The sprotbrough arrow december2016

The Sprotbrough Also covering Warmsworth, 4800 distribution monthly

December 2016

Issue No. 106

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Arrow Publications

Merry Christmas to all our Readers

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Welcome to the December issue of the Sprotbrough

Arrow.

Apparently, we will soon be saying goodbye to the warmest year on record. Let’s hope we don’t pay for it over the winter months with Arctic conditions! We all like a bit of seasonal weather (but just a bit).

This month’s issue has lots of information on all the local Christmas fayres, activities and events as well as an update from the local primary schools on what everyone has been up to this month. As always, the schools will be busy in December with plays and concerts so we look forward to finding out about it all in the January issue.

I hope everyone enjoys the fun and excitement of this festive month but please, if you can, spare a thought for our elderly neighbours who may not have any visitors this Christmas.

The deadline for the January issue will be Monday 12th December. The Arrow will be delivered the last full weekend in December.

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Community News

Warmsworth Knit & Natter Group We will be holding a stall at the Santa’s Grotto weekend to be held in Warmsworth Community Centre rd

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SPROTBROUGH MUSIC SOCIETY present MEMBERS CHRISTMAS EVENING featuring Angela Hartley (Mezzo-soprano) And Jonathan Gooing (Piano) An opportunity to join us for an evening of music appropriate for this most magical of seasons!

St Mary's Church Hall

3 & 4 December

Thursday 8th December 2016 at 7.30pm.

All funds raised will be donated to local charities

(including coffee/tea and mince pies)

Admission £5

Sprotbrough Community Library Courses & Activities 2016/17

Day/Date

Time

Course/Activity

Monday Monday Monday

10am-12.30pm 1pm-3pm 1pm-3pm

Practical Philosophy (next course starts Jan 2017) Art for Leisure – weekly art group Tai Chi – 5 week taster course – starts 9/01/17

Monday

6pm-8pm

French – 5 week taster course - starts 9/01/17

Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday

2pm-3pm 12.45pm-2.45pm 10.15am-12.15 1pm-2pm

Sprotbrough Readers Group 2nd Tues of month Family History – 11 week course – starts 03/01/17 Creative Writing – 5 week taster course – starts 10/01/17 Children’s story time & activities (preschool)

Tuesday Thursday

6.30pm-8.30pm 10.30am-11.15am

Social Club – bingo, quiz nights, etc. starts Jan 2017 Baby Signing (Baby Bunnies)

Thursday Thursday Friday Friday

See times 2.30pm-4pm 11am-12pm 10.15am-12pm

Slimming World Classes – 9.30am/3pm/5pm/7pm Afternoon Tea & Scones/Cakes – last Thurs of month Social Group – weekly Learn Basic Computers – FREE

Ad-hoc Events & Activity Sessions 2016 Date Sat 26th November Sat 3rd December Wed 7th December Tue 13th December Sat 17th December Tue 20th December

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Activity/Event Creation Station Coffee Morning - FREE Great War 1914-18 Museum Activity Day - FREE Explore Your Computer – FREE Creation Station Explore Your Computer – FREE

WEA & AFCLmention courses are“The discounted for people on certain benefits, taxtocredits, etc. – ask for details.

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Community News WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB

Escape the festive frenzy and relax with friends 06 Dec 16 Sing and Quiz by Keyboard 13 Dec 16 Christmas Celebrations and we return 10 Jan 17 A Welcome to the New Year Everyone is very welcome.

We meet on Tuesdays 7:30-9pm Warmsworth Community Centre, Low Road

Christmas Coffee Morning.

3rd December

St Peter's Church Barnburgh, Christmas Market

Start the festive season with a mince pie and mulled wine on Saturday 3rd December 10.30 am to 2.00pm.

Sprotbrough Library 10-12noon come along, meet friends and have a chat.

Various craft stalls, Books, raffle and cake stall.

Stalls in the Village Hall and Church.

Hot food in the Church hall.

Lucky programme, trail, raffle, wine or water stall and much more.

Everyone Welcome 5

This cute boy is Jools, a four year old Jack Russell Terrier. Jools is great with peoplevery friendly, but a bit shy at first. He is very well-behaved and loves to play ball! He is not good with other dogs or cats, so would need to be the only pet in a home with older children. Jools is neutered and fully vaccinated. If you are interested in meeting this smashing boy, please call Isle Rescue on 01427 728705.

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Richmond Hill Primary Academy

RAISING FUNDS FOR MACMILLAN We wanted to do something different for this year’s Harvest Festival. So we came up with the idea to get our children to gather the ingredients to make cakes and buns to sell to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. We raised a phenomenal total of £335 for this very worthy cause.

CHILDREN IN NEED -Our nursery children loved raising money for Pudsey Bear!

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@ the rear of Jay Cee Autos Enthralling Experience Dyzelle Sutherland, a classically trained violinist and Gary Hammond a percussionist with the ability to play over 600 different kinds of instrument, recently visited Richmond Hill Primary Academy. They performed an interactive music piece ‘Yana’s Long Journey’ which showcases the violin and introduces children to high quality pieces from different musical cultures. Our younger children followed 7 year old Yana as she flees Syria with her family and begins the long journey in search of a new place to call home.

