Hatfield Arrow September 2016

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September 2016

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Welcome to the September issue of the Hatfield Arrow.

The Summer is almost over and by the time you read this issue of the Arrow, the children will be back at school and looking forward to the Autumn term and the upcoming events such as Halloween and Bonfire night, and not forgetting Christmas!

If anyone has any information they would like me to include in the Hatfield Arrow about any events taking place, please contact me at the details below.

The deadline for event details, local news, useful information and adverts for the October issue is Thursday 15th September.

Good Luck to everyone who is starting a new school, a new class, a college or university!! I hope you’ll all be happy and successful.

Best Wishes Julie Morrell

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Community News Family Fun Day, Hatfield Doncaster Family History Woodhouse Village Hall Society’s Fair Field.

After last year’s successful event there will be another family fun day on Sunday September 11th 12md to 4pm. This is run by the Phoenix Theatre Group in conjunction with the Village Hall Committee, with profits going to the upkeep and improvement of the hall. Everyone is welcome. There is free parking and free admission. Should the weather let us down the day will take place inside the village hall.

There is something for all the family to enjoy.

As well as the favourites from last year such as tombola, hook a duck, bouncy castle, coconut shy and others, there are new events such as a welly throwing competition with prizes for the winning lady, man and child, and splat the rat.

We also have our own “fortune teller” The Amazing Astro Ann but don’t be disappointed if your future doesn’t work out exactly as she says, she is still in her apprenticeship!

Reptile Rendezvous will be returning and those brave enough will be able to handle the exotic creatures. A highlight will be a “Scrufts dog show” so bring along your pets as there will be a variety of categories for them to enter. All fun of course! Children will be entertained by Bongo the Clown who will be amusing them throughout the day with his show. There will be delicious home-made cup-cakes and other produce for sale as well as hot dogs, hot and cold drinks and ice creams.

We would love to continue this as an annual village event and we intend to add new attractions each year so if you have any suggestions about what you would like us to include in future please give your suggestions to any member of the Phoenix Group or Village Hall Committee. Your ideas will be most welcome.

So come along with the family and join us for an afternoon of fun. We look forward to seeing you.

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This year Doncaster Family History Society is again holding their annual fair at the Doncaster Deaf College [located opposite the main Racecourse stand] on Saturday 24th September 2016 It will be open from 10.00am until 4.00pm.

Taking part will be not only Family History Societies, but Local Heritage organisations, Commercial business with Family History wares, plus Craft stalls with a variety of goods on offer.

There will also be a demonstration of wood turning by one of our craft exhibitors.

The main hall should be full so there will be something for almost everyone.

If you have any interest in tracing your family, seeking local history, or want an original gift then this is the fair to visit.

There are two free talks, one by National Mining Museum’s, Anisha Christison, giving guidance on how to “Trace Your Coal Mining Ancestors”, along with a look at “Theives, Drunkards and Undesirables” with the ever popular Karen Walker MA. Refreshments will be available on site.

Doncaster FHS has transcribed many of the parish records including those of St Lawrence Church, Hatfield plus other information from the Parishes within the Doncaster Archdeaconry.

These plus much more will be available on the day.

There will be membership offers as well as a help desk, so bring your questions along as well.

Entry is just £1 [which includes a free visit to the research centre] and children under 14 go free.

So put a note in your diary now.

More details can be found by visiting our website www.doncasterfhs.co.uk

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Community News Thorne Colliery Under 12’s Junior Football team

would like to say a huge thank you to Ruth Morrell for the many ‘Bake Days’ she holds to raise funds for them. They would also like to thank Don Blackham, D & J News, Dunscroft who kindly donates baking ingredients and raffle prizes. Thanks also to Tony Downing for his contributions and to David Burton and Phil Walton for all their help. We are all looking forward to the new season.

HATFIELD WOODHOUSE AMATEUR GARDENING SOCIETY The most recent meeting of the Society was on Tuesday 2 August at Hatfield Woodhouse Club, when we had a show of photographs from this year’s Spring Show. These were taken for us by three members of Hatfield Camera Club at judging time when the exhibits were in prime condition.

