The Saxton Sentinel 1st May 2015
Individual Colours, Together a Rainbow
Dam Lane, Saxton, Tadcaster, North Yorks, LS24 9QF Tel: 01937 557396 www.saxton.n-yorks.sch.uk
Headteacher Awards
Willow Tree: Meggy Spencer for fantastic
writing about the querk
Sycamore Tree: Leah Eastwood for excellent
effort in spellings
Maple Tree: Elizabeth Melvin for developing
confidence in ‘First Class at number’ with
Mrs Cockeram.
Well done to you all!
All Saints’ Church
3rd
May 2015
Fifth Sunday of Easter
2015 Diary Dates for Your Information
Monday 4th May – Bank Holiday
Wednesday 6th May – meeting re additional field for
all parents 6.00pm
Monday 11th May – Assessment Week begins
Monday 18th May – RE Week begins
Total Energy Club -Yr 1 /2 -3.30pm
Wednesday 20th May – Mrs Younge (gov) visits school
Dentist to visit Willow pm
FOSS meeting 7.30pm Greyhound
Thursday 21st May – Countryside Live (details to follow)
Friday 22nd May – Break up for Half Term
Monday 1st June – Dogs Trust in school am
Total Energy Club -Yr 1 /2 -3.30pm
Tuesday 2nd June – Fr Chris to Church Worship
Friday 5th June – Olympian in school all day
Monday 8th June - Total Energy Club -Yr 1 /2 -3.30pm
Tuesday 9th June - Rev’d Martin Otter Church Worship
Thursday 11th June – Mrs Younge in with School Council
Monday 22nd June – Yr 5 pupils –Chocolate Challenge
Total Energy Club -Yr 1 /2 -3.30pm
Full Governing Body Meeting 7pm
Wednesday 24th June – Yr 6 pupils –Chocolate Challenge
Sunday 28th June – Saxton Scarecrow Festival
Monday 29th June - Total Energy Club -Yr 1 /2 -3.30pm
Wednesday 1st July – Sports’ Day / Summer Fayre pm
Thursday 2nd July – Year 5 Science Day at SHS
9.15am – Family Service (Barkston)
9.15am – Eucharist (Saxton)
9.30am - Parish Mass (Micklefield)
Monday 6th July – RE Week begins
Total Energy Club -Yr 1 /2 -3.30pm
Tuesday 7th July - Rev’d Martin Otter Church Worship
Wednesday 8th July – Leavers’ Treat Day
Friday 10th July – FOSS’ Ceilidh / Barn Dance (details follow)
12 noon – Holy Baptism (Micklefield)
Monday 13th July – Dress Rehearsal in school
Production for parents 2.00pm
Tuesday 14th July - Production for parents 6.00pm
Wednesday 15th July – Bags 2 School Collection
Leavers’ Disco in Village Hall (details to follow)
Friday 17th July – End of Year Assembly
6.30pm – Healing Eucharist (Sherburn)
Break up for summer at 3.30pm
9.30am – First Sunday Service (Sherburn)
11.00am – Eucharist (Aberford)
The Saxton Sentinel 1st May 2015
Individual Colours, Together a Rainbow
Dam Lane, Saxton, Tadcaster, North Yorks, LS24 9QF Tel: 01937 557396 www.saxton.n-yorks.sch.uk
FOSS
Maple Maths Whizz
Last week’s Bun Sale raised a whopping £61.85
This week’s highest achievers are:
Thanks to everyone
who enjoyed a
bun (or three!)
Isabel Strecker
More FOSS
A huge thank you to Becky Youdan (Olivia and
Georgie’s mum) who has submitted an entry to the
PTA UK Most Challenging Outdoor Spaces
Competition.
She has cited the benefits of the provision of an
outdoor learning environment which will further
enhance the children’s understanding of the
outdoor world and its inhabitants as well as giving
us a much needed area for reflection which, as we
are a church school, is a requirement by both the
Christian Church and OFSTED - SMSC (Spiritual,
Social, Moral and Cultural development)
Thank you, Becky and we will wait in anticipation
of a positive outcome.
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Neave Romans who
celebrated her 10th birthday on Monday and to
Abbey Davies who celebrated her 8th birthday
yesterday.
I hope you both had wonderful birthdays!
Happy Birthday to Aaron Foster who will be
celebrating his 10th birthday
tomorrow.
Happy Birthday, Aaron!
Waverley Wrigglesworth
Sycamore Mathletics
Well done to our many Maths Athletes :
Bronze Certificates
Henry Bailey Hague
Alfie Hodgson
Olivia Youdan
Poppy Finn
Harrison Stone
Henry Ward
Isabel Dalton
Elliot Wilkes
Jessica Spavin
Sophia Randerson
Taylor Gledhill
Kirsty Oakley
Alex Dalton
Cameron Oakley
Clara Hinchliffe Martinez
Hattie Armstrong
Dish Up
Are you stuck in a rut at family mealtimes? Do
you want to be inspired and excited by new foods?
