Woodleigh School Magazine 2005

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MADDIE HALLTHE FLOWER(above)

pastel, 50 x 50 cm 2005

To create her work, Maddie Hall used cartridge paper to draw on and chalk pastels to blend

colours and add highlights. A bold background was used to make the vivid tones on each

petal stand out.


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{ C ON T EN T S }

ALL CHANGEWhats new at Woodleigh

B Y G E O R G E H A R R I S O N

{ N E W S } 5

GARDEN PARTYEsthers golden duck

B Y T H O M A S T U R N E R

{ F E A T U R E S } 6

HOUSE PLAYSCaberets, musicals and nativities

B Y L U C Y S O A N E S

{ A R T S } 1

BAND ON TVTyne Tees shock for school players

B Y B E N K N O W L S O N

{ M U S I C } 16

THE DOORAnd whats behind it

B Y T H O M A S S A U N D E R S

{ F O L I O } 0

CEST WOODLEIGHThe world according to Antoine and Jean

B Y A N T O I N E C O G I S

{ W O O D L E I G H } 4

ALL THE ACTIONSeason reviews for boys and girls games

B Y S T A F F W R I T E R S

{ S P O R T } 5-

RECENT PHOTOSLife around the school

B Y S T A F F P H O T O G R A P H E R S

{ G A L L E R Y } 4


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EXCITING

CHANGES AT

WOODLEIGH

By GEORGE HARRISONYEAR SEVEN

AT WOODLEIGH School there have been a lot o changes recently.

A new oor has been laid in the gym, to replace the old wooden surace. Underoor

heating has also been added. The new playing surace should be antastic or badmin-

ton and small sided ootball.

The new tennis court has just been completed. It will be used by the school and also

hired out to the local primary school. The area will double up as a fve a side ootball

pitch.

The entrance drive has been revamped and resuraced and is now looking verysmart.

We have a new teacher - Mr Tolkien, who replaces Miss Wilson. He teaches English

and ootball. He is good with computers and electrical things.

A number o old trees have been cut down. The large tree next to the driveway was

cut into pieces. Year Seven and Eight managed to move one o the largest sections in a

PSHE lesson on cooperation. Other larger sections will be used to make new benches

to be used around the school.

Some o the smaller logs are being used by Year Seven to create a totem pole which

is going to welcome people at the back gate. Apparently there will be a sculpture o Mr

Mills on the top, ashioned rom old bits and pieces o trees.

Pupils in Year Eight have used the wood or a variety o design projects, including

a magnifcant caterpilllar, eatures on pages & , and also some artistic wild mush-rooms.

PHOTOs: PsHE slOTs inTO PlacE,

nEw TEnnis cOurTs laid, sET and

TarmacEd and a drivEway in a day


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THE SUMMER Garden Party. There

were games such as Tombola, ootball

speed shot, beat the goalkeeper and a gi-

ant rae.

Stalls included plant sales, cakes and

bookshops. A tasty barbeque sold sausag-

es in the middle.1000 was raised or the new gymna-

sium oor.

Ben Knowlson, Esther Ryan, Mr Eng-

land, Ed Bloom, Justin Birkett all took

part in the race in the duck race.

The stream that they were racing on

had lots o twists and turns, at the end o

the race there was a fve-oot high water

all. It was ater a week o making the

boats and it was time or the big race.

The boats were amazing and all o the

people that made the boats looked reallycompetitive against each other.

By THOMAS TURNERYEAR SEVEN

Esthers duck in

THE Kids Lit quiz is a huge multination-

al event run a fve countries including the

UK and New Zealand. This year it was

held in Huddersfeld.

The quiz consisted o ten rounds, each

on a completely dierent literary category.

For example phenomenally difcult ques-

tions were posed on Cats, Harry Potter,Middle Earth and frst lines o novels.

In between the main rounds there were

bonus rounds where spot prizes could be

won. Book tokens and pound coins ew

around the room. Winners included Mr

Tolkien, who correctly answered a ques-

tion about Mr Tolkien.

Overall, Woodleigh fnished twelth

out o over 50 schools.

Mr Tolkien, having heard news o

a public speaking contest, called Youth

Speaks, being held at Lady Lumleys

School in Pickering immediately organ-ised a team o fve experts.

There were three speakers and two

prompters. He had less than a week to

prepare the ultimate speaking team. The

subject was the importance o sport in

By MILES MURKETTYEAR SEVEN

English gets competitive with Kids Lit

quiz and Youth Speakseducation.

At Lady Lumleys the tension was

enormous. When it came to our turn

the tension had grown tenold. As they

walked up to the speech desk you could

see the sweat running o there aces like

a waterall. Isobel introduced the rest o

the team.The other schools attending included

Lady Lumleys, Ryedale, Norton College,

and Malton.

The standard was extraordinarily high.

The quality o language used in many o

the prepared speeches was surprisingly

good.

