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Gargrave CE (VC) Primary School, Neville Road, Gargrave, BD23 3RE

Tel: 01756 749433 Fax: 01756 749463

Email: admin@gargrave.n-yorks.sch.uk Website Website: www.gargrave.n-yorks.sch.uk

Every Child Counts: Every Child Contributes Issue 18

White Ribbons

Alice (fantastic maths)

Ava-Rose (being a super member of Apple Class)

Hannah & Isabelle (a fabulous retelling of Little Red—amazing writing)

Amelie (Retelling of “stickman” - brilliant!)

Scarlet (brilliant vocabulary)

Leah (great measurement)

Jake (using topic vocabulary)

Layla (a role model to younger children)

Ayaan (hardworking in all lessons)

Evie-Alice (working hard outside school—gymnastics/dancing)

Lola (super handwriting)

James (hardworking in all lessons)

Oliver & Freddie (excellent research and a detailed science presentation)

Ashleigh (excellent goal keeping skills at girls football)

Samuel (showing school values)

Crystal & Boudica (for doing an amazing job learning the lines for the play)

Neive & Grace (for being amazing members of Oak class)

Head Boy & Girl Nominations

Jessica (great singing in the play)

Kaitlin (great acting in rehearsals)

Elsie (for listening well on what to do and performing it with no mistakes)

Finlay (being kind)

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Annual Parental Questionnaire

Your child will have a paper version of our questionnaire for you to complete. We are really

proud of the improvements we have made this year, especially in reading, writing and

maths. We would welcome your responses, including positive examples or experiences for

your child and ideas for deepening our curriculum.

Reports

These will be given to your child next Thursday (11th July). If you have any questions, please

speak to your child’s class teacher before the end of term. Books will be sent out on 12th

July. We need them all back on Monday 15th in order to pass on to the next teacher. We

hope this gives you a picture of the progress your child has made over this academic year.

Thank you.

Summer Reading Challenge—Space Chase

13th July—7th September

To complete Space Chase, you will need to read at least six library books. They can be any

books you like—fact books, joke books, audio books, novels—it’s up to you. Each time you

finish a book, visit Gargrave library to collect the stickers that help you on your way. As you

read your books, keep a record of them in your mission folder.

Get Creative Competition—Space Chase

If you are taking part in the reading challenge, why not enter the get creative

competition. We’re looking for you to create a piece of art inspired by Space Chase! You

could write a story, do a drawing or painting, or make a model, create a code or comic.

Fabulous prizes to be won.

More information will be given in worship on Monday morning by volunteers from Gargrave

and Malhamdale Community Library.

Raving Readers

The reward for those children who have achieved 200 reads is on Friday 12th July.

Miss Hesleden will give your child a “golden ticket” if they have reached 200 reads (or will

do before 12.7.19).

New Member of Staff

Welcome to Miss Preston who has replaced Mrs Ali in Triangle Club.

This is the main choice—there is

a vegetarian option, jacket

potato and sandwiches

available every day (as per

menus sent at the start of term).

Menu

Monday 15th July

Chicken & Tomato Pasta

Grannies Crunch

Tuesday 16th July

Pizza & Chips

Arctic Roll

Wednesday 17th July

Meatballs & Pasta

Rice Pudding

Thursday 18th July

Fish & Chips

Oat Cookie

Friday 19th July

Sausage Roll

Carrot Muffin

Monday 8th July

Fish Fingers & Chips

Lemon Drizzle Bun

Tuesday 9th July

Chicken Korma & Rice

Chocolate Muffin

Wednesday 10th July

Mac & Cheese

Marble Sponge

Thursday 11th July

Chicken Fingers

Apple Crumble & Custard

Friday 12th July

Sausages

Raspberry Biscuit

PTA News

The Duck Race will be held this Sunday 7th July, 12-3pm on the middle

green. All are welcome to come along for a great afternoon of fun!

We have bouncy castles, a dog show, live music, drinks, a hog roast, various

stalls and hopefully, sunshine!

If you are able to donate any baking or tombola prizes, please bring them

along to the middle green around 11am on the day, many thanks.

Tickets will be on sale outside the Co-op this Saturday from 10-10.30am and

12.30-1pm. They are available on the day too!

Next Tuesday we will be providing refreshments during the sports day and

afterwards we will be selling ice creams in the yard for £1.

