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On Friday 18th November Children can come to school wearing something spotty or pyjamas.   If you would like to make a donation to BBC's Children in Need, please do this via ParentMail.

Barton launches Anti-Bullying Week! The children have worn odd socks today to celebrate everything that makes us unique. They took part in an assembly this morning where we discussed what bullying is and where we can find help for ourselves or our friends. They will also be taking part in activities this week in their own classes and a whole school display will be created in school to support our message beyond this week.    

We took part in a 2 minute silence today for Remembrance Day to pay our respect to those fallen soldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Thank you for all your donations to the Royal British Legion.    

On Friday 7th October, our Year 4 classes will be delivering a Harvest Festival assembly to the school. Any parent/carer of children in year 4 are invited to come and watch this performance at 9:00am. After the assembly, the Pastoral Team at Barton will be armed with coffee, tea and biscuits for a coffee morning. Our Barton 'Swap Shop' will be ready and the Year 4 teachers will also be joining us so you can meet your child's new teacher. For Harvest this year, we are collecting donations for Dover Foodbank.There is no obligation for this but if you are able to donate any non-perishable food, please can we ask that children bring it in before or on Friday 7th October. Below is a list of the most wanted items: Noodles, Biscuits, Cereals, Dried pasta, Instant coffee, Long-life fruit juice, Long-life milk, Microwaveable puddings, Pasta sauces, Rice, Shower gel, Cuppa soups, Tea bags, Tinned fruit, Tinned meat and fish, Tinned puddings, Tinned spaghetti, Tinned vegetables, Tinned potatoes, Toiletries, Toilet rolls, Vegetarian/free from options. We are happy to receive ANY sealed tinned/ Long-life items. Many thanks, Miss O'Dell

Barton Junior School would like to invite Year 6 parents/carers/guardians to join us at 2:30 for a coffee afternoon at the school on Wednesday 28th September. We hope to make these year group coffee meetings a regular occurrence throughout the year. The pastoral team at Barton will be armed with coffee, teas and biscuits and the Year 6 teachers will also be available to join us so you can meet your child’s teacher. On that day there will be a “Swap Shop” table with children’s clothes, toys, books and uniform. Please bring along any donations you may have for this, and please feel free to take anything you need from the table.   We look forwards to seeing you on Wednesday.

On Monday 26th September, Miss Taylor is inviting any member of our school community to help her with the school garden. She is needing support to pull up weeds, harvest our potatoes and generally tidy the area ready for winter.  This will take place after school has finished (at 3:10) so please feel free to join in after the children have been collected. Any member of our school community is welcome to help out. Gardening Club will officially start again later in the year for children, where there will also be other opportunities for parents and guardians to get involved too.

Barton Junior School would like to invite Year 5 parents/carers/guardians to join us at 2:30 for a coffee afternoon at the school on Thursday 22nd September. We hope to make these year group coffee meetings a regular occurrence throughout the year. The pastoral team at Barton will be armed with coffee, teas and biscuits and the Year 5 teachers will also be available to join us so you can meet your child’s teacher. On that day there will be a “Swap Shop” table with children’s clothes, toys, books and uniform. Please bring along any donations you may have for this, and please feel free to take anything you need from the table. There will also be a table with leaflets of where to find local support, including free subscriptions to help any children who struggle with maths!   We look forwards to seeing you on Thursday.

Just a reminder to all our parents/carers that the school will be closed on Monday 19th September to allow our school community to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II.