Well done to the Netball team who made a great start to the season winning all 5 of their fixtures on Thursday evening. They played with great determination and with some extra shooting practice could develop into an even stronger team as the season progresses. Super job girls!  

We have had an exciting opportunity from Robert Jenrick MP for Newark. He would like the children to design a Christmas card under the theme Parliament at Christmas. The picture can be any interpretation and should be completed on paper no larger than A4 size. The name and age of the child should be included within the picture. An application form must accompany the picture and you can call in at the office for one of these or access it from the document on our key information page. The deadline for entries is Monday 27th October. Happy designing!!

The boys' A and B teams are both 4 games into the new season.

It always takes a few matches for new players to bed in but there have already been some very good performances and results.

Currently the B team have won 3 out of their 4 matches and are top of the league.

The A team have had two emphatic victories, including an outstanding performance against Lowes Wong, but have also lost two games. It looks like being a very tough league again.

County competitions are underway - the girls play Cotgrave Candleby Lane on Tuesday 14th October, the boys play Leverton on Monday 20th October. Both teams are hoping to progress a long way in their competitions.

The girls will also be at Lowes Wong on Wednesday 15th October for their first Newark district tournament. They boys play at Flowserve on Saturday 18th October.

Good luck to everyone involved!

Thank you as always to Phil and Lou - our pitches are always the envy of visiting teams.

We have finished knitting our squares to make blankets for babies and children in Gambia.  The WI ladies helped too and we have sent 6 blankets that are multi-coloured and eye catching.  Mrs McDavid is taking them with her when she visits Gambia in October.  We are looking forward to seeing photographs of them being used.

 

Our next project is an array of Christmas knitted items.  Watch this space!

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded an Artsmark for the work that we do in the creative arts. We had a visit from an assessor on Friday and they were very complimentary of the school and have given us guidance as to how we could go on to achieve the Artsmark Gold status in the future. Well done to all of the staff & pupils involved in the application we are very proud of the achievement.

Well done to Mrs Beckett who has been made a trainer for the National Association of School Business Managers. This will involve her advising and supporting other business managers around the country. A great recognition for the hard work she puts into this field.

The Football season begins here at Barnby Road on Thursday evening with games for both the A & B teams in the Newark schools league. Please feel free to come along and give your support. Matches will take place after school at approximately 3.45pm. Good luck to both teams for the coming season.

Dear Staff, Governors, Parents and Children,

A great big thank you for the wonderful “Send offs” I was given last term and for all the fantastic presents and cards... particularly the words. I have re- read over 300 cards and several very beautiful and special letters, which I will treasure and intend to keep in my special box...I’ve just  this minute finished reading my subscription copy of Trout Magazine, checked the time on my lovely new watch, put down my beautifully inscribed glass  full of  wine ( I have enough wonderful wines to keep me less than sober for the next ten years and enough bottles of champagne to think of you every New Year during that ten years); glanced at my signed photo of Mr Martinez (“May he live Forever”) and my lovely  framed photos of school and sports teams, had a few more lovely chocolates from my extensive range, glanced at my  Beano annual, finished my chicken from the fantastic gas barbecue you bought me ,undone my chef’s apron from my even more rotund figure, and am about to pack up with my brand new fishing equipment, having filled up my fishing flask with “Irn Brew”. Leaving the house I will hang up one of my lovely “Gone Fishing signs”, then off to start a new life with the kind wishes and memories of such a fantastic school and community with me for ever.

Thanks Barnby Road, you are such good people, keep up the work ethic and that fantastic community spirit that makes you and those incredibly deserving Barnby children so very special and so successful.

I will think of you often,

Kev Eveleigh

 

 

Congratulations to the radio club run by Helen Mitchell and John Grindley who at the end of last year entered a competition to create a piece called "Perfect Summer" and ran out the eventual winners. There prize was a £100 Amazon Voucher to buy something to be used at school. The children involved in the winning piece were Callum Mumby, Ned O'Malley, Naomi Burke & Kyle Scott. I will try to upload the piece onto the website sometime this week.

Soaring temperatures on Friday and no ability to provide shade. The Fun sports is a rotation of 1.5 hours of activities. I have decided it would be foolhardy to expect the younger children to manage this safely. Regretfully, it is cancelled this Friday.