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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Head Teacher Blog w/c 23rd Sept
Fri 27 Sep 2019This week has been particularly exciting for Junior 1 who went on a residential to Walesby with Langar Primary School. We try and work closely with Langar as they also feed into Toot Hill enabling the children to develop friendships that will last into secondary school. All the children have had a fantastic time doing a wide range of activities and have all tried something new. It was my absolute pleasure to join them today and see them in action there are some brilliant photos on twitter so I would advise you to have a look and see what they got up to: https://twitter.com/gunthorpecofeps
A special well done to Summer from Junior 2 who ran in the the Equinox 24h race over the weekend. She did incredibly well and raised money for the Hartley Joe Charity. I have challenged the staff to get involved next year and see if we can put together a team! https://www.equinox24.co.uk/
On to our brilliant book...
Infant 1- Pheobe and Niamh- for some fantastic observational drawings of fruit and vegetables. Pheobe drew a fntastic pepper and Niamh a mushroom. Both girls looked really carefully at the vegetables and included lots of detail. They really are beautiful- have a look at the photo below!
Infant 2- Seth, Lyla, Jessie, Ella S- for their hard work and attention to detail when creating their this is me work as part of the topic. They made fantastic creative choices.
Lissie- for her interest and knowledge in the world around her over the last 2 lessons. She has brilliant geographical knowledge and is such a super star!
Writer of the week: Georgie- for great detail and description when explaining why beetroot is her favourite vegetable. She was really going the extra mile when editing and improving to ensure neatness and accuracy. Well done- you can read it in the photo below.
Junior 2- Riley - for good maths work using frog number lines to calculate subtraction number sentences.
Rosie and Chloe- for writing an excellent alternative verse to the poem The Highwayman- see photo
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Young Voices 2020
Wed 25 Sep 2019Limited places avaliable for our Young Voices Concert so do sign up if your interested. There is a fantastic website showing what the concert is like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZpzNr2P7gs
It really is a very exciting opportunity for Gunthorpe Children. If you did have any concerns please speak to Mrs Brown or Miss Bottrell.
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Headteacher blog w/c 16th September
Fri 20 Sep 2019What a fantastic week we have had at Gunthorpe. It feels like a long time ago now but it was only last Saturday we held our most successful gala yet. A huge thank you to FoGS for all their hard work organising everything and we are delighted to let you know over £2,500 was raised on the day! In a time when school budgets are increasingly tight this money makes a massive difference to the opportunities we are able to provide for your children.
This week has been one of great sporting success for the school with all Junior 2 girls attending a Girls Physical Activity festival- they had to see how many laps they could complete in 25 minutes constant running and Summer did brilliantly to achieve a total of 5. They all told us enthusiastically how much they enjoyed it, especially those year 6s who had been last year as year 5s. Our boys football team (also from Junior 2) took part in their first match on Thursday night after only one training session. It was an incredibly tight match and only the last kick of the game meant that they eventually drew 3-3. Mr Tyler spoke so enthusiastically about how well all the boys played and especially their sense of team work throughout. I know there is already another match lined up so we look forward to hearing all about it!
On to our brilliant book...
Infant 1- Dax and Rupert- both in the brilliant book because despire the fact that both boys are only preschoolers they have been joining in with the phonics sessions and can now hear and match rhyming words. They are also beginning to recognise some sounds. Well done boys!
Infant 2- Writer of the week - Alex B - for a fantastic character description of the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk. Please do have a read below...
Autumn- for her fantastic mathematical understanding of teen numbers. She was able to explain the tens and ones in two digit numbers and once she had completed her work chose to stay and help her friends.
Seth- is in this week for his genius maths brain. He has showed real understanding of his place value and really impressed Mrs Brown and Miss Bottrell this week.
Lissie- Mrs Brown was so impressed by your enthusiasm. She described you as just a brilliant learner, always ready to listen and take in lots of new information!
