On Wednesday the 10th February 2016 we had a Lego day IT WAS VERY VERY VERY VERY GOOD!!!    The workshop was led by John from Electro City and he was really good at explaining how things worked and helping us make our designs.

Squirrel Class and Year 2 were building houses with lights in and made lots of different buildings which they put together to make a town which lit up!

After lunch Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 were thinking about how to make things move in Lego and we built a fairground. We were using gears and motors to make our models work. Also we were extending our ideas every step of the way.

Harry, Evan and Joseph C

In guided reading, Owls have been reading Shakespeare (The Tempest). So this week Owls went to see ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’ at Teesdale Secondary School. It is a musical based on The Tempest but with a modern twist. It was very good and had a mixed age of actors who were very skilled young people. The set was amazing, and they had spent lots of time with preparation. The following day, Owl Class wrote a review of the play. We all looked at the positives and negatives, plus we rated it out of five stars.  We all enjoyed the play and find Shakespeare’s plays and stories interesting.

By Hannah, Grace and Caroline.

This week we had an e-safety day in school when the children were learning all about how to be safe online.  All the children took part in workshops and activities to help them think about staying safe while having fun.  They are all now experts and are very excited to be sharing what they now know in their assembly for parents/grandparents on Tuesday morning.  Join us at 9.00am for and e-safety workshop with Pauline Stewart followed by the children’s assembly.  We hope to see you there!

George, Isaac and Joseph were listening to dilemmas they might find themselves in when using the internet. They used the choices wheel to help them to decide what to do.

Emily and Ruby watched Captain Kara and the Smart Crew to find out how to stay safe they then wrote their own smart rules.

Emily, Sophie and Ellie wrote a safe password rap.

Over the last few months Woodland School has been hosting Mammal Web.  The children have been fascinated to see what plays in our wildlife area when they have gone home.  Follow the link to find out more and see who has been visiting our wildlife area.

Mammal Web Diary

We have had our first wintery week at Woodland and the children have had lots of fun in the snow!  Wrapped up warmly they headed out for sledging, sliding and snowman building. We hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we have.

You can view or download our 2015-16 and 2016-17 School Holidays,  which includes our PD days where the school will be closed to pupils. Please note these PD days may be subject to change.

Please visit the School Holidays section of our website.

Welcome to our first news post for our school website. We now have a new WordPress website and have added some new features to our front page including latest news, links to popular pages and some lovely images of our school and our pupils.