We have a busy week coming up with sports days, teachers’ strikes and parents’ evenings! Make sure you are up to speed with everything by reading Woodcroft Weekly Issue 490.
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Wow! What a display of talent at the Woodcroft WOW Factor 2023. Congratulations to all of the finalists – some tough decisions for Simon and our VIP judges!
This week the National Education Union (NEU) has notified schools of two further strike days on 5th and 7th July. You can read about the likely impact of this in issue 489 of the Woodcroft Weekly News. Download you PDF copy hear: https://bit.ly/3pdNNO3
A Busy Week for Year 6!
A Bushcraft Camp, A Citizenship Day, African Drumming Workshops and a choir performance at the Barnet Schools Music Festival – pupils in Year 6 have been extremely busy this week! Read about their exploits, and lots more, in issue 488 of our weekly newsletter.
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The Woodcroft Choir travelled to the ArtsDepot on Wednesday evening to take part in the Barnet Schools Music Festival. After learning a repertoire of songs in preparation, they got the opportunity to perform in a massed choir with other schools. Our choir also performed an individual piece, ‘Burn’ by Ellie Goulding. The choir were a credit to the school, both for their behaviour and outstanding performances. Photography in the actual schow was not allowed, but you can get a flavour of their amazing day through the rehearsal photos below. Well done to Mrs Baldwyn for teaching the choir every week and arranging their individual song.
Triple Success!
This week, Woodcroft was awarded the prestigious Artsmark Gold Award! It follows recent successes, gaining Trinity Champion Centre status and winning the UDOIT national dance competition, making it a triple celebration of our amazing work to promote the Arts. Read all about this, and lots more, in our weekly newsletter.
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We are celebrating at Woodcroft after receiving the prestigious Artsmark GOLD Award in what is a momentous year for the programme as it celebrates 20 years of arts, culture and creativity in schools.
The Artsmark Award is the only creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. It supports schools to develop and celebrate arts and cultural education, putting creativity and wellbeing at the heart of the curriculum. Artsmark ensures every young person can be creative and access a diverse, high-quality cultural education.
In order to achieve their Artsmark Award, Woodcroft had to develop their arts and culture provision to embed a broad and ambitious curriculum. This was achieved by creating an overall plan that was committed to and delivered across the whole school.
Special thanks must go to Mrs Baldwyn who coordinated our work towards this award.
Dr Darren Henley CBE, Chief Executive of the Arts Council, said: “I would like to congratulate Woodcroft Primary on their Gold Artsmark Award.”
Woodcroft enjoys annual drama productions, a full music programme, championship dance teams and opportunities to achieve your Bronze Arts Award certificate accredited by Trinity College London!
