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The Year 6 Leavers Assembly took place on Friday 20th July and the following pupils received awards.
We wish them all the very best as they move to their secondary schools.

Trophies awarded 2007

Lee Rhodes Jack Walker

Sport Ryan Brooks

Excellence Rubena Rahman/Ghibson Hudson

Literacy Nicole Bullivant/Bethany Kennedy

Numeracy Rose Bardy

Citizenship Camila Piccolo/Georgina Sherwood

Dance Shona Snowdon

Performing Arts Rubena Rahman/Oliver Radford

Plaques awarded to:

Music Wesley Hughes/Lucy White

Art and Design Jessica Jackson

Football Ryan Brooks

Swimming Jessica Jackson/Jordan Knights

Netball Rose Bardy

Mastermind Nicole Bullivant

Dance Shona Snowdon

Badminton Lucy White

Drama Rubena Rahman/Oliver Radford

Citizenship Camila Piccolo/Georgina Sherwood

Excellence Rubena Rahman/Ghibson Hudson

Literacy Nicole Bullivant/Bethany Kennedy

Numeracy James Collingwood/Rose Bardy

Special Award presented to:

Pranjali Agrawal Jordan Knights

Chloe Coulson Jessica Jackson

Paige Glenwright Louise Stewart Stevens

Josie Thomas Shay Paterson

Katie Trotter Lucy Ndoja

Abbie Hunter Lewis Deighton

Ellie Richardson Brandon Scott

Lucy White Ellie Richardson

Clifton Green Spelling Championships

The Clifton Green Spelling Championships were held last Friday (13 July) with the winners from each class competing for the Year Group Finals. There had been a buzz about the school all week as children tried to remember tricky spellings and anticipated which might be asked.

In each year group there were 3 classes :- Novice, Intermediate and Advanced and the teachers had allocated a challenging class to each pupil.

The finals were held in the hall in front of an audience of their year

> group and Mrs Audsley presented the winners in a whole school assembly. The winners received a super championship rosette - Red for Novice, Blue for Intermediate and Purple for advanced..

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Winners List

Reception ;

Novice; 1^st Willow Pollock

2^nd John Tuffen

3^rd Katie Hoult

Intermediate;

1^st Tia Molesbury

2^nd Thalia Quin

3^rd Louis Cotton

Advanced;

1^st Edward O’Brien

2^nd Joseph Daram

3^rd Jacob Dickinson

Year 1.

Novice; 1^st Callum Fowler

2^nd Shameur Rahman Kamali

3^rd Ajay Hagan

Intermediate;

1^st Charlie Atkin

2^nd Krista Joseph

3^rd Abby Harris

Advanced;

1^st Millie Addy

2^nd Sophie Scott

3^rd Louis Blyth-Bristow

Year 2.

Novice; 1^st Erin Spencer

2^nd Zoe Jones

3^rd Rachel Storr

Intermediate;

1^st Amy Crawford

2^nd Bethany Watson

3^rd Ashley Egan

Advanced;

1^st James Bragan

2^nd Courtney Jackson

3^rd Megan Benn

Year 3.

Novice; 1^st Olivia Jackson

2^nd Ciaran Wilbraham

3^rd Rhys Snowden

Intermediate;

1^st Adam Wilson

2^nd Jack Reagan- Wallis

3^rd Chloe-May Fawcett

Advanced;

1^st Aaron Piccolo

2^nd Asha-Jade Preston

3^rd Megan Heels

Year 4

Novice; 1^st Sophie Knights

2^nd Bhawana Rai

3^rd Sevim Altin

Intermediate;

1^st Nalan Altin

2^nd Lydia Dixon

3^rd Gulay Kaplan

Advanced;

1^st Robyn Stephenson

2^nd Edward Cotton

3^rd Alicia Barber

Year 5;

Novice; 1^st Carl Noble

2^nd Jake West

3^rd Roshni Gurung

Intermediate;

1^st Kenan Altin

2^nd Dean Jones

3^rd Sam Carlton

Advanced;

