Click on the photo to view our Harvest Festival Gallery
Thank you to everyone for their generosity towards our Harvest Festival collections this week. The food hamper display and ‘coin-picture’ collections in aid of ‘AgeUK Barnet’ and the ‘British Red Cross Nepal Disaster Fund’ looked fantastic and raised a total of £322. Click on the photo above to view our Harvest Festival Gallery.
Pharaoh Tutankhamun is prepared for mummification
This week Year 3 travelled in our TARDIS to have a very special meeting with the famous pharaoh, Tutankhamun. The pupils got to take part in a real life mummification experience! They carefully followed the steps they had learned and were able to prepare the pharaoh for the afterlife. Year 3 want to say a very big thank you to Tutankhamun and wish him all the best in the afterlife. Take a look at some photos of our day – click on a thumbnail to view the gallery slideshow.
Congratulations on achieving GOLD!
Our JTAs with Mrs Court, Chair of Governors.
Woodcroft was invited to attend the TfL 2015 Gold STARS Accreditation Ceremony on Tuesday 13 October where were formally presented with our gold award and certificate. Mrs Valoti and our Chair of Governors, Liz Court, went along to this prestigious event at Camden Town Hall along with two of our Y6 Junior Travel Ambassadors (JTAs), Florenta and Billy.
During the event we had an opportunity to exchange ideas and plan new, exciting travel initiatives with other Gold accredited schools from across London. Our JTAs had a fun packed day and were proud to collect our 2015 STARS Award in this special ceremony.
STARS – Sustainable Travel: Active, Responsible, Safe – is an accreditation scheme for schools to inspire young Londoners to travel sustainably, actively, responsibly and safely. STARS empowers
pupils and improves the safety and wellbeing of the whole community. It also encourages active travel behaviour and improves the environment around the school.
Most enthusiastic gardeners 2015!
On Thursday 8th October Mrs Brown and Mrs June attended the 2015 Barnet Young Gardeners Award Ceremony along with pupils, Arman and Ajisa, and their Mum, Mrs Husedzinovic.
The judges had visited our Early Years Garden back in the summer and spent time talking with the children about how the garden is used at Woodcroft. At the Awards, held at Sunnyfields School, it was announced that we had won the prize for ‘The Most Enthusiastic Young Gardeners 2015’. We were presented with The Rose Connolly Cup by the Mayor of Barnet. The judges commented that Woodcroft Reception pupils were always enthusiastic and very knowledgeable for children so young. Well done to everyone involved in making our boutique garden so special!
Click on the photos below to see Woodcroft’s table display at the event, receiving the trophy from Mayor Shooter and then proudly celebrating in our garden back at school. You can read about our award in the press by clicking here… Edgware and Mill Hill Times – Young gardeners scoop prizes for homegrown displays
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This week each class was set a mission: work in partnership with a class from another year group, learn to visually represent music, develop a themed graphical score, rehearse a composition involving 30 pupils and then perform it to an audience – oh, and by-the-way, you only have 2 hours to complete! Take a look at some amazing images from the week (and the project so far) by clicking the image above.
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Every Friday our Year 3 classes are enjoying taking part in a special healthy lifestyle programme with Saracens Rugby Club. ‘Something to Chew On’ mixes rugby themed interactive healthy lifestyle classroom sessions with rugby training.
Click on the photo above to see Ben Cave and Frederico Bertilotti from Saracens leading the sessions in the classroom and then outside on the playground.
Parents’ Evening for Years 1 to 6 will be taking place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Please return reply slips book an appointment. If parents are unavailable on either night please speak with your child’s teacher to arrange another convenient time. Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception) will be operating an open setting from 4.00pm to 6.00pm on each evening, no appointment necessary. Unfortunately, Mrs Brown will not be available to meet on these evenings.
During Parents Evening on Thursday, Mr Tallon will be in the Computing Suite to offer a drop-in opportunity for Y6 parents who need help completing their online eAdmission.
Clubs run by class teachers may be cancelled next week due to Parents’ Evenings. Click ‘Continue Reading’ here to check whether club is still running Continue reading
Click on the photo to view our festival photo gallery
The Sun was shining, flags were waved, whistles blown, music played and pupils danced – everyone had a great time at the 2015 Burnt Oak Festival and Parade on Saturday 19th September.
Woodcroft was joined by our fellow connectED partnership schools; Barnfield, Broadfields, Colindale, Goldbeaters and The Orion, in the procession from Edgware to Silkstream Park. With music supplied by our very own Mr Raw, everyone who joined the parade danced their way through the streets of Burnt Oak.
The schools then put on some amazing performances on the festival stage. Woodcroft’s guitar group got things off to a great start with an accomplished set; singing and playing with such confidence. J Rock Dance Club later wowed the audience with their latest composition.
The Nutmeg Community guys who were hosting the proceedings on the stage had fun with all of the schools getting everyone up to dance. No one was safe – including Headteachers!
In a climax to the event all of the school choirs came together on the stage to perform ‘Everyone Belongs’; a fitting end to a first event with our connectED partnership schools.
Well done to the festival organisers from All Together Better Burnt Oak! Thank you to all of the staff and parents who supported the event and helped make it such an excellent day! Click here to view our Festival Photo Gallery
Greg Sinclair Artist Residency 21.09.2015 – 5.11.2015
As part of our Collaborate Partnership with the Unicorn Theatre, award winning musician and performance artist Greg Sinclair will be joining Woodcroft for 6 weeks to lead an exciting musical residency project called ‘All Ears’.
Greg promises to leave a legacy for new ways to explore music within the school! He will work across every year group creating a range of music making and listening experiences. Greg will explore the different aspects of how we listen? What we listen to? Who we listen with? And, what types of music we can make to listen to?
We can look forward to some exciting and inspiring music making!
Greg began his career as a cellist and composer before branching into theatre and performance art, much of which is created for children and young audiences. His latest piece, ‘I Do, Do I’ was part of the Brighton Festival. He says that he ‘is inspired to learn from the creativity, energy and imaginative scope of children.’
This is a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to collaborate with a renowned artist – Follow Greg on his musical journey at Woodcroft in the ‘All Ears’ Journal by clicking here…
Read the extract, taken from an interview with Greg published in The Stage Magazine… Continue reading
We hope that many of you will be attending this year’s Burnt Oak Festival and Parade. Woodcroft Choir, J Rock Dance Club and Senior Guitar Group will be in the parade and then performing on the festival stage. The parade leaves Edgware hospital at 11.00am and will then make its way to Silkstream Park where performances are due to begin at 12.30pm. Woodcroft will be joined by some of our fellow connectED schools from the local area. Click here for the schools performance schedule.
The official festival poster was designed by our very own Mia, see below. There will be lots of activities and stalls to keep you entertained (click he for the festival map). More information will be sent out next week.
