The Sprotbrough Also covering Warmsworth, 4800 distribution monthly
July 2016
Issue No. 101
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Welcome to the July issue of the Sprotbrough Arrow We should now be warming up to the start of summer! Surely, after all this rain we have had, July and August should bask in sunshine‌ fingers crossed! If you have any news or events you would like to promote in the August issue, please get in touch, the Sprotbrough Arrow is delivered to every home in Sprotbrough by 1st of the month and the deadline is normally around 15th of the month. Thank you to all the local school s in Sprotbrough who share school life with us each month. I hope you enjoy reading all about it. The deadline for the August issue is Monday 11th July. The August Arrow will be delivered the last full weekend in July.
Best Wishes Michelle Sidebottom Website www.arrowpublications.co.uk E-mail michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk Mobile 07795 387937
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Community News WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB It’s our Summer Break soon, so come and make the most of our July meetings. We return on 13 September 05 Jul 16 Reminiscence: Childhood Memories 12 Jul 16 A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To … 19 Jul 16 Summer Supper 13 Sep 16 A Very Welcome Return Join us on Tuesdays 7:00pm to 9:00 pm
Warmsworth Community Centre, Low Road Tuesday 7:00pm – 9:00pm
SUMMER 2016 OLYMPIC STARTRACK CHALLENGE Sign up now for our 5 day summer programme 3 days training and 2 days of competition club members and non members welcome, open to anyone aged 5years to 13 years
Good quality goody-bags to all competitors. Coaching by our professional training staff. Trophies to competition winners 5 day programme 10am-2pm each day. 3 Training Groups 5 to 7years, 8 to 10 years, 11to 13 years. £12 per day or sign up for the full programme for just £50 Contact Kev Lincoln for further information mobile 07739312835
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Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School What a fantastic start to the final half term we have had here at Orchard! During week commencing 6th June, we found out lots of fun and interesting facts about Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family before wrapping up our project on Friday 10th June with a traditional British garden party. The children designed and created unique hats to wear for the day and participated in a parade for the judges to select a winner from each class. We joined in activities such as hook a duck, limbo, ten pin bowling, croquet and welly wanging to name just a few. Children had the opportunity to help bake scones in an end to our traditional British theme. One of our dedicated parent helpers, Mrs Brown, baked a replica cake just like the one Her Majesty herself tucked into. Mrs Rimmer kindly served fish and chips for lunch, in individual boxes so the children could eat in a picnic fashion. The rest of this half term will be spent learning about the Olympics and other sporting events. We have a week jam packed with fun activities for the children to engage in during week commencing 20th June as part of National Sports Week. Please keep an eye out in next month’s issue for an update of the fun we have had!
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Richmond Hill Primary Academy Magnificent Marvellous Magic As part of their topic exploring everything ‘Enchanted and Magical’ a fun-filled time was enjoyed by our Year 1 children, including experiencing the delights of singing and dancing along to ‘The Monster Mash’. Sporting Stars In a summer so far awash with ‘typical British weather’ we managed to enjoy a dry sports day. Birthday Greetings Your Majesty Richmond Hill celebrated the Queen’s 90th birthday by designing and making cards and bunting. The children particularly enjoyed watching the live internet stream of her birthday celebrations from St. Paul’s Cathedral and learning all about her fascinating life.
Catch of the Day Congratulations to our girls’ kwick cricket team who competed in the Doncaster finals and achieved 2nd place – just pipped to the crease by the winners who had 4 more points! Team Work Makes the Dream Work Year 6 pupils used their team building skills to produce some elaborate dens!
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Run by volunteers Sprotbrough Community Library has a range of courses, activities and events for people of all ages! Why not pop down to your local library and see what we have on offer or visit our new website for more details. Plus you can Find us on Facebook too! In addition to our library book lending services, here's a snippet of what we have to offer:-
For Children:
Baby Bunnies, Story Time, Lingotots, Creation Station, Summer Reading Challenge, Bookstart, Summer Activity Fun Day and starting soon… Chatterbooks, Bumps & Babies and Little Green Fingers!
For Adults: Yoga , Art, Family History, Readers Groups, Practical Philosophy, Talking Newspapers, Volunteer Open Day, Animal Microchipping Day and starting soon… Coffee, Cake & Crafts, IT, Business Networking, Mentoring & Hub Facilities. PLUS! Why not make use of our computers with internet connection and FREE public WIFI using your own device, photocopying & printing (fees apply), and meeting room hire only £6.50/hour or £19.50 for 4 hours. Our new website has a business directory for local Doncaster businesses - please drop us an email if you would like a FREE basic listing. Limited enhanced listings and sponsorship listings are available for a small annual charge. Got some local news to share or an event to promote? Send us your editorial and we'll add it to our local news page (sorry, no private or commercial advertising). Plus we have ad hoc events throughout the year including Meet A Creature, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Awareness Day, Coffee Mornings, Spring & Summer Fair's and much more coming throughout the year ahead.
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Local Library Needs Volunteers Sprotbrough Community Library is looking for volunteers aged over 18 who can offer around 2 -4 hours a week to help out with the following:
Children's weekly activities (around 1-2 hours a week) for primary school age children reading, quizzes, games, crafts, etc.
