You know what you want, what the school would benefit from and you get it.

I work in education and would like the discipline that goes with, wearing school uniform (every pupil) ownership of one’s own equipment and a period of prep time between arriving at school, teaching all day then straight into a parents/ open evening or social.

Do you have any vacancies?

I can think of lots of educationalists who would like to work in a school with your forethought. If only more heads were like you.

Keep up the good work Carol.

A sympathetic supporter

Holmfirth

Full day off

WELL at least the children are going to the Colne Valley school on that morning.

At Salendine Nook, they don’t have the children in at all and give them a full day off.

Sarah

Huddersfield

Lunch alternatives

I HAVE to walk to Slaithwaite too, or your child could walk down to the bottom of Causeway side and get some lunch at the Co-op and wait for a bus there, that is what I do everyday, or your child could possibly take a packed lunch just this once?

Damon Arnfield,

Slaithwaite

Who is making decisions?

HERE is my case for two way traffic, over the bridge at Milnsbridge.

First I would appreciate a local councillor deciding for me, not one who does not live here.

I have to use Golcar five days a week.

Therefore I am expected to take a return to Milnsbridge via Longroyd Bridge/Linthwaite.

Use a bus? I would if I had a safe pedestrian crossing, as I am again expected to cross at the corner of Morley Lane, with two lanes of traffic against me. Yes that would be fine , if there were no contractors vehicles parked in the way of access.

So, I am unable to shop locally. The choice I am left with, is to shop in town.

MT

Milnsbridge

Too many lights

THE people at Kirklees highway department who plan new traffic light systems and pedestrian crossings surely do not drive or live in Huddersfield.

Living in Fenay Bridge I have the unfortunate daily commute to Elland, which takes me on the ringroad and up Halifax Road.

The most direct route has 24 sets of lights all designed to stop you in an instant!

It’s impossible to go on Queensgate without a red light.

Even at 5am they are all on red to let the ‘town centre traffic’ have priority.

The timings are horrendous and just clog up our already badly flawed ring road.

At Morrisons at Waterloo I’m often waiting on a red light to let cars out when the supermarket is clearly shut!

Why do we need so many traffic lights? More common sense needed by the unanswerable people of our Kirklees highways department.

John Kaye

Fenay Bridge

Internet influence

HOW lucky Azhar Ahmed (Examiner Friday September 14) is to live in this country.

Maybe he should visit Afghanistan and see first hand what brave soldiers are trying to do instead of watching and listening to radical hot heads on the internet

A Diskin

Almondbury

Right to protest

THE trial and conviction of Azhar Ahmed (Examiner, Friday September 14) had demonstrated once and for all that this country has gone the way of the likes of China and how hollow the bleating of those who appeal to notions of the right to protest when glorifying our precious soldiers and justifying our atrocious imperialistic intervention in the Middle East really is.

Whether or not you agree with the sentiment, nothing this young man said comes anywhere near being as obnoxious or, indeed, offensive as the use of the telecommunication laws to stifle his vocalisation of his opposition to what is going on overseas and I am deeply ashamed that the law of this country is more concerned with protecting the rights of the hysterical not to be offended over the rights of a British citizen to react against what he sees as relentless aggression against those in Afghanistan and other countries now paying the price for a

Relatively speaking, this was a mild protest and if this is not an option available to us, then we may find a little further down the line that we have a truly incendiary situation on our hands.

Megan Duncan-Glynn

Marsh

Backing hospice charity

ON AUGUST 18 we held our third open garden at Fenay Bridge to raise funds for the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice at Brackenhall.

The event was a great success and raised £535 on the day with the total now standing at £605 following further donations.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who supported the Open Garden by either attending or by kind donation and also to thank our generous sponsors who provided either raffle prizes or provisions to add to the profits realised.

Our generous sponsors included: Marks & Spencer Simply food, Morrison’s Supermarket, Longley Farm Dairies, Hadfield’s Bakery, Mopps Hair Salon,Totties Garden Centre, The Antique Coffee Shop, Lepton, Fenay Bridge Stores, Fifty Five at Lepton Post office,Thorncliffe Farm Shop, Emley and Huddersfield Plants at the Open Market.

Many thanks everyone

Mike & Maureen Crossley

Holmfirth

It’s a piece of cake!

I AM writing to ask your readers to support people with epilepsy by getting involved in National Tea Break on Friday October 19.

We hope as many people as possible will get together with friends, family and colleagues to host a tea break and raise vital funds for a great cause.

Holding a National Tea Break event really is a piece of cake!

Whether it’s a cup of tea and a cake in your kitchen with friends or a tea party in your office with colleagues, you can hold your tea break anywhere and invite anybody along to share in the fun.

Everyone who registers to hold a National Tea Break will receive a free organiser’s pack.

These include lots of information about the event, useful hints and tips, posters to promote the event and invitation cards and lots more.

Every year, 32,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy, that’s 87 every single day.

Every penny raised from this event will help us to continue our vital work in supporting the 600,000 people with epilepsy across the UK.

To register for a free tea break fundraising pack, visit www.epilepsy.org.uk/teabreak or call the fundraising events team on 0113 210 8800. For more information about the work of Epilepsy Action, visit www.epilepsy.org.uk

Michaela Crosthwaite

Community Fundraiser, Yorkshire and the Humber

Epilepsy Action

Talking to teenagers

TEENAGE Cancer Awareness Week is running from October 1 to 7 and we’re encouraging all secondary school teachers across the country to get involved and speak to young people about cancer.

We’d also love to see parents encouraging their son or daughter’s secondary schools to take part.

Six young people are diagnosed with cancer every day, that’s around 2,500 a year.

As cancer in young people is rare, the symptoms can be easily missed, whilst young people often put off going to the doctors because they are scared, embarrassed or lack confidence.

We owe it to the six young people diagnosed every day to arm secondary school pupils with basic information about cancer.

This includes the most common signs of cancer in 13 to 24 year olds, which are persistent and unexplained: Pain, a lump, bump or swelling, extreme tiredness, significant weight loss, changes in a mole.

This isn’t about scaring young people.

We want to empower them to speak up if they are worried.

Most of the time the problem will be something else, but it’s important young people have the confidence to talk about it, just in case.

Please get involved and encourage your local secondary school to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer in young people between October 1 and 7.

Free Teenage Cancer Awareness Week leaflets, posters and teaching packs can be downloaded from www.teenagecancertrust.org. Teachers can contact our education team on 020 7612 0398 or education@teenagecancertrust.org.

Simon Davies

Chief Executive of Teenage Cancer Trust