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Here at Barnby Road we want your child to feel safe when using technology at home and in school.  You might have noticed our brand new CEOP button located in the top right hand corner of our website home page.  

 

If you or your child notices any inappropriate content while surfing the net, the CEOP button can be used.  This button is linked directly to the police and is an easy way for you or your child to report an e-safety concern. 

 

Should you require more information on how to keep your child safe online and when using digital devices, please visit our website using the link: Parents - E-Safety. 

 

This year, E-Safety week will be taking place in school between the 9th - 13th June.

 

Safe surfing!

 

On Friday 25th April two teams of year 5 children from Barnby Road Academy took part in the annual 'Magnus Year 5 Maths Challenge'. All year 5 children had taken part in several team challenges within school led by Stacey Atkins from the Magnus Academy. All of our teams scored really highly and the two highest scoring were chosen to go to the Magnus for a final afternoon of challenges.

 

After several tense rounds of team maths problems and 'first to the buzzer' activities we won both first and second places and were awarded the trophy and prizes of scientific calculators. Well done to both teams! We have such great maths brains here at Barnby Road.

 

Winning team:  Louis Ketley, Caitlin McDavid, AJ Young, Callum Mumby

 

Second place to: Thomas Linford, Sophie Lamont, Brooke Woolley, Archie Nesbitt

Two Newark Community Awards...wow!

 

I've always said our Trustees are real community people. Two of them received Newark Awards for their brilliant service in Newark last Friday.

 

Tony Roberts was nominated for his "Life Time Service" to Newark people. Yet another honour to go with his CBE. Tony puts his heart into all aspects of Newark life but still finds time to give us a morning a week with our younger readers. Well deserved Tony!

 

What can anyone say about Phil Shephard? The man is a "Giver" and everyone's first port of call for help with just about anything. Phil devotes many, many extra hours beyond his job description as "Site Manager", be it sport or concerts, whenever an extra pair of hands is needed you know he'll be there for you. Abigail and William Parsons nominated him for "Services to Education" but you could nominate him for any of a million things.

 

I'm retiring but ,"My goodness!" your school is in great hands with those two!

The school was rocking yesterday afternoon to the beat of samba drums. Year 6 had an amazing 'Brazil Day' spending the morning making 'Day of the Dead' and carnival masks (pictures coming soon to class pages), followed by an afternoon of Capoeira (Brazilian marshal art & dancing combination) and samba drumming. I don't think anyone knew quite how much noise we could make, but if they were in any doubt they will know now! Sessions were led by Kay Cowling, head of dance at The Magnus, and Adam from the Nottingham School of Samba. Pictures can be seen on the year 6 pages. We can't wait till next year!

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Don't miss the Year One children's animations on their class page as they give their own reasons for dinosaur extinction. Great Stuff Year One!

Our footballers have been improving "Hand over fist" since Christmas and had a wonderful tournament at the NDPSSA saw us qualifying runners up in our league with a fantastic 16 points from seven games. The semi was a tight affair against Lowes Wong(who must be getting fed up of us ruining their season), it went to penalties and AJ pulled off a wonderful save after a fantastic run of excellent penalties from our boys to put us in the final. Coddington are having a strong season this year and in the first half we went down to a goal that only goal line Technology could have proved either way (no ones fault!). Coddington pushed on hard in the second half and we were defeated 3-0 in the end...but we were over the moon to have done so well and Runners up in Newark and District this year is no mean feat! Well done: AJ, Oliver, Harry, Henry, Joshua, Addy, Michael and Jake!

 

Another great sporting morning at Flowserve!

Twenty one entrants for the school this year, our highest ever number in this very competitive competition. The club have worked hard all term practiscing their set poems and pieces. Special thanks to Emma Ferris and Laura Collinson for their coaching and to the parents who support them so well.

 

Three days of entrants and a lot more privately tutored entrants entering individually this year but that didn't stop us picking up some fantastic results and we think having the confidence to actually enter and learn poems off by heart is a triumph in itself.

 

Certificate winners in their class:

!st Holly Hunt, 2nds- Rhys Brompton, Thomas Linford, Maisie Donald,Abby-Faith Baker. 3rds Thomas Carter ,Maizie Harrison Goodger, Moly Prowse and Julia Higgins.

Special credit goes to:

Sophie Lamont,Cara Barbuti, Cerys Brompton, Gorgina Mc Keown, Dominic Bealing, Esme Nicholson, Ellie Mai Daubney, Holly Wilkinson,Elizaberh Gibson, Annabella Cassteloes, Emma Smith and Teegan Harrison-Goodger.

 

A fantastic year of entrants and we are very proud of you all!

 

Congratulations to all our young musicians who entered the Newark Young Musician Competition over the past week.

 

We had four performances in the final last night at the BarnbyGate Methodist Church; Julia Higgins on cello playing 'Bourree by Muffat' and on tenor recorder playing "Shrimp in the Shade" by Sarah Watts. Benjamin Tranter on violin  playing 'Full Moon' by K&H Colledge  and  Teegan  Harrison -Goodger on descant recorder playing "Goings on"-by Sarah Watts.

 

The standard was very high and there were only 17 finalists selected from all those children who started out in Newark. Julia was on first and played a 'blinder' with a stunningly beautiful recital on her cello (when it's good you can hear a hush in the audience), then it was Benjamin on violin and again he was brilliant (even though he is his own worst critic, Ben you're great !), Julia again (the only Newark child to make the final in two classes) on recorder ,showing her fantastic versatility . Finally Teegan, whose use of tone, her interpretation and sensitivity to the piece simply 'Wowed' judges and audience'.

 

In the meantime our orchestra had opened with two lovely pieces, such a big orchestra now with added percussion . The choir soared to new heights with two breathtaking pieces sung in two parts, with an opening solo from Lucy Brown in 'Winter Lights' and 'I don't want to live on the Moon' (I was crying inside, beautiful pieces!). The judges went out to deliberate , came in to give all the competitors their finalist medals.

 

Then the anouncements:

 

Julia Higgins third place...Teegan Harrison-Goodger second place and an undeniably brilliant pianist from Norwell first. A proud evening for Mrs Greeley and Mr Higgins ( brilliant accompanist on piano), Miss Hasche (they work so hard for your children ) and we should never forget Mr Pickersgill for all his recorder work...our school now well established for consistent musical excellence in Newark and our Academy Free Tuition  policy in it's second year of turning out great musicians.

 

WE ARE MASSIVELY PROUD OF YOU ALL  CHILDREN AND STAFF!