Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School
Woodland School
WELCOME TO THE WOODLAND SCHOOL PAGE !
This is the place to come for all the news from Woodland School and the School Garden.
APRIL 2026
500 House point activity day in Woodland School
Some children chose to make these salt dough mini beasts in Woodland School during the 500 house point treat day. We used leaves, petals and sticks for the legs, wings and eyes. Well done everyone!
Gardening news…
Some kind local gardeners generously gave us all of these plants for the School Garden! Thank you!
Here we are putting in some broad bean plants in the raised bed in the school garden.
Planting up some pansies in the School Garden...
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NATURE NEWS!
Wow, A blue tit only weighs 11 grams!
OUR OBSERVATION STATION FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL:
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MAY 2026
DD tarp shelter:
Here are some children from Year 1 learning how to use the mallet and tent pegs. Then we used our skills to make a simple diamond shelter with a DD tarp. Well done everyone!
We have some new Hungarian Army tents!
Some children from KS2 had their first try first try at putting up one of the new Hungarian Army tents. We had to adjust it a little and the buttons were tight to do up BUT we didn't give up and in the end we were successful! Well done all!
NATURE NEWS!
Jays belong to the crow family. This family of birds are called CORVIDS.
A wren is a tiny bird with a stick-up tail!
The nest is protected from predators and also from the weather here in the corner!
NO MOW MAY !
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In the heavy rain this afternoon, we stayed in the den in Woodland School and got creative with the pine cones and teddies.
Pine cones can be used for all sorts of creative play!
Salt dough mini beasts
Wildo fire strikers
Some children from Key Stage 2 learnt how to use the Wildo fire strikers.
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We really like using the wood chunks to build things! It is like playing with a giant construction set!
Nature news!
The clever crow is back! When the finds a piece of dry bread in someone's garden, it brings the dry bread to a bird bath in Woodland School and dips it in the water to soften it, so that it can swallow it! Clever crow!
This picture (above) is a Pied Wagtail. We have seen lots of these in the staff car park up by Woodland School.
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THE RSPB
If you are interested in identifying birds, take a look at the RSPB website.
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Teddy bear parkour in Woodland School!
Here are a selection of our teddy obstacle courses! Each obstacle course had to include something for the teddies to go over, go under, go up, go down and go through. There were some excellent creative ideas including drop-slides, a maze, bridges, tunnels and diving boards! Well done everyone!
OBSERVATION STATION FOR MAY:
JUNE 2026
30 DAYS WILD
Get closer to nature this June! Sign up for a free “30 DAYS WILD” pack from The Wildlife Trusts. Go to wildlifetrusts.org for more information.
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TOOL TIME IN WOODLAND SCHOOL
We learnt how to use the loppers, secateurs and peelers today, and we wore safety gloves to protect our fingers from the peeler! Some children wanted to use the sticks to make magic wands. We used wool and yarn to create stripes on the wands. Some children chose to make stick man and Jackson chose to make a stick dog! Well done everyone!
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GARDENING NEWS:
The vegetables are growing really well in the school garden, the broad beans and lettuces are almost ready to pick! The new potatoes should be ready to dig up at the end of the month.
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Collaborative castle-building in Woodland School!
A magnificent castle for the woodland teddies! This was begun in the morning with children from year 1. In the afternoon year 4 added the roof made from lime and sycamore leaves and then finally year 5 added a path and two watch towers, plus furniture inside the castle. A fantastic collaboration and so many creative ideas! Well done all!
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KNOT TIEING
We have been learning how to tie knots. We learnt how to tie a reef knot and then we tried the figure of 8 knot. We used two colours of paracord to make it easier.
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PAPER PLATE CATERPILLARS
We like getting crafty in woodland school. Today some children from year 1 and 2 made these caterpillars, using natural materials for the stripes, the legs and the head. Some children used the centre of a daisy for the eyes!
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A FOX IN WOODLAND SCHOOL !
Getting creative in Woodland School …
Maddison designed and made these seats in the teddy cafe...
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CLUES: This larva will turn into a little bug with a red shell and black spots...
Did you guess correctly? These strange bugs are LADYBIRDS!
JULY 2026
WOVEN BUTTERFLIES by year 3, 4 and 5
We have been getting crafty with these marvellous woven butterflies!
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Dexter from Robin class learnt how to use the bow saw today. Great job Dexter!
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WOOD COOKIE NECKLACES IN KEY STAGE 1
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Term 6 Week 4 whole class sessions in Woodland School!
We have been singing The Soda Song and the Pizza Man song at the log circle, and we’ve been doing the Hokey Cokey too! We have played Pass the Clap at the log circle and also we have done a Mexican Wave! Woohoo!
We’ve been busy in the mud kitchen, made magic wands, watered the garden, made a giant log house and teepee, made decorated snails and completed a Go Find It treasure hunt…WOW… what a busy week!
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Children from Year 5 and Year 6 have taken part in a “Go Find It” challenge in Woodland School this week. There were ten challenge cards to find and undertake!
The winning person or team from each class won a prize.
The winners are:
Year 6 Hawk class: Jack
Year 6 Red Kite class: Isla and Evie
Year 5 Kestel class: Justas, Elliott M, Alfie C
Year 5 Osprey class: Taya and Scarlett
Here are some of the GO FIND IT challenge cards...
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SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY IN WOODLAND SCHOOL...
THERE ARE LOTS OF HARLEQUIN LADYBIRDS IN WOODLAND SCHOOL AT THE MOMENT...
Here is our record of all the wildlife we saw in Woodland School in July.
We have seen lots of these ladybirds recently, they are called Kidney Spot ladybirds.
The Green Woodpecker is back in Woodland School! Listen out for its call, it sounds like a creaky door!
SEPTEMBER 2026
Whilst bug hunting underneath the logs we have found lots of yellow, orange and brown centipedes...
Mud kitchen
We love playing in our Woodland School mud kitchen...
What's on the menu today? Mud, leaf and mushroom burgers coming right up!
CONSTRUCTION
Using the wood chunks, logs and planks, some children from Year 6 made this superb hotel and mini puppet theatre for the Woodland School teddies!
SPIDER NEWS!
We found lots of spiders today, many were hiding inside the old wellies! We also found spider egg-sacks and eggs. Jackson found this big garden spider on a web...
