This week at Gainsborough…
Summer 2
This half term we are focusing on:
As Summer term. Our reflections on our current learning tell us we need to focus on the following:
- Improving the academic achievement in maths, for both children finding maths hard and those who work really efficiently in maths
- Developing our music curriculum and wider music offer for children
- Developing a play strategy for children and families
- Applying the teaching and learning policy to all areas of the curriculum
- Developing the application of SCERTS at Gainsborough to support children with communication and language needs
Year 4 Ice Skating
We have been working in partnership with Hackney on Ice this year to support a group of year 4 children develop an interest in ice hockey. The small charity have managed to support the children to meet current ice hockey players, provide us with a floor ball kit to use in PE lessons, provide whole class ice skating sessions and now provide 6 weeks of ice skating and ice hockey coaching for 10 children. The children had their first session on Wednesday this week and they really enjoyed it. Thank you to the staff and children who have fully engaged with this opportunity.
Reader of the Week
Each week we will award one child from Years 1-6 with a new book, as the Reader of the Week. The award is for commitment, reading progress, engagement or sharing their love for reading. Please support your child with reading at home! After all, reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Year 1 All of Year 1 for working so hard in their phonics screening test!
Year 2 Isaiah
Year 3 Rachelle
Year 4 Zaniyah
Year 5 Asia
Year 6 Athena-May
Most Improved Writer of the Week
Each week we will award one child from Years 1-6 as most improved writer of the week. The award is for those who have shown a significant improvement in handwriting or writing throughout the week.
Year 1 Benjamin
Year 2 Nellayna
Year 3 Fatima
Year 4 Joseph
Year 5 Zayden
Year 6 Jasmin
Golds!
Each week we celebrate an amazing achievement from each class. Children are celebrated in assembly, receive a gold certificate and their name in the newsletter. Please celebrate their learning at home too!
Nursery Ducks
Brianna was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for .settling into Ducks brilliantly and following routines well. Well done Brianna!
Nursery Geese
Tiana was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for working really hard in phonics and always trying her best. Well done Tiana!
Nursery Swans
Jaxon was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for .working really hard in maths and solving maths questions. Well done Jaxon!
Reception Magpies
Eesa was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for being very brave and also being very kind to his freinds. Well done Eesa!
Year 1 Doves
Usman was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for consistently staying on green and working really hard in all lessons. Well done Usman!
Year 2 Wrens
Emma was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for her great partner working in all lessons. Well done Emma!
Year 3 Owls
Jenson was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for working incredibly hard all week and having a very positive attitude in school. Well done Jenson!
Year 4 Hummingbirds
Year 4 Hummingbirds class were awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for their efforts in the multiplication check this week, and for their continued efforts and revision this term. Well done Hummingbirds!
Year 5 Hummingbirds
Harvey was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for showing great maturity this week in PSHE lessons. Well done Harvey!
Year 6 Skylarks
Mohamed was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for making excellent progress in swimming over the last 2 weeks. Well done Mohamed!
Coming up at Gainsborough:
Gainsborough Food Co-Op Opportunity
Saul has set up a further online meeting to ensure we can start the food co-op running from Gainsborough. We need 20 people to get this going, please share and encourage others to join.
Gainsborough Play Strategy
The children have fed back that they are enjoying the new additions to the playground and enjoy having a larger variety of different things to do at playtime. We are collecting loose parts play items to build further play opportunities for children at Gainsborough. The weekly donation suggestions last half term did not yield much for us to put into the playground. We have put together a half termly request and would like to ask families to all donate ONE item over the half term, just ONE! If everyone donates one unused item from their home we will build a really useful set of play resources. We have labelled 3 large boxes in the office area for families to drop in donations as and when they can. We are collecting buckets and spades and sand play, dressing up clothes (bags, hats, outfits, accessories) and utensils for sand and mud kitchen play.
Recruitment at Gainsborough
We are recruiting! We need to strengthen our kitchen team to be able to provide more catering and run a hub kitchen for other schools. This means we are able to offer 3 kitchen roles to our community and will be able to strengthen our food strategy work. Chef Rab will lead this team. We are looking for people who love food and would be inspired by our growing work and seed to plate initiative.
As we have increased our range of spaces over this year to meet the needs of all children, and to make the most of all of our spaces, we now use every inch of Gainsborough! This means we need to recruit another cleaner to support our current cleaning team.
We are also recruiting 2 teachers to join us in September. We are looking for teachers who are exceptional, who of course love learning and are passionate about real inclusion that works for everyone.
Please see here for a range of roles we are recruiting for at Gainsborough Primary School https://www.gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk/about-us/about-gainsborough/current-vacancies/
