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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Headteachers blog w/c 27th January

  Fri 31 Jan 2020

  We started this week on National Holocaust Memorial day thinking about how we can learn from the past and stand up for things that we see are wrong. It has been brilliant to continue conversations with children throughout the week regarding respect and how we value everybody and celebrate being different.  Thank you also to all those parents who have sent in values slips this week. It is fantastic to hear about how your children show our whole school values at home. We have several children recieving certificates next week.

   

  This week we also had a team of children from year 5 and 6 take part in an indoor rowing competition. Considering over half of them had never been on a rowing machine they did brilliantly. Mr Tyler and Miss Bottrell said they represented the school superbly especially with regards to their enthusiasm and behaviour. There are some brilliant photographs below!

   

  Harriet also brought in some medals this week celebrating passing her grade 1 ballet and tap with distinction. The comments on her grading slip were incredibly positive and as a school we are very proud of her!

   

  On to our brilliant book...

  Infant 1- Jimmy- for trying really hard with his words and talking. Jimmy is always happy to have a go at saying different words and has spotted things in stories that he knows and said those independently. He always has a smile which brightens up Infant 1 classroom. Well done!

  Niamh- for her fantastic gymanstics skills. Niamh listens well in PE and has demonstrated lots of different positions for us. She has fantastic flexibility and balance. Well done.

  Super sentence writer: Pheobe- for writing independently and always having a go! She was able to write the red words we, I, go and the. Brilliant!

   

  Infant 2- Frankie- for contributing to class discussion and putting his hand up to answer questions.
  Anders- for great problem solving with time- ordering clocks and showing o'clock and half past.
  Writer of the week: Ella S- for excellent vocabulary when detailing the appearance, habitat and offspring of polar bears!

   

  Junior 1- Isobel- for great respect and friendship this week. During PE she valued everyones contribution and gave her friends fantastic words of encouragement in science. Thanks Isobel you are a fab classmate!

  Noah and Toby- for fantastic perserverance in bar modelling in maths this morning. Even attempting word problems with 4 digit numbers. It wasn't easy but you never gave up!

  Henry- for sheer determination not to give up with his writing. He had to turn our Beowolf text from third person to first person. This was not easy because it was written in old fashioned English but he was a star and finished it all independently!

   

  Junior 2- George, Jack and Jacob- for great maths work finding fractions of different amounts.

  

• Head Teachers blog w/c 20th January

  Fri 24 Jan 2020

  What a fantastic week we have had. On Tuesday Mrs Bills took a group of year 4 and 5s to Southwell to attend a conference all about modern slavery. We have come back full of ideas to share with the rest of the school all about how we can act to change the world and make a difference to reducing slavery in 2020.

   

  This Wednesday we had a fantastic university day- full of all sorts of different activites. From chain mail, origami, animation, painting with input from a guest artist, cricket, gardening, science experiments, cooking...the list goes on and on. It was so much fun and I know staff and pupils really enjoyed it! There are lots of pictures on our twitter account so please do have a look https://twitter.com/gunthorpecofeps

  
  On Friday all the infants took part in a special Chinese New Year morning full of different crafts an activities to celebrate the year of the rat from Saturday 25th January.

   

  On to our brilliant book...

   

  Infant 1- Bella- for her fantastic sequencing and retelling of the three little pigs story. Bella worked independently and showed real independance and determination. Well done!

  Dax- has learnt his first 5 sounds and is having a go at blending them together to read words. He has shown real enthusiasm and a can do attitude. Well done!

   

  Infant 2- Ben- for having a fantastic attitude to school and putting 100% effort into every aspect of work this week.
  Writer of the week- Rhys for listening carefully to his targets adn really trying hard to sit his letters on the line. Rhys did not just 1 but  2 fantastic pieces of work this week for Mrs Brown and Miss Bottrell.

   

  Junior 1- Jack - for his powerful adjectives and description in his setting. Mrs Bills was incredibly impressed with his phrases carefully selected.
  Freya- Mrs Shaw was so impressed with the determination Freya showed on University day making the chain mail.

  Carla- for her amazing attitude to everything she does. She listens very carefully to Mrs Nolan and always ensures her presentation is perfect. All her books are beautful because she takes such pride in her work.

   

  Junior 2- Kai- for his excellent sentence writing this week. Mrs Dewick was incredibly proud of how hard you have been working and the progress you are making.

  Katy and Florrie- for super science work writing up their investigation including very good conclusions.

  Oliver S- Miss Watson was really impressed witrh your fantastic effort in maths this week. You have worked hard to complete all tasks at a very high standard. Well done!

