This week at Gainsborough…
Summer 2…
Hispanic Week Cooking
Hemos estado cocinando muchísimo en nuestras clases de cocina esta semana. In cooking lessons this week we have learnt to cook a range of Spanish inspired salads. We focused on evaluating our recipes and making choices linked to the amount of seasoning, ingredients and thought about other ingredients we could add to our salads. Every one was very brave when trying new ingredients – and we even gave the instructions to our partners in Spanish when cooking!
Year 1 Chalkwell Beach Trip
Year 1 have been looking at beaches in geography and the history of traditional beach holidays in history. They went to Chalkwell beach on Friday to spend the day by the seaside! They were amazed at the tide, how far it had gone out, and dug for crabs in the mud flats. The children enjoyed the feeling of sand between their toes and having a picnic on the beach.
Year 4 Cricket Festival
Selected pupils from Year 4 took part in the Platfrom Cricket festival on Hackney Marshes this week. The children fed back it was great to spend the day on the Marshes and although they did a huge amount of walking it was really fun! Lola and Aaliyah said ‘It was great to be able to hit the ball as far as we possibly could in that large space.’
Year 6 Personal Best
Year 6 selected pupils took part in an event showcasing their improvements over this academic year in a range of sporting events. They traveled to Hackney Marshes alongside children from across Hackney and completed activities such as long jump, cycling and standing jump. The children were commended on their behaviour, support for one and other and determination. We came 2nd, competing against 14 other Hackney Schools. Well done Year 6 Magpies you have made us very proud.
Current Year 6 pupils Transition Day
Year 6 pupils from across Hackney took part in a borough wide transition day on Thursday 3rd July. Children were able to take part in an orientation talk, meet new friends and get to know their new school buildings. We had some excellent reports from the secondary schools on your positive attitudes and engagement in the sessions. Well done Year 6. ‘I enjoyed the opportunity to get to meet new friends and experience what secondary school is like.’ Nanette.
Summer Fair
We held our annual summer fair on Friday 4th July. A huge thank you to the wonderful families, staff and children who helped to gather raffle prizes, donate items, promote the event, prepare resources, set up the actual event, host stalls and of course those that helped tidy up! It was a lovely event and a really nice way to end the term.
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 Nellayna
Year 2 Faith
Year 3 Mercy
Year 4 Sarah
Year 5 Jay
Year 6 Martinee
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 Caden
Year 2 Rachelle
Year 3 Thiago
Year 4 Rochelle
Year 5 Malik
Year 6 Zariyah
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
Lorenzo was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for actively participating in carpet time and sharing his ideas with his friends. Well done Lorenzo!
Nursery Geese
Gecari was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for settling well and trying new foods. Well done Gecari!
Nursery Swans
Liberty was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for always helping her friends and being kind. Well done Liberty!
Reception Doves
Idris was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for trying really hard in reception and blending his sounds. Well done Idris!
Year 1 Wrens
Ismail was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for writing an excellent poem about being by the sea, using some ambitious vocabulary. Well done Ismail!
Year 2- Owls
Riley was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for a great attitude in all lessons this week. Well done Riley!
Year 3 – Hummingbirds
Rafi was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for his ability to be an excellent role model every day, brilliant attitude to learning and amazing contributions to class discussions. Well done Rafi!
Year 4- Herons
Evelyn was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for showing a great understanding of apartheid to answer questions on the book Journey to Jo’Burg. Well done Evelyn!
Year 5 – Skylarks
Mikeal was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for excellent use of scientific vocabulary in our investigations this week when separating materials. Well done Mikeal!
Year 6 – Magpies
Ashton was awarded a Gainsborough Gold award this week for his fantastic contribution to the year 6 play. You learnt your lines thoroughly, have taken on new roles and shown commitment throughout, well done Ashton you are a credit to the Year 6 performance.
