Nursery had a wonderful day out at Willows Farm Park. After the trip Maida wrote a report. Click on the image to read about her favourite part of the farm.
Report by Maida
Nursery did lots of exciting things. Take a look below. The teachers had a good time too!
We are delighted to announce that Woodcroft has achieved the GOLD School Games Mark Award for the 2016/17 academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
Click on the image below to see our thank you message to everyone who contributed to this success.
The Senior Choir rehearsing at The ArtsDepot
On Thursday 22nd June Woodcroft’s fantastic choir performed on the stage at the ArtsDepot Finchley. On the final night of the annual Barnet Music Festival our wonderful singers, lead by Miss Sherring and Miss Blyth, performed an outstanding version of ‘Rise’, composed for the Rio Olympics. Photographs cannot be taken of the actual evening performance, but take a look at their rehearsal below…
Woodcroft Dance Team celebrate winning the national finals
On Monday 19th June, one of the hottest days of the year, Woodcroft Dance Team travelled to Oxford to take part in the Great Big Dance Off National Finals. Competing against thirty two other schools, all regional finalists, from across the country we came away with the coveted trophy and title – Great Big Dance Off National Champions 2017!
Woodcroft won the London Regional Dance Off back in February to earn their place in the national finals staged at The New Theatre, Oxford. The schools taking part had travelled from as far afield as Yorkshire and Lancashire to the north and the Kent coast in the south!
The Woodcroft dancers from years 4 to 6 performed a piece titled ‘What Shakes Us Won’t Break Us’ that was inspired by the Nepal earthquake of 2015. Feelings of sadness, anger and confusion were represented in a composition of contemporary movement; highlighting a tragedy that was close to the heart of our school community.
Throughout the year, the dance team have also been involved in charity fundraising. They have collected over £1300 in sponsorships donated to the British Red Cross, a charity that that has supported the recovery work following the tragic disaster.
Serena Williams, Woodcroft Choreographer, said,
“These talented children have worked so hard and I am extremely proud of their dedication, commitment and work ethic both in rehearsals and on stage.”
The professional judges at the finals agreed, awarding Woodcroft with a perfect score in each category; performance delivery, dance skill and originality!
Year 6 Wildchild Camp
Outward bound
Year 6 headed off this week on their annual Wildchild Adventure Camp to spend their nights under canvas and experience the great outdoors!
We had booked perfect weather so the sun was shining and the skies were clear blue. The first day was action packed with woodland scavenger hunts, survival skills lessons, shelter building, fire lighting, abseiling, archery, field games, tobogganing, camp fires, and much, much more. Take a look …
After an early start – Year 6 were all wide awake by sunrise at 5.00am – we had another amazing day filled with nature trails, forest tracking, team building, camp making, marshmallow toasting, field sports, and the biggest game of hide and seek we had ever played called ‘Sardines’. Take a look …
The final day of our Wildchild Adventure – so many memories…
Then the journey home, exhausted…
Thank you to Wildchild and our teachers; Miss Maynard, Mrs Hatch, Miss Stubbings and Mr Rees.
Muay Thai K1 medal Ceremony
Well done to Rylee (Y4) who travelled to Athens, Greece, over 1/2 term to represent England as part of the ISKA Muay Thai K1 squad. Muay Thai is a form of martial art combat.
