Last week at Gainsborough…

Mint Tea Tasting in Assembly 

We tried our home grown Mint Tea this week in assembly. We are trying to be brave and courageous by eating new foods. We have talked about texture and taste, smells and feelings when trying new things. In a bid to become healthier we will be considering how it feels to try new foods and doing this with our friends. We will try new foods at home this week as part of our homework. Good luck everyone!

Year 6 Swimming 

Year 6 have made tremendous progress in swimming this week. Their behaviour, attitude and commitment to swimming lessons has been exemplary. We really wish we could continue to send them each week! Progress and achievement certificates will be given out when they return from their residential next week. Well done Year 6, we are very proud of your achievement.

Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

Year 1 children at Gainsborough sat the government set phonics screening check this week. Children phonetically decoded real and alien words to prove their understanding of phonics. Well done Year 1, you were brave and bold and have made incredible progress in your phonics attainment.

Year 4 Multiplication Check

Year 4 pupils showed off their x tables knowledge this week while sitting the government set multiplication check. They approached the test with confidence and maturity, and some  of them actually quite enjoyed the experience! Well do Year 4.

Boom Class Photographs

Class photographs were taken on Thursday 14th June. We will send your child’s class photo link to you via email. Please follow the instructions and order via the link on the email.

Cycling Club at the Olympic Park BMX Track

British Cycling run a cycling club at Gainsborough every Thursday. This week the children were invited to the BMX track on the Olympic Park. They completed the course, and showed off the skills they have learnt in cycling club. The feedback from our cycling coach Ian was very complementary.

‘The kids were a credit to the school tonight, we had the CEO of British Cycling and board members from Sport England there. They were complimentary of the school and you should be proud.’

Thank you Ian, and British Cycling, we are very proud!

Keeping Healthy 

Each half term we focus on a different Gainsborough Keep: kind, connected, safe, healthy, green or giving. This half term we are looking at Keep Healthy. We are focusing on healthy eating this half term. Children will get the opportunity to try new herbs and vegetables in an attempt to encourage us all to make healthier choices. We will also look at what healthy endings look like as we say goodbye to this academic year.

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

Maia was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for sharing lovely role play with your friends and being able to recognise some letter sounds around you!  Well done Maia!

Nursery – Geese

Netsuh was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for attending in carpet sessions or small group learning; and showing great progress in communicating her ideas and needs!  Well done Netsuh!

Nursery – Swans

Kenzo was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award. You have shown great enthusiasm during our carpet sessions.  You are always ready to share your knowledge and answer questions. You have been amazing!

Reception – Wrens

Rukia was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for always trying her best during all lessons and learning time! Great enthusiasm, keep it up!

Year 1 – Owls

This week Fatima was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for working hard in writing and coming up with some brilliant ideas. Well done Fatima.

Year 2- Hummingbirds

This week John was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for working hard in all of his lessons, being kind and patient with his friends and extremely helpful with the teachers. Well done!

Year 3 – Herons

Moyosore was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for writing a fantastic explanation in writing, focusing on perfecting her handwriting and overall having a very positive attitude. Well done Moyosore!

Year 4- Skylarks

Mohammed R was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for being focused in class and for great  participation in all lessons.  He has worked extremely hard this week and has continued to have a wonderful attitude to learning.

Year 5 – Magpies

Natasha was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for working incredibly hard all week and making excellent progress in writing. Well done Natasha!

Year 6 – Doves

Katelin was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold for her acting skills and talent demonstrated while rehearsing for the Year 6 end of year performance. Well done Katelin!

Next term at Gainsborough…

Summer 2 Priorities at Gainsborough  

We will focus on the following next term in a bid to improve outcomes, teaching, our engagement and well being at Gainsborough:

• Assessment – all staff will look at assessing pupils through: lessons, observations and tests, to ascertain progress for the end of the year and set targets for next year
• Transition – we will ensure good transition for all pupils to their next year group
• Science – we will be developing our practical approach to science lessons
• Maths – we will be embedding the use of Maths – No Problem in our maths lessons
• Sustainability – we will be running our family cooking programme, selling our home grown fruit and vegetables, cooking our home grown fruit and vegetables in our school kitchen
• Attendance – we will be supporting families to remove barriers that prevent good attendance
• Keep Healthy – we will focus on healthy eating. We will address packed lunch contents, suggest healthy snacks to bring and promote more eating of fruit and vegetables in the dinner hall

WAMH’s Transition Workshops at Gainsborough in Summer 2 

We have access to a WAMH’s clinician at Gainsborough. This service supports both school and home and identifying and supporting pupil’s well being and mental health. Alice Zacharia is our dedicated WAMH’s worker, she is in Gainsborough every second Monday, and she is able to meet parents to discuss any aspect of pupil well being. Please email admin@gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk if you would like to meet with Alice.

