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Issue 1 - Summer 2005
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MADDIE HALLTHE FLOWER(above)
pastel, 50 x 50 cm 2005
To create her work, Maddie Hall used cartridge paper to draw on and chalk pastels to blend
colours and add highlights. A bold background was used to make the vivid tones on each
petal stand out.
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{ C ON T EN T S }
ALL CHANGEWhats new at Woodleigh
B Y G E O R G E H A R R I S O N
{ N E W S } 5
GARDEN PARTYEsthers golden duck
B Y T H O M A S T U R N E R
{ F E A T U R E S } 6
HOUSE PLAYSCaberets, musicals and nativities
B Y L U C Y S O A N E S
{ A R T S } 1
BAND ON TVTyne Tees shock for school players
B Y B E N K N O W L S O N
{ M U S I C } 16
THE DOORAnd whats behind it
B Y T H O M A S S A U N D E R S
{ F O L I O } 0
CEST WOODLEIGHThe world according to Antoine and Jean
B Y A N T O I N E C O G I S
{ W O O D L E I G H } 4
ALL THE ACTIONSeason reviews for boys and girls games
B Y S T A F F W R I T E R S
{ S P O R T } 5-
RECENT PHOTOSLife around the school
B Y S T A F F P H O T O G R A P H E R S
{ G A L L E R Y } 4
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EXCITING
CHANGES AT
WOODLEIGH
By GEORGE HARRISONYEAR SEVEN
AT WOODLEIGH School there have been a lot o changes recently.
A new oor has been laid in the gym, to replace the old wooden surace. Underoor
heating has also been added. The new playing surace should be antastic or badmin-
ton and small sided ootball.
The new tennis court has just been completed. It will be used by the school and also
hired out to the local primary school. The area will double up as a fve a side ootball
pitch.
The entrance drive has been revamped and resuraced and is now looking verysmart.
We have a new teacher - Mr Tolkien, who replaces Miss Wilson. He teaches English
and ootball. He is good with computers and electrical things.
A number o old trees have been cut down. The large tree next to the driveway was
cut into pieces. Year Seven and Eight managed to move one o the largest sections in a
PSHE lesson on cooperation. Other larger sections will be used to make new benches
to be used around the school.
Some o the smaller logs are being used by Year Seven to create a totem pole which
is going to welcome people at the back gate. Apparently there will be a sculpture o Mr
Mills on the top, ashioned rom old bits and pieces o trees.
Pupils in Year Eight have used the wood or a variety o design projects, including
a magnifcant caterpilllar, eatures on pages & , and also some artistic wild mush-rooms.
PHOTOs: PsHE slOTs inTO PlacE,
nEw TEnnis cOurTs laid, sET and
TarmacEd and a drivEway in a day
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THE SUMMER Garden Party. There
were games such as Tombola, ootball
speed shot, beat the goalkeeper and a gi-
ant rae.
Stalls included plant sales, cakes and
bookshops. A tasty barbeque sold sausag-
es in the middle.1000 was raised or the new gymna-
sium oor.
Ben Knowlson, Esther Ryan, Mr Eng-
land, Ed Bloom, Justin Birkett all took
part in the race in the duck race.
The stream that they were racing on
had lots o twists and turns, at the end o
the race there was a fve-oot high water
all. It was ater a week o making the
boats and it was time or the big race.
The boats were amazing and all o the
people that made the boats looked reallycompetitive against each other.
By THOMAS TURNERYEAR SEVEN
Esthers duck in
THE Kids Lit quiz is a huge multination-
al event run a fve countries including the
UK and New Zealand. This year it was
held in Huddersfeld.
The quiz consisted o ten rounds, each
on a completely dierent literary category.
For example phenomenally difcult ques-
tions were posed on Cats, Harry Potter,Middle Earth and frst lines o novels.
In between the main rounds there were
bonus rounds where spot prizes could be
won. Book tokens and pound coins ew
around the room. Winners included Mr
Tolkien, who correctly answered a ques-
tion about Mr Tolkien.
Overall, Woodleigh fnished twelth
out o over 50 schools.
Mr Tolkien, having heard news o
a public speaking contest, called Youth
Speaks, being held at Lady Lumleys
School in Pickering immediately organ-ised a team o fve experts.
There were three speakers and two
prompters. He had less than a week to
prepare the ultimate speaking team. The
subject was the importance o sport in
By MILES MURKETTYEAR SEVEN
English gets competitive with Kids Lit
quiz and Youth Speakseducation.
At Lady Lumleys the tension was
enormous. When it came to our turn
the tension had grown tenold. As they
walked up to the speech desk you could
see the sweat running o there aces like
a waterall. Isobel introduced the rest o
the team.The other schools attending included
Lady Lumleys, Ryedale, Norton College,
and Malton.
The standard was extraordinarily high.