Then you need help from CBBC!
We are searching for 8-13 year olds and their families
to take part in an online mini-series where a mystery
chef crashes your kitchen for the day!
If this sounds like something you and your family
would love to try, please visit the “Be on a Show”
page on our website to applyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/cbbc-dish-up-to-beon-a-show
Deadline for applications is 31st May 2015
Filming will take place in July 2015 over one day.
The Saxton Sentinel 1st May 2015
Individual Colours, Together a Rainbow
Dam Lane, Saxton, Tadcaster, North Yorks, LS24 9QF Tel: 01937 557396 www.saxton.n-yorks.sch.uk
Best Work and Presentation Awards
As we are continuing to focus on children’s pride
in their work, Sycamore are displaying
“Best Work” and “Best Handwriting” in class
every Friday.
Today the awards are as follows:
Best Work – Henry Ward
London Marathon
I thought you might like to know , if you haven’t
already heard a very proud mum talking about it, that
my son finished the London Marathon in an amazing
time of 3.19.45. It was a magnificent event as many
of you who watched it on TV will know with runners
dressed as a shoe, batman and an ostrich joined
serious runners and disabled athletes to complete
the gruelling 26.2 miles around the streets of our
capital.
Best Handwriting – Olivia Youdan
Well done to you both!
Pen Licence
A well deserved Pen Licence has been awarded
to Clara Hinchliffe Martinez whose writing as a
Year One pupil is beautifully neat.
Well done,
Clara!
I managed to see him at three different points in the
race: near the Cutty Sark, Canary Wharf and near
the end at Westminster. My heart skipped a beat by
Winston Churchill’s statue as Patrick was obviously
‘hurting’ as all the other runners were but the pride
was immense as he was presented with the official
medal which he wore for a very long time after the
event!
Well done to Mark Hodgson (Katie and
Alfie’s dad) who also completed the race
in a fantastic 3.37.50.
Football
Party Night
Everybody had a great time at Party Night – there
was a great atmosphere and lots of dancing going
on. In total we have raised £1,970.
A big thank you to everyone who helped organise
the event, the people who attended and the very
kind people who have donated their time or
services in the auction in aid of raising money for
the school.
Thank you also to Ben and Rachel for hosting the
event at Dintingdale Resturant.
On Thursday the 30th of April the Year Three and
Four boys played football against Barkston Ash and
Barkston won 4 - 2 . MR G-C said that we all played
really well. We did notwin but we tried our best.
Waves was in goal Taylor H was in defence, I was
right mid-field Theo mid- field, Taylor G left mid field.
And finally Baylee was striker and Taylor scored
both goals.
By Alfred Ward.
The Saxton Sentinel 1st May 2015
Individual Colours, Together a Rainbow
Dam Lane, Saxton, Tadcaster, North Yorks, LS24 9QF Tel: 01937 557396 www.saxton.n-yorks.sch.uk
Summer Term Britishness
We are going to be learning about ‘JUSTICE’ as our Christian value this half term
As you are now aware, we teach the children about Fundamental British values and to further enhance
their learning, we will be conducting our own ‘General Election’ following election procedures to show the
children how systems work in our Country.
We have received a large suitcase full of items used in the House of Commons from Parliament UK
which we will be sharing with the children so that they can get a picture of what goes on in London
especially as we are nearing the Election Day.
Here is Katie Hodgson
ready to take on the
ministers in the House
of Maple!
Village Hall
Bookings can now be made via the new Village Hall website: www.saxtonvillagehall.co.uk
You can email the Village Hall with any other queries on [email protected]
Saxton Scarecrow Festival
Sunday 28th June 2015
Due to the fantastic success in 2013 of Saxton’s first Scarecrow Festival it has been agreed to
hold a second Scarecrow Festival on Sunday 28th June 2015.
Last year we had over 30 scarecrows in the village so we are keen for everyone to once again
get involved and make a scarecrow, but don’t worry you if don’t live in the village we have plenty
of room to showcase scarecrows so if you are keen to make one we will find it a good home.
(There are prizes to be won for the top three scarecrows voted for by the public).
There will be lots to see and do on the day and everyone is welcome.
Please contact Clare Barrowman if you are interested in making a scarecrow at
[email protected] or if you would like to help out in any way then please do get
in touch.
It would be helpful to have an indication of your interest before the 5th of March when we have
our first planning meeting at 7:30pm in Saxton Village Hall – again everyone is welcome.
The Saxton Sentinel 1st May 2015
Individual Colours, Together a Rainbow
Dam Lane, Saxton, Tadcaster, North Yorks, LS24 9QF Tel: 01937 557396 www.saxton.n-yorks.sch.uk