1^st Grace Metheringham

2^nd Melissa Blythe Bristow

3^rd Jayde Dillon

Year 6

Novice; 1^st Louise Stewart- Stevens

2^nd Oliver Radford

3^rd Jordan Knights

Intermediate;

1^st Chloe Coulson

2^nd Bethany Watson

3^rd Tommy Coulson

Advanced;

1^st Nicole Bullivant

2^nd Pranjdi Agrawal

3^rd Rose Bardy

REMEMEMBRANCE

YVONNE STANFORD

DEPUTY HEADTEACHER OF KINGSWAY SCHOOL

1931 – 2007

Yvonne Stanford died last week and it is her funeral today. Many of you will not know who Yvonne is although there are just three teachers at Clifton Green who do.

Every school needs a Headteacher and every school needs a Deputy Headteacher, to cover if the Headteacher is absent. This was Yvonne’s role: Deputy Headteacher at Kingsway School for a long time before retiring in 1986. Over that time she taught many, many children and I am sure those children are now parents/grandparents of children who presently attend Clifton Green.

Yvonne is remembered and will always be remembered for her work as a teacher but also her contribution in York at that time, because she was the main organiser for York Primary School Netball and many of her meetings were held in our staff room. When she retired, she worked in schools on behalf of the Local Authority about children crossing roads safely. (Sergeant Fuzzybee!)

When she left, Yvonne embroidered the School prayer which presently hangs in the school entrance hall. It is a beautiful piece of sewing and the words say it all – that Clifton Green School is one of peace and friendship.

Now I have an interesting story to tell you about this embroidered framed work. In 1990, the school had a terrible fire and the staffroom, Headteacher’s Office, the school offices and entrance hall were thoroughly burnt. Everything was destroyed and every where was blackened with the smoke. However, the Fire Officers found, on the blackened wall in the entrance hall , the school prayer, undamaged – with no broken glass (even though the heat would have been intense) and the frame hardly burnt as well.

It was a miracle it had survived but maybe it survived because of the message in the school prayer which speaks of love, friendship and peace.

Yvonne was remembered today in the school assembly to bless and celebrate her life, the work and commitment to teaching and as Deputy Headteacher of Kingsway School.

Dear God

We are thankful that Yvonne left us a school prayer for us all to live our lives by when we work in school. Bless and take care of her as she enters Your Heaven today.

This is our school,
Let peace dwell here.
Let the rooms be full of contentment.
Let love abide here,
Love of one another,
Love of all people, love of life itself,
And love of God.
Let us remember, that as many hands build a house,
So, many hearts make a school.'

Carlton Lodge
with
Year 5

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Wow! What a fantastic three days Year 5 had.
There was lots of fun, masses of laughter and plenty of excitement.
Everybody had a super time and didn’t want to leave!

Monday 14^th May

Problem Solving, Wall Climbing and Scavenger Hunt

Tuesday 15^th May

High Ropes, Zip Wire, Raft Building, Kayaking and a Night Walk.

Wednesday 16^th May

Archery and Orienteering.

Everyone worked well as a team, gained confidence, understood others strengths and weaknesses and pushed themselves to do their best.

Many found that they had over come plenty of fears including being worried about water, heights and just being away from home. But they all did it and I’m sure parents are just as proud as the teachers!

The teachers can’t wait to go again next year!

Enjoy the pictures of our fun but educational holiday!

Mrs Ryan

Friday 19^th May

My trip to Carlton Lodge
By Hakim Lazrak

On Monday morning I was so exited that as soon as I woke I kept on thinking about my wonderful trip that I had no breakfast! I went down stairs and I collected my bags and went to school. Every one was so exited they could not play any games. One hour later the coach arrived. Every one rushed to get there bags ready for the amazing trip.

Two hours later we were nearly there and finally I saw Carlton Lodge. The first activity I did was the wall climbing also I was the only one to reach the top. After, we did problem solving where we had to make a bridge out of two planks of wood. As soon as we finished problem solving it was five a clocks and me, Sam and Jake rushed into Williams’s room and we had a pillow fight. Later at night I went to sleep In my room there were Sam, Jake, and Philip and we were in room seven. I could not sleep because Philip kept snoring!

