Woodlands Weekly | 4th April 2025
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Welcome to the final Woodlands Weekly of the Spring term! 🌳💐
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This half-term has been filled with fantastic learning, and we couldn’t be prouder of our children for their hard work, enthusiasm, and achievements. From amazing engagement in lessons to wonderful moments of kindness and perseverance, they continue to impress us every day. A huge thank you to our dedicated staff for their unwavering commitment and to our parents and carers for their ongoing support - it truly makes a difference!
As we head into the Easter break, we wish all our families a restful, joyful, and safe holiday. We look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed and ready for another great term of learning!
We break up for the Easter Holidays |
3:15pm, Friday 4th April |
We're closed for Easter Bank Holiday Monday |
Monday 21st April |
We return |
8:40am, Tuesday 22nd April |
School Day Calendar Parents' Consultation 👍
We're proposing a change to the school holidays from next year.
Read the full letter
Dear Parents and Carers,
School Day Calendar - Academic Year 2024-2025
Co-op Academy Woodlands currently runs quite a traditional school calendar, with holidays at the traditional times. This means that the autumn term from September to December is very long, with only a week break in the middle. This term is always very tiring for children and for staff and the winter months see a rise in seasonal illnesses that often affect attendance. This traditional calendar also means that families who would like to take time to visit relatives abroad, or take a holiday, must do so at the most expensive times of year.
Given this, we are proposing a change to the school holidays from next academic year (September 2025).
We are proposing that from September 2025, the school day will be 10 minutes longer which means school will finish at 3.25pm. This additional 10 minutes every day will allow children and staff to have an additional week holiday at October half-term (two weeks instead of one).
Currently, children are scheduled to finish school on Friday 24th October 2025 and return on Monday 3rd November 2025. This proposal is to extend that break by one week so that students finish school at 3:05 on Friday 17th October.
Your feedback on this proposal is really valuable to us; please complete this survey if you would like to share your views on the proposed changes here: Survey
Or contact school at wood-office@coopacademies.co.uk
The consultation period for this change will remain open for 2.5 weeks and will close on 22nd April 2025
Kind regards
Adele Clark
Headteacher
Easter Egg Decorating and Rolling competition 🥚
Join us on Friday 25th April to decorate eggs, and for an egg rolling competition!
Road safety 🛣️
Last week, our children were out and about practising crossing roads safely! The team were so impressed by our children's teamwork and responsibility. Well done Woodlands!
Jamie's Farm Skipton visit to Woodlands 🧑🌾
Last week, Ben from Jamie's Farm Skipton popped to Woodlands to visit this year's farmers!
It was great to catch up, find out what's been going on at the farm and to have a check in. Ben also handed our certificates to our farmers to celebrate what they achieved while helping run the farm!
Super science experiments in Y6 🧑🔬👩🔬
In science Y6 learnt about microorganisms! Using pepper, water and washing-up liquid, the children tested how they might react. The children were surprised to see the pepper repel!
British Science Week Competition winners 🏆
On March 21st, Miss Charles announced our British Science Week poster competition winners! We were blown away by how hard the children worked to make fantastic posters on the theme of change and adaptation. We're so proud!
Year 5 visit IntoUniversity 🎓
Our Year 5 children spent a day at IntoUniversity! The children learnt about university courses, life at university and where students might live while studying.