It was interesting to relive the Spring Show of five months ago and see different interpretations of the subjects. After this, one of the Club members showed some pictures of a visit to Crete taken a few years ago.

The main points of interest were the masses of wild flowers, the orchids at Spilli, a huge meadow of wild tulips on a high plateau, and a brown parasitic plant completely covering its host.

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The next meeting will be on Tuesday 6 September at Hatfield Woodhouse Club commencing at 7-30pm. The Speaker will be Liz Webster who will be talking about ‘Plants for Places’.

Everybody is welcome, both members and non members.

The following week, on Saturday 10 September, the Society will be holding its Autumn Show. As usual this will be held at Hatfield Woodhouse Club, doors open to the public at 2pm.

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Why NEUTER?

There are many reasons why you should consider neutering your pet. In the UK today there is an over population crisis, with not enough homes to go round for the thousands of unwanted cats, kittens, dogs and puppies.

Unfortunately this sad fact is also true for rabbits. The only humane answer to the problem is to neuter animals thus preventing additional unwanted litters.

WHATS INVOLVED? Neutering is the term used to describe either spaying or castration, a routine operation carried out under general anaesthetic:  Spaying involves the removal of the uterus and ovaries preventing the female from becoming pregnant.  Castration refers to the removal of the testicles making it impossible for the male to reproduce.  We can neuter dogs from 6 months of age.  We can neuter cats from 4 & ½ months of age.  We can neuter rabbits from 16 weeks of age.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Prevents females from coming into season and becoming pregnant. Helps combat urine marking, roaming and dominance in males. Reduces the risk of mammary, uterine and testicular cancers.

These benefits apply not only to cats and dogs but also to rabbits. Male rabbits have the same drawbacks as tom cats if they are not castrated, most are territorial, frequently spraying urine and show aggressive tendencies. Neutering female rabbits is even more important. From sexual maturity most females become territorial and aggressive, often attacking other rabbits they also have repeated false pregnancies and may growl, scratch and bite their owners.

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Community News Six years without a day off sick – WOW! Eleven year old Belle Parish is leaving Dunscroft’s Sheep Dip Lane Primary school at the end of this week with an unblemished attendance record. In the eight years she has attended the school, Belle has had 6 years attendance at 100% Which is impressive.

Belle is now off to secondary school. To celebrate her achievement staff are presenting her with a range of goodies to help her to remember her time at Sheep Dip. Deputy Head Teacher Mrs Alison Parkhurst said: “I have been very impressed with Belle’s commitment to her education during her eight years at the school. She has achieved an outstanding attendance record and I am really proud of her. Belle’s attendance record is matched by her academic achievements. Well done!”

On June 11th we took 39 beavers cubs and scouts to Forbidden Corner for a great day out exploring the gardens many follies, tunnels, mazes and other attractions. The youngsters and adults had a great time at the venue which was subsidised by the fund raising race night event we had in April.

The beaver sleepover at the start of July at the village hall was a lovely weekend made possible by support from parents prepared to stay the night with 14 lively beavers! Our theme was the Beavers 30th anniversary where they made party hats, decorated party biscuits, made birthday cards and sock puppets and had a go at making their own dens from sticks and sheets. No scout camp would be complete without a camp fire and a few songs and stories as we watched the sun go down at the bottom of the field. The beavers slept in little pop up tents inside the village hall which was great fun. On Sunday morning after a time of reflection called a “scouts own” they had birthday cake and party games before going home.

Work on the scout hut has begun with help from FOWLERS electricians who were kind enough to inspect our wiring at the hut and bring it up to standard where necessary at their own expense. We are very grateful for their generosity.

There is still much to do to bring the rest of the hut up to scratch so if you are able to help the scout group and would like to offer your services, please contact the group.

For full section programme details see the website, .

If you would like to join our beaver, cub or scout group please contact Sue Lloyd, Beaver Leader, on 07802 875738 or email beavers@68hatfieldscouts.org.uk Beavers are 6-8yrs, Cubs 8-10yrs and Scouts 10-14yrs. All sections are for both boys and girls and meet at Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall during term time on Wednesday evenings.