The next day I had two bowls of sugar puffs before we did scavenger hunting. It was brilliant and so was the high ropes because I jumped off the leap of faith. I was not scared, but I was really brave. Then we had free time and we played with the Frisbee. After dinner I did kayaking and raft building .At night we did a night walk for two hours .T he last day we did orienteering. it was not that that good but I did enjoy the archery (I wish I could stay for a year)!

ICT MARK AWARDED TO THE SCHOOL

March 30th 2007

Picture shows Miss Mould, Mrs Audsley
and the ICT assessor Mr Holroyd after our successful bid

Congratulations to everyone!

ICT Mark Award 29 March 2007

Clifton Green children and teachers give the “thumbs up” to be awarded the ICT Mark for the achievement recognises that the children are at the forefront of using information and communications technology to enhance their work, and that’s official!

Following an extensive external assessment Clifton Green has been awarded the prestigious ICT Mark by Becta, the British Education Communications and Technology Agency, the government funded body responsible for promoting the use of ICT in Britain’s schools and colleges.

The award recognises the school’s success in developing the strategic use of ICT in both administration and across the curriculum. Parents will have proof that their children are attending a school at the forefront of modern technology.

Sheila Audsley, Head teacher commented, “We are delighted to be awarded the ICT Mark. It recognises our positive approach to ICT and the benefits it is bringing to our children. We believe that ICT can be used in every aspect of learning and that it is essential our children are equipped for the modern world.”

“We would like to take this opportunity of congratulating you and your
staff on becoming one of the first schools to hold the new national ICT
Mark award” said Christine Taylor ICT Mark Administrator from NAACE, the UK professional association for those involved in advancing education through the appropriate use of information and communication technology.

Neil McLean, Executive Director for Educational Practice at Becta said “Clifton Green School thoroughly deserves the accolade of an ICT mark. They clearly demonstrate how important it is to take a holistic approach to using ICT in schools. Their investment in new technology has contributed to substantial improvements in learning.”

EASTER EGG AND HAT WINNERS

Easter Egg Winners 2007

Year	Place	Name	Egg Name
Nursery am	1^st	Tegan Caunt	Humpty Dumpty
Nursery am	2^nd	Craig Hallam	Hickory Dickory Dock
Nursery am	3rd	Aaron Rennison	Humpty Dumpty

Year	Place	Name	Egg Name
Nursery pm	1^st	Mahirah Chowdhury	A Bunny
Nursery pm	2^nd	George Blake	Sean the Sheep
Nursery pm	3rd	Joshua Taylor	Incy Wincey Spider

Year	Place	Name	Egg Name
Reception	1^st	Lewis Rhodes	Indians
Reception	2^nd	Nicola Franks	Barbie and Ken
Reception	3rd	John Tuffen	Bugs Bunny

Year	Place	Name	Egg Name
1	1^st	James Green	Sponge Bob
1	2^nd	Kaitlin Potter	Sparkle Egg
1	3rd	Liam Pateman	Spring Dog

Year	Place	Name	Egg Name
2	1^st	Alex Morby	It’s a bugs life
2	2^nd	Bethany Watson	Spring Garden
2	3rd	Zoe Jones	Little Bo Peep

Year	Place	Name	Egg Name
3	1^st	Jap Ruenprach	Clifton Zoo
3	2^nd	Thomas Eastwood	Park
3	3rd	Jessica Taylor	Bee on a Flower
Year	Place	Name	Egg Name
4	1^st	Jack Reagan-Wallis	Egg Wars
4	2^nd	Alicia Barber	Rapunzel
4	3rd	Brianna Bratley	Tracy Beaker

Year	Place	Name	Egg Name
5	1^st	Emma Crawford	Mini Beasts
5	2^nd	Rashni Gurruna	Easter Bunny and Friend
5	3rd	Ellie Dixon	Soldiers outside Buckingham Palace

My trip to Carlton Lodge By Hakim Lazrak

My trip to Carlton Lodge
By Hakim Lazrak