October 2018 Newsletter

The October issue of the Woodhead Newsletter has been sent home via ‘pupil post’.  An electronic version can be downloaded by clicking the image below.

P6/7 and P7 France Showcase

Primary 6/7 and Primary 7 showcased their learning to all of their parents/carers and relatives. There was lots of stations all about France and the work the children had been doing in class such as food tasting, French boules, caricatures and lots of other games and activities. Thank you

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SLC Mud Madness

On Sunday 7th October, pupils and staff took part in the SLC Mud Madness 5k run at Chatelherault Country Park.  They bravely took on a range of obstacles across the woodland terrain. Well done to everyone on this excellent achievement.

Primary 1s Busy Week

We have been very busy this week. Primary 1a and 1b enjoyed tasting different cereals as part of our learning in Health and Well-being and our Fairyland topic. Some of us liked Weetabix best while others preferred Rice Krispies or Corn Flakes. We also made porridge like Goldilocks and

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Target Setting Open Day

On Wednesday 26th September, we welcomed our parents/carers for a Shared Target Setting open day.  Mr. Clark and Mrs. Fox outlined the improvement priorities for the year before our visitors moved off to visit their children’s classrooms. Each child had self-assessed their confidence with different aspects of learning and

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P4’s Mini Maths Football League

Watch this space for the results of Primary 4’s mini football league. The fixtures were arranged, the team names decided and the games played. Now we just have to record all the scores, work out the points, goals scored, goals against, goal difference and complete the finished league table.

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P4 tackle DFMs Maths Challenge Day 5

This time Primary 4 decided to take a split approach to this problem and used cubes and squared paper to work out the answer. We worked in pairs, (no Teddy today), and found the practical approach led to more correct answers. Some children took the challenge further and worked

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