On Monday 9th October, we travelled away to Woodlands Primary for our first league game in the new Harbour Learning Trust Football League. We had a 20 minute girls match and a 20 minute boys match.

Girls Match: Woodlands Primary 1 v 0 William Barcroft

Total heartbreak for the girls in this game. They played some good football and had a few chances to win the game. Ava played remarkably well up top beating defenders and having a few shots at goal. Anne did exceptionally well in defence: stopping attackers and clearing the ball well. Miley worked hard in midfield and had a shot that was saved by the keeper. The girls went in at half time 0-0. In the second half the Woodland’s number 7 turned up the tempo and played magnificently, definitely the girl of the match across both teams. In the final minute a shot just beat Brooke in goal and Woodlands took the lead. A close contest overall and the girls were unlucky not to walk away with something.

Boys Match: Woodlands Primary 0 v 0 William Barcroft

A good start in the league and a vital 2 points earned. The boys played well and had a few efforts. Freddie did well and had a few attempts missed and one that hit the post. In the 4th minute, a penalty was awarded to William Barcroft and the resulting penalty was saved by the goalkeeper. The boys continued to battle. The two teams went in at the break level. George, our goalkeeper, was man of the match with his second half performance. He made 4 vital saves and kept the score level. A decent performance with plenty to build on.

Thank you to Mr Bowden at Woodlands for hosting us, it was a great contest and we absolutely loved going to your school. Well done to everyone who played, you all played brilliantly.

Tuesday 10th October

Basketball

On Tuesday 10th October, our year 3/4 basketball teams attended a development competition for basketball. We were placed into 3 groups, with the winners of each group being rewarded with medals. There were 9 competing schools altogether. We were in a group with Elliston Primary and Oasis Nunsthorpe Primary. The games were split into 2 halves with the boys competing the first half and the girls competing the second half.

Game 1: William Barcroft 6 v 2 Oasis Nunsthorpe Primary

First Half: The boys started well but found themselves 2 points behind after Nunsthorpe scored a basket. just before halftime, Archie scored a fantastic basket to level the game.

Second Half: The girls came out and battled well. They dominated the game and did well to put off Nunsthorpe by standing in front of their shots. Demi and Savannah both scored hoops to win the game for William Barcroft.

Game 2: William Barcroft 6 v 0 Elliston Primary B

First Half: The boys started well and definitely played better in this game than in their first game. Archie scored a basket early on to put us 2 points ahead. The boys did much better at blocking shots and making themselves as big as possible to put off the opposition.

Second Half: The girls started fantastically and managed to score 2 baskets in this game. Demi and Savannah again scored the baskets. The girls played much better this game as well. Their passing was better and they were wonderful to watch.

Overall, we came out winners of our group. The children were rewarded with winner medals and they thoroughly deserved them. Massive well done to everyone, you should be extremely proud of yourselves. Thank you to Grimsby Pheonix for hosting the event and supporting the children amazingly. Behaviour was fantastic from the children and you represented yourselves and the school perfectly.

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.