CHURCH & VILLAGE NEWS
Escrick - Deighton - Stillingfleet
Kelfield - Naburn - Crockey Hill
September 2024
‘Be still and know that I am God’ Psalm 46:10
ALL VILLAGES
Hello
everyone,
Years ago, one of the young Mums at St Paul’s in Holgate, in York, told me that every year she asked God to give her a word. A word which would be her focus for that year, something that God knew that she needed, to support her and to be her guide. I thought this was a brilliant idea (you may have gathered in these last few weeks since I joined you that I am not short on enthusiasm!). ‘We need to do this! – we all need to pray for a word!’ So, I charged everyone one Sunday, young and old, to pray for a word and to see what happened… So, of course, I prayed for a word too. However, it took me a while to work out exactly what my word was – was it ‘grow’? Was it ‘study’? Was it ‘nurture’? None of them felt quite right, and then one evening in the kitchen when I was making tea and stirring the spaghetti, I knew that my word was ‘Listen.’ The trouble was – when was I going to find the time to do that? My job as Children and Families Worker was nonstop, my days were full, chaotic and noisy, listening to anyone – let alone God –was often difficult.
Listening is something we need to work at and strive to improve. Listening requires us to stop and to make time and space to let another person, or God himself, speak into our lives. So, I went to Wydale, because I knew that the only way I would manage to hear what God wanted to say was if I stopped, and really, really listened.
There is a prayer activity called ‘chat and catch’ which I used to do with the young children to teach them that prayer is not just about talking, it is also about listening. The idea is that you tell God ten things, one after the other – and then you ask him one question… So, at Wydale I thought that I would do it, just to get started, and I was very surprised when God immediately told me that he wanted me to be ordained...
Listening is about hearing, understanding and acting, making a judgement about what the other person, or God, has said, and what you need to do, if anything, as a consequence. Listening is also about learning. Scripture is full of times when people listened, or failed to listen to God, or listening and failing to understand. Often in the Gospels, Jesus would say ‘may those who have ears, let them hear’. His message is for everyone as everyone has ears, they are a feature shared by all
Rev Jackie
humanity, Jesus was simply calling for his hearers to listen closely and carefully and to seek understanding.
I had no idea how what God had told me was ever going to happen. I didn’t think it was at all possible for all sorts of reasons, not least because I was too old, but ‘my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord’, so I put my trust in Him and of course it happened.
I was one of eight pioneer students at St Hild college who trained on the brandnew Caleb pathway, especially formulated for older people already in ministry. All my fellow Caleb students remained in their home church but because I am now much better at listening (although still not very good at being still) I knew that this was not what God wanted me to do.
So, He has brought me here to you all in the Rivers Partnership. I live right in town up past the racecourse and I was very skeptical when the Bishop asked me to consider rural parishes for my curacy. However, the day I came to meet Jackie I knew immediately that I wanted to work with her, I loved that we shared a vision for warm, welcoming and inclusive churches rooted in community, and I knew that God had brought me to the right place. I am so grateful to you all for the welcome and kindness I have received in the last few weeks, and I am really looking forward to seeing what God has planned for us all.
God bless, Rev’d Debbie
Derwent
Probus
For our July meeting, we welcomed Neil Hanson who spoke to us about ‘The Inn at the Top’. In a varied career, Neil firstly managed and then owned the world-famous Tan Hill Inn. For those who haven’t visited it, Tan Hill Inn is the highest pub in Britain, situated 1,732 feet above sea level, amid the stunning scenery of Swaledale. Neil took over an Inn in a poor state of repair, and refurbished it, welcoming locals and visitors alike. We had an insight into running such a pub and coping with the vagaries of the weather in a remote location in the Dales.
Neil is an accomplished author and ‘ghost writer’ for those requiring assistance in composing autobiographies. He is also an interesting speaker and raconteur, who kept us interested and entertained. A thoroughly enjoyable morning.
Have you thought about joining the Group? Probus is part of a global organisation with some 40 clubs in Yorkshire alone. We meet on the last Wednesday of the month at White Rose House in Wheldrake. The current membership is predominantly male but is open to all. If you would like to know more, chat to a member or contact Bob Nott, the Secretary at rwnott@btinternet.com or on 01904 448106. Our website is https://derwentprobusclub.blogspot.com. We will be pleased to welcome you.
Inspired by Paris 2024? Now is the opportunity for you to taste sporting glory in Naburn! See the full-page advert for the Naburn Village Mini-Olympics in the Naburn Section of the magazine.