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Community News Local farmers in Hatfield Woodhouse have featured in a new book on the future of energy, thanks to local MP, Caroline Flint.

The Don Valley MP, who is Chair of Labour’s Parliamentary Energy & Climate Change Committee has provided a chapter for the new Green Gas book, launched in Parliament this week.

Said Caroline: “For the past six years, I have been talking about what energy we need to keep the lights on and our homes warm. Eight in ten of our homes is dependent on gas for our heating and a third of our electricity still comes from gas. The purpose of the chapter was to show that instead of importing some of our gas from Russia or Qatar, we should be following the example of Lynda and Willie MacIntosh and their partnership with Future Biogas. Supported by local farmers, they turn crops into gas - enough for 3,000 homes in the coldest months.

“I was so impressed by the way local farmers have got together to produce green gas, that I wanted to promote it. I organised a visit for Jeremy Corbyn, Ed Miliband and Rosie Winterton to Vulcan Renewables, so they could understand the importance of this home grown, green energy. But I also wanted to contribute a chapter Quality Floor & Wall Tiling to this book. Thanks to colleagues like Alan Kitchens & Bathrooms Whitehead MP and Lisa Nandy MP, and with the Local Company backing of green entrepreneurs like Dale Vince, 30 Years Experience CEO of Ecotricity, more policy makers, politicians Competitive Rates and investors are going to find out about the importance of green gas for the UK’s future.

“But for me, the stars of this story are Willie and Lynda from Hatfield Woodhouse. We talk about green energy, but they are making it happen, right here in Doncaster.”

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Celebrating Our School Year A tasty time in Year 4 It has been a wonderful year and we are sad that is has come to an end.

Visiting the chocolate factory was one of the best trips that we have ever been on. We got the chance to taste different types of chocolate and see how the chocolate was made. The machines looked extremely complicated and it was very clever how they worked. We learned that even the Aztecs took part in making chocolate from cocoa beans. They left the beans to burn in the hot sun and this softened the beans in order for them to become better to eat.

Chocolate is definitely popular all over the world. Now, our thoughts are concentrated on Year 5 where we will be learning about lots of new exciting topics including World War Two. Cayden and Cady.

Victorious Victorians in Year 3 Year 3 has been full of learning. Our favourite part of the year was when we were learning about The Victorians. It was very entertaining when Mrs Charlesworth was dressed up as a Victorian teacher and she was pretending to hit Mrs Lange who was pretending to be a naughty pupil. We were pretty shocked to learn that all the desks were in rows of twos. We would never like our seating plan to look like that. We had to sing ‘God Save Our Queen’ which we had to sing until it sounded really good. We are quite nervous about moving into Year 4 because we will be moving into a new classroom with a new teacher but we are excited for the new experience. Evie and Owen.

Year 6 saying ‘Goodbye’.

Recently, we performed our leaver’s concert for the parents of Year Six. It was a huge success. It was very entertaining and the parents loved it. Some of the funny bits included the glamour girls, Miles and Miles the show presenters, Spitter the builder and Professor Blimp. There were also serious parts of the play such as the central theme of love and the final two songs which reduced some of the children to tears. At the end, we all sang as a year group on stage and it was very emotional. Our year group have also done well in our SATS tests and we our well prepared for Secondary School. We will miss our time at Travis and are very grateful for our time here. Ryan and Zach.

Getting Active in Year 5 Playing basketball with Pat this year has been super. It has been very competitive and very difficult at times but Pat always gives us helpful advice. Pat has supported many of us and some of us now represent the ‘Hatfield Fliers’ where we will play matches, tournaments and train every week. We have also really enjoyed swimming and have recently had an end of year fun sessions with hoops, rings and big floats that we used as canoes. We are looking forward to Year Six and can’t wait for a new challenge. We can’t wait for our topic trip to Whitby and to begin preparing for our tests.

Grace and Tom. Year 2 are ready for a change.

