School Newsletter Friday 10Th November 2017 Autumn Term 2017 Issue 9

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Dream | Believe | Achieve Member of the Dales Academies Trust School Newsletter Friday 10th November 2017 Autumn Term 2017 Issue 9

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Dear Parents and Carers,

Congratulations to Mia Parr and Mya Taylor who have both Achieved Gold this week. They had thoroughly prepared for their interview, writing a speech to explain why they deserve it. Both girls are extremely ambitious, have an amazing attitude to learning and good attendance so that made it an easy decision! Elisha Jones has achieved Richmond PRIDE, showing great determination in order to achieve it. Many congratulations!

Our other great success this week was the Year 5/6 football team and Mr McCulloch who won the Richmondshire Area Football Finals Tournament which means that they are through to the county finals in York. Well done boys, we are all very proud of you and good luck for the next round! The trophy is enormous and is currently in pride of place in Year 6.

We have also been thinking about Remembrance. Many children made Remembrance crosses and they were ‘planted’ on Thursday. We were also visited by Mr Laurence Lines, the president of the Richmond British Legion. He led collective worship on Monday and helped us to reflect on the sacrifices our brave Service men and women have made and to ensure that they are never forgotten. We all observed the two minute silence this morning.

In other news this week, Key Stage 1 went on an Autumn walk to observe the seasonal changes to support them with their science work. They enjoyed looking at the changing leaves and talking about why this had happened. Also, on Monday Mrs Foxwell led choir club and we started learning a new song for Christmas. I thoroughly enjoyed joining in!

One of the other highlights of my week has been showing families around our Nursery and Reception, as we had open sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. It is great to show off our super provision. I also had a fun morning with Year 5 as we went to support some of the BBC Yorkshire News and Weather presenters as they completed the Adrenalin assault course for Children-in-Need. Do look out for us on Look North on Monday evening!

Looking forward to next week, we will be taking part in Children-in-Need on Friday. The children have chosen to wear pyjamas for the day and we will be collecting donations for this worthy cause.

For day-to-day enquiries please contact the school office or speak to your child(ren)’s class teacher. Do remember that our Deputy Headteacher, Miss Hodges is available too. As you know, I work for the school for 50% of the week and share my time between school sites. However should you wish to do so, you can always book an appointment to see me, or a telephone call, via the school office.

I look forward to seeing you in school soon.

Kindest regards, Mrs K. Williamson Executive Headteacher

Richmond CE Primary and Nursery SchoolSchool, Dales Academies Trust Telephone: 01748 822104 Blair Avenue, Ingleby Barwick Email: [email protected] Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 5BL Website: www.richmondcofe.n-yorks.sch.uk Reg. No. 08372064 Website Blog Facebook Twitter

C of E are Richmondshire Champions!

Following on from the teams’ second place finish in the local tournament, on Wednesday C of E competed in the area finals.

The team won their opening game 2-0 against a strong Carnagill side. Goals either side of half time from Joe sealed the opening victory. The team them followed this up with another fantastic win, this time cruising to a 3-0 win against Bedale. The final group game against Hawes saw 2 late goals from Jack and Tom clinch victory. This meant the team finished top of their group to qualify for the semi final.

The semi final against Leyburn got off to a tough start, with Leyburn nearly getting the opening goal. However a fantastic save from Leo kept C of E on level terms. Two quick fire goals from Joe and Jack proved enough for the team to qualify for the final.

Interestingly, the team met Bedale for the second time in the tournament in the final. An early goal from Jack calmed our nerves and got us off to a flying start. C of E then dominated play, striking the post twice, but eventually finding the net to increase our lead to 2-0. Some strong defending from Louis, and great work in the midfield from Max (c), Tom, Jacob and Cain was enough to see the game out as winners and champions of Richmondshire!!

This huge achievement means the team qualifies for the North Yorkshire finals where we will be competing against teams from across the county.

The boys showed excellent team working and a fantastic attitude this afternoon. I am so proud of this outstanding achievement by our children.

Well done Team C of E!

Mr. McCulloch

MIDDLESBROUGH V SUNDERLAND—SUNDAY 5TH NOVEMBER

Congratulations to Reuben Digan (Yr 5) who won the tickets in the school draw for the Middlesbrough v Sunderland match: “On Sunday 5th November my dad and I went to see Middlesbrough v Sunderland at the Riverside Stadium and I was very excited as this was the first football match I had ever been to. We had good seats near the front and saw the teams warming up before the match. We also saw the Army parading around the ground to commemorate Remembrance Day. Then it was time for the match. Within 6 minutes Middlesbrough scored and although it was an exciting and fantastic match there were no more goals.” If you would like to take part in the draw for Middlesbrough tickets all you need to do is make a one-off payment on parentpay of £10. For more information please contact the school office. Thank you

Christmas Shoeboxes DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

A huge thank you to all the children, Children from FS2 - Year 6 will be parents and staff that have contributed so going to watch The Wizard of Oz at generously to the Christmas Shoeboxes The Georgian Theatre on either we are sending to children in Romania. It Tuesday 19th December or is wonderful to think that as we celebrate Wednesday 20th December. More Christmas with our own families we have made a contribution to the happiness of details to follow soon. children further away by our collective act SICKNESS/UPSET TUMMIES of compassion. Please could we remind parents Thank you so much. that if your child has sickness or an upset tummy they MUST remain off school for 48 hours following their last episode.

CHILDREN IN NEED

On Friday 17th November 2017 we will be raising money for Children in Need. In order to raise money, our Junior Leadership Team has decided that they would like to invite all children to wear Pyjamas and to bring in a contribution of at least £1. We hope that you are able to contribute to this fantastic cause.

CHRISTINGLE SERVICE MENU CHANGE—FRIDAY 17TH NOVEMBER

The school community is warmly There will be a change to our lunch menu on Friday for Children in Need. The revised menu will be: invited to the Christingle service Choice A= Chicken Fajitas and Chips at St Mary’s Church Richmond Choice B= Fish and Chips on the 26th November 2017 at 4pm. Choice C= Tuna Jacket Potato Choice D= Ham Sandwich We will be celebrating the coming of Advent —o0o— and celebrating Jesus Pudsey Cake Christ as the "Light of the World".

MRS L ALDERSON—PARENT SUPPORT ADVISER

Last week’s class attendance

Class Percentage Attendance Total minutes lost in teaching time due to late arrivals Mrs Steward 98.3 % 35 minutes Miss Grainger 99.4 % 20 minutes Miss McMain 94.7 % 0 minutes Mrs Tyson 95.6 % 150 minutes Mrs Whitaker 95.1 % 50 minutes Mr Wells 95.6 % 85 minutes Mr McCulloch 95.0 % 10 minutes

YEAR 5 VISIT TO ADRENALIN FOR CHILDREN-IN-NEED

Year 5 have had an exciting day today at Adrenalin. We met some of the Look North presenters as they completed the assault course which they were doing to raise money for Children in Need. We were stationed at different parts of the course to cheer them on. The cameras were rolling and you may be able to catch a glimpse of us on BBC 1’s Monday night Look North at 6:30pm. Please be aware that it is the Leeds edition though.