On Saturday 7th September in the morning, the 10k run will take place from the village hall along the cycle track all the way to Neptune and back. The cycle ride will be on local roads. Both will be timed and marshalled events, with prizes. In the afternoon, we will have all-age sports and games, so come along and bring the whole family.
Registration for the 10k run and 18k cycle is on the SI Entries website – go to sientries.co.uk and search for Naburn. Just turn up to take part in the afternoon events which will be held from 1.30pm onwards. We will serve refreshments all day, with a bar from noon onwards.
On Sunday 8th September, there will be fantastic opportunities to try a new sport. The Sailing Club will be offering introductions to sailing and rowing. Lindsey will lead a beginners’ yoga session, and if you and your dog have ever wanted to try canicross or canine parkour, now is your chance! More details will be on the village Facebook page.
The mini-Olympics is being organised jointly by St Matthews Church and the School PTA, with involvement from the Village Hall and the Sailing Club. Proceeds will be shared between the Church and School. We would appreciate a few more volunteers. If you can bake cakes, join in the organisation, or help with marshalling or other things on the day, please contact Karen Bloor at karen.bloor@york.ac.uk or Mike Beresford at mikeandbryonyb@btinternet.com.
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STILLINGFLEET
Stillingfleet Parish Council
What’s been happening at the Parish Council?
Community Speed Watch has started. We have 15 volunteers who have kindly agreed to be involved with the initiative and have now completed the required training.
The team have carried out some sessions on Cawood Road, in the 40-mph zone and requested that we also include sections of the 30-mph zone running through our village.
So far, out of over 500 vehicles checked, we have recorded 27 above the agreed speed limit. We send the details of anyone recorded to be speeding (35mph or more in a 30mph zone or 46mph or more in a 40mph zone) to North Yorkshire Police, who then follow this up with their own processes.
Community Speed Watch is about drawing drivers' attention to speed limits in areas where communities say it is affecting their quality of life. It also educates drivers about the effects that anti-social road use can have on local people.
We continue to manage and maintain The Green. We have recently removed a fallen tree and are dealing with a couple of other trees which need considerable pruning.
The annual cut, hay-baling and the spot weeding of the banks is complete.
You may have noticed that the non-native invasive Himalayan Balsam is present along the banks of the beck. Himalayan Balsam is an invasive plant species which grows and spreads quickly on riverbanks, waste ground and damp woodlands. The plants grow densely and stop the growth of other plants and grasses. In addition to the loss of native plant species, it also erodes riverbanks and clogs up rivers and streams leading to flooding. The Council will address this issue during August/September.
The annual safety inspection of the Play Area will take place next month and our Clerk, Ruth, has drafted a new playground inspection rota taking us through to the end of December 2024. A number of residents have raised concerns about dogs in the Play Area. Please note that dogs are not allowed in the play area, guide dogs being the exception.
A number of activities around our Village Infrastructure will soon be taking place.
• We will shortly be replacing the Parish Council & Village Institute noticeboard and are considering replacement of the free-standing public noticeboard by the bridge.
• With no further residents coming forward with any proposal to fund the refurbishment of the telephone box, we have accepted the offer to purchase the kiosk for £550 from a contractor who will remove and make safe the electrics, undertake all necessary work to uplift, collect and remove the kiosk and make good the area after removal.
• The Network Access Agreement with Quickline Communications has been signed and accepted. The Parish Council have received an easement of £5,000 and Quickline have advised that they will communicate the planned date for the commencement of the work as soon as it is scheduled.
As we continue to improve how we engage and communicate with our community, the council has decided to change our current website to a gov.uk domain name and will change to stillingfleetparishcouncil.gov.uk. A gov.uk website address is more secure, professional, has better controls with improved legal protection.
A Community Emergency Resilience plan will be discussed at the October meeting. One of our councillors shared information of the actions taken by the Riccall Emergency Resilience Group. Our Council has decided to form a working party with a view to drafting a proposal for how Stillingfleet might develop an Emergency Response Plan to cope with any future severe flooding or wideranging electrical outage impacting the whole village.
If you are interested in getting involved with any of the initiatives, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. If you don’t have enough time to be actively involved, we still want to hear your views!
Minutes of all Council meetings are placed on the Parish Council website, Parish Council notice board and on our Community Chat page.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place in the Village Hall on Thursday 3rd October 2024 at 7.00 pm.
Community Drop-in Session will start before this meeting at 6.30 pm and last 30 minutes.
