This week at Gainsborough…
Autumn 2
This academic year we will be focusing on:
Improving school punctuality and attendance
Launching a school food initiative
Striving towards being a more sustainable organisation
Improve our academic outcomes for pupils at statutory checkpoints
Parent’s Evening Feedback
Thank you to all of the staff for preparing and undertaking very informative parents evenings this week. A huge thank you to all of the families who came, shared and learnt about their children’s progress and attainment. The feedback from families was overwhelmingly positive with lovely comments about the schools caring staff, the creative and progressive nature of the schools curriculum and approach to awareness days and events, the sustainability initiatives and approaches to the environment and above all there was so many comments about the quality of the children’s work and their happiness and readiness to learn at Gainsborough. We have read the improvement suggestions families have put forward and we will listen, discuss and act on the feedback given.
Wear Spots for Children in Need
We wore spots on Friday and donated £1 for Children in Need. For those of you who forgot to donate the £1, we will keep the collection open until Monday 17th November. Well done to all of those who thought about Children in Need and donated.
Year 5 and 6 Football Tournament
Children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a football matches as part of the TGI football league. This league is being delivered by Team Get Involved (TGI) and Hackney Schools Athletic Association (HSAA) supported by the Barclays Girls Football School Partnership (BGFSP) and School Games (SGO). The teams walked to the Eastway on Tuesday 11th November and Coach Terry led both the boys and girls teams to victory! We are now preparing to meet new school teams in the next stage of the league. Well done Coach Terry and the teams!
Children versus Staff x table Rockstars Battles
Children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 were challenged to a TT Rockstars battle against Ms Lewis before half term. Ms Lewis was undefeated in her first week of TT Rockstars battles despite great scores! Will any of the children be able to beat Ms Lewis in this week’s timestable battle?
Anti-Bullying Week
We have been consider scenarios that are ‘rude, mean or bullying’ across Gainsborough this week. We have role played scenarios to help us think about when instances of ‘rude, mean or bullying’ behaviour happen and how we take action to stop these. The children from years 1 -6 really enjoyed role playing a huge range of these scenarios and it gave us lots of opportunities to reflect on our own behaviours and experiences. Please complete the homework with your child this week which asks them to discuss, consider, write about and take action on ‘rude, mean and bullying’ fictional scenarios. If your child brings up anything you are concerned about during these discussions please speak to a senior leader on the school gate.
Reader of the Week
Each week we will award one child from Years 1-6 with a new book, as the Rewe ader 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 Antonio
Year 2 George E
Year 3 Cheyanne
Year 4 Zayn
Year 5 Dontay
Year 6 Ava
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 Didac
Year 2 Henry
Year 3 Niqo
Year 4 Za’Kai
Year 5 Raphael
Year 6 Shantay
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 Geese
Megan was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for having the confidence to share her ideas. Well done Megan!
Nursery Swans
Olive was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for being a good friend and role model. Well done Olive!
Reception Magpies
Lilian was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for being a lovely friend to everyone in reception. Well done Lilian!
Year 1 Doves
Gabriel was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for and amazing write and publish of his lost toy poster. Well done Gabriel!
Year 2 Wrens
Milan was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for making excellent choices and super concentration. Well done Milan!
Year 3
Rachelle was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for working really hard ot improve her reading fluency. Well done Rachelle!
Year 4 Hummingbirds
JJ was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for amazing letter writing in writing this week. Well done JJ!
Year 5 Herons
Teddie was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for making incredible efforts in writing, using excellent vocabulary, sentence starters and improving her handwriting. Well done Teddie!
Year 6 Skylarks
Treasure was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for adding incredible vocabulary to her writing which make interesting to read. Well done Treasure!
Coming up at Gainsborough…
Maths Week
We are taking part in maths week at Gainborough next week. This gives staff and children the time to consider the progress, learning and attainment in maths across our school. It also allows us to celebrate maths at Gainsborough! On Friday we are inviting children to wear numbers, this could be any clothing with numbers on, groups of objects or things to count on their clothing. We will also be teaching children to play maths games using cards, uno cards and match attack cards. We hope to give some real life meaning and add fun to using numbers and inspire children to make their own number games.
Run Kids Run- Sunday 16th November
We are taking part in Run Kids Run on Sunday 16th November, from 2-4pm. This annual event, hosted by Run Kids Run, sees several local primary schools come together to complete a run at the London Marathon Track. If 30% of pupils take part in the run we will receive a donation of £5000! This money will be used to build bike shelters and buggy shelters in our playgrounds. It is a great afternoon out and we hope we can make the 30% target of families joining us! Please sign up using this link https://forms.gle/JEiy5nEMKsBDfJ8V9
Reception Application Process
Reception applications are for children aged 3 and 4 (born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022) who will start reception class at primary school in September 2026. All parents should apply by 15 January 2026, even if your child is already in the nursery class. Please see Hackney’s admissions information page for who, when and how to apply. https://education.hackney.gov.uk/content/primary-before-you-apply?guidebook=188
Gainsborough will be offering tours and visits throughout the Autumn term. Families will be able to visit Gainsborough for a full site tour on Friday’s from 9-10am or from 5-6pm. To book a tour please email admin@gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk
