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Headteacher Assistant Headteacher Mrs E. Ramsdale

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` Mr N. B. Payling

North Yorkshire County Council

Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Broad Lane, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SQ

Telephone 01757 268368 Email admin@cawood.n-yorks.sch.uk Web www.cawoodprimary.co.uk

December 2019 Newsletter

PFTW Perseverance, Friendship, Thankfulness, Wisdom

Stepping forward together.

Dear parents and carers, December is here already and Christmas is just round the corner! I write with the sweet smell of oranges filling the office, and the beautiful sounds of the children singing Christmas songs ringing in my ears. It has been such a thrilling term, especially with rehearsals and performances leading up to Christmas. It is such a privilege and a joy to be able to work with such wonderful children. It is so easy to become caught up in school performance data and definitions of good and outstanding education, that we miss the essence and the importance of child development and children’s beautiful, individual and unique characters. It is good to take stock of where we are as a school and a very caring community. Please take time to value all that is given for us in the birth of Jesus this Christmas time. I think Delai Smith puts it perfectly… So let us pray for the wisdom to ponder this great mystery we are to celebrate, and to be lovingly attentive to its meaning and purpose in our lives. [A feast for Advent – Deliah Smith. From The Little Book of Advent p.81]

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A fascinating Autumn of History.

Unfortunately, the Summer historical dig was postponed to October, due to the heavy rain in August. We didn’t know at the time that it would be just as bad in October. We were however very pleased that the key stage 2 children were able to be involved. So on 16th October, armed with wellies and newspapers, the key stage 2 children boarded the coach to see what it was all about.

It was very exciting and the children really enjoyed taking part in the excavation.

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News from Class 3

Class 3 have loved beginning to explore local history this term. They have enjoyed finding out about the location and results of the many battles in the War of the Roses. They also enjoyed their visit to the dig site in Cawood. They loved joining our local historians and archaeologists looking at how the different colours and types of soil revealed possible historical walls, paths and buildings. They were especially excited to unearth several pieces of unusually shaped metal, that hinted at a possible history of metal works on the site.

News from Class 4

Class 4 have enjoyed learning more about our topic ‘Kings In Conflict.’ We especially enjoyed

experiencing history first hand when visiting a real archaeological dig. One of the class even

discovered 18th century pottery! Also, we have created our own timeline of the rulers before Henry

VIII to link with the next point in history we will be learning about which is the War of the Roses.

This term we have also enjoyed experimenting with different media in art to create our own half and

half portraits of Henry VIII. Lots of concentration and effort went into these which can clearly be

seen.

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Romans in Cawood – Report by Margaret Brearly “Finding Iron Age and Romans in Cawood” was the latest project by the Cawood Castle Garth Group who has been investigating the early history of the village of Cawood. Last year a map showing marks from the crop of barley was found of Cawood Common showing extensive Iron Age round houses and Roman field boundaries. Aerial photography of this field showed many crop marks covering the 37 acres, which indicated the possibility of an early settlement. These marks that can only be seen from the air, show where ditches, walls or houses might have been 2000 years ago. The difference in height and colour of the plants show as patterns on the ground. Using a drone (cheaper than a plane) to fly at regular monthly intervals enabled us to get a clearer picture of the underlying archaeology. We were delighted to have the skills of Tony Hunt of YAA Mapping to help us with this. From these photographs, we were able to position trenches exactly in the right places over features that looked interesting. The choice of where to position the trenches for us to dig was quite complicated as there were so many options for us to choose An area, which we felt was particularly from the Iron Age period, which showed field boundaries and roundhouses was first chosen followed by a large, possibly square feature, which could be Roman. This gave us 5 trenches to investigate. We also dug a trench close to the road for the children to dig. The dig took 2 weeks. It rained nearly every day but we didn’t give up. The fantastic volunteers who came from all over the district and the village continued regardless of the mud and rain. We also had the help of 2 metal Detectorists who helped us find metal objects such as lead, iron and bronze. They found lead seals and waste metal slag, nails and other more modern items, like door catches. We are still washing the finds from the trenches. Each muddy bag reveals some lovely pieces of pottery, animal bones (hope they are from an animal!) cobbles used for pot boiling and lots of cinders, charcoal and daube (baked mud from kilns perhaps). We can recognise high status pottery, Samian ware, which came from Gaul and Black Burnished ware from Dorset dated 125 AD. amongst the finds. The remaining finds will need to be identified by experts then we shall have accurate dating for the site. So far, it looks as though there is very little or no Iron Age material. It all seems to be Roman which indicates they are still living in round houses during the Roman period instead of rectangular dwellings and farming the land providing food, possibly for York (Eboracum). Even though we found some metal waste there is no evidence of large scale metal smelting. It might be that we just looked in the wrong place. We are delighted that the local children should be involved in these activities and learn about the village’s history. Cawood School has long supported our activities and we hope the children have benefitted. Last time we found Vikings living just across the road from school and now we have Romans just past the school or even in the village There is evidence to suggest there’s habitation at that period of time in the centre of the village from a find of Roman glass and glass making equipment under a lamppost at the traffic lights. We will continue to show the children what we have found and hope that they can say “The Romans lived here “and were not just some distant peoples from across the sea. If you would like to know more our website is www.cawoodheritage.org.uk or a Facebook page for the dig Community Heritage-Digging Roman Cawood

