• WI. Celebrating

• School. Sporting

• Bootcamp. Burgeoning

• Reading. Succeeding

• Conservatives. Cutting

• Gardens. Grabbed

INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE

JULY 2010 ISSUEHADLEY WOOD NEWS

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WI Golden Jubilee1960-2010

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WI. Golden Jubilee. On June 8th the Hadley Wood Golf Clubwas bathed in a golden glow as theWomens Institute celebrated its 50thbirthday. Seventy five ladies, includingeleven Past Presidents and guests fromthe county enjoyed a delicious buffetsupper prepared by Phil Stringer. Thecake, made by Mrs. Ann Evans our Vice-President, was cut by Mrs. Elizabeth

Gardeners Corner.Assuming that we are heading for a verydry and hot summer starting in July, wewill need to prevent the plants and shrubsfrom becoming parched.. This can bedone by adding good organic matter toyour borders which will hold the moisture.This is particularly important in light sandyand gritty soils. If you are planting tubsand pots, add moisture retaining gelgranules which when watered will swellinto a jelly from which the plant can drawmoisture.If there is going to be a drought, you

may like to consider more tolerantplanting schemes which will thrive in drysoil. These may include Lavander orSantolina (cotton lavender) with silverfoliage and yellow flowers, Rock Rose,Cistus, Brooms-Cystisus and Artemisia.Herbaceous perennials such as OrientalPoppies, Red Hot Pokers, Montbretia,Penstemon and a huge range ofgeraniums are also quite happy in dry soil.When cutting the lawn, set the height

adjuster one notch higher. This will helpprevent the grass drying out and keep itlooking green.Foxgloves and Delphiniums can be

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Slingo our first President. An exhibitionof past events over the 50 years was ondisplay in the main hall. As well as beingour official photographer, Mr. JohnLeatherdale entertained us after supperwith a talk and slide show on the historyof Hadley Wood. It was a memorableevening of fun and friendship.Hilary Nunn

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On June 16th the schoolchildrenwalked from Courtleigh Avenue up DuchyRoad along Lancaster Avenue round intoCrescent East and finally back down viathe HWA Car Park to the playground. Thewhole school took part in this nationwidedemonstration of support for the CharityBRAKE raising over one thousandpounds in the process. This charity

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June at Hadley WoodPrimary School Its been another busy month for HadleyWood School with several extra-curricularevents to mark the end of term.

provides a range of support services toroad crash victims, including a nationalhelpline and support literature. It runscommunity programmes such as its RoadSafety Academy and trains teachers andothers to provide safety education withintheir communities especially toparticularly vulnerable groups such asyoung drivers. As well as supporting thecharity the walk took place simultaneouslywith many other schools in the country inthe hope of getting into the GuinnessBook of records as the biggest walkingbus event in the world. Then on SundayJune 20th the School enjoyed its annualsummer fete run by the Friends of HadleyWood (FHWS) school. Pupils (both pastand present), staff, parents and friends allturned up to take part in the fun. JulieNorton secretary of the FHWS reports.‘The weather was kind, cool whilst all thesetting-up took place, but by the time thefete was in full swing, the sun was shining.No one could go away hungry, as therewas a Mediterranean BBQ servingkebabs, sausages and burgersthroughout the afternoon, as well as thechance to buy some beautiful homemadecupcakes from a parent who has her owncake business – delicious! The café,once again run by the school staff, servedtraditional teas and coffees, and therewas an ice-cream van parked in theplayground for cooling the children down!This year the inflatable village from Go

Bonkers! was back. There were 10 giantinflatables to bounce, climb or slide on.There was a “gladiator” style bouncyplatform where you could challenge afriend to a duel, seeing who could stay onthe longest whilst bashing each otherwith giant batons!There were many other stalls for the

children to spend their money on, withknock down the cans, hook a duck, sandart, hairspraying and tombola’s galore toname a few. Shopping opportunities forparents included stalls selling jewellery,clothes, handbags, cards and toys.The Vine Street 6 entertained all

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afternoon finished with the raffle draw,with lots of prizes donated by localbusinesses and parents.It was a very successful afternoon,

making a profit of well over £3,500. Thefunds raised from the fete will go towardsthe continued improvement of theschool’s outside areas as well asproviding resources for the creative

curriculum. A very big thank you to all theFHWS Committee for their time andcommitment to make this such asuccessful event, and to all the parents,volunteers and staff of the school whohelped throughout the day’.Monday June 21st was the beginning

of Sports week. This was marked by aparade in the playground at which all theclasses represented the thirty two finalistsin the football World Cup.

Each class made flags of the countrythey represented and performed a songfrom that country in the school hall. Togive you a flavour of what was going on,Year Six and Year Five sang ‘Wave yourflag’ in Spanish and English and Year 1,representing Germany, sang BruderJakob…in German! During the week there were three

sports afternoons organised by MissPrice the schools PE Co-Ordinator whichincluded competitions with other localschools in the borough as well as a folkdance festival. As always is the case atthis school the parents weretremendously supportive taking childrento the various venues and picking themup afterwards. The week’s finale was afantastic assembly in the hall witheverybody singing the World Cup song.

