Woodcroft Cheerleaders in action

The 2019 Woodcroft Sports Awards was a fantastic celebration of our sporting talent at school. Our wonderful cheerleaders opened the ceremony; followed by awards for football, netball, athletics and dance. The evening was brought to climax with a another outstanding performance by our Dance Team – winners of the 2019 UDOIT Dance National Championships. Thank you to all of our coaches, club leaders and supporters for your commitment to school sport over the year!

Year 6 Leavers Show 2019

Year 6 performed their glorious final show to parents and pupils this week titled ‘It’s A Rap! This hysterical celebration of dance, drama and song was all wrapped up with an important message about achieving your ambitions through perseverance and choosing the right path! As year 6 head off to secondary school we hope they remember their years at Woodcroft with fondness. They have certainly left us with some great memories – not least this wonderful final leavers show! Thank you to all of the Y6 staff for supporting their achievements throughout the year.

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We are delighted to announce that Woodcroft has achieved the GOLD School Games Mark for the 2018/19 academic year! The School Games Mark is a Government award scheme led by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of sporting competition across their school and into the community. We are delighted to have been recognised with the GOLD award for the 5th year in a row!

This award this recognition for the dedication of Woodcroft staff who voluntarily organise and run an amazing number of clubs, activities, teams and tournaments!

The Performing Arts Club and Cheerleaders put on an electrifyin’ performance!

We were treated to a fantastic production of ‘Grease The Musical’ on Wednesday 10th July, staged by Miss Stubbings’ Performing Arts Club along with fantastic support from the  Cheerleaders. Pupils from Years 4 to 6 put on a flawless performance of acting, song and dance, with costumes and music that transported us back to 1950s America at Rydell High.  We saw talented and confident performances by everyone involved, and that included the technical support provided by a Y6 stage crew. Well done and thank you to everyone involved in this production – making it one of the highlights of Woodcroft’s Arts Week 2019!  

Woodcroft Dance Team win the 2019 UDO National Dance Championships

They did it again! Woodcroft Dance Team are the official 2019 UK Primary Street Dance Champions! The UDO Dance Foundation, in partnership with Sport England and Youth Sport Trust, has delivered the The National Schools Dance Championships to schools across the UK since 2008. On Wednesday 26th June Woodcroft competed at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke against the top 5 schools from regional qualifiers in England, Wales and Scotland. 

It was an early start, 5.30am no less, but well worth it when we returned with the top prize! Thank you to our parent supporters who travelled with us on the day, and also the welcome party that formed for our return. The banners and ice creams really made us feel like returning champions! Not only should we congratulate all of the dancers – but also the dedicated staff team that give up so much of their time to enable our success to continue every year!

The BIG Read 2019

We held our annual Big Read from 4th to 8th March.  Our focus book for the week was Lewis Carroll’s classic of English children’s literature. Alice in Wonderland!

M&M Theatre – Alice in Wonderland

On Tuesday morning M&M Theatre performed to KS1 and KS2

Then, to celebrate World Book Day teachers shared some of their favourite books in special storytelling sessions held around the school. Pupils could choose which book they wanted to hear read.

We also asked pupils to post photos of themselves reading in unusual places! See more extreme readers on our Big Read page by clicking here…

Finally, on Friday, the climax of Big Read Week was Mad Hatter Day! Inspired by the character that Alice met on her journey we asked pupils to come to school wearing … you guessed it – a mad hat!

Read more about Big Read Week 2019 by clicking here …

Two of our sports teams were in action this week participating in Barnet tournaments. Both squads came away with awards and represented the school impeccably.

Girls Football Team Win Silver

The Girls Football Team stormed their way into the Barnet District Finals on Thursday 31st January, taking home the silver medal in the Barnet West & South competition. It was a dramatic day, with two penalty shoot-outs (including the final) and an impressive 7-0 victory to secure the top spot in their group! The girls represented the school with tremendous pride, passion and focus and we look forward to the next stage of the competition.

Netball Team Presented with the Respect The Games Award

On the 29th of January 2019, the Woodcroft netball team travelled to Copthall High School to play in the year 5 and 6 tournament. The team came second in the group but sadly just missed out on going to the semi-finals. We did receive a fantastic surprise by receiving the #RespectTheGames Award for showing fantastic @YourSchoolGames values throughout the tournament. Netball Report by Kleya Y6

Well done to all of the players, and thank you to staff and parents of both teams who supported at these events.