• Monday 10th June, 3.30-4.30pm WAHM’s Workshop – Information on how to Support your Child in the Year 6 to Year 7 Transition
• Monday 24th June, 3.30-4.30pm WAHM’s Workshop – Information on how to Support your Child in the Reception to Year 1 Transition
• Monday 8th July, 3.30-4.30pm WAHM’s Workshop – Information on how to Support your Child in Transitions for Children with ASD
• Monday 22nd July, 3.30-4.30pm WAHM’s Workshop – Information on how to Support your Child in Transitions, drop in session

Primary Advantage Art Exhibition

We open our annual art exhibition next week at Hackney Central Library. 4 Primary Advantage schools will hang their art work in the library. This year’s theme is Voice. The children have worked hard with Ms Castellvi to create some incredible art, sharing their views and ideas in a variety of media. Please go along to the library and have a look. Years 1 -6 will also get the chance to visit the library and see their work on display. Hackney Central Library details are linked here https://hackney.gov.uk/hackney-central-library

The Great Get Together Saturday 15th June 12-7pm, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

This Saturday the annual Great Get Together will take place on the Olympic Park. There are the following FREE activities on offer:

• dance workshops and performances
• African drumming
• Story telling and face painting
• Badge making, bag design, pottery and henna
• Sports day games
• Cycling and roller skating

Year 6 Kench Hill Residential

Year 6 will travel to Kent, on Monday 17th June,  for their week long residential. They will go beach combing, walking, raft building and look after the animals at Kench Hill. We are really excited to see them go, and come back bigger, braver and bolder than before. We use Kench Hill as the only Hackney owned residential setting. We continue to support the venue annually by using it for our school residential. Many of our staff and families have been to Kench Hill previously and the nostalgia, family connection and ties to Kench Hill are very important to our community. Good luck Year 6!

Information about Kench Hill can be located here https://kenchhill.co.uk/

Tender UK

RE:SET – Relationships Education: School’s Equality Toolkit

Gainsborough Primary School is proud to be working towards becoming a Healthy Relationships Champion Setting this year. We’ve partnered up with Tender Education and Arts (www.tender.org.uk) to complete RE:SET; an online toolkit and whole school campaign to award our school for promoting a culture of healthy, equal and respectful relationships. Since September 2020, it is statutory for all schools to teach relationships education and it’s a fantastic opportunity to acknowledge the incredible work we already do as well as ensuring the whole school community takes on the responsibility of preventing gender-based violence and keeping our children safe, healthy and prepared for the modern world.
During this year, Tender will deliver training, workshops and creative campaigns alongside our children and staff, and offer sessions to families and parents. We are excited to start this journey with the RE:SET team, and to see how it will benefit both our school culture and our
children’s futures. We are keen to hear the perspectives of parents and carers, and we are inviting you to take part
in a short survey (below), so Tender can create bespoke parent/carer sessions for Gainsborough Primary.

Scan this QR code or click on the weblink below. Unique ID Code: 04529

https://forms.office.com/e/jrzy93Am2F

Attendance at Gainsborough

We are working hard to ensure good attendance at Gainsborough. To help you understand the importance in having good school attendance, we will be informing you about how we teach cycles of learning at Gainsborough in each week’s newsletter. We want families to understand the impact of absence on well being, the progress in subjects, friendships and the work load absence has on the school work force. We are doing this to help families be more mindful about taking days off.

This week’s ‘absence impact snapshot’:

Your children do not want to get up in the morning and you have spent a long time trying to get ready for school. There is another delay in that a delivery arrives as you are trying to leave the house. The children go back to watching TV and you again struggle to get everyone to leave the house. The children are unhappy and you have had a difficult morning. You consider letting them have a day off as you will now get to school at 10am and they are late. What do you do?

We all have bad mornings! Firstly, get them to school! Being late does impact the subject they have missed that day, however they can access the rest of their learning, and will not fall as far behind by only missing one hour of school. Our school staff are positive and welcoming to children and the child will not be told off for being late.

Consider the following to help tackle the number of bad mornings you have:

• Are you ready and do you have everything prepared in the morning?
• Are you rewarding them for a positive start to the day?
• Are you using encouragement and positive reinforcement about the importance of school?
• Do you need help in the mornings? We can offer breakfast club, school pick ups and rewards for school attendance. If you need that extra bit of support, for a period of time, we are here to help.