Summer Newsletter 6 [Friday 26th May]
Dear Parents & Carers
1 half term to go, 5 half terms completed… that’s 5/6 or 0.8333 or 83.3% of the academic year.
Today, we’ve said goodbye to a much-respected member of Woodlands staff. Mrs Prescott has been a lunchtime welfare assistant (dinner lady) for the past 3 years. She had such a calm & caring attitude at all times. She always showed infinite patience when dealing with the children (moving reception children around school can be a wee bit like herding cats!). Thank you Mrs Prescott – you will be missed by the children & staff of Woodlands - good luck in your next adventure.
I thought I’d share with you some of the key events happening at school during the final half term this year:
- Thursday 8 June Y6 parents PGL meeting [5pm]
- Wednesday 14 June Reception new intake parents meeting {Sept 2023} [5pm]
- Tuesday 20 June Class photographs* {Nursery – Y6} [morning]
- Wednesday 21 June Y6 @PGL {Boreatton Park} [‘til Friday 23rd June]
- Thursday 29 June Y6 transition visits to Range & Formby High Schools [all day]
- Saturday 1 July Woodlands Summer Fair [11am – 2pm]
- Wednesday 5 July KS1 (Y1&2) Sports Day [starting as close to 9.15am as possible]
- Thursday 6 July Reception Sports Day [starting as close to 9.15am as possible]
- Friday 7 July KS2 (Y3-Y6) Sports Day [starting as close to 9.30am as possible]
- Wednesday 12 July Y2 End of the Year show [starting as close to 9.15am as possible]
- Friday 14 July WOODfest III Y6 Leavers show for parents on the school field [12.30pm]
- Monday 17 July Y6 Leavers’ Disco [afternoon - no parents]
- Wednesday 19 July Break for summer@2pm {Y6 @1.30pm}
*Reception, please send your children in wearing their school uniform on Tuesday 20 June NOT their PE kit.
Yesterday, we had over 30 pupils from Y3 to Y6 representing Woodlands in a cross-country event at Stanley High School. There were 19 schools taking part & between 70 – 100 children in each year group race. All of our children were magnificent – straining every sinew running as hard as they could – they had a great time too! We are proud of everyone for taking part & giving of their best. A few specific mentions: our Y3 girls & Y4 girls both came second in their team events; our Y5 girls won their team event. Special congratulations to Brooke Kirwan in Y3 who raced to first place in the Y3 event – well done Brooke you are a star! I’d like to thank Miss Dollery for ensuring so many children took part – also our parents & carers for taxiing their children to & from the event.
This week’s ‘nudges’…
Nursery
We have been growing potatoes. What is your favourite vegetable? Where does it come from?
{Understanding the World}
Reception [Red & Blue]
What has happened to our caterpillars this week? What will happen next?
{Understanding the World}
Y1&2 [Green, Yellow & Purple]
Can you tell me what you know about evergreen trees?
{Science topic: ‘Plants’}
Y3&4 [3A, 3/4M & 4G]
Describe how you have used pneumatics in your design for a moving monster.
{DT topic: ‘Moving Monsters’}
Y5&6 [5D, 5/6P & 6R]
Where in Australia would you most like to visit & why?
{Geography topic: ‘Australia’}
This week, our whole school attendance is 91.1%. We had no classes with 100% attendance this week & 0 classes reaching or exceeding our 97% target ?
We had 4 classes who had no late marks this week: Purple Class, 3/4M, 5D & 5/6P. We had 20 late marks across the whole school. 20 late marks were ‘before the register closed’ (that’s before 9.20am) & 0 late marks ‘after the register has closed’, that’s after 9.20am.
This year Sefton will be hosting a Pride event on Sunday 16 July; the idea of the event is to celebrate inclusivity and celebrate difference. I have been asked to share the following survey with you:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/XFTYMVL
The more responses the organisers get on the survey the more informed the team can be making the final adjustments to the event.
I hope you have a tremendous half term; don’t forget school begins for the children at the usual time on Tuesday 6 June.
KD Williams
Headteacher
Last word
I refuse to accept the fact that I fell overboard on an Egyptian river cruise…