The quality o language used in many o
the prepared speeches was surprisingly
good.
Malton emerged the winners, using a
combination o humour and persuasion.
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Then all o a sudden the people that
competed in the duck race jumped into
the stream and put their boats into the
water with them still holding them. They
were staring at the starting ag, which
was a chequered ag.
The ag went down, the people let goo the ducks then ran onto the land to ol-
low them. The ducks came round the frst
corner and went into the side and then
carried on.
All o a sudden the ducks started
speeding up and went round the second
corner and smashed into the side and
bounced o.
It was the last straight and the ducks
got lots o speed. They eventually shot o
the waterall. It was amazing. Esther Ryan
won the duck race with a great smile onher ace.
uacking win
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THIS YEARS ski trip set o or Bormio,
in Italy, where World Cup races are run.
The hotel was set on a beautiul hillside
overlooking the alpine scenery.
We arrived all tired and ready to sleep.
Once the equipment was hired rom the
nearby ski shop everyone avidly set o
or the slopes.
The group took part in group lessons ,
slalom races and mad downhill dashes or
the brave.
Ater our days we went to Livigno orlots and lots o shopping which was very
popular with all the girls.
The hotel rooms were very posh and
the beds were very comortable. In our
rooms we had our own TV and our own
key.
The ood in the hotel was very tasty,
apart rom the chewy chicken nuggets
which were in act squid, and you could
get a drink rom the bar whenever you
wanted to.
When we arrived back all our ami-
lies were waiting patiently to greet us atWoodleigh
By BRADLEY WHITE & TOM STOKOEYEAR SEVEN
Bormio is best says Brad
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OUR TRIP to Fountains Abbey was reallygood. The objective o the day was to live
the lie o a monk. We walked to Swanley
Grange to get our habits on.
Then we walked down to the abbey
with our habits on, we put our hoods over
our heads and put our arms together. We
had to put our heads down and respect
the peace. Father Abbot asked us what we
had heard while we were walking down
to the Abbey. I said I had heard a bird.
We walked onto a big patch o grass,
where the monks had sheltered or a year.When new people came, Father Abbot
would ask them why they wanted to be amonk.
In their girdles there were wax tablets
and daggers. Not or sel deence. They
used them or cutting wood and cutting
fsh.
Ater we walked down to the Abbey,
the man asked us what was there that
was useul. Some people said the river,
because it was good or drinking, wash-
ing and cooking.
Ater that we walked into the Abbey,
down a big passage to the altar, wherewe prayed. Then we went to the Chapter
House to get punished. Then we wentto the Warming Room. In the Warming
Room they bled them with leeches.
Ater that we went to the Reectory,
where the monks ate.
Near the Reectory was the kitchen.
There used to be a table which turns to
give the ood.
In the Cloister, they would read and
write. We went to the Store Room, where
they kept the ood.
Ater that we went to the lay broth-
ers dining room. The lay brothers do thework around the abbey.
The right habits - Year Six visit Fountains Abbey to live like
medieval monks
By WILLIAM MEGGINSONYEAR SIX
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THE Woodleigh pedal push is a tight winding course all around
the school, with ats, hills and steep slopes. It is one o the tough-
est courses in Yorkshire, oten compared to the Tour de France.
The peleton was greeted with regular rereshment breaks to
keep the riders going.
A wide variety o vehicles, rom scooters and rollerblades,
to buggies and tractors oten crashed with riders alling o and
having to call the mobile repair to get them back on the road.
At the end o the day all the competitors were awarded med-
als in recognition o their acheivements. Everyone went home
very happy and very hot.
All the sponsorship money raised or uture unding o spe-cial occaisions.
Pedal power circuit grips WoodleighBy MILES MURKETTYEAR SEVEN
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MYSELF, Miles Murkett the guitarist, Charlie Carveles the drummer and Lewis Welch
the part-time bass player all practise when we can. We usually play in the drum room
on a Friday beore lunch. The best thing about playing the guitar is the noise, you can
make as much as you like and you dont get in trouble, as long as you have got some
skill. I I play with the window open people coming up the hill outside our house stop
and listen to my music. Sometimes I even get complaints rom the neighbours because I
play too loud. My avourite songs to rock on my guitar are the Darkness I believe in a
thing called love, Feeders Buck Rogers , and last but defnitely not least, The red-hot
Chili Peppers Cant stop.
Playing live is difcult. To start with you are very nervous, not knowing whether
the crowd are going to like you or not. But as soon as you start playing all o the nerv-
ousness disappears and you eel much more confdent. When you sit down aterwardsthere is a huge sense o relie that you did it.
Blue Orchid - White Stripes
Vertigo - U2
Take me out - Franz Ferdinand
Holiday - Greenday
Pretty y - The Ospring
American Idiot - Greenday
Buck Rogers - Feeder
I believe in a thing called love -
Darkness
Everybodys changing - Keane
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The Prejudice is one to watch
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EVERY Winter term all our houses,
North South, East and West produce a
play. The same script is used or all our
plays, but the interpretations and sets
vary widely.
