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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.
On Wednesday 16th May Woodcroft sent a team of golfers to the Barnet Tri-Golf Championships staged at Allianz Park. After winning their group stage our squad of 10 went through the play-offs against the other group finalists. In a tense finale against Broadfields, The Hyde and Goldbeaters we emerged victorious and came away with the gold medals!
What isTri-Golf?
Tri-golf is a ‘mini’ version of golf for primary schools. It involves the use of adapted equipment for use in a variety of golf skill games that mix individual and team play. Tri-Golf is designed to provide an enjoyable introduction to the sport.
London Youth Games
Woodcroft will now represent Barnet at the London Youth Games in July. The games, held at The National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace, are open competitions enabling the most talented young people in each London borough to compete to become champions of London.
Woodcroft pupils took part in two fun festivals over the weekend…
SMASHfestUK 2017 on The Grahame Park
Despite three unplanned venue changes due to circumstances outside of their control, the SMASHfest team pulled out all of the stops to ensure their volcano themed science festival was a success. Those that went along to The Grahame Park on Saturday were able to enjoy a wide range of fun activities and experiments. As part of the afternoon, Woodcroft Dance Club had been invited to perform their winning routine. Thank you to all of the pupils, parents and staff who supported us at this event.
Barnet Unity of Faiths Festival
Then on Sunday, Woodcroft were one of the performance acts on the main stage of The Barnet Unity of Faiths Festival held at Burnt Oak Leisure Centre. This event brought together all of the faiths and cultures that make up our wonderfully diverse locality. Both Woodcroft Choir and Dance Club’s performance wonderfully to the festival crowd. Well done to everyone who took part.
Well done to the Woodcroft Year 3 Football Team who took part in the Barnet Sport Borough Tournament on Friday 12th May. After some outstanding play they finished third in their group, narrowly missing out on a quarter final place by 1 point. All of the team played with energy and enthusiasm. Mr Patel and Mr Judd, our team coaches, were particularly impressed with their commitment to tackles.
Woodcrotf Dance Team winning Dance: Make Your Move 2017
On Saturday 28th April Woodcroft Dance Team won the London junior heats of the British Red Cross sponsored competition Dance: Make Your Move that was staged at The Michael Crawford Theatre in Dulwich. Woodcroft’s dance was inspired by the Nepal earthquake tragedy and also received a special commendation from the judges for engaging with the audience. Woodcroft were also acknowledged as Platinum Fundraising Award winners on the night for raising over £1000 in support of The British Red Cross. Well done to the entire team for their wonderful performance and outstanding fundraising! Woodcroft will now take part in the national finals to be staged at the London 02 in July. Thank you to Miss Williams, Mrs Clarke, Mrs Hurley, Ms Vanner, Miss Blyth and the all of the staff and parents who supported the team.
Woodcroft win the Barnet West Netball League Trophy for the second year in succession
Woodcroft emerged victorious against The Orion in a hotly contested netball league play-off final. Both teams had won their respective league groups over the course of the season and came together on Wednesday 26th April to play for the Barnet West League Trophy. This was a repeat of last term’s netball cup tournament final between these two closely match teams. At the end of the first quarter The Orion held a narrow 2 – 3 lead. Woodcroft then had a excellent second quarter scoring 5 unanswered goals. Despite a close second half with some excellent play from both schools Woodcroft managed to hold onto their lead for an 11 – 5 final score; retaining the trophy that we won last year! Congratulations to the whole squad and their coaches, Mr Patel and Mr Judd.
Nursery, Reception and Year 1 excelled themselves on Thursday 30th March with an outstanding Easter Bonnet Parade. They were also joined by some of our younger representatives from Little Oaks, our Thursday Parent and Toddler Group. The time and effort that had been put into the bonnet creations on parade was astonishing. Well done to everyone who had helped make this event such a success.
Triversity WOW Factor 2017 Winners
On Wednesday 29th March we enjoyed an outstanding evening of song, dance, acrobatics and humour at the Woodcroft WOW Factor 2017. To a packed house of family and friends, our talented finalists competed to become the WOW Factor Winners. All of the acts were outstanding, and had already won their year group heats. The VIP judges had a difficult job picking winners. However, after much deliberation, Taylor, Bruno and Simon chose the The Jewellery Box group from KS1 and Triversity from KS2. Well done to all of the performers, you were amazing! Thank you to all of the staff and judges for helping make it such a great event.
Take a look at our website gallery of photos from the evening show. Click here…
The Jewellery Box WOW Factor 2017 Winners
Well done to everyone for making Red Nose Day 2017 such a fun event at Woodcroft. Everyone dressed up in funny fashion and were striking their poses on the stage. We were greeted on the playground in the morning by buskers from our Choir and Guitar Clubs. Teachers were set a fun dressing up challenge in assembly that got everyone laughing. We also learnt about the real reasons why raising money for Comic Relief is so important and how vital it was to ‘Make Our Laugh Matter’!
So far we have raised an amazing £565 for Comic Relief!
We have enjoyed three fabulous music concerts over the past week. On Friday 17th March our brass, woodwind and guitar musicians performed to the school and their families. Then on Monday 20th it was the turn of our Year 3 whole class ukulele players to take to the stage. Finally, on Thursday 23rd March our strings orchestra and ensemble played and accomplished concert. We have thoroughly enjoyed this spring season of concerts and marvel at the quality of play achieved. Congratulations to our musicians, and well done to all of our specialist music staff; Miss Sherring, Mr Huckerby, Miss Blyth, Mrs McLean, Mrs Hooker and Mrs Reader – you are all doing a fantastic job!
