The Sprotbrough Also covering Warmsworth, 4800 distribution monthly
December 2016
Issue No. 106
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Arrow Publications
Merry Christmas to all our Readers
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Welcome to the December issue of the Sprotbrough
Arrow.
Apparently, we will soon be saying goodbye to the warmest year on record. Let’s hope we don’t pay for it over the winter months with Arctic conditions! We all like a bit of seasonal weather (but just a bit). This month’s issue has lots of information on all the local Christmas fayres, activities and events as well as an update from the local primary schools on what everyone has been up to this month. As always, the schools will be busy in December with plays and concerts so we look forward to finding out about it all in the January issue. I hope everyone enjoys the fun and excitement of this festive month but please, if you can, spare a thought for our elderly neighbours who may not have any visitors this Christmas.
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Community News
Warmsworth Knit & Natter Group We will be holding a stall at the Santa’s Grotto weekend to be held in Warmsworth Community Centre rd
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SPROTBROUGH MUSIC SOCIETY present MEMBERS CHRISTMAS EVENING featuring Angela Hartley (Mezzo-soprano) And Jonathan Gooing (Piano) An opportunity to join us for an evening of music appropriate for this most magical of seasons!
St Mary's Church Hall
3 & 4 December
Thursday 8th December 2016 at 7.30pm.
All funds raised will be donated to local charities
(including coffee/tea and mince pies)
Admission £5
Sprotbrough Community Library Courses & Activities 2016/17
Day/Date
Time
Course/Activity
Monday Monday Monday
10am-12.30pm 1pm-3pm 1pm-3pm
Practical Philosophy (next course starts Jan 2017) Art for Leisure – weekly art group Tai Chi – 5 week taster course – starts 9/01/17
Monday
6pm-8pm
French – 5 week taster course - starts 9/01/17
Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday
2pm-3pm 12.45pm-2.45pm 10.15am-12.15 1pm-2pm
Sprotbrough Readers Group 2nd Tues of month Family History – 11 week course – starts 03/01/17 Creative Writing – 5 week taster course – starts 10/01/17 Children’s story time & activities (preschool)
Tuesday Thursday
6.30pm-8.30pm 10.30am-11.15am
Social Club – bingo, quiz nights, etc. starts Jan 2017 Baby Signing (Baby Bunnies)
Thursday Thursday Friday Friday
See times 2.30pm-4pm 11am-12pm 10.15am-12pm
Slimming World Classes – 9.30am/3pm/5pm/7pm Afternoon Tea & Scones/Cakes – last Thurs of month Social Group – weekly Learn Basic Computers – FREE
Ad-hoc Events & Activity Sessions 2016 Date Sat 26th November Sat 3rd December Wed 7th December Tue 13th December Sat 17th December Tue 20th December
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Community News WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB
Escape the festive frenzy and relax with friends 06 Dec 16 Sing and Quiz by Keyboard 13 Dec 16 Christmas Celebrations and we return 10 Jan 17 A Welcome to the New Year Everyone is very welcome. We meet on Tuesdays 7:30-9pm Warmsworth Community Centre, Low Road
Christmas Coffee Morning.
3rd December
St Peter's Church Barnburgh, Christmas Market
Start the festive season with a mince pie and mulled wine on Saturday 3rd December 10.30 am to 2.00pm.
Sprotbrough Library 10-12noon come along, meet friends and have a chat. Various craft stalls, Books, raffle and cake stall.
Stalls in the Village Hall and Church. Hot food in the Church hall. Lucky programme, trail, raffle, wine or water stall and much more.
Everyone Welcome 5
This cute boy is Jools, a four year old Jack Russell Terrier. Jools is great with peoplevery friendly, but a bit shy at first. He is very well-behaved and loves to play ball! He is not good with other dogs or cats, so would need to be the only pet in a home with older children. Jools is neutered and fully vaccinated. If you are interested in meeting this smashing boy, please call Isle Rescue on 01427 728705.
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Richmond Hill Primary Academy
RAISING FUNDS FOR MACMILLAN We wanted to do something different for this year’s Harvest Festival. So we came up with the idea to get our children to gather the ingredients to make cakes and buns to sell to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. We raised a phenomenal total of £335 for this very worthy cause. CHILDREN IN NEED -Our nursery children loved raising money for Pudsey Bear!
