Last Saturday the Clifton School Friends Committee organised ‘Clifton Big Top’ for

parents. This was organised by the organising committee, chaired by Mrs Pentelow-

Boyle and Mrs Keyes. It was a super evening enjoyed by everyone who attended. My

thanks to the band ‘Something for the Weekend’, Olivia Lowry, the photographer, the

jugglers, fortune teller, unicycle riders, Mr and Mrs Clarke who were behind the bar,

Sarah the chef and Aga for the delicious food. Particular thanks to Mrs Pentelow-Boyle

and Mrs Keyes for a super evening. I know they are already working on the next social

event. Watch this space…

On Monday Kobe and his dad presented an assembly based on their travels around the

world from May - August. Using a huge blow up globe they told us all about the 9

countries they had visited, and the different types of transport they had used (including

the bullet train in Japan and the disco tuk tuk). It was a fascinating insight to their

travels and my thanks to Mr and Mrs Lewis for preparing such a wonderful talk.

On Wednesday 1M presented their assembly around the story of Robin Hood. It was a

stunning performance with great acting, singing and fabulous costumes. Well done to

all of the children in 1M and Miss Murray, Mrs Headlam-Morley and Mrs Hayden for

preparing them. It was also great to walk into school and discover that 3P had turned

into an Air Raid Shelter, a woodland had grown in 1S, and a mountain reserve centre

had emerged in 1M!

Year 2 have continued to get stunning messages and riddles from ‘the Firebird’.

Classroom environments are a focus this year on our School Improvement Plan and it is

wonderful to see how the children are inspired by the environments in which they learn

in.

In the afternoon I had the pleasure of working with the St Peter’s girls U18s team, who

were playing in the next round of the national competition. They played Ripon

Grammar School, Scarborough College, Ampleforth, Queen Margaret’s and Queen

Ethelburga’s in a league format. The standard of the hockey was very high and the girls

won the tournament convincingly, only conceding 1 goal. It is great to see school sport

flourishing.

Wednesday was also ‘World Teacher Day’ and I want to take this opportunity to thank

all of the staff who work so hard for our children at Clifton. Thank you.

On Thursday I had the opportunity to travel to Warwick to talk to teachers and leaders

about our approach to reading at Clifton. It was extremely well received and it was a

pleasure to talk about our school.

This week we had the first ‘Parent Consultation Meetings’ of the year. I hope you found

these useful and valuable. If you feel that you need more time to discuss any issues

with your child’s class teacher, please request a further appointment. If you require any

further follow-up please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Clarke or myself; we are always

happy to meet you. Furthermore next week we have our ‘Parent Forums’ on Thursday

13th October at 7:30pm and Tuesday 18th October at 08:30am. Please reply to the email

indicating whether you can attend.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

CoMPasS

You can follow us ...….. Newsletter No: 5

Friday 7th October 2016 Registered Charity No: 1141329

NEXT WEEK’S DIARY:

Mon Y3 Badminton Club (lunchtime)

Y1 Ball Skills

Y2 Maths Club

Y1/Y2/Y3 Forest School Club

Y2/3 Yoga

Y3 Netball

Y3 Tennis

Reception Speech & Drama

Tues

9am Y3 Tag Rugby Festival (Doncaster) away

1:15pm Y3 Netball Workshop (home)

Y2/3 Choir (lunchtime)

Y1 Lego

Y1/2/3 Ballet

Y2 Gym Club

Y2/3 Karate

Y3 Speech & Drama

Y2/3 Chess

Y3 Swim Squad

Wed 8.40am 3C Harvest Assembly

2.00pm CSF Meeting (dining room)

12-12.30pm Y1 Yoga Bunnies

12.30-1.00pm Rec Yoga Bunnies

Y1 Speech & Drama

Y1/2 Active Playground Games

Y2 Art Club

Y3 Recorders

Y3 Rugby

Y2/3 Chess

8.30pm ‘ESA’s Big Year in Space Science 2016’ by Prof Mark McCaughrean

Thurs

Y3 Ukulele Club (lunchtimes)

Y2/3 Multi Sports

Y1 Street Dance

Y2/3 Running Club

Y2 Library Club/Book Club

No Y2/3 Top Trumps/Cards/

Dominoes

7.30pm Parents’ Forum (Rayson

Room) Fri Y2 Visit Yorkshire Arboretum,

Castle Howard Y2 Football

Y2/3 Jewellery Club

Y3 Football

Reception Get Messy

This week in Nursery we have been focusing on numbers. There has been lots of number play both inside and outside and we have been spotting numbers in the environment too. On a walk to the museum gardens we looked at car number plates and door numbers to see what we could find. Two children also had birthdays this week, so some numbers are very special to us and we counted the number of candles on the cakes that they brought in to share with us. What numbers can you spot around you at home too?

