William Barcroft Junior School
'Success and happiness for every child'
We are very proud of our school, the children, staff and environment and of course the great support we receive from our parents.
For more information, please visit our full website by clicking here.
Take a look at our videos and pictures of children enjoying their time at WBJS.
A Message from Mrs Sargent:
Principal Appointment
As you know, since Mrs C was promoted to be our Executive Principal back in February, I have been Acting Associate Principal for our school. The recruitment process for a permanent Principal has now been completed and I would like to let you know that I have been successful in my application. I therefore became our permanent Principal at the start of this half term. I would like to thank everyone for your fantastic support during this interim period and say how much I’m looking forward to working closely with you to ensure your children get the best possible learning experiences and outcomes. I’m incredibly proud to be heading up the fantastic WBJ team and extremely excited about how far we can take the academy moving forward. As always please don’t hesitate to come and see me if you have any concerns (or good news too!).
Thank you
Sarah Sargent
A Message from Miss Burman:
A Message from Miss Stewart:
Remembrance Day
'For your tomorrow, we gave our today'
We are very proud of our school governors at William Barcroft Junior School for representing us on Thursday 11th November at the Remembrance Memorial Service held in Cleethorpes.
Please see Twitter for more photos.
Maths Week England 8th-11th November
This week was maths week England and to mark the occasion we participated in a national competition on Timestables Rockstars. The children have been tasked with answering as many correct answers as possible to be in with the chance of winning Amazon vouchers for the academy! We also held our own Barcroft competition with the classes in years 3 and 4 and years 5 and 6 going head to head to win a prize from Mr Ferrier for the most correct answers during this week. We love the competition here at William Barcroft and the children have really enjoyed taking part. The winners will be revealed next week!!
Times Tables Rockstars
Scroll through the images on the left to see those children that have been selected by their teachers for the following reasons:
-Improving speed
-Improving levels
-Engagement
-Accuracy
Stars of the Week
This week's stars have been working extra hard in school and have impressed their teachers. Well done everyone! Scroll through the images on the left to see who has received the well deserved golden stars this week.
Year 6 Superstars
Each week up to 5 members of our year 6 cohort are chosen as superstars of the week based on their learning. These children have impressed with their great progress and will be congratulated by all staff members across the school. Well done to them all!
Scroll through the images on the left to see who has been amazing this week.
Attendance
Reminder to all parents/carers that penalties and fines may be issued for any unauthorised holidays taken during term time. Please contact the school office if you have any questions. Thank you.
PRESS RELEASE | GHOST FIN
CALLING ALL SCHOOL’S! WE NEED YOUR HELP
ENTER OUR COMPETITION TO ‘NAME THE FIN’ IN OUR FIRST BOOK AND HELP US CLEAN UP THE OCEANS TOO
The winner of the competition will:
Have their name appear in the book
Received a signed copy of the book
Receive a £50 EBB & FLO gift card
Get your entries into Miss Baggott by 10/12/2021.
Upcoming Events
Monday 15th-Holocaust Trip-Year 6
Monday 15th November-Odd socks Day-ANTI BULLYING WEEK
Wednesday 17th-Music Workshop
Friday 19th November-Children In Need-dress up in Sporty clothes-50p donation
Thursday 25th November-Normanby Hall Trip-Year 5
Tuesday 7th December-Christmas Party Day-Whole school
Friday 10th December-Christmas Jumper Day
Monday 13th December-Christmas Panto for Years 3/4
Wednesday 15th December-Christmas Panto for Years 5/6
Thursday 16th December-Christmas Dinner
Friday 17th December-School closes for Christmas holidays
School for registration is 8.50am, and as we did pre-lockdown we will be allowing children in from 8.40am for some warm up activities. Please encourage them to arrive at this time if possible. Our finish time is 3.05pm for all pupils.
Image Theatre Production
On Tuesday 9th November we had Image Theatre company in school delivering a production of The Reluctant Dragon. The children really enjoyed the performance and some of them even took part!
Please see Twitter for pictures and videos.
Pastoral/Safeguarding
At William Barcroft Junior School we are having a huge focus on school uniform. Please ensure your child/ren are wearing the correct uniform as per our school policy. Children in year 6 MUST attend school in white polo t-shirts with our school purple jumpers/cardigans.
Please ensure bright coloured dye is not being used on childrens hair during term time. Thank you.
Please support us in school with ensuring your children are able to take their own earrings out on year group PE days or bring in plasters from home to cover them.
Full size chocolate bars or loose chocolates/sweets should NOT be put into children's packed lunches.
Please be aware that staff are available to supervise your children from 8.30am on the playground, but not before. If possible please wait with your children before school, our doors open at 8.40am. This will support us to minimise the number of concerns, which are caused by children being left without a parent/carer on the playground.
In school the children have received a 'NSPCC Pants' lesson during PSHCE with Mrs Regan this week. Please follow the link if you would like to discuss the song/content with your children,
Compass Go wellbeing service work alongside the team in school to support our pupils with their mental health and wellbeing. WBJS and Compass Go are committed to supporting the whole school community, and would like to collect the views of parents/carers to see how we can support you further. Please complete the survey below:
We would really appreciate it if you could support your child to share their views by helping the complete the following survey:
Looking to support your child?
Does your child have a disability or learning need?
Is your child having problems at school?
Are you concerned your child is being excluded from activities?
Do they need help with some stage of their learning or development?
Visit the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Local Offer website:
https://sendlocaloffer.nelincs.gov.uk
E-Safety
Internet Matters have done it again, this time a personalised online safety toolkit they can use at home. By answering a few simple questions they can get age-specific advice, learn about popular apps, information on how to deal with any concerns and also tools to support their interests and well-being.
https://www.internetmatters.org/digital-family-toolkit/
Pupil Links