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Written, photograped and presented by Woodleigh pupils - Summer 2009
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local stars

WOODLEIGH School batsmen Jack Garritty and Tom Hoggard are celebrating
selection for the North Yorkshire U13 Cricket squad this week.

Professional coaches including Adrian Grayson ran the rule over 40 youngsters
at Oaklands Sports Centre in York for three hours, examing batting, bowling and
fielding potential.

Tom, 13 from Pickering, and Jack, 13 from Great Habton, were recommended
for the trials by Scarborough District coach Mark Welford, after several months
coaching in Scarborough.

The duo are hoping to play in up to ten fixtures for the county, including matches
against East Yorkshire, Manchester and Cleveland.
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WOODLEIGH School and Langton Primary sang songs

to each other last week in a two hour afternoon
concert organised by their music teachers .
Over 100 pupils “swapped songs” in Woodleigh’s
gym. Each school performed three songs in turn.
Langton Primary sang the “Recycling Song”, “Dona
Nobis Pacem” and a lively medley.
Woodleigh sang “Half a world away”, “Ombra mai fu”
and “Chocolate Mollenio.”
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The Shy Wonderer

The shy wonderer peered,
Afraid of what might happen,
Reaching, grasping in the dusk,
And praying in the breeze.

‘Twas straight, stiff, soft and still,

But growing through all of time,
Opening out in twilight,
Still swaying soft and calm.

Where was peace? Was it here?

The dew the grass and water,
Just maybe this could be change,
But no!
There’s always been this peace.

Beautiful is this place,

Red, yellow, green and orange,
The place is changing, dancing,
The wonderer is free!

Charles Saunders - Year 7

The Sound Collector
by Roger McGough

A stranger called this morning

Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried it away

The whistling of the kettle

The turning of the lock
The purring of the kitten
The ticking of the clock

The popping of the toaster

The crunching of the flakes
When you spread the marmalade
The scraping noise it makes

The hissing of the frying pan

The ticking of the grill
The bubbling of the bath tub
As it starts to fill

The drumming of the raindrops

On the window pane
When you do the washing up
The gurgle of the drain

The crying of the baby

The squeaking of the chair
The swishing of the curtain
The creaking of the stair

A stranger called this morning

He didn’t leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same

Performed by Year 3
Click to
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Kayak day!

On Tuesdays, after lessons, in games time, a group

of years five to eight go Kayaking on the River
Derwent near Malton. We use a variety of boats -
we ‘ve used Canadian canoes and kayaks.
We’ve done wobbles, capsizing, and moving
forward and backward.
On the second lesson we took to diving off the
pier where we had our partner throw life ropes
at us to rescue us. It was ace! Mrs. Murkett takes
usand we are taught by a man called Paul.
This is funded by the government to try and
encourage people to take up outdoor activities.
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goes even
greener

AFTER a lot of hard work and commitment by pupils, The award is designed to help schools focus on their themes, ranging from litter and waste to healthy living
staff and helpers, Woodleigh School, Langton, near impact on the environment and consider sustainability and biodiversity.
Malton has completed the requirements for the Eco- issues. Schools follow a simple nine topic process The award process began at Woodleigh with a
Schools’ Bronze Award. which helps them to address a variety of environmental themed Sustainable Schools’ Week.
C’est magnifique
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CHARLES Saunders, a year 7 pupil from Woodleigh

School, took part in a national French competition, called
Le Grand Défi (the big challenge) in May and sat a half-
hour multiple choice paper with 50 questions covering
a whole range of questions on French grammar and
vocabulary, and on France and French people.
All of the questions were challenging and some were
very difficult.
Charles received his results this week and he did
extremely well to score 58 points, which placed him well
above average nationally and was classed as an A grade.
Charles was awarded a CD Rom of French games and
learning activities, a certificate and a badge. He said
“I really enjoyed doing this competition because the
questions were interesting and it was fun to complete. I
am pleased with my prize. C’est fantastique!”
Charles’ French teacher, Madame Downey, was
delighted with his result, and added “Charles’ confidence
in French has been boosted by his school trip to Rouen
last year to stay with a French family. He is looking
forward to going back to Rouen with the school in the
autumn.”
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WOODLEIGH School’s under 11 Cricket team were

crowned area champions at the Yorkshire Cricket Board
8-a-side hardball competition.
Beating Bramcote in the morning session,
Woodleigh faced off against rivals Terrington, who had
earlier overcome St Olaves, to decide the final.
Woodleigh batted first and after some indifferent
strokeplay left Terrington with a target of 12 runs to
win. But inspirational bowling from captain Matthew
Procter and excellent fielding from the team left the
result hanging in the balance.
Click to
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WOODLEIGH School spelled success at an inaugural

competition run by the Times for Year Sevens across the
UK.
Spelling gurus Charles Saunders, 12, Patrick Litten,
12 from Pickering and Mikey Curtis, 12, from Foston
travelled to the Odeon Cinema, Hull for the regional
championship of the Times National Spelling Bee
competition. The team managed to spell numerous
words, including “mysticism, phoenix, rhubarb and
success.”
Magic Year five
Will love reading
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Book Recommendations

