Last week at Gainsborough…

Sports Day Years 1 -6 

Thank you to our children, staff and families for a wonderful sports day at the London Marathon Community track. We had a wonderful day, with some excellent behaviour and attitudes and some incredible sporting abilities on display. Thank you to our year 6 pupils to lead each event, the children were well looked after by you and demonstrated the events like experts. Well done to Ms Jethwa, Coach Terry and Coach Archie for leading us through a great day.

Year 6 Play – School Daze

Families from year 6 were treated to a fantastic performance by Doves class this week. The children sang and acted exceptionally well. Well done Year 6! Many families commented on the your stage presence, the quality of your stage direction and your use of your voices to perform and to sing.

Nursery Graduation

Nursery Swans and Geese treated us to song and received a certificate for completing nursery. We wish those to families and children who are moving on to new settings lots of luck, and we cannot wait to see what reception brings this set of children! This cohort will be called Reception Doves, as the exiting Doves leave Gainsborough.

Year 6 Doves Leavers 

Year 6 Doves, you have really shone this year. From SAT’s results, to incredible assemblies, to perfect behaviour and attitudes you are a class to be truly proud off. We send you off onto your next stage of your education with a range of incredible skills, talents and a great approach to learning. You have the power to make good choices and the determination to be the best versions of yourselves. We cannot wait to see you over the coming years to see how you develop and what you achieve. The below poem is a poem we read to year 6 leavers every year:

Let No One Steal Your Dreams

Let no-one steal your dreams

Let no-one tear apart

That burning of ambition

That fires the drive inside your heart.

Let no-one steal your dreams

Let no-one tell you that you can’t

Let no-one hold you back

Let no-one tell you that you won’t.

Set your sights and keep them fixed

Set your sights on high

Let no-one steal your dreams

Your only limit is the sky.

Let no-one steal your dreams

Follow your heart

Follow your soul

For only when you follow them

Will you feel truly whole.

Set your sights and keep them fixed

Set your sights on high

Let no-one steal your dreams

Your only limit is the sky.

Goodbye and Thank you  

We are very grateful to our staff for a fantastic year this year. We would like to say an extra special thank to those who are moving on from Gainsborough. We are really proud of a number of staff who are moving on to pursue careers in teaching: Mimi Bilgetay, Jacki Hoillett, Marisa Flamino, Laila Torsun and Beth Dawson and Chef Chris. We hope you take all of the skills and knowledge you have learnt and Gainsborough and wish you well in your journey’s into teaching.

We also wish the following leavers well: Emma Blanken who has supported the Nest provision, Ms Abena Ansah who has taught Year 4 Skylarks, Mr Thomas Carter who has taught Year 5 Magpies and MS Chloe Lincoln who has taught Year 2 Hummingbirds, we wish you all well in the next satge of your careers and we would like to say an enormous Gainsborough thank you for your hard work and commitment this term.

To the staff who will return in September, thank you and have a wonderful rest over the summer.

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!

Year 1 – Owls

Faith has been awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award for having a wonderful year this year. She has worked hard every single day and made incredible progress. Well done Faith.

Year 2- Hummingbirds

Year 2 Hummingbirds were awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award for having a fabulous year. They have made us smile all year and shown some brilliant learning. Well done Year 2, enjoy Year 3.

Year 3 – Herons

Year 3 Herons were awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award for having a fabulous year. They have made tremendous progress academically, socially and emotionally and we are very proud of them. Go Herons!

Year 4- Skylarks

John Frances was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award for settling into Gainsborough incredibly well, showing his resilience and determination to work hard. Well done John Frances.

Year 5 – Magpies

Nanette was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award for having a wonderful year. For always showing patience, kindness and making excellent progress. Well done!

Year 6 – Doves

Year 6 Doves were awarded the Gainsborough Gold award for one last time this year! The children put on a spectacular performance this week and ended the year with a positive attitude, a spring in their step and we are immensely proud of them! Well done Doves, good luck in the next stage of your journey.

Next Year at Gainsborough…

September 2024

All children in years 1 -6 return to school on Tuesday 3rd September.

All 2 and 3 year old Nursery and Reception children return to school on Monday 9th September. This is to ensure essential training and preparation for the early years settings.

Children who attend the schools’ preschool on a paid basis return are able to return from Monday 2nd September. If you need holiday camp for children under 5 please email admin@gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk

New Nursery Swans, Ms Hillary Lau, and Ms Tanya Candy

New Nursery Geese, Ms Emma Kelsall

Reception Doves, Ms Rebekah Anderson with Ms Demi Corbett and Ms Florence Elbazar

Year 1 Wrens, Ms Kelis Dillon with Ms Daisy Robinson

Year 2 Owls, Ms Aysha Ahmed, Ms Mhairi Thomson, with Mr Anthony Alexander and Ms Venice Malcolm

Year 3 Hummingbirds, Ms Kayleigh Kee, with Mr Archie Nyasi and Ms Mia Thomas

Year 4 Herons, Ms Rebecca Carhart, with Mr Gavin Furlong

Year 5 Skylarks, Ms Lara Dempsy, with Ms Debbie Lewis

Year 6 Magpies, Ms Muganga, with Mr Daniel Little and Ms Jamila Ahmed

School Front Office 

We are very excited that our new school front office refurbishment is underway. We have been using our previous office space for 20 years and it was due an upgrade in security, safety and in need of modernisation. We will have a more open, more family friendly office space for you to enjoy.

School and Community Kitchen Refurbishment 

As if a fancy new office wasn’t good enough we are also in the process of re-configuring our school kitchen into a very exciting new space. The kitchen, the size of 2 classrooms, is being modernised with the removal of gas appliances and the installation of new, modern cooking equipment to make cooking easier, safer and more efficient. The kitchen will be split into 2 rooms, the second being a community kitchen. This space will be used for DT lessons for the children, cooking workshops and clubs, family cooking sessions and can be used for community rental. This will enable us to live our our ‘seed to plate’ vision with children at Gainsborough being able to plant, harvest and cook their own meals here on site! We will be running family cooking sessions when we return to school and holding a grand opening with some very special guests in the Autumn term.