The November Sprotbrough Arrow

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Cusworth

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November 2020

Issue No. 181

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It’s great to see all the fun and learning taking place in our schools. After such a challenging year, they continue to provide an anchor of support to young people whilst juggling restrictions and keeping children, staff and parents safe. I sincerely hope we can continue to keep our schools open.

As life remains difficult and uncertain for many local businesses, particularly the hospitality sector, I will do my very best to support them by purchasing gift vouchers for birthday and Christmas presents. We have some wonderful local pubs, wine bars, cafes and restaurants, they need us now more than ever and it would be so sad to lose any of them. If you are stuck for a present idea this year, please bear them in mind.

What ever this virus throws at us, whatever restrictions are enforced, we can only do our best to support one another and keep safe.

Sending my love and best wishes to everyone.

The deadline for the December issue is Wednesday 18th November. The December issue will be distributed the weekend commencing 27th November.

Keep safe everyone.

Michelle Sidebottom Tel: 07795 387937 michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk www.arrowpublications.co.uk Find us on facebook

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Community News Sprotbrough will have a tree!

A new cut tall tree, kindly donated by Brittains Beverages, will be erected on the green and covered in lights. The lights on the tree at the top of Boat Lane will also be on, as will others. Latest regulations forbid gatherings of large groups, so there’s no event; Just enjoy seeing the lights as you walk past!

Just to remind you, we’ve obtained permission to hang stars on the trees around the green. This is where you can help. Please support Sprotbrough Lights, buy a star and pop along and hang it up from 16th November. There’s no charge, only the cost of a star or two for you! We can’t be there, but the stars can! Let’s go for it and see how many we, as a community, can put up and make this a memorable year in a good way?

By the way, if you are unable to hang your star, place it in the box at Ottos and we’ll do it for you!

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Tickhill Music Society Regrettably, and after much consideration, we have decided to cancel our November and December concerts.

However, we are trying to remain positive and hope that our season of classical music will resume in January.

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Community News WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB

Delivery Staff

We are looking for delivery staff to cover Cusworth You must be at least 15 years of age if unsupervised.

If you are interested, please email michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk

Thank you

Warmsworth Ladies don't lose heart Seems so long we've been apart When it's safe again we'll meet For tea and chat - oh such a treat!

Until then keep up your chin The Ladies’ Club will meet again!

Keep safe my friends and keep in touch with each other.

Regards Carol Low Road Warmsworth

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Sprotbrough & Cusworth Parish Council

Job Vacancies CARETAKER 13 hrs per week The Norman Dent Pavilion Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough, DN5 8DT

SPROTBROUGH CRICKET CLUB

Unfortunately, due to Covid 19 and current restrictions, we have had to take the decision to cancel this years Bonfire night.

This is difficult for our club as this event is one of our biggest fundraisers as well as a community event enjoyed by so many both local and further afield.

We are sorry for the disappointment this may cause and hope that we will be back with a bang next year.

Keep safe everyone.

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The Parish Council is looking to appoint a Caretaker at the above Pavillion. The successful candidate will deliver a caretaking and cleaning service, including key -holding in support of the football teams on a 13 hours per week/ 52 weeks per year permanent contract. Hours of work will primarily be a Saturday and Sunday with cleaning and litter picking duties to be undertaken at a convenient time during the week.

Personal protective equipment and training will be provided. Applicants should be over 18 and be capable of lifting heavy items, cleaning surfaces to head height and prepared to work alone.

Rates of pay are in accordance with National Local Council scales and probationary period will apply.

The post will suit those living near the pavilion.

_____________________ PART TIME SITE SUPERVISOR 15hrs per week Goldsmith Community Centre Sprotbrough Road, Sprotbrough DN5 8BP The Parish Council is looking to appoint a Site Supervisor at the Goldsmith Community Centre.

The successful candidate will deliver a caretaking and cleaning service, including key-holding in support of the Centre users on a 15 hours per week/ 52 weeks per year permanent contract. Hours of work will be Wednesday, Thursday Friday one week and Friday, Saturday, Sunday the following week.

Personal protective equipment and training will be provided. Applicants should be over 18 and be capable of lifting heavy items, cleaning surfaces to head height and prepared to work alone. The post may include some unsocial hours depending on the weekly hire arrangements.

Rates of pay are in accordance with National Local Council scales and probationary period will apply.

The post will suit those living near the Centre.

Please send applications by letter/email stating your relevant experience and suitability including the names and details of 2 referees.

For further information please contact the Parish Council on 01302 788093 or sprotcuspc@btconnect.com

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Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School

During autumn term one, we have been focusing heavily on settling foundation stage children back into routines. They have continued to explore their provision and familiarise themselves with their teachers and class. As part of their learning, children have sorted conkers, leaves and sticks by their colour, shape and size. They have also spent time in construction areas to develop fine motor skills.

Miss Belk from Active Fusion has been in school too to work with children across all year groups on developing dance skills. Specifically, she has spent lots of time during the first few weeks focussing on developing skills around listening to, and following carefully, given instructions. Children have then had opportunity to build on this by developing a sequence of movements to a given stimulus in Year Two. In just a few weeks, children have developed their own sequence of movements to a given stimulus and put it to a music, keeping time to the beat.

What fantastic results! Miss Belk will continue to work with all classes over the course of this academic year and we would like to thank her for her hard work and efforts with all children so far.