These past few weeks the children have been involved in different transition events, such as the formal transition days where they met their new teachers and worked in their new class. Recently they took part in a Science day at Upper site where they investigated the different habitats; these habitats included looking for bugs in the bug hotel, pond dipping for water creatures and sweeping for long grass creatures. We were all very excited when we discovered newts in our pond. The final part of our transition was going to watch the year 6 concert. It was amazing and the children worked so hard with their performance. We are looking forward to starting our new adventures in Year 3. Year 2 We would like to thank you for reading our reports this year and hope that you all have a lovely summer.

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Protect your PIN – me old cock…

Regular Arrow readers will know that every year me and my best mate - Mr Mole - jet off to the Yorkshire Dales for a week of well-earned R&R. Whilst away we try and get to see as much scenery as possible and find ourselves in the odd scrape or two as we enjoy what the countryside has to offer. This summer was no exception as we spent a superb week in the lovely market town of Settle, which nestles to the north of the National Park.

Our daily plan is simple but devilishly effective. We purchase a packed lunch, head out into the hills and spend our evening recovering from our exertion in a local pub.

Cool or what?

One morning, as we took aim at the various bakeries on offer, we found ourselves in the queue for the local cash point. I recall there were four people in front and three behind me in the queue. Whilst we were waiting Mr Mole decided to walk to the front, more than likely in the hope of receiving some attention from those waiting to dip into their bank accounts. And true to form the person at the front of the queue stroked Mole’s head and made a general fuss of him. He is a master at his craft is Mr M. While this was happening I made an innocent yet almost fatal mistake. I turned to the woman behind me and loudly whispered (yes I can sometimes speak to ladies): “What that man doesn’t realise is that I have trained my dog to read people’s PIN numbers as they enter them.” She giggled, which made me puff my chest out a little, but it was quite clear that those in front had taken heed of my outrageous claim. This manifested itself in the fact that the next three people to use the cash machine, although still making a fuss of Agent Mole, quite clearly made every effort to stop him from being able to view their hand movements. My innocent wind-up had been taken with much caution and Mr Mole was now an international spy capable of reading PINs, even though from his low vantage point he couldn’t possibly see what was being pressed - plus he was more interested in chips and discarded ice cream cones than he was money. Plus, while he is a legend, he is a dog.

This made me chuckle for the next few days as we walked around the hills above the town, basking in the summer sunshine. A couple of evenings later I was sat in the pub quenching my thirst and doing the crossword. Mr Mole decided to have a walk around, in a bid to land maybe a discarded chip or piece of pastry. As he walked past a couple enjoying a beverage, the man turned to the woman and pointing at Mr Mole stated: “That’s the dog I was telling you about, the one that’s been trained to read PIN numbers.” I have to admit I was a little stunned by this statement, not because of what was actually said but for the fact that an innocent joke was now being taken for the truth and was in danger of causing a stir in this lovely Yorkshire backwater. I chose to keep my own counsel and leave the matter well alone, not because I felt uneasy but I realised that I actually quite liked the fact that people were starting to believe that I was the owner of a canine criminal mastermind, responsible no doubt for large scale fraud across the county.

As we approached the end of our holiday we decided to take the short but beautiful journey across the Dales to the lovely village of Grassington. It was a busy Friday and we chose to peruse the shops before purchasing our lunch and then heading out to complete a walk along the river to the neighbouring village of Appletreewick. I spied a bakery, my pastry perception unrelenting, and so instructed Mr Mole to wait at the door. I entered and pondered over the tasty wares just beyond my grasp behind the glass fridged front, with the sole intention of getting something extra-special for our final day treat. People were busy buying their bread, chatting innocently with the staff as they came and went about their business, and eventually struck up a conversation with the shop assistant. I explained my baking choice dilemma and what I and my best mate (pointing to Moley waiting patiently by the door) were planning on doing that day. The shop assistant didn’t miss a beat. “Sounds like you’re not from round these parts,” she told me. I responded that she was indeed correct and that I was from the southern end of the namelymention Doncaster.“The She hasArrow” relatives inwhen the area, she added, and loved the racecourse 20county, Please responding to advertisements

whenever she was down that way. I smiled and conveyed my final lunch choice. All this time people were coming and going, having to manoeuvre slightly around a very well-behaved Mr Mole who was still waiting at the door. “So then, the assistant enquired, have you been staying in Grassington for the week? I haven’t seen you come in before.” I responded that I had in fact been staying in Settle and that I had decided to spend my last day in the village taking in the surrounding sights.

