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Saunders wins
Woodleigh wins
exhibition Last week the under 11 football team
Last week Charles Saunders travelled travelled up to Aysgarth to compete in the
down to Radley to sit an academic scholar‐ annual Spirit if Soccer competition there.
ship exam. He arrived on Tuesday after‐ On the same day there was a rugby sevens
noon before getting down to three days of tournament so some key sportsmen were
exams. missing.
On the first day Charles did an IQ test However, the team were consistent
along with a general and ethical issues pa‐ throughout the tournament and did not let
per in the afternoon. a single goal in, thanks to goalkeeper
On Wednesday Charles sat an Eng‐ George Crawford.
lish paper for two hours, and a science and Woodleigh were in very high spirits
technology paper for two hours. This led to by the end and finally won the whole com‐
lunch in the amazing dining hall, after petition. This was a tremendous success as
which he did two more papers on History it was an unexpected team with some not
and Geography. After this he had a swim very keen sportsmen in. A great triumph
before taking a French dictée and reading that was very well deserved.
and writing exam.
By Thursday evening, after a day of
exams with Maths, Latin and Greek along
with interviews, a French oral and a DT ex‐
ercise, Charles was very tired and ready to
be taken home.
On Friday evening he received the The undefeated Woodleigh under 11 B
news that he had won an exhibition. football team.
Please put YOUR own cartoons in the box
in the front hall and we will choose the best
By Fred Austin, Year 8 for the newspaper. For more info see the box.
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Year 1’s in the dark
Year 1 have been writing darkness poems.
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark I feel lonely In feel brave
I feel happy
I feel shy I feel brave I feel exited
I see a bright moon
I see black sky I feel scared I see black sky
I feel lonely
1 am scared I see gloomy trees I see yellow sky
I feel happy I feel unhappy I see gloomy shadows
By Edward
I see a bright moon I like the dark I love the dark
I like the dark
By Freycinet By Jonty By Connor
Skate‐boarding Raffle
BY PATRICK LITTEN, YEAR 8 and the draw will be after the cabaret in a
Later next week, we will get hit by a day this Friday.
skate‐boarding frenzy! The Skate‐boarding day was set to be
We will be holding a raffle to get on the 16th of March, but has been post‐
funds for a skate‐boarding fun day. poned to next term.
The tickets will be £1 for 5. the prizes Also next term there has been a sug‐
will include a £20 game voucher, T‐shirts gestion that we do a top‐trumps competi‐
and different kinds of Tech‐deck skate‐ tion with their new way of playing. The
boards. winner of the school will go online to play
They will go on sale from Monday there. The finalists from that will go to a
tournament in London.
Woodleigh cross country
BY CAMERON CASTLETON AND This race concluded a fantastic for
CHARLES SAUNDERS, YEAR 8 the Woodleigh running teams. We had
some great performances from all age‐
On Friday Woodleigh hosted their
groups and everybody really tried their
annual cross‐country competition. There
hardest.
were 350 people running from 16 schools
The overall winners of the under 13
around Yorkshire. Also the course had been
boys race was St Martin’s Ampleforth.
changed this year, making the event even
They ran very well, but, still, Woodleigh
more exciting.
should congratulate themselves on a great
The first race was the under 9 mixed,
afternoon of running.
which Woodleigh came tenth overall in.
The next was the under 11 girls race, in
which Woodleigh did not compete because
there were people absent.
Our best race was the under 11 boys,
where we came third overall with competi‐
tive runners such as the Bradley boys, Jonty
Megginson and Harry Fenton. This was a
huge success against schools much bigger
than us.
Woodleigh did not compete in the
under 13 girls competition, so our next race
was the under 13 boys. We came seventh Cameron Castleton strides out in the
top twenty for the under 13 Woodleigh
overall in this with runners like Cameron
running team:
Castleton and Beau Wyatt coming in the
top 25. Frankie Cheng ran very well for the
school as well. The under 13
team set off
Edited by Patrick Litten and Charles Saun‐ at the start
ders . of the race:
With the help of Fred Austin and Cameron
Castleton.
Photos by Mr Tolkien, Mrs Gillingham and
Samson Chan.
Special thanks to everybody else who was
involved.