East Cowton CE (VC) Primary School

Friday 22nd May 2015

“A place where the beliefs and practices of the Christian faith underpin the social, moral, spiritual, cultural and physical well

being of every individual!”

Dear Parents, Bath bombs!

Year 5 and 6 became keen scientists for the day on Monday, finding out about the pH

rainbow scale and making fabulous bath bomb mix to take home and create both foam-

ing bubbles and scent! We are grateful to Dr Jo from the Royal Society of Chemistry,

and we enjoyed spending time with the upper KS2 children from Kirkby Fleetham and

North and South Cowton Schools. There are more photographs on page 3.

Forest Schools

Compass Adventure provided us with two brilliant days of exploration, team building and

challenge this week. We didn’t get much sleep, but had the most fantastic time! Thank you

for all the generous donations of food which kept the hungry campers fuelled and to the

staff from both schools who stayed overnight, without whom the venture could not have

taken place. We also thank Miss Hanson our Secondary placement student for her D and T

help with the flag which proudly flew above the campsite.

Staff news

We are very sorry to announce that Mrs Jessica Bell has made the very difficult decision not to return to teaching

following her maternity leave. With a very young baby Mrs Bell feels it is most important to spend time with him at

the moment, so she is taking a break from teaching. We are very grateful for the enormous contributions to school

improvement made by Mrs Bell during her time at East Cowton CE VC Primary School and wish her and the family all

the very best for the future. We hope Mrs Bell and Henry will be able to come in later in the term to say ‘goodbye’.

Governors are very pleased to welcome Mrs Marie Mann onto the teaching team next year to lead in KS2 and thank

her for her hard work, commitment and expertise during this past year.

Governor elections

We are delighted to announce that appointments have been made for governors to the new federation. Mr Steve

Cooke will be Foundation governor and Mr Graeme Thompson will be parent governor. Following a first meeting of the

‘core’ group, other governors will be co-opted to make the total 12 in place by September 2015. Reverend David Lewis

will act as Chaplain.

Re-decoration

During the half term break, the outside of the school is being re-decorated. This will involve pre-treatment and re-

moval of guttering etc. Please be aware that there will be contractors on site each day and potential hazards making

the school grounds ‘out of bounds’. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

Have a wonderful break, and we look forward to seeing the children back on Monday 1st June refreshed and ready to

enjoy the final summer half term.

Best wishes

Dr Ruth Smith

Weekly Awards

Each week we are delighted to award certificates and trophies to those children in our school

who have worked especially hard or been especially thoughtful!

Mischievous Monkeys: William Reed for great model making in the large construction area

Clever Cats: Joe Flintoff for super contributions during RE and for always being ready to learn

Fabulous Flamingos: Theo Thompson for a fabulous impacting opening in his adventure story

Listening Cup: Sophie Turbutt

Achievement Shield: Oliver Leggott

Caring Bear: Lauren Casey

House Points News and Pupil of the Week!

Ryedale 377 Charlotte Ingram

Nidderdale 334 Jack Leggott

Wensleydale 442 Tristan Alderson

Swaledale 411 Charlotte Bainbridge

Letters sent home this week Each classroom has a tray of letters and uncollected copies will

be left in there. Please note it is the responsibility of your child to collect any forgotten/missed

letters.

Educational trip to the Interfaith Centre on 18th June - KS2

Puppet Workshop at Appleton Wiske - YR

Fabulous Football!

Congratulations to the teams who played skilful and entertaining football on Mon-

day evening and a big thank you to all who supported them. Two convincing victo-

ries!

School Photographs

We have sent home with the children the school photographs taken last week, and are really

pleased with the pictures which show what a happy group the children are!

We would be grateful if you could return your orders to the school office by Friday 5th June

with either cash or cheques made payable to “Richard of Impressions”. If you are paying by

cheque please write your name on the back of the cheque.

SMIRFS

This week the following have completed:

Earth and Mars - Oscar Black, Ethan Ingram, Josh James, Oliver Bendelow

Jupiter - William Hopper, Emma Kirby, Evie Flintoff, Theo Thompson, Jack Leggott

Saturn - Tristan Alderson

Neptune - James Pickford

Bath Bombs!

5k Run for St Martin’s Hospice

Annie Smithson is doing the Edinburgh 5K on Saturday 30th May.

She is running in memory of her brother Matthew and is raising money for Martin House Chil-

dren's Hospice. If you would like to sponsor her, please contact her direct, use the sponsor form in

the Village Shop or go to (https://www.justgiving.com/Annie-Smithson1/)

North East Air Ambulance

The North East Air Ambulance will be collecting used printer cartridges and any other useful

items to support the valuable work that they do. We will soon be receiving collection bags and

will send them home with the children. The bags will be collected from school on 12th June at

9am. So do your bit for charity and also the environment!

Bushcraft and Camping

Some of the comments from Class

1 showing how much they have re-

ally enjoyed themselves….

The event was such fun that we

have added a separate page of

amazing photographs.

Dates for your Diary Mon 1 Jun SCHOOL OPENS

Mon 1 Jun Richmond School Science visitor

Thu 4 Jun Mrs Dudman on site

Fri 5 Jun Hambleton Heroes event

Tues 9 Jun Agricultural Society Countryside Day Harrogate Years 3-6

Thu 11 Jun PCSO McNeill Road Safety talk

Thu 11 Jun Kwik Cricket at Northallerton Cricket Club

Thu 11 Jun Governing Body Curriculum Committee Meeting 6pm

Thu 18 Jun Interfaith Visit to Bradford Years 3—6 with North and South Cowton School

Fri 19 Jun 9.30 - 11.30 Y2 Art at South Otterington School

Fri 19 Jun am Year Reception Puppet Workshop at Appleton Wiske School

Fri 20 Jun Village Scarecrow Trail - donations of plants and tombola prizes welcome

Fri 23 Jun Tag Rugby at Thirsk School

Thu 25 Jun Whole school to Clip’n Climb

Thu 25 Jun Full Governing Body Meeting 6pm

Fri 26 Jun 9.30—10.30am Swimming 5/5

Fri 26 Jun afternoon Cricket Festival with Kirkby Fleetham

Fri 26 Jun 5-8pm Friends of the School Family Rounders on the School Field

Mon 29 Jun Bike event - afternoon

Mon 29 Jun 4pm Mixed football tournament

Tue 20 Jun School Sports Day

Tue 30 Jun Y6 Parent and Pupil Information Evening at SFX 7pm

Wed 1 Jul Rounders am

Wed 1 Jul Tennis Tournament pm

Wed 1 Jul 1.30-2.30pm Y6 Leavers Service at Ripon Cathedral

Fri 3 Jul Y6 Induction day at SFX

Fri 17 Jul SCHOOL CLOSES for the Summer break

Fri 20 Jul Training Day

Mon/Tues 7/8 Sep Staff Training Day

Wed 9 Sep SCHOOL OPENS

Please see our website at www.eastcowtonprimaryschool.org.uk for further information on School

Holidays, Governors, School Meals, School Uniform Orders and other information. This infor-

mation will also be sent home to parents on a half termly sheet to keep safe, which means that we

have more space on the newsletter for comments from the children and photos of their activi-

ties.

Please contact the School Office if you require our written material

in any other format or language.

Our amazing Bushcraft and Camping Adventure!