Updates

3 February 2012

The Secretary of State for Education visited Woodberry Down today.

8 January 2012
Have a look at what we've been learning in RE.

29 November 2011
School will be open as normal tomorrow (30 November). Thank you!

26 November 2011
There are now lots of new addition and subtraction tests on the VLE. All link to our own calculation policy and have been written by our staff.

25 November 2011
Reading for performance - listen to our LAMDA exam candidates performing

14 October 2011
Our new school councillors have been elected

22 September 2011
Vocabulary homework booklets are now online

19 September 2011
Last year Woodberry Down children read over 25501185 words at home!

16 September 2011
Mr Wallace appears on BBC Breakfast TV to talk about the new phonics check for 6 year olds

5 September 2011
Teaching staff list 2011/2012

30 June 2011
School open for Years 2-6; closed for Nursery, Reception and Year 1

3 May 2011
Join our team! Teachers required for September 2011.

7 April 2011
London Fields - one of the Best Start Federation schools - is judged 'outstanding' by Ofsted

24 March 2011
Executive Principal is part of a prestigious panel on teacher standards

28 February 2011
Consultation document regarding expanding the federation to include Whitmore Primary School

6 February 2011
Some wonderful writing from Y6 linked to 'Goodnight Mister Tom'

14 November 2010
Woodberry Down is one of 12 schools featured in new Ofsted report - 'Reading by six: how the best schools do it.'

9 October 2010
Poem of the week - see bottom of this page

1 October 2010
Year 5 and Year 6 made videos to celebrate Black History Month 2010

September 2010
School is closed on Friday 1 October for staff training.

August 2010
Children come back to school on Thursday 2 September at 9am. Staff - please check www.beststart.org.uk for updates re the new term.

18 July 2010
Photos from our 60th birthday party

12 June 2010
Tell us what you would like to happen at our 60th birthday party on Friday 16 July

11 June 2010
School featured in two new Teacher's TV programmes:
Coalition plans for education

The New Academies

15 May 2010
Woodberry Down is featured in a Teacher’s TV programme about Early Reading

29 March 2010
Woodberry Down becomes England’s first primary Accredited Schools Group

17 March 2010
Years 4-6: TAKE THE 12 X TABLE TEST CHALLENGE!
Will the winning child be from this school? Will you be one of the Y4-6 children who complete the test in less than 1 minute?

17 March 2010
Fair Trade Fortnight 2010: The Winners

16 March 2010
Roselyn Codadeen wins The Learning Trust’s Teaching Assistant of the Year Award

23 February 2010
The Prime Minister visits Woodberry Down along with Education secretary Ed Balls and Dame Julia Cleverdon

22 February 2010
Mandeville’s Ofsted report is published

19 February 2010
School visited by Ofsted as part of the 2009-10 survey inspection programme: raising aspirations and achievement- the power of partnership

18 February 2010
Fair Trade Fortnight 2010

7 February 2010
Roselyn Codadeen is a finalist in The Learning Trust Educator Awards 2010

29 January 2010
The children have started the new year very well. In January alone they read 2,037 books at home! 6,881,854 words!!

23 January 2010
Year 1 write to Mr Wallace

11 January 2010
School is open as normal. There will be After School Club - please make every effort to collect your child on time.

8 January 2010
School is open as normal. There will be After School Club.

7 January 2010
School is open as normal. There will be After School Club.

6 January 2010
School is open as normal. There will be no After School Club. All children must be collected at 3.30pm. Thank you.

30 December 2009
The Best Start Federation

3 December 2009
Article in Hackney Today

6 November 2009
School visited by the Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council

28 October 2009
Photos from 'We Are The Dream' 2009 production

30 September 2009
Woodberry Down and Mandeville on the BBC

28 July 2009
Teaching assistants required for September 2009

26 July 2009
School publishes new project about Istanbul

14 June 2009
What's happening in Refugee Week 2009

6 June 2009
Executive Principal and staff at Woodberry Down Community Primary School have been selected for a top role supporting schools in challenging circumstances

21 April 2009
Pupil Progress Awards - Friday 1 May 2009
11AM: YEARS 2,3,5 and 6
2.45PM: YEAR 4

14 April 2009
Photos from Comic Relief 2009
Photos from Year 6 school journey to Lyme Regis

6 April 2009
Work for us! Class teachers required for September 2009.

23 February 2009
Effective Marking is shortlisted for the Innovation Award - Education Resources Awards 2009. We will find out on Friday 27 March...