All information is available on the Facebook Group and on posters outside

school. Any questions, you can email us at PTA@gargrave.n-yorks.sch.uk

Outstanding Payments

The end of term is fast approaching. Please visit the school gateway and pay

for any outstanding trips, lunches, swimming, hoodies and Triangle club

before we break up on 19th July.

Sumdog

All children in Year 3-6 are registered for Sumdog This is an on-line number

calculations website. The North Yorkshire competition runs from 5th-11th July

and allows children to answer up to 1000 questions. There are prizes for the

highest score in the county and class prizes for each day—including the

weekend. Have a go!

Sports Day

You are welcome to attend our annual Sports day on 9th July from 1pm-

3.15pm. This is a traditional event with races for each year group in boys and

girls. Prizes go towards house points and everyone taking part and finishing

gets a point to encourage participation. If the weather is wet, we shall make

a decision in the morning by 10am and inform you via text and web site.

Children may come in their PE kit to school—we shall send kits home on

Monday.

Pupils may wear their house colours on that day, which are:-

Whernside Blue

Penyghent Red Well done to Sharphaw last year. Let’s see

Sharphaw White who wins this year!

Ingleborough Green

Pendle Black

Swimming—Mondays 1-2pm (9th Sept—21st Oct)

All children in Year 4 (current year 3) will swim for a 1 hour lesson (as opposed

to 1/2 hour last year) for 7 weeks along with pupils from year 5 & 6 who would

benefit from extra sessions in order to:-

• Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at

least 25 metres.

• Use a range of strokes effectively

• Perform safe rescue in different water based situations

Children in Y5/Y6 not swimming will have a PE lesson through Kanga sports. A

letter to those involved will follow.

Menu

A paper menu has been sent home today with your child showing the new

Autumn menu, including a vegetarian, jacket potato or sandwich option

each day. This will take effect when we return to school on

3rd September. Please speak to your child about their preference and return

to school before we break up on 19th July.

Gargrave Warriors

Well what can I say? What an absolutely fabulous day we all had (without exception). Team spirit was high, the

weather was perfect—not raining and not too hot and sunny. We set off with a gentle run, got around the corner to

find the first obstacle—a steep hill which we had to run up, down, up, down and then up again—nothing like getting

gently into it! Ran another km or so into a wooded area which is when we hit the mud—you have never seen mud like

it. Another few obstacles consisted of jumping over fire into it, crawling through tunnels filled with it and climbing up

hills and sliding down the other side into muddy water. Some of the mud smelled so bad that everybody came out

with circles of flies around their head like in a cartoon! Anyway I could go on, but I’m sure some of the photos below

tell our story. We completed the 12k challenge in 2hours 40 minutes.

Our fundraising page on rocket fund https://rocket.fund/p/GargraveWarriors/ is still up and running until next week in

the hope that we can raise more money. As of today we have raised a magnificent £5,700 which will go towards new

IT equipment. Thank you to everyone who has donated or pledged money. It is not too late to donate— there are

three ways in which you can do this:-

Sponsorship form in reception

Rocket fund (link above)

School Gateway (minimum donation £2)

Sealed Bid Auction

As mentioned on the last newsletter we have the following gifts to auction:-

• Return flights for 2 adults to any European destination with Jet2

• A family ticket for The North Yorkshire Moors Railway from Pickering to Whitby (or return)

• A private hangar visit at Leeds/Bradford airport together with goody bag

• A Silentnight cuddly hippo

These will go to the highest bidder in a sealed bid auction. Bidders place bids ‘secretly’, and are unaware of what

others have bid in the auction. Thus bidders do not engage in competition with other bidders. They instead make bids

based upon what they consider the item’s market value to be. Bids are only revealed at the end of the auction, and

the bidder who placed the highest bid wins. Bids should be returned to school by 9am on Monday 15th July at the

latest. Jane Ellis, Chair of Governors will open all the sealed envelopes and announce the winners at the end of the

day. Please complete and return the bid form attached at the end of the newsletter and return to school in a sealed

envelope. If you would like to bid for more than one item, please complete a separate form and return in a separate

envelope. Terms and Conditions apply.

Parent Governor Vacancy

There is to be an election for parent Governors. The governing body, when it is complete, will be

made up of 9 Governors of which 2 will be elected by the parents. There is currently 1 parent

governor place to be filled.

The term “parent” includes anyone who has custody of a child registered at the school, as well

as “natural” parents. Parents can stand for election and vote in secret in the election, if a ballot

is needed.

Parent Governors have a four year term of office and continue to serve even if their child(ren)

leaves the school during this period.

What Do Governors Do?

