Re: Extreme Heat Update 16/7/22

Dear Parents and Carers

Firstly, can I apologise for the lack of a newsletter yesterday (Friday 15/7/22). It has been such a busy week in school with events, activities and meetings that I just ran out of time to get it published. What I shall do is send out a final newsletter for the year on Wednesday next week (hopefully).

Secondly, I know you are all concerned about the heat! Currently we are planning to open as normal on Monday and Tuesday. The latest guidance from Barnet Local Authority and the Government’s Department for Education is not to close. All of our classrooms are well ventilated and chilled water coolers are available throughout the school. Please note, we shall not be going outside for any extended periods or doing PE or games activities on Monday or Tuesday. We will of course monitor the situation and if the guidance changes then we will take appropriate action and notify you accordingly.

Please consider the following points:

1. Ensure children have a refillable (non-disposable) water bottle in school
2. Apply sunscreen
3. Do not send children with jumpers, and provide a sun hat
4. The UK Health Agency ‘Beat The Heat’ poster is available by clicking here

Finally, if your child is unwell, or suffering from any breathing discomfort over the weekend, it may be advisable to keep your child at home on Monday and Tuesday. We shall authorise all absences where a parent has decided that it is unsafe to send their child to school due to the extreme heat.

Take care everyone.

Kindest Regards

Craig Tallon (Head Teacher)

We invited last year’s Year 6 (now in Year 7) to a special Bronze Arts Award Presentation Evening in the Main Hall on Wednesday 6th July.

Our ex-pupils collected their prestigious Bronze Arts Award certificates from Trinity College London and had an opportunity to say hello to their past teachers and see old friends. We even had a surprise visitor! Miss Sherring, back from Hong Kong where she currently teaches, popped along to present their certificates. We did put her back to work as well, helping pack away and tidy up 😉

The Woodcroft Dance Team

This week our fantastic Woodcroft Dance Team took part in the national finals of the Great Big Dance Off, the primary dance championships. After winning the regional event earlier in the year we travelled to Cheltenham on Monday to compete against schools from across the country.

Parents of the dancers are now invited to a final performance at a special ‘Festival of Dance’ assembly on 13th July at 2.45pm in the main hall.

We have got a 10 page epic newsletter this week! There are just too many outstanding experiences and events taking place at Woodcroft we have been forced to publish this bumper issue!

View the full edition here …  https://bit.ly/3y3CAjk

Or view the JPEG slideshow below …

Woodcroft has been named as a Trinity Champion Centre 2022/23 for our successful delivery of the Arts Award, a Trinity qualification supporting music, art and drama in association with Arts Council England.

Trinity College London is a leading international exam board and independent education charity that specialises in the assessment of communicative and performance skills covering music, drama, combined arts and English language.

Trinity Champion Centres inspire other organisations by sharing their practice and advocating for accreditation in their communities.

Trinity College visited Woodcroft with a photographer earlier this term to see what we get up to. Click on the slideshow below to get a flavour of day in the lift of arts education at Woodcroft.

We made a BIG announcement in Woodcroft Weekly Issue 454 today! We have been recognised as Champion Centre for the Arts by the prestigious Trinity College London.

Also in this week’s edition we read about caterpillars in the Early Years, African drumming in Year 6 with master drummer Abass Dodoo one-drum.org/performances and of a Woodcroft dance performance.

Download your PDF copy to read about all this and lots more right here … https://bit.ly/3HBGnbV

This week Year 6 headed off into the wilderness for their Bushcraft residential adventure. Take a look on Twitter for more highlights from their trip. Also in Issue 453 you will find a schedule of the events lined up for the rest of term, and we also re-publish the term dates for the next academic year starting in September. For those who like to plan well n advance our website also included the dates for 2023-24 right here … https://www.woodcroft.barnet.sch.uk/term-dates/

Download a PDF copy of Woodcroft Weekly click right hear: ISSUE 453 Newsletter

Red, White and Blue Day Jubilee Celebrations

To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee we held a number of events in school on Friday 27 May. It was a red,white and blue party day! Pupils dressed up, enjoyed class parties, took part in jubilee activities and had a special tea party at lunchtime! Everyone then got to take home a commemorative golden coin in a presentation case as a memento to treasure on this historic occasion.