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Monday January 6th Is a training day.

We had a wonderful Christmas fair.

Thank you to all the Friends of Cawood School for such a lovely Christmas fair. It was good to see so many people come and enjoy the fair. There was a great atmosphere and it was lovely

to hear the choir sing some of our favourite Christmas songs. Even Santa came along and

stayed to talk to the children and give out some presents. Thank you to everyone who helped

and supported the Christmas fair. The total Money raised is around £781 which is excellent,

What is a fantastic effort from everyone. Well Done to all the Friends and everyone who

helped out.

Please continue to support the Friends.

Welcome to Dr. Rachel Bibby

The staff and governors are pleased to welcome Dr. Rachel Bibby onto the governing body. Rachel has a wealth of experience to bring to the governing body and we are looking forward to working more closely over the coming months. The staff and governors continue to work hard to improve every aspect of school life and provide the very highest standard of education for all the children.

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Our skillful six shine well at Quicksticks.

Power, passion, determination and skill combined to give our hockey team an excellent run in the Quicksticks hockey competition at Selby High. The wet pitch glistened with the gems and beads of rainfall and sparkled with the skills of our hockey team. This must have been the best performances we have had at the hockey tournament which saw some excellent performances from all the children who combined well to enjoy some great moments and some good wins. The team were supportive of one another, encouraging and did really well to reach 4th place. As always, in these competitions, there are some very strong teams and games are often won and lost by fine margins. Our team did really well and certainly improved throughout the competition. We arrived back at school feeling very pleased with our performances and I was extremely proud of the excellent way that our players had conducted themselves and represented the School.

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Jack powers through to score a goal.

Some great passing and defensive work.

Time to rethink the tactics.

Some excellent focused play.

Some very good control and passing.

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Well played - we did really well.

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Finalists in Football

Our football team were amazing and battled their way to the final at the Brayton Football competition. We were brave and confident in our abilities to go and win the competition and it was so close. We lost our first game 2 0 but managed to go through as runners up of our league. There were some outstanding performances from all the players to win our next game and then win on penalties to take us to the final. We then played the team that beat us 2 0 in the opening game. It was a classic game and at full time both sides had to settle for a 2-2 draw. The players were just brilliant on the pitch and held their own against a very good team. The result rested on 5 penalties and there was great tension as each penalty was taken. In the end a powerful strike took the ball just over the bar which meant that we didn’t win the cup this year but we were very worthy runners up and we can take a lot of confidence into the next competition. Well done to all our football players; they were really amazing and represented the school very well.

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Excellent performances brings success at the Selby girls football competition.

We played really well with some excellent individual performances and some great link up play. There were some very strong teams in the competition and we did well to secure fourth place. Some of the decisions didn’t go our way but I was very proud of the way we supported each other and played as a team. (Some very good dribbling and passing - well played)

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Remembering to be safe on the 5th of November.

Our remembrance on the 11th November at 11am

In November, we remembered the loved ones of the

village who had lost their lives in the first and second

world wars.

We were all safe in November.

A big thank you to Mr Hindmarch for coming into school and delivering and excellent fire safety talk. It was very interesting to see the fire safety and fire-fighting equipment. Is that really Mrs Jackson dressed up as a fire fighter? Thank you for volunteering.

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Badminton Ace Jenny Wallwork comes to Cawood

Football Poet and Performer Paul Cookson was Amazing at Club Doncaster.