Opus 100 We are delighted to be part of Ridgewood School’s vision to create a school band – Opus 100. As one of their partner primaries some of our pupils are taking the lead in the brass and the percussion sections!

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Sprotbrough Orchard News On the last day of Autumn Term 1, we celebrated our Harvest Festival with a special assembly led by our chair of governors, Mr Banks. He told a story with wooden figures to demonstrate to the children the effect of having no food. We donated our collection to the M25 Housing and Support Group in Doncaster and they were greatly received.

On Monday 31st October, the first day of Autumn Term 2, Mary and Bhadri from Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) came into school to talk to the children about the celebration of Diwali. Each class had a workshop where they saw traditional rangoli patterns, Hindu clothing and heard the story of Rama and Sita. From this, children

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have produced mehndi pattern artwork and retold the Diwali story.

We would like to extend our thanks to Mary and Bhadri for their efforts here at Orchard.

All children in school have made a clay diva lamp which they will be able to bring home closer to the Christmas holidays. They enjoyed moulding the clay and designing them using different tools and techniques.

Linking to our centre of interest this half term, Year Two children have investigated the effects of heat on different materials. They looked at the principles of fair testing and observed closely what happened to each material as it was heated. They then recorded their findings and discussed at length the different effects.

On Thursday 10th November, Rev. Amanda from St. Mary’s Church came to conduct a Remembrance assembly in honour of the veterans who fought in various wars over time. Our children participated in holding a two minute silence to mark the occasion on Friday 11th November. All children were very respectful and mature about this and we are very proud of them all for their achievement. On Friday 18th November we will be celebrating Children in Need to raise money for a well deserving charity. Keep your eyes peeled for our happenings in next month’s issue!

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School News from Copley Junior School Anti-Bullying Week Our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have done a fantastic job as they planned and led activities across school to promote National Anti-Bullying Week. The Magic Club of Great Britain presented a magic show that promoted the anti-bullying message. Our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors organised different activities for every year group and led our assembly to share their PowerPoint presentation. We are very proud of our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors team; children promoting the importance of a friendly and caring school helps to maintain our excellent standards of behaviour.

Year 3 launched their new creative learning project on 'Predator' with an exciting visit to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The day included a tour of the Wildlife Park, an outdoor 'Deadly Bugs' teaching session and an indoor teaching session where children could handle minibeasts and even stroke a snake!

Teachers reported that the children's behaviour was exemplary, so well done to everyone in Year 3!

Remembrance Day Thank you to everyone who contributed to our British Legion Poppy Appeal.

All the children wrote their names on a poppy to create our display.

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Year 6 – ‘A Child’s War’

In November, Year 6 children from Copley Junior School were evacuated from Doncaster to Murton Park. On arrival, they were met by an evacuation officer who escorted them to the village hall. During their visit, children experienced what life was like for children during World War Two. Activities included: washing and ironing clothes; making farmhouse crunch and butter; blast taping windows; carpet making; air raid drills and most children’s favourite - extinguishing a small incendiary bomb!

Back at school Year 6 have had a busy time, learning all about what life was like for children living through World War Two. After two fun-filled sessions of painting silhouettes of London during the Blitz and creating large A1 posters, the children enjoyed learning about evacuation and produced excellent descriptive recounts, focusing on characterisation and speech. They were also able to use emotive language, which they had been working on in class, to create beautiful poems that included a variety of similes, metaphors and personification. Project work has included making Anderson shelters and baking using war time rations.

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Children in Need Last month we launched our Times Tables Rockstars initiative to motivate children to learn their times tables and to have lots of fun at the same time. We decided that we would raise money by dressing as rock stars for Children in Need. As you can see from the photos, the children did this in great style!

We look forward to sharing more school news next month.

Best wishes, E.A. Crayton

Head teacher

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What’s On In Sprotbrough?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

Mon

Rainbows

Scout Barn in Sprotbrough Village

5.30pm

Mon

Rising 2’s play session

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.00-11.30am

Mon

Rising 2’s play session

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

12.30- 3.00pm

Mon

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.15-7.45pm

Mon

Beavers (6-7yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.00-7.30pm

Mon

French Conversation Group

Sprotbrough Community Library

6.00—8.00pm

Mon

Adult Beginners Ballroom/Latin Dance

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

2pm –3pm

Tue

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Tue

Coffee Morning

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10.30-11.30am

Tue

Tuesday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Tue

Painting Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

2.00-4.00pm

Tue

Dancing

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.00-7.00pm

Tue

Story time & Activities (term time)

Sprotbrough Library

1pm—2pm

Tue

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.00-9.00pm

Tue

Cubs (8-10yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.30-8.00pm

Tue

Cubs 'Kestrels' (8-10yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

6.45-8.15pm

Wed

Rising 2’s Playgroup

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.00-11.30am

Wed

Sprotbrough Park Playtime (term time)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30-11am