3 February 2009
School open today - no after school club

2 February 2009
School is open today - but there will be no after school club.

Article in 'Hackney Today' about the school's Ofsted report

30 December 2008
Photos from 'Scrooge - the musical'

19 November 2008
'Woodberry Down is an outstanding school.' OFSTED 2008

13 October 2008
Woodberry Down Community Primary School is shortlisted for Becta’s national ICT Excellence Awards

9 October 2008
Woodberry Down is awarded the Primary Geography Quality Mark – at the highest level – gold

3 October 2008
Weekly newsletter

2 October 2008
Woodberry Down is the London regional winner in the first ever national Learning Outside the Classroom Awards

26 September 2008
Weekly newsletter

Article in Hackney Today

19 September 2008
The weekly newsletter is now online again

7 September 2008
Woodberry Down is a finalist in the Learning Outside the Classroom Awards

5 September 2008
The two schools in the London Fields Woodberry Down Federation have launched a brand new teaching programme for ICT

4 July 2008
Lambeth conference files

2 July 2008
Delegate feedback from UKLA British Library Conference

26 June 2008
We received a lovely letter today from Sir Jim Rose following his recent visit. Key phrases included, ‘excellent visit… nationally recognised very high standards… deep dedication and professional expertise of staff… most helpful if we could consult you in the future.’

22 June 2008
Some tricky work on fractions by Year 6

20 June 2008
TES article - Woodberry Down opinion following national report about the teaching maths. Why would you pay one teacher £8000 to attend training in teaching maths + the cost of training when you could spend far, far less training every teacher in the school?

We started a new way of teaching every child maths in April 2008 after two days whole staff training. By June, Y6 were doing work like this.

18 June 2008
Sir Jim Rose visits Woodberry Down as part of the national review of the primary curriculum

9 June 2008
Year 5 sailing - video

24 May 2008
Woodberry Down is the joint winner in the Horatio Bottomly Throphy

5 May 2008
Year 1 want Mr Wallace to make some changes

3 May 2008
Programme of events for Refugee Week 2008

2008 survey of the views of parents and carers

Online response form (re: ideas for improvement) for parents/carers

29 April 2008
Short video clip of Y5/6 Progress Awards Spring 2008

26 April 2008
Winners of the special awards for very good progress/outstanding progress added

25 April 2008
Video clips of early MMMS lessons (Reception - Y3)

24 April 2008
Winners of the Pupil Progress Awards - nearly 600 children in Y2-Y6! (Some of you have more than one prize!)

5 April 2008
Teaching vacancies for September 2008

5 April 2008
Quotes from our recent ICT mark report

2 April 2008
Woodberry Down gets high tech accolade

30 March 2008
We've just started a new approach to teaching maths. You can find out more here.

24 March 2008
Pupil Survey 2008

17 March 2008
School finishes 2 week filming project for new literacy training DVD

11 March 2008
Files to download linked to Greg Wallace's presentations at the UKLA British Library Conference
(1) PowerPoint
(2) The Other Side of Truth scheme of work - info
(3) Refugee Boy scheme of work - info

18 February 2008
Climate survey results - Y5/6

15 February 2008
Two new magazine articles published

10 February 2008
Attitude survey results - Y5 and Y6
Reading facts for Jan 2008

6 February 2008
Consultation on a Federation of London Fields School and Woodberry Down School

24 January 2008
Pupil Survey 2008

18 January 2008
Which class read most books in December 2007?
Which class read the most words?

6 January 2008
Pupil Progress Award winners announced

4 January 2008
Latest courses for teachers (London)

29 December 2007
Peter Passam, Chair of Governors, receives MBE

20 December 2007
Miss O'Reilly is a finalist in TLT awards

13 December 2007
New section of the website: Get Woodberry Down Reading

11 December 2007
Woodberry Down on Channel 5 news

2 December 2007
Timetables as at Dec 2007

24 November 2007
Miss Penzer to star on Teacher's TV!

18 November 2007
Images and video from Year 6's play for Diwali

26 October 2007
See us in the TES (Times Educational Supplement)

25 October 2007
Some images from Dispatches

18 October 2007
Woodberry Down teachers, children and parents to appear on Channel 4's
Dispatches on Mon 22 October

23 September 2007
Great new podcast about the Marshall Taylor topic

22 September 2007
Current vacancies: classroom assistant and temporary teacher

14 September 2007
'School's lessons save and sound' - article in Hackney Gazette

10 September 2007
School launches new scheme of work and accompanying website about the world’s first black cycling champion

7 September 2007
Ed Balls MP (Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families) and Kitty Ussher MP (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) visit the school

28 August 2007
Evaluation of the curriculum report (Jan 2007-July 2007)

14 August 2007
PE Policy and Healthy Eating Policy added - you must be logged in

8 August 2007
Click here to see children's work linked to 'Refugee Boy' by Benjamin Zephaniah

22 July
Goodbye Y6! Good luck!

15 July
Who was Mary Anning? Have a look at Year 5's history topic which they did to prepare them for their Y6 trip to Lyme Regis.