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@ the rear of Jay Cee Autos Enthralling Experience Dyzelle Sutherland, a classically trained violinist and Gary Hammond a percussionist with the ability to play over 600 different kinds of instrument, recently visited Richmond Hill Primary Academy. They performed an interactive music piece ‘Yana’s Long Journey’ which showcases the violin and introduces children to high quality pieces from different musical cultures. Our younger children followed 7 year old Yana as she flees Syria with her family and begins the long journey in search of a new place to call home. Opus 100 We are delighted to be part of Ridgewood School’s vision to create a school band – Opus 100. As one of their partner primaries some of our pupils are taking the lead in the brass and the percussion sections!
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Sprotbrough Orchard News On the last day of Autumn Term 1, we celebrated our Harvest Festival with a special assembly led by our chair of governors, Mr Banks. He told a story with wooden figures to demonstrate to the children the effect of having no food. We donated our collection to the M25 Housing and Support Group in Doncaster and they were greatly received.
On Monday 31st October, the first day of Autumn Term 2, Mary and Bhadri from Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) came into school to talk to the children about the celebration of Diwali. Each class had a workshop where they saw traditional rangoli patterns, Hindu clothing and heard the story of Rama and Sita. From this, children
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have produced mehndi pattern artwork and retold the Diwali story. We would like to extend our thanks to Mary and Bhadri for their efforts here at Orchard. All children in school have made a clay diva lamp which they will be able to bring home closer to the Christmas holidays. They enjoyed moulding the clay and designing them using different tools and techniques. Linking to our centre of interest this half term, Year Two children have investigated the effects of heat on different materials. They looked at the principles of fair testing and observed closely what happened to each material as it was heated. They then recorded their findings and discussed at length the different effects. On Thursday 10th November, Rev. Amanda from St. Mary’s Church came to conduct a Remembrance assembly in honour of the veterans who fought in various wars over time. Our children participated in holding a two minute silence to mark the occasion on Friday 11th November. All children were very respectful and mature about this and we are very proud of them all for their achievement. On Friday 18th November we will be celebrating Children in Need to raise money for a well deserving charity. Keep your eyes peeled for our happenings in next month’s issue!
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School News from Copley Junior School Anti-Bullying Week Our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have done a fantastic job as they planned and led activities across school to promote National Anti-Bullying Week. The Magic Club of Great Britain presented a magic show that promoted the anti-bullying message. Our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors organised different activities for every year group and led our assembly to share their PowerPoint presentation. We are very proud of our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors team; children promoting the importance of a friendly and caring school helps to maintain our excellent standards of behaviour. Year 3 launched their new creative learning project on 'Predator' with an exciting visit to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The day included a tour of the Wildlife Park, an outdoor 'Deadly Bugs' teaching session and an indoor teaching session where children could handle minibeasts and even stroke a snake! Teachers reported that the children's behaviour was exemplary, so well done to everyone in Year 3! Remembrance Day Thank you to everyone who contributed to our British Legion Poppy Appeal. All the children wrote their names on a poppy to create our display.
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Year 6 – ‘A Child’s War’
In November, Year 6 children from Copley Junior School were evacuated from Doncaster to Murton Park. On arrival, they were met by an evacuation officer who escorted them to the village hall. During their visit, children experienced what life was like for children during World War Two. Activities included: washing and ironing clothes; making farmhouse crunch and butter; blast taping windows; carpet making; air raid drills and most children’s favourite - extinguishing a small incendiary bomb! Back at school Year 6 have had a busy time, learning all about what life was like for children living through World War Two. After two fun-filled sessions of painting silhouettes of London during the Blitz and creating large A1 posters, the children enjoyed learning about evacuation and produced excellent descriptive recounts, focusing on characterisation and speech. They were also able to use emotive language, which they had been working on in class, to create beautiful poems that included a variety of similes, metaphors and personification. Project work has included making Anderson shelters and baking using war time rations.
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Children in Need Last month we launched our Times Tables Rockstars initiative to motivate children to learn their times tables and to have lots of fun at the same time. We decided that we would raise money by dressing as rock stars for Children in Need. As you can see from the photos, the children did this in great style! We look forward to sharing more school news next month. Best wishes, E.A. Crayton
Head teacher
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What’s On In Sprotbrough? Day
Activity
Meeting Place
Time
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 07891 813986 Warmsworth Community Centre Contact Mrs Jill Sharpe 01302 858377
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
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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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
Also fit Alarms
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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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High Melton College
01302 553666
Warmsworth Library
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Sprotbrough Community Library
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