Thank you for supporting our charity fund raising for Young Minds.

We exceeded our target of £300 and have raised over £500! 

Well Done everyone!

Reminder:

Next Friday, 20th October we are holding a Cultural Celebration Day. 

We would like to invite children to dress in any traditional dress that they may have. This could be a formal costume or dress or something historical that is traditional to your heritage. 

Children can also dress in the uniform of any club or organisation that they may belong to, such as Scouts, Cubs, Brownies, Athletics club, Martial Arts Club etc.

If children play in a children's football team they can wear the kit of that club on Friday 20th, but normal football kits are not allowed. (ie: children cannot wear the kit of the team that they support)

As part of the cultural celebration day we have organised Bhangra Workshops for children from Yr 1 -Yr6 -this will be fun filled, fast paced and energetic!

We would also like to involve parents in our special day - We would like to hold a coffee morning and invite parents to bring in traditional food from their culture to share with each other - recipes to share would be wonderful too!

If you are parent that would like to join in with this event, please let the office staff know!

We have had a fantastic week improving our school grounds. All classes have taken some learning outside, made a scarecrow and created a semi permanent or permanent feature in the grounds. 

The children have had a wonderful time.  Year 5 have regenerated the pond area. Year 1 have tided and painted the raised beds and hung colourful wind chimes.

We've also bombed a tree with ribbons and scarves and Year 6 have made beautiful mosaics with real tiles. 

Woodgate Primary School Term Dates – September 2023 – July 2024

Autumn Term 2023

Term Starts: Monday 4 September 2023
Half Term: Monday 30th 2023 to Friday 3rd November 2023
Term Ends: Friday 22 December 2023

Spring Term 2023

Term Starts: Monday 8th January 2024
Half Term: Monday 12th February 2024 to Friday 16th February 2024
Term Ends: Friday 22nd March 2024

Summer Term 2023

Term Starts: Monday 8th April 2024
Half Term: Monday 27th May 2024 to Friday 31st May 2024
Term Ends: Friday 19th July 2024

Woodgate Primary School Training Days – children not required to attend.

Monday 4^th September 2023: SDP priorities

Wednesday 18^th October 2023: SDP priorities

Wednesday 29^th November 2023: SDP priorities

Monday 22nd July 2024: SDP priorities

Wednesday 13th March 2024: Parents’ Consultation Day

Such a shame that we had to postpone KS2 sports this afternoon - but typical British weather scuppered our plans once again! Fingers crossed for KS1 sports afternoon on Friday. We will try to re-schedule KS2 before the end of the year.

Good afternoon.

I am pleased to say that in partnership with the charity MCKS, we now have our 'Woodgate Pantry' in school.

Our aim to is to make sure we have enough food in school to help any family in need that may find they need a little support from time to time. 

If you feel that  this service would help you just let school know and we can arrange a food pack for you.

We are also developing the 'Woodgate Wardrobe' and have some uniform, coats, normal clothing and school shoes available. This is possible due to support from the charities, Rubery Swap Shop and Sal's Shoes.

Rubery Swap Shop have so much children's uniform, shoes, P.E kite etc available free of charge. So please use them if you can. They are based on New Road, Rubery It will save you a fortune and reduce the amount of clothing that goes to landfill. If you can't get there, just tell us what you need and the sizes of the children and we can arrange to collect it for you. 

If we can help you with school shoes or uniform, please speak to one of our office ladies and we will do what we can to support. 

We want all Woodgate children to have everything they need to start the school year in September and the cost of living is making it harder than ever, especially if you have several children.  

Best Wishes

Mrs Colley.