‘All Ears’ music project at Woodcroft

Greg Sinclair Artist Residency 21.09.2015 – 5.11.2015

As part of our Collaborate Partnership with the Unicorn Theatre, award winning musician and performance artist Greg Sinclair will be joining Woodcroft for 6 weeks to lead an exciting musical residency project called ‘All Ears’.

Greg promises to leave a legacy for new ways to explore music within the school! He will work across every year group creating a range of music making and listening experiences. Greg will explore the different aspects of how we listen? What we listen to? Who we listen with? And, what types of music we can make to listen to?

We can look forward to some exciting and inspiring music making!

About Greg Sinclair…

Greg began his career as a cellist and composer before branching into theatre and performance art, much of which is created for children and young audiences. His latest piece, ‘I Do, Do I’ was part of the Brighton Festival.  He says that he ‘is inspired to learn from the creativity, energy and imaginative scope of children.’

This is a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to collaborate with a renowned artist – Follow Greg on his musical journey at Woodcroft in the ‘All Ears’ Journal by clicking here…

Read the extract, taken from an interview with Greg published in The Stage Magazine… Continue reading →

Join us at the Burnt Oak Parade & Festival on Saturday 19th September

We hope that many of you will be attending this year’s Burnt Oak Festival and Parade. Woodcroft Choir, J Rock Dance Club and Senior Guitar Group will be in the parade and then performing on the festival stage. The parade leaves Edgware hospital at 11.00am and will then make its way to Silkstream Park where performances are due to begin at 12.30pm. Woodcroft will be joined by some of our fellow connectED schools from the local area. Click here for the schools performance schedule.

The official festival poster was designed by our very own Mia, see below. There will be lots of activities and stalls to keep you entertained (click he for the festival map). More information will be sent out next week.

Woodcroft received accolades at the 2015 Barnet Sports Awards on Tuesday 8th September!  We were recognised in two categories at the prestigious event hosted at Middlesex University; The School Team Of The Year and the School Games Award!

In the hotly contested team award our J Rock dance club came away with the Runners Up certificate. Mrs Clarke and Mrs Hurley were extremely proud of the club who have now been shortlisted two years running! This s a fantastic achievement for our outstanding dancers. Our certificates were presented by Fil Kamps, Great Britain deaf footballer who also plays for Fulham FC and captains the University of Middlesex team.

Ms Charalambous also came back to Woodcroft for the evening and joined us as we received a Gold Award for school sports and games. This is the highest accolade available to schools and is recognition of the excellent physical education and sports provision available at Woodcroft!

We have had a surprise email…

Hi
I found your balloon in Colchester whilst out walking with my dog Willow.

We found it on Ministry of Defence land called Middlewick Ranges which is on Mersea Road, post code CO2 8QY.

Kind regards

Sheryl

Year 6 pupils and parents are now making important decisions about their choice of Secondary School for next year when they move on from Woodcroft. The online application system is now open and all parents are encouraged to complete their forms electronically. Today pupils brought home a letter and pamphlet that further explained the process. Copies of these documents, including a link to eAdmissions,  have been uploaded to the Secondary Transfer page of our school website – click here for more information.

During October we will be opening our Computing Suite for Y6 parents to complete their forms with support from school staff if required. Opening times will be advertised later this  month. Mr Tallon is also happy to discuss any queries or concerns with parents.

Silver Success for Woodcroft

Woodcroft has been congratulated by Dr Helen Walters, Head of Health, on behalf of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,  on achieving the Healthy Schools London Silver Award. Mrs Valoti, who leads PSHE at Woodcroft, attended a presentation ceremony at Barnet Town Hall to receive our certificate.

Healthy Schools London is an Awards Programme working with schools to improve children and young people’s well-being. Find out more by clicking the link:  http://www.healthyschoolslondon.org.uk/

The school might now be closed to children until the start of term – but that doesn’t mean that everything is quiet at Woodcroft. In fact, the school is a hive of activity with contractors and staff working hard to improve the school environment and get things ready for September.

Major improvement projects include the installation of a new computing suite, the refurbishment of our Year 2 classrooms and the decoration of the dining room. Mrs Clarke is also dismantling last year’s J Rock props ready for their new show, and Mrs Hurley has used some of our old stage sets to bring a splash of colour to the Butterfly Garden!

Inflatables, Ice Creams and Water Fun!

Children who came along to this year’s Camp Woodcroft, our free summer activity camp exclusively for Woodcroft pupils, had a great time. Click on the photo below and take a look at some of the things they got up to. They had inflatable fun, sports and crafts galore, then water games and ice creams to cool down!

Click on the photo above to visit the Camp Woodcroft Gallery

Our football team’s new kit has arrived ready for the 2015-16 season. They will certainly look part when they take to the pitch next term.

The team had a very successful 2014 -15 season, narrowly missing out on the league title by 1 point! Let’s hope the new kit gives them the boost to go one better.

Thank you to Kitroom, our team shirt sponsors, for helping make our fantastic Joma kit more affordable. Check out the Woodcroft twitter feed @WPS_Success to see Kitroom’s comments!

We are now looking forward to seeing Mr Judd (Football Coach) and the team wearing all their new gear. The updated design gives the kit a modern look while maintaining our traditional sky blue home colour. Thank you also to Mr Judd for organising our new kit.

Congratulations to Year 6 for successfully completing their Arts Award. On Friday 17th July a moderator from Trinity College assessed their portfolios and confirmed that 39 pupils had achieved the standard for the Bronze Award and praised the high quality of evidence presented by the school.

To achieve Bronze, a Level 1 national qualification, young people present detailed evidnece to show they have taken part in arts activities, experienced arts events, research their arts inspiration and shared their skills with others. Bronze is available to young people aged 11 to 25.

Year 6 planned their work and created their own Arts Award portfolios, both in a special course book and in online folders. Over the year our pupils needed to demonstrate evidence of around 40 hours of arts activities and study to be successful.

The qualification is awarded by Trinity College London who are a leading international examinations board providing respected qualifications in the performing arts. Woodcroft is a registered Arts Award Assessment Centre: click here for more info.