Malton emerged the winners, using a

combination o humour and persuasion.


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Then all o a sudden the people that

competed in the duck race jumped into

the stream and put their boats into the

water with them still holding them. They

were staring at the starting ag, which

was a chequered ag.

The ag went down, the people let goo the ducks then ran onto the land to ol-

low them. The ducks came round the frst

corner and went into the side and then

carried on.

All o a sudden the ducks started

speeding up and went round the second

corner and smashed into the side and

bounced o.

It was the last straight and the ducks

got lots o speed. They eventually shot o

the waterall. It was amazing. Esther Ryan

won the duck race with a great smile onher ace.

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THIS YEARS ski trip set o or Bormio,

in Italy, where World Cup races are run.

The hotel was set on a beautiul hillside

overlooking the alpine scenery.

We arrived all tired and ready to sleep.

Once the equipment was hired rom the

nearby ski shop everyone avidly set o

or the slopes.

The group took part in group lessons ,

slalom races and mad downhill dashes or

the brave.

Ater our days we went to Livigno orlots and lots o shopping which was very

popular with all the girls.

The hotel rooms were very posh and

the beds were very comortable. In our

rooms we had our own TV and our own

key.

The ood in the hotel was very tasty,

apart rom the chewy chicken nuggets

which were in act squid, and you could

get a drink rom the bar whenever you

wanted to.

When we arrived back all our ami-

lies were waiting patiently to greet us atWoodleigh

By BRADLEY WHITE & TOM STOKOEYEAR SEVEN

Bormio is best says Brad


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OUR TRIP to Fountains Abbey was reallygood. The objective o the day was to live

the lie o a monk. We walked to Swanley

Grange to get our habits on.

Then we walked down to the abbey

with our habits on, we put our hoods over

our heads and put our arms together. We

had to put our heads down and respect

the peace. Father Abbot asked us what we

had heard while we were walking down

to the Abbey. I said I had heard a bird.

We walked onto a big patch o grass,

where the monks had sheltered or a year.When new people came, Father Abbot

would ask them why they wanted to be amonk.

In their girdles there were wax tablets

and daggers. Not or sel deence. They

used them or cutting wood and cutting

fsh.

Ater we walked down to the Abbey,

the man asked us what was there that

was useul. Some people said the river,

because it was good or drinking, wash-

ing and cooking.

Ater that we walked into the Abbey,

down a big passage to the altar, wherewe prayed. Then we went to the Chapter

House to get punished. Then we wentto the Warming Room. In the Warming

Room they bled them with leeches.

Ater that we went to the Reectory,

where the monks ate.

Near the Reectory was the kitchen.

There used to be a table which turns to

give the ood.

In the Cloister, they would read and

write. We went to the Store Room, where

they kept the ood.

Ater that we went to the lay broth-

ers dining room. The lay brothers do thework around the abbey.

The right habits - Year Six visit Fountains Abbey to live like

medieval monks

By WILLIAM MEGGINSONYEAR SIX


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THE Woodleigh pedal push is a tight winding course all around

the school, with ats, hills and steep slopes. It is one o the tough-

est courses in Yorkshire, oten compared to the Tour de France.

The peleton was greeted with regular rereshment breaks to

keep the riders going.

A wide variety o vehicles, rom scooters and rollerblades,

to buggies and tractors oten crashed with riders alling o and

having to call the mobile repair to get them back on the road.

At the end o the day all the competitors were awarded med-

als in recognition o their acheivements. Everyone went home

very happy and very hot.

All the sponsorship money raised or uture unding o spe-cial occaisions.

Pedal power circuit grips WoodleighBy MILES MURKETTYEAR SEVEN


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MYSELF, Miles Murkett the guitarist, Charlie Carveles the drummer and Lewis Welch

the part-time bass player all practise when we can. We usually play in the drum room

on a Friday beore lunch. The best thing about playing the guitar is the noise, you can

make as much as you like and you dont get in trouble, as long as you have got some

skill. I I play with the window open people coming up the hill outside our house stop

and listen to my music. Sometimes I even get complaints rom the neighbours because I

play too loud. My avourite songs to rock on my guitar are the Darkness I believe in a

thing called love, Feeders Buck Rogers , and last but defnitely not least, The red-hot

Chili Peppers Cant stop.

Playing live is difcult. To start with you are very nervous, not knowing whether

the crowd are going to like you or not. But as soon as you start playing all o the nerv-

ousness disappears and you eel much more confdent. When you sit down aterwardsthere is a huge sense o relie that you did it.

Blue Orchid - White Stripes

Vertigo - U2

Take me out - Franz Ferdinand

Holiday - Greenday

Pretty y - The Ospring

American Idiot - Greenday

Buck Rogers - Feeder

I believe in a thing called love -

Darkness

Everybodys changing - Keane

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By MILES MURKETTYEAR SEVEN

The Prejudice is one to watch


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EVERY Winter term all our houses,

North South, East and West produce a

play. The same script is used or all our

plays, but the interpretations and sets

vary widely.