WOODLEIGH School U9 cricketer Will Bradley produced a stunning performance in a Cricket

match against Terrington Hall last Saturday.
Captaining the Woodleigh side, Will Bradley, 9, from Kilham, scored 50 not out off 15 balls,
his haul comprising six sixes, three fours and two singles. He left the field to a huge round of
applause from parents and spectators.
Returning to field, he claimed two catches as wicketkeeper before bowling two overs and
taking four wickets for no runs.
William, who also plays out of his age group for Scarborough District U11s, said: “We played
well even though we lost a few wickets at the beginning – but later on it went really well. I was
pleased with how I bowled.”
Click to
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THIS term 27 Italians have visited the school.

Charles Saunders conducts a vox pop and reports
on what they thought of Woodleigh
Click to
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THIS summer term year 6 have been doing an interesting photo project. This took three tiring weeks to sort
everything out to a fantastic standard! The children managed to finish the task for a brilliant display.
Year 6 did this to show how much effort was put into this and to show all the stunning features of Woodleigh
School. There were a few subjects which were teachers, school, trees, flowers, dorms and a couple more.
The children had to sort out what to take the photos of and write the captions. These were done in English with
great advice from a helpful teacher.
There were loads of captions and I can only pick some, which were, the “Tree monster” by Will Simpson and Angus
Bulmer, “It was him or the farmer” by George Ullyott and Edward Medforth and “Danger dog” by Frankie Cheung and
James Bulmer.
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Year 5,6,7&8 all went camping this term, on two

trips.
Ther journey to Windemere toook three
hours in minibuses There was a lake with a forest
around it. There was camp site and we camped
there.
When we got there we had to set the tents up
and we unloaded the bus and we were allowed to
play in the wood and We had sausages and bacon
for breakfast and we have to cook it ourselves
and for lunch we had packed lunch. For tea we
had a barbecue.
We did activities with the Pink Adventure
instructors abseiling, archery, gorge walking, rock
climbing and we went to an enormous cave on
the way back.

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WOODLEIGH school has a fantastic and extraordinary
new Extranet. It has been very successful because and
many people have made their own account.
It features fixtures, a calendar, an account for each
member, videos which are loaded on by staff and many
notes and events that parents need to know about.
The Extranet is very popular with the parents as they
can see what has happened at Woodleigh and what is
going to happen in the future.
Parents and year 8 children are allowed to have their
New extranet for
Woodleigh
own account in which they can store information and
their own pictures and videos if they wish.
School performances are also posted onto the
Extranet.
The Extranet also helps the children do there
homework as the teachers can add tips to it.
The Extranet includes a calendar and on each day it
says what is happening and what age groups are playing
in fixtures. The people who have an Extranet page are
able to send messages to each other.
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Jailer 1 Oliver Medforth

Jailer 2 Jack Garritty
Jake Fred Weeks
Store man Alex Machen
Elwood Ed Megginson
Mother Superior Millie-Jo Castleton
Cab Calloway Will Procter
Preacher George Mewburn
Gospel Choir All
Traffic cop 1 Tom Milnes
Traffic cop 2 Jack Garitty
Murphy Dunne Ellenya Smith
Duck Dunn Eve Shallcross
Willie Hall Tom Hoggard
Mr Fabulous Alan Rubin Alex Machen
Waiter William Bennett Baggs
The Father Stephen Johnstone
The Mother Eve Shallcross
Daughter 1 Charlotte Howarth
Daughter 2 Sophie Lear
Aretha Franklin Ellenya Smith
Matt Guitar Murphy Will Bennett-Baggs
Blue Lou Marini Tom Milnes
AT THE end of this term Year 8 are performing a play Year 8 almost started rehearsing their play straight Backing girl 1 Charlotte Howarth
called the Blues Brothers. after common entrance and all year 8 are extremely Backing girl 2 Eve Shallcross
This play will be phenomenal with some of the passionate about this play. The soloists are practising Backing girl 3 Sophie Lear
best choreography an end of year play has had by nonstop. Backing girl 4 Millie-Jo Castleton
Mrs. Murkett and Mr England. There is also some great Rehearsals have been done in maths, science and Ray Charles Sam Megginson
music from the blues brothers. We have all songs French. Within a few days Mr. England had the gist of Street Dancers All
Bob George Mewburn
and the theme music by Mrs Naylor (piano) and Tom what this play was going to look like, if only he could say Claire Charlotte Howarth
Hoggard on the drums. the same about Ed and Fred on the tandem bike. C&W Audience All
The main parts are Fred Weeks as Jake, Edward Year 8 have put in all effort possible let’s hope it will Tucker McElroy Sam Megginson
Megginson as Elwood and Will Procter as Curtis. be excellent - I am sure it will be. Good ole boy 1 Oliver Medforth
Good ole boy 2 Jack Garritty
Chief of Police Stephen Johnstone
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