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WE ARE THE DREAM 2009
From September 2009 to December 2009 we read 4,804 books at home! 12,246,550 words!!
Updates
Featured video: Our 60th Birthday!
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:
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!
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
22 February 2010
Mandeville’s Ofsted report is published
19 February 2010
18 February 2010
7 February 2010
Roselyn Codadeen is a finalist in The Learning Trust Educator Awards 2010
29 January 2010
23 January 2010
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
3 December 2009
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
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 Year 6 school journey to Lyme Regis
6 April 2009
Work for us! Class teachers required for September 2009.
23 February 2009
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
2 October 2008
26 September 2008
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
4 July 2008
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
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
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
15 February 2008
Two new magazine articles published
10 February 2008
Attitude survey results - Y5 and Y6
6 February 2008
Consultation on a Federation of London Fields School and Woodberry Down School
24 January 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
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
18 October 2007
Woodberry Down teachers, children and parents to appear on Channel 4's
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
7 September 2007
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
15 July
13 July
Woodberry Down's presentation at Croydon BCAP - please email us - woodberrydown@hotmail.com - for a copy
12 July
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
9 June 2007
Video clips of Y4 school journey to Shropshire
8 June 2007
24 May 2007
7 May 2007
Click to watch the video of one of them being born!
2 May 2007
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
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
Winners of the second Pupil Progress Awards announced
Accelerated Reader goes online, with a big programme of author focuses
BCAP Southwark presentation - quite a large file
We now have a Virtual learning environment- click here to find out more!
5 staff go to Toronto, Canada to observe good practice
GW's Insights profile available to download - please log in
Video ideas for Y1 dance topic - cats
Advert in the Times Educational Supplement to celebrate achieving the Leading Aspect Award
Year 6 go to a unique UK premiere of the new film version of ‘Charlotte’s Web’
Results of the Pupil Survey 2006/2007 and our Action Plan
School gains the Leading Aspect Award
Self evaluation report covering period July 2006-Dec 2006
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)
First photos of NSPCC Number Day added: Reception, Y2 and Y4.
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.
More photos from 'We Are The Dream' added
Year 6 school journey photos added
First photos of 'We Are The Dream' added - more soon! The DVD is now on sale! £6 from main office.
Video clips from Black History Month 2006
Article in Hackney Gazette about 'We Are The Dream'
School to lead workshop at Institute of Education conference
Launch of an exciting programme of events for Black History Month 2006
Ofsted says that the leadership of Modern Foreign Languages at Woodberry Down is 'outstanding'
The school newsletter is now available in its original format every week as a pdf file. (You need Adobe to view.)
Leadership Team roles and responsibilities 2006/2007
School-based induction for new staff Sept 2006 Line management arrangements Sept 2006
Staff Handbook for 2006/2007 published School Prospectus for 2006/2007 published
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.
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!
Autumn Term 2006 year group curriculum focuses for maths and science added - click here for maths and here for science
Photos from Saturday's 'The Other Side of Truth' Trail added
Award-winning author Beverley Naidoo visits school to end Refugee Week 2006
Programme of events for Refugee Week 2006.
Online quizzes added for Refugee Week 2006. Great prizes!!
Have a look at some of the work we've been doing in geography this year
A new video of the brilliant fairground rides made by Year 6 in design technology
More photos of Turkish/Kurdish/Turkish Cypriot Night... click to have a look!
Woodberry Down earns a place on the ICT register!
First photos of Turkish Evening added. More soon!
Do you want to be an outstanding teacher? Work for us from September 2006!
School website wins EduNet Choice Award
Children's work in ICT (from Spring 2006) added
Article published in the Hackney Gazette
More photos of school journey added
First photos of the Year 6 school journey to Lyme Regis added - lots more soon!
Article published in 'The Economist' featuring the school
Mr Wallace wins award for Leadership in Teaching at the Education Show
Summer Term Key Target maths focuses added
New reading weblogs for 'Ug', 'Skellig' and 'Krindlekrax'
Chartered London Teachers section added to site
Cherry Class wrote a song and made a pop video! Click to see it.
School and business partner win two awards at the Inspire Awards, Shoreditch Town Hall
What should we do for Turkish Evening 2006?
Online quiz about Turkey - get ready for Turkish Evening 2006: MONDAY 3 APRIL 6PM-8PM
02/02/06 edition of the Staff Newsletter published
Year 6 book shopping trip with staff from ING Barings bank
School gains 'Investor in People' status
Some of the winning posters in the School Rules Poster Competition
Current list of all clubs, booster classes and adult sessions
26/01/06 edition of the Staff Newsletter published
New weblog added based on the subject 'Should we become 3 form entry?'
Brand new photos from the fantastic Year 6 DVD of 'Charlotte's Web'
Staff Newlsetter now available online
Induction procedure for new subject leaders added. (Members only - you must be logged in to view.)
Year group teaching focuses for science (Y4-6)
Year group teaching focuses for maths
Photos of Charlotte's Web, The Musical
Photos of the brilliant Year 6 2005 Leavers' Play - GEL
ICT self assessment weblog started by Year 5
E-learning
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