This years house play was about someposh people who had no money who lived

in a large, but flthy, house. However,

their Aunt Nell was rolling in it, so they

hatched an evil plot to do her in and col-

lect the inheritance.

Numerous hal-baked attempts on her

lie ensue until it transpires that Aunt

Nell lost all her money on the horses.

When conronted with their evil deeds,

they give the Aunt a battered painting as

compensation. Later they read that she

has sold the old master at auction.

This year East won, eaturing a vir-

tuoso perormance rom Tom Dales.

The plays were judged on how well

the lines were learned, the standard oscenery, the level o acting perormances

and how eectively costumes and props

were used.

Nursery, Reception, and Years One

and Two perormed a spectacular play

about a penguin who was too young to go

with his amily on holiday.

This years Cabaret-in-a-day was on

Friday nd February. Each play was

based on an traditional Arican myth,

and the music eatured Arican drums,

rhythms and dances.At the start o the play, once the au-

dience were all sitting down, the cast

danced, weaving between the tables to

the stage. The band eatured Arican in-

struments and everyone wore authentic

costumes.

All the children sang Arican songs,

or example, the goodbye song and the

hello song. In total, our Arican para-

bles where presented in the gym, which

was carpeted or the day and adorned

with spectacular Arican wall hangingsand sparkly lighting.

By LUCY SOANES & CANDY FONGYEAR SEVEN

Kill the aunt,

an African cabaretand unhappy

penguins

Tom Daless menacing laugh.

Joe Robinson and Thomas Turner

squirting water at the audience.

The clock kept alling o the stage.

Lorn McNaughtons surreal script

changes.

South orgot to use their canoe.

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Ingleborough

no problem forintrepid

Woodleigh

walkers

INTREPID Woodleigh explorers aced the three peaks on a spring

term activity weekend to raise unds or the new tennis courts.First, Whernside loomed large. Winding paths grew ever

steeper but all managed to win the battle. Cold, wind and drizzle

hampered all on the way down.

Five hours later a welcoming pub beckoned at the end. Brad-

leys dad cheated, racing ahead in a Lotus.

Ingleborough loomed large and grey ater lunch. Hail bom-

barded the party as mist crept in. Morale ell as the path end-

lessly circled. Hours o heavy trudging in mud, moss and slime

proved no match or these hikers.

Steep doesnt do it justice. Loose rocks and slippery condi-

tions, mini landslides and near disasters, said Edward Bloom,

almost taking the quick way.Timber Lodge provided overnight respite.

The smell o a ull English breakast enticed the weary to

consider the fnal challenge: Pen Y Ghent.

The hill was uncompromisingly vertical. Apparently, Tho-

mas Turner heard there were wild trues at the top, and he

nosed into the lead.

Mrs Murkett snapped the joyous moment celebrating the as-

cent.

According to Year , K and the Matterhorn are up next.

Other activity weekends this year have included a Chinese

themed two days including authentic ood and crat making, a

walking , clying and running event to raise money or charity,and canoeing in the local countryside around Malton.

By JASON BIRKETT & ED BLOOMYEAR SEVEN


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THOMAS Turner, Ben Knowlson, Lewis Welch, William Meg-

ginson, Jack Redern, Rob Mewburn and Clayton Hill canoed atthe Rydal Lake.

The groups were in two-man canoes. Every canoe tipped

over at least once.

With everybody wet and cold we rowed over to the nearest

island to get some hot drinks and a block o chocolate. Some

people did exercises to keep warm beore getting back into the

canoes.

With everybody at the location it was time to head back to

the boat shed to put the canoes away.

Then we set o or the most exiting bike ride I have ever ex-

perienced in my whole lie so ar. We had cycled an exhausting

one to two miles towards a mountain, which looked like a greatmonster.

Eventually ater the tiring ride we started to head up a road

which was at about orty-fve degrees. At the ront Brad White

and Miles Murkett were cycling all the way up without walking,

but all o the other cyclists started to walk up the rough road.

The route was getting steeper and steeper, then all o a sud-

den Ted Foster came zooming past me and ell o. Three quar-

ters o the way down Miles jumped o a fve oot drop and then

came o but ortunately did not hurt himsel.

When we got to the bottom o the path we stopped at Ryedale

Water or a rest. Once everybody had recovered rom the eight

mile bike ride which we had just cycled, we set o again towardsthe camp site.

Canoeing and

daredevilmountain

bike riding on

frst campBy BEN KNOWLSON & MILES MURKETTYEAR SEVEN

When Ben Knowlson got stuck in the

lake on a mountain bike.

Miles Murkett wished he hadnt eaten

that pot noodle the night beore.

Will Megginson leaned to the let,

Ben Knowlson leaned to the let. Thecanoe capsized.

