27/09/2019
The Great Wood community came together to host the Macmillan Coffee Afternoon and raise money for such a worthwhile cause. Y5/6 pupils decorated the hall and donned their aprons to serve cake and refreshments to the visitors. The turnout was fabulous and the fundraising broke records with an astonishing £420.61 raised. This is a wonderful achievement and a reflection on how the school community, when coming together and thinking of others, can achieve so much for an important charity. Thank you to all those that donated cakes; helped on the day with serving and tidying; to those that came to eat, drink, catch up with friends and family to raise money.
26/09/2019
Pupils enjoyed the opportunity to bring their Literacy and Science topic to the kitchen by baking cakes based on The Gruffalo. Pupils melted chocolate and had to use their Bake-off skills to create their cake. They then wrote up the instructions on how to make them. Sadly, not all the cakes made it home to be seen by parents...they magically disappeared...I wonder where? All this baking has come at the perfect time as the school prepared to take part in the Macmillan Coffee Fundraising Afternoon on Friday 27th September.
19/09/2019
We are excited to announce our new school council members. School council meets on a weekly basis to offer ideas about how to keep Great Wood Green and environmentally friendly, how to improve our facilities and how to keep children, staff and families happy and safe. We would like to congratulate our successful candidates and all the willing children who stood for election onto the school council, your help will still be of great value.
17/09/2019
Pupils in Reception and KS1 are exploring the world of construction by using their imagination to build and create, using a range of materials. By working together, sharing, talking about ideas and planning ahead they are building a variety of constructions. A great start to introducing them to the world of engineering, all while having fun.
16/09/2019
Pupils are keeping themselves fit and healthy by trying to run a mile in under ten minutes. Pupils are encouraged to walk, jog and run and see how many laps of the playground they can do in 10 minutes. To complete the mile they must do 22 laps! As the year goes on we will hopefully see progress and spot our future cross country athletes.
16/09/2019
Open the Book returned to school today and Reverend Joe Cant had plenty of lively ways to bring The Bible to life. Joe was joined by members of the Christ Church congregation to bring music, drama and fun to bible stories. This one was especially lively due to the assembly members being splashed with water. The pupils enjoy these assemblies and we are excited to have the ‘Open the Book’ team back throughout the year.
12/09/2019
TMPF Music Teacher, Mr Prescott, is delighted to invite all members and friends of the school family to join the new season of the Cheadle Community Choir, which starts again on Thursday October 3rd, 4.30-5.30pm, in its new home of our sister school, Bishop Rawle C.E. (A) Primary.
The choir is FREE to all and promises to be fun, relaxing and can even make people happy! It comprises of parents, grandparents, aunts/ uncles, staff and friends of children at any of the local Primary and High Schools and friends from the local community.
06/09/2019
Voting took place across the whole school to elect our captain and vice-captains for this academic year. Speeches were prepared and the candidates stood in front of their electorate to make their pledges of office. After some fine, moving speeches the colour teams were taken to the voting booths to cast their vote. In lots of cases the voting was close, in some cases by one vote. When the votes were read out all the candidates shook hands and celebrated each other’s successes. We are very proud as a school to present our new captains and vice-captains for the year. They are looking forward to representing the school as a role model and ambassador.
05/09/2019
We are joining the strider scheme at Great Wood. Supporting walking to school. This is to reduce congestion at the school gates, whilst helping the environment and reducing our carbon footprint. For each time your child walks to school they will get a point. The number of points equates to how many badges your child can collect, each month. As a school we are supporting this initative for a year, but hopefully the new habit will stick. Join strider and stride out to school.
03/09/2019
Welcome to a new school year at Great Wood. We hope that you have all had a fantastic summer and are raring to go for an incredible and exciting Autumn Term. We would like to send a special welcome to all our new Great Wood starters, as they join our Great Wood family!