This years house play was about someposh people who had no money who lived
in a large, but flthy, house. However,
their Aunt Nell was rolling in it, so they
hatched an evil plot to do her in and col-
lect the inheritance.
Numerous hal-baked attempts on her
lie ensue until it transpires that Aunt
Nell lost all her money on the horses.
When conronted with their evil deeds,
they give the Aunt a battered painting as
compensation. Later they read that she
has sold the old master at auction.
This year East won, eaturing a vir-
tuoso perormance rom Tom Dales.
The plays were judged on how well
the lines were learned, the standard oscenery, the level o acting perormances
and how eectively costumes and props
were used.
Nursery, Reception, and Years One
and Two perormed a spectacular play
about a penguin who was too young to go
with his amily on holiday.
This years Cabaret-in-a-day was on
Friday nd February. Each play was
based on an traditional Arican myth,
and the music eatured Arican drums,
rhythms and dances.At the start o the play, once the au-
dience were all sitting down, the cast
danced, weaving between the tables to
the stage. The band eatured Arican in-
struments and everyone wore authentic
costumes.
All the children sang Arican songs,
or example, the goodbye song and the
hello song. In total, our Arican para-
bles where presented in the gym, which
was carpeted or the day and adorned
with spectacular Arican wall hangingsand sparkly lighting.
By LUCY SOANES & CANDY FONGYEAR SEVEN
Kill the aunt,
an African cabaretand unhappy
penguins
Tom Daless menacing laugh.
Joe Robinson and Thomas Turner
squirting water at the audience.
The clock kept alling o the stage.
Lorn McNaughtons surreal script
changes.
South orgot to use their canoe.
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Ingleborough
no problem forintrepid
Woodleigh
walkers
INTREPID Woodleigh explorers aced the three peaks on a spring
term activity weekend to raise unds or the new tennis courts.First, Whernside loomed large. Winding paths grew ever
steeper but all managed to win the battle. Cold, wind and drizzle
hampered all on the way down.
Five hours later a welcoming pub beckoned at the end. Brad-
leys dad cheated, racing ahead in a Lotus.
Ingleborough loomed large and grey ater lunch. Hail bom-
barded the party as mist crept in. Morale ell as the path end-
lessly circled. Hours o heavy trudging in mud, moss and slime
proved no match or these hikers.
Steep doesnt do it justice. Loose rocks and slippery condi-
tions, mini landslides and near disasters, said Edward Bloom,
almost taking the quick way.Timber Lodge provided overnight respite.
The smell o a ull English breakast enticed the weary to
consider the fnal challenge: Pen Y Ghent.
The hill was uncompromisingly vertical. Apparently, Tho-
mas Turner heard there were wild trues at the top, and he
nosed into the lead.
Mrs Murkett snapped the joyous moment celebrating the as-
cent.
According to Year , K and the Matterhorn are up next.
Other activity weekends this year have included a Chinese
themed two days including authentic ood and crat making, a
walking , clying and running event to raise money or charity,and canoeing in the local countryside around Malton.
By JASON BIRKETT & ED BLOOMYEAR SEVEN
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THOMAS Turner, Ben Knowlson, Lewis Welch, William Meg-
ginson, Jack Redern, Rob Mewburn and Clayton Hill canoed atthe Rydal Lake.
The groups were in two-man canoes. Every canoe tipped
over at least once.
With everybody wet and cold we rowed over to the nearest
island to get some hot drinks and a block o chocolate. Some
people did exercises to keep warm beore getting back into the
canoes.
With everybody at the location it was time to head back to
the boat shed to put the canoes away.
Then we set o or the most exiting bike ride I have ever ex-
perienced in my whole lie so ar. We had cycled an exhausting
one to two miles towards a mountain, which looked like a greatmonster.
Eventually ater the tiring ride we started to head up a road
which was at about orty-fve degrees. At the ront Brad White
and Miles Murkett were cycling all the way up without walking,
but all o the other cyclists started to walk up the rough road.
The route was getting steeper and steeper, then all o a sud-
den Ted Foster came zooming past me and ell o. Three quar-
ters o the way down Miles jumped o a fve oot drop and then
came o but ortunately did not hurt himsel.
When we got to the bottom o the path we stopped at Ryedale
Water or a rest. Once everybody had recovered rom the eight
mile bike ride which we had just cycled, we set o again towardsthe camp site.
Canoeing and
daredevilmountain
bike riding on
frst campBy BEN KNOWLSON & MILES MURKETTYEAR SEVEN
When Ben Knowlson got stuck in the
lake on a mountain bike.
Miles Murkett wished he hadnt eaten
that pot noodle the night beore.
