The teachers were enthusiastic to explain why the children had been selected for the award. Honesty in learning, honesty to self and honesty in actions were all key themes of the teacher's comments.

The children showed great support for each year group's winners as they were called to the front, proceeded down the red carpet and accepted a special certificate to celebrate their achievement.

A teacher from each class then shared some words about the chosen children to explain why each child had been selected for the COOPERATION value award.

You may not know that we also have a range of music playing as the children come down the carpet. This is organised by our Year 6 DJs! As you can see from the picture below, Mr Horsley is also keen to encourage supportive dance as well.

See https://www.wvps.northants.sch.uk/news/?pid=11&nid=2&storyid=106 for more information.

The team got off to an amazing start with a wonderful 2-0 victory in their first game! They followed this up with a competitive 0-0 stalemate. After that, the team fought hard in their next two matches, unfortunately falling to defeat in both fixtures. This meant that the team finished with a win, a draw and two losses, helping them to finish 3rd in the group!

In the 5th/6th play-off, the team showed great determination and fight; however, they came up just short against Wootton (1-0) in their final game to finish 6th overall. This is an amazing achievement and the squad finished 6th out of the nearly 100 schools who have competed in the event across the county this academic year!

Mr Willars and Mr Havard were incredibly proud of the skill, teamwork, cooperation (our current value), respect and courage that they have shown today and in the previous competition. It has been a pleasure for both to take the boys to each competition and see them enjoying and achieving fantastically whilst representing the school.

Keep your eyes peeled for more wonderful sporting achievements this year!

It was lovely to see how supportive the children were of our award winners and the teachers shared lots of reasons why the chosen children had been selected for the KINDNESS value award.

Mrs Cox and Mrs Matsangou helped to remind us of next term's focus value - Cooperation.

We also said thank you and goodbye to Su from the Kingswood Catering team, who has worked in our kitchen for a number of years.

Furthermore, we said goodbye to Miss Maddock, who having worked as both teacher and SENDCO at our school for nearly 20 years, is moving on to work with encouraging children in their love of music with NMPAT. She has had such a huge impact on thousands of children at Woodland View through the years. We will miss her terribly, but wish her all the best in her new role! Kindly, she even left the children of the school the present of a sensory, weighted toy for cuddling whenever they need time to calm down. Miss Ryan helped to unwrap it... 

Well done to all of our KINDNESS value award winners this term.

The day started brilliantly with the squad leading their own warm-ups and drills in preparation for their games. This attitude and teamwork really impressed Mr Willars and Mr Havard early. On such a cold day, it was wonderful to see the boys working hard and collaborating to ensure that they were ready for a long day of football!

The team were placed in Group A, meaning they would have 4 group stage matches before being reseeded for a final round in the afternoon. The team started brilliantly with a hard-fought 1-0! They followed this up with a 0-0 draw before winning 5-0 and 5-0 again to end the group with three wins, one draw, eleven goals scored and 0 conceded! This was good enough to finish top of the group and advance to the 1st to 4th seed elite group in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, the team continued their dominant performances with a 2-1 and 2-0 win respectively in their first two matches. In their final group game, the team suffered their first defeat (1-0) to the eventual champions on the day. This meant that the team finished 2nd overall on the day; this is good enough to advance to the county competition in January!

The team showed amazing respect, sportsmanship and courage in all of their matches and throughout the day. It really was a privilege for Mr Willars and Mr Havard to take this squad to the competition today and they can't wait to take the boys to the next round. What a brilliant day!

The staff team, who also committed much time and energy to the performance, were very, very proud of all the children's efforts in producing their fantastic version of the play. The children in the rest of the school have not missed out, as special performances were also put on for them during school time.

Please enjoy this selection of photos of our wonderful children at the Deco.

The class teachers then shared the names of 2 children from each class to be presented with the COURAGE value award and the reasons they had been selected.

During the event, the children competed in a boys and girls race for each year group. As you can see from the pictures below, it was amazing to see our children mixing between year groups for their warm-ups. We had some brilliant success during the competition: two top 5 finishes, four top 10 finishes and a number of children placing in the top 20!

I was wonderful to see respect, kindness and courage being demonstrated by all of our children throughout the event. The support and sportsmanship on show was truly heart-warming and made for a special afternoon!

Well done to the 50 children who participated today!