Woodcroft and Frith Manor Orchestras Combine

All musicians from both schools performed a massed orchestra piece to finish the show.

On Friday 4th March we enjoyed a musical treat when Woodcroft and Frith Manor string orchestras combined for a special collaborative concert. Last year Woodcroft visited Frith Manor to play, and today it was their turn to visit Woodcroft. Both schools performed an accomplished set with certain pieces involving musicians from both schools. Special thanks to the music tutors Val Maclean and Ruth Cohen for organising this event. It is great to see music and the arts thriving in Barnet primary schools.

Year 3 have begin their project to hatch and raise chickens from eggs. See below for updates of their progress: (more…)

M&M Theatre Production 

Key Stages 1 and 2 got ‘all aboard’ with characters Peter, Phyllis and Roberta when their whole world changed!

As part of our Literacy Week, on Tuesday 1st March, we all collected our tickets to Oakworth Station. There we met Mr Perks, The Porter, who guided us through this heart-warming story about the Brentworth family. (more…)

Second Place Success for Woodcroft

J Rock Stevenage 2016

After months of rehearsals, set building and costume making it all finally came together with an outstanding performance for Woodcroft J Rock Club at the Herts and North London Junior Rock Challenge dance competition last night.
Held at Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre on 23rd February, Woodcroft wowed the audience with their composition about the Egyptian Queen, Nefertiti. (more…)

All set to start on the 29th February

Lots will be happening at Woodcroft during Literacy Festival Week! Highlights include…

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Finalists in Regional Football Tournament

There were some disappointed faces at the end of the tournament on Friday 5th February, but the football team can be proud of their achievement. After winning the Barnet heats, today they competed against teams from across North London at the prestigious Tottenham Hotspur First Team Training Centre in Enfield. (more…)

Minotaur

The whole of Key Stage 2 (Year’s 3 to 6) went to see Minotaur at The Unicorn Theatre on Tuesday 2nd February. We were treated to a classic Greek myth with a contemporary twist. This visit was part of our year long Collaborate Partnership with The Unicorn in which every pupil in the school gets to experience live theatre! This was our second big day out at the theatre for Key Stage 2, in December we also went to see Baddies the Musical.
On Tuesday, Woodcroft filled auditorium in a sea of red sweatshirts; what an amazing opportunity for our pupils. Woodcroft is committed to promoting the Arts as part of our AIM@ programmes in which we extend and enrich the curriculum for all!

It was a glorious sunny day so we were able to enjoy lunch by the Thames, and beside the famous landmarks of Tower Bridge, The Tower of London and City Hall.

The Woodcroft Samba Band

Woodcroft is on the road to Rio 2016!  We welcomed back renowned musician Ollie Tunmer from ‘Beat Goes On’ who worked with pupils from Yrs 3, 4 and 5G over the last 4 weeks on a special Brazilian Samba project.  On Wednesday 27th Jan, the pupils performed their Brazilian Samba to an enthusiastic audience in which they presented their newly composed and arranged works.

The pupils had learnt traditional Brazilian Samba drumming techniques on authentic instruments as well as having an introduction to the cultural and historical origins of this music.

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KS2 pupils lead a session for the Swedish teacher group – click on the image to go to the Digital Technology Day gallery

On Wednesday 20th January Woodcroft was host to 20 visiting teachers who had come all the way from Sweden. The group were on a trip to England to learn about new technology for education, see how schools use it to support learning and visit the BETT Show at The Excel Centre. The Schools International Network (NLSIN) in North London had heard about the fantastic work we do do at Woodcroft so recommended the Swedish group visit us for the day.

The group went into classes, enjoyed presentations from our teachers and talked with pupils. They saw some of the outstanding digital experiences available at Woodcroft ranging from interactive storytelling in our immersive suite, shared writing using Google Docs, Lego robotics, filmmaking, data handling with chromebooks, video based peer assessment in PE and even collaborative social media about our samba class on our VLE, the Treehouse! The day finished with a session lead by our Treehouse Keepers (our pupil digital leaders) who gave the Swedish teachers a virtual tour of our online services from a pupil’s perspective! The group were also joined on the day by members Woodcroft’s Governing Body.Take a look at a photo gallery from our Digital Technology Day by clicking here