Junior 1- Olivia and Freya- for their excellent fable writing using embeded speech, joined writing and powerful additions such as adjectives and adverbs.
Evie and Toby- for working independently for a sustained time on their online mathletics homework. Well done to you both, such mature attitudes towards learning.
Junior 2- George- really good English work adding adverbials to improve sentences.
Melissa- For excellent work in English adding relative clauses to your sentences.
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Summer Reading challenge
Fri 13 Sep 2019Over the holiday we held our own Summer Reading Challenge and we were absolutely blown away with the results. We had 39 children complete the challenge and an additional 6 children had a go and handed their forms in even though they did manage to complete 15 of the challenges. A big thank you to all those who joined in the fun they all got a prize in assembly today to say well done.
We also challenged the children to see how many unusual places they could find to read in and the top 3 entries were Connie- Harry Potter Studios, Rhys mid bounce at Planet Bounce and Jacob on a theme ride! All 3 children have won a £5 book voucher which they also received today in assembly.
We have exciting plans for Reading this year at Gunthorpe as we hope to develop some Reading ambassadors from each year group.
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Headteacher blog w/c 9.9.19
Fri 13 Sep 2019What a fantastic week it has been especially with the beautiful weather to end the week. It was great to see all the children in their own clothes today and there is a real buzz around school for the gala tomorrow. I hope you are able to join us. A big well done to Harriet, Rhys and Lissie who all completed the Summer Library Reading challenge and brought their medals and certificates in this week. We also held our own Summer Reading challenge- please do read all about that here
This week we were looking at our whole school value of friendship as we welcomed the children back to school and we learnt the bible verse that as a school we have chosen to go alongside this. James 1:17
’Every good and perfect gift comes from our heavenly father’
On to our brilliant book...
Infant 1- Rupert for showing the value of friendship and service by making sure that Jimmy was able to move around the classroom by moving toys out of the way
Bella and Claudie- for making a brilliant face out of natural materials in forest school today. They found the perfect stick to make a smile.
Infant 2- Dylan for showing the value of service and looking after the classroom to keep it tidy
Alex and Autumn- for great enthusiasm for their new homework launch and producing a superb poster on the human body. What a brilliant start to year 1 girls.
Writer of the week for the first time this year went to Jake. Well done for your superb character description and for remembering all your finger spaces. It is beautifully presented.
Junior 1- Megan and Scarlett- excellent presentation in independent maths work, it is so nice to see how much pride you have taken with it.
Krishan- for showing determination and detail in all his maths challenges this week. What a superb start to the year.
Junior 2- Summer for her superb maths work. Accurately rounding 5 digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000.
Rosie and Orla for their good recounts of a day from the summer holidays. Making Mr Tyler laugh out loud is no small challenge!
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Welcome Mrs Harvey
Thu 12 Sep 2019This year Mrs Perry will not be teaching every week at Gunthorpe. She has worked at the school for many years and has been fantastic at supporting music and gardening within the school. We are all so grateful for the amazing enthusiasm and energy that she has brought to the school especially with the superb concerts and productions she has been involved with. We are all going to miss her but hoepfully she will continue to be able to continue to teach, all be it less frequently - I know Junior 2 loved seeing her yesterday!
Today Mrs Harvey started as a music specialist for the school. She will be teaching Junior 1 and Junior 2 on a Thursday afternoon for this Autumn term. Mrs Harvey is a very experienced primary teacher with a specialism in music. I know that the children will make her feel really welcome and I hope she feels part of the Gunthorpe team straight away.
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Aldi's Kit for Schools
Fri 06 Sep 2019This term we’re collecting Team GB stickers with Aldi’s Kit for Schools for the chance to be one of 20 primary schools to win £20,000 to build a health legacy at our school!
From 6 September–3 November, when you spend £30 or more in any Aldi store, you’ll receive a special Team GB sticker – if our school works together to collect 300 stickers, we will automatically receive an exclusive school sports kit, in addition to entry into the £20,000 prize draw!