“Settle is lovely” the assistant replied, “I have family up there and we often go and visit them.” I nodded politely in agreement, explaining that we’d had a lovely holiday and had been spoilt by the gorgeous weather. My lunch packed I paid and thanked the assistant, wishing her all the best for the rest of her summer. However, as I turned to leave, she beckoned me back as I looked over my shoulder, lowering her voice a decibel or two. “Did you say you had been stopping in Settle?” I replied “yes” and she edged closer to the counter, her voice croaking a little as it dropped further.

“Did you use a bank?” Before I could reply her brow furrowed further. “Well if you did you need to be careful, I have heard there is man going around who has trained his dog to read PIN numbers, so you might want to check your bank balance.” I turned around and looked at Mr Mole, his ears cocked and eyes puzzled as to why I had stopped with his dinner – much in the manner of a man who may have forgotten his own pin number while stood at a cash point. A wry smile etched upon my face, I turned back and responded: “Crikey, what will these people think of next eh,” and exited the shop - careful not to reveal our identities.

Needless to say the smile never left my face and I realised that in some areas of the world you need to tread carefully when planting rumour seeds, as they may grow beyond your control. As I write this tale a part of me feels a pang of anxiety in case any of those people in the queue ahead of me really did somehow lose money out of their bank account! Mr Mole and I could end up on Crimewatch ….

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Hatfield Community Library I am writing this article in a rather wet and windy Carlisle at the moment as I am staying with my sister for a few days. The highlight of the visit was a trip to Newbiggin-by-the -Sea, via the old Roman road, to see our cousins and aunty. The library in Newbiggin is housed in my old infant school at the moment but is going to be closed and moved into the Leisure Centre. We tried to go into the library for a nostalgic look before it is demolished but sadly the library was shut on that day. My old junior school at the colliery has also been demolished so at this rate I won’t have many places from my childhood to visit.

Summer Reading Challenge Lots of children signed up for the reading challenge. I think the idea of only having to read six books was better than having to come to the library six times during the holidays, - although we would love that, we know many families go on holiday. Thank you to the schools for encouraging the children to read during the holidays and to parents/carers for bringing them to the library. My grandson wanted to come every day to get his cards but this was not always possible so he will have to collect the next three cards when he comes back from his holidays. My granddaughter wanted to do the challenge, but at the age of one and a half she is more interested in chewing or bending the cards than putting them in a wallet. However, I am sure she could do great things with the medal.

Art Exhibition/Coffee Morning This was quite well attended and as promised the homemade cakes were delicious. Coffee and cake for 50p, what more could you want? The art work was really good and remained up for a while so those people who missed the exhibition could have the chance to see it. Pat Sanderson the Deputy Mayor presented the library with a cheque from HTC for over £500 pounds. That, plus the money we made selling cakes and books will all be used to improve the library and pay for the many free activities which we put on for adults and children.

Saturday September 24th at 7pm Shakespeare Event in conjunction with Cast. After several changes of date owing to the availability of actors, the date has finally been settled. Light food and nonalcoholic drinks will be provided but if you want something stronger please bring you own bottle and probably glass- unless you are happy to drink from a plastic cup. There will be charge of £5 for this event to help to cover the cost. Several people have already booked a place. There will be an abridged performance of Macbeth followed by scenes from different Shakespearean plays. If you are a Shakespeare fan this will be a great treat or if you have never seen a Shakespeare play and would like to or even thought that Shakespeare might not be for you, then this evening will be a good introduction. (and of course the pub is just over the road!) The darker nights should add to the effectiveness of the dramatic scenes in Macbeth.

Staying on the literary theme there is another event for people interested in writing or getting a book published or put on to the internet.

