This week at Gainsborough…

Circular Food Economy Sale

We have started to sell a range of plants, seeds and vegetables that we have grown in our gardens. The KS 2 gardening club were really pleased to be selling herbs and plants. They could name them and tell you where we have grown them in the school grounds. They were also able to tell families how the plants were propagated. Thank you to our school community with your support with our ‘seed to plate’ initiative and thank you to MadLeap for supporting us in starting our own circular food economy. Watch this space for more sales, growing and sustainability initiatives.

Keeping Connected in our Community…

Each half term we focus on a different Gainsborough Keep: kind, connected, safe, healthy, green or giving. This half term we are reflecting on what it means to celebrate events and traditions across our mixed community. We will learn about the the roots and traditions of Valentine’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, Easter, Eid and also reflect on how it feels to take part in awareness days like World Book Day and Science Week.

Family Cooking Programme

We have bid for some money to run a family cooking programme at Gainsborough. The project will bring together our Circular Food Economy lead, who will show us how to grow some of the food we are cooking with, and our school Chef Chris, who will show us how to cook some recipes and talk about the choices we make when cooking. The aims of the project are:

• to provide a healthy meal to families
• to enable families to cook more sustainable meals
• to enable families to make healthier choices
• to develop relationships between school and home

We will be running the project weekly from 3.30-5pm on Friday through the Summer term. We would like to focus on food from different cultures each half term. Families who have links to that culture, or those who just like the food, are welcome to come to each course. A survey to gauge interest and gather your ideas will be sent via email soon.

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      Ahad

Year 2      Finley

Year 3      Aaliyah

Year 4     Jahmal

Year 5     Zsavier

Year 6    Kelly

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

Ilyas was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for enjoying listening to familiar nursery rhymes and exploring the provision. Well done!

Nursery – Geese

Nehemiah was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for showing singing and role playing characters from the class story, ‘The Crunching, Munching Caterpillar.’ Well done!

Nursery – Swans

Gabriel was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for being a great role model in carpet sessions, asking and answering great questions. Well done!

Reception – Wrens

Lyra was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold for being a brilliant reader. She is able to read well and discuss what she has read. Well done!

Year 1 – Owls

This week Nathaniel was nominated for the Gainsborough Gold Award for showing great improvements in phonics and improved concentration in all lessons. Well done!

Year 2 – Hummingbirds

Zayn was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for making great improvements in hadwriting. Zayn has also made excellent progress in maths, making excellent contributions to lessons. Well done!

Year 3 – Herons

Teddie was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for working really hard in maths and making excellent progress in all areas of maths. Well done!

Year 4 – Skylarks

Athena-May was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold for making exceptional improvements in reading and writing. Athena-May always works well in partners, groups and individually. Well done!

Year 5 – Magpies

Ashton was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for his hard work in maths, for working well with his partner and mastering concrting units. Well done!

Year 6 – Doves

Alena was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for making significant improvements in her writing: using sophisticated language, detailed description of scenery, the subjunctive verb form and colons correctly. Well done!

Next week at Gainsborough…

Our Camps Easter Camp

Our Camps is running a camp at Gainsborough over the Easter break for Years 1-6.  It will run from Monday 8th – Thursday 11th April. If you would like to sign up check your emails for the information or see our school Instagram page @gainsborough_hackney The camp is free for those on free school meals and is still a very reasonable price for non free school meals. Places are limited and based on a first come, first served basis.

After School Club Collection Times

After Easter we are asking families to adhere to agreed collection times for after school clubs. This is to support the safety of all children at the end of the school day. Families are asked to collect promptly at 5pm from the main office or playground from after school clubs. Families are asked to collect from play centre provision at 6pm. This is for both EYFS play centre and Years 1 -6 play centre. All 6pm collections will go through the schools main office to ensure the safe collection of all children. We are no longer able to allow parents access to the school via the side gates between 5-6pm.

Cycling to School – Safety Reminder

We would like to remind all families that those cycling and scooting to school are expected to dismount before entering the school premises. Under no circumstances are children, or parents, able to cycle in our school playgrounds or entrances. This is to protect everyone. Staff will approach families to ask them to dismount from bikes and scooters while in the playground. We would like to thank you in advance for taking this request seriously and for your support with keeping everyone safe.

Gainsborough has Got Talent- GGT!

We would like to invite all of our school community to take part in a talent show! This will be introduced to children, from Years 1 -6, on Monday 18th March. They will have 2 weeks to prep and audition for the Talent Show which will take place on Wednesday 27th March 4-6pm. If your child is taking part in the Talent Show they will receive an invite letter on Monday 25th March asking you to support them in attending. All families are invited to come and watch the Talent Show. There will be a £1 entry fee and food and drinks for sale.