The sprotbrough arrow june 2016

The Sprotbrough Also covering Warmsworth, 4800 distribution monthly

June 2016

Issue No. 100

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Welcome to the June issue of the Sprotbrough Arrow Wow! Sprotbrough, you are amazing! The effort and commitment from residents and local business to show off your village in the Tour De Yorkshire was astonishing. The village looked superb and your spirit was full of encouragement and team work. The day was buzzing despite the weather and the turnout was fantastic. A huge well done to all the organisers and everyone who contributed to the event. Credit to Dave Glover for Last month’s Arrow front cover.

As usual, we have lots of lovely news from our primary schools giving us an insight into what the children in the village have been up to. A huge well done to all of them who have now finished their SATS and assessments. I wish our young people who are embarking on GCSE’s and A levels, the very best of luck with their exams and their chosen next steps.

The deadline for the July issue is Wednesday 15th June. The July Arrow will be delivered the last full weekend in June.

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Community News Brodsworth Hall Croquet Club Did you know you could play Croquet at Brodsworth Hall? Brodsworth Hall Croquet Club is independent of the Hall but plays on their lawns.

The Club is holding free Taster Morning to offer the public a chance to play. The last morning will be 10.30 to 12.30 Saturday 25th June.

Visitors will be met at the Visitor Centre at 10.30. Further details can be had by ringing Owen Evans 01302 342846.

SUMMER 2016 OLYMPIC STARTRACK CHALLENGE Sign up now for our 5 day summer programme 3 days training and 2 days of competition club members and non members welcome, open to anyone aged 5years to 13 years

Good quality goody-bags to all competitors.

Coaching by our professional training staff.

WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB

Trophies to competition winners 5 day programme 10am-2pm each day.

Make the most of the light evenings in June and join us at our weekly meetings

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07 Jun 16 Sweet Memories 14 Jun 16 Flight of 1000 Eyes 21 Jun 16 It Comes To Us all 28 Jun 16 The Victorian Country House

£12 per day or sign up for the full programme for just £50 Contact Kev Lincoln for further information mobile 07739312835

Warmsworth Community Centre, Low Road Tuesday 7:00pm – 9:00pm

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Community News

A Queens Guard entertaining the crowds in Sprotbrough at the Tour De Yorkshire event on Saturday 30th April.

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Ofsted rated ‘Good’!

Monday at 9.30am GOLDSMITH CENTRE Sprotbrough Mondays 5.30pm & 7.30pm St Mary's Church Hall Sprotbrough

Call Amanda 07875 075602

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PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP PLACES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR SEPTEMBER 2016 FOR REGISTRATION This is a great opportunity to prepare your child for school in a friendly, caring environment and to meet other local children and families.

For more information call Nichola on: 07939471805 Or email: sprotbroughpark@gmail.com

Places must be booked by no later than Monday 13th June!

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School News from Copley Junior School

Music at Copley Junior School We are grateful to Sprotbrough Music Society for organising a professional performance from ‘Travelling by Tuba’ for us. The concert took children around the world, with instruments and pieces of music from different countries. The experience was educational and great fun too!

Cross Country Success Well done to our Copley Cross Country Team who were very successful in the Doncaster Championship. Our boys’ team came 1st in the Under 11 boys’ event, retaining the trophy for the age group. Team members were placed 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th! All the team represented the school very well with excellent sporting behaviour, so well done to everyone.

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Extra-Curricular Activities This year we launched the Children’s University initiative. Over 60% of pupils now have a Children’s University passport. The children record all the hours they spend at extra-curricular activities in their passport. In a recent Achievement assembly we presented over 70 certificates to children to recognise the learning they are undertaking after the end of the school day. A special mention to Grace M who has completed an amazing 265 hours of learning outside school – and we only started our Children’s University initiative in November!

We offer a huge range of extra-curricular activities in school to extend children’s learning and to provide enjoyable and fun activities too. This includes archery, cadet club (military exercises), art, cross country, Spanish, multi skills, gym, magic, aromatherapy, street dance, musical theatre, skipping, yoga and balloon modelling!

This week, children made a relaxing bath oil or bubble bath, choosing the fragrance and the colour of their product and as you can see, the balloon modelling club members are becoming very skilled!

We are very proud of all our Year 6 pupils as they tackled their Year 6 SATs tests. Year 6 responded with their usual enthusiasm to our offer of early morning yoga and breakfast sessions and the hall was full at 8am each day. Our yoga teacher led a variety of exercises, stretches and meditation activities to calm, energise and motivate the children followed by plenty of toast and juice!

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Ofsted Inspection Copley Junior School was inspected by Ofsted in April and our report is now published.

Ofsted awarded the following grades following our inspection:

 Overall Effectiveness: Good  Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding  Quality of teaching, learning and assessment: Good  Personal development, behaviour and welfare: Outstanding Outcomes for pupils: Good

Ofsted said:

“‘My child is thriving and coming on in leaps and bounds’ is typical of the many comments from parents.”

“The school motto ‘Believe, Achieve, Succeed’ amply reflects the culture of ambition within the school community.”

“The school’s rich and exciting curriculum provides many enjoyable learning experiences.

Pupils say they often find their lessons fun.”

“Teachers and learning support assistants skilfully ask probing questions to get pupils thinking hard about their work.”

“Outstanding leadership at all levels has driven rapid improvement since the previous inspection.”

“This is a school that is going from strength to strength. A very strong shared sense of vision and purpose, underpinned by detailed and thorough management systems, has enabled the school to improve rapidly.”

