Amber, Joscelyn, Dylan, Jamie, Rhys, Lola and Archie enjoyed their first day at school. We wish them all the very best at Woolhampton. We are looking forward to seeing the 2nd intake on Monday.
Geoff has been extremely busy over the summer holiday constructing this wonderful ship (named H.M.S Howe!) Further work on the Playground Project was undertaken and, save for a small area around the boat, the work is complete. A huge thanks to the Friends of Woolhampton for financing the project.
The school is looking to recruit a Local Authority Governor and two Parent Governors. For further information click here or contact the Clerk to the Governing Body (office.woolhampton@westberks.org)
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2009 - 2010 Events
Photographs from our wonderful end of term concert can be viewed on the Photo Gallery page, along with photos from the Y4/5 visit to Silchester and the Foundation/Y1 visit to the New Moon Inn.
View the final set of photographs taken by members of the Photography Club
The Blue Team were winners of the the inter-house netball competition, winning both of their matches. Thanks to Mrs Javes for organising the tournament.
Congratulations to Clare, Eve and all the other Friends of Woolhampton for organising a superb Summer Fayre, held on Douai Field on Saturday 17th July. The total raised was an amazing £1866. This was over 20% more than last year! A huge thanks to everyone, children and adults alike, who made the event such an enjoyable occasion.
Well done to all the Y6 cyclists, who passed their Cycling Proficiency Test on Monday 12th July. Many thanks to Mr Henderson and Mr Ward for instructing the children.
Our rounders team played superbly at the 2010 Federation Rounders Torunament, winning 3 of their 4 matches, and finishing runners up. In their crucial match against Bradfield, the team defended magnificently, but lost when they conceded a rounder on the final ball of the game. Well done to all the children who took part and thanks to Mrs Javes for managing the team.
View photographs of Douai Abbey, taken by members of the photography club
Congratulations to the Blue Team, winners of the 2010 Sports Day. Many thanks to Mrs Hillerton and Y6 for organising and running the event. Thanks also to Alison Nicholson for scoring. Photographs were taken by Y6 children and Mrs Javes.
View some of the first photographs taken by children attending the photography club.
Click here for Y6 Residential Trip report.
This year our Y5/6 boys relay team made it to the finals of the Inter Schools Relays, held on Thursday 17th June. Tom, Luc, Joseph and Mitchell ran superbly to finish 3th overall. The girls did not make it through to the final, but they finished a highly creditable 3rd in their heat. Well done to all the runners!
Once again, our Y5/6 kiwk cricket team performed exceptionally well at the 2010 Federation Tournament, held on Thursday 9th June. Runners up in their group, the boys and girls played much fancied Bucklebury Primary School in the semi-final. Batting first, the team scored a highly impressive 305 runs. Some powerful hitting from the final Bucklebury pair ensured a tight finish, but the team won by 9 runs. In the final Bradfield proved too strong, winning by over 50 runs. Well done to all the players and thanks to Aimee and Emily for organising the scoring.
Our Extended Schools' Partnership ran two successful Invite Your Parents to Dinner sessions just before the half term break. Children in Year 5 prepared and cooked a two course dinner for their parents (parents were highly complimentary by the standard of cooking!) Many thanks to Mrs Craven and Mrs Ward for organising the event and to Mrs Thompson and Mrs Howe for their assistance on the two evenings.
On Monday 24th May, local beekeeper, Serena Watts, visited Mrs Howe's class to talk to the children about bees and beekeeping. Many thanks to Serena for providing such a fascinating workshop.
For the second year running, the Douai Fun Run was won by the Yellow team. All of the boys and girls ran extremely well, and the determination shown by everyone to complete the course was very impressive. Thanks to Mrs Hillerton and Year 6 for organising the event and also to all the parents who came to cheer on the children.
Our Kwik Cricket team played some excellent cricket at the Bradfield Kwik Cricket Tournament on Wednesday 19th May. Two victories in the group stage saw them go into the plate semi-final as runners up. Unfortunately, they came up against a fine team from Westward Farm, and were beaten by 50 runs. Well done to everyone who took part.
The Friends of Woolhampton Line Dance was huge fun and a great success, raising over £160 for the school's ICT appeal. Many thanks to Karen Hall for organising the event.
On Thursday 29th April, Mrs Howe's class visited Prior's Court to view the sculptures in the grounds of the school. The rain failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the children, and they greatly enjoyed the visit.
