We are delighted to inform you that our new online payment system from SchoolMoney went live on Monday 5th February. This means that you now have the facility to make payments for school expenses, such as trips, online with your debit or credit card.

This new payment system will benefit both us as a school and you as a parent. Not only will you be able to pay for items from the comfort of your own home it will enable us to experience a more streamlined, cost-effective and efficient payment system in a secure and safe environment.

All parents and carers have been automatically signed up by the school. You will have already been sent your login details. This password will give you access to your SchoolMoney account! To log on with this password visit the website www.schoolmoney.co.uk and enter your mobile number and email address. If for any reason you are struggling to log in, it may be because you have not provided us with the correct contact details. Please let us know immediately if either your mobile number or email address changes.

We appreciate your cooperation in the early stages of rolling out this new system. But remember, our Office will no longer be accepting cash payments!  For more information click here …

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Woodcroft Win the Tutor Hunt Tri-School Dodgeball Tournament

Woodcroft winning team!

A Woodcroft team emerged victorious in the Tri-School Dodgeball Tournament. This bi-annual event is sponsored by Tutor Hunt and involves teams from Woodcroft, Goldbeaters and The Orion. Each school receives free weekly dodgeball club sessions for Y4 pupils through the Tutor Hunt sponsorship. The schools then come together twice a year to use their skills and compete for the coveted trophy. Woodcroft successfully retained the trophy that they won in the summer. All of the teams demonstrated outstanding sporting behaviour and respect. Well done to our coaches from Foundation Sport and to Mr Patel for helping to organise the event.

New Course For Parents at Woodcroft available on Wednesdays

Woodcroft will be hosting a fantastic new FREE course for parents starting on 17th January. It will be provided by Barnet’s Family Resilience Team every Wednesday morning for 10 weeks. FREE Creche facilities will also be available.

If you are not working on Wednesdays and are free to attend please sign up by Friday 12th January. For more information enquire at the school office or speak with Ms Anna if you use the Foundation Stage entrance.

Refreshments are provided and certificates are to be awarded at the end of the course.

Take a look at just some of the highlights coming up this term…

Y4 Dodgeball Festival – 19th January

Woodcroft defends it’s trophy!

Digital Technology Day – 25th January

Woodcroft is being visited by a delegation of Swedish Teachers – our reputation is international!

The Great Big Dance Off 2018 – 5th February

This year’s dance team perform on the stage for the first time

Safer Internet Day #SID2018 – 6th February

Create, Connect and Share Respect – A better internet starts with you

The BIG READ 2018 – starts 26th February

Competitions, art projects, challenges, extreme reading, storytelling and lots more…

M&M Theatre perform The Little Princess – 27th February

A classic story brought to life at school!

World Book Day – 1st March

Celebrate stories. Love reading

Barnet Dance Festival at the ArtsDepot –  9th March

Our dancers take to the stage again

British Science Week – 9th March

We are taking part in the UK’s biggest celebration of science #BSW18

Year 3 Happy Chick Project starts on 12th March

We get to see chicks hatching in our school

Sport Relief Day – 23rd March

Sport Relief is back! Bringing the nation together for one big challenge  #WhateverMovesYou

The WOW Factor Final – 28th March

The Woodcroft’s talent showcase returns for another amazing year!

Lots of opportunities to live our Woodcroft AIM values…

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Woodcroft was presented with TfLs highest Gold Award for the third year running on Monday 20th November. Two of our pupil Travel Ambassadors accepted the award on behalf of the school at a presentation ceremony held at The Camden Centre, London. The STARS award is recognition of our outstanding achievements promoting healthy travel.

A report by Julia, Y6 Travel Ambassador

We had an interesting expedition on Monday and set off to the ceremony using the Northern Line from Burnt Oak. Unfortunately, due to points failure we had to change trains and our journey took a little longer than expected. When we arrived at the Camden Centre there were lots of workshops that were great fun . My favourite was when we competed in quizzes about road safety against other schools. We also found out about some very good ideas that we would like to put into practise at Woodcroft.  Collecting our Gold STARS Award was very exciting and we felt very proud representing our school. It was a really great day.

About STARS – Sustainable Travel: Active, Responsible, Safe

STARS is TfL’s accreditation scheme for London schools. It is designed to inspire young Londoners to travel to school sustainably, actively, responsibly and safely by championing walking, scooting and cycling.

The programme supports pupils’ wellbeing, helps to reduce congestion at the school gates and improve road safety and air quality. Schools submit detailed Travel Plans for bronze, silver or gold accreditation based on your achievements over the year.

The Parents’ Promise Licence

The Police set our pupils an assignment (see Newsletter 292) to encourage safer driving in the community. Pupils interviewed parents and carers about their driving habits and aksed them to sign a pledge. They then issued drivers with a special licence that they had decorated.

For more information about the project visit: http://dontriskit.info/kidsinthecar

Competition Time

Prizes for the best licences from each class are being awarded – take a look at the entries below. The winners will be judge by PC Rolfe from the Metropolitan Police Roads and Transport Team. They will then be submitted into a Metropolitan Police competition involving schools from across the local area.

Can you spot your licence below? Who would be your winner?

Carmen Poster

Excitement is growing as the performance of Carmen draws ever closer! Year 6 will be performing their final production of this dramatic opera at 2:30 on 9th November for families and friends.

Year 6 have been working with the Royal Opera House on their national programme ‘Create and Sing Carmen.’ It has allowed the pupils to involve themselves in every aspect of staging an opera; including rehearsing the songs, choreographing dances, creating costumes, arranging the set and lighting design. This project also forms part of their Bronze Arts Award.

Take a look at our rehearsal video…

Pupils dressed in traditional costume representing their home nation.

We enjoyed the highlight of our International Week on Wednesday 18th October with our National Dress and Colours Day. Thank you to everyone for their enthusiasm and support of this event, as we celebrate the rich diversity of culture that makes Woodcroft so special. Our theme of One World, One Community, One Woodcroft supports our school ethos, ‘Together Towards Success’. When children paraded in assembly we had representatives from every continent of the world!    

Parents and carers click here to view the password protected: International Week Gallery

International Cake Sale
Our cake sale after school was the best ever! The cakes on offer were fantastic. Thank you to everyone who contributed a sweet treat. Lots of effort had been put into representing home countries; some of the creations wouldn’t have looked out of place on ‘Bake Off’! 

Harvest Festival Success – Share What You Can

Thank you to everyone for their generosity towards our Harvest Festival collections this week. We hope that you have an opportunity to take a look at the wonderful class hamper display and coin picture after school.

Coin Picture Collection

Pupils add their donations to the coin picture

The ‘coin-picture’ collection this year was in aid of ‘Age UK Barnet’ and the Mayor’s Appeal fund for ‘Homeless Action Barnet’. It looked fantastic by the end of the day when parents came in to see the finished design made entirely of pupil donations. We will report the total raised after we have had an opportunity to count it!

Harvest Hamper Display

Look at our amazing class hampers.

Each class displayed their own hamper in our assembly showcase on Friday. In the harvest celebration we sang songs, learnt about the importance of sharing and had a fun a smoothie making competition. Parents were then invited into school at the end of the day to see the amazing harvest display. Thank you to everyone for your generous donations.

Food parcels will now be distributed to nominated people in our community and the class hampers taken to Age UK Barnet.