Thursday the 26th of September saw an excellent start to Woodham Academy’s House Competition tournament, with students from all three houses Brancepeth, Lambton and Raby performing brilliantly. During lunchtime students had the opportunity to gain extra points for their house by taking part in two exciting activities.
Years 7 and 8 turned up on mass to play handball. Competing in teams of 6, they showed brilliant skill and agility in the incredible effort they put into each game. Handball was a great success and is an exciting new addition to Woodham Sports lunchtime activities programme. Meanwhile years 9 and 10 were challenged by art to create as many origami birds as possible, again competing as a team to create the longest chain of birds for their house. The results were beautiful and the students excelled in creating a joint total of 212 birds!
It was Brancepeth however who just won, beating the other two teams with an amazing chain of 74 birds. The House Competition tournament will continue over the course of the year allowing students the opportunity to participate in a number of fun and challenging subject specific competitions, with the winning house being awarded the Bulman Trophy in the summer term.
