Woodleigh School open and not affected by Teachers' Strike

Woodleigh School will be open as usual on November 30th and is completely unaffected by the teachers’ strike called by unions. Tomorrow’s highlights include the U9 Rugby festival away to Cundall Manor and the U13 Rugby match vs Red House.

Cycling proficiency at Woodleigh School
http://youtu.be/0wGkCmYWeNE

This week Year 5 and Year 6 have been training for their cycling proficiency tests. Pupils practised manoeuvres for setting off, awareness of other road users, junctions and turns. In October Years 7 & 8 passed their tests with flying colours. View the latest photos and a short video below:

U10 Rugby - Read School (Home)

U10 Rugby Team Date: Saturday 5th November Opposition: Read School Venue: Woodleigh H. Falkingham E. Bradley (Capt.) H. Stone F. Bradley P. Hudson O. Cowton J. Cawkwell Start: 2:30pm, Finish: 3:30pm Collect kit at 12:30

Top wildlife photographer Rory Selvey, Year 8, commended by RSPB

Congratulations to Rory Selvey, a Year 8 pupil at Woodleigh School, whose photograph entitled “Barn Owl with Prey” was commended by the RSPB ‘Wildpix” photographic competition judging panel. Talented wildlife photographer Rory perfected his skills snapping Barn Owls and Kingfishers at secret locations around East Yorkshire. He is also actively involved with the Driffield Photographic [read more]

10,000 visits on new website

Since the launch of the new Woodleigh School website in September over 10000 people have visited. The ten thousandth visitor was recorded at midday today viewing the site from a location near Hull. Earlier this month, Woodleigh’s Twitter page recorded its 15,000th follower – a world record – cementing the school’s position as the most [read more]

Malton Museum should be saved

Year 7&8 have been writing about Malton Museum as part of a persuasive writing unit in English lessons. Earlier this year Malton museum announced that it would close unless a substantial amount of funding was found. By Robert Bradley, Year 8 Malton museum was established to house items from the area of historic value and importance. The [read more]

Letter to parents 07/04/2011

Letter to Parents – 07-04-11

Cross Country results

334 children took part in five Cross Country races in an afternoon of running at Woodleigh School, Langton. The newly designed course played host to 16 schools from across Yorkshire and the North of England. Three age groups, Under 9s, Under 11s and Under 13s, competed on the challenging and hilly Wolds countryside with spectacular [read more]

Year 3&4 write mystery stories in English lessons

Click on the thumbnails about to read the story blurbs , and click on the player below to listen to the stories being read by the pupils. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Woodleigh Football Tournament Results

On Saturday 12th February, Woodleigh School hosted a Football tournament for eight teams from around North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the North of England. Teams from Barnard Castle, Queen Ethelburga’s, Scarborough College Junior School, Bramcote, Moorlands, Fulneck, Bow (Durham School Junior School) and Woodleigh competed in U11 and U9 competitions. Both competitions were [read more]

Hungarian Womens' International Footballer visits Woodleigh

Zsofi Laczkovzski, current player with the Hungarian International Womens’ Football team, visited Woodleigh School last week. Mrs Negus, Art Teacher at Woodleigh, met Zsofi, who also training to be a doctor, at the recent Lyndhurst U11 tournament, in which Woodleigh won the Plate section. She very kindly offered to come and coach the Woodleigh students on [read more]

Amazing Activity Weekend 82

Need a weekend without children? Amazing activity weekend with paintballing bowling cinema and pizza Only £110. Limited places – book early to avoid disappointment! Activity Weekend 82 Go to the facebook event by clicking here.

Woodleigh School win Lyndhurst School U9 Football Tournament Plate

There was an excellent display of team spirit and hard work from the Woodleigh U9 boys at the Lyndhurst (Pocklington School Junior School ) tournament. The opening game was against the host team and saw us concede 2 goals, however the scoreline doesn’t reflect the quality of football played by Woodleigh. The next match in our group saw [read more]

U9 Team V Ripon Cathedral Choir School

E Bradley (capt), H Falkingham, G Scothern, H Stone, P Hudson & F Bradley. 02/02/2011 Home Match KO 2.30pm

U11 Team VS Ripon Cathedral Choir School

O Cowton, B Lansbury, A Lodge, B Hudson, W Bradley (capt) & H Fenton. 02/02/2011 Home Match KO 2.30pm

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