In the meantime, we are looking forward to continuing to support our community! If there is anything you would like added to this Parish Council monthly update, please get in touch with us.
Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens
On September 15th from 13.00 – 17.00, the gardens will be open as part of the National Garden Scheme.
The National Garden Scheme is a registered charity which opens gardens of quality, character and interest to the public. Since 1927 they have raised funds to support nursing and caring charities, and over £25 million in the last 10 years.
The money goes to a range of charities including Marie Curie and Macmillan as well as several other charities.
10% of plant sales will be donated to the NGS. All money taken from the teas will be donated to St Helen’s Church, Stillingfleet.
Stillingfleet Village Institute
Get involved – or come along for half an hour to have a nosy!
Stillingfleet Village Institute AGM - 7pm Tuesday 1st October
Would you like to get more involved in the running and upkeep of Stillingfleet’s 97year-old village hall?
Or would you just like to know how much the hall costs to run and maintain, and what goes on behind the scenes to keep it going? So why not come along for HALF AN HOUR to the Village Institute Annual General Meeting?
As a reminder, the official ‘committee of management’ was formally set up in 1979 to protect, maintain and run the village hall (built in 1927), with the Parish Council of Stillingfleet being its ‘custodian trustee’. The people on the committee have obviously changed quite a few times since then!
The village hall is ‘for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of Stillingfleet (the area of benefit) without distinction of political religious or other opinions including use for meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for [these] inhabitants.’
The committee officially includes a representative for each agreed village organisation and interest group, including the Parish Church, Women's Institute, etc., to ensure that the village hall is maintained and developed to serve their interests. Other village groups are welcome to nominate a representative.
This year the AGM will be held at 7pm on Tuesday 1st October 2024 in the Village Hall. Everyone from Stillingfleet Parish is invited to come along. The meeting lasts for around 30 minutes, at which you will hear what has been happening at your village hall for the past year including a review of the annual accounts. And – if you wish – you could get involved. You could join the friendly Village Institute Committee – as an individual or a representative of a village group – to help keep our community building running, help organise fundraising events, etc. You will be very welcome – with absolutely no obligation. � � � �
Pop-Up Pub Nights –
Stillingfleet Village Institute
Next Pop Up Pub night: Friday 20 September
No need to book. Just turn up for:
• Locally brewed cask beer
• Wine, lager, gin, soft drinks
• Hot food served by THE SHED 7 –8.30pm
• Pub Quiz
• Bingo
• Good company
• Friendly atmosphere
Remaining dates (all Friday evenings) for Stillingfleet Pop Up Pub nights during 2024:
• 20 September
• 18 October
• 22 November
• 13 December
Look out for further details on village noticeboards and village facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/StillingfleetVI
Regular Events in Stillingfleet Village Institute
Coffee Mornings – last Thursday in the month, as advertised Pop Up Pub Nights – monthly, as advertised
Stillingfleet
Stillingfleet Village Institute – hall and/or equipment available for hire
Stillingfleet Village Institute is an extremely versatile facility which is great for meetings, classes, parties, stage productions, wedding receptions, social events and much, much more. It has full kitchen facilities, a useful bar area, and versatile sound system – ideal for playing music, presentations, quizzes, etc. To book Stillingfleet Village Institute, or hire chairs, tables, crockery, glasses, stage blocks or our very sturdy 6m x 3m gazebo (very useful to protect family and friends from the elements!).
Please contact: Wanda Dobson, 07935 235918 or email: StillingfleetVillageInstitute@gmail.com or visit: https://www.facebook.com/StillingfleetVI
Stillingfleet WI
At the August meeting, Stillingfleet WI members were joined by five guests including the Federation Chair. An evening of friendship, delicious food and a talk from a Colourist on which colours to wear were enjoyed by all who came.
Meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 7pm in Stillingfleet Institute. All ladies welcome.
Caroline Atkinson Secretary Stillingfleet WI
ESCRICK
Escrick Church
Escrick Church is open daily between 8am and 5pm. Our service plan is in the centre pages of the magazine. Everyone is welcome to call into Church, light a candle and maybe have a look at the second-hand book and jigsaw stall. Volunteers are always very welcome to get involved in all our services and events. Please contact our Churchwarden Heather at churchwardenescrick@gmail.com for more information or if you are available to help. Many thanks.
Family Fun @ 4 Sunday 8th September 4-5pm. We are back after our August break. We look forward to welcoming you for a session of fun with songs, bible stories, crafts and pizza!