Will Megginson leaned to the let,
Ben Knowlson leaned to the let. Thecanoe capsized.
Lewis Welch and Thomas Turner set
up their tent in a puddle.
Tom Stokoe ell on his tent which
collapsed spectacularly.
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MUSICIANS rom Woodleigh School set
o to Durham this term, or a day packed
ull o music.We were one o many independent
schools taking part in a challenge to learn
two pieces in one day. To add to the pres-
sure, the perormance was at three oclock
that very aternoon.
When the musicians arrived they were
separated into Brass, Woodwind and Per-
cussion. The three groups went o to be
given their pieces and learn them.
The frst tune was one everyone knew
- the one and only James Bond Live and
Let Die theme.Time to get down to business - instru-
ments were tuned up and raring to go.
Bar by bar the tune gradually made
more sense. With a bit o practice andhard work we got used to the sight read-
ing.
Ater an hour o non-stop playing and
rehearsing it was time to put down the
James Bond theme and look to the second
piece; the Blue Danube waltz. To some o
the musicians the piece looked a lot more
complicated.
This time each part played their frst
line, so they knew what it sounded like
and to keep everyone together. Ater
more hard practice and concentration itgradually came good.
Ater lunch, the Brass players bumped
into the Woodwind players who let slip
that the concert would be recorded byTyne Tees television or the evening
news.
This came as an enormous shock. The
pressure increased!
All the groups got together and re-
hearsed as one. The practice sounded
great and beore anyone knew it, the
clock struck three.
It was the moment o truth or the mu-
sicians.
All the players played the notes in
ront o them and sounded absolutelybrilliant. It was a great day out.
TV surprise for school musiciansBy BEN KNOWLSONYEAR SEVEN
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THERE was once a dragon the size o a house. He was just having
his ortieth birthday. He had green wings and he had big and small
blue spikes. He had teeth the size o a T-Rexs.
He had claws as sharp as a spear. He had a tail that was longer
than a rocket. He had a red and scaly back and he had spikes. He
didnt like to be orty because he didnt want to grow up. His namewas James.
James cave was dark and ghostly. The cave was at a top o a
mountain where the sea was and the dragon could y down and
grab fsh .The cave had drawings and cobwebs and spiders the
drawings showed a great battle against dragons and James was
one o the kings.
He has two hours sleep and then practises liting rocks with his
tail. Then he eats 3000 tons o ood a day. He is unhappy because
he doesnt have a door. He needs a microwave because he might
not be able to breathe fre.
A princess came to the cave. She had golden hair that swishes
in the wind and she wore a beautiul gold and pink rock. On herhead she was wearing a crown. It was bright yellow with a red ruby
in the middle o it. Her name was Sam Gillingham. Sam was eight-
een years old. She was helpul but sometimes she was bossy.
Sam came to the cave or dragon scales because she wanted to
be rich to make her palace better. She got to the cave by carriage
and rode to the bottom o the mountain and climbed up. When she
got there she went in with a spear.The dragon looked up and saw her. He was delighted to see
Sam and said, Please come in or a cup o tea. Sam looked and
said its dark and ghostly in here. Using her phone she ordered a
big, blue, bright door rom the castle and she ordered the best mi-
crowave they had.
The dragon did most o the work because he was excited to
have a dierent cave. When it was fnished it looked abulous.
James was very, very pleased with the door and the chimney and
the new house was brilliant.
He thanked Sam with some treasure and a new crown. They
celebrated with a Princess and Friendly Dragon Party. Sam didnt
go home, instead she practised running away rom dragons. Jamespractised chasing Sam, and they lived happily ater.
JONTY GILLINGHAMA DRAGON STORY(below)
year 2 literacy, 2005
RECEPTIONFOUNDATION STAGE FUN(above)
2005
Foundation Stage Fun! Trips this year have in-
cluded a visit to Cruckly Animal Farm, a day at
Boggle Hole or a rock-pooling adventure and a
ossil hunt and a day at Beck Isle Museum where
the children learned about lie in the past. They
dressed in period costume, wrote on slates, had
a go at brass rubbing and used a washboard and
a dolly stick to wash some clothes.
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NURSERY & RECEPTIONMINIBEAST HOMES(above)
spring term 2005
As part o the Nursery and Receptions guardian partnership scheme with the National
Trust, Mark Bradley and his team have spent two days with us this term. The children
were able to hone their wood working skills when making minibeast homes or bug
boxes. They hammered a basic wooden box together and flled up the space with
diering sizes o bamboo cane. These boxes provide a warm, dry and sae
environment or all types o minibeasts to reside in. Photo courtesy Gazette & Herald.
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YEAR FIVETHE DOOR(below)
spring term 2004
descriptive writing
by Thomas Saunders
When I opened the door I saw a maze o conusing thoughts, permanently shimmering
and changing. The more conused I became, the more conusing the maze seemed, or
the maze was my conused thoughts.
