Thank you very much to St Mark’s Church for hosting our first Art exhibition.  The children were delighted to showcase their work from this term, inspired by Picasso, Banksy and Henry Moore.  We’re feeling very proud of our creative children, well done!

 

In order to raise money for Comic Relief and books for our library, the staff bravely volunteered to allow children to set them a challenge.  Each teacher was given a jar, which families could put money into each day.  The top 3 earners were then given a challenge by the children.

Mr Bowden was the top earner, and he had to face a Bushtucker Trial.  Would you eat a cold spaghetti hoop and cinnamon sandwich?

Miss Wright and Mr Dickson were runners up a  nd were challenged to swap personas for the day.

Thank you to the team for being good sports, and to our generous families and community members who raised a fantastic amount of money, which will go a long way to families in need, and our school library.

Today we had lots of fun celebrating Holi with our friends from the Hindu community.

We held a colour run and celebrated the Festival of Colour, symbolising divine love, by becoming super colourful ourselves.

We loved injecting Delight and Joy into our learning, as always.

As part of our history learning this term, Year 5 visited the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) in Lincolnshire. This exciting and educational trip helped pupils deepen their understanding of World War II, focusing particularly on the important role Lincolnshire played in the air campaign and the lives of those who served.

During the visit, children:

This trip not only supports our history curriculum, but also encourages empathy, reflection, and understanding of the sacrifices made during the war. It promises to be a meaningful and memorable day.

We want to say a HUGE thank you to our mystery reader this week… PCSO Hare!

We loved hearing your story about the Police sharks.  Please come back again soon!

We have had an amazing time across school celebrating World Book Day. The children came dressed as a word and we had a great range of vocabulary across the whole school. From this fantastic vocabulary the classes created poems using similes to describe them as a class. We had an exciting mystery reader join our assembly, who shared a story with the children. The children guessed correctly and PCSO Jason was revealed behind our sparkly curtain! Children shared books with children in different classes and completed reading activities in their classrooms. A real celebration of reading across the school.

    

Our brilliant Engineering Club have been busy designing and building their very own wind turbines — and what a fantastic job they’ve done!

Using recycled materials, teamwork, and a big dose of creativity, the children worked together to construct working models that could spin in the wind. From carefully balanced blades to sturdy towers, each design was totally unique and showed off some brilliant problem-solving skills.

We’re so proud of the enthusiasm and determination they showed throughout the project. The future of green energy is definitely in safe hands at Woodlands!

Take a look at their amazing creations below!

In Saplings class we have been learning about castles and knights this term. We already knew that kings and queens lived in castles but wanted to investigate who else would live in a castle and what different jobs they might do. The children were carpenters, blacksmiths, bakers, masons and knights.

In Little Shoots Nursery, we have been looking at real life superheroes and the jobs that people who help do. We had a visit from John the Fire Safety Officer and some of the children dressed up in a real fire officer’s uniform.  We think the cleaners are superheroes here at Woodlands so staff dressed up as Mrs Leshone and Mrs Deamer.

Year 5 had a visit from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service where they learned about what to do in the event of a fire. They were given useful tips to keep themselves and their families safe at home. Everyone was reminded that it is essential to have a working smoke alarm in their home.

The assembly also included vital information about keeping themselves safe near open water. This involved identifying possible dangers such as: slippery river banks, hidden objects in the water and fast flowing currents. The Water Safety Code was shared with them and they were shown how to stay calm and float on their back if they fell into open water. The pupils were reminded that 999 was the number to call for the emergency services.

The final part of the assembly gave some of the children the opportunity to dress up as a firefighter, which was very exciting. This was followed by an inspirational talk about how all of the pupils could consider a career in the fire service.

 

 

On Monday 20th January the KS 1 team went to the Street Life museum in Hull as a start to our project on Transport. 

The day started on an exciting note as we were picked up by a double decker bus.  Wow!

It was a great journey and we saw lots of things on the way that we pointed out to the teachers.  We went over the Humber Bridge and we could see down the River Humber as we travelled across.  We could see some boats in the distance and there were lots of cars travelling over.

At the museum, we were met by Dotty who was a tram inspector.  She showed us around the museum and gave us tickets to go on the electric tram. It was over 70 years old and we had to be very careful not to damage it.

She showed us all of the different types of transport and we could see how they had changed over time.

We looked at bikes that didn’t have any pedals and they looked very uncomfortable to ride.  Some of the bikes had a metal seat that didn’t look very good at all.  We saw a bike with a delivery basket on the front so people could have their shopping delivered.

We went on the engine of a steam train and we could hear the sounds that it made as it travelled along the track.

We saw an aeroplane high in the ceiling.  It was a model of the plane that Amelia Earhart made her famous journeys in.  It looked very different to the planes that people can travel in now.

We saw cars that looked more like a bike and the driver had to turn a handle on one of the cars to make it go.  We saw an old ice-cream van and that was one of the best parts.

We were very tired when we got back to school but it was a fabulous day.  Our teachers said that we were amazing and that we were a credit to the school.