Partnership Prayer Lunch. Monday 9th September. Prayers 11.30am to 12 noon followed by a soup lunch. Everyone is very welcome to come along for 30 minutes of informal prayers for our community and whatever and wherever is on our hearts. If you aren’t able to come along but have prayer requests, please do let us know. Likewise, even if you can’t make the prayer session, you are very welcome to join us for the soup lunch from 12 noon. No need to book, just come along.
Little Hoots Baby & Toddler Group Tuesday 10th & 24th September 09.30-11am. No booking required, please just come along. Refreshments available. £3 per family. For more information, please contact escrickchurch@gmail.com.
Scarecrow Festival Saturday 21st-Sunday 22nd September. St. Helen’s Church are organising a Tombola stall at the Escrick Scarecrow Festival. Do you have any new unwanted gifts you would be willing to donate as prizes please? Items can be left in the marked box in Church. Thank you very much. Please come and enjoy our scarecrow on display at Church during the festival – can you spot it? Or come along and meet us on the village green.
Easy Fundraising. This is a simple way to help the Church raise funds at no extra cost to yourself. All that is required is to log on to www.easyfundraising.org.uk and follow the links to nominate St. Helen’s Church. So far this year, we have raised over £400 for Church funds.
Escrick
The 100 Club. If you would like to be part of this club, please contact Carolyn Skilbeck. For an annual subscription of £12, you chose a number which is then entered into 12 monthly draws. This gives you the chance of winning cash prizes every month for a whole year. Not bad for just £12, is it?
This month’s winning numbers are: 4 64 34 73
Christmas Tree Festival. 28th November to 1st December. Festival includes Christmas concert, raffle, refreshments, silent auction –something for everyone. Would you like to make a tree? See separate box for full details.
Cleaning Rota – September: C. Skilbeck & H. Brown
Escrick Heritage Events (All events in Escrick Church)
Escrick Heritage Group – Wednesday 4th September 7.30pm. The history of All Saints, North Street, York and it’s mediaeval stained glass’ by Dr Robert Richards’. As usual, all are very welcome. Members are free. Visitors/guests £4 and refreshments will be served.
Escrick Heritage group membership. Our new membership year starts on 1st September 2024 and runs until 31st August 2025. Membership is just £15 for the year and gives free entry to our regular monthly meetings. If though you would rather ‘pay are you go’, that too is absolutely fine and visitors/guest attendance is just £4 per meeting. Payment can be made by bank transfer, cash, cheque or card machine. For bank transfer details, please contact Caroline at escrickchurch@gmail.com.
Heritage Afternoon. Monday 9th September. Come along from 1pm for a look around the Church or sit and enjoy a chat over tea and cake. Again, all very welcome.
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• Bouquets, baskets and buckets
• Weekly/monthly flower subscription service.
• Group tuition and wreath making.
• Wedding and event flowers
• Local free delivery.
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Hoots Café – Tuesday 17th September. 9.30am to 12 noon. Absolutely everyone very welcome to come along for tea/coffee and cakes. Adults £3, children 50p. (Free refills). We look forward to seeing you.
Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd September – Come and say ‘Hello’ to members of the Escrick Heritage group on the village green during the Scarecrow festival... and see a little about the wonderful old photos shared with the community archive.
Forward notice... Escrick Heritage Group – Wednesday 2nd October. The History of Teddy Bears by Elizabeth Edwards.
CHARITY OF THE QUARTER
This month we are once again supporting Derwent Lions in collecting used spectacles. They arrange for them to be checked and distributed to those in need. If you have changed your prescription since our last collection, or like me have come across a couple of old pairs at the bottom of a drawer, please place them in the box at the back of St Helen’s, Escrick before Sunday, 29th September as this will be the final date for donations. Thank you.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Everyone very welcome to come along to Escrick 'Pop Up’ Tea Shop on Wednesday 4th September, 2pm onwards (last orders at 4pm!) in Escrick and Deighton Club. Coffee, Tea and Cake – adults £3.50, children £1.
The Tea Shop is held on the first Wednesday of each month. We look forward to seeing you.
If you would like to volunteer at the Tea Shop or join the baking rota, please ring Judith (01904 728845). Thank you.
With best wishes, The Tea Shop Team
Heritage Poetry Group
NATIONAL POETRY DAY
Thursday 3rd October at 7.30 pm
ST. HELENS CHURCH, ESCRICK
THEME – COUNTING
The theme for this special poetry evening is COUNTING. Special because around the nation poets, aspiring poets and people who enjoy coming together to listen to poetry are gathering to celebrate the spoken word as part of our heritage but most importantly being together.