I fnally realised that, and as soon as this happened I sat down and stopped trying,
and it slowly cleared. Now I was in the midst o a beautiul city. I thought - that tower!
and immediately I was at the top o it.
Up there I could see the wonderul world I was in: orchards, undtended, but per-
ect; I could see moors and ruitul felds. I leapt o the tower and ound I could y.
I landed in a pear tree and saw words carved into the trunks. There were 42 trees.
Seven said love, seven said riendship, seven joy, seven reedom and seven knowl-
edge.
I had landed in a reedom tree. I tried a pear and became totally ree.
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YEAR SIXINSIDE THE HOLE OF HORCUM (above)
autumn term 2004
geography eldwork /english myths
& legends
by Guy Gilliat
Last term, Year Six went on a Geography feldwork trip to the Hole o Horcum, which is
ound near Saltergate car park.
At the Hole o Horcum, there was an overow channel rom the Esk lake, which was
ormed when the River Esk ooded down to Lake Pickering. (The Vale o Pickering) In
the Vale o Pickering, all the felds are ull o crops, this is because the silt let rom the
lake is very rich and good or agriculture.
Wade and Bell were giants who lived
in the local area. Once, Wade became
angry with his wie Bell, and scooped
up a clod o earth to throw at her. He
missed.
The hole let by the scooped earth
can be seen today as the massive Hole
o Horcum. The clod which missed Bell
has become Blakey Topping, an oddshaped hill a mile rom Saltergate car
park.
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The world ew about him. Trees swirled,
sky swirled, bones crunched. The track met
his ace like a slap rom lie itsel. Rocks and
grit embedded in his lips and fltered inside
his mouth and onto his tongue. Louis ridestopped.
Eyes wide and bright stared at all that
was peaceul. Birds soared above, occa-
sionally perching to spy a closer view. The
sound o a ar o waterall splashing and
sploshing permeated through the woods.
Even the insects spoke. Beore the crying.
And the wailing. And the shouting:
Mummy!
YEAR SEVEN
BIKE CRASH (below)autumn term 2004
english - descriptions
by Bradley White
YEAR EIGHTCATERPILLAR WOOD SCULPTURE (spread)
summer term 2005
design and technology project
by Mairi Aitken
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The postcard arrived. Father read it and then
went to tell mother. Neither me nor Anne
could hear what they were saying as they
put us in our playroom. When they had fn-
ished, while they were upstairs I went into
the kitchen and ound the postcard on the
oor. I picked it up and read it rom top to
bottom. We have to move away and share
an annex with the van Daan amily.
We packed our bags and got ready to
move. Mother and ather were lookingorward to moving and living with the van
Daans, but personally, I was dreading it. It
must be awul sharing a house with the
van Daans especially Peter van Daan (Mr
and Mrs van Daans son) because he never
brushes his teeth and he is so at.
We have moved into the annex. I hate it.
Its not just the van Daans, its everything.
The bedrooms are reezing, theres no hot
water and I can never get a signal on my ra-
dio. Mother and ather love it, but person-
ally I would rather sleep in a rabbits hutch.All we do is stay in one room all day. That is
one whole day in the same room as Peter
van Daan.
Today he stole my sweets while I sat
on the toilet. For lunch, we had some resh
ruit, or dinner we had fsh and or supper
we had some cake which mother and Mrs
van Daan made. Its nearly time or bed
now, I hope tomorrow is better.
YEAR SEVENMARGOTS POINT OF VIEW (below)
autumn term 2004
english - autobiographies, based on
The Diary o Anne Frank
by Ben Knowlson
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Woodleigh is like a big house where
everbody knows everybody else.
The breaks and sports and
tournaments are really good.
The activities during the weekend
and the camps are excellent.
The swimming pool and house
events.
The tennis court and bike riding.
The lessons, because they are quite
easy and short.
The ootball on the back lawn.
The teachers are interesting.
Pupils are riendly with oreigners.
Matches at the weekend.
jEans TOP 10
Vive la vie WoodleighBy ANTOINE COGIS & JEAN PAULHANYEAR SEVEN
WOODLEIGH School is bigger than my
school, at mine we havent a swimming
pool, we havent horses and we cant
do biking because the playground is too
small.
The lessons begins at .0 a.m. inFrance, in England at Woodleigh school
Langton its better because the lessons be-
gins at .00 a.m.
In my school, in France the lessons are
during 50 minutes and in England its 40
minutes.
Here we can play tennis, we cant
in mine school. At Woodleigh we do
sometimes canoeing and we have many
camps.
For example, there are activity week-
ends and also frst and second camps orthe children in years six to eight.
Oten we have a practise or making
tents or or cooking in mountains. Its
very interesting and educational.
At France its very rare because we
havent so many rivers. Sometimes we go
to museums with my school in France, like the Louvre, but its not always very
interesting.
