February Half Term
We’d like to say a massive thank you to our children and families for their hard work and support this half term. Also a massive thank you to our staff for their dedication to our children too.
We hope you have a restful, safe half term and are looking forward to seeing you on Monday 28th February at 8:50 am.
Monday 7 – Sunday 13 February was Children’s Mental Health week.
The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week was Growing Together.
Growing Together is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow. Challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt and trying new things can help us to move beyond our comfort zone into a new realm of possibility and potential. However, emotional growth is often a gradual process that happens over time, and sometimes we might feel a bit ‘stuck’.
1 in 6 children and young people have a diagnosable mental health problem, and many more struggle with challenges from bullying to bereavement.
At Woodlands, the children took part in a range of activities throughout the week, talking about mental health and wellbeing and raising money for the Place 2 Be Mental Health charity. Take a look!
Andy Gibson- Head of Early Career Framework with Initial Teacher Training
11 of our Year 5 and 6 children travelled to Monmouth in Wales to stay and help out at Jamie’s Farm. Spending 5 days away from home, working to run a farm is no easy task and our children certainly did our school and their parents proud. Find out what they got up to! 👇
What is Jamie’s Farm?
Jamie’s Farm uniquely combines farming, family and mindfulness sessions into a 5-day residential with a focus on giving children time and space to reflect, to renew and determine a new path for themselves. We do this by creating an environment where they feel respected, and are given opportunities to display their talents and show responsibility.
What does a typical day look like on the farm?
| 7:30 am | Rise and shine! Morning jobs start at 8 am! |
| 9:15 am | A delicious breakfast made by one of the groups. |
| 10:30 am | Farm jobs – working with the animals, doing maintenance on the farm, cooking lunch and preparing food. |
| 12:15 pm | A delicious lunch prepared by one of the groups |
| 1:30 pm | Farm jobs – again out on the farm, doing the jobs that need doing to keep the animals healthy and what is best for the farm. |
| 4:00 pm | A tasty snack and then a walk or adventure! |
| 5:30 pm | Shower time – farm work is smelly so it’s time to get clean. |
| 6:30 pm | A delicious evening meal and games round the table. Then a film or time by the bonfire. |
| 8:30 pm | Time for bed! |
Take a look at what we got up to! We had tons of fun and are so thankful to the Jamie’s Farm team for giving us a chance to help run their farm, to explore beautiful countryside and to thrive and be successful. We can’t wait to come back again soon.
Friday 4th February was NSPCC Number Day!
We came to school wearing stars or numbers and took part in lots of different maths activities, raising money for the NSPCC.
The money you raise could help the NSPCC run its Speak out Stay safe programme to help children understand what abuse is and what to do if they’re scared or worried.
Take a look at what we got up to!
This half term, Year 3 are learning about the human body in science.
On Thursday 3rd February, a physiotherapist came in to talk to the children. She spoke to the children about her job and taught the them the names of some of the human bones. Some children wanted to know how they can become physiotherapists too!
One in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem in any given year.
On Thursday 3rd February, we took part in Time to Talk Day. To celebrate, we invited parents into school for coffee, cake, chat and chill, with a separate session for staff after school. It was great to see so many parents come together and have a natter, spending time catching up and socialising. We hope to run more sessions in the future and can’t wait to see even more parents getting involved!
Time to Talk Day with Mind and Co-op
This Thursday, 3rd February, was Time to Talk Day. To celebrate, we invited parents into the hall for coffee, cake, chat and chill. It was great to see so many parents together and we hope to do more sessions soon. Time to Talk Day aims at getting us to start conversations about mental health and wellbeing.