Do you have poetry that counts? What does the word conjure up in your mind? Do you have a childhood memory of a poem, or have you written one especially for National Poetry Day?
Everyone welcome. Come together to enjoy being part of a national celebration. Don’t like poetry? How long is it since you listened or thought about the spoken word – please join us to enjoy being part of a national celebration of being together – refreshments and friendship. Got an idea? Ring me and let me know – Marion Horton, 01904 720235 (leave a message and I will ring you back).
Escrick Parish Council
There has been no Parish Council Meeting since July so the below is an updated version of the August article.
Potential new Escrick Park Estate development: The Estate are proposing building housing on the land that is presently grass behind the former abattoir adjacent to Carrs Meadow. They are holding an open session for residents at Escrick & Deighton Club concerning this plan on Monday 9th September from 15:00 to 18:30 to explain their proposal. All residents are welcome to attend and give their feedback to the Estate on the day or subsequently to the Parish Council.
Boundary Hedges in the village: At this time of year with fast growing hedges, can we ask all residents to examine their garden boundary and cut back any overgrowth that is infringing onto pathways in the village. There are a number of areas that have been brought to our attention and the co-operation of residents in keeping their boundary hedges cut so as not to hinder pedestrians would be much appreciated. Councillors have agreed to revisit this issue at our next meeting to decide if further specific action is required.
Former North Selby Mine site redevelopment: Councillors continue to object to many aspects of the conversion of this site into a leisure facility for touring and static caravans, latest detailed objections can be found in the minutes of our July meeting.
Tree maintenance adjacent to the path to the playing field: The owners of the path to the playing field, who are South York Multi-Academy Trust incorporating Escrick Primary School, have been granted permission to trim the Lime tree branches that are overhanging the path, hopefully this work will be carried out soon, perhaps before this article is printed.
Noise from farmer bird scarer devices: The Parish Council followed up on reports of these devices causing disturbance to residents, in particular late at night and early in the morning. We are assured that every effort will be made by local farmers to be respectful, and we are hopeful the situation will improve now this has been pointed out to local landowners.
Anti-litter signs: We are lucky that in most areas of the parish litter dropping is not a problem; however, Councillors have agreed to put up six laminated signs produced by North Yorkshire Council (NYC) at key potential litter points around the village when they are made available to us, as a prompt to all to dispose of their litter respectfully.
Volunteer support in the village: Our representative on the Playing Fields Association reported that their planned summer event had been cancelled due to lack of volunteers. Unfortunately this is a common problem for all volunteer groups in the village, so if you are reading this and feel you would like to get involved in any aspect of the upkeep of the fabric of the community then please do not hesitate to initially contact our clerk who will put you in contact with the relevant group where you have expressed an interest. This does not have to be committee
involvement; it could just be a small amount of time to assist in the upkeep of the village.
Escrick Parish Council response to the latest Selby Local Plan Consultation: We provided comprehensive feedback objections during the initial consultation prior to Heronby being removed in this second consultation. We await a meaningful update as requested to NYC and our Divisional Councillor John Cattanach concerning the latest consultation, the future plans of NYC with regard to their Local Plan for housing in our area and other issues as stated in this article.
General Parish update:
• Discussions are ongoing concerning future replacement of the ageing posts and chain surrounding the Fish Fountain adjacent to the A19 in the village. An application has been made to NYC for funding that is potentially available for this purpose, we still await a response.
• The Parish Council have applied to NYC for part funding for a new item for the playground, we still await a response.
• More detail of general ongoing parish issues can be viewed in the minutes of the last Parish Council meeting, available online and printed on the Parish Council notice board.
New Councillors required: We presently have Parish Councillor vacancies, anyone who could spare a couple of hours once a month to join the PC and assist with local decision making would be made very welcome. You would be co-opted into the group, meaning minimal paperwork and no election required; there are no limitations with regard to experience or minimum adult age. For more information please initially contact our Clerk, Sally Look, clerk@escrick.org.
Next Parish Council Meeting:
To be held at The Parsonage Hotel (Wenlock Room, adjacent to the hotel reception) Monday 9th September at 7pm. Previous meeting minutes and future meeting agendas are posted on the Parish Council notice board and available on our website www.escrick.org.
