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New Year... New Faces
A U T U M N T E R M 2 0 1 7
Senior School
Bancroft’s School, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0RF
020 8505 4821
Preparatory School
Bancroft’s Preparatory School, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 0RF
020 8506 6774
InsightBancroft’s School Newsletter
As well as welcoming our new Alphas,
Thirds and Lower Sixths to Bancroft’s
in September, we also said hello
to a number of new staff. Some of
the faces might look a little familiar:
Chris Atkinson returns after spending
a couple of years at Felsted, whilst
Siobhan Hancock, Louis Pollock and
Harry Jones are all Old Bancroftians!
Just like the new pupils, the new staff have had
new routines, buildings and timetables to get
used to and we are sure that they felt equally as
nervous on their first day! So half a term in and
how are they feeling now? We asked a couple
of them for their initial impressions of being
part of the Bancroft’s community.
Siobhan Hancock, our new Head of Modern
Languages, said, “It has been wonderful to
return to my alma mater after 20 years. The
buildings may have changed a little, but the
spirit of the School has remained the same –
staff and students have been so welcoming.
Highlights of my first few weeks have included
extension sessions with U6 students applying
to do languages at Oxbridge, working with
students on the MFL magazine, Classical
Society talks at lunch time and singing with my
German classes.”
Julia Whitbread, joins us as Director of Music.
Her first half term has been busy but she
says, “I have thoroughly enjoyed the first four
weeks at Bancroft’s, although during the first
two weeks I hardly felt as though I had time
to breathe! Now I am feeling more into the
routine I am relishing all the challenges a new
school brings, meeting all the students and staff
in other departments, although I don’t always
put the right name to the right face! The
Music Department is always busy, but every
day brings something new. The best thing is
hearing all the musical sounds coming from
visiting music teachers’ rooms and listing to
the various rehearsals that happen in A3 every
day. It already feels as though I have been here
much longer than just four short weeks.”