On Tuesday 19^th February Classes 2, 3 and 4 took part in the Dance Festival at The Galtres Centre in Easingwold, which was organised by sporting start. The theme was films and children from five or six different schools performed.

On Wednesday 20^th February we welcomed Caroline and Sakshi from the Perfect Smile Dental Practice in Acomb. They talked to the children about how to keep their teeth healthy. We learned about the amount of sugar in some foods, how to brush our teeth correctly and how important it is to visit the dentist regularly.

On Thursday 14^th February Guy Wilson, who is organising the Monkey Boy project came to talk to us about Nepal. In March we will host a visit from 20 Nepalese children who are performing with our choir in the Monkey Boy concert. Mr Wilson talked about Nepal, his work to help build a museum in Nepal and also some things that the Nepalese children will have never seen when they visit, such as the sea.

On Tuesday 12^th February, children in Years 1 to 6 visited the new York Mosque as part of our RE work on Islam. Imam Abid Salik led the talk and taught us about the mosque, acts of worship, artefacts and the Islamic religion. The children asked questions and contributed to discussions very well: demonstrating respect, understanding and appreciation of other faiths in our locality. 

Our theme for this half term is Global Neighbours. We welcomed Michael and Rowena from Christian Aid to our Collective Worship on Monday 29^th January 2019 to talk to us about the Global Neighbours Scheme and how we can be Global Transformers. They talked about water and how people in some countries have access to clean drinking water, but people in countries such as Sudan and Kenya may not. Questions for our reflection times are how can we challenge this and how can we be ambassadors for change?

We raised £127.83 in our Christmas collections and will add any extra donations to this, thank you for all the donations. We also enjoyed Christmas Jumper Day and raised £49.50.

Thank you for sending this newsletter. The school has been very busy reaching out to the community in its activities. Well done.  

E Fisher, Church Warden Whixley and Green Hammerton. 

On Friday 21st December our Staff Band played carols as families arrived at school! The band was Miss Coulthard - Violin, Mrs Taylor - Flute, Mrs Parker - Clarinet, Mrs Brotton - Euphonium and Miss Langley - Tuba.

"It was lovely to hear you ladies this morning, great role models for budding musicians hope you have a great holiday Seasons Greetings" S Lambert.