13 July
Woodberry Down's presentation at Croydon BCAP - please email us - woodberrydown@hotmail.com - for a copy

12 July
Hackney BCAP presentation

9 July
Woodberry Down's presentation at Southwark LEA Black History Planning event - please email us - woodberrydown@hotmail.com - for a copy

8 July
Woodberry Down's presentation at UKLA, Swansea - please email us - woodberrydown@hotmail.com - for a copy

1 July
Y6 Podcast - The Other Side of Truth

30 June
Y6 village study in Datchet

9 June 2007
Video clips of Y4 school journey to Shropshire

8 June 2007
One of the authors of 'Roar, Bull, Roar!' - Andrew Fusek Peters- will be at Woodberry Down on Tuesday 12 June 2007

24 May 2007
Launch of Woodberry Down's own podcast radio station! WDCPS Radio. Well done Y4, Ms Choudhury and Mr Ramsay!!

7 May 2007
We have some new arrivals! Our nursery's 'city farm' has started with the birth of three chicks (so far).
Click to watch the video of one of them being born!

2 May 2007
A Woodberry Down project has been chosen by the DfES as the UK example of ‘innovative and inspiring practice in the field of education’
You can now search the site using the Google toolbar above!

24 April 2007
Year 6 revision challenge 2007 and awards for good revision

23 April 2007
Summer Term AfL focuses (key targets) for maths added - you must be logged in
Lots of test data on the VLE - please see the Staff Intranet/Assessment section
Insights profiles nearly all added - you must be logged in

21 April 2007
Short video clip of the Pupil Progress Awards April 2007

18 April 2007
We now use SAM Learning to help children revise for SATS at home and school

15 April 2007
Timetables for Summer 2007 (amendments re French in Y5/6)
Final version of SIP 07/09 (also on VLE)
Improving ICT section of site added

6 April
Winners of the second Pupil Progress Awards announced

1 April 2007
Accelerated Reader goes online, with a big programme of author focuses

27 March
BCAP Southwark presentation - quite a large file

18 March
We now have a Virtual learning environment- click here to find out more!

16 March 2007
5 staff go to Toronto, Canada to observe good practice

5 March
GW's Insights profile available to download - please log in

27 February 2007
Video ideas for Y1 dance topic - cats

13 February 2007
School is shortlisted for the The Education Resources Awards 2007 - 'Educational Establishment of the Year'

8 February 2007
School is featured in a new magazine for London schools - ‘London InstEd’ - a magazine from the Institute of Education

5 February 2007
Advert in the Times Educational Supplement to celebrate achieving the Leading Aspect Award
The Secretary of State decides that Woodberry Down Community Primary School should become a Grade II listed building

2 February 2007
Year 6 go to a unique UK premiere of the new film version of ‘Charlotte’s Web’

21 January 2007
Results of the Pupil Survey 2006/2007 and our Action Plan
Staff CPD Audit 2006/2007

19 January 2007
School gains the Leading Aspect Award

14 January 2007
Self evaluation report covering period July 2006-Dec 2006

2 January 2007
Spring Term 2007 AfL focuses for maths and science added (Y2-Y6). You must be logged in.
Timetables updated for January 2007 (including MFL lessons and additional ICT room useage)

11 December 2006
First photos of NSPCC Number Day added: Reception, Y2 and Y4.

9 December 2006
Video clips from NSPCC Number Day held on Mon 4 Dec. We raised over £400!
The school website now hosts ads from Google. See bottom of site.
School to lead workshop at the 2nd Chartered London Teacher's Conference
In the last two calendar years we have raised £2,660 for charity.

25 November 2006
More photos from 'We Are The Dream' added

19 November 2006
Year 6 school journey photos added

6 November 2006
First photos of 'We Are The Dream' added - more soon! The DVD is now on sale! £6 from main office.

2 November 2006
Video clips from Black History Month 2006

29 October 2006
Revised timetables for 06/07 (including new PPA timetable for Y4-6, GW's timetable and French for Y3 and Y4)
Article in Hackney Gazette about 'We Are The Dream'

24 October 2006
School to lead workshop at Institute of Education conference

4 October 2006
Launch of an exciting programme of events for Black History Month 2006

22 September 2006
Ofsted says that the leadership of Modern Foreign Languages at Woodberry Down is 'outstanding'

8 September 2006
The school newsletter is now available in its original format every week as a pdf file.   (You need Adobe to view.)