Lewis Welch and Thomas Turner set

up their tent in a puddle.

Tom Stokoe ell on his tent which

collapsed spectacularly.

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MUSICIANS rom Woodleigh School set

o to Durham this term, or a day packed

ull o music.We were one o many independent

schools taking part in a challenge to learn

two pieces in one day. To add to the pres-

sure, the perormance was at three oclock

that very aternoon.

When the musicians arrived they were

separated into Brass, Woodwind and Per-

cussion. The three groups went o to be

given their pieces and learn them.

The frst tune was one everyone knew

- the one and only James Bond Live and

Let Die theme.Time to get down to business - instru-

ments were tuned up and raring to go.

Bar by bar the tune gradually made

more sense. With a bit o practice andhard work we got used to the sight read-

ing.

Ater an hour o non-stop playing and

rehearsing it was time to put down the

James Bond theme and look to the second

piece; the Blue Danube waltz. To some o

the musicians the piece looked a lot more

complicated.

This time each part played their frst

line, so they knew what it sounded like

and to keep everyone together. Ater

more hard practice and concentration itgradually came good.

Ater lunch, the Brass players bumped

into the Woodwind players who let slip

that the concert would be recorded byTyne Tees television or the evening

news.

This came as an enormous shock. The

pressure increased!

All the groups got together and re-

hearsed as one. The practice sounded

great and beore anyone knew it, the

clock struck three.

It was the moment o truth or the mu-

sicians.

All the players played the notes in

ront o them and sounded absolutelybrilliant. It was a great day out.

TV surprise for school musiciansBy BEN KNOWLSONYEAR SEVEN


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THERE was once a dragon the size o a house. He was just having

his ortieth birthday. He had green wings and he had big and small

blue spikes. He had teeth the size o a T-Rexs.

He had claws as sharp as a spear. He had a tail that was longer

than a rocket. He had a red and scaly back and he had spikes. He

didnt like to be orty because he didnt want to grow up. His namewas James.

James cave was dark and ghostly. The cave was at a top o a

mountain where the sea was and the dragon could y down and

grab fsh .The cave had drawings and cobwebs and spiders the

drawings showed a great battle against dragons and James was

one o the kings.

He has two hours sleep and then practises liting rocks with his

tail. Then he eats 3000 tons o ood a day. He is unhappy because

he doesnt have a door. He needs a microwave because he might

not be able to breathe fre.

A princess came to the cave. She had golden hair that swishes

in the wind and she wore a beautiul gold and pink rock. On herhead she was wearing a crown. It was bright yellow with a red ruby

in the middle o it. Her name was Sam Gillingham. Sam was eight-

een years old. She was helpul but sometimes she was bossy.

Sam came to the cave or dragon scales because she wanted to

be rich to make her palace better. She got to the cave by carriage

and rode to the bottom o the mountain and climbed up. When she

got there she went in with a spear.The dragon looked up and saw her. He was delighted to see

Sam and said, Please come in or a cup o tea. Sam looked and

said its dark and ghostly in here. Using her phone she ordered a

big, blue, bright door rom the castle and she ordered the best mi-

crowave they had.

The dragon did most o the work because he was excited to

have a dierent cave. When it was fnished it looked abulous.

James was very, very pleased with the door and the chimney and

the new house was brilliant.

He thanked Sam with some treasure and a new crown. They

celebrated with a Princess and Friendly Dragon Party. Sam didnt

go home, instead she practised running away rom dragons. Jamespractised chasing Sam, and they lived happily ater.

JONTY GILLINGHAMA DRAGON STORY(below)

year 2 literacy, 2005

RECEPTIONFOUNDATION STAGE FUN(above)

2005

Foundation Stage Fun! Trips this year have in-

cluded a visit to Cruckly Animal Farm, a day at

Boggle Hole or a rock-pooling adventure and a

ossil hunt and a day at Beck Isle Museum where

the children learned about lie in the past. They

dressed in period costume, wrote on slates, had

a go at brass rubbing and used a washboard and

a dolly stick to wash some clothes.


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NURSERY & RECEPTIONMINIBEAST HOMES(above)

spring term 2005

As part o the Nursery and Receptions guardian partnership scheme with the National

Trust, Mark Bradley and his team have spent two days with us this term. The children

were able to hone their wood working skills when making minibeast homes or bug

boxes. They hammered a basic wooden box together and flled up the space with

diering sizes o bamboo cane. These boxes provide a warm, dry and sae

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YEAR FIVETHE DOOR(below)

spring term 2004

descriptive writing

by Thomas Saunders

When I opened the door I saw a maze o conusing thoughts, permanently shimmering

and changing. The more conused I became, the more conusing the maze seemed, or

the maze was my conused thoughts.

