Special Days

November : Facts about November and special days

• 05 November: Bonfire Night
• 11 November: Remembrance Day
• 20 November Children in Need
• 22 November Stir-Up Sunday - Christmas pudding day
• 29 November Advent Begins
• 30 November: St Andrew's Day - Scotland's National Day

1 December - Woodlands online Advent Calendar starts

Calendars Updated

• Holidays and Special Days in the UK 2009 - 2011
• Awareness days and Weeks - to August 2010
  

Newsletter 7

Newsletter 7, published on 23rd October 2009, is now available to view. Features this week include the Year 5 Visit to Carroty Wood, the Year 6 VE Day Party, news on football and cross country, the Senior Choir and more.

Are you interested in being a parent governor or want to find out what this involves? If so, see the newsletter for details.

Children transported back to 1945

You may be pleased to know that World War II is over!

Year 6 spent the last day of term back in 1945. In the morning, the children experienced World War II style lessons and learnt about VE day.

The afternoon was spent celebrating the end of the War with a 'street' party. The Year 6 corridor was transformed and decorated with Union flags and bunting. Many thanks to all those who made cakes and other goodies from the 1940s for the children to enjoy.

Cycling Proficiency

Year 6 have been busy riding their bikes as part of their Cycling Proficiency. The pupils have completed a booklet and read through ‘Tales of the road’ - a leaflet supplied with important information about road signs and safety. They have learnt to signal, check for vehicles and pedestrians, and what to do in different situations when cycling alone on the road.
Everyone has thoroughly enjoyed the course!

Newsletter 6

Newsletter 6, published on 16th October 2009, is now available to view. Features this week include Year 3 meeting local councillors, Secondary School Selection Test Results, a message regarding the NSPCC sponsor forms and charity stall and a request for help from the Friends' Association.

Book Week

Throughout the week, children were encouraged to visit the library and listen to different teachers read stories at lunctime.

To end book week, on Friday 9th October, everyone at Woodlands came to school as one of their favourite book characters. There was everything from ordinary people to mythical creatures, but characters from Harry Potter remained very popular.

Senior Citizens relive World War II memories

On Thursday 8th October, several Senior Citizens were invited to Woodlands Junior School to answer questions about their experience of World War II. They relived many memories and shared their tales with us. It also helped the children picture what it would have actually been like in World War II.

Special Days

17 October Diwali
Diwali, the festival of lights, is the most important date in the Hindu calendar. It is also an occasion for celebrations by Jains and Sikhs.
Follow this link to find out about the Festival of Diwali

31 October Halloween
Follow this link to find out about this day

5 November Bonfire Night
Follow this link to find out about this special day

11 November Remembrance Day
Also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day.
Follow this link to find out more about this special day

Y6 Cycling Proficiency

Don't forget that the Year 6 Cycling Proficiency starts on Monday 12th October and continues until Tuesday 20th October.

Newsletter 5

Newsletter 5, published on 9th October 2009, is now available to view. Features this week include reports on our amazing Book Week and Book Character Day, special visitors meeting Year 6, our Harvest Festival, and this week's Charity Stall.

Also there is a request for help for the forthcoming Book Fair, a message regarding Secondary School transfer and a road safety message.

Book Character Day: Friday 9th October

Don't forget that tomorrow is our Book Character Day and we would like all the children to come into school dressed up as a book character. We are looking for original and wacky ideas! (No football kits, please).

The Moon

It is always lovely to hear how our visitors are using the website. We are amazed how useful our Moon pages are for a wide variety of people. Here are two comments we received this week about our Moon calendar :

"I am a sailor and a scientist. I used your site to plan a night time sea voyage from Grenada West Indies to British Virgin Islands so that I was sailing around the time of the full moon to light up the night time sailing. I thought the technical detail in the site was brilliant."
Dr Sue Kingsman

"I am a Captain in the Army and my current job is to test all new wheeled vehicles. We look at various aspects of the vehicle when testing them; this includes any special night vision equipment.

When testing night vision equipment it is essential that we know when the darkest nights will be and then plan our trials and tests around them. Your calendar has proved to be an invaluable asset for all my staff during the planning process, could you please pass on our thanks and congratulations on a great piece of work and let the young people know that they are contributing greatly to supplying excellent equipment to our troops serving overseas."
John S

Year 6 visit Chatham Dockyard

On Tuesday 29th September, Year 6 visited Chatham Dockyard. Throughout the day, the children enjoyed lots of activities which involved attending different workshops. The workshops were about rationing (where the children were treated to War times foods!), walking on HMS Cavalier, dancing and singing along to War music (including Glenn Miller and Bud Flanagan), and taking shelter in one of the many underground shelters at the Dockyard.

Hear our work by clicking on the link below:
Run rabbit, run!

Woodlands Flies to Space

On Monday 28th September, Peter Golding presented the Astrodome to Woodlands Junior School. He showed us different constellations and we ‘travelled’ to different planets. Throughout the ‘space travel’ he provided information and told each class facts about the exploration of space. At the end of the session, every child, who travelled to space, was presented with a certificate.

Newsletter 4

Newsletter 4, published on 2nd October 2009, is now available to view. Features this week include reports on Year 6 and Year 4 Visits, our ever-popular Charity Stalls and a reminder about Book Week next week.

Also there is a request for help from the Friends' Association, and an important message on e-safety.