Ex Woodcroft pupil, Bryn Court, talks about his film creations.

Today we were visited by Bryn Court, an ex Woodcroft pupil who is now a renowned Hollywood movie sculptor and set designer. Bryn was the Head Sculptor for the Harry Potter series of movies, but has also worked on many other famous films from Braveheart to James Bond. He brought along two house elves from Harry Potter. I am sure you all remember ‘Dobby’ from the films…guess who created him?

Bryn talked to the school in a special assembly. He told us all about his time as a pupil at Woodcroft, and how he dreamed of becoming an artist. He described how he worked hard at school so that he could go to college to study art. After college Bryn then started helping out at a film studio to learn from others around him. He has now worked on many films and also helped create the Harry Potter theme parks in Orlando and Japan. Bryn has just finished making a lifesize fire breathing dragon at Universal Studio’s new Wizarding World; check out this video clip below …

Bryn was also crafted the Dark Knight sculptures for the Batman movies. Visit his website to see all of his fantastic work.    http://moviesculptor.com/

Bryn will be coming back to Woodcroft in the near future to support our AIM@Arts programme and work with some Woodcroft pupils. However, he starts a new film project with JK Rowling on Monday; but you will have to ask one of the pupils to find out about this surprise news!

Welcome Back
Welcome back to the start of our spring term. We hope that you had a good break. Life is as busy as ever at Woodcroft. To keep up to date with all that is happening please read the Weekly Newsletter. A list of important diary dates was included this week. To download another copy please click the link below.

Woodcroft Spring Term Diary Sheet

Year Group Curriculum Newsletters
Each year group has written a curriculum newsletter for parents. This outlines key information that will help you support your child at home. Please remember, if you have any questions about your child in school, teachers are happy to speak with you after dismissing their class at the end of the day. Copies of all year group newsletters can by found in the Year Group News section of this website: Click here for more details

Vacancies
We currently have vacancies for Mealtime Supervisors and a Teaching Assistant. Click here to for more information.

Ofsted Report Published

We have the pleasure of informing parents that Ofsted have notified the school of the outcomes of their recent inspection. We are extremely pleased to report that Woodcroft has been officially graded a GOOD school. A Copy of the report has been distributed to parents.
The report confirms what a fantastic school Woodcroft is, and that we all should be proud of the progress and achievement of everyone! Congratulations to all of the pupils, staff and governors.

Visit the Ofsted website: click here

or a copy of the report can be downloaded here:

Woodcroft Primary Ofsted Inspection Report 2-3 December 2014

We are delighted to announce that Woodcroft has been shortlisted in the Best School Music Department category at the 2015 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence!

Winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on 12 March 2015. Fingers crossed for Ms Sherring and the music department at Woodcroft!

Take a look at: http://www.musiceducationexpo.co.uk/awards/2015-finalists/

Visit our music page (click here) and AIM@Arts page (click here) to find out about the outstanding music and arts opportunities available at Woodcroft.