Our Year 3/4 football team attended the SSP football tournament on Thursday 5th October with 11 competing schools. We were placed in a difficult group with Thrunscoe Primary, Signhills Primary, New Waltham and Enfield Primary. The other group consisted of Lisle Marsden, Middlethorpe, Elliston Primary, Springfield Primary, St Mary’s Primary and St Joseph’s Primary.

Game 1: New Waltham 1 v 0 William Barcroft

Our first game ended in defeat with the boys finding their feet in the competition and playing together competitively for the first time. The boys defended well and were unlucky with the goal. Alfie-George and Reagan were brilliant at the back. Ronnie had a shot at the end to try and level proceedings but it wasn’t to be.

Game 2: Signhills Primary 2 v 0 William Barcroft

William Barcroft fell to a defeat in our second game against the competition’s eventual winners. William Barcroft held their own in this game and Jaxen played brilliantly and had to come off due to a cut on his knee, which he took well. Signhills Primary were dominant in this game. The boys took this loss really well and didn’t let this affect their confidence.

Game 3: William Barcroft 1 v 0 Thrunscoe Primary

Thrunscoe started well and applied pressure from kickoff but William Barcroft defended well with a good save from Lennon. William Barcroft dominated the game from 2 minutes in. Ronnie scored the winning goal as he picked the ball up and shot outside of the box. The ball hit one of their defenders and beat the goalkeeper. Rory was unlucky not to score but did well supporting Ronnie up front. A vital 3 points collected.

Game 4: William Barcroft 0 v 0 Enfield

The boys were full of confidence and dominated the game throughout. The boys were unlucky not to come away with all 3 points. Enfield defended well and nearly took all three points but Lennon made a great double save to earn William Barcroft 2 points.

William Barcroft earned a play off spot for 5th/6th place. William Barcroft finished 3rd in their group and had to play Middlethorpe Primary. The boys did amazingly well in their group.

Play-off Game 5: William Barcroft 0 v 3 Middlethorpe

The boys played well but it wasn’t meant to be for William Barcroft. Middlethorpe took their chances well and William Barcroft did have a chance of their own but it was saved by the goalkeeper.A massive well done to all the boys who played. The behaviour once again was impeccable and they represented themselves and the school perfectly. Thank you to all the parents, who came to support, your support is much appreciated. William Barcoft finished 6th out of 11 schools and improved on last year’s position.

Year 4 had a very exciting visitor last week! ‘Jonesy’ came in to spend the entire day with us and launch our new topic ‘Ancient Egypt’. The day started off with us learning all about the Pharaohs of Egypt. We learned that the famous Cleopatra is closer in history to us than she was to the very first Pharaoh! This helped us to understand how far back Ancient Egyptian history goes. After this, we were split into 3 groups. There were 3 different activities for us to rotate around. The first was a quiz, we were given lots of information on different subjects relating to Ancient Egypt, such as the Gods and different tombs. The next was a game that was played in Ancient Egypt. It was even played by the Pharaoh Tutankhamun! This game was found in his tomb. We enjoyed playing it, it was actually very similar to the modern game ‘Snakes and ladders’! The final activity was artifact-related. We were given the opportunity to look at real bandages (behind glass!) that had come off a mummy in a tomb, some jewelry, a scarab beetle, and a real heart stone! We had to be extremely careful, as some of the artifacts were replicas, but some were real!

In the afternoon we went to a birthday party for the Pharaoh, but something awful happened! His favorite soup had been poisoned. So instead of a birthday party, we got to watch him go through the process of mummification. We learned what canopic jars were and what was put in them. We then got to be part of a funeral procession for the Pharaoh and put on our best-crying faces as we were being professional mourners! Overall, we had a brilliant day and it really got us excited about our new topic. Thank you to Jonesy and Portals to the Past for joining us.

 

The children absolutely shone and showed their best selves during their graduation into year 6. The ceremony was introduced by some of our current year sixes, who did an excellent job of handing over the baton of responsibility. The children very proud to receive their purple jumpers, which signify their responsibility to act as role-models to all pupils. As part of the celebrations our year 5 choir sang a beautiful rendition of ‘On Top of the world’. Performance poems about their future aspirations were performed and songs were sung. All children did amazingly and we are extremely proud of them and looking forward to seeing their achievements in year 6

Wow – what a great time we had! The children and staff had an absolutely fantastic time this week at Back 2 Bear! The activities were brilliant: archery, nerf wars, angel throwing to name a few. We had a packed day on Wednesday with skill activities in groups, we went on a beautiful nature walk on Thursday and enjoyed free time with friends, toasting marshmallows and a glorious camp fire in the evenings. Special memories were made, we truly spent every second enjoying ourselves while learning new things. The tepee tents were fantastic too!