I fnally realised that, and as soon as this happened I sat down and stopped trying,

and it slowly cleared. Now I was in the midst o a beautiul city. I thought - that tower!

and immediately I was at the top o it.

Up there I could see the wonderul world I was in: orchards, undtended, but per-

ect; I could see moors and ruitul felds. I leapt o the tower and ound I could y.

I landed in a pear tree and saw words carved into the trunks. There were 42 trees.

Seven said love, seven said riendship, seven joy, seven reedom and seven knowl-

edge.

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YEAR SIXINSIDE THE HOLE OF HORCUM (above)

autumn term 2004

geography eldwork /english myths

& legends

by Guy Gilliat

Last term, Year Six went on a Geography feldwork trip to the Hole o Horcum, which is

ound near Saltergate car park.

At the Hole o Horcum, there was an overow channel rom the Esk lake, which was

ormed when the River Esk ooded down to Lake Pickering. (The Vale o Pickering) In

the Vale o Pickering, all the felds are ull o crops, this is because the silt let rom the

lake is very rich and good or agriculture.

Wade and Bell were giants who lived

in the local area. Once, Wade became

angry with his wie Bell, and scooped

up a clod o earth to throw at her. He

missed.

The hole let by the scooped earth

can be seen today as the massive Hole

o Horcum. The clod which missed Bell

has become Blakey Topping, an oddshaped hill a mile rom Saltergate car

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The world ew about him. Trees swirled,

sky swirled, bones crunched. The track met

his ace like a slap rom lie itsel. Rocks and

grit embedded in his lips and fltered inside

his mouth and onto his tongue. Louis ridestopped.

Eyes wide and bright stared at all that

was peaceul. Birds soared above, occa-

sionally perching to spy a closer view. The

sound o a ar o waterall splashing and

sploshing permeated through the woods.

Even the insects spoke. Beore the crying.

And the wailing. And the shouting:

Mummy!

YEAR SEVEN

BIKE CRASH (below)autumn term 2004

english - descriptions

by Bradley White

YEAR EIGHTCATERPILLAR WOOD SCULPTURE (spread)

summer term 2005

design and technology project

by Mairi Aitken



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The postcard arrived. Father read it and then

went to tell mother. Neither me nor Anne

could hear what they were saying as they

put us in our playroom. When they had fn-

ished, while they were upstairs I went into

the kitchen and ound the postcard on the

oor. I picked it up and read it rom top to

bottom. We have to move away and share

an annex with the van Daan amily.

We packed our bags and got ready to

move. Mother and ather were lookingorward to moving and living with the van

Daans, but personally, I was dreading it. It

must be awul sharing a house with the

van Daans especially Peter van Daan (Mr

and Mrs van Daans son) because he never

brushes his teeth and he is so at.

We have moved into the annex. I hate it.

Its not just the van Daans, its everything.

The bedrooms are reezing, theres no hot

water and I can never get a signal on my ra-

dio. Mother and ather love it, but person-

ally I would rather sleep in a rabbits hutch.All we do is stay in one room all day. That is

one whole day in the same room as Peter

van Daan.

Today he stole my sweets while I sat

on the toilet. For lunch, we had some resh

ruit, or dinner we had fsh and or supper

we had some cake which mother and Mrs

van Daan made. Its nearly time or bed

now, I hope tomorrow is better.

YEAR SEVENMARGOTS POINT OF VIEW (below)

autumn term 2004

english - autobiographies, based on

The Diary o Anne Frank

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Woodleigh is like a big house where

everbody knows everybody else.

The breaks and sports and

tournaments are really good.

The activities during the weekend

and the camps are excellent.

The swimming pool and house

events.

The tennis court and bike riding.

The lessons, because they are quite

easy and short.

The ootball on the back lawn.

The teachers are interesting.

Pupils are riendly with oreigners.

Matches at the weekend.

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Vive la vie WoodleighBy ANTOINE COGIS & JEAN PAULHANYEAR SEVEN

WOODLEIGH School is bigger than my

school, at mine we havent a swimming

pool, we havent horses and we cant

do biking because the playground is too

small.

The lessons begins at .0 a.m. inFrance, in England at Woodleigh school

Langton its better because the lessons be-

gins at .00 a.m.

In my school, in France the lessons are

during 50 minutes and in England its 40

minutes.

Here we can play tennis, we cant

in mine school. At Woodleigh we do

sometimes canoeing and we have many

camps.

For example, there are activity week-

ends and also frst and second camps orthe children in years six to eight.

Oten we have a practise or making

tents or or cooking in mountains. Its

very interesting and educational.

At France its very rare because we

havent so many rivers. Sometimes we go

to museums with my school in France, like the Louvre, but its not always very

interesting.

For sport, we have a big pitch, where

we can play ootball, netball, cricket, rug-

by and more sports.

I let my French school on the 1th

April 005 to come here, now I am very

happy and my English is much better.

My brother and my cousin, will go

to Howsham, another school next to

Woodleigh.

