This week at Gainsborough…

Odd Socks – We wore odd socks to share our support for difference in our school community. We designed our own odd socks looking at the things that make us all unique. we are committed to ensuring bullying does not happen at Gainsborough. Year 4 performed a class assembly on Friday and their message was very clear- SAY NO TO BULLYING. If your child has concerns about their peers, or have disclosed they feel bullied at school,  please come and talk to staff at school.

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 Suyanne

Year 2 Joseph

Year 3 Zaayan

Year 4 Danny

Year 5 Donovan

Year 6 Daniella I

Keep Giving

Each half term we focus on a different Gainsborough Keep: kind, connected, safe, healthy, green or giving. This half term we have introduced the idea of giving your time to causes and issues.

Children in Need

Children in Need was on Friday 17th November. We wore spots and thought about those less fortunate than ourselves. All the money donated will go to Children in Need. We asked children to think about what they would spend £1 million on if they had it to give away. This is also the theme of their homework this week, inspired by Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I have a dream speech.’

Run Gainsborough Run 

We would like to say a huge thank you to Run Schools run who have awarded us £5K for out attendance at the Run on the 5th November at the London Community Track. We doubled our attendance at the event from the previous year, well done Gainsborough Community! We will use the money to develop our outdoor classroom which is being built in the Spring term. We are working with the charity Trees for Cities to develop the  playground next to the car park. It will be transformed into a space for class learning, growing and play. We are really excited to see what this space brings us and how it supports our mission to be more sustainable, outdoor learning and our well being.

Keeping Connected in our Community…

Parent’s Information Session Year 6  – Wednesday 29th November 

We are inviting parents from Year 6 to an information evening to discuss 2 important events happening in the Summer term for our Year 6 children. Please come to an information session to see the expectations being set for year 6 children in their learning as they prepare for SAT’s, how you can support them at home to develop good home learning habits and support their well being. We will also look at the importance of school journey, the preparation and resources children need, payments plans and options and how the school would like you to support the children through this process. It is an expectation that all Year 6 parents come to this meeting.

Hackney Wick Town Hall 

Hackney Wick Town Hall is a meeting to share your views on priorities in our community. Real change can be made through these meetings and there is regular attendance from local council officers, LLDC representatives from the Olympic Park and other key stake holders in our community. Please come along and give your views. The next meeting is on Tuesday 21st November, at 6pm, Trowbridge Senior Citizens Club. See you there!

Reception 2024 Parents Information Session

We are holding a session for parents of children who are currently in Swans or Geese Nursery classes. The session will take place on Wednesday 29th November from 3,45-4.30pm. These children will start Reception in September 2024. The session is designed to explain the admissions process, offer support in completing applications, and of course tell you how wonderful Gainsborough Primary School is. We will hold the session in the Reception classroom and share the curriculum, learning experiences and show the progress our children make. We hope to see you there!

At Gainsborough Next Week…

Sibling and Individual Photographs  

We are taking the children’s pictures this week so you have them in time for Christmas. We are using a different photographer this year. They have requested longer with reach family, and individual, to get a range of pictures. On Monday 20th November they will take all of the sibling pictures, if you have more than one child attending Gainsborough, from Hatchlings to Year 6, the children will have their picture taken together. On Tuesday 21st all individual pictures of all children will be taken on their own.  That means if your child has siblings they need to be picture ready on both Monday and Tuesday!