Issue 7 Friday 30th April 2010
Guinea Fowl Lay Eggs
The Guinea Fowl at Woodleigh have
become a regular sight, always traversing
around together and stars of the cartoon
strip below. They have made some spec-
tacular appearances, such as saving a try in
a rugby match and waddling around the
courtyard in break, interrupting tennis
matches.
The week before last, however, they
laid around fifty eggs all in one pile, as
Guinea Fowl traditionally do.
These eggs were quickly stolen by
Year 7 who made a Berry Pavlova out of
them, and they were devoured for pudding
on Monday.
The remaining clutch of eggs will be
hatched soon by a Bantam hen which will
be lent to us by one of Mr. England’s
friends, where it is being bullied by some of
the other hens.
Image across: the Clutch of eggs in it’s hid-
ing place under the hedge.
Next issue: 7/05/10
Pool fills up nicely
At the start of this term, you will have
doubtless noticed the pool was empty, save
for the cover hanging over most of the shal-
low end and a bucket of grime.
More recently however the bucket
has been removed and replaced with a
hose, slowly filling the pool up.
However, because of Mr Bissell leav-
ing, many teachers are having to retrain as
lifeguards.
Everybody at school is extremely ex-
cited at being allowed in the pool at last.
There has been great weather so far this
term and this will lead to good swimming
all round.
The School is now waiting for the
next course and the pool may be full by
Monday.
By Fred Austin, Year 8
 1 2

3
Aries, 21 March - 20 April : 200
Martians will vaporise your vapour,
leaving you confused.
4
Taurus, 21 April - 21 May : A pur-
ple paper will fall from the sky
saying ‘Woodleigh Weekly, 5th of
5 6
June 2140’.

Gemini, 22 May - 21 June : A glass

wind turbine will be built in your 7

garden, it’s glass so you can’t see

it.
8
Cancer, 22 June - 23 July : Dooms-
day will befall indigo jelly babies.

Leo, 24 July - 23 August : A parade 9

of dancing llamas will kick down

your door. EclipseCrossword.com

Virgo, 24 August - 23 September :

Across
A brace of lemon flavoured rabbits
will be fried in grenadine.
3. Other side in the Wars of the Roses, (look at no. 9).
Libra, 24 September - 23 October :
4. After the parliamentarian civil war, this is what hap-
Your door will knock itself.
pened.
Scorpio, 24 October - 22 November : 5. One of the Houses of England. Founded by Henry
A scorpion will nut your dog. VII.
7. Where a famous battle was fought in 1066.
Sagittarius, 23 November - 21 De-
cember : A snake will eat your 8. Happened just after Battle of Crecy. The English won.
house. 9. A nearby city, fought in the Wars of the Roses.

Capricorn, 22 December - 20 Janu-

ary : A brigade off coloured pen- Down
cils will hold up your school.

Aquarius, 21 January - 19 Febru-

ary : A rabid Hoover will eat your
arm.
Pisces, 20 February - 20 March :
The pool will fill up mysteriously
quickly and no one will be able to
swim in it.
1. The first battle where British soldiers used cannon.
2. Founded by James I.
6. A French beach were British sailboats from down
south evacuated the residents from Nazi rule.
TIP: This weeks crossword is based on Historical names and places
 Whatever Next?
BY SOPHIE AND ABBIE, YEAR 2
On the 23rd of April, Nursery, Recep-
tion and Years 1 and 2 went to see Whatever
Next? At York Theatre Royal. It was about a
bear which went to the moon. The Bear met
an Owl and two bats. It was a very long
journey to the moon. The Owl and the Bear
had a picnic on the moon. The Owl flew
away and the bear went back home and his
Rain
BY YEAR 1 AND 2
Black, full, dark
Rainclouds.
Dark, grey, heavy
Rainclouds
Thunder and rain
Rainstorm
Rain falling hard
Rainstorm
School Council Notices
BY PATRICK LITTEN, YEAR 8
This term the School Council has se-
lected a charity and put forward ideas.
The Charity, put forward by Cam-
eron Castleton, is a Seal rescue centre,
which needs specialist equipment, so we
have offered to help. If you have any sug-
gestions to what we could do to raise the
money please put them in the box in the
front hall.
We are also helping Ryedale Special
Families by having some of their youth club
bath was ready . When he got in the bath he
played with his bath toys. When he got out
he continued to play with his toys and pre-
tended to be a sailor; then he went to bed.
We really enjoyed the picnic on the
moon but we didn't like the singing. We
think the actors were quite good, and the
narrator was the best.
Drip, drop, tap
Raindrops
Tap, drop, drip
Raindrops
Splishing, splashing, soaking
Rainpuddles
Rain and sun
Rainbow
Colourful and bright
Rainbow
to do lessons with us on a Saturday.
The Skate Day has been postponed to
the 25th of May, so bring your skate
boards!
There has been calls since the school
council was established three years ago that
we reinstate the whole school trip, if you
have any ideas were you’d like to go,
please leave them in the box in the front
hall.
For our next Eco-schools badge can
you put unwanted plants in the porch.
 1st XI Cricket versus Red House
Wednesday, 28th of April
On Wednesday Woodleigh got into a
winning frame as they beat Red House on
home turf by 60 runs. We had lost our first
two matches so this was a good result.
Woodleigh lost the toss and batted
first. Mikey Curtis and Jonty Gillingham
opened well, both hitting out for a four
each. However, Jonty was unlucky an was
out early on. Matt Procter went in and
played well from the start. Mikey made 16
runs but was bowled out by a very good
ball; he and Matt made a 47 partnership.
Charles Saunders went in at number
four, hoping to score well after two previ-
ous ducks. Matt continued to knock off the
runs and Charles was relieved when he hit
his first four, meaning he had not got a
duck!
This pair stayed in until three overs to
go. They started hitting out, looking for big
runs. Matt hit a lovely fifty but continued
batting well until the end.
He was dropped on the boundary,
precisely where Charles was caught the
very next ball. Charles made 24 runs, com-
pleting a 69 partnership with Matt.
Alex Curtis then traversed onto the
field and batted until the end of the in-
nings, making two runs, not out. Matt Proc-
ter’s final score was 70 not out. This is a
fantastic score, very well deserved. Our fi-
nal total was 139 for 3, a very good total to
defend.
When we began again after the break,
Matt Procter bowled first, with a great
length, which Red House found very diffi-
cult to score off. Alex Curtis then bowled,
getting a wicket from Jonty Gillingham’s
catch, leaving the opposition at 0 for 1; a
great score for us.
The fielding was good all round from
Woodleigh, and the bowling was excellent,
despite the bad wind, blowing many balls
down the leg side.
Mikey Curtis bowled well, along with
both Jonty Gillingham and Jonty Meggin-
son.
However, Red House began to score
quickly and their opener kept on making
runs. Charles Saunders then asked Matt
Procter to bowl his last over, telling him to
just take wickets. That was exactly what he
did, with two wickets in his first two balls;
disposing of their opener from a Mikey
Curtis catch and a clean bowl of middle
stump, sending their next batsman back to
the pavilion.
From then on, the wickets came quite
quickly. Jonty Megginson took the last
wicket in the 22nd over, leaving their final
score at 70 all out. It was a great success!
Edited by Patrick Litten, Charles Saunders and
Fred Austin (cartoon).
With the help of Cameron Castleton.
Photos by Mr. Tolkien.
Special thanks to everybody else who was
involved.