Wed

Sequence Dance—Ian Sadler

Royal British Legion

1pm –3.30pm

Wed

Story Time & Activities Alternate weeks

Sprotbrough Library

1.30pm—2.30pm

Wed

Dancing

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.00-7.00pm

Wed

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

5.30-6.30pm

Wed

Sequence Dance Club

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30pm—10pm

Wed

Cubs 'Falcons' (8-10yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

6.45-8.15pm

Wed

Scouts (11-14yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.00-9pm

Thurs

Coffee Morning

The Stable, Main Street, Sprotbrough

10—11.30am

Thurs

Little tykes (childminders drop in)

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15—11.00am

Thurs

Thursday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Thurs

Dancing Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

4.45-8.45pm

Thurs

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.00-7.30pm

Thurs

Yoga Class

St Marys Church Hall

7—8.30pm

Thurs

Adult Improvers Ballroom/Latin

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

8-9pm

Thurs

Beavers (6-7yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

5.30-6.30pm

Thurs

Scouts (11-14yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

7.00-9.15pm

Thurs

Explorer Scouts (14-18yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.30-9.30pm

Fri

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Fri

Tea Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.00-4.00pm

Fri

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.30-9.00pm

Sat

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30—10.30pm

Sat

Dancing Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-3.15pm

Sun

Sunday Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10am—11am

Sun

t-Time, Crafts, bible stories and more

St Marys Church Hall

4—5pm—check hall for dates

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What’s on in Warmsworth?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

Monday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Tuesday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Tuesday

Brownies

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

6.30pm-8pm

Tuesday

Ladies Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

Wednesday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Wednesday

Ladies Dancing

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

8pm-9pm

Thursday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Thursday

Dancing Class

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

4pm-9pm

Thursday

Watercolours

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

10am-12 noon

Thursday

JW Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

1.30pm-2.30pm

Friday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Saturday

Children’s Dancing

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

10am-12noon

Sprotbrough Community Centre Bookings Tel: 788093 Methodist Church Hall Bookings Tel: 570036 (office hours 10am-12noon Tue & Fri) St Marys Church Hall Bookings Tel: 07891 813986 Warmsworth Community Centre Contact Mrs Jill Sharpe 01302 858377

Monthly Events in Sprotbrough & Warmsworth Monthly

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

3rd Monday 1st & 3rd Tuesday

St Mary’s Mothers Union

The Stable, Main Street, Sp’boro

7.30pm- 9.30pm

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30-10.30pm

1st Wednesday

Sprotbrough Wives

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

8.00-10.00pm

2nd Thursday

Lunch Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

12.15pm - 2.00pm

2nd Tuesday

Jigsaw Puzzle library & Coffee

The Stable, main Street, Sprotbrough

10—12noon

2nd Tuesday

Sprotbrough WI

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30—9.30pm

4th Thursday

Chatroom

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

1.30-3.30pm

Last Thursday of month

Parish Luncheon Club

Newton Arms, Sprotbrough Rd

12 for 12.30pm

2nd Monday

Ladies Club Committee

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

3rd Monday

Parish Council meeting

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

2nd Wednesday

Pudding Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

3rd Thursday

Community Partnership

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

6.30pm—7.30pm

1st Thursday

Warmsworth WI

Warmsworth Community Centre

7—9pm

1st Friday

Baby Clinic

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

1pm—3pm

1st Saturday

Ward Councillors Surgery

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

10.30am to 11.30am

1st Tuesday

Warmsworth & Edlington Lions Club

The Fairway, Warmsworth Rd, Balby DN4 0RP

7pm

3rd Wednesday

Warmsworth Neighbourhood Watch

Cricket Club

7pm

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Useful Numbers Advice

General

Citizens Advice Bureaux - Advice line

01302 735225 Doncaster Council - General

01302 736000

Electricity Emergencies

0800 375 675

Taxes Helpline

0300 200 3300

Tax Credit Helpline

0345 300 3900

Care in the Community Age Concern Childline

0800 009966

Medical

08001111

NSPCC

0808 8005000 Doncaster Royal Infirmary Hospital

01302 366666

RSPCA

08705555999

0845 4647

NHS Direct

Weldricks Pharmacy, East Laith Gate, Doncaster Mon—Sat 9am—10pm, Sun 10am-10pm, 01302 369699 Bank holidays 10am-8pm, 365 days per year.

Community Sprotbrough and Cusworth Parish Council

01302 788093 Sprotbrough Village Pharmacy

Warmsworth Post Office

01302 853417

Doncaster Families Information Service

0800 138 4568

Goldsmith Centre

01302 788093

S Yorkshire Fire Service (non emergency)

0114 272 7202

S Yorkshire Police (non emergency)

01302 855622

Also fit Alarms

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Education Copley Junior School, Sprotbrough

01302 856445

Orchard Infant School, Sprotbrough

01302 853655

Richmond Hill Primary School

01302 782421

Ridgewood School

01302 783939

Doncaster Council - Education

01302 734444

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Warmsworth Primary School

01302 852200

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Barnburgh Primary School

01709 893125

High Melton College

01302 553666

Warmsworth Library

01302 853082

Sprotbrough Community Library

01302 782436

Doncaster Central Library

01302 734305

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