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August Church Time Service
Sun 1st
Wheldrake 9am
Elvington 10.30am
Stillingfleet 10.30am
Sutton 4pm
Thorganby 6pm
Wed 4th Zoom 7pm
Thurs 5th
Fri 6th
Family Service
Holy Communion
U3 Holy Communion
Family Service
Holy Communion (BCP)
EP/Compline
Escrick 9.30am Holy Communion
Wheldrake 10.30am Cottage Holy Communion (BCP)
Sun 8th Escrick 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)
Naburn 9am Morning Worship
Sutton 10.30am Holy Communion
Thorganby 10.30am
Zoom 10.30am
Stillingfleet 4pm
Family Service
Morning Worship
Bread and Cake (HC)
Escrick 4pm Fun @ 4
Wheldrake 6.30pm
Elvington 6.30pm
Evensong
Refresh
Priest in Charge of Benefice of Escrick, Stillingfleet and Naburn, plus the Churches of Derwent IngsRev Jackie Doyle Brett revjackiedb@gmail.com Tel 01904 448736.
For weddings, funerals or Baptisms enquiries for any of our churches please contact our administrator, Tricia at theriverspartnership@gmail.com or call her on 01937 835098.
For access to zoom services please contact Catharine Grievson cgrievson@btopenworld.com for log in details
for the Benefice of Escrick, Stillingfleet
August Church Time Service
Wed 11th Zoom 7pm EP/Compline
Thurs 12th Escrick 9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 15th Thorganby 9am Holy Communion Escrick 10.30am Holy Communion Wheldrake 10.30am Holy Communion Elvington 4pm Family Service
Wed 18th Zoom 7pm
Thurs 19th Escrick 9.30am
Sun 22nd Naburn 9am
Stillingfleet 10.30am
Mon 23rd Zoom 7pm Deanery EP
Wed 25th Zoom 7pm EP/Compline
Thurs 26th Escrick 9.30am Holy Communion Sun 29th Stillingfleet 10.30am
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CHURCH WARDENS:
ESCRICK – Heather Conolly Tel 07894519782 / churchwardenescrick@gmail.com
STILLINGFLEET – Jenny Cadman Tel 07546485845
STILLINGFLEET United Churches LEP – Mrs Grace Atkinson 01904 728373
NABURN – Jean Dale Tel 01904 634231
Escrick CE Primary School News
As the new school year begins, we would like to welcome all the new children in our reception class and those joining us in other year groups. We all look forward a term of exciting and inspiring learning experiences, in the classroom and outdoors. Across the school this year, we have renamed the seven classes after planets. During the summer holidays builders have been in school remodelling the ‘cube’ classroom and the group activity room, so the staff are all excited to see the changes when we arrive in September, including a new colour scheme along the KS2 corridor and several classrooms.
Much of the children’s learning across the curriculum will be linked to this term’s main topics in different year groups. Reception will begin with a topic, ‘All about me’, which will help them with settling in, new routines, and building friendships. Year 1 will be beginning the term with an exciting topic finding out about dinosaurs. Year 2’s work will focus on the book ‘Traction Man’ and will include superheroes and the art of Roy Lichtenstein. Year 3 are starting a history topic about railways, where they will be learning about technology and transport changing over time. Year 4 will be enjoying finding out about the Romans and getting into character with some re-enactment as Roman soldiers. Year 5’s geography topic ‘Extreme Earth’ has a focus on rivers and their features. Year 6 will be beginning their topic on the Shang Dynasty, which will include some Shang cookery and comparing ancient and modern Chinese cuisine; they will also be discovering the origins of written language. We look forward to seeing some fantastic work from all of the children!
Summer term: The end of last summer term saw some exciting and varied events in and out of school.
Music Performance Assembly: Children from Year 2-6 who play a musical instrument, with lessons in or outside of school, were invited to perform and share their talent with the rest of the school and parents.
Year 3 Summer Trumpets Performance: The Year 3s made fantastic progress with their trumpets over the year and held another successful concert in front of their parents.
To finish their history topic on Ancient Greece, the Year 3s all participated in an Ancient Olympics Day. They used their athletics skills from PE to compete in events including long jump, discus, triple jump, javelin and even chariot racing!
Digger Day: Broadband providers Quickline visited school as part of their outreach work, presenting an assembly where the children could find out about their work and ask questions. Each class also had a session where they could see one of the Quickline diggers in action, and each child had an opportunity to sit in the cab themselves.
A representative from Dogs Trust came to visit the school and gave the children lots of useful information about how to behave around dogs and how to look after them. The children really enjoyed finding out more about caring for dogs.
East Barmby: Years 5 and 6 had a brilliant time on their residential trip, as evidenced in these photographs of Year 5 enjoying some of the wetter activities such as bodyboarding and river walking.
