Sabah made mark on new £9m centre
●●10 years ago: UDDING young artists designed artwork to adorn the walls at the £9M health centre on Maclure Road.
Pupils were challenged to create pictures which promote a healthy lifestyle.
Ashfield Valley Primary School, Broadfield Community School, Deeplish Primary School and Oulder Hill Community High School between them submitted more than 300 entries to Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (PCT).
All the artwork was judged by a PCT panel of the judges, including the chief executive Trevor Purt and chairman John Pierce.
Sabah Bashir, aged 10, of Ashfield Valley Primary School, was crowned the outright winner.
Her artwork was to be blown up and recreated to be hung in the main atrium of the centre.
Winners selected from each school to receive prizes were:
Charlotte Hulse, aged 13, of Oulder Hill, Ayoub Mohammed, aged eight, of
B●●The Oulder Hill Community High School team which won a science competition. Back row from left, science teacher Christine Sykes, Mariyam Ayub and science teacher technician Mrs Hopper. Front row, Lucy Rogan and Iram Masood Deeplish and Henna Zamir, aged 10, of Broadfield.
Mr Pierce said: “I was impressed by the number of entries for the competition and delighted by the high standard of pictures created by local children.
“Trevor and I found it very hard to judge.” BUDDING scientists at Oulder Hill Community School won a North West schools science contest.
Three Year 8 students entered the competition at Edge Hill University.
They designed, built and presented a model for the distillation of sea water using household objects.
They won the Year 8 prize, including £200 of data logging equipment for the Oulder Hill science department, scientific calculators and certificates.
This is the second year running that Oulder Hill has won the competition.
The pupils, Mariyam Ayub, Lucy Rogan and Iram Masood, were praised for their creativity, safety knowledge and having superb scientific knowledge of distillation. ADULT learners who took a course run by the Worker’s Educations Association celebrated their achievements at a ceremony at Richmond Hall.
More than 2,500 Rochdalians signed up to WEA courses in subjects such as English, flower arranging, cookery, digital photography and health and beauty this year.
Ian Standish of the charity presented the certificates. He said: “Education has an important role in addressing individual needs and supporting community cohesion. Towns like Rochdale lie at the heart of the association and the WEA is keen to work with local organisations to support the skills and development of the local people.” ROCHDALE Cricket Club was transformed into a Thai hotel for Rochdale Infirmary Players’ latest ‘whodunnit.’ The players raised almost £300 by staging a murder mystery night.
The play, called ‘An Inscrutable Affair,’ was written by North West Ambulance’s Darren Hutchinson and performed by doctors, nurses, paramedics, Bury PCT staff members, friends and family of Trust staff.
The money raised included a generous anonymous donation of £80.
The money was to go towards staging the next pantomime, which raised money for healthcare services within the Trust. FLOWERS were still in bloom for St Aidan’s Church flower display club when they enjoyed their last demonstration of the season.
The group of 20 or so green-fingered club members had to move their garden party indoors because of a heavy downpour; but a good time was still had by all.
Elizabeth Milne led the demonstration and produced a beautiful arrangement of flowers.
The vicar, the Rev George Dobbs, said: “The flower club has been going for a long time. It has produced a lot of excellent work for displays and for church weddings, they make brilliant arrangements.” STUDENTS were learning more about health and safety, food and sports in a special course at Oulder Hill school.
The school was the only one in Rochdale which had GCSE additional applied science on offer.
The course involved health and safety, food science, forensic science and sports science. It taught students how health and safety affects people in everyday life, about healthy diets and included forensic science workshops.