Saturday September 10th at 11am Writing workshop with Linda Stacey. If you have ever thought of writing a book or just writing for your personal pleasure, try this course.

Rhyme Time. We are going to try a new idea for the story time session. It will be on Monday morning at 10:30 and will be more of a rhyme time session at times and other sessions will be rhyme, story and an activity. All this is free for adults with pre-school children to care for including childminders. There will be time to look at books and have a chat with others before collecting children from nursery. Drinks and biscuits/fruit will be available as part of the session.

The Art, Yoga, Colouring and Reading Groups are running as usual.

All our activities can be found on Facebook and Streetlife. Please share the activities with friends and family to help us to advertise them. We also put posters in local shops who kindly promote the library. If anyone has any suggestions for advertising the library to people who do not receive the Hatfield Arrow or Thorne Times, please let us know.

Tel. 842064 E-mail hatfieldcommunitylibrary@gmail.com

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Electrifying Outing for Thorne Camera Club

Feeling like small creatures in an alien world, members traveled between massive structures connected by enormous, corrugated pipework larger than the channel tunnel and huge, shiny conveyors capable of carrying thousands of tonnes, surrounded by a micro-climatic steamy atmosphere. If hydrogen fueled miniature personnel carriers had zoomed along, dodging between the massive architecture, would anyone have been surprised? It was like being on the film set of a space odyssey.

And yet this place is in clear view of the Thorne area any time, day and night, and is so familiar that it is hardly noticed, except perhaps on cool days when capacity is highest and vast clouds of steam emit from the 140 ft towers. Even the name conjures up images of futuristic worlds - Drax ‘Enlightening’ was how Ann described the guided tour of the UK’s largest Power Station, although Fran admits she still can’t explain how electricity is made. It was enough to take some stunning photos while feeling small and insignificant, dwarfed by the sheer size of the place.

Expertly guided by Jane and her team, very informative and helpful in Cynthia’s opinion, members had an entertaining and enjoyable evening.

In hi-vis vests, hard hats and goggles, Cynthia found it difficult to recognise anyone. Colin had a great time and took some unusual photos, in spite of the heat of one of the hottest days of the year. He said he was certainly ready for a drink by the end of the evening!

Ann explains that ‘currently’ Drax produces 10% of the country’s electricity by using both Colombian coal, and wood chips from North America from now redundant paper producing pine forests, with less use of paper in the digital age. She was reminded of Geography lessons extolling the virtues of the then newly discovered Selby coalfield with its easily accessible fuel, and thought this was ‘ a far cry’ from those days. ‘Seamlessly’, the 26 carriage Drax trains carry the wood chips in every 40 minutes 24/7, dispersing their cargo by magnetic, bottom opening hatches into vacuum led feeders, with an 86% efficiency carbon reduction over coal. Ann was certainly paying attention to the introductory talk in the Learning Centre, where Camera Club members asked more questions than other groups usually ask.

The site is so big, a coach was laid on to carry members around. Once off the coach, they scattered to find the best vantage point for photos. This was unexpected by the staff, and one commented it was ‘like trying to herd cats’! Normally each stop has its own explanatory talk, but armed with cameras, members just wanted to shoot good photos. They are very grateful to Drax management and the tour team who made the visit so interesting and enjoyable.

There are still a few more outings planned before the Autumn programme starts in the Methodist Church Hall at 7.15pm on Monday September 19th. If you would like to join in please contact David on 07463821182 or email thornecameraclub@yahoo.co.uk

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Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School News We are used to frequent visitors at Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School, we have parents welcomed into school frequently, inspectors come and go, teacher-trainers come in after the children have gone home and specialists come to talk to the children about their interests and passions.

I can remember once we had a hedgehog who wandered into Year 6 from the school field = (he didn’t sign in or collect a visitor’s badge!)

At the start of the school holidays this year, we had a most unusual visitor ….. so unusual Mr Needham caught him in a box and sent a photograph to me. This grass snake –handsome as he is, could cause chaos if he decides to revisit once the children are back in September!

