Issue 418 is a bumper 6 pages full of your Woodcroft Weekly News!
Download a PDF copy here … https://bit.ly/3xqp9sa to read about our amazing Arts successes, arrangements for September, summer activities, class photos, parents evening and lots more!!!
Despite all of the restrictions this year, it has not stopped Woodcroft’s success. This week we are proud of two outstanding achievements in Music and Dance that you can read about below. In addition to this, Year 6 pupils are currently putting the finishing touches to their Bronze Arts Award portfolios ready to submit by moderation by Trinity College London advisors next week. They have worked hard all year to ensure they are exceeding the criteria when their work is moderated.
Woodcroft’s amazing Dance Team have achieved an incredible 2nd place in the The Great Big Dance Off’s national primary competition. Schools had to send in a video of their composition for judging. In fact we were only 1 point off the top spot after the judges added up the results! The team had only 6 weeks to choreograph and perform their dance so they have done amazingly well. Miss Williams, our Dance Coach said, “It’s been quite a challenge putting this dance together in such a short period of time but worth the hard work! Well done to my amazing dance team!”
Click to watch their fantastic dance.
You can watch their video by clicking the image of the link below.
Take a look … https://bit.ly/2UreZsG
We are delighted to announce that Bianca (Y5) has been awarded a Mayor of London Young Musicians Scholarship by the Trustees of the London Music Fund. Scholarships are awarded to pupils who have shown exceptional talent, commitment and enjoyment in their music-making. Only the very best students across London are recommended for a scholarship and it is therefore a great achievement to receive this award! Well done to Bianca, and our fantastic music teachers from BEAT. Mrs Boden, Bianca’s woodwind teacher, commented, “Bianca works hard in lessons and in her practice at home, her playing is beautiful. I’m delighted that she has been awarded this well deserved scholarship.” We look forward to watching Bianca develop as a musician.
We have had another busy week with trips, theatre groups, photographs and (unfortunately) COVID19! Keep up to date with everything that is happening in school by reading your copy of Woodcroft Weekly every Friday! Download a PDF version here … https://bit.ly/3dDk1sN
Burnt Oak schools are keen to support our local communities following the recent events at Montrose and more general issues with park safety. We are responding to ongoing concerns that have been expressed by our pupils in class, and our families at the school gate.
Local Headteachers wrote a letter to Barnet Council about these concerns. We are pleased to report that support has now been offered to our pupils through safety talks, workshops and counselling for those in need.
However, worries still remain in relation to our families and their ability to safely access the local parks and open spaces, especially as we approach the summer holidays.
Burnt Oak schools want our communities to have a voice! We have joined together to create a short questionnaire to collect your views. Your responses will then be put to Barnet leadership at a special schools’ forum to be held before the end of term.
We now need as many families as possible to complete our questionnaire! Click here …
Links will also be sent out by email and text. It only takes 5 minutes so why not do it now!
We want all of our children to feel safe. We want our families to feel heard! Please take part in our questionnaire. Thank you.
M&M Theatre visited Woodcroft with a COVID Secure adaptation of their Wizard of Oz production. Faced with the issues of performing live theatre while following COVID regulations M&M have transformed their shows into live cinematic experiences!
Each year group enjoyed their own socially distant 1 hour show which was a clever mix of live action, performed by one actor, who was interacting with a pre-recorded show projected onto an enormous cinema screen.
The pupils thoroughly enjoyed all of the singing, dancing and crazy antics that we have come to expect from M&M!
We also managed to set up a live stream YouTube link so that the year groups that are currently self-isolating were able to watch the show from home and take part in live chat with their teachers and classmates. Year 6, who are working towards their Bronze Arts Award with Trinity College, also had a livestream actors workshop with Alex from M&M. After their show Alex stayed on camera, and talked simultaneously to Y5 (in person in the hall) & Y6 (via YouTube Channel chat) to discuss theatre production and acting.
Take a look at Issue 416 of our weekly news. This week we bring to your attention some important work that the school is doing to represent our local community in matters of safety. We have joined with several other local schools to campaign to make our parks and open spaces safer for everyone. We are planning a number of initiatives and with bring you more details in due course. In the meantime, Issue 416 summarises what we have done so far. Download your full PDF copy here … https://bit.ly/3jbDp3F
Or click on the photos below:
A warm welcome to all of our new families.
We shall be hosting our meeting for new families on Friday 25th June at 9.30am.
Please use this link to join our Google Meeting: meet.google.com/crz-rmaq-nhd
This week’s Woodcroft Weekly is packed with information about summer term events and activities. Download Issue 415 … bit.ly/3xz55mW
You can also download the special BPSS Community newsletter here … https://bit.ly/3q5inFk
There is always lots going on at Woodcroft. In the past week we have had football tournaments, released butterflies and been out on trips again! Read all about this and much more in Issue 414: Click here … https://bit.ly/2TgEkoG or view the JPEGS below.
We have been taking part in the English Schools FA Football Week. Read about this and lots more in Issue 413 of our weekly newsletter.
Download your PDF copy here: Woodcroft Weekly Issue 413
