Welcome to Greatwood School
We aim to bring learning alive, making it exciting and stimulating. We want to give our children a thirst for learning that continues with them throughout their future school experiences and lives. An essential ingredient for this to happen is teamwork. We view education as a joint venture involving everyone- children, parents, staff, governors and the wider community.
We hope that we will be able to depend on your co-operation and support in this partnership to provide the best for every child.
John Ross (Headteacher)
Updates from our Facebook Page
Y4 started their Science topic of Sound with a survey of sounds and their sources around the school grounds. They identified different sounds and discussed their vibration source. Great collaborative work Y4! 🤩
Year 3 Science - Light
Today, we have been learning all about UV light in science, what it is, how it affects us and most importantly how we can protect ourselves.
We had a fantastic time designing and making our very own sunglasses to help protect our eyes from UV light. They showed so much creativity and care. I’m sure you will agree they look amazing! Next week, we will be using our persuasive skills to create adverts encouraging people to buy these wonderful creations while warning them about the dangers of UV light and how to stay safe in the sun.
Well done to all our super scientists in Year 3!
Unfortunately, after a lot of hard work, time and generous donations, this is not a post we want to be having to share.
This term Mr Wood, our fantastic site supervisor, rebuilt the bird hide in the woodland with timber kindly donated by Wickes Lancaster after our previous hide had been torn down. Sadly, after using stronger timber and concreting in the posts, the same destruction has taken place.
There have been countless hours of hard work from pupils, staff and David and Liz from the Lancaster and District Conservation Volunteers that have been poured into the woodland reserve at Great Wood to make this small pocket of urban woodland a wonderful place for wildlife. As any child at school would tell you, it is not our wood but it belongs to the family of fox cubs that regularly visit, the pipistrelle bats that hunt in the woodland canopy, the countless tadpoles that start their lives in the pond and the incredible families of blue tits, treecreepers and blackbirds that nest within it.
As a school, we are in such a fortunate position to be stewards of such an amazingly biodiverse corner of Morecambe and we have always been very happy to share this space with other schools and educational settings. With that said, if, by some slim chance, this post is seen by the people who have been involved with the removal of the bird hide and writing on the pond platform, please get in touch. We’d like to be able to show you the space within the woodland and share how there is chance for everyone to have a positive role in caring for the smaller, yet wonderful, lives in the natural world around us. Nature is there for everyone and there will always a chance to forgive, rebuild and restore.
Mr Lockett