Residential Visit

Our Year 5/6 pupils are very excited now they have been to their information

session about the residential trip to Ambleside Youth Hostel. Please note that the

final balance payments for this trip need to be in by 24th June, as school needs to

pay the balance the following week. Please can you ensure that the emergency

contact forms are completed and returned as soon as possible.

Together we can achieve and celebrate success

General News

We are pleased to say that the children started the summer term with a really

positive attitude towards getting down to some hard work.

Thankfully Easter this year came with some decent spells of good weather so that

the children could get outside more, this usually makes a difference.

May we remind you that all KS2 children need to be in school on time during the

week beginning Monday 11th May as this is when we will be involved in the Y6

tests and years 3,4 & 5 end of year tests in English and Maths.

Don’t forget to look out for our Leeds Half Marathon team of runners on the 10th

May. Please see the attached sponsor form. The money raised will be split

between Martin House Children’s Hospice and towards our school’s playground

equipment fund.

We would like to congratulate Mr & Mrs Binns and Theo on their new baby girl

who was born last Friday.

Leavers’ Service

This year we have planned for the leavers’ service or ‘Celebration Day’ as we

have now called it, to be on Friday 10th July from 2.30pm in the school hall.

Everyone is welcome to come along to this special assembly. The last day of term

is on Friday 17th July when the children can enjoy this day without the stress of

saying their goodbyes. We hope you would like these dates for your diaries.

School finishes at 3.00pm on this day.

Clubs

The clubs we have offered this term have been very well

subscribed to.

The cricket club started this week with Mr Corcoran from the

Harrogate Cricket Development Scheme. His enthusiasm certainly

got the children in the club actively involved in a game of cricket

by the end of the session.

Mr Biggs will be working on developing athletic skills in his

club in readiness for our Sport’s Day on Tuesday 7th July.

The gardening and computing clubs will start soon.

All clubs have over 20 pupils attending them, which

isn’t so bad considering we only have 50 pupils!

At the end of last term the Drama club put on an amazing

performance of The Tempest at Harrogate Theatre. Thank you to all

parents and family members who went along to these performances.

The children had a very intense day of touring the theatre, learning how

to perform in costumes, on a stage and under spotlights.

Curriculum

Life was very busy leading up to the Easter break. Class 3 had a great

day’s visit to Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum. The class

gained a good insight into how the Romans invaded and settled in

England. Vindolanda was a good example of how the Roman Army

adapted to our climate and organised their living accommodation. The

museum there provided many examples of artefacts from their everyday

lives, including a huge display of preserved original Roman sandals.

The class coped very well with the long journey and were very well

behaved throughout the trip.

Class 2 had a very exciting Egyptian workshop at the Pump Room

Museum in Harrogate. They learnt about the mummification process

through a practical session using a life sized fabric mummy. They had

the opportunity to handle original Egyptian artefacts and learnt about

their significance.

Class 1 had a great experience at Harlow Carr Gardens when they learnt

how to look for signs of different types of weather and the change in

seasons.

We would like to thank our P.T.A. for helping us to offer these

extra-curricular visits through their excellent fundraising. This term

Classes 1 and 2 will be visiting Saltburn on Wednesday 24th June.

Class 1 will learn about features of a seaside locality and Class 2 will

explore plants growing in different habitats at Saltburn Valley Gardens.

Class 3 will be learning about the history of our Kings and Queens

through visiting the Tower of London and the National Portrait Gallery

on London on Wednesday 17th June. The £25 voluntary contribution is

required no later than Friday 15th May.

PTA

We thank the P.T.A. for providing the Easter Eggs as prizes for our egg

decorating competition last term. Mr Biggs had the terrifying job of

judging all the amazing entries. See the examples of these on the back

cover. The Race Night on Sunday 15th March raised £401.00

This term the PTA are very busy with different fundraising events which

we hope you will be able to support. The Bag Packing at Sainsbury’s on

Saturday 25th April raised a fabulous £604.75. Thanks to the 18 children

and their parents who gave up some of their valuable spare time to help

raise this amount.

Future events:

Class 1 Bun Sale on Friday 1st May at 3.30pm

Ice Cream Fridays start on the 8th May outside in the front garden from

3.30pm. Ice-creams will cost 50p.

The Royal Oak in Dacre are hosting a Quiz Night and supper on Sunday

10th May all welcome.

On Sunday 17th May there will be the Car Boot Sale at Pateley Bridge

Showground.

Every Friday throughout May The Royal Oak are holding a meat raffle.

Members of the PTA will be selling raffle tickets. (The meat platters are

from Balsdons).

Finally, there is also to be an end of term celebration BBQ which will be

held from 5.30pm in the rear playground on Tuesday 7th July, after the

sport’s day. More details to follow nearer the time.

Sporting Events

Mr Chisem has continued to develop participation in sport through all

the organised sporting events that have been offered to us.

Mr Chisem will be applying for the Sainsbury’s School Games Gold

Award at the end of this term.

The Year 5/6 High 5 Netball team came fifth out of the six teams that

took part last term.

Tag Rugby was unfortunately cancelled due to bad weather.

The Year 5/6 Quick Sticks Hockey team worked really hard in a tough

tournament.

Last week the Year 1/2 football teams did so well that

one of the teams has gone through to the finals at

Harrogate High School next Thursday from 3.00pm

until 5.00pm

There are ‘Change 4 Life’ festivals taking place next month, details to

follow. Our school sport’s day will be held on

Tuesday 7th July at 1.30pm on the Max Pullen Field.

Mary Fisher’s 80th Birthday celebration

Mary was overwhelmed by the surprise party at school on Wednesday and was

even more surprised to find out that Will Smith and Nick Hancock from Stray FM

turned up to wish her a Happy 80th Birthday.

Lynda our cook and her helpers prepared a delicious spread of food for everyone.

The hall was decorated by Mrs. Parkin and Mrs. Burton and looked fit for a party.

Miss McKenzie made a cake modelled on Mary as the lollipop lady, all the

children were given a piece to take home.

Mary was very emotional throughout the whole time and was so

appreciative of the gifts that we presented to her comprising of B&Q and

gardening vouchers. She can now buy a new furniture set and some plants for

her patio.

Mrs. Binns had been very busy making the most beautifully

decorated memories book for Mary that everyone in school had

contributed towards. Mary took it home to read when she had a

quiet moment to herself. The day was very successful and

enjoyed by everyone, especially Mary.

V.E. Day Celebration

We now have the VE ‘Street Party’ tickets. The event takes place on

Saturday 9th May at Pateley Bridge Memorial Hall, 12.30 - 4.30pm.

There is no charge for this event. If your children are interested in

attending this special event, organised by the Royal British Legion

Nidderdale Branch, please collect your tickets from Janet in the office

by Wednesday next week as they need to know how many children to

cater for.