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.

U11 Netball vs The Mount, York

U11 Netball Date: 15/11/2011 Opposition: The Mount – Leave 2.30pm. Return 3.30pm L Stone C Howarth E Hudson O Dawson L Cawkwell T Fenton H Gillingham P Mumford A Cowton Early Lunch: – No Kit required: – Netball Kit HOME MATCH:- 2.30pm

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]

Bag 2 School will be collecting

BAG 2 SCHOOL WILL BE COLLECTING AS MANY BAGS AS WE CAN CONTRIBUTE FROM SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER 2011 THIS IS A GREAT OPORTUNITY TO SORT THROUGH YOUR CUPBOARDS AND DONATE UNWANTED TEXTILES IN THE BAGS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER (OR YOU CAN JUST USE BLACK PLASTIC BIN LINERS). BAG 2 SCHOOL WILL [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]

U10 Rugby - St Martins Ampleforth (Away)

U10 Rugby Team Date: Wednesday 19th October Opposition: St Martins Ampleforth Venue: St Martins Ampleforth H. Falkingham E. Bradley (Capt.) H. Stone F. Bradley P. Hudson O. Cowton J. Cawkwell Start: 2:30pm, Finish: 3:15pm Leave 1:15pm, Return: 5:00pm Collect Kit at Break FORMAL UNIFORM REQUIRED

U10 Rugby - Ripon Cathedral Choir School (Away)

U10 Rugby Team Date: Monday 17th October Opposition: Ripon Cathedral Choir School Venue: Ripon Cathedral Choir School H. Falkingham E. Bradley (Capt.) H. Stone F. Bradley P. Hudson O. Cowton J. Cawkwell Start: 2:30pm, Finish: 3:30pm Leave 12:45pm, Return: 5:30pm Collect Kit at Break FORMAL UNIFORM REQUIRED

U13 Rugby - Ripon Cathedral Choir School (Away)

U13 Rugby Team Date: Monday 17th October Opposition: Ripon Cathedral Choir School Venue: Ripon Cathedral Choir School R. Bradley R. Donaghy (Capt.) A. Johnson R. Selvey W. Bradley H. Fenton B. Hudson Start: 2:30pm, Finish: 3:30pm Leave 12:45pm, Return: 5:30pm Collect Kit at Break FORMAL UNIFORM REQUIRED

U13 Rugby - Aysgarth 2nd XV (Away)

Date: 15th October Opposition: Aysgarth 2nd XV Venue: Aysgarth R. Bradley R. Donaghy (Capt.) A. Johnson R. Selvey W. Bradley H. Fenton B. Hudson Start: 2:30pm, Finish: 3:30pm Leave 12:30pm, Return: 6:00pm BE AT SCHOOL FOR 11:15 FORMAL UNIFORM REQUIRED

U13 Rugby - St Martins Ampleforth (Away)

Date: 12th October Opposition: St Martins Ampleforth Venue: St Martins Ampleforth R. Bradley R. Donaghy A. Johnson R. Selvey W. Bradley H. Fenton Start: 2:30pm, Finish: 3:30pm Leave 1:30pm, Return: 5:00pm FORMAL UNIFORM REQUIRED

U13 Rugby - Terrington (Home)

U13 Rugby Team Opposition: Terrington Venue: Woodleigh Start Time: 2:30pm R. Bradley R. Donaghy (Capt.) R. Selvey W. Bradley H. Fenton A. Johnson Gum-Shields, Boots Collect kit at 12:30pm

U11 Rugby - Terrington (Away)

U11 Rugby Team Opposition: Terrington Venue: Terrington Start Time: 2:30pm O. Cowton E. Bradley (Capt.) H. Falkingham P. Hudson H. Stone F. Bradley FORMAL UNIFORM REQUIRED Gum-Shields, Boots Collect kit at 12:30pm Leave 1:30pm, Return 4:30pm

Idyllic descriptions by Year  7 & 8

Pupils in Years Seven and Eight at Woodleigh have been creating descriptions  based on paintings by John Dyer and Sam Walsh, as part of a unit in creative writing. Here are some examples of their descriptions and links to the paintings used as impetus. Will Bradley – Year 7 Inspired by this painting by Sam Walsh I am [read more]

U11 Hockey - Bramcote (Away)

U11 Hockey Team Date: 05/10/11 Opposition: Bramcote – Leave 1.30pm. Return 4.30pm L Stone C Howarth L Cawkwell H Gillingham P Mumford T Fenton O Dawson A Cowton

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