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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 vlog - Friday 27th March
Fri 27 Mar 2020Every week I normally write a blog post of all the exciting learning that has taken place in school this week... except we haven't had any learning in school! Instead most of us have been at home learning. Thank you to all those parents who have sent us emails of all the things you have been getting up to! Every week when we are closed I am going to post a video-blog known as a vlog here: https://www.gunthorpeschool.co.uk/headteacher-vlog-of-the-week/
Please do check it out and see if your child's work gets a mention!
*Disclaimer- Mrs Bills has never done a vlog before so apologies for the slightly shakey camera skills- I will definitely find a better way to do next weeks!*
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Happy Mothers Day!
Sun 22 Mar 2020From all the children at Gunthorpe.
We had great plans for a video to go alongside this however I am sure you will understand and still enjoy it. Chosen, practised and performed by your amazing children!
Listen to us singing here - we hope it makes you smile!
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Coronavirus- Update regarding key workers
Fri 20 Mar 2020A helpful guide for parents regarding the closure of schools is available here
This also includes a link with key worker jobs listed: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision
Please return your form this morning if you require childcare and are identified as a critical worker.
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Coronavirus Update- School Closure information
Wed 18 Mar 2020Most of you will have heard the announcement earlier about all schools closing this Friday. We found out this news at the same time as the rest of the country.
We know many of you will have questions about school being open next week and who for. This is going to take a fair bit of organisation. Many of our staff have children and their own personal situations to work out too now but we will do our utmost to make something work and support all the key workers and families that need us.
We're told more guidance will be published for schools today. Once we're clear about what that is and out plan is in place we will let you know.
Please do use the learning at home and wellbeing sections of the website.
In this ever changing situation understanding Coronavirus can be confusing and difficult for adults to deal with. Children find this even harder.
This story about Coronavirus for Children is incredibly helpful
https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/coronavirus-story-for-children/
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Head Teacher blog w/c 2nd March
Fri 06 Mar 2020What a brilliant book themed week we have had. The fantastic storyteller Nicky came in on Monday and worked with every class to create some superb stories and inspire some brilliant writing. Then on Wednesday we had our World Book Day Quiz- a big well done to team 6 who won Ella J, Lauren, Benjamin S, Isobel, Daisy, Lyla P, Melissa, Erica, Josh, Rupert and Bella! Finally today we had an amazing stay and read and a very successful book swap. A big thank you to all those who dressed up you looked brilliant!
Next week we are going to all attempt to run a mile for Sports Relief. So come dressed in sporty clothes and bring a £1 donation.
On to our brilliant book...
Infant 1- Claudie and Henry- for their brilliant mini beast hunt homework. They both spent some time looking for minibeasts and then wrote about what they did.
Niamh- super sentence writer- for her fantastic retelling of our storytellers frog story (see photo below)
Eleanor- for trying really hard with her reading. Eleanor showed real determination and a can do attitude. Well done!
Infant 2- Lyla M and Jake- for showing such kindness and frinedship to Marcell. They took care of him, were very gentle and were making him smile. Thank you both for making him so welcome at our school.
Junior 1- Zac- for his excellent joined writing when writing a story in his Englush book- a whole a4 side! He shared his story with a buddy this week and he was so impressed.
Leo- for his extra effort with his writing with Miss Wynands. For sharing his ideas- collaborating on the groups writing challenge. Well done Leo!Junior 2- Summer, Melissa and Aleena- super maths work naming and sorting 3D shapes based on their properties (see pictures below) well done to all 3 of you!
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Head Teachers blog w/c 24th Feb
Fri 28 Feb 2020What a fantastic first week back after a eventful half term in the village. It was great to welcome all the children back and be thankful that the flooding wasn't as bad as had been forecast. We launched our #Livelent campaign thinking about making promises for how we can take care of God's world and make our school more sustainable. This week we were focusing on light and saving energy. I hope the children have been making an effort at home too!
Next week we are looking forward to welcoming a Storyteller into school on Monday as part of our world book week. Hopefully you will have seen the flyer full of information about what is happening all week including the stay and read and book swap. Please note the official world book day is on Thursday however as Junior 2 are on a trip we will be dressing up as a book character of your choice on the Friday.
A big well done to the Lacrosse team who, before half term, won all 4 games they won at a tournament. The standard of Lacrosse was fantastic and all 6 children worked so well as a team and all scored at least 1 goal. An amazing achievment!
On to our brilliant book...
Infant 1- Super sentence writer- Eleanor- for trying really hard to write and sound out words on her won. Well done!
Marcel- for a fantastic start in Infant 1, making lots of new friends and trying lots of new activities.
Infant 2- Writer of the week- Rhys- for an excellent character description of Katie Morag with great presentation. Miss Bottrell was blown away by the standard (a picture is below for you to see!)
Georgie- for showing great determination in maths to explain her working out. You didn't give up and really impressed all your teachers this week.
Lissie and Ella J- for taking great care of your spellings and taking time to get all your writing accurate. Miss Bottrell couldn't choose between you. Well done girls!
Junior 1- Frances- for the massive improvement in your reading. Mrs Palethorpe has heard you read so fluently and with such expression she was amazed how good you are now!
Harrison- for your determination and hard work persevering with reading. This will really help you when you become a journalist or author. (Just don't forget us!)
Pollyanna and Lyla P- for their excellent headings for the paragraphs that they read. Great word choices and efficient use of the themes.
Junior 2- Evie B and Erica- Super maths work calculating missing angles.
Riley, Ben and Ali (work shown below)- super maths work with a protractor measuring and drawing angles accurately.
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Head teachers blog w/c 3rd Feburary
Fri 07 Feb 2020This term is flying by with only one more week- don't forget it is an INSET day on Friday 14th February. A very big congratulations to Josh who represented Rushcliffe at the Nottinghamshire County Cross Country championships last weekend and came 2nd. He will now go on to the national finals and represent Nottinghamshire. A truely fantastic achievement- we are all very proud of you at Gunthorpe.
Well done to the 5 children also recieving values certificates- Jacob, Connie, Ben, Heidi and Ella S. You have all collected 7 stickers for determination or service and have shown us all how well you demonstrate our whole school values. It was lovely to see how many children are very close to recieving a certificate so hopefully we will see more parents joining us on a Friday afternoon very soon.
On to our Brilliant book...
Infant 1- Super sentence writer: Ava for some fanastic writing today. Ava wrote all by herself sounding out her words and writing some red words as well.
Henry- for an amazing interpretation of Monet's Waterlillies. Henry chose some fantastic colours and created the background and foreground with lots of care and concentration. Well done.
Infant 2- Writer of the week: Lauren- for putting 100% effort with her writing to create a really great polar bear non fiction book.
Georgie- for a brilliant effort in maths this week. Really pushing herself to move away from concrete resources and do working out in her head.
Anders- for being really thoughtful and considerate. He showed good manners and kindness to others.
Junior 1- Frances and Jack- for being excellent buddies on Wednesday morning. They shared what they knew, listened to each other and completed their work to the best of their ability.
Krishan, Noah and Oliver- for their detailed storyboards and careful choice of words to use. They took such care with their presentations too.
Junior 2- Chloe, Jiamin and Connie- for writing some fantastic pensive memories. They also took care of their presentation and really made Miss Burton smile when she was reading them.
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Headteachers blog w/c 27th January
Fri 31 Jan 2020We 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.
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Head Teachers blog w/c 20th January
Fri 24 Jan 2020What 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!
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Head Teachers Blog w/c 13th January
Fri 17 Jan 2020What 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!