“The school’s work to promote pupil’s personal development and welfare is outstanding.”

“Parents who made their views known to an inspector were overwhelmingly supportive of the school and highly appreciative of the school’s work to promote pupils’ welfare. ‘A lovely, caring school; like a family unit’ and ‘a very happy school’ are typical of the many comments from parents.”

“There is a tangible sense of belonging in school. A group of pupils agreed: ‘Copley is about bonding. We are a community here.’”

“The behaviour of pupils is outstanding.”

“During the inspection there was a hard-working ‘buzz’ in every classroom. Pupils demonstrated unfailingly positive attitudes to learning. No pupils were observed off-task at all.”

“Pupils have extremely positive attitudes to learning. Indeed, there was an audible gasp of disappointment when a mathematics lesson ended during the inspection. The pupils explained: ‘We were really enjoying our work and lost track of time.’”

The last three years have seen significant school improvement work at Copley Junior, with changes to all aspects of our provision. I am so proud of everyone in our school community for what we have achieved together. The report praises the work of everyone – children, supportive parents, teachers, support staff, middle and senior leaders and governors. We are well placed to develop outstanding practice across all areas as we move forward and plan for further school improvement.

We look forward to sharing more school news next month.

Best wishes, E.A. Crayton Head teacher

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Tour De Yorkshire A great success for Sprotbrough The Tour De Yorkshire came through Sprotbrough on Saturday the 30th thanks to pleas from local residents to change the route.

Despite the weather, Sprotbrough saw residents and visitors alike turn out for the cycle race passing through, 15000 people in total enjoyed the festivities throughout the village.

The bands at Sprotbrough Country club drew many people to the centre of the village giving them a chance to see the queen’s guard and the royal British legion call the cubs, scouts and beavers to arms as the men’s race passed.

The Sprotbrough community fund, that was set up by Paul Hall at Sprotbrough Club managed to raise £3100 that will be put back in to projects within Sprotbrough.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this amazing day.

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Thank you to Shaun Flannery Photography LTD for use of his photographs promoting Sprotbrough’ s Tour De Yorkshire www.shaunflanneryphotography.com www.shaunflanneryphotographyblog.com 01302 570814 07778 315553 e-mail: shaun@sf-pictures.com And to Dave Glover for last month’s front cover.

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Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School What an exciting time our children here at Orchard have had during May! At the end of April they enjoyed participating in the activities centred around the Tour de Yorkshire.

We created a large piece of artwork from tractor tyres and potted plants which was located on our school field. Additionally, we produced lettering from Easter egg foil for the community work on the field. Although the helicopter didn’t pass over Sprotbrough, we did manage to capture some of our own unique photographs to remember the event by.

One of our pupil’s designs was selected to be printed in large format to create a banner which was later taken onto the route for the cyclists to see as they were passing. Another one of our exciting activities including making bunting from jerseys similar to those worn by the cyclists which was then displayed outside the school building.

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James from Active Fusion has been working with our year two children to teach them some cricket skills and will be coming into school for the next few weeks to continue with his work. The children have been very engaged and enthusiastic about the additional PE time they have got to spend outdoors on such a great team sport!

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Richmond Hill Primary Academy

Harmonious Harmonicas Year 1 pupils learning to play the harmonica.

What a delight!

HITTING THE RIGHT NOTE! Music has increasingly become part of our fabric, with a great breadth of activities available for our pupils to enjoy. We have a school choir; individual singing lessons; guitar/piano tuition; KS2 pupils have whole class singing lessons as part of their electives programme, Y4 have weekly flute lessons and Y1 are learning how to play the harmonica. To cap all of that, our Y5 pupils have been receiving opera lessons from Opera North which will lead to a performance at The Cast Theatre in July!

Our Choir recently delivered a phenomenal performance at the Robin Hood Festival and were awarded First Place. The feedback from the Adjudicator was glowing with a category of ‘Outstanding’ being given.

We are extremely proud that following our success at the 2015 event, we were able to return to Hill House School and retain the 2016 championship. This is extremely good news for a school choir which was only formed less than 18 months ago.

We are delighted that the following pupils achieved Distinctions or Merits in their recent London College of Music singing exams. What an achievement! Well done to Emma Wiggins, Holly Heptinstall, Lily Fletcher, Jessica Dixon, Eve Holmes, Ella Mackland.

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MATHS MONARCHY The gauntlet was recently thrown down to pupils from Year 1 to Year 6 to participate in our first Maths Monarchy Competition to find our ‘Mathstermind’ Champions. They certainly rose to the times table challenge and following a thrilling final, Jasmine Dong was crowned KS1 Champion and Abigail Greaves our KS2 Champion.

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What’s On In Sprotbrough?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

Mon

Mums & Toddlers

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30-11.00am

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

Pre School Playgroup

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.15-12.15pm

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

Pre School Palygroup

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.15-12.15pm

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

Mums & Toddlers

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30-11.00am

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 Fri

Explorer Scouts (14-18yrs) Pre school Playgroup

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough Sprotbrough Methodist Church

7.30-9.30pm 9.15-12.15pm

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

t-Time, Crafts, bible stories and more

St Marys Church Hall

4—5pm—check hall for dates

Sun

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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: 850890 Warmsworth Community Centre Contact Mrs Jill Sharpe 01302 858377

Monthly Events in Sprotbrough & Warmsworth Monthly

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

3rd Monday

St Mary’s Mothers Union

The Stable, Main Street, Sp’boro

7.30pm- 9.30pm

1st & 3rd Tuesday

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

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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

All aspects of Joinery work undertaken

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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