Their task is to govern the school. This means focusing on the core functions of providing strategic

leadership, holding the headteacher to account and making sure the school’s money is well

spent. This is a demanding task for which all governors need to have, or develop, relevant and

appropriate skills.

The skills that would be of interest to the governing body (as identified in our skills audit) are:

Ability to interpret data

Leadership experience in education, governance or another sector

Experience of change management and project management

School financial management

Experience of school sector HR policy and processes

Literacy, maths or other curriculum interests

If you are appointed, you would be required to complete a skills audit (which is carried out annu-

ally by all governors) and sign the National Governors Association Code of Conduct.

What is expected of governors?

• To acknowledge that accepting office as a governor involves the commitment of

significant amounts of time and energy (we consider the minimum amount of time is 25

hours per term which includes attending monthly meetings, visiting classes to monitor and

report on core subjects, being available to meet with external contacts of the school,

including Ofsted inspectors and attend training as and when required).

• To strive to work as a team in which constructive working relationships are actively

promoted.

• To observe complete confidentiality when matters are deemed confidential or where they

concern specific members of staff or pupils, both inside or outside school.

• To accept collective responsibility for all decisions made by the board or its delegated

agents. This means that we will not speak against majority decisions outside the governing

board meeting.

Please contact Sharon Aldous, Clerk to governors if you are interested in being nominated as

parent governor who will provide you with a more detailed “job specification” and a nomination

paper.

Closing date for nominations is 18th July 2019.

Gargrave Warriors Sealed Bid Auction

Please complete a separate form for each prize you would like to bid for and return to

school by 9am on Monday 15th July.

I, (please insert name) …………………………..……………………………… would like to bid

for the following prize (please circle which one).

2 x adults Jet2 tickets

Family North Yorkshire Railway Tickets

Private Hangar visit at Leeds/Bradford Airport

Silentnight Cuddly Hippo

I would like to place a secret bid of £………….…. And can be contacted on

…………………………………..….. (telephone number)

Terms & Conditions Return flights for 2 adults to Any European Destination

from any Jet2.com UK base from which Jet2.com flies directly to the destination. Please see www.jet2.com for details

on flight times and timetables. Please note: some flights do not operate all year round.

To take advantage of your prize, flights must be booked before 28 August 2019 and taken by 31 August 2020. Please

refer to the terms and conditions below. Flights are subject to availability and are non transferable.

Terms & Conditions Flights are subject to availability and may not be taken at peak periods such as Christmas, New

Year and Bank/School Holidays: please see www.jet2.com/promotions for further terms and restrictions. A restricted

number of free seats are available per flight, Jet2.com reserve the right to offer an alternative date/destination to the

one offered if this allocation is met. Flights must be booked by and taken by dates as specified in the competition

terms and conditions or by Jet2.com. Changes to names and travel dates are subject to the standard change fee

plus any difference in fare as outlined in Jet2.com’s general terms and conditions of carriage, which can be found at

www.jet2.com. Flights may be changed or cancelled by the airline for administrative reasons without prior notice. In

accordance with our terms and conditions, Jet2.com’s schedules are not guaranteed. Any changes will be notified

via email. One item of checked baggage up to 22kg and one item of hand luggage up to 10kg is included per per-

son. Flights may not be exchanged for cash and may only be taken by the competition winner along with the stated

number of other travellers. Flights must be taken at the same time and with the same departure and return airport

and are non-transferable. Jet2.com recommends that you take out your own insurance as this is not included in this

prize. You must have a valid email address to claim this prize. Excludes New York, Iceland and Christmas Market flights

unless stated.

Family North Yorkshire Railway Ticket from Pickering-Whitby (or return) Expires 1 January 2020. Not valid for special event days or on Pullman Dining Trains. 2 x adults & 2 x children only.

Voucher must be exchanged at an NYMR booking office prior to travel. Not to be used in conjunction with any other

offers. Voucher cannot be sold o re-sold and is not transferable or redeemable for cash.

Private Hangar Visit The hangar visit is being offered by one of the teacher’s husbands at Leeds/Bradford, not in conjunction with any

airline and needs to be at a mutually agreed time. Visitors will need to be able bodied due to the nature of the

environment and what they get to see will depend on what’s in the hangar on the day.

Silentnight Cuddly Hippo Lots of love and affection to be provided!

Bids should be returned to school by 9am on Monday 15th July. Jane Ellis, Chair of Governors will open all the sealed

envelopes and announce the winners at the end of the day.