  

• Head Teachers Blog w/c 13th January

  Fri 17 Jan 2020

  What a brilliant week we have had! Here is just a highlight:

  Our choir attended young voices for the first time and had an incredible time- photos and what they thought can be found here https://www.gunthorpeschool.co.uk/news/detail/young-voices/

   

  Junior 1 have had an incredibly exciting week with the BBC weather forecaster Anna Church visiting on Wednesday. All the children had a chance to have a go and really enjoyed learning about it as part of their topic on Climate zones. Thank you Mrs Brown for organising.

   

  Year 3/4 atheletics team did brilliantly at South Notts Academy on Wednesday. They represented the school superbly. They were motivated, showed great team work and supportd everyone in all schools. Mrs Findlay and Mrs Nolan were proud of them all and they have all got a respect and determination sticker on their chart!

   

  Junior 1 also had bikeability on Thursday this week- the adults running the sessions reported the children were incredibly well behaved, good cyclists and determined. Well done all those who achieved Level 1!

   

  On to our brilliant book...

   

  Infant 1- Claudie and Pheobe- for their brilliant three bears story maps. Both girls spent time on their work and used lots of great story language when retelling the story. Well done!

   

  Infant 2- Writer of the week: Jessie- for a well thought out winter poem using verbs and alliteration.

  Seth, Ella J, Heidi and Ella S- for determination and perserverance with their maths work. They were honest that they were struggling but pushed themselves to grasp a concept and practise until they understood it. Well done to you all!

   

  Junior 1- Leon- for his accurate voice and expression when presenting the weather during our weather watch session.

  Rhona- for reading at home independently and showing such good understanding of the book. Well done!

  
  Junior 2- Kai has shown fantastic reading with excellent fluency and understanding this week. Keep it up!

  

• Young Voices

  Fri 17 Jan 2020 Mrs Bills

  For the first time ever this year Gunthorpe joined in with “the largest school choir in the world” in a concert organised by Young Voices.  On Monday 13^th January we took a choir of 20 children, from year 2 to 6, too Sheffield arena for a singing extravaganza. The children had worked incredibly hard practising and rehearsing 14 different songs complete with dance moves.  It was a very long day, with the children not returning home until 10.30pm but they only have incredibly positive feedback with 100% of them agreeing they would love to be a part of it again. Here is what some of them said:

   

  “It was a great experience to sing with other people from so many different schools” Toby (year 3)

   

  “I made new friends with people from the choir. It was amazing to sing with everyone and I loved doing all the actions” Georgie (year 2)

   

  “It was such a wonderful opportunity to do something so special. I met wonder people, even from afar. There was a real community around all the schools. One school started a Mexican wave with their torches and it spread all around the arena!” Aleena (year 5)

   

  “I am so glad I got the experience as I am in year 6 and won’t get the chance again. It was the best time of my life. Singing, dancing alongside other schools and famous singers. It really boosted my confidence because I knew even if I made a mistake it wouldn’t matter and if people laughed it was because we were all having fun together” Harriet (year 6)

   

  “It was so funny, especially dancing alongside Andy. He was so enthusiastic and made everyone laugh- he was just like a big kid. I loved the lights and think everyone should do it next year!” Lyla P (year 3)

   

  Big thank you to Mrs Brown and Miss Bottrell for organising, rehearsing and all your hard work to make it happen!

  

• Head Teachers Blog w/c 6th January

  Fri 10 Jan 2020

  What a fantastic first week back for the term. We welcome several new families to our school and we know their children have settled beautifully so well done (they are all in the brilliant book!). We also say a sad good bye today to Kelsie-Mae and Gracie who are leaving and will be missed. Good luck at your next school.

   

  We invited all the year 6 parents to join us for our fantastic Friday assembly and presented the children with their leavers hoodies. They can wear them in school from Monday and they know that the whole school will be looking up to them to set the example for how amazing Gunthorpe children can be!

   

  On to our brilliant book...

  Infant 1- Rupert and Pheobe- for their fantastic stick men. They both put a lot of thought into what they were doing and took a lot of care with their work (photos to follow!)
  Claudie- For brilliant sentence writing today. Claundie wrote all by herself- even having a go at writing corn flakes!

  Cole- For a brilliant start to school. He only joined yesterday and he has joined in with everything. Well done!

   

  Infant 2- Rhys and Seb- for excellent work reading contractions (eg. I've and we'll) and matching words.
  Cara- for settling in so well and being a great friend. You have shown such enthusiasm for everything you have done!
  Georgie- for her fantastic RE Epiphany work- she thought carefully about the gifts within her and reflected on our school values beautfully.

   

  Junior 1- Callum and Oliver- for a great first week! Lots of hard work, good listening and learning what we do. You've made friends well and joined in with many things.

  Frances- for your excellent knowledge of "Can you catch a mermain?" In addition you are now a rock star on TT rockstars becuase of your work over last half term!

   

  Junior 2- Kelsie- for really good English work this week on modal verbs and punctuating speech.

  Oliver B- for writing a good summary of a chapter from Carries War.