This week at Gainsborough…
Spring 2
We hope everyone enjoyed February half term. This half term we are focusing on the following aspects of school life:
WOW theme – Keep Connected: How do festivals and traditions help us to feel we belong? We will look at Shrove Tuesday, World Book Day, St Patrick’s Day, Ramadan and Easter and how we keep connected in our very special and diverse community.
British Value- Tolerance and harmony between different cultural traditions
RRS Article 14 Every child has the right to choose their own religion & beliefs
School Council – designing a playground for everyone to play in
Behaviour – how can we use sensory circuits to regulate our emotions
Wellbeing – achieving silver Rights Respecting Schools status
Community Focus – reading workshops, book sale and phonics sessions for families
Teaching and Learning focus – strategies to support children with additional needs
Train to Teach with Primary Advantage
Year 2 Forest School
We 2 started their Forest School adventure this week. Please can Year 2 parents be reminded to send children to school in their school uniform, and send a change of shoes and trousers for Forest School in the afternoon. Please do not send children in their Forest Schools clothes as they require a change of clothes in case they get wet or incredibly muddy, which is possible!
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 Olivia
Year 2 Niqo
Year 3 Joseph
Year 4 Shaun
Year 5 Ibrahim
Year 6 Eddie
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 Teya
Year 2 Faith
Year 3 Inaaya
Year 4 Lola
Year 5 Sahira
Year 6 Katie
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
Leonardo was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for having a great attitude to learning and participating well in Forest School. Well done Leonardo!
Nursery Geese
Yulia was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for being a good role model and always helping her friends. Well done !
Nursery Swans
Aizah was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for being a super star in all areas of learning. Well done Aizah!
Reception Doves
Simon was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for making great choices and being a good friends to his classmates . Well done Simon!
Year 1 Wrens
Caden was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for working really hard in phonics and applying his new phonic sounds to his writing. Well done Caden!
Year 2- Owls
Elias was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for contributing some excellent ideas in writing and using expanded noun phrases effectively. Well done Elias!
Year 3 – Hummingbirds
Zayn was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for using some excellent facts in his persuasive letter. Well done Zayn!
Year 4- Herons
Aaliyah was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for adding fractions effectively. Well done Aaliyah!
Year 5 – Skylarks
Patrick was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week for making an excellent progress in maths. Well done Patrick!
Year 6 – Magpies
Leonardo was awarded a Gainsborough Gold Award this week switching between a formal and informal writing style effectively in writing lessons. Well done Leonardo!
Coming up at Gainsborough…
Improving Attendance at Gainsborough
This week you will receive further guidance on booking holidays in term time. Families who have had holidays during term time will be invited in to meet with school staff and discuss their child’s attendance. We appreciate all family trips are valuable and sometimes family events cannot be missed. However we must remind all families that holidays during term time are not permitted and will not be authorised. We thank you for your support in improving attendance at Gainsborough. This week we celebrated our best attendance this year with 99% of pupils in school each day this week.
World Book Day and School Council Book Sale
Our school council have been encouraging us to read for pleasure. They held a book sale after school on World Book Day. We sold over 80 books. Children are invited to come and buy the remaining books on Monday 10th March before and after school from the school office. Thank you for your support on World Book Day and for your support with the book sale.
Science Week and International Women’s Day
This week we will complete some science experiments in classes and record these to create a school science fair! We will visit the fair over the course of week 4 in our classes and view each year groups’ science experiment. Families will be able to view these during parents evening in the middle hall. We will also look at an influential women scientist, in each year group, and reflect on the unsung female scientists throughout history who have made an incredible contribution to the world of science. Watch this space!
