Just a final goodbye to our wonderful Year 6 pupils. It has been a pleasure teaching you and we wish you all the very best at Secondary School.

 

 

 

Very well done to the children that were chosen by Staindrop Academy for a Primary School Sports Award.

They were all invited to a Sports Awards Evening organised by the Academy. The night was dedicated to rewarding student achievement in PE and Sport in 2021/22.  We are very proud of you all!

We all had a fun Sports Day at Woodland last week, and the weather stayed dry for us!

The children enjoyed taking part in carousel games, including long jump, shot put, obstacle course and football skills.  They then joined in traditional sports day races, including, egg and spoon and running, and the obligatory adult race.

When the sports finished, the children and family members all enjoyed refreshments and a go on the tombola.

Thank you to everyone that attended, we raised £110 for Friends of Woodland School. This will be spent on treats for our children in school.

 

The Brilliant Blue Reef Aquarium

On the 20th of June, we went to an amazing aquarium in Tynemouth we saw fish, turtles, sting rays, starfish and so much more. We had a lesson where we learned about starfish, anemones and different types crabs. My favourite fact was that starfish have one eye on each tentacle. While eating lunch, we watched the seal show and they waved at us!!

After lunch, we went to the beach and we dug holes in the sand. Mrs Bentley took us rock pooling and we found, a shrimp, a fish, sea snails, limpets, barnacles, crabs and anemones. At 3 o’ clock, it was time to go home we were tired but we had a fantastic day!

By Rosanna

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 2^nd and Woodland Team A came 3^rd. 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!