6 September 2006
Leadership Team roles and responsibilities 2006/2007

31 August 2006
School-based induction for new staff Sept 2006   Line management arrangements Sept 2006

25 August 2006 
Staff Handbook for 2006/2007 published  School Prospectus for 2006/2007 published

23 August 2006 
Award-winning author Beverley Naidoo says the school's work on her book 'The Other Side of Truth' is   'outstanding'. Click here to read her comments in full.

1 August 2006   
A complete set of examples of children's work, in response to Beverley Naidoo's 'The Other Side of   Truth', is now available. Some great work in response to a brilliant book!

24 July 2006 
Autumn Term 2006 year group curriculum focuses for maths and science added - click here for maths and   here for science

3 July 2006 
Photos from Saturday's 'The Other Side of Truth' Trail added

23 June 2006 
Award-winning author Beverley Naidoo visits school to end Refugee Week 2006

9 June 2006 
Programme of events for Refugee Week 2006.

1 June 2006 
Online quizzes added for Refugee Week 2006. Great prizes!!

26 May 2006
Have a look at some of the work we've been doing in geography this year

14 May 2006
A new video of the brilliant fairground rides made by Year 6 in design technology

5 May 2006
More photos of Turkish/Kurdish/Turkish Cypriot Night... click to have a look!

2 May 2006
Woodberry Down earns a place on the ICT register!

28 April 2006
First photos of Turkish Evening added. More soon!
What should the new school be like? Visit our weblog and tell us your ideas for the new building. This weblog is for children, parents, staff and governors.

27 April 2006
Do you want to be an outstanding teacher? Work for us from September 2006!

18 April 2006
School website wins EduNet Choice Award

7 April 2006
Children's work in ICT (from Spring 2006) added
Article published in the Hackney Gazette

30 March 2006
More photos of school journey added

25 March 2006
First photos of the Year 6 school journey to Lyme Regis added - lots more soon!

24 March 2006
Article published in 'The Economist' featuring the school

20 March 2006
Jim Rose's review of the teaching of reading is published. Woodberry Down was one of 31 schools visited by HMI or members of the review team.

11 March 2006
Mr Wallace wins award for Leadership in Teaching at the Education Show

6 March 2006
Summer Term Key Target maths focuses added

3 March 2006
New reading weblogs for 'Ug', 'Skellig' and 'Krindlekrax'

28 February 2006
Chartered London Teachers section added to site

10 February 2006
Cherry Class wrote a song and made a pop video! Click to see it.

9 February 2006
School and business partner win two awards at the Inspire Awards, Shoreditch Town Hall
What should we do for Turkish Evening 2006?

6 February 2006
Online quiz about Turkey - get ready for Turkish Evening 2006: MONDAY 3 APRIL 6PM-8PM

2 February 2006
02/02/06 edition of the Staff Newsletter published

31 January 2006
Year 6 book shopping trip with staff from ING Barings bank

30 January 2006
LSA job advert posted

29 January 2006
School gains 'Investor in People' status

27 January 2006
Some of the winning posters in the School Rules Poster Competition
Minutes of Premises Committee
Current list of all clubs, booster classes and adult sessions

26 January 2006
26/01/06 edition of the Staff Newsletter published

23 January 2006
New weblog added based on the subject 'Should we become 3 form entry?'

20 January 2006
Brand new photos from the fantastic Year 6 DVD of 'Charlotte's Web'

19 January 2006
Staff Newlsetter now available online

18 January 2006
Induction procedure for new classroom assistants added. (Members only - you must be logged in to view.)

17 January 2006
Induction procedure for new subject leaders added. (Members only - you must be logged in to view.)

16 January 2006
Year group teaching focuses for science (Y4-6)

15 January 2006
Year group teaching focuses for maths

20 December 2005
Photos of Charlotte's Web, The Musical

2 December 2005
Photos of the brilliant Year 6 2005 Leavers' Play - GEL

19 November 2005
ICT self assessment weblog started by Year 5

12 November 2005
Lots of new Reading Weblogs

2 Nov 2005
Cuban party photos added

30 October 2005
Year 3 and 4 English work based on the book 'The Bus Ride'

22 October 2005
Year 6 English work arising from a biography of Ray Charles