Bishop Auckland, Co Durham
We had a lovely Father’s & Special Person Lunch in school on Tuesday this week. It was a great day enjoyed by all, especially playing on the field after lunch with the children!
There was a choice of chicken dinner and quiche for mains and cake, custard or ice cream. Special thanks to Karen our cook for making this delicious lunch for everyone to enjoy.
We’ve had a very busy week in school celebrating the Platinum Jubilee with our children.
We had a lovely Platinum Jubilee celebration in school on Tuesday afternoon. We were joined by families and members of the community for an afternoon tea and traditional games. Cliff Harding presented all the children with a commemorative Jubilee medal on behalf of the parish council. A great time was had by all!
On Thursday our cook Karen also made a Platinum Jubilee buffet for all the children to enjoy , it was delicious!
Owl class have also been busy writing to the Queen to thank her for her 70 years of service and congratulate her on her Platinum Jubilee. Please click below to see a sample of these, we are keeping our fingers crossed for a reply from the Queen.
Owl Class – Letters to the Queen
Our Year 6 children have worked so hard during the last year and as a treat for them before they move to their new secondary schools we took them bowling to Planet Leisure in Newton Aycliffe. They enjoyed 2 games of bowling with their teachers and then had a lovely lunch afterwards.
The Year 3,4 & 5 travelled to Raby Castle to compete in a cricket tournament against 7 other schools.
Woodland, like everyone else played really well. At the end of the match, it was revealed that Woodland Team B came 2nd and Woodland Team A came 3rd. We all enjoyed our trip.
By Charlotte
The Woodland football team played well together and enjoyed our first friendly match since before Covid 19!
We will be organising a return match at Butterknowle school soon. Thank you to everyone who came and supported, it is lovely to have families in school again.
Listen to the match commentary below:
Please take a look at the fun day we all enjoyed in school last week for National Numeracy Day!
In Design and Technology we made batik patterns by making patterns with PVA glue. When the glue dried, we applied acrylic paint and let it dry. Then we washed the fabric which removed the glue and excess paint, so we had died fabric. We hand-sewed the side of our purses/ wallets and Mrs O’Brien guided us to use the sewing machine to make the channel for our rope pulls. Finally, we added the pull ropes using a long upholstery needle.Don’t they look amazing!
British Science Week
We have enjoyed celebrating British Science week at school, with a trip to the Life Centre at Newcastle where we enjoyed investigating in the creative zone, attending an animal show, visiting the planetarium and Key Stage Two also participated in a Light workshop. In school, we have been planting seeds and predicting how they will grow and we have been finding out about forces. On Monday the Life Centre organised for children in Key Stage Two to have an online chat with a scientist.
We also launched our CREST science award which will run for the next 12 months. CREST is the British Science Association’s scheme for STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) project work that inspires young people to think and behave like scientists and engineers. It is a nationally recognised scheme for student-led project work in the STEM subjects. The children will need to complete 8 challenges in order to gain their award. These will take place in school but can also be completed at home.
Comic Relief– Red Nose Day
We had a fun day in school last week raising money for Comic Relief-Red Nose Day. We raised an amazing £113.20!
A special well done to Caleb who did a Readathon Challenge and raised a fantastic £42.
