Usually weekends in school are very quiet with no one around, but on the night of the 14th July 2017 Woodland Primary School was a hive of activity with the children taking part in our 8th Annual Giant Sleepover.

The evening’s activities started with staff, children and parents etc taking part in a family football followed by supper and bingo. Parents left at 8.30pm and the children and staff then settled down in their pyjamas to watch a bedtime film. Lights were out at 10.30pm and the school began to settle down(!!!) with a little bit of talking, giggling and snoring!!

The next morning the children were up very early!!! The children had their breakfast and then enjoyed playing games. A huge thank you to all the staff that gave up their Friday night, so that we could all have some great fun together.

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Our Summer play this year was based on the book ‘The Tin Forest’ and written by the children in Owl Class.  All the children in Owl and Badger Class took part with our Year 6’s taking the lead roles.  A large audience of parents and families enjoyed the fantastic production and the fabulous set.

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The children had a great time at the disco on Wednesday night, it was a lovely way to celebrate the end of a fantastic school year and say goodbye to our Year 6’s.

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On Monday 3rd of July Woodland school had their annual sports day. The Year 5 & 6 play leaders ran 5 activities for the whole school to enjoy, which included the three legged race, bean bag over and under, balance beam, Darwin obstacle and wellie throw.  All of the children and parents had lots of fun with the activities and the sun shone!
By Grace

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Mark the ‘Bee Man’ came in to see Squirrel Class last week and he brought in hives, bee keeping costumes, lots of bee keeping equipment and some bees!  The children got to wear the costumes, use the equipment and investigate the hives. We learned all about bee keeping and Mark even gave us some honey, honey comb and beeswax polish to try. The children all got a lovely cuddly honey bee to take home to remember the afternoon and how bees live.  A huge thank you to Mark for giving the children such a lovely insight in to bees!

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One of our teaching assistant Mrs Davis has recently been married and we wanted to show the children what a wedding ceremony was all about.  Mrs Davis brought lots of things in from her wedding and other staff displayed their own wedding dresses and photos the children enjoyed looking at them.  The whole school were involved and they all had their own roles.  The Revd Alison Wallbank from Middleton-in-Teesdale performed the special ceremony in St Mary’s  Church Woodland. Afterwards we all enjoyed a celebration school lunch reception followed by the cutting of the cake and we even had a little dance!  The children really enjoyed the day, especially coming dressed in their ‘Sunday Best’.

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We would like to thank all the schools that took part in our annual football tournament and everyone who supported and helped on the day.  All the teams played brilliantly, attacking and defending well with fantastic teamwork.  The sun was even shining at Woodland!!

Well done to Cotherstone School who were this year’s winners, followed by Butterknowle who were a very close second and Woodland who came 3rd.  We raised a magnificent £249 for Friends of Woodland School with the sale of the refreshments.

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On Wednesday the 13th of June, the Owl and Badger classes took part in a first aid course organised from the St Johns Ambulance Service.  They learnt the DRABC (danger, response, airway, breathing and circulation) and how to put a person in the recovery position. The Owls then learnt how to do CPR on children and adult dummies. The children really enjoyed learning how to save peoples lives.

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On Tuesday Dean Henry a Civic Pride Officer came to visit us from Durham County Council to talk to us about responsible dog ownership. He told us about how to look after our dogs and about the new laws that have just come in to force.  He said dog poo can ruin the community, he said it’s smelly and it can blind people.  ‘Scoop the Dog’ came to see us and we got to feed him facts written on card bones. We also checked to see if he was microchipped. We all now know how to look after dogs and how to be a responsible dog owner.
By William T and William C Year 3

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Well done to our fabulous footballers, Harry, Joseph C, Evan, Joseph T, Nathan, Toby, Emily G & Isaac who have won the Teesdale Small School Football League.  They all played every game brilliantly, even in the pouring rain!

A special thankyou to the parents that help with transport and supported the team x