WHELDRAKE WITH THORGANBY

GAZETTE

AUTUMN TERM WEEK 11 FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2016

Note from Miss Shaw Thank-you to everyone who has supported

our joint fundraiser with St Helen’s Church,

Wheldrake at St Crux today.

Do come along to our Christmas

Craft Fair next Wednesday 30th

November 1.20-4.30pm.

Stone Age day at Murton

On a chilly, wet Monday, Class 3 went to

Murton Park to spend the day as Stone Age

people. We could hardly walk because we

had so many layers on!

We went to a Stone Age village and we pre-

tended to kill fake animals. We also made

pottery and we ground flour but it took a

long time to make it. Another activity was

doing cave paintings but we did this on pa-

per not caves. We drew pictures of Stone

Age things and thought about what it was,

what is was used for and what it was made

from.

At the end, the

leader, called

Stone, told us a

story by the fire.

It was a good

day; it was inter-

esting and we

learnt a lot.

STAR OF THE WEEK

Reception Florence Robinson in recognition of her enthusiasm in every-thing she does and for being a fantastic member of the class! Beatrice Smith in recognition of her enthusiasm in everything she does and for being a fantastic member of the class. Year 1 Oliver Calvert for making a super animation on the computer. Ruby Harrison for learning all the Nativity songs by heart and singing them beautifully. Year 2 Rosie Bradley for her creative poem about a barn owl. She used similes ,metaphors and lots of lovely adjectives. Ruby Gilligan for reading a poem about a lion with lovely fluen-cy and expression. The whole class loved her actions too! Year 3- The whole class for their super behaviour during the trip on Monday –we were all very proud of you! Year 4 Bobby Haley for his impressive work to improve in maths this year. He has made great progress and has shown he can work to a very high standard. Eloise Sadler for her incredible multiplication work this week. Her accuracy with 4 digit numbers was amazing! Year 5 Evan Botterill for his super work in mathematics this week. He has been able to tackle tricky fractions problems and help oth-ers along the way. He is a fractions whizz! Lucy Cook for her exceptional and hardworking attitude. She puts 110% into everything she does whilst always having a smile on her face. It is a pleasure to have her in the class. Year 6 Hetty Small for making insightful contributions to guided read-ing discussions. She can use the PEE technique perfectly! Oliver Lockwood for writing an absolutely amazing newspaper report. He always works hard, always has a smile on his face and is making super progress!

GOLDEN SPOON AWARD KS1: Robbie Howie KS2: Fern Thompson

Here we are

practising our

farming skills.

Roving reporters:

Samuel, Aidan and Freddy from Class 6

Cake sale in aid of Save the Elephants

Three girls in Year 5 called Harriet, Georgie and Grace organised a

cake sale on the 23rd of November to Save the Elephants. When

asked why Harriet, the leader of the group, did it she replied “I did it because I like elephants and I want-

ed to save them. “

When Georgie was asked why she joined Harriet, she commented that she decided to help Harriet be-

cause she was her best friend. Harriet's other best friend Grace said “I did the elephant cake sale because

I love elephants and I would like to save them”

The girls have raised £64 pounds so far.

Head teacher’s birthday

Its Ms Shaw`s birthday this week! That’s all we are going

to say for now except this: happy birthday Ms Shaw!

Here is Stone telling Class

3 a story at Murton Park.

School Houses

This week the house cup

was presented to DRAG-ON

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School may be contacted on 01904 553422 or wheldrake.school@york.gov.uk

Governors at be contacted through school or on gov-ernors@wheldrakewiththorganbyschool.york.co.uk

CHURCH SERVICES Sunday 27th November

St. Helen’s Church, Wheldrake and St. Helen’s Church, Thorganby 10.30 a.m. United 5 churches Holy Communion at East Cottingwith

It's getting towards that time of the year. Christmas is coming, so that means only one thing!! Drum rolls please... It's time for York City Football Club’s Christmas Match Programme Cover Competition 2016!!

We are look for children to design a front cover with a Christmas theme for the Christmas fixture’s match programme. The winning picture will be used for the cover of the December Match Programme – York City FC v Torquay United on 17th December 2016. The Prize!! The winning child will also win a family pass for two adults and two children to come along to Bootham Crescent and watch the game on 17th December 2016 3pm kick off.

If you are interested, please print and use the attached document in this e-mail to complete your design. Please send your entry by post to by Friday 2nd December to: Cover Competition, YCFCF, Bootham Crescent, York, YO30 7AQ

Or you could pop down to Bootham Crescent - York City FC Foundations Office and hand your design to a member of the Team.

Our Community Sponsors, Benenden, will judge the entries and the winner will be notified by Monday 12th December (via

school if no home address is given). Good luck, The York City Football Club Foundation Team

COMMUNITY NEWS

Rehearsals are well underway for the Wrig-gly Nativity– don’t forget to get your ticket requests in as soon as possible.

School photo orders

The 10% earlybird discount lasts until 1/12/16– don’t forget to order your pictures, if you would like some.

Wed 30 Nov 1.30-4.30pm Christmas Craft Fair

Thu 1 Dec Non uniform day for Christmas disco

Fri 2 Dec 1.30pm KS2 to A Christmas Carol at Queen Margaret’s School (coaches funded by PTA)