A forest has been growing in 1S –

As it gets bigger and takes over

more of the classroom we have

been exploring natural crafts,

materials and learning about

autumn and seasonal change. How

big will it be by next week? What

else will we find in there?

If anyone has a pig and would be happy to bring it into school next week, please could you let the school office know. Thanks

REQUEST FROM 3P:

2H loved their first drama workshop with Paul Birch

from Riding Lights Theatre this week! Paul worked on

the text of Masha and the Firebird, reading

descriptions from the book and encouraging the

children to ‘become’ parts of the story. Team work

and listening skills were

at the top of his agenda,

as well as learning to use

our bodies (without

sound….!) to create

mood and drama. Well

done, 2H- you worked

well! Now keep up those

listening skills!!

We imagined we had been evacuated to the countryside and explored the outdoors in Forest School area.

We made games, toys, dens and had a hot chocolate! Lots of fun was had during the afternoon and we

are very excited about visiting again next Monday afternoon.

This week in PSHEE with Mrs Clarke 1S and 1M found

out about our school charity Small Steps. After watching

a short film about the children who live on rubbish

dumps, they asked thoughtful questions and made

observations about what they had seen. The children

then worked together to create freeze

frames to show what they might be

doing and how it would feel to live and

work on a rubbish dump. All of the

children demonstrated real empathy

and understanding. They are already

full of amazing ideas to raise money at

school this year.

Fantastic!

Reception Get Messy Club! We have

been having a lot of fun every Friday in

Get Messy Club. So far we have made

shiny snails, gooey chocolate

crispies and last week we tried

our hand at watercolour

painting. Mrs Hall told us all

about being an artist and how

to use watercolours. We made

some beautiful detailed

paintings of shells. We can’t

wait to see what next week

brings!

Has anyone lost a Key? We have a gold chub key

on a key fob, in the Clifton School Office. The

key was found outside the front of school on

Tuesday of this week. Please call into the office

to claim it.

Thanks Caroline and Claire

‘40th Anniversary Cricket Club Christmas Dinner Dance

This year will be the 40th Anniversary of the School Cricket Club Christmas Dinner Dance to be held on Saturday 17

December. Details of the function and how to apply for tickets are contained in the attached flyer. Table of 10 are available

and note that this year cheques are payable to ‘St Peter’s School‘. The black tie event is an extremely enjoyable occasion

and an ideal way to kick off the Christmas festivities. The ticket price remains at £60 which includes all wine and

drinks. Parents, friends and staff of all 3 schools are welcome. We expect demand to be high and numbers are limited so

please book early to avoid disappointment.

We had a fabulous start to Monday

this week when we took a trip

around the world with Kobe and his

daddy. They brought a

big blow up globe and told us all about the

world trip that they went on this summer.

We loved hearing about the 9 countries

that they visited and seeing all of the

transport they used from the bullet train in

Japan to the disco tuk tuk. They told us

about the people they met, including a real

cowboy and the unusual food they tried.

No one fancied the duck brains! A huge thank you To Mr Lewis and Kobe for

an inspiring and entertaining talk. We all wanted to pack our bags and go on

our own world adventure!

ASSEMBLY Kobe’s World Trip

Our Harvest Festival collection starts next week. Alongside St Peter’s and St Olave’s, we are collecting for Carecent. Any

donations of the following items would be gratefully received:

Tinned meat which can be served cold – Ham, Spam, Corned Beef

Breakfast Cereals (all types)

Porridge Oats (not instant or Ready Break)

Baked Beans

Tinned Tomatoes (whole not chopped)

Sugar

Tinned Spaghetti

Brown Sauce

Non food items such as socks, hats, gloves, roll-on deodorant (no aerosols please), toothpaste, shower gel, disposable razors and shampoo

We would also be grateful for jeans (in sizes 30”, 32” and 34”) and other gents’ clothes (fleeces / jumpers / t-shirts).

Please place items on the table in the reception area.

Thank you.

As a continuation from our ‘dinner party’ on Thursday, RS visited St.Olaves and St. Peters dining rooms with the hope of learning just a little bit more about where our food comes from.

