We would like to send a big thank you to
@TummiesNtTrash
for their kind donation of several bunches of bananas. They were used by our Senior Choice bakers to produce some delicious banana loaves 🍌🧑🍳
#reducingfoodwaste
#tummiesnottrash
We have been celebrating the Platinum Jubilee in style today at Woodlands. A big thank you to Kim, who organised a royal photo booth and fantastic street party lunch fit for our kings and queens 👑🇬🇧
Thank you to Mark McGill Butcher and Bakery in Currie for donating ingredients to our hub today. The learners baked some delicious bread with them 😋🍞
@Edinburgh_CC
From today, our very own Wandering Walter the Woodlands giraffe can be found in Warhammer, Castle Street. You can spot Walter and the rest of the
#GiraffeAboutTown
herd in various locations around Edinburgh over the next 6 weeks.
@EdinburghZoo
@RZSSlearning
Thank you to
@ImaginateUK
’s Buff and Sheen for their wonderful performance earlier this week. Learners enjoyed getting involved in all their window cleaning fun 🧼 ✨
#Imaginate
We are delighted to share that we were featured as an example of good practise in one of
@EducationScot
’s Thematic Inspection visits. Particular recognition was given to the impact of our approach to outdoor learning on learners' health and wellbeing.
Hi and happy Wednesday! Loving this artwork from a member of team Woodlands! It’s great to see all the things you have been up to like cutting the grass and baking cakes. We are so impressed! 😲Keep them coming in!
#stayingconnected
#homelearning
It was great to have Woodlands staff back in school today planning and preparing for the new school year. We look forward to welcoming everyone back (including our new S1 learners😁) on Wednesday!
Learners were delighted to see some special visitors came to Woodlands over the holidays. They have created a magical fairy garden for all to enjoy 🧚♀️✨
Day 2 of Tia’s Work placement with the
@StCrispins_Edin
Office team!
Tia has been helping cut and laminate classroom signs, support with admin work and help with Photocopying and duties.
#SteppingUp
Kimberley and Ellie were enjoying a day out yesterday with a picnic to celebrate Ellie's 14th birthday - the first time they had seen each other since lockdown
#StayingConnected
#lockdownBirthday
Looks like a great day 💚
Yesterday some of our learners went to watch
@TheLionKing
musical! 🦁They got to meet the director, producer and some cast members. This was an unforgettable experience and they had a wonderful time! Thank you to
#TheLionKing
@edinburghplay
If anyone wishes to make their own beautiful pebble rainbow then thankfully Daniel has shared his expertise in this very useful guide 🌈 Thank you Daniel 😊
#lockdownArt
#HomeLearningUK
#rainbowchallenge
Well done to all our learners for handling the past two weeks of
#homelearning
as brilliantly as you are! Now is time to recharge over the Easter break. We are all looking forward to the day this storm is over and the
#WoodlandsFamily
can be back together again💚
@charliemackesy
This week the
#EatThemToDefeatThem
vegetable of the week is broccoli. Seniors have been learning how to prepare broccoli and using it in homemade chicken and vegetable curry 🥦
A big thank you to
@ScottishSPCA
for sending us our fantastic t-shirt’s to celebrate raising more than £50 before 3rd Feb in our
#stepforpets
challenge. You can find out more about how you can donate from the following link: 🐾
Learners have worked hard to create our new
#nurture
information board. It incorporates the six principles of nurture that we use around the school 💚🌳
@Edinburgh_CC
Thank you to everyone who came to our Christmas fair this morning! We had some amazing craft stalls, fun games, a cafe, raffle and lots more! Well done to our
#Enterprising
learners!
#MerryChristmas
@Edinburgh_CC
🎄👏🏼
Teamwork really does make the dream work! Big thank you to the Woodlands staff who were out clearing the snow for learners arriving at school this morning ❄️✨
It’s been a very busy penultimate week of term at Woodlands with learners enjoying our annual award ceremony and a fantastic Summer Fun themed lunch 🍍🌴☀️
Hello
#TeamWoodlands
! The staff were back today getting everything ready for our Seniors on Wednesday and our General classes on Thursday. We just can’t wait to see you all, including our new first years!
#WelcomeBack
#EXCITED
This week the
#EatThemToDefeatThem
vegetable of the week is tomatoes. So far General O and L have been learning how to deseed & dice tomatoes and have been using them to make homemade salsa, served with tortilla chips & cheese 🍅
Learners have been busy rehearsing and preparing videos over the last few weeks and today is finally the day we have all been waiting for... our virtual Woodlands Got Talent show 🎤✨
“6 gorgeous years at woodlands!” Couldn’t have said it better!
What amazing leavers speeches! Well done all of you! We are so proud and will miss you 💚
#leavers2020
Last Friday, Senior learners made chocolate flapjacks for our
#RedNoseDay2022
Acorn Cafe, with money donations going towards
@comicrelief
. We are happy to share that we raised over £200! 🌟👏
Happy summer holidays everybody! We hope you have a relaxing and fun time after what has been the most surreal term of our lives! We are so proud of all our learners and staff and as a wise person once said, we are so glad to have gone through it with you all!
#TeamWoodlands
☀️
We’ve had a fabulous Friday here at Woodlands. For the first time this school year classes came together virtually to share their learning and achievements at our Woodlands Assembly 🌳💚