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Football well poised forimprovement

Best goal - Sunny Chan in the top let

hand corner against Bramcote.

Best attempt at goal - Ricky Chiu

shooting rom the hal-way line.

Best win - home vs Reed.

Player o the season - Joe Robinson.

Best moment o complete chaos -

away at Terrington.

Best miss - Brad White rom fve yards

out.

Best desparate lunge by keeper -

Lewis Welch away at Hurworth.

Best penalty - Brad White away at

Bramcote.

Best penalty save - Clayton Hill vs

Sta. Almost.

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By BEN KNOWLSONYEAR SEVEN

WOODLEIGHS ootball sides showed

immense improvements this season.

The u1 side started brightly in Bram-

cotes 5-a-side tournament. Brad Whitescored three, and Sunny Chan scored one.

Despite beating Minster comortably, the

side just missed qualiying or the knock-

out stages.

With a small squad, the senior side

struggled against more experienced teams

in the eleven-a-side matches. However,

Woodleigh ended the season strongly,

fnishing equal frst in their home tourna-

ment in March.

The under 11s played with great air

at certain times, and wanton abandon atothers.

At the Cundal 5-a-side tournament

Woodleigh cruised to a semi fnal berth

beore losing to a pacy Hurworth side

who went on to win the event.A mid season dip ollowed, but a re-

surgence was complete when the second

team won Lisvanes annual mini soccer

estival, and the frst team comprehen-

sively outplayed Minster.

The under nines started with a antas-

tic perormce to reach the semi-fnals at

Cundall Manor, and despite some unor-

tunate losses in November and Decem-

ber, managed to fnish the Spring term

unbeaten.

The win at Bramcote was defnitelythe highlight.


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By LUCY SOANES YEAR SEVEN

IN GIRLS games we play rounders and

tennis in the summer. Mrs Johnston and

Madame Matique teach us the sport we

play at games.

At the start o summer we do play

rounders but i its too wet we go in the

gym. Tennis is normally played in the

middle o summer when it is warm.Year , , 6 and 5 girls usually play

rounders together so the year 5s and 6s

can get help rom people older than them.

Matches or girls are on Wednesdays

and Saturdays. Mixed rounders is played

about twice a year.

Lately we have played an under 11s

mixed rounders match and that was won

by us with a score o -0. At the end o

the summer most people improve on their

catching, throwing, and batting.

In winter we play hockey and netball.Our top score is 5-4 against Belmont

Grosvenor and one o our hockey scores

in the under 1s was 4-1 against Fyling Hall.

The under 11s and under 1s play

together most o the time so the under

11s have some competition and some

tips rom people that are older than them.

Nearly every games time the girls play

hockey unless they are doing a run.

Great season or Girls

U13 vs Belmont Grosvenor - WON


U11 vs Bramcote - LOSTU9 vs Bramcote - LOST

U13 vs Bramcote - LOST

U13 vs Terrington - WON


U11 vs Fyling Hall - WON

U11 vs Lisvane - LOST

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Close battle for cup

ALL YEAR the school houses, North,

South, East and West compete against

each other in Football, Hockey, Swim-

ming, Rounders and Athletics tourna-

ments.

Competition has been ferce. South

won the Football easily. East won the

Hockey ater a close encounter.House Basketball was cancelled. The

next house competition was Sports day.

East won and South were second. North

came third.

House rounders was very close but

East won again. South came second,

North third and unhappy West came

ourth.

East won the overall house championship.

The senior pupils who entered the

By BEN KNOWLSONYEAR SEVEN

Tennis - Joe Robinson

Chess - Ricky Chiu

Badminton - Ricky ChiuTable Tennis - Ricky Chiu

Snooker - Bradley White

Tennis - Louis White

Snooker - Philip Johnston

Table Tennis - Philip Johnston

Junior Badminton - cancelled

Badminton tournament spent the morn-

ing at Pocklington sports centre to play

our hotly contested rounds.

The frst round results proved unex-

pected. In the frst match, Ed Bloom was

knocked out by Candy Fong with an 11-

shocker. There were more surprises

to ollow. Just beore the second round,the seeded players arrived in a convoy o

cars.

Alan Lee, Brad White and Mairi

Aitken all ell at the fnal hurdles leaving

Jean Paulhan to take on the mighty smash

o Ricky Chiu.

Ricky proved indestructable, romping

to a 14-5 lead in under ten minutes. Jean

survived three matchpoints beore being

trounced 15-6.

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RESULTSSenior tournaments

Junior tournaments


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East !By BEN KNOWLSONYEAR SEVEN


SPORTS day 005 was ull o races which included 100msprint, 00m sprint, 400m and 00m. There were also vari-

ous house events during the aternoon which included hur-

dles, throwing tennis balls into buckets, a maze and hoop

throwing.

All events were very successul and all got brilliant times.

