Newsletter July 2007

Leavers and New Starters
We say goodbye to Chloe Goldsworthy, Martin Bennison, Martha Halliday, Haley Sharp, Megan Sharp, Sam Graham, Christopher Stubbs, Alex Bratton and Charlotte and Thomas Krier.
Chloe left us on 5th July to move to Italy with her family. We wish her well.
Martha will attend Richmond High School and Martin and Haley will join Bedale High School.
Sam Graham moves on to Barnard Castle School.
Christopher has moved with his family to Bedale and will attend Bedale Primary School.
Alex Bratton leaves us for Mowbray school and Charlotte and Thomas Krier have transferred to St Wilfred’s Catholic School in Ripon.
Good Luck to you all we will miss you!
We welcome seven new starters in September they are George Armstrong, Charlotte Bradford, Lewis Benaiges, Ben Cherry, Rachel Haresign, Shannon Peacock and Cassie-Anne Ramsay.

STAFF UPDATE
As you are aware Miss Handy has been covering for Mrs Stephenson since January of this year. Due to redundancy this teaching post will no longer exist therefore Miss Handy will not be returning to us as supply in September. We would like to thank Miss Handy for all her hard work over the past seven months. It has been a pleasure to have her on staff and wish her every success for the future.
Mrs West has been absent from school whilst she undergoes treatment for cancer. Mrs Thornton will continue to cover for the duration of Mrs West’s absence.
Sarah Hodgson joined us in May to complete her final 8 weeks teaching practise. We wish her well in her future teaching career and hope she has many enjoyable experiences as she travels the world this summer.

School lunches
If you would like your child to have a school lunch please inform Mrs Godlee as soon as possible. Letters detailing individual amounts owed for lunches for the NEXT HALF TERM will go out after the holiday. School lunches are £9.00 per week payable up front. The cost for the first 1/2 term will be £61.20.
Mid Morning Milk / Fruit
If your child would like milk next term, please inform Mrs Godlee at the start of term. Invoices will then be sent out. If your child is under 5 he/she will be eligible for free milk. The cost for the term (up to Christmas) will be £7.10.
KS2 FRUIT
If your child would like fruit next term, please inform Mrs Godlee at the start of term. Invoices will then be sent out. The cost for the term is calculated at 10p per day. This gives a total of £7.10 for the term.

TOPICS
Reception, Years 1 and 2 will study “Ourselves”, “Health” and “The British Isles”.
Years 3/4/5/6 will study “Britain after 1945” for their History topic.

Events this HALF term
Trip to Beamish Museum
Tuesday 26th June saw the whole school set out for a trip to Beamish. The sun shone for us for most of the day. We visited most of the attractions including the 1913 town complete with Ye Olde Sweetshoppe !
Some of the children in Y5/6 children experienced the Victorian coal mine.
The behaviour of the Children was impeccable making the trip an enjoyable experience for all.
The bus to Beamish was paid for by the PTA using monies raised by the sponsored silence held in school on 15th June.

Pied Piper

Years 5/6 took part in a cluster schools performance of the Pied Piper at the Hambleton Forum on 10th, 11th and 12th July. Well done to everyone who took part you were all fantastic!

We put on our own production of the Pied Piper on Friday 13th July this time involving the whole school. Well done to all the children it was a wonderful evening enjoyed by Staff, Parents and children alike.

Teddy bears picnic
KS1 and the new starters enjoyed a teddy bears picnic on the Village green on 16th July. What a fantastic array of teddies!

Sports day
Well done to everyone who took part in the sports day on Wednesday 18th July. It was a great afternoon and the rain held off for us.
Thank you to everyone who turned up to support and cheer on the children.
Once again the PTA provided refreshments after the sports which were very well received.
And the rain held off!!

Non uniform day
Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th July will be non-uniform days.
A suggested donation for the 2 days is £1.
All monies raised will be for school funds.

Dates to remember
24 July—Leavers Service 2.30pm
3rd September - Staff Training
4th September - Children back in school

All Staff and Pupils wish you an enjoyable Summer.
See you in September.