The whole school greatly enjoyed the Skip2bfit workshop, organised by Mrs Hillerton on Wednesday 28th April. The workshop was the prize for being the top performing West Berkshire school in the Golden Mile Challenge. Tilly Javes was the overall children's champion, with 239 skips in two minutes. Mrs Howe skipped 215 skips, making her the champion teacher. Top performing parent, was Mrs Vockins, with a magnificent 272 skips! Thanks to Skip2bfit trainer, John, for making the event so enjoyable.
Year 4and 5 had a fantastic residential trip to Osmington Bay in April. The weather was superb, as were the children. They enjoyed all the activities, many of which were extremely challenging. The food was excellent too! Thanks to Mrs Thompson for organising and leading the trip and to Mrs Brims and Mrs Weight, who accompanied the children. Thanks also to Mr Phillips for driving the minibus down to Weymouth.
Our chair of Governor, Mr Ward, was delighted to receive a cheque for over £1300 for the Haiti Shelterbox Appeal. The money, raised by a sponsored run, will buy 3 shelterboxes to be used by the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Well done to all the children and parents for raising such a large amount of money. Thanks also to the parents who donated a further £100 at the Easter service.
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Congratulations to our Y5/6 football and netball squads, who competed so well at the Kennet and Theale Small Schools Football and Netball Tournaments, held at Kennet School on Tuesday 23rd March. The netball team won 2 and drew 1 of their 8 matches and finished 7th (out of 9). The football team won 4 and drew 1 of their 7 matches and finished 3rd (out of 8). Many thanks to Kennet teacher, Chris Risdale for helping to organise the event, and the pupils at the school who officiated the matches.
The Y2 football team reached the quarter finals of this year's Elstree Football Tournament, held on Wednesday 17th March. In the group stage the boys and girl won two matches, drew one and lost 2:0 to the eventual winners of the tournament. In the quarter final the team conceded 3 quick goals, but fought back well to lose 3:1. Well done to the squad and a huge thanks to Mr Scanlon for managing and coaching the team.
Our Extended Schools' Partnership has arranged an Internet Safety Evening at Theale Green School on 22nd March at 7.00 p.m. The event will be led by internet safefy expert, Martin Raines of Childnet. 
Well done to all the boys and girls for achieving their lap targets during the sponsored run for the Haiti Earthquake ShelterBox Appeal. Many thanks to all those children who have sent in their sponsorship money. So far, we have recieved £1240 in sponsorship money - enough to buy one two Shelterboxes!
Our Y5/6 Tag Rugby Team equalled the achievements of the Y3/4 team, by reaching the quarter finals of the plate competition at the Newbury Tag Rugby Tournament on Thursday 4th March. In the group stage the team won three of their matches and lost one. In a tough quarter final the team narrowly lost to Long Lane Primary School. Well done to all the boys and girls who took part.
"I thought Dressing Up Day was awesome.
We should do it every other week and it doesnt matter if we run out of books!!" So said a girl in Year 5 after our Book Week Dressing Up Day on 3rd March. Thanks to the children, parents and staff for making the event such a success.
Visit Samuel's and Tilly's Favourite Books Pages
The Y3/4 rugby team played some excellent rugby at the Newbury Tag Rugby Tournament. In the 1st round they beat Speenhamland and Brightwalton and drew against Falkland. They failed to go through to the next round because of an inferior try count. In the plate competition they lost by one try to Long Land Primary School. Well done to everyone who took part and thanks to Mrs Hillerton for coaching and managing the squad.
Our Y6 basketball team enjoyed the recent mini-basketball tournament held at Kennet School on Tuesday 23rd February. The children won one of their matches and lost two, just failing to qualify for the semi-finals. Well done to the team, who played in a very sporting manner.
The children in Yr 2 played a friendly football match against Home Farm on the 11th Feburary. Although both of our teams lost, the boys and girls played extremely well and greatly enjoyed the event (particularly the after match drinks and food!) Thanks to Mr Molloy (official photographer!) and Mr and Mrs Vockins for their support and help.
Our Y5/6 football team played extremely well at the indoor football tournament, held at New Greenham Common on Tuesday 2nd February. The team lost two of their matches, but drew against last years champions, Thorngrove, and beat Ecchinswell. Well done to Luc, Tom, Mitchell, Jordon, Samuel and Joseph.
Thanks to all those parents who donated so generously to the Children's Society collection at the Christingle Service on Friday 29th January. We raised just over £50.
Congratulations to the children in Y6, who won a DT competition organised by an arts group in Reading. The children had to design and make a piece of furniture using recycled materials. Their entry was a multifunctional table made to look like a panda. The children won a £10 voucher.