The year -5 boys 00m were well attempted. For North

Edward Megginson came rd with a time o .4 seconds.

For East, Oliver Medorth came 1st with an amazing time

o 4.14 seconds. As you can see, the picture tells you how

happy he was. For South, Andrew Chapman ran and came

nd with a time o 5.0 seconds. And fnally or West, Tho-

mas Lee ran and came 4th with a time o .6 seconds.All o these times were very close and well run by every

competitor.

The year -5 boys 00m was also run very well and times

were also very close.

The year 6- girls long jump was very successul as well.

For North Gigi Cheung was jumping and got a distance o

.10m and came 4th. Easts long jumper was Alice Bristow

and she came rd with a distance o .00m. Isobel Procter

was jumping or South and came joint 1st with a distance o

.m. And or West, Esther Ryan was jumping and she also

came 1st with the same distance as Isobel Procter.

East was the winner o the aternoon but all results werevery close.

The ollowing week the school athletes and the students

went to Huntington stadium, to host and compete in the annual

Woodleigh athletics competition.

The group arrived at the stadium at around 1.0pm. Ath-

letes were getting warmed up around the track or track events

which included: 100m sprint, 00m sprint, 00m sprint, 400m

run, 00m run and two relay races which were 4x100 and 4x400.

Athletes were also warming up around the feld or feld events

which included: - long jump, high jump, cricket ball throw,

rounders ball throw, shot put and the discus.

The frst event o the aternoon was the under 1 00msprint. The race was very close. Miles Murkett set o at the be-

ginning o the race 4th but in the last 0m he ran his very astest

and snuck into rd place. Miles got a brilliant position and a bril-

liant time.

Esther Ryan got a brilliant time and position in the 400m

run. She came frst out o all the schools.

Brad White also got a brilliant position and time in the 100m

sprint. He came second or Woodleigh.

Georgina Barclay got a brilliant distance in the long jump.

Miles Murkett got a brilliant height in the high jump.

Everybody who took part did very well.


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Mixed season for

keen U13s


THIS SEASONS team was a mixture o a ew veterans rom last

year, some promising under elevens and those who had never

played rugby beore.

Ater an encouraging warm up session at St. Martins Am-

pleorth, the team narrowly lost to Scarborough College 10-1.

Once we ound our next opponent, Red House Norton, the team,ater shooting into an immediate 14 point lead, decided to make

more exciting or the home teams supporters and we eventually

won 1-1.

Reality check number one; a strong physical team rom Cun-

dall, which exposed a ew weaknesses saw a 10-0 deeat. How-

sham Hall away proved as strong as ever, inicting a 4-0 deeat.

Three victories over Hurworth, Reed and Scarborough College

ollowed, which not only was a good way to end the term, but

also saw the emergence o a team, using the big men well, and

showing some skill to go with it.

Reality check number two; massacre at Cundall 6-0! Two

injuries and three o the team jet lagged. ( In the end a trip toScotland was necessary to secure a victory over Cundall at the

By MR MILLSRUGBY

Merchiston Sevens)

Ater some even more serious training the team bounced

back to two more victories, Bramcote and Fyling Hall, the latter

giving some o the current under elevens some valuable experi-

ence.

A visit rom the south, Lochinver House, resulted in a pleas-ant Sunday mornings game. As the tourists had yet to win and

we were such good hosts, we duly obliged, losing a close match

10-1.

Two more close deeats ollowed. Terrington 1-15 and How-

sham -. Standing on the touch line near PTM was only or

the brave or dea. Aysgarth was our last match and also the last

time Mr. Parsons would reeree or us as he departs or warmer

climes. Not only does he deserve thanks or giving up his time

over the years to come here, but also or the positive eed backs

aterwards. Another close match, a 6-0 victory or the team,

which let honours even, won seven, lost seven.

Finally I would like to thank the parents or their support, nomatter what the weather threw at them.


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Younger teams

show great potential


THE UNDER 11 rugby team eatured fne individual perorm-

ances rom Rob Mewburn, who always led by example as cap-

tain, and Charlie Allenby who oten provided a backbone in

both attack and deence.

Jack Redern and Rhys Smith gained in confdence with each

match and both learned to not only use their size to their advan-tage but also to ooad the ball at the right time. Tom Saunders

and Tom Horsley both proved to be useul hookers and it was

difcult at times to choose the better o the two. Tom Barclay

was probably the most improved player o the squad, closely ol-

lowed by George Boyes both showed huge progress in all areas

o the game. One o the most exciting aspects o the team was

the centre partnership o William Megginson and Louis White.

Ted Foster also developed into a fne scrum hal and Clayton

Hill was a welcome addition to the squad and he used his speed

and strength to good eect throughout the season. Louis Knowl-

son, Kyden Woodhead and Mark Thomas all played well on the

wing. It was pleasing to see Guy Gilliat gaining in confdencewith each match and Andrew Chapman should be one to watch

next year.

