Dunnington Christmas Trail
Let us spread some Christmas community cheer!
How Dunnington Christmas Trail works
You can register your Christmas decorated house/business to be added to the Christmas Trail Map. Trail walkers can choose their favourite 3 and the 3 properties with the most votes will win a prize 
The Christmas Trail will be on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th December 2020.
Additionally on Sunday 20th December there will be a limited number of slots to see Father Christmas and also Christmas treats donated by Pattacakes the Bakery and The Old Butchers Coffee Shop, mulled wine donated by Twine & Barrel and The Cross Keys, hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows donated by Miller Food Service available to purchase and a giant Christmas cookie donated by Just Baking Marvellous for a raffle.
Add your house/business to the map
Will you be:
Decorating your house
Map - £2+ per map (these will be delivered to your house during the week of the event).
Father Christmas & a Map - £5+ - limited time slots available on Sunday 20th December between 3.30pm-5.45pm.
How to add your house/business to the trail map, order a map or book a slot to see Father Christmas:
Get in touch by messaging 07762067005 / email – info@dunningtoncommunityevents.org.uk or on Facebook - Dunnington Community Events.
All updates leading up to the event will go on the Facebook page Dunnington Community Events so please like the page to keep up to date.
ALL profit will be going to York Foodbank so please bring some money to join in the fun and support this amazing cause.
Thank You
Dunnington Primary School
As a Reception class teacher, I find that every year brings a sense of excitement of new beginnings. For all four year olds ( and their parents) starting 'big' school marks the start of the next phase in children's lives-a fresh adventure with all its challenges, hurdles and rewards. For teachers, they too feel that enormous sense of responsibility to set the scene for each child's education, not only academically , but also socially and emotionally.
Each year, as the new Reception children line up in the playground for the first time, I note the apprehensive expressions on parents' faces, some holding back tears at letting go . Children display a range of emotions, from not wanting to leave a parent, to skipping in happily, barely looking back!
This year has, of course, added an extra dimension of preparation and responsibility, with Covid dominating every routine in schools , as in all places of work. Teachers' concerns of ,'Will we remember every new routine? How will the children manage?' have continued to be at the forefront of our thinking, especially after the preparation of very lengthy risk assessments, documenting minute detail on how we keep our children and staff safe. However, once we all started, it then became a roller coaster ride, but run with military precision! It has been so good to be back, doing the job we all love.
The children have coped brilliantly! Very young children don't really know any differently, of course, but they have never once complained about the endless handwashing. They have entered into everything with enthusiasm and excitement. Bless them all!
So, yes, school is different this year and will continue to be so for quite a while I feel. Yet school is also the same in many ways too. Children are children. Teachers are teachers and learning is learning!
Caroline Gilderdale
Dunnington Cancer Support
supporting York Against Cancer
As we were unable to have our coffee morning in November. Anyone wanting to purchase Christmas cards can be done directly by visiting the York Against Cancer website or visiting their shop in Huntington.
Please watch our Facebook page regarding updates on the charity shop, Also the Dunnington sale page where we will be selling good quality items from the charity shop.
Dunnington in Bloom
This Christmas looks like being the strangest such event that most of can remember, so it’s good to be able to reassure everyone that one festive element at least in our village will be essentially unchanged – our famous display of Christmas trees.
Delivery is expected on Friday 27th November and we thank the Parish Council for arranging that a contractor will put them in place – all being well, on Saturday the 28th. Various members of the Bloom team will be on hand to see that everything fits with our well-established traditions.
Thank you to all have put their backs into all the endless outdoor jobs that mean Dunnington has looked as good as ever all through this difficult year. We look very cautiously forward to the possibility of a better New Year for everyone.
Barbara Windle
Dunnington WI
Dunnington WI held its Annual Meeting on 3rd November on Zoom, with 23 members attending plus two visitors from Federation. Reports were read and accepted and three committee members who have stepped down were thanked for their contribution over the years. We welcomed one new member to the committee. Margaret Eastwood was re elected as President. Christine Fisher has taken over as secretary. The meeting closed with a toast to Absent Friends and Dunnington WI’s 85th year. It was so nice to see members who we had not seen since March.
Building on the success of that meeting we are to hold monthly zoom meetings, starting on Tuesday 1st December at 7pm, when we hope to have members telling us what crafts etc and new skills they have learnt during lockdowns. Visitors are welcome to join us. If you are not a WI member, email Christine Fisher so she can send out joining details.
Subs are usually due in January but in this very strange year they will be due in April 2021 instead
If you have any memories or photographs of the WI please contact Christine Fisher
chris.dunningtonwi@gmail.com or ring Margaret Eastwood 07791 599661, thank you.
Dunnington Library
Update: The Library will re-open from Saturday 5 December
We hope to be open again from Thursday 3 December for drop-in browsing and borrowing, but we won’t be holding any in-person activities such as story times or reading groups yet.
York cards are also available here at £6 for over 18’s, free for under 18’s.
We’re sorry that we can’t offer public computer access or free wi-fi at Dunnington Library at the moment due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Our opening hours are :
Monday: 10am – 1.30pm
Tuesday: 2pm – 5pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 2pm – 5pm
Friday: Closed
Saturday: 9am – 1pm
The Library will be closed for Christmas from 24 December to 1 January, re-opening on Saturday 2 January.
Lorraine Taylor | Library Gateway Manager | t: 01904 552668 | e: dunnington@exploreyork.org.uk