On Friday 13th December I took a party of 12 children to Doncaster Rovers for a very special event. We got ready and jumped on the mini bus arriving at the Keepmoat Stadium for 10.15am. Whilst we were a little late, we only missed the introduction and we were guided through the stadium to what I believe was one of the press boxes. There we met Paul Cookson who was really amazing. He composed with us some football poems based on aspects of the game like penalty, free kick, red card, yellow card with chants like come on ref its’ not fair written as comeonrefitsnotfair. It was very clever, entertaining and funny. Paul also read/performed a number of his poems for us. It was really brilliant for Paul to explain how he came to write his poetry as well as perform them for us. I certainly wanted to grab a pen a write poems in a similar style. I’m sure the children had a wonderful day. [Thank you to Club Doncaster and Premier league for a great day.]

We are happy to be working with Club Doncaster in 2019 – 2020.

We had an amazing afternoon with Jenny Wallwork. Although no longer playing in the top flight in badminton, her message to us was brilliant. “Reach for the stars, go for your goals and achieve your best.” Jenny achieved international success in both the women’s events and the mixed doubles, including a commonwealth Silver in 2010. She represented Britain 42 times and became the highest ranking player for 4 years. Jenny (as all the top sports stars have to do) has worked incredibly hard to reach the top of her sport and achieve international success. Jenny lead the whole school, group by group through our paces in a very demanding work out sponsored event. She is truly inspirational encouraging each one of us to keep fit, be healthy and go for the goals we want to achieve. We are hoping to have between £400 and £500 to put toward new equipment and developing sport in school. A big thank you to all the children for taking part, doing the work out so well and for collecting the money. Thank you for your support of the event.

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Cawood School Uniform 2019 – 2020

Cawood Church of England School has a uniform which all the children are expected to wear. The uniform gives children a feeling of identity and helps towards developing a sense of unity within the school. Girls uniform 2019 – 2020

grey or navy skirt or pinafore dress or grey tailored trousers

white or blue blouse

navy v-neck jumper or cardigan

white, grey or navy socks or navy or grey tights

dark shoes, not boots or trainers

Summer dress – short or long sleeved – blue and white check

Boys uniform 2019 – 2020

grey shorts or trousers

white or blue shirt

navy v-neck jumper

dark socks

dark shoes, not boots or trainers

PE Kit: Boys and Girls. 2019 - 2020

black cotton shorts white plain cotton t-shirt plimsolls

dark coloured tracksuit for winter (optional) trainers for outdoor games (but please note that trainers will not normally be allowed

indoors) The PE kit should be kept in a named bag and should be in school every day.

Children in Reception and Key Stage 1 are also permitted to wear polo shirts in place of a school shirt.

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Proposed changes for next year -

School uniform 2020 – 2021 Girls uniform 2020 – 2021

navy skirt or pinafore dress or grey tailored trousers

white blouses

navy v-neck jumper or cardigan

white, grey or navy socks or navy or grey tights

dark shoes, not boots or trainers

Summer dress – short or long sleeved – blue and white check

Boys uniform 2020 – 2021

grey shorts or trousers

white shirt

navy v-neck jumper

dark socks (black, navy or grey)

dark shoes, not boots or trainers

PE Kit: Boys and Girls. 2020 - 2021

black cotton shorts white plain cotton t-shirt plimsolls dark coloured tracksuit for winter (optional)

trainers for outdoor games (but please note that trainers will not normally be allowed indoors)

The PE kit should be kept in a named bag and should be in school every day. We value your views and will send out a questionnaire in the Autumn term.

Children in Reception and Key Stage 1 are also permitted to wear polo shirts in place of a school shirt.

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APC clothing link

https://www.school-uniforms.co.uk/index.php/find-your-school/cawood-c-e-primary-school.html

APC Clothing Ltd Unit 6A Guardian Park Station Road Industrial Estate Tadcaster North Yorkshire LS24 9SG Mob: 07741 574724 Tel: 01937 833449 Fax: 01937 832649 Email: mschofield@apcclothing.co.uk Website: www.apc-clothing.co.uk

PFTW Perseverance, Friendship, Thankfulness, Wisdom

Stepping forward together.

Our vision and values are very important to us.

We strive to give the very highest standard of

education for every child – every day.