Miss Belk has also trained up a group of mini leaders in Year One and Year Two and children have enjoyed taking responsibility to lead their own games during play times and during outdoor learning sessions.

In Years One and Two, children have been looking at signs of autumn and discussing harvest. As part of this learning, they have made apple crumbles and apple pies respectively, including preparation of the fruit from the tree, mixing ingredients to make pastry and developing skills such as rolling and cutting. Our mini -chefs did a fabulous job!

We are lucky here at Orchard Infant School to enjoy such fantastic grounds and the children have relished the experience of spreading acorns, conkers and chestnuts more recently for the local wildlife to eat.

They’re really busy collecting their food in the run up to winter and we’re excited to see lots more signs of change over the coming months.

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Carers Walk, Cusworth Hall On this day out for carers and cared -for folk a big group of about 40 people arrived at the car park for 10.30. They had three options, one being to spend time around the Hall to chat and meet old friends, the second was to do a short walk down to the lake and through the shrubbery led by Angela, the third was to do a 4 mile walk led by me.

The weather forecast, which was for rain from about 11.00 onwards, was an accurate, but fortunately nothing more than a light drizzle fell from the skies while we were walking.

Seven people chose the 4 mile walk, ranging in age from a nineteen year old to a ninety year old! We left the car park and walked down through the wood to the bottom of the park before heading towards and under the motorway and on to Sprotbrough. After skirting Sprotbrough we took a delightful path through a strip of woods, crossing over, rather than under, the motorway this time and on to the Trans Pennine Trail. A couple of the group needed support to climb down some very wonky steps down to the TPT, but from then on the walking was easy. After about a mile of the TPT we took a track to the left and into Cusworth Park and up to the Hall, where coffees, teas and lunches were happily consumed.

Thanks to the Stepping Out organisation for making this day out possible, and, of course to Julie for organising the Doncaster Carers.

David Gadd For more information about the Doncaster Ramblers and future activity please visit our Home Page https:// www.doncasterramblers.org.uk/ And follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/doncasterramblers/

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School News from Copley Junior School

Young Shakespeare Company – Children in Year 5 and 6 thoroughly enjoyed class workshop sessions of ‘Macbeth’ led by the Young Shakespeare Company. This provided children with a really inspiring and engaging first experience of Shakespeare. We certainly have some budding young actors at Copley!

Year 4 Visit to Murton Park - We were delighted to be able to take our Year 4 pupils to Murton Park to experience a day in the life of the Vikings.

Throughout the day the children got to be craftsmen, shaping and decorating their own individual pots and farmers, preparing the land to ensure the crops would grow. They ground the flour for bread-making and collected wood, and they also learned how to be powerful Viking guards.

Harvest Assembly for WaterAid Children from each class contributed to our online Harvest Assembly with different presentations on the theme of water, including ‘Why is water so important?’, ‘The beauty of water’, ‘How can we get energy from water?’, ‘Save our oceans’, ‘Why is hand washing so important?’ and ‘Zeitu and Zahra’s walk for water’.

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We learned about the fantastic work of WaterAid. So far, the charity has reached 27 million people with clean water, 27 million with decent toilets and 20 million people with good hygiene. Thank you to everyone who sent in a voluntary donation to support the work of WaterAid. On our Harvest Assembly day children dressed in non-uniform/blue for our theme of ‘Water’. Well done everyone!

We look forward to sharing more school news next month.

Best wishes, E.A. Crayton Head teacher

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COVID GUIDELINES ARE IN PLACE, PLEASE CHECK IF YOUR CLASS IS GOING AHEAD BEFORE MAKING PLANS

What’s On In Sprotbrough?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Mon

Rainbows

Scout Barn in Sprotbrough Village

Time 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

Seniors ‘Dancercise’ Keep fit class

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

10.15—11.15am

Mon

Adult Ballroom/Latin Dance

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

2pm –3.30pm

Mon

Adult Ballroom/Latin Dance class

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

7.15-8.45pm

Mon

Scottish Country Dancing (term time)

The Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

7.45—9.45pm

Tue

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Tue

Coffee Morning (Term time only)

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

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

6.00-7.00pm

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

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

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

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Tuesday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Tuesday

Rainbows

Warmsworth Community Centre

6pm-7pm

Tuesday

Brownies

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

6pm-7.30pm

Tuesday

Ladies Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

Wednesday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Thursday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Thursday

Dancing Class

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

4pm-9pm

Thursday

Watercolours

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

10am-12 noon

Friday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

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 Tel: 01302 858200

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

7.30-10.00pm

2nd Thursday

Lunch Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

12.15pm - 2.00pm

2nd Tuesday

Jigsaw Puzzle library & Coffee

The Stable, main Street, Sprotbrough

9.30—11.30am

1st & 3rd Wednesday

Knit & Natter Club

The Stable, Main St, Sprotbrough

2—4pm

2nd Tuesday

Sprotbrough WI

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30—9.30pm

2nd Monday

Ladies Club Committee

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

2nd Monday

Parish Council meeting

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

1st Thursday

Warmsworth WI

Warmsworth Community Centre

7—9pm

2nd Monday

Ward Councillors Surgery

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

6—7pm

1st Tuesday

Warmsworth & Edlington Lions Club

The Holiday Inn, Warmsworth, DN4 NUX

7pm

3rd Wednesday

Warmsworth Neighbourhood Watch

Cricket Club

7pm

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