darwin Lane
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Crosspool businesses open despite major snowfall

Shops and businesses in Crosspool opened this morning despite what the council is describing as the deepest December Sheffield snowfall for a century.

The photos below were taken just before 9am this morning, and show Philip James butchers, GT News, Spar and the greengrocers all open for business. MG Mosley & Sons milk float was also out and about making deliveries as normal.

Local community spirit was also in evidence, with residents assisting with the clearing of snow and making trips to the shops to pick up supplies for neighbours. With the local schools all closed today (Wednesday 1 December 2010), children are also making the most of the snow with sledging and snowballing.

People are being encouraged to only use cars if absolutely necessary and also check that elderly neighbours are coping with the conditions.

Travel South Yorkshire advises that bus services have been suspended until further notice.

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Extra news and updates about the snow will also be posted to our Twitter account and Facebook page.

4pm: milk supplies have run out, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
4pm: bread supplies have run out, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Digging out a car, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Sledging, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Benty Lane, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Watt Lane, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
MG Mosley & Sons milk float, Crosspool 1 December 2010
Towards Watt Lane, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Queues in Spar, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Milk supplies arrive, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Outside Spar, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Manchester Road, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
The precinct, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Manchester Road, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Manchester Road and Lydgate Lane, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
The precinct, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Greengrocer open as normal, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Philip James butchers and GT News open as normal, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Traffic, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
Selbourne Road, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
The precinct, Crosspool, 1 December 2010
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Crosspool police box open on Saturday 20 November

This Saturday 20 November between 10am and 12 noon the Crosspool police box on Lydgate Lane will be open to allow residents to raise issues either with the police or possibly a councillor.

The police are currently investigating the anti-social behavior of a small number of students in the precinct at lunchtime. Drug dealing is also becoming a concern, and the police would welcome any information that you may have.

You can contact PC Louise Atha by emailing louise.atha@southyorks.pnn.police.uk.

The Lydgate Lane police box is at the top of the hill, near Tapton Hill transmitter.

Lydgate Lane police box
Lydgate Lane police box