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Barnet Boot Camp’sBooming Success!It has been six weeks since the launch ofHadley Wood’s own bootcamp. Eachweek the varied and fun exercisesdelivered on the Bartrams Lane fieldbehind One to One Fitness have beenkeeping the local residents invigorated.As an extension to the specialised

personal training business at One to OneFitness on Crescent West, JamieAnderson has gone into partnership withBootcamp expert Russell Turner. Theyfirst met in April on a course, and joinedforces quickly to deliver this highlyeffective form of affordable exercise,renowned for its weight loss andconditioning qualities. The 40 minuteclasses are only £10, with both its 9am

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and 10.30am Sunday classes filling upfast. The Wednesday evening class at7.30pm is also developing a loyalfollowing.“The great thing about the bootcamp is

that anybody can take part, of all levels offitness. We have children from 8 yearsold, to more mature participants in their60s!!” says Jamie Anderson. “The socialaspect of the group training is proving areal hit, everyone is loving meeting theirfellow residents and neighbours whilstgetting fitter and stronger”.Will it run throughout the year? “We

intend to run the classes well into thewinter. We will convert the outdoorbootcamp to indoor group training whenthe weather turns nasty. We are in theprocess of converting the downstairsgym

into more of an athletic performancegym, which will be ideal for the winterbootcamp.”For more information on both the

barnetbootcamp.com and personaltraining call 0208 447 1661, RussellTurner direct on 07956306055 or JamieAnderson 07798776248 or you can emailjamie@myjamieanderson.com.

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Read and SucceedHadley Wood School is to be the newhome of an out of school tuitionservice ‘Read and Succeed’, aspecialised tutoring school forchildren aged 3 years and over. Theinnovative programme, approved bylinguistic specialists around the worldis now available to the Hadley Woodcommunity. As the children are nowfaced with ever-increasing academicchallenges, Read and Succeed aimsto provide the core understandings ofphonetic recognition, enabling pupilsto develop their reading ability to alevel that is often far higher than thatof their peers’.Founder, Zoe Andronicou, whose

academic background is the EnglishLanguage and Linguistics followed byfurther specialised studies inphonetics, has been instrumental indeveloping this concept. “Our aim isto identify each pupils’ strengths andweaknesses to ensure we providethem with the essential tools neededto fulfil their maximum potential” said Zoe.During her years of teaching, Zoe

has supported children of varyingabilities, including those with learningdifficulties such as dyslexia andADHD and has seen impressiveresults. Read and Succeed,approved by Islington Council, haveextended their range of classes toprovide further studies in preparationfor 4+, 11+ and SATs. The Phonographix reading prog-

ramme has proven to be a reliableand consistent framework, uponwhich pupils reading abilities cangrow from the solid foundations thatare built upon at the outset to ensuregreater fluency further along thecourse. And with a limit of 8 childrenper class children will receive themaximum from each lesson. Withinthe first term the basic sounds arelearnt, which equips pupils to tacklethe advanced sound formations tofollow. Each parent will know theirchild’s reading ability from the start asfree reading assessments areavailable.A programme which will begin in

September 2010 and run on aSaturday morning, will ensure pupilscan begin their new academic yearwith extra support whilst developingtheir creative abilities.Zoe Andronicou

Cuts? It’s your choice.The scale of the record levels of publicdebt left by the previous Government

mean that we donot have a choiceabout whether tomake cuts in publicspending. Anyhousehold knowsthat if you spendmore than you haveand keep usingyour credit card

sooner rather than later you have to payit back. The scale of the problem is that ifwe fail to act, within 5 years we will bepaying out £70bn in debt interest a year– more than we spend on educating ourchildren, policing our streets or defendingour country. The Government hasannounced its plans to seek the opinionsof the public to help cut governmentspending. Last week the governmentlaunched the first phase of its SpendingChallenge. Every suggestion put forwardwill be considered and closely examined.I believe that this is a great opportunity forthe people of Enfield to get involved in thedifficult decisions which will be made inOctober.The Spending Challenge is split into

two phases; the first is asking six millionpublic sector workers to share their ideason how to save money, delivering morefor less. These people are at the forefrontof our public services and know whatworks well, where to cut waste and whatwe can do to spend money efficiently. The second phase will be a wider public

consultation to gain your views on whatareas of spending should be cut andideas as to how the government can workmore efficiently. The website will belaunched shortly and I will be meeting withconstituents and welcoming suggestions.One cut the people of Enfield had no

say in was the decision to cut prayersfrom the full Council meeting andsubstitute with poetry. This week I will bemeeting a number of constituents inParliament’s Central Lobby who will seeinscribed on the floor words of poetry.