For sport, we have a big pitch, where
we can play ootball, netball, cricket, rug-
by and more sports.
I let my French school on the 1th
April 005 to come here, now I am very
happy and my English is much better.
My brother and my cousin, will go
to Howsham, another school next to
Woodleigh.
Apparently its stricter, theyll fndout ater hal-term.
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Football well poised forimprovement
Best goal - Sunny Chan in the top let
hand corner against Bramcote.
Best attempt at goal - Ricky Chiu
shooting rom the hal-way line.
Best win - home vs Reed.
Player o the season - Joe Robinson.
Best moment o complete chaos -
away at Terrington.
Best miss - Brad White rom fve yards
out.
Best desparate lunge by keeper -
Lewis Welch away at Hurworth.
Best penalty - Brad White away at
Bramcote.
Best penalty save - Clayton Hill vs
Sta. Almost.
u13 FOOTBall
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By BEN KNOWLSONYEAR SEVEN
WOODLEIGHS ootball sides showed
immense improvements this season.
The u1 side started brightly in Bram-
cotes 5-a-side tournament. Brad Whitescored three, and Sunny Chan scored one.
Despite beating Minster comortably, the
side just missed qualiying or the knock-
out stages.
With a small squad, the senior side
struggled against more experienced teams
in the eleven-a-side matches. However,
Woodleigh ended the season strongly,
fnishing equal frst in their home tourna-
ment in March.
The under 11s played with great air
at certain times, and wanton abandon atothers.
At the Cundal 5-a-side tournament
Woodleigh cruised to a semi fnal berth
beore losing to a pacy Hurworth side
who went on to win the event.A mid season dip ollowed, but a re-
surgence was complete when the second
team won Lisvanes annual mini soccer
estival, and the frst team comprehen-
sively outplayed Minster.
The under nines started with a antas-
tic perormce to reach the semi-fnals at
Cundall Manor, and despite some unor-
tunate losses in November and Decem-
ber, managed to fnish the Spring term
unbeaten.
The win at Bramcote was defnitelythe highlight.
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By LUCY SOANES YEAR SEVEN
IN GIRLS games we play rounders and
tennis in the summer. Mrs Johnston and
Madame Matique teach us the sport we
play at games.
At the start o summer we do play
rounders but i its too wet we go in the
gym. Tennis is normally played in the
middle o summer when it is warm.Year , , 6 and 5 girls usually play
rounders together so the year 5s and 6s
can get help rom people older than them.
Matches or girls are on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. Mixed rounders is played
about twice a year.
Lately we have played an under 11s
mixed rounders match and that was won
by us with a score o -0. At the end o
the summer most people improve on their
catching, throwing, and batting.
In winter we play hockey and netball.Our top score is 5-4 against Belmont
Grosvenor and one o our hockey scores
in the under 1s was 4-1 against Fyling Hall.
The under 11s and under 1s play
together most o the time so the under
11s have some competition and some
tips rom people that are older than them.
Nearly every games time the girls play
hockey unless they are doing a run.
Great season or Girls
U13 vs Belmont Grosvenor - WON
U11 vs Belmont Grosvenor - WON
U11 vs Bramcote - LOSTU9 vs Bramcote - LOST
U13 vs Bramcote - LOST
U13 vs Terrington - WON
U13 vs Belmont Grosvenor - WON
U11 vs Fyling Hall - WON
U11 vs Lisvane - LOST
MATCH
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Close battle for cup
ALL YEAR the school houses, North,
South, East and West compete against
each other in Football, Hockey, Swim-
ming, Rounders and Athletics tourna-
ments.
Competition has been ferce. South
won the Football easily. East won the
Hockey ater a close encounter.House Basketball was cancelled. The
next house competition was Sports day.
East won and South were second. North
came third.
House rounders was very close but
East won again. South came second,
North third and unhappy West came
ourth.
East won the overall house championship.
The senior pupils who entered the
By BEN KNOWLSONYEAR SEVEN
Tennis - Joe Robinson
Chess - Ricky Chiu
Badminton - Ricky ChiuTable Tennis - Ricky Chiu
Snooker - Bradley White
Tennis - Louis White
Snooker - Philip Johnston
Table Tennis - Philip Johnston
Junior Badminton - cancelled
Badminton tournament spent the morn-
ing at Pocklington sports centre to play
our hotly contested rounds.
The frst round results proved unex-
pected. In the frst match, Ed Bloom was
knocked out by Candy Fong with an 11-
shocker. There were more surprises
to ollow. Just beore the second round,the seeded players arrived in a convoy o
cars.
Alan Lee, Brad White and Mairi
Aitken all ell at the fnal hurdles leaving
Jean Paulhan to take on the mighty smash
o Ricky Chiu.