A village school in the middle of fields, on the edge of the moors certainly provides a suitable setting for a rich education but we don’t take in snakes…yet!!

New Changing Rooms We continue to improve the school environment. This holiday, builders are hard at work – under the close supervision of Mr Needham, to create a changing area for the boys and girls in Year 5 and 6, who are becoming a little too self-conscious to get changed in the classroom together! To create this changing area, we are adapting and extending the chair store off our hall, having invested in some new folding tables for lunch-times and stacking chairs for concerts. I just hope they are more comfortable than our old chairs for the audiences!

Defibrillator During the Easter holidays the whole staff were trained in First Aid. One of the questions the trainers asked us (and unfortunately it rather threw us) was, ‘Where is the nearest defibrillator, should you need to treat some-one having a heart-attack before an ambulance arrived?’

We didn’t know- but decided we should find out. The nearest one proved to be in the prison, which may not be accessible on demand so we decided to buy our own – for school and community use.

Training for school staff and a volunteer from the village will take place on September 1st and the defibrillator will be available for use in the village hall for shows and other community events, on request.

Community Action When the children return in September, year 4 are looking to take up the challenge offered by the Archbishop of York to become ‘Young Leaders’. John Senamu’s idea is that children shouldn’t wait until they are adult before they act to change their locality for the better. They should work together to be the change they want to see NOW – with the support of the character, Archie Bishop, pictured here – who regularly emails them encouragement and support. We will be working with Year 4 on the skills they might need (team-work, formal letter-writing, fund-raising to name but a few! ) before taking them out into the local community for them to see what they would like to improve. Other schools have done litter-picks, campaigned for traffic to slow down, cleaned the local playgroup’s outdoor toys, or cleared a stretch of waste ground or concerts to entertain the older members of the community. If you have any suggestions how Year 4 could improve Hatfield or Hatfield Woodhouse – please write in to us and let us know!

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I remain immensely proud my school. We provide a good education, the children’s SATS results are evidence of this, in a year when the National bar has been raised and the standards set are incredibly high. We also seek to provide a broader more rich education than just those subjects tested, to prepare the children for life within the community.

Here, our choir are performing at the Big Sing in Doncaster – songs which they also performed for the residents of at Winthorpe Hall, in Dunsville.

As we move towards a new school term I am looking forwards to the school being filled with the sound of children’s voices again, hearing their news and ideas and observing their learning and enthusiasm.

Enjoy the rest of the summer and please contact school with comments or concerns. We will help if we can.

Kind regards, Helen Acton – principal Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School, Main Street, Hatfield Woodhouse, DN7 6NH Tel: 01302 840448

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WHAT’S ON? Hatfield Woodhouse Methodist Chapel News Sunday Services at 6pm September 4th Rev Christine Sutherby, Communion September 11th Mr David Hepworth September 18th Rev Christine Sutherby Harvest Festival Service September 25th Own Arrangement

Thursday, September 1st A Welcoming Service for Rev Christine Sutherby will be held at Thorne Methodist Church at 7pm. All Welcome Friday, September 2nd Rays Quiz Night 7 30pm Tickets £3 available from coffee mornings Coffee Mornings Saturday 10am - 12noon Coffee Mornings: September 3rd Rays Charities RNLI and YAA September 10th Project 20090 September 17th Support for Change September 24th Project 2000 Friday, September 16th A Concert by Doncaster Ladies Choir, 7 30pm Tickets £3 available from coffee mornings Saturday, September 17th Harvest Lunch served 12noon to 1pm (After Coffee Morning) Monday, September 19th Harvest Auction 7pm Friday, September 30th Bingo

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The Friends will be having a Pre-Loved Jewellery stall at Armthorpe Community Centre Table Top Sale on Sat 3rd September, 12 till 3pm as the jewellery keeps on flooding in.

Our following fundraising event is the St Leger Coffee Morning on Sat 10th Sept 10 - 12 noon in the Barn, Hatfield. As well as the usual Tombola, homemade cakes & raffle there will be a St Leger Sweepstake with a 'twist in the tail'....

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