We looked at the similarities and differences, size, location and met people who work there. We met Chef David who

leads the cooking team at St.Olaves and Chef Richard who leads the team at St.Peter’s.

We had a very interesting and informative tour around St. Peter’s kitchen, taking a very close look at where all the food is prepared and where and how it is stored. We even managed to fit the entire class inside got the giant freezer!

A wonderful look behind the scenes for everyone.

Miss Murray and Mrs Headlam-

Morley are very proud of all of the

children in 1M who performed a

super assembly on Wednesday.

Great acting and fabulous costumes- a real

team effort!

Feelings Faces This week in PSHEE Reception did lots of

thinking about feelings. The children looked at

pictures and listened to music to help them to

describe different feelings. Then we went

outside to paint feelings faces using water. The

children talked about what makes them feel

happy, sad, angry, sleepy and scared. They also

thought about recognising what other people

are feeling. Then the sun came out and our

feelings faces disappeared, which reminded us

how quickly our feelings can change!

Gold

William

Silver

Jacob, Holly, William and Emily

Helena lost her swimming costume on Tuesday after Swim Squad. It has her name in it, she also lost her blue goggles last Thursday; Margaux has lost her swim hat.—please keep a look out for them.

In 2S this week the children have been

continuing to work on the tricky

concept of describing arrays using

maths symbols. They have been

learning actions to help them to

remember which is a row and which is a

column. Drama with Paul Birch was

great fun. Here are some very scary

Baba Yagas pretending to be old ladies

wanting to buy eggs. Rows

Columns

Housepoints

Walmgate

Good Conduct

Charlie, Raya, Aidan, Oliver, Ryan, Velvet, Oscar, Louis and all of 1M

Superstars

Parmalee, William, Phoebe,

Henry, Sophie, Emma, Alice,

Loveday, Helena, Poppy, Mimi and

Alexander

Music

awards

Helena and

Cissy

When was the last time you tried something new?

The ‘Try It Table’ arrived in RL this week and the

children have been trying mangos, avocados,

tomatoes, lettuce, kiwi fruit and peppers! Every time they

choose something to try they put a counter in their cup!

Chef Sarah popped in to visit us and see what a good job

we’re doing at trying lots of foods!

Fun with French Pen & Ink writing!

This week in French, Y3 have been trying old-fashioned nib & ink writing

as part of their French wartime topic. It was quite hard at first, especially trying to write on tiny 1mm line spaces

on the special French paper!! It certainly got quite messy but we learnt to use blotting paper and everyone

managed to write a short message in French. We ended up with lots of inky fingers and some beautiful French-

style writing!

Clifton’s Big Top

A big THANK YOU to everyone who attended and supported ‘Clifton’s Big Top’.

I will let you know in due course how much we have made for the Small Steps Project.

Year Reps

I am delighted to confirm the following appointments:

Nursery – Beth Thornton/Shauna Gilmore

Reception - SJ Evans

Year 1 – Helen Strain

Year 2 – M Wright/Karina Milligan

Year 3 – Georgie Britton/Fauzia Mir

Your Year rep will be in touch soon to introduce themselves and with details of your first parent social event!

Forthcoming Events

The Great Clifton Olympic Theme Bake Off – Monday 17th October 2016

Calling all budding Mary Berrys and Paul Hollywoods! CSF’s are hosting their annual Bake Off Competition on Monday 17th October 2016 to raise funds for the Small Steps Project.

The theme for this year is the Olympics which is open to all children at Clifton, there are five categories split into year groups. A discretionary charitable donation is to be made for each entry. There is no bak-ing category, the children can bake whatever they wish decorated with an Olympic theme.

Entries are to be dropped off in the Clifton Bake Off Marquee located next to the cricket nets on the morning of the 17 th October 2016, clearly named with your child’s name, class and description of the bake, eg:- lemon drizzle cake, chocolate chip cookies etc. All entries will be sold at the end of the School day.

Winners will be announced during Assembly that week and prizes awarded.

Please remember our School is nut free – so please NO NUTS!

Parents’ Socials

Year 2 Mum’s Night Out – Friday 18th November 2016

Year 2 Dad’s Night Out – Saturday 26th November 2016

Dates for your diary

CSF Meeting – Tuesday 15th November, 2.00 pm in the school dining room – all welcome.

Have a great weekend.

