Posts by John Ward
Y5 girls’ football
Our Y5 girls’ football team had a brilliant time in the tournament with St Saviour’s School. Well done for all your energy and skills and for being great ambassadors for Woolmore School. This week the boys get their chance to play.
Read MoreArchaeology Table
This half term, our topic is the Romans! We will be learning lots about the Roman invasion of Britain and the Celtic resistance led by Queen Boudicca. We will also study Roman designs like roads and aqueducts and use lots of different maps to learn about the spread of the Empire. Of course, we wouldn’t…
Read MoreNew Look Extended Nursery Outreach
We have to set things up differently in St Matthais but we are providing for all the areas of learning.
Read MoreAqueducts
This week in DT, we designed and made aqueducts using a range of materials (ranging from tin foil to plastic cups to cardboard boxes!) The challenge was to carry water across a 70cm gap between tables without any of the water spilling or leaking out. We also learnt about how good the Roman are at…
Read MoreWoolmore: the final drop-in – 30th Jan 2015
We have another chance for past pupils, staff and friends of Woolmore to come and visit the old school.
Read MoreAir Raid Shelters
As part of our topic, we have learnt about different types of air raid shelter, including Anderson and Morrison shelters. In D&T this week, we designed are own Morrison shelters and then used a range of tools, as well as materials including wood, to make models of them. In addition, to mark the count down…
Read MoreRolling, balancing and jumping.
In PE this half term, we have been doing gymnastics. We have focussed on the core gymnastic skills of rolling, balancing and jumping. After practising the skills, we worked in pairs to create sequences. At first, we just used mats, but we later moved on to incorporate other elements of apparatus.
Read MoreDecember Newsletter
This was to be the final newsletter from the old school, but as you will by now have heard, the move to the new school has been postponed until February half-term. Download the newsletter to get a detailed calendar plus lots of information about the move to the new school generated by a question and…
Read MoreURGENT NEWS: delay to new school opening
CHANGE OF PLAN FOR WOOLMORE SCHOOL Extra time at school! Unfortunately, we found out this morning that our new school is not going to be ready for us to move into in January. Here is what this means for you: We will break up on Friday 19th December @1.45pm (instead of tomorrow) We will return to…
Read MoreWoolmore Exhibition – Day 1
This afternoon we had a great turn out of former and present pupils, parents and staff at our Woolmore Exhibition. As everyone knows, we are just about to say ‘good-bye’ to our Victorian building and move into a new one. We are celebrating our learning and sharing our memories. Come along and join us –…
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