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Holidays and Training Days 2019 – 2020

Dates for

2019 -2020

School Closes School Re-opens Training Days

Autumn Tues 3 Sep Mon 2 Sep

Autumn Half

Term

Fri 25 Oct Mon 4 Nov

Christmas Fri 20 Dec Tues 7 Jan 2020 Mon 6 Jan 2020

Spring Half Term Fri 14 Feb 2020 Mon 24 Feb 2020

Easter Fri 3 Apr 2020 Tues 21 Apr 2020 Mon 20 Apr 2020

May day Friday 8 May 2020

Summer Half

Term

Fri May 22 2020 Tues June 2

2020

Mon 1 Jun 2020

Summer Fri 17 Jul 2020 Mon 20 Jul 2020

Cawood CE School dates for 2019/20

Date

Event

5 Dec Christmas lunch (TBC)

10 Dec 9.30am - Class 1 and 2 Christmas performance

11 Dec 11am -Nursery Christmas performance

12 Dec Riding lights performance in school

11 Dec 5.30pm- Class 1 and 2 Christmas performance

13 Dec 9.30am Christingle service at school

16 Dec Class 3,4 & 5 Christmas Party - PM

17 Dec Nursery Christmas party -am

17 Dec Class 1 & 2 Christmas parties - PM

20 Dec The last day of term. 1.45 pm Christmas sing-a-long. The school closes at 2.30pm

23rd Dec – 6th Jan. Christmas holiday

6 Jan 2019 School development training day

7 Jan 2019 School opens for the start of the Spring term

20 Jan RE Week

10 Feb Parent’s evening

11 Feb Parent’s evening

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Journeys to School – Cycling and Scooting The children are welcome to continue to cycle or ‘scoot’ to school. Please can I remind you and your child of the simple rules of cycling to school:

1. A helmet should be worn when riding to school. This is a requirement not an option. Helmets can be brought into school and stored.

2. When arriving at the school gate, everyone should dismount their bike or scooter and push it around the back of school for storage. To minimise the risks of any accidents, there should be no cycling or scooting on the playground.

Date

Event

14 Feb Valentine lunch.

Half term holiday February 15th – February 23rd

24 Feb School opens for the children

5 March World Book Day

3 April 2pm Easter celebration service at All Saints Church (TBC)

3 April Last day of the Spring term

Easter holiday April 6th April 17th

20 April Training Day 3

21 April School opens for the children

Friday 8th May Spring Bank holiday

May 2019 KS1 test period

May 11th – May 15th Key stage 2 Sats week (Monday – Thursday)

25th May to 29th May Half term holiday

Monday 1 June Training day 4

2 June School opens for the children

8 June – 12 June Phonics screening check week

9 June 6pm for a 6.15pm start. New starters meeting

22-26 June Health & Wellbeing week

25 June 1.10pm Sports Day

10 July End of year reports to parents and carers.

13 July (Monday) Class swaps - transition

14 July KS2 / Y6 performance (morning) 9.15am

15 July KS2 / Y6 performance - evening. 6.30pm

16 July Leavers’ lunch

17 July 9.15am Leavers assembly

20 July Last day of the Summer term – Training day.

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Please drive carefully. If you drive to school the please drive extremely carefully and park with consideration for our neighbours, particularly those on Broad Lane and Wolsey Grange.

Please come in and see us if you would like to help in school. It is great to have help in the classroom and the children really benefit from this. Also please ring or come and see us if you can give an hour of your time to help out at lunch time as a mid-day supervisor. We are always in need of an extra pair of hands at lunch time and it’s a great way to help in school and to get to know the children better. Please consider if you can help as it is a very important role and we do need someone for one, two, three, four or even 5 lunchtimes a week.

Parent Helpers 2019 – 2020

I can help with: Please tick Regularly Occasionally

Classroom activities

Educational visits

Reading with children

Activities at home e.g. preparation of resources, collating vouchers, etc

Signed: _____________________________ Parent/Carer of: ____________________________________

Dates for

2020 -2021

School Closes School Re-opens Training Days

Autumn Tues 8 Sept Mon 7 Sept

Autumn Half

Term

Fri 26 Oct Mon 2 Nov

Christmas Fri 21 Dec Tues 5 Jan 2021 Mon 4 Jan 2021

Spring Half Term Fri 15 Feb 2021 Mon 22 Feb 2021

Easter Fri 26 March 2021 Tues 13 Apr 2021 Mon 12 Apr 2021

May day Monday 3 May

2021

Summer Half

Term

Fri May 28 2021 Tues June 8

2021

Mon 7 Jun 2021

Summer Fri 23 Jul 2021 Mon 26 Jul 2021

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Thank you to The Nursery, The Early years team and key stage 1 for such

wonderful Christmas Nativity performances.

From all the staff and governors of Cawood CE Primary School.