Their victory in the St Martins Ampleorth Sevens is a re-

ection o what a really good team they are.

In the Us, Henry Blundell is a cracking orward and he has

oten been a solid platorm on which to build the rest o the or-

wards. Charles Saunders is proving to be a good hooker and GuyWelch has improved with each match played. Freddie Weeks has

worked hard and showed great improvements.

William Procter has developed a really good side step and

oten passes the ball at just the right moment. Oliver Medorth

has also shown tremendous progress and is beginning to use his

size and pace to good eect.

William Bennett- Baggs never stops working or the team

and John Soanes is a naturally gited tackler. Jay Mitchinson-

Singh, Oliver Rees and Edward Megginson are the three players

that have really developed a much better understanding. Alex

Machen was a welcome addition to the squad in the second term

and has proved to be a good all round player. George Mewburnhas been the back bone o the team .

By MR WOOLLEYRUGBY


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Rollercoaster season for

THE UNDER 1 team have had mixed ortunes this term, in a

long season including many fxtures and tournaments.

The frst match was lost to a strong Aysgarth side, but over

the season the side showed steady improvement to win matches.

In May we played the Pocklington 6-a-side. Various teams at-tended. The specially selected six did very well, although they

unortunately came last. During the tournament the whole team

improved in the feld and with the bat. George and Sam Harrison

batted extremely well. They put this down to their new bats.

Later in May, Woodleigh seconds were involved in a thrill-

er against Fyling Hall. This was a brilliant match, proving a

real challenge or both teams with quckfre 0 over run chase.

Woodleigh edged a close match.

Over the rest o the season the team has continued to im-

prove, all players have perormed well.

The Under 11 side has perormed well, i inconsistently this

season. Highlights included the match against Minster, whereGeorge Boyes scored three astonishing ours in successive balls,

and Rob Mewburn decimated the opposition batting with six

wickets in a devastating spell.

Lisvane held the home side until the nearly the end. Woodleigh

edged the match by three runs scored in the fnal over. Wand-

like, Rhys Smiths bat ashed the crucial runs to secure a win.

Asygarth, Reed and Bramcote proved too strong or this side.

But next years side will be licking their lips in anticipation.

THE U Kwik Cricket team proved almost invincible this sea-

son. Inexperienced batting pairs and early season indecision

caused an unlucky collapse against a strong Aysgarth side.

But disappointment did not set in. The players practised with

ruthless discipline and determined proessionalism. AgainstBramcote, Woodleigh won the toss to bat frst. Setting a high

target, the home team proceeded to plunder Bramcotes batting

order and limit their scoring to 0 at the hal way point. A win

was never in doubt.

St Martins looked a useul outft, but again Woodleighs de-

votion to maiden overs let the visitors with a total o 0 ater 1

overs. By the end Woodleigh had romped to victory by over 0

runs.

Lisvane arrived or the season fnale. Despite accurate and

dangerous bowling, Woodleighs batters set a daunting 1 to

chase. Onlookers gasped, and watched 15 wickets tumble , seven

stumpings and fve catches resulting in a convicing15 run victory.

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Woodleighs cricketers

U13 vs Cundall Manor - CANCELLED

U13 vs Howsham - LOST

U13 vs Reed - WON

U13 vs Aysgarth - LOST

U13 vs Minster - WON


U13 vs Scarborough College - LOST


U11 vs Reed - LOST


U11 vs Minster - WONU11 vs Lisvane - WON


U9 vs Bramcote - WON

U9 vs St Martins Ampleorth - WON

U9 vs Lisvane - WON

MATCH RESULTS

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Editors: Ben Knowlson, Miles Murkett

Sub Editors and writers: Cassie Battye, Ed Bloom, Jason Birkett, Candy Fong, George Harrison,Joe Robinson, Lucy Soanes, Tom Stokoe, Thomas Turner, Lewis Welch & Bradley White

Design and layout byMr Tom Tolkien

Photo credits:Mr Tolkien: pages 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,35, 36.Mrs Howarth: page 17. Cassie Battye: pages 10,22,23. Candy Fong: page 10, 22, 23.Mrs Murkett: pages 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16.Mr David Harrison, courtesy oGazette & Herald: pages 18-19.Mr Mills: page 9

Many thanks to: All the staf and children at Woodleigh SchoolAll text Woodleigh School 2005. Woodleigh School - Langton - Malton - North Yorkshire. Y017 9QN01653 658215 (tel), 01653 658423 (ax), www.woodleighschool.reeserve.co.uk


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RYAN HODGETTS

PETALS(above)coloured chalks on paper, 100 x 65 cm 2005

To create his work Ryan Hodgetts based his image on a bunch o fowers. He chose individ-

ual fower heads and reinterpreted them in an original impressionist style. Only a segmento the work, which is much larger in scale, is printed here.


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