Ricky proved indestructable, romping
to a 14-5 lead in under ten minutes. Jean
survived three matchpoints beore being
trounced 15-6.
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RESULTSSenior tournaments
Junior tournaments
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East !By BEN KNOWLSONYEAR SEVEN
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SPORTS day 005 was ull o races which included 100msprint, 00m sprint, 400m and 00m. There were also vari-
ous house events during the aternoon which included hur-
dles, throwing tennis balls into buckets, a maze and hoop
throwing.
All events were very successul and all got brilliant times.
The year -5 boys 00m were well attempted. For North
Edward Megginson came rd with a time o .4 seconds.
For East, Oliver Medorth came 1st with an amazing time
o 4.14 seconds. As you can see, the picture tells you how
happy he was. For South, Andrew Chapman ran and came
nd with a time o 5.0 seconds. And fnally or West, Tho-
mas Lee ran and came 4th with a time o .6 seconds.All o these times were very close and well run by every
competitor.
The year -5 boys 00m was also run very well and times
were also very close.
The year 6- girls long jump was very successul as well.
For North Gigi Cheung was jumping and got a distance o
.10m and came 4th. Easts long jumper was Alice Bristow
and she came rd with a distance o .00m. Isobel Procter
was jumping or South and came joint 1st with a distance o
.m. And or West, Esther Ryan was jumping and she also
came 1st with the same distance as Isobel Procter.
East was the winner o the aternoon but all results werevery close.
The ollowing week the school athletes and the students
went to Huntington stadium, to host and compete in the annual
Woodleigh athletics competition.
The group arrived at the stadium at around 1.0pm. Ath-
letes were getting warmed up around the track or track events
which included: 100m sprint, 00m sprint, 00m sprint, 400m
run, 00m run and two relay races which were 4x100 and 4x400.
Athletes were also warming up around the feld or feld events
which included: - long jump, high jump, cricket ball throw,
rounders ball throw, shot put and the discus.
The frst event o the aternoon was the under 1 00msprint. The race was very close. Miles Murkett set o at the be-
ginning o the race 4th but in the last 0m he ran his very astest
and snuck into rd place. Miles got a brilliant position and a bril-
liant time.
Esther Ryan got a brilliant time and position in the 400m
run. She came frst out o all the schools.
Brad White also got a brilliant position and time in the 100m
sprint. He came second or Woodleigh.
Georgina Barclay got a brilliant distance in the long jump.
Miles Murkett got a brilliant height in the high jump.
Everybody who took part did very well.
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Mixed season for
keen U13s
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THIS SEASONS team was a mixture o a ew veterans rom last
year, some promising under elevens and those who had never
played rugby beore.
Ater an encouraging warm up session at St. Martins Am-
pleorth, the team narrowly lost to Scarborough College 10-1.
Once we ound our next opponent, Red House Norton, the team,ater shooting into an immediate 14 point lead, decided to make
more exciting or the home teams supporters and we eventually
won 1-1.
Reality check number one; a strong physical team rom Cun-
dall, which exposed a ew weaknesses saw a 10-0 deeat. How-
sham Hall away proved as strong as ever, inicting a 4-0 deeat.
Three victories over Hurworth, Reed and Scarborough College
ollowed, which not only was a good way to end the term, but
also saw the emergence o a team, using the big men well, and
showing some skill to go with it.
Reality check number two; massacre at Cundall 6-0! Two
injuries and three o the team jet lagged. ( In the end a trip toScotland was necessary to secure a victory over Cundall at the
By MR MILLSRUGBY
Merchiston Sevens)
Ater some even more serious training the team bounced
back to two more victories, Bramcote and Fyling Hall, the latter
giving some o the current under elevens some valuable experi-
ence.
A visit rom the south, Lochinver House, resulted in a pleas-ant Sunday mornings game. As the tourists had yet to win and
we were such good hosts, we duly obliged, losing a close match
10-1.
Two more close deeats ollowed. Terrington 1-15 and How-
sham -. Standing on the touch line near PTM was only or
the brave or dea. Aysgarth was our last match and also the last
time Mr. Parsons would reeree or us as he departs or warmer
climes. Not only does he deserve thanks or giving up his time
over the years to come here, but also or the positive eed backs
aterwards. Another close match, a 6-0 victory or the team,
which let honours even, won seven, lost seven.
Finally I would like to thank the parents or their support, nomatter what the weather threw at them.
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THE UNDER 11 rugby team eatured fne individual perorm-
ances rom Rob Mewburn, who always led by example as cap-
tain, and Charlie Allenby who oten provided a backbone in
both attack and deence.
Jack Redern and Rhys Smith gained in confdence with each
match and both learned to not only use their size to their advan-tage but also to ooad the ball at the right time. Tom Saunders
and Tom Horsley both proved to be useul hookers and it was
difcult at times to choose the better o the two. Tom Barclay
was probably the most improved player o the squad, closely ol-
lowed by George Boyes both showed huge progress in all areas
o the game. One o the most exciting aspects o the team was
the centre partnership o William Megginson and Louis White.
