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Garg
rave C
of E P
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ary
School
Thurs
day 4
th J
uly
2019
Gargrave CE (VC) Primary School, Neville Road, Gargrave, BD23 3RE
Tel: 01756 749433 Fax: 01756 749463
Email: [email protected] 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 [email protected]
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.