Year 6 presented their production ‘What’s the crime Mr Wolf?’ at the end of term – pictured are some of our amazing Y6 thespians!
Year 6 are seen below at their Leavers’ Service at St Helen’s Church.
In a special assembly on the last day of term, we said a fond farewell to Mrs Cawthray, after 25 years of service to our school. The staff and children presented her with cards and gifts. We shall miss her!
Escrick Preschool
About Us
• We provide a fun, friendly setting that delivers high quality childcare for children in Escrick and surrounding villages.
• We take children from 2 years old and accept government funding entitlements (15 hrs and 30 hrs) and childcare vouchers.
• We are open Monday - Friday and operate on a session basis.
Morning session 9.00 am – 12pm
Lunchtime session 12pm – 12.30 pm
Afternoon session 12.30 pm – 3.00 pm
• We have an exceptional team of experienced, friendly staff and provide links with neighbouring schools to assist in every child’s transition to big school.
Email – manager@escrickpreschool.co.uk or call 07878377588.
Find out more about us at www.escrickpreschool.co.uk.
Mothers’ Union
Based in Escrick, we have members from other parishes and indeed would welcome more. We also have meetings in the other parishes of our members. After a more mobile term visiting members from the wider area of Derwent Deanery for services and afternoon teas, we took a break in August, but will be back again in Escrick church for our regular slot on the second Wednesday of the month in September – 2pm on the 11th.
Our speaker will be the Rev Tim Eady talking about his time as a priest in Bangkok with his subject being ‘Church in Thailand’. Tim has a good sense of humour, so we are looking forward to this side of him as well as learning of the challenges he faced during his time there. This is an open meeting, and we would be pleased to see guests joining us. Just come along for this one meeting if the topic interests you. Much as we would like new members, we are also pleased to see visitors, if only occasionally.
- Pamela Yates, Branch leader 01904 728423
KELFIELD
Kelfield Village Institute (KVI) News
KVI Proms: Saturday 7th September
This will be a marquee event similar to last year’s Last Night of The Proms event. The Shed will be providing food, with music by The Edukators and song sheets provided for the good old Proms ‘singalong’. From 6pm –11pm. See full page ad for more info.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
We need help putting up and taking down the marquee for this event on the mornings of Sat 7th September and Sun 8th September. Please reach out if you are able to assist: kelfieldvillageinstitute@gmail.com.
Don’t forget the KVI is available to hire. Only £10 per hour for Kelfield residents or £11 per hour for non-residents. It is a spacious venue (12m x 6m) with a max capacity of 90 for standing events or 60 seated. It has a kitchen and bar facilities for you to set up and to serve your guests if needed.
Keep up to date with what’s happening at the KVI by checking out the village Facebook page: Kelfield Notice Board, or the Kelfield Village Institute Facebook page and website: www.Kelfieldvillage.co.uk.
KVI September Events
KVI Coffee Morning
Wednesday 11 September 2024
10.30am – 12.30pm
No charge / donations welcome
If you are unable to attend the coffee morning but would appreciate a piece of cake dropping off at your home, please contact Gill Little on 01757 248824 or email gmlittle281@outlook.com
KVI Quiz
Saturday 21st September 2024
7.30pm – 10pm
£5 per person (includes supper)
Teams of up to 6
Bring your own drinks & snacks.
KVI Pub Night
Friday 27th September 2024
7pm – 11pm
Locally brewed cask beer, wine, prosecco, spirits, soft drinks. Food served by:
All ages welcome – cash and card accepted.
Surgeons
All types of tree and hedge work undertaken
Stump Removal Fully Insured Free Quotations
2 Coney Hill, Kelfield, YO19 6RL
John Davison, professional interior decorator, is offering a high-class service in all aspects of internal painting and decorating.
Classes held at the KVI
GemFit, helping you find time to enjoy fitness!
Gemfit will be running ladies only pad work & HiiT classes every Tuesday evening 6:30pm – 7:30pm.
Gemfit and HiiT is a ladies only, whole body workout. High intensity interval training with a mixture of pad work and circuits at a pace that suits you. Suitable for all ages, all abilities and all levels of fitness. For more information call 07503 938982 or email gemma.bentley26@gmail.com.
Pilates with Olivia Thornton every Thursday evening from 7pm – 8pm.
The classes are run by Olivia Thornton who is a Level 3 Modern Pilates Teacher with over 10 years’ experience. For more information, please contact Liv direct on 07584 138181.
