Issue 8 Friday 7th May 2010 Next issue: 14/05/10

Historical Society gets going

This term, Rory Selvey, George Craw- raise money for the school. It has done a
ford, Zac Woolley and Beau Wyatt have huge amount of work, making everyday
become very interested in the history of the life as a child, teacher and parent much eas-
school, and have founded the Historical ier.
Society in order to find out more informa- Over its time, Woodleigh has grown
tion. This is what they have found out so hugely in popularity, extent and recogni-
far, written by Rory Selvey: tion in the local community.
In 1929 Woodleigh was founded in Pupils have lived happily at
Hessle, near Hull. It was founded by Ar- Woodleigh over the years as it has pro-
thur and Barbara England, grandparents of gressed through time, achieving great goals
the current Mr England. Originally the and producing amazingly happy people.
school had only eight pupils.
The school was very close to the
Humber docks, but because of the war in
1939, Woodleigh moved to Firby Hall.
After the war, in 1946, the school
made its final move to its current destina-
tion - Langton Hall. This is in a fantastic
setting in the countryside
Since Arthur England, his son, Robin,
and his grandson, Mr England, have be-
come headmasters of the school. Woodleigh School in the summer, as it is
In 1992, the Friends of Woodleigh, now at Langton Hall, in its amazing
FOW, was founded as an organisation to countryside setting:

By Fred Austin, Year 8

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3
Aries, 21 March - 20 April : You
will have a dream about a monkey
but then forget all about it.
4 5

Taurus, 21 April - 21 May : your 6

phone will ring while it is turned
off. 7

Gemini, 22 May - 21 June : you will

find a dinosaur skull but lose it 8
quickly.

Cancer, 22 June - 23 July : a dog

9
will actually eat your prep, but
you will get in trouble.

Leo, 24 July - 23 August : everyone

in your distant, unknown family
will catch a cold. EclipseCrossword.com

Across
Virgo, 24 August - 23 September :
next time you visit Antarctica, it
will be very cold there.
3. A hero of the Trojan war, he spent 10 years try
Libra, 24 September - 23 October : ing to get home to Ithaca.
you will be cursed for a week, pos- 6. He could sing so beautifully, the meanest lion
sibly seriously. would be tamed.
Scorpio, 24 October - 22 Novem-
8. there is a huge statue of one at Giza, and
ber : a scorpion will die where you whole roads of them at Luxor.
went on holiday last year. 9. Invented the labyrinth of Minos.

Sagittarius, 23 November - 21 De-

cember : you will forget your Down
school books.

Capricorn, 22 December - 20 Janu-

ary : you will stain your worst top.
1. Greek head God.
2. The Greek god of strength. he performed 12
Aquarius, 21 January - 19 Febru- labours.
ary : you will eat a very oily fish 4. An ancient city, besieged by the Greeks.
this week.
5. an animal with the heads of a lion, a goat and a
Pisces, 20 February - 20 March : a snake. Could breath fire.
cold will prevent you from talking 7. Half-man-half-bull. Killed by Theseus.
at all.
TIP: This weeks crossword is based on Greek myths and legends
 New advertising world
BY CHARLES SAUNDERS, YEAR 8 Mr Tolkien.
Mr Tolkien is also keen to keep this
This year, as technology progresses,
advertising up and has plans to raise that
more and more people worldwide use com-
number of 50 people up to 350 people.
puters on a daily basis. Mr Tolkien, English
Another great advertising feat is that
and IT teacher, has made a great advan-
any achievement by a sports team or indi-
tage of this, by launching a whole new net-
vidual, however big, ands up in the local
work of links and websites on the internet.
newspaper, thanks to Mr Tolkien and Mrs
Woodleigh now has a twitter page,
Gillingham.
which is very well advertised, and over 50
This is a very good bonus point for
different people visit it every day.
the school as lots of people see these articles
Every event at Woodleigh is posted
and even if one in two hundred people ask
on this page and is electronically trans-
for a prospectus, that is still a great achieve-
ported to the extranet, the school web-site
ment. Well done to everyone involved in
and to everyone who has ever been on
this amazing project.
these sites. This is fantastic advertising by

Buzzing Bee Poem

BY NURSERY AND RECEPTION
2 little bees went buzzing one day,
Nursery and Reception have been writing a
Round the flowers and far away
bee poem. Here is the final product:
Queen Bee said “Buzz Buzz Buzz Buzz”
But only 1 little bee came back.
5 little bees went buzzing one day,
Round the flowers and far away
1 little bee went buzzing one day,
Queen Bee said “Buzz Buzz Buzz Buzz”
Round the flowers and far away
But only 4 little bees came back.
Queen Bee said “Buzz Buzz Buzz Buzz”
AND 5 little bees came buzzing right back!
4 little bees went buzzing one day,
Round the flowers and far away
Queen Bee said “Buzz Buzz Buzz Buzz”
But only 3 little bees came back.

3 little bees went buzzing one day,

Round the flowers and far away
Queen Bee said “Buzz Buzz Buzz Buzz”
But only 2 little bees came back.
 U13 Cricket versus Ripon
Wednesday, 5th of May
Earlier this week, an A/B cricket team
set off to play Ripon A team in an eight-a-
side match. Alex Curtis won the toss and
we batted first.
Jonty Gillingham and George Ullyott
opened the batting very well. The Ripon
bowlers bowled a good line and length, but
their fielding was poor. This opening pair
had a 38 partnership before George Ullyott
was bowled by a good ball on 18.
After that, Alex Curtis went in at no.
3. He began well, but was dropped on 1 by
the keeper. Despite this, both Alex and
Jonty continued to score at a great rate.
They had a great partnership of 70 before
Jonty was bowled on 45, a fantastic score.
Cameron Castleton went in at no. 4,
and batted well. Alex carried on scoring
quickly and ended up scoring a magnifi-
cent 56! Well done.
Cameron was very unlucky and got
out but then Harry Connell went in and
batted until the end. Alex was very tired
from the hot weather and was just run out
with two balls to go.
Ben Laverack then went in and fin-
ished of the innings. Harry Connell ended
up with 12 not out and Ben got 0 not out.
This was a great innings by
Woodleigh, with some fantastic perform-
ances.
Woodleigh then went out to field
with a great total of 178 to defend. Alex
Curtis was exhausted from his batting, so
Ben Laverack and Jack Lear opened the
bowling. They bowled a good length and
restricted their runs to 12 at the end of their
spells.
The Woodleigh fielding was very
smooth and quick, and they did not fumble
under pressure. They kept on restricting the
runs and meanwhile taking wickets.
Jonty Gillingham bowled extremely
well, ending up with three wickets. This
was helped, no doubt, by very tight field-
ing, putting the batsmen under strain.
This tight fielding led to two great
run outs, by Cameron Castleton and
George Ullyott.
George Ullyott also took a nice wicket
whilst bowling, after a great spell of good
balls.
Alex Curtis, then came on to bowl
and took a good wicket. Jonty Gillingham
then took his last wicket leaving Ripon on
70 all out.
This match was a huge success, with
some great exploits and a fantastic team
performance. This win will bring confi-
dence into our next match against Minster
on Wednesday. Well done to everyone who
was playing!
Edited by, Charles Saunders, Cameron Castle-
ton and Fred Austin (cartoon).
With the help of Patrick Litten.
Photos by Mr. Tolkien.
Special thanks to everybody else who was
involved.