Nursery, Reception and Year 1 excelled themselves on Thursday 30th March with an outstanding Easter Bonnet Parade. They were also joined by some of our younger representatives from Little Oaks, our Thursday Parent and Toddler Group. The time and effort that had been put into the bonnet creations on parade was astonishing. Well done to everyone who had helped make this event such a success.
Triversity WOW Factor 2017 Winners
On Wednesday 29th March we enjoyed an outstanding evening of song, dance, acrobatics and humour at the Woodcroft WOW Factor 2017. To a packed house of family and friends, our talented finalists competed to become the WOW Factor Winners. All of the acts were outstanding, and had already won their year group heats. The VIP judges had a difficult job picking winners. However, after much deliberation, Taylor, Bruno and Simon chose the The Jewellery Box group from KS1 and Triversity from KS2. Well done to all of the performers, you were amazing! Thank you to all of the staff and judges for helping make it such a great event.
Take a look at our website gallery of photos from the evening show. Click here…
The Jewellery Box WOW Factor 2017 Winners
Well done to everyone for making Red Nose Day 2017 such a fun event at Woodcroft. Everyone dressed up in funny fashion and were striking their poses on the stage. We were greeted on the playground in the morning by buskers from our Choir and Guitar Clubs. Teachers were set a fun dressing up challenge in assembly that got everyone laughing. We also learnt about the real reasons why raising money for Comic Relief is so important and how vital it was to ‘Make Our Laugh Matter’!
So far we have raised an amazing £565 for Comic Relief!
We have enjoyed three fabulous music concerts over the past week. On Friday 17th March our brass, woodwind and guitar musicians performed to the school and their families. Then on Monday 20th it was the turn of our Year 3 whole class ukulele players to take to the stage. Finally, on Thursday 23rd March our strings orchestra and ensemble played and accomplished concert. We have thoroughly enjoyed this spring season of concerts and marvel at the quality of play achieved. Congratulations to our musicians, and well done to all of our specialist music staff; Miss Sherring, Mr Huckerby, Miss Blyth, Mrs McLean, Mrs Hooker and Mrs Reader – you are all doing a fantastic job!
Woodcroft were crowned London school dance champions on the night of Monday 20th March when they won the The Great Big Dance Off. Our school dance club competed on the stage of New Wimbledon Theatre against teams from across London. Their contemporary dance piece titled ‘What Shakes Us Won’t Break Us’ was inspired by the Nepal Earthquake.
Barnet Press Report: Read about Woodcroft’s success in the Newspapers: click here to read ‘ Edgware dancers best in London’
The Great Big Dance Off is a national dance competition open to schools all across England & Wales. We are now looking forward to representing London at the National Finals on June 19th 2017.
Read Diana, from Y5 and one of the dance team, account of the day… Continue reading
On the March 16th Woodcroft pupils joined 1000s of other children when we took part in The Mayor of Barnet’s ‘Golden Kilometre Challenge’, an event across 8 schools and 5 different venues!
The ConnectED Partnership (Barnfield, Broadfields, Colindale, Edgware, Goldbeaters, Rosh Pinah, The Orion and Woodcroft) united with the Mayor, Cllr Stock and Cllr Thompstone to host joint, simultaneous kilometre walks. The Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Barnet then travelled between each of the venues with the ‘golden baton’ that had started its journey here at Woodcroft with one of our own Bronze Sports Ambassadors, Diana (Y5). At each walk two children joined the minibus so that all the schools had been connected by the end of the day!
Read about it in the news…
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Year 3 presented a wonderful year group assembly to their families and the school on Friday 10th March. The show had songs, dance, drama, ukuleles, Spanish, geography, history, art and IT – yes… just about the entire curriculum!
All of the pupils performed with confidence and enthusiasm. A big thank you goes to all of the hard working Year 3 staff.
Inner Peace Day began an international event celebrated on 21st March as the World Day for Inner Peace. The idea behind it was to establish a day in schools dedicated to World Peace. Where students could experience inner peace for themselves and to spread the message of peace to some of the most troubled areas around the world: refugee camps, occupied territories and places devastated by war.
A team from Inner Peace UK visited Woodcroft on Wednesday 15th March to work with classes in Years 4 and 5. They focused on developing calming strategies within the pupils and showing them how to focus their inner, positive energy.
Woodcroft Dance Team took to the stage at the Barnet Dance Festival on Tuesday 7th March. Their performance wowed the Finchley Arts Depot audience. One Barnet headteacher commented, “I thought your children tonight at the Dance Festival were truly brilliant. Their energy, commitment and delivery was simply stunning.”
All of the dance team pupils and staff should be congratulated on the high standard of their performance. We look forward to more opportunities to watch this amazing group of talented dancers perform.
Take a look at a video clip of their rehearsal…
Mirs Court, our Chair of Governors, takes over the Headteacher’s office – Who does she think she is?
Can you see where the teachers have been Extreme Reading?
Can you see where the teachers have been Extreme Reading?
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