SAY
This section of the website belongs to the younger members of our community. If you are under 18 and live in Steeple or Middle Aston, we invite you to make this your very own part of the website.
Send us your stories, photos and drawings. Tell us what you are up to. What do you like about the village and what don't you like?
Also you can tell us what you'd like to see on the website. Is the name of this section "Steeple Aston Youth" (also known as SAY) a good idea - or can you think of a better one?
We already have a page here from Dr Radcliffe's primary school and one from Steeple Aston Youth Club. We're looking for lots more.
Please email editor@steepleaston.org.uk with your contributions and ideas.
Steeple Aston Youth Art & Design Competition
Win a £10 prize!
To celebrate this website’s first birthday, we’re running a competition for young people in the village.
Who can enter the competition?
Anyone age 16 or under who lives or goes to school in Steeple Aston is invited to enter. There will be a £10 prize for the winner in each of three age groups:
Group 1: Up to 7 yrs Group 2: 8-11 yrs Group 3: 12-16 yrs
What you have to do
It’s simple! All you need to do is send us a picture called ‘What I like best about Steeple Aston’.
This could be a picture of anything in the village that you like best, such as your home or school, your friends, your family, your pet, a village view that you love or even an activity you enjoy such as playing football on Robinsons Close. As long as it’s your own work, it’s totally up to you!
You can use any medium you like for your picture such as computer graphics, paint, crayons or pencil, collage or photography.
How to enter
Computer-generated designs and digital photos: please email your entry to
editor@steepleaston.org.uk
All other media: please send or drop your entry in to Frances Coleman, Pump Cottage, Paines Hill, Steeple Aston.
Please make sure you include details of your name and address, and (very importantly) your age.
The closing date for the competition is Monday, 13 October 2008.
The entries will be judged by Peter Waite, the local multimedia artist whose work you see every month on the front of Steeple Aston Life. Many thanks to Peter, who is the retired principal of Berkshire College of Art and Design.
A selection of entries will be showcased on the website.
Students, trainees can apply for financial help
The Dr Radcliffe’s Trust is once again inviting local students and trainees to apply for financial assistance with their education or training.
The Trust makes awards annually to help young people under the age of 25. The awards are open to all those who are permanently resident in the parishes of Steeple Aston and Middle Aston, or who have attended Dr Radcliffe’s School in Steeple Aston for at least two years.
The awards are for educational purposes, mostly at post-school stage, to young people in further or higher education, on apprenticeships or formal job training. They will not normally cover school fees, but will provide modest sums to meet needs for extra items.
In the past awards have been made for school field trips, tools and equipment for apprenticeship or training, uniforms for trainees, music lessons where good standards can be demonstrated, field and study trips at school and college, and books and equipment for students at college or university.
The trustees reserve the right to exercise their discretion whether to grant an award or not, and will give particular importance to financial need.
Applications for an award during the coming academic year should be received before 1st November 2008.
To download an application form, please click here.
Alternatively, you can obtain an application form from the Secretary to the Trust, Mr Nigel Roots, Henmans LLP, 5000 Oxford Business Park, Oxford 0X4 2BH. Tel 01993 811396.
All completed forms should be sent to the Secretary at the address above.