During National Walk to School Week, we offered the children the opportunity to be part of the Walking Bus.

Thank you to all the Teaching Assistants that led the bus during the week and to all the children who participated.

Woodlea’s reading challenge is for all the children in school. The books have come from recommended reading lists and are a cross section of genres covering readers of all abilities.

All the books in the challenge are available in school for all the children to access and have been funded by our PTA.

The challenge is meant to be completed during a child’s four years in Woodlea, however there has to be a starting point, which means that most children in school today have less time.

During the launch in school, the children were given additional details about the challenge.

• The purpose of the challenge is for children to develop a love for reading and across many genres.
• Books can be read alone, read to the children or with an adult.
• During a Tuesday lunchtime, all the books are available for children to read and or borrow. It is here that books read from this starting point, will be signed off by Mrs Bell.
• If children have already read any of the books from the list, these can be signed off by a parent.
• Where it says a ‘series’ the children must read a minimum of 3 books.

Good Luck and Happy Reading.

10 boys and girls from years 3 & 4 went to Leyland Golf Club to represent the school at Tri Golf.

The children participated in all the events and had lots of fun too. 

Thank you to all the parents, grandparents and children who participated in our 'Arts and Crafts Afternoon'. It was a great opportunity for them to work together. The atmosphere was very calming and there was some wonderful pieces produced.

Thank you to the amazing and very talented children who performed in Woodlea's Got Talent. The acts ranged from comedy, dancing, singing to gymnastics and drama.

The winner was Emma, who did a gymnastics routine and the runners up were Hannah and Ruby who sang two very different, yet powerful solos.

Well done and thank you to everyone that contributed to the show.

FFRIDAY FAVOURITES

PPlease find below a list of ‘Friday Favourites’ from Friday 29^th April to Friday 15^th JJuly 2016.              

Please note the cost of a school dinner is £2.20

1066 and all that!

On Thursday 24th March year 6 visited Clitheroe castle as part of their current theme work.

As part of their 'Super-sleuth' theme, year 6 have been learning about life in Anglo-Saxon Britain and the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Despite the rain, year 6 had a great time. Highlights of the day included:

• re-enacting three important battles taking the roles of either: Vikings, Saxons or Normans
• handling authentic replica weapons (and dressing as a Norman warrior)
• exploring the importance of armour by creating an armoured suit for 'Sir Egbert' before dropping him from the castle walls
• building a model of a 'Motte and Bailey' castle
• exploring the defensive and offensive features of the castle