Coming up at Gainsborough…
Early Years and Preschool Sports Day
Please join us on Monday 7th July for our Nursery and Reception sports day. The children will move round stations in small groups, supporting my staff, year 6 pupils and families, to complete a range of sporting activities. Please remember not everyone will want to complete everything at this age and your encouragement and support is greatly appreciated. Please come along from 1.30-3.30pm, if the children get too hot, or have had enough of the events we may finish at 3pm. We hope to see you there!
Year 6 Dates for your Diary
- Friday 4th July – Our end of year summer fair 3.30pm-6.30pm. Please come along to celebrate a busy year and join in with the fun. Children should be accompanied by an adult.
- Wednesday 9th July – Year 6 sports day 1pm to 5pm at The London Marathon Community Track. Year 6 children will be setting up and running the sports day for younger children, then they will take part in their own sports day from 3.30-4.30pm. They will be dismissed from school at 5pm. Please come along and watch. Children will be allowed to walk home alone if they have the usual walking home alone permission.
- Thursday 10th July – Year 6 play. Please come along to watch from 5-6pm. We will provide children with a snack before the play. Children will be allowed to walk home alone if they have the usual walking home alone permission.
- Friday 11th July – Year 6 leavers assembly will be in the top hall 9.30am all families are welcome.
- Friday 11th July – Leavers disco 4pm-6pm . Children can change into their party clothes at school from 3.30pm or return at 4pm in time for their party to start. There will be food provided. Children will be allowed to walk home alone if they have the usual walking home alone permission.
Monday 14th July – Friday 18th July – Kench hill residential school trip children must be collected by an adult
Sports Day – Years 1 -6
On Wednesday 9th July 2025 we will be taking the years 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 to participate in Gainsborough Sports Day at London Marathon Community Track E20 2ST.
Parents/Carers are invited to attend, walking with us from school or meeting at the track.
Children will be given an early lunch at Gainsborough before leaving for the track. Please note that Year 6 will be supporting younger children by demonstrating for years 1 – 5 from 1-3pm, followed by their own sports day activities from 3:30pm and arriving back to school by 5pm.
Leaving school:
Year 6 (to help set up): 12:00pm
Year 1,2,3,4,5: 12:30pm
Arrive at Community Track: 1pm
Participation time:
Years 1-5: 1pm – 3pm
Year 6: 3pm – 4:30pm
Arrive back to Gainsborough:
Years 1 – 5: 3:30pm
Year 6: 5pm
Clothing: PE kit; white t-shirt, black or navy shorts/tracksuit bottoms, and trainers.
Children will carry their own school water bottles throughout. Please provide sun cream and a hat if the weather is hot.
Once the Sports Day has finished the children will be taken back to school where they can be collected. We will not be releasing children at the venue. It will be incredibly busy and we must ensure that children are handed over safely.
Transition Activities
We will start transition activities next week whereby new class teachers will come and work in current classrooms to get to know the children, see how much progress they have made and start to understand what works best for them and their learning. The new class teacher allocation is below:
Nursery Swans Emma Kelsall
Nursery Geese Rugena Begum and Gazala Maljee
Reception Magpies Rebekah Anderson
Nest Provision Florence Elbazar
Indigo Provision Aysha Ahmed
Year 1 Doves Charmaine Mapundu
Year 2 Wrens Rebecca Carhart
Year 3 Owls Kayleigh Kee
Year 4 Hummingbirds Jamie Lydon
Year 5 Herons Lara Dempsey
Year 6 Skylarks Liz Muganga
More information about your child’s class team, transition days and other information will be passed on over the next few weeks but as children are starting to meet new teaches in their classes we wanted to let families know in advance of the plans. Families will also receive an introduction letter with a picture of the adults working in the room, the room layout and other information to help reduce any anxieties about the new year. Our new SENDCO will also be on site and on the gate to meet parents in the coming weeks.
If you have any concerns about transitions please speak to a member of staff and we hope to listen and reduce any worries.
