BALFOUR JUNIOR ACADEMY
(Part of the Fort Pitt Thomas Aveling Academies)
Happy Easter!
We hope you have a very happy Easter break, and look forward to seeing you on Monday 19th April for the the first day of term 5.
Please read our Risk Assessment and Parent Guide for all of the information you will need:
Covid-19 Secure Risk Assessment -Re-opening 8th March 2021
Parent guide for reopening March 8th 2021
Remote Learning
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about remote learning or need to find out your child’s login details.
Remote education information for parents – Balfour Juniors
If you do not have broadband at home, you can request to have mobile data on on your phone increased. Please see the document below for details of how it works and how to apply:
Click here to login to Teams: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/log-in
Please ensure you have read and understood the school’s protocols for online lessons.
Protocols for Online Lessons – Balfour Junior Academy
Welcome to Balfour Junior Academy!
As Headteacher here at Balfour Junior Academy, I would like to extend to you the warmest of welcomes. Balfour Juniors is a large, vibrant, and friendly Junior school where our core beliefs centre around instilling a love of and a passion for learning.
Achieve Your Dreams
We have a strong vision for Balfour, built upon our core values of kindness, fairness, respect, nurturing and integrity.
We will build a community within Medway where children are more than just educated and where all feel safe and supported. They will be empowered to change their own lives and the lives of those around them. They will be able to stand up and become pillars of the community making a positive difference.
We will be good role models, who inspire everyone to be motivated to make a positive impact on each other’s lives. Together we will continually strive to remove the barriers to success and fear of failure.
We will provide a culture of mutual respect and acceptance with children moving onto their next venture with the skills and values to set them on the path to achieve their dreams. Our school will take pride in leading the children in Medway on their journey – both educationally and for life: enabling them to drive their own futures to greater success and shape our diverse community for the better.
A Balfour Teacher is respectful, consistent and an inspirational role model. They deliver exciting, vibrant and well-pitched lessons in an optimistic and humorous style. They are honest and able to deliver the hard messages whilst still using praise and positive affirmation wisely to encourage and enthuse.
A Balfour Pupil, on leaving us at the end of year 6 is a confident, self -motivated and kind individual who is enthusiastic and eager to develop their full potential in both curricula and social areas of their lives. They are a credit to both their families and to their Junior School.
We hope that this website will give you as much information as possible about our school, the staff and the many activities that our children enjoy through our curriculum. To find out more about our wonderful school, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Mrs Z Mayston
Headteacher
Where to find the latest information
Updates on COVID-19:
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Guidance for educational settings:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19
On 1st January 2017 the school converted to academy and joined The FPTA Academies. Information about the trust’s governance, financial reports and funding agreement could be found on their website: http://fptaacademies.org.uk/.
Image from Pixabay used under the Creative Commons License CC0.
Personalised name labels can be purchased from Stikins. When ordering please use fundraising number 1130 and the school will receive up to 30% commission to spend on things that benefit the children of Balfour Juniors.
Please use the link above to access key information to help everyone stay safe online – be SMART!
Our Awards and Commendations