May I make an early bid for its inclusionin the Council meetings? Psalm 127 v 1 :“Unless the Lord builds the House thelabourers work in vain”. David Burrowes MP

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Garden grabbingPlanning law (specifically, Planning PolicyStatement 3: Housing (PPS3)) has beenchanged, to give local councils the abilityto discourage “garden-grabbing” and

neighbourhood over-development. HadleyWood and its surroundingareas have been badlyaffected by thesephenomena, and so inprinciple these changesare to be welcomed locally.PPS3 sets out central

government’s nationalplanning policies onhousing. Local planningauthorities and thePlanning Inspectorate areexpected to have regard tothe policies in PPS3 in

preparing development plans, and whendetermining planning applications. Whenchanges in PPS3 take place, therefore,they are likely to be far-reaching. By way of background, PPS3 appeared

in late 2006, as a result of the Barker

Dear EditorWe are delighted to tell you thatSuzanna and Tom gave us our firstgrandchild, Alice Jenkin, on Monday14th June at 4.34pm BST. She wasborn at University College Hospital inLondon and weighed 7lbs, 7oz. Mum,Dad and baby are all very well and nowback at home. Best wishes, Liz and Howard Yates (Proud grandparents/babysitters)

Dear EditorThe Jerwood family would like to thankeveryone who supported our OpenGarden event on 6th June. Thanks tothe generosity of those who attended,we raised a total of £1250.00 forOvarian Cancer Action.�Thank youValerie Jerwood

Dear EditorJust to keep you up to date with BarnetMarket issues in case you missed it.�On Saturday June 12th Theresa VilliersMP and Barnet CouncillorsWendy�Prentice and David Longstaffwere at Barnet Market to show theirsupport for�the Barnet Market Petition.

Letters to the Editor 5,000 people from all over the boroughand�beyond, many of whom were at theevent and all of whom are regularvisitors�to the Market have signed thePetition organised by Friends of BarnetMarket�(FoBM).�The Petition seeks topersuade Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, theowners of the Market,�that a properhard surface should be laid. The currentloose and dangerous�surface has beendeemed unsuitable by the Council andevery one of the 5,000�signatories. ThePetition has been checked and verifiedand will be held by FoBMs�solicitors.Yours�Chris Smith

Dear EditorRegular readers of the Hadley Wood

News will know that in a recent articlethere were a number of letters frompupils at Hadley Wood Schoolcomplaining about dog mess in andaround the school. The pupils wereconcerned about the irresponsiblebehaviour of a minority of dog ownersbut also highlighted the fact that therewas a lack of dog waste bins in andaround the school.� I took up this matterwith the Council and a site visit wasarranged at the school. I have since hadan email from Louiza Loizides, theHeadteacher of Hadley Wood School.Louiza confirmed that the visit was veryuseful and informative for the pupils. Itappears that the issues that they raisedare being addressed although there isstill some concern about the park areaaround the school which I am currentlypursuing. � Cllr Paul McCannah

Review of Housing Supply, whichproposed a significant increase inhousing supply, particularly in the south-east, with a view to reducing housinginflation. The law of unintendedconsequences duly intervened, and inJanuary 2010 the (same) governmentpublished its investigation into residentialgarden development. This was under-taken in response to concerns that thedevelopment of private gardens was onthe increase, and had become a concernfor local councils, which in many casesdid not have policies with which tocounter this growing trend.As a result of the investigation, PPS3

was amended to make it clear that thereis no presumption that land that has beenpreviously developed is necessarilysuitable for housing development, northat the whole of the curtilage should bedeveloped.Central government has established

that the combination of an annualnational target for 60% of new housing tobe built on brown-field land has meantthat councils have been forced intogranting planning permission forunwanted development on garden land.Thus private residential gardens are nolonger considered to be previouslydeveloped (brown-field) land.Allied to this, central government is

removing the requirement for councils totake account of the national minimumdensity of 30 dwellings per hectare. Thisshould lead to more local decisionmaking as to what types of homes aresuitable for a particular area, leading inturn – certainly in our area - to more familyhomes.As might be expected, these changes

have broadly been welcomed byenvironmentalists, whilst house buildershave labelled them as unnecessary. Oneis tempted to the view that the law ofunintended consequences may againcome into play, in the shape of additionalpressure on the Green Belt. Watch thisspace…Guy WheatcroftRHY Law LLP 01707 621105

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The Hadley Wood News is published usually during the first weekend of each month. It is a community publication with the objective of bringing local news,views and events to the residents and friends of Hadley Wood. It is non-profit making with any surplus going to the Hadley Wood Association (HWA) for thedirect benefit of residents. Content is produced voluntarily with the make-up, printing and distribution paid for by advertising. Thank you to all our advertisers,without whom this magazine would not be possible. If you would like to contribute to a future issue or receive updates via email, please contact the Editorand Publisher . The HWA and anyone associated with the content of this newsletter cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy, claims or viewsexpressed. The Hadley Wood News does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the advertisements or other information accesseddirectly or indirectly from this publication, nor the quality of any products, services, information or other materials displayed, purchased or obtained byanyone as a result of an advertisement or any other information or offer in connection with those products, services, information or other materials.HadleyWood News shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions contained in any advertisement or other information within this publication.The Publisher reserves the right to amend, abridge or reject any copy supplied for publication. E&OE HWA June 2010

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