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Refinery cash is boost for hospices  FOLLOWING the successful and safe completion of a maintenance shutdown on one of the units at the Petroplus Coryton Refinery, St. Luke's Hospice, Basildon and Little Havens Childrens' Hospice were presented with £5,000 each.
Louise Gloyne from Little Havens and Allison Jones from St. Luke's visited the refinery to be presented with the cheques by maintenance manager Iain McLay.
He said: "The shutdown was completed without one safety or environmental incident and the Refinery Management Team wanted to acknowledge this excellent record in some positive way. The Refinery is a Corporate Partner with both hospices and I am delighted to present these cheques on behalf of everyone who worked on the shutdown."
St Luke's external funding officer Allison said: "St. Luke's appreciates the hard work that goes into the safety incentive and would like to thank Iain and everyone involved in making this wonderful donation towards the work of the Hospice.
"We would also like to express our gratitude to Petroplus for their commitment as a Corporate Partner of St Luke's."
Grays players visit school  GRAYS Athletic players Aaron O'Connor and Jon Ashton, who was recently named both players' player of the year and supporters' player of the year went to the Thameside Infants School, Manor Road, Grays, to talk to the children about health and fitness as part of their community liaison programme.
Club official Kevin Lamb also attended and said: "The talk went extremely well, there was a great interaction between the players and the kids.
"There were several question and answer sessions and some kids even stayed behind afterwards to ask the players further questions."
The players also ran through some light fitness activities with the children.
Celebrating St George   Buy this photoCHILDREN became princessess, knights and dragons to celebrate St George's Day at a Thurrock school.
Abbots Hall Primary School in Abbotts Drive, Stanford-le-Hope, celebrated the day on Wednesday April 23.
The event was organised by teacher, Karen Staines, who said: "Nearly all the students in reception, Year One and Year Two dressed up, and there was only a small handful who didn't.
"The event was definitely a success, the kids really enjoyed it, but it was also extremely educational.
They have spent the day learning about the legend of St George."
The school also organised a professional production company to come in and perform the Story of St George for the kids.
Celebrating St George  Buy this photoCHILDREN donned red and white colours to celebrate St George's Day at a South Ockendon school.
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in Daiglen Drive, celebrated by dressing up in red and white to show recognition of the Patron Saint of England.
The school held a special assembly devoted entirely to the day.
Organising teacher Christina Reid said: "We had a fantastic day, everyone enjoyed the special assembly especially, the traditional dancing and the story of St George and the Dragon.
"It was a lovely day and a chance to keep the tradition going."
Celebrating St George  Buy this photoCHILDREN donned red and white colours to celebrate St George's Day at a South Ockendon school.
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in Daiglen Drive, celebrated by dressing up in red and white to show recognition of the Patron Saint of England.
The school held a special assembly devoted entirely to the day.
Organising teacher Christina Reid said: "We had a fantastic day, everyone enjoyed the special assembly especially, the traditional dancing and the story of St George and the Dragon.
"It was a lovely day and a chance to keep the tradition going."
Celebrating St George  Buy this photoCHILDREN became princessess, knights and dragons to celebrate St George's Day at a Thurrock school.
Abbots Hall Primary School in Abbotts Drive, Stanford-le-Hope, celebrated the day on Wednesday April 23.
The event was organised by teacher, Karen Staines, who said: "Nearly all the students in reception, Year One and Year Two dressed up, and there was only a small handful who didn't.
"The event was definitely a success, the kids really enjoyed it, but it was also extremely educational.
They have spent the day learning about the legend of St George."
The school also organised a professional production company to come in and perform the Story of St George for the kids.
Stifford Clays Infants gets outstanding report  Buy this photoA THURROCK headteacher has been described as an outstanding leader by Government inspectorate Ofsted.
An inspector visited Stifford Clays Infant School in Whitmore Avenue in March and described it as "a good school" with "a few outstanding features".
The Ofsted report states that children make "good progress as they move through the school due to the good teaching and learning combined with a good overall curriculum that is well-matched to pupils' abilities and engages their interests well."
It adds: "Teaching and learning is good overall with some outstanding teaching observed during the course of the inspection," and the "quality of care is outstanding".
Headteacher, Linda Catton - whose leadership was described as "outstanding" by the report - said: "It is really gratifying when what you think about your school is reflected in the report of an inspector.
"I think Stifford Clays is a very happy and successful school and so do Ofsted.
"The inspection identified a couple of areas for improvement - some attainment levels, particularly writing, and attendance rates - but we had already identified these issues and are working on ways to improve the situation."
Rob McCulloch-Graham, Thurrock Council's Corporate Director of Children, Education and Families, said: "Yet another Thurrock school gets a really positive Ofsted report.
"I'd like to pass on my congratulations to the staff and parents - and the children of course."