Ted Foster also developed into a fne scrum hal and Clayton
Hill was a welcome addition to the squad and he used his speed
and strength to good eect throughout the season. Louis Knowl-
son, Kyden Woodhead and Mark Thomas all played well on the
wing. It was pleasing to see Guy Gilliat gaining in confdencewith each match and Andrew Chapman should be one to watch
next year.
Their victory in the St Martins Ampleorth Sevens is a re-
ection o what a really good team they are.
In the Us, Henry Blundell is a cracking orward and he has
oten been a solid platorm on which to build the rest o the or-
wards. Charles Saunders is proving to be a good hooker and GuyWelch has improved with each match played. Freddie Weeks has
worked hard and showed great improvements.
William Procter has developed a really good side step and
oten passes the ball at just the right moment. Oliver Medorth
has also shown tremendous progress and is beginning to use his
size and pace to good eect.
William Bennett- Baggs never stops working or the team
and John Soanes is a naturally gited tackler. Jay Mitchinson-
Singh, Oliver Rees and Edward Megginson are the three players
that have really developed a much better understanding. Alex
Machen was a welcome addition to the squad in the second term
and has proved to be a good all round player. George Mewburnhas been the back bone o the team .
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Rollercoaster season for
THE UNDER 1 team have had mixed ortunes this term, in a
long season including many fxtures and tournaments.
The frst match was lost to a strong Aysgarth side, but over
the season the side showed steady improvement to win matches.
In May we played the Pocklington 6-a-side. Various teams at-tended. The specially selected six did very well, although they
unortunately came last. During the tournament the whole team
improved in the feld and with the bat. George and Sam Harrison
batted extremely well. They put this down to their new bats.
Later in May, Woodleigh seconds were involved in a thrill-
er against Fyling Hall. This was a brilliant match, proving a
real challenge or both teams with quckfre 0 over run chase.
Woodleigh edged a close match.
Over the rest o the season the team has continued to im-
prove, all players have perormed well.
The Under 11 side has perormed well, i inconsistently this
season. Highlights included the match against Minster, whereGeorge Boyes scored three astonishing ours in successive balls,
and Rob Mewburn decimated the opposition batting with six
wickets in a devastating spell.
Lisvane held the home side until the nearly the end. Woodleigh
edged the match by three runs scored in the fnal over. Wand-
like, Rhys Smiths bat ashed the crucial runs to secure a win.
Asygarth, Reed and Bramcote proved too strong or this side.
But next years side will be licking their lips in anticipation.
THE U Kwik Cricket team proved almost invincible this sea-
son. Inexperienced batting pairs and early season indecision
caused an unlucky collapse against a strong Aysgarth side.
But disappointment did not set in. The players practised with
ruthless discipline and determined proessionalism. AgainstBramcote, Woodleigh won the toss to bat frst. Setting a high
target, the home team proceeded to plunder Bramcotes batting
order and limit their scoring to 0 at the hal way point. A win
was never in doubt.
St Martins looked a useul outft, but again Woodleighs de-
votion to maiden overs let the visitors with a total o 0 ater 1
overs. By the end Woodleigh had romped to victory by over 0
runs.
Lisvane arrived or the season fnale. Despite accurate and
dangerous bowling, Woodleighs batters set a daunting 1 to
chase. Onlookers gasped, and watched 15 wickets tumble , seven
stumpings and fve catches resulting in a convicing15 run victory.
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Woodleighs cricketers
U13 vs Cundall Manor - CANCELLED
U13 vs Howsham - LOST
U13 vs Reed - WON
U13 vs Aysgarth - LOST
U13 vs Minster - WON
U13 vs Bramcote - LOST
U13 vs Scarborough College - LOST
U11 vs Aysgarth - LOST
U11 vs Reed - LOST
U11 vs Bramcote - LOST
U11 vs Minster - WONU11 vs Lisvane - WON
U9 vs Aysgarth - LOST
U9 vs Bramcote - WON
U9 vs St Martins Ampleorth - WON
U9 vs Lisvane - WON
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Editors: Ben Knowlson, Miles Murkett
Sub Editors and writers: Cassie Battye, Ed Bloom, Jason Birkett, Candy Fong, George Harrison,Joe Robinson, Lucy Soanes, Tom Stokoe, Thomas Turner, Lewis Welch & Bradley White
Design and layout byMr Tom Tolkien
Photo credits:Mr Tolkien: pages 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,35, 36.Mrs Howarth: page 17. Cassie Battye: pages 10,22,23. Candy Fong: page 10, 22, 23.Mrs Murkett: pages 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16.Mr David Harrison, courtesy oGazette & Herald: pages 18-19.Mr Mills: page 9
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