We cannot thank Spencer and the team at Back 2 Bear enough – we had an amazing few days!

 

 

Last week, members of 4BL took part in the Junior Singing Festival at the Grimsby Auditorium. The theme of the festival was Earth, Sea and Sky, and they learned songs that fitted these themes beforehand. On the day, they worked with Steven Roberts (a very experienced conductor and musical director) a live band and 300 other children from the local area to produce a performance that was fun and reflective, as well as interactive for the large audience of parents who were able to attend. The children worked hard, with only a short break in the morning, and put on a show to be proud of in the afternoon. Contenders for favorite songs were Sid the Crocodile (a humorous song with actions and voices) and The Jaguar, a reflective song about a lonely jaguar in the rainforest.

Year 4 had an amazing time at Claxby Grange farm. What a  day of learning about farm life, getting hands on with the crops and meeting the wildlife. We had a wonderful opportunity to experience the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds and climb aboard a combine harvester and tractor. We were made so welcome by Farmer Andrew and Verity! We have lots of children now aspiring to be future farmers.

We’ve had the second instalment of our fantastic Talent Showcase! We had amazing singers, dancers and plenty of comedians. We were amazed by twin-artists who had drawn Oreo the dog and Bonny the cat! A wonderful display of talents all-round and judges and audience were very impressed. Well done to our comedian Kaitlin, our singing boys in Year 4, our wonderful girl group in Year 5 and the dynamic duo singers – Kadie and Brooke as our overall winners! You all shone and made us extremely proud. WBJS definitely has talent! 

We held two fantastic sports day events that were attended by so many parents – thank you for your support on both days! The sports day consisted of 8 events. These were basketball, sack race, hurdles, javelin, discus, bean bag boccia, shot put and triple jump. Every single person gave these events 110%. Last but not least, we had the long and short distance races which were entertaining to watch and a massive well done to everyone, who competed in a race. A massive thank you to all staff, parents and especially students for making both days a success!

Something extremely exciting happened in school – we were able to open our brand-new library! Miss Stewart has been working on this project for a while: she’s researched and ordered hundreds of new books, all of which were recommended by the children! There’s comfortable seating with bean bags, cushions, and blankets so we can really use this space as an environment we can relax in with a good book. Miss Stewart has also employed a fabulous team of ‘Librarians’ to help with the upkeep and organization of the library.

On Wednesday, Woodlands Primary came across to William Barcroft to play a football friendly for both year 5/6 girls and boys. Both schools behaved impeccably and we can’t wait to face each other again and possibly other schools in our Harbour Learning Trust family. Both games were 20 minutes long with a 5 minute half time break.
Girls Match: William Barcroft 2 v 1 Woodlands Primary
The Barcroft girls got off to a flying start curtesy of Alexise, who fired us in front after 4 minutes. Alexise had a few more shots but these were saved well by the Woodlands goalkeeper. We went into half time with a 1-0 lead. William Barcroft started the second half like the first with a smashing goal by Alexise (as seen in the photo). Woodlands applied the pressure on William Barcroft and this paid off as they pulled one back towards the end of the game. Paige had a great shot which had drifted wide. Lillie-Rose also had a shot which skimmed past the past. Alexise nearly grabbed a hat trick but her powerful shot also skimmed past the post. Great result for our girls as both teams played really well.
Boys Match: William Barcroft 4 v 1 Woodlands Primary
The Barcroft boys kicked off and for 7 minutes, both teams were unable to break each other down with Ethan and the Woodland’s keeper making some great saves between them. Eventually, the deadlock was broken thanks to some great footwork from Louie who fired the ball low into the net. 2 minutes later, Robbie scored a fantastic goal of sheer quality with a beautiful volley fired into the roof of the net. William Barcroft went into half time 2-0 winners. William Barcroft were rampant and were looking for more goals. 2 minutes into the second half, a corner was fired in by Louie and Robbie got on the end of it to make it 3-0. A few more minutes later Tobias chased down a loose ball and collided with the Woodland’s keeper to make it 4-0. Both boys went in fairly but the Woodland’s keeper chose to go off after the collision, due to injury. A minute after kicking off Woodlands pulled one back but it proved only to be a consolation goal. A dominant display from the boys who looked like a different team to the one that drew 2-2 with Woodlands in January.
A massive thank you to Mr Bowden and Woodlands Primary for coming over, it was a pleasure to have you all with us and enjoy a fun afternoon. Such a rewarding treat after SATs. Well done to everyone that played today, you all did fantastically well and yet again have made Mr Dawes very proud!