Animal antics at village hall  ANIMALS ranging from hamsters to horses were the star attraction at a special pet day on Saturday.
The event, held by All Animals Vet Clinic at West Tilbury Village Hall, was organised for national pet month to encourage responsible pet ownership.
About 17 animals visited and a buffet was available for both the pets and their owners. They raised more than £200 which will be split between the Cats Protection Trust and the National Pet Month charity.
Having a nappy time at Stanford RUFC  DUMMIES replaced gum shields as Stanford-le-Hope ladies played men dressed as babies in a fundraising rugby match.
Stanford Ladies played their male counterparts on the Stanford-le-Hope recreation ground in the annual fundraising rugby match between the two sides on Saturday.
This year the men were dressed as babies, including
nappies and dummies.
After the women and babies game there was a second XV match against Southend fifth XV.
Club spokesman Colin O'Flaherty said: "After the matches, a barbeque was on the go, a buffet was laid on for all the players, and a disco was enjoyed by everyone in the evening.
"There was also sponsored waxing and hair removal involving various male players.
"All proceeds are to go towards training jackets for the junior players."
Students sample life in the real world  Buy this photoSTUDENTS got a taste of the big wide world at a careers fair.
The fair was held at Palmer's College, Chadwell Road, Grays, and featured 27 local and national employers giving advice on careers in their sector.
Head of careers at the college, Judith Barras, said: "This is the second year we've run the careers fair.
"We've been speaking to the students and a comment they keep coming up with is that it helps to give them ideas about their future.
"The fair encourages them and they get an opportunity to talk to the organisations about what they offer in terms of their careers."
Tucking into time  Buy this photoGRAYS school children and teachers dressed as maidens and knights for a medieval banquet.
To celebrate Stifford Primary School going "in house" with its school dinners pupils were treated to a special menu which included traditional roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
They also set up the dining hall to resemble a medieval banquet with shields made by the pupils adorned on the walls.
The Parker Road-based school introduced its own catering team at the beginning of this term last week.
Thurrock Council were previously responsible for school dinners at the school.
Headteacher Mark Jones said: "It was a very successful day and we had nearly double the amount of children having school dinners.
"We wanted to go in house with the catering so we can use our own suppliers and have more flexibility in terms of menus and use local butchers and greengrocers."
Dressing up for St George  Buy this photoCHILDREN became princessess, knights and dragons to celebrate St George's Day at a Thurrock school.
Abbots Hall Primary School in Abbotts Drive, Stanford-le-Hope, celebrated the day on Wednesday April 23.
The event was organised by teacher, Karen Staines, who said: "Nearly all the students in reception, Year One and Year Two dressed up, and there was only a small handful who didn't.
"The event was definitely a success, the kids really enjoyed it, but it was also extremely educational.
They have spent the day learning about the legend of St George."
The school also organised a professional production company to come in and perform the Story of St George for the kids.
Ladies in the digital picture  AT their recent grant-aided course for "Digital Cameras" a group of ladies from the Fobbing and Corringham Women's Institute had an excellent teacher, Colin Ellis, who instructed them in understanding pixels and scene modes plus an essential basic guide, which would enable them to take better digital photographs; also including how to look after their cameras. It was described as "a very enjoyable six weeks."
Award for borough school  BONNYGATE Primary School in South Ockendon has received the prestigious Activemark Award in response to the high quality PE that takes place in the school. The award is made to schools that offer more than two hours of high quality PE and sport a week.
PE co-ordinator Miss Jo Chick explained "We are constantly reviewing and increasing our after-school activities, and sport is always a popular choice. During school time we have a structured programme of PE. We are very fortunate to have a large sports field which is very well used for PE and games".
Pictured are key stage one pupils James Leeds, Ben Miller and Brenden Fileman, attending the after-school multi-sports club at Bonnygate.
Youngsters bloom for hospital  Buy this photoCHILDREN at a Thurrock nursery did their best bunny impressions to raise money for charity.
The children from Blooming Babies Day Nursery dressed up with bunny ears and hopped around a short course to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House at Basildon Hospital.
Nursery manager Gill Osborne said: "We are very pleased to be able to support a local charity and I am sure the children enjoyed the bunny hop."
The nursery has so far raised £100, but is expecting to double the amount once all of the money has been collected.
Ronald McDonald House Charities is an independent registered charity supporting families with children in hospital.
The charity was established in Britain in 1989, and provides free home away from home accommodation for the families of children requiring in-patient care in hospitals and hospices.
Forum cash to boost garden  COMMITTEE members of Stifford Community Forum joined Thurrock Disabled Association's committee at the Long Lane Leisure Centre, Grays, to present a donation of £317 to improve the garden area at the hall.
The donation was agreed by residents at the Forum's last open meeting in February. Forum Chair Len Orpin is pictured presenting the cheque.
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