Elizabeth

The Great Clifton Olympic Theme Bake Off

Monday 17th October 2016

Calling all budding Mary Berrys and Paul Hollywoods! CSF’s are hosting their annual Bake

Off Competition to raise funds for Small Steps.

The theme for this year is the Olympics which is open to all children at Clifton, there are

five categories split into year groups. A discretionary charitable donation is to be made for

each entry. There is no baking category, the children can bake whatever they wish

decorated with an Olympic theme.

Categories:-

Nursery

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Entries are to be dropped off in the Clifton Bake Off Marquee located next to the cricket

nets on the morning of the 17th October 2016, clearly named with your child’s name, class

and description of the bake, eg:- lemon drizzle cake, chocolate chip cookies etc. All entries

will be sold at the end of the School day.

Winners will be announced during Assembly that week and prizes awarded.

Please remember our School is nut free – so please NO NUTS!

info@yorkkarate.net www.yorkkarate.net 07814545013

YORK KARATE ヨーク松濤館空手道場

Clifton School Karate Club Dear Parents, I hope your child is enjoying the karate classes so far and are looking forward to the rest of the term. Many of the children are very excited about their training but they usually have two questions when they first start:

When am I going to get a suit?

When will I get my first belt? On the first question, it is entirely down to you as to when you wish to buy them their suit. I sell them for £20 and can bring one to class for them. I will also make sure that they get the right size suit. It is important that the suit fits correctly and is the correct type (different martial arts have different kinds of suits). Cash is fine as payment. On the second question, we hold gradings at the end of every school term. They take place on a Sunday at Fulford Secondary School. Every child who has attended the majority of classes throughout the term will be prepared for the exam. The cost of grading is £20 and this includes the next belt. The next grading course is with England squad coach Sensei Matt Price on the 11th December 2016. Registration will be available from November via the website www.yorkkarate.net. In order to grade, they will need to become members of the Japan Karate Shoto Federation and the English Karate Federation. Please see attached form for details of how to apply for their karate license. Any questions, please feel free to contact me on the details below. Regards Simon Flint Instructor York Karate

Tickets are now available for the next few events in the Public Lecture series at St Peter’s School.

Most events are free and can be booked through by clicking here.

The Bernard Cornwell event is being held in conjunction with Waterstones. We have 100

discounted tickets for St Peter’s pupils, parents and staff. Tickets are £3 (including booking fee) and

available to purchase here.

Wine and canapés will be served after the lecture and - where indicated – there will be an opportunity to meet the speaker

and buy a copy of their latest book.

'ESA's Big Year in Space Science 2016' - Prof Mark McCaughrean

Wednesday 12 October, 7pm

Professor Mark McCaughrean is Senior Science Advisor in the Directorate of Science at the European

Space Agency. His lecture will present key results from the European Space Agency’s ongoing missions

and upcoming solar system events, including Rosetta’s mission and the module from ExoMars 2016

landing on the Red Planet.

‘Quid Pro Quo’ – Peter Jones

Monday 17 October, 7pm

Renowned classicist Peter Jones, now retired from the University of Newcastle, will speak on what the

Romans’ life and culture really gave the English and our language. He will take us on a fascinating journey

along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original

Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words.

Peter Jones will be selling copies of Quid Pro Quo at the Little Apple Bookshop stand after the talk.

Exploring Viking York and Anglo-Saxon England with Bernard Cornwell

Thursday 20 October, 7pm, Shepherd Hall at St Olave’s School.

Bernard Cornwell is a bestselling writer of historical novels and thrillers. We’re thrilled to welcome him

to St Peter’s School where he’ll discuss the North of England’s rich history, in conversation with Elly

Fiorentini of BBC Radio York. In conjunction with Waterstones. Tickets are £3 for St Peter’s pupils, parents

and staff, and limited to four tickets per transaction. Buy your tickets here.

Bernard Cornwell will be selling copies of The Flame Bearer plus a selection of other titles at the Waterstones stand after the

talk.

If you have any access requirements, are hard of hearing or have any other special requests, please book your tickets using

Eventbrite, then email Mrs Sue Jenks at events@stpetersyork.org.uk, stating which event(s) you are attending and how many

tickets you have booked.

Please note that many of our events sell out, and you must bring your ticket with you to guarantee entry. Please either print

off your ticket or display it to us on your smartphone or tablet on the evening.

With all best wishes.

Ben Fuller Head of Public Lectures St Peter’s School, York, YO30 6AB

Mark McCaughrean Peter Jones Bernard Cornwell