Please send any stickers you receive into school with your children, or bring them in yourself to add to our collection box in the school office, and we will add them to our Aldi’s Kit for Schools sticker poster.
The Aldi’s Kit for Schools campaign supports the aims of Get Set to Eat Fresh, Aldi and Team GB’s award-winning school’s programme, which has already beaten its target to reach 1.2 million young people in the UK by 2020, reaching over 1.5 million young people since its inception.
Throughout the autumn term, we will be trying out Get Set to Eat Fresh’s fun and engaging resources to create healthy moments in assemblies and the classroom, alongside setting occasional take-home tasks and challenges. We appreciate your support in helping pupils to complete these activities and hope you will enjoy finding out more about the campaign and the healthy challenges we complete.
We hope everyone will enjoy collecting Team GB stickers and exploring healthy eating this term. Remember, Aldi’s Kit for Schools Team GB stickers are available until 3 November when shopping in any Aldi store. We will keep everyone up to date with how many stickers we have collected, and how many we have to go!
If you want to find out more about Aldi’s Kit for Schools you can visit getseteatfresh.co.uk/kitforschools, or get in touch with the school for more information on our plans.
Thank you so much for your support on this project – we look forward to receiving any stickers you collect!
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Head Teachers Blog w/c 2nd September
Fri 06 Sep 2019What a fantastic first week back it has been. All the classes have been so settled and it has been such a pleasure to walk around school and see children so enthusiastic and excited about their new topics. I hope by now you have recieved the class newsletter from your childs teacher, do please feel free to speak to them at the start of end of the day on the playground if there is anything you are unsure about! We have a very exciting term coming up.
On Saturday 14th September please don't forget our Gunthorpe Gala which is always a fantastic event organised by FoGS and always raises an incredible amount of much needed funds for school. A big thank you for all those who are working so hard in preparation for the day. Ducks and raffle tickets are still avaliable to purchase on the playground.
On Sunday 15th September we have been asked by Rev Simon Jones if as a school we would like to be part of the OneLIFE Songs of Praise service they are holiday at the church. OneLIFE is a group of Bishops and church leaders from the North of England, led by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. I would love to be able to bring a group of children to sing one or two of the schools favourite songs. If you are free to attend please sign up so we know if we have enough children free here https://forms.gle/EqBUTddyoLwVAPhs9
More details about the event can be found here https://www.facebook.com/events/342866083259408/
On to our brilliant book!
Infant 1- Henry and Eleanor- for making a fantastic start in reception. Showing great listening and following our rules and routines!
Infant 2- Frankie- for having confidence in the classrom and a great attitude to being in year 1!
Heidi- for clearly doing lots of reading at home and making huge progress over the summer.
Junior 1- Harrison and Isobel- an extra energetic start to the year. Thank you for supporting others in your group work and thinking well to solve problems in science.
Junior 2- Orla and Evie B- a really good start to the year in maths. Showing a great understanding of place value.
A special mention to Jessie and Rupert for working really hard and passing their martial arts grading over the summer. Jessie even scored 6+ (out of 6!) for effort and attitude- what a super star!
If any children completed the Summer Reading challenge at the library please do bring your certificates and medals in for next Friday as we would love to celebrate this acheivement together. There is also still time to hand in the School Summer Reading challenge bingo card to Mrs Brown for a prize!
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Welcome back!
Wed 04 Sep 2019Welcome back to school!
We hope you have had a fantastic summer, it has been so lovely to welcome all the children back and hear all about what they got up to in the holidays. Thank you for sending your children in to school with smart uniform and positive attitudes. We would like to give a warm welcome to our new children Dax, Kitty, Isobel, Sebby, Jimmy, Joshua, Noah, Elenor and Leon. We also welcome Mrs Shipman our new School Buisness Manager in the office.
Class newsletters will be coming out this week and a whole school newsletter by next Monday with a dates list for your diary- we will also be endevoring to ensure the calendar on the new school website is kept up to date this year!