Yoga with Dorothy Matthew every Friday morning from 10am –11.15am. Classes are suitable for everybody – all abilities, all fitness levels, all ages, experienced and beginner yogis welcome. The classes cost £9 per class, or a 6-class pass for £48.
To book your place, please contact Dorothy Matthew on 07714 755963 or email dorothy@hygge-yoga.co.uk or visit the website www.fabulousforever.co.uk.
Hobbies & Crafts
1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month 10am – 12pm
All hobbies and levels welcome, Support given by other members. Paper, card crafts, sewing, knitting, crocheting, lace making and bead work. Equipment available to borrow.
For more information call 01757 248905 or email fandd@btinternet.com or Gill Little on 01757 248824.
NABURN
St Matthew’s Church
Harvest Festival will be held on Tuesday 22nd October at 2 pm. If you would like to donate items, can we ask for cereals, porridge oats and tins along with coffee, teabags and cocoa. As we only give to breakfast clubs and to homeless charity Arc Light.
A coffee morning will be held in church on Saturday 28 September with an array of baked goods, chutneys and jams to take home. This is to mark a rather special month in our church’s history. For those who don’t know, the church was closed for eight years due to a lack of funds for essential repairs. After a lot of hard work and support including a lottery grant, we raised £165,000 and we eventually reopened 25 years ago this September with a special service by the then Archbishop of York.
Naburn Summer Gala
WOW! What an amazing day, the weather could have been kinder, but we didn’t have too much rain thankfully.
We were entertained through the afternoon by a Brass band and later in the day by our very own Sonic Sheep!
The Bake Off was won by Pippa Leaf in the adult category and Gemma Britain in the children’s category with Helen Jones and Pippa Edwards coming close seconds.
The photography competition was won by Helen Jones in the adult category and Hattie Edwards in the children’s category so thanks to all who entered!
The pizza van sold out and Ainsty ales did a roaring trade!
Indoors we sold out the cakes in record time and the tea and Pimms went down really well.
As always, the Tombola was a success raising £174.80
York Lions helped us out with a coconut shy and the welly wanging was very popular!
The children loved the bouncy castle which was busy all afternoon!
In all, we raised almost £900, so a huge thanks to everyone who helped out, a lot of work goes into this event, so thanks especially to the committee and all who worked tirelessly to make this a real community day!
John Knowles Education Foundation Applications 2024
2024 may be the year that your child, or yourself as a student, may like to learn to play the flute, take up a Duke of Edinburgh award, go on a geography field trip of a lifetime, or needs financial help with university books and equipment – we can help towards costs!
An early reminder, as we look towards and start a new academic year, to save your receipts if you are considering making an application to the John Knowles Education Foundation towards educational costs. You can apply for costs dating back to June 1st, 2024.
Applications – for students living in Naburn and Acaster – can be made for costs towards school trips, music & sports lessons/exams; computers needed for education; text and study books; equipment for courses, and more.
To apply for a grant, please email the secretary for an application form. Applications, along with a covering letter should be sent to susier1971@hotmail.co.uk. The expenditure must already have been made and receipts or proof of payment must be included. The deadline for an application is September 16th – and all applications will be considered at the October meeting. Any queries, please contact Susie Raimes (Secretary).
Naburn Village Mini-Olympics
Naburn Village Hall and Sports Field
Day 1: Saturday 7th September
9.30am to 4pm
Morning :
18k cycle ride
10k run ‘Naburn to Neptune’
Afternoon :
All-age “track and field’ events including: Sack, egg & spoon, four-legged races…
Plus Beat the Goalie, Welly-wanging and Corn Holes
To register for the run and cycle events go to sientries.co.uk and search for Naburn
Just turn up for the afternoon events
Food from 9.30am to 4pm; bar from noon to 4pm
Day 2: 8th September 2024
Time to try a new sport!
York Sailing club: sailing and rowing
Divine yoga
Canicross / canine parkour
Other sports TBC
hiredesk@wrightsplanthire.co.uk skipdesk@wrightsplanthire.co.uk
Wrights of Crockey Hill
• 360° tracked excavators micro25 ton (up to 15m long reach)
• 180° back hoes loaders
• Hydra-digs
• Telehandlers (4m – 9m)
• Bobcats
• Operated Plant hire
• Plant attachments (selector grabs, crusher buckets, breakers, flails, weeder baskets)
• Dumpers (1 ton to 6 ton)
• Rollers
• Tracked chippers
• Tipper hire
• Skip hire (all sizes)