Library lending & counter services requires admin, computer use and customer facing skills. Cleaners for general cleaning duties including vacuuming, mopping, wiping down surfaces and window cleaning. You need to be a team player, be reliable, efficient and organised, and with good frontfacing customer service skills to deal with library customers and visitors. We will provide full training and ongoing support. Group Leaders & Class Tutors Required The library is looking for tutors and group leaders to run formal classes and informal groups of various topics and interests from our rooms in the library. We'll consider all class topics and social interests such as IT, Pilates, Local History, Social groups, Languages such conversations French, Italian, etc, Crafts of any nature, Creative Writing, etc. For more details on any of the above volunteer or tutor opportunities please contact the library (see contact details in our main advert).
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Tel: 01302 782436 Email: info@sprotbroughlibrary.org.uk Website: www.sprotbroughlibrary.org.uk Sprotbrough Community Library Sprotbrough Road. Sprotbrough Doncaster DN5 8BA
Library Opening Times: Monday
10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Tuesday
10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday
10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Thursday
10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Friday
10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Saturday
10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Sunday
Closed
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School News from Copley Junior School Year 6 Residential Visit to Northumberland An evening on the beach
Well done to our Year 6 pupils, who have returned from a very enjoyable residential visit to Northumberland. The children had a very busy four days, which included a visit to Vindolanda, the Roman Army Museum, a journey over the causeway to explore the island of Lindisfarne, a boat trip to the Farne Islands landing on Inner Farne and visits to Dunstanburgh Castle, the Grace Darling Museum, Bamburgh Church and Beamish Museum. The children stayed in Seahouses in a hotel next to the beach so evening activities included cricket, paddling in the very cold sea and playing games on the beautiful sandy beach. Many adults at the venues we visited commented on the interest and enthusiasm of the children, as well as their excellent behaviour and polite manners. Of course we expect this from our Copley children, but it is always lovely to hear.
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Express Events At Copley we regularly invite parents/carers in to share the children’s learning. At the end of their ‘Beast Creator’ project Year 5 prepared an informative and creative parent presentation with many fascinating facts aboutminibeasts. As part of their ‘Potions’ project about the properties of materials children in Year 4 made bath time products and sold these at their express event. This activity enabled children to develop many skills – persuasive writing in the form of posters and adverts, maths skills in working out the cost of making the products and profit margins, making packaging and then running their stall at the event. We have some budding entrepreneurs in Year 4 as they made an amazing £415! Year 4 Visit to Castleton To launch this half term’s Geography project, Year 4 explorers took part in a long hike around the beautiful landscape of Castleton and compared the landscape of Sprotbrough with that of Castleton. Happy Birthday to Her Majesty To celebrate the 90th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen we held a birthday card design competition. Our winning two entries were posted to The Queen at Buckingham Palace and hampers full of commemorative goodies were presented as prizes. A selection of birthday cards made for Her Majesty One of the winning designs – we loved all the pop out and 3D features of this card, which has been posted to Buckingham Palace. I am sure it will look lovely on The Queen’s mantelpiece.
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Our plans for a street party had to be moved inside, thanks to the great British weather! We enjoyed our special party lunch in the hall as a school community, with a rousing rendition of the National Anthem and three cheers for The Queen. Thank you to CSA members who purchased a commemorative coin for each child to keep as a memory of the occasion.
Eve Merton Dreams Trust – Thank You! As part of our recent Sporty Week the children in our Sports Council organised a sponsored walk to raise funds for the Eve Merton Dreams Trust. This is a local charity that helps local people living with cancer to achieve their dreams. Thanks to the generosity of children, staff and parents we raised an amazing £1200 from our sponsored walk for the Eve Merton Dreams Trust. Mr Johnson from the charity came to talk about the work of the Eve Merton Dreams Trust and how it has helped many local people. The charity is a small local one so they are keen to spread news of their work. You can visit their website at www.evestrust.co.uk. 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
Mums & Toddlers
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
9.30-11.00am
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
Pre School Playgroup
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
9.15-12.15pm
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
Pre School Palygroup
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
9.15-12.15pm
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
Mums & Toddlers
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
9.30-11.00am
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 Fri
Explorer Scouts (14-18yrs) Pre school Playgroup
Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough Sprotbrough Methodist Church
7.30-9.30pm 9.15-12.15pm
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
t-Time, Crafts, bible stories and more
St Marys Church Hall
4—5pm—check hall for dates
Sun
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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: 850890 Warmsworth Community Centre Contact Mrs Jill Sharpe 01302 858377
Monthly Events in Sprotbrough & Warmsworth Monthly
Activity
Meeting Place
Time
3rd Monday
St Mary’s Mothers Union
The Stable, Main Street, Sp’boro
7.30pm- 9.30pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday
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 735225 Doncaster Council - General
01302 736000
Electricity Emergencies
0800 375 675
Taxes Helpline
0300 200 3300
Tax Credit Helpline
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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
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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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Warmsworth Primary School
01302 852200
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Barnburgh Primary School
01709 893125
High Melton College
01302 553666
Warmsworth Library
01302 853082
Sprotbrough Community Library
01302 782436
Doncaster Central Library
01302 734305
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