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 Rugby - Great Houghton (at Bramcote)

U11 Rugby Team Date: Thursday 10th Novemeber Opposition: Great Houghton Venue: Bramcote H. Falkingham E. Bradley H. Stone F. Bradley P. Hudson O. Cowton Start: 14:15am, Finish: 15:15pm Leave: 13:00am, Return 17:10pm Collect kit at break. FORMAL UNIFORM REQUIRED

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]

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

Leeds Carnegie Rugby trip

As you may be aware, there is a rugby trip this Sunday, 2nd October, to watch Leeds Carnegie against Doncaster Knights at Headingley. We plan to leave at 12:45 from school and return at 19:00. We shall aim to be in Leeds just after 14:00 which will give us time to look around the stadium [read more]

U11 Rugby Team - Moorlands (Away)

U11 Rugby Team Date: 28/09/11 Opposition: Moorlands – AWAY (Played at Leodensians RUFC) O. Cowton P. Hudson F.Bradley E. Bradley H. Falkingham H. Stone Uniform required: Formal. Kit required: Gum-shields, boots, collect kit at break. Early lunch required: YES. Leave: 12:45pm, Return 5:30pm Start 2:30pm, Finish 3:30pm

Theatre trip for Nursery

Theatre Trip - York Theatre Royal - Thursday 29th September We are going to see a performance of “The Hare and the Tortoise” this Thursday. Please send your child to school in their formal uniform – white shirts, ties, blazers and shiny shoes. School will begin and end at the usual times. Many thanks, Miss Howitt.

Letter to parents 07/04/2011

Letter to Parents – 07-04-11

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]

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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