FREE LAPTOPS
The government has made a grant of up to £528 available for low income families with children. The grant is targeted at those families who either don't have a computer or don't have web access. Please let anyone know who may be elegible for this grant (more details at www.homeaccess.org.uk or ring 0333 200 1004)
SNOW, SNOW, SNOW!
Build a snowman (or other snow sculpture!) and send a picture to abingham@westberks.org so that it can be viewed on the school website. You can also send any other pictures of the snow in your area. What is the longest icicle you have seen? Thanks for all the photos that have been sent in so far ..keep them coming in! Pictures of Woolhampton and Cods Hill on the 7th January can be viewed.
Well done to everyone involved in our 2009 Christmas Production, Hosanna Rock. The children and the choir, who performed a medley of songs, sang superbly. Thanks to Mr Teale, Mrs Nicholson and all the other members of staff for working so hard to make the production such a success. Many thanks for all the positive comments received from parents.
There were some superb individual performances at the West Berkshire and Hampshire Cross Country Championship, held at Newbury Racecourse on 3rd December. In the Y3/4 girls race, Elizabeth came 7th out of 200 starters, whilst Owen came 17th in the Y3/4 boys race. There were top 50 finishes for Joseph and Archie. Well done to the entire squad for running so well in exceptionally cold and muddy conditions.
Our school choir sang traditional carols and songs from our Christmas production, Hosanna Rock, to the older residents of the village during their Christmas lunch. Many thanks to all the residents for their donation of £40 to our charity.
Many thanks to all those parents who helped to make our Christmas Fayre such a huge success. It seems likely that we will make a profit of over £1300, a fantastic effort.
Congratulations to both our teams, who competed at the Newbury Weekly News Quiz held at Speenhamland School on Thursday 19th November. The Y6 team came a creditable 8th (17 teams competed).
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All the children in the school are taking part in the West Berkshire 'Golden Mile' challenge. The challenge for the children is to run as many miles as possible this half term.
On Wednesday 4th November, local expert on Greenham Common Airbase , Mr Baldwin, accompanied the children in Y6 to the disused airfield to talk about its role in WWII and the post war years. This year the children were allowed to visit the old control tower, normally out of bounds to the public. Many thanks to Mr Baldwin and his son for organising the visit.
Y6 Children from Reading were evacuated by train to Woolhampton School on Wednesday 14th October. They were escorted by their class teacher, Mrs Hillerton and Support Assistant, Mrs Puttock. At their new school they were met by the local village teacher, Mrs Frankum, who taught them, amongst other things, how to make toilet paper from newspaper! At the end of the day Billeting Officer, Miss Ewing, organised the billeting of the children with new families for the duration of their stay!
Congratulations to our Lower Junior Tag Rugby Team, runners-up in the Thatcham Tag Rugby Tournament, held on Saturday 10th October. Both squads played some excellent rugby, but it was the Lower Juniors who excelled, winning 6 of their 8 matches. Many thanks to Mrs Hillerton and Mrs Nicholson for coaching the two squads and also to Nick Javes for 'running the line' for the Lower Juniors Squad.
Y6 have been enjoying their kayaking lessons at Beale Park, Pangbourne. They have experienced fine weather conditions; every Thursday has been sunny and warm. Hopefully the super weather will continue for their last lesson on Thursday 15th October. Many thanks to Mrs. Hillerton for accompanying the children.
Many thanks to everyone who supported Jeans for Genes Day, on Friday 1st October. We raised £95.
Y4 became aircraft spotters for a day on the 29th September. They travelled to Heathrow Airport to record the different airlines coming into land. Many thanks to Mrs Romanski, Mrs Aldridge and Mrs Javes for accompanying the children and helping them identify the different aircraft!
The next Friends of Woolhampton takes place in the School Hall at 8 p.m on Wednesday 7th October.
As part of their topic on the Second World War, Y6 visited the Milestones Museum in Basingstoke on Wednesday 23rd September. The children particularly enjoyed dressing up in period costume.
This year our display in the Education Tent at the Newbury Show was on our Disability Awareness Day, held in June. Many thanks to Mrs Howe and Mrs Thompson for setting up the display.
Y6 enjoyed their visit to Junior Citizens on Wednesday 16th September. The children learnt about the work of many of the rescue services.
Over the summer holiday a brick path was built, linking several parts of the upper playground. The final phase of the Playground Project, including the construction of a 'Tree of Life' incorporating the handprints of the children, will be undertaken before the end of the term.
Parents can view the school and class photographs. If parents wish to order any of the photographs please use the form on the newsletter.
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