Blog

Remember to look at the class blogs which can all be found in the "School Life" section of our web page.

All the classes have posted a blog since the start of the new school year.

These will be updated regularly.

Our new reception children are settling well into school life. They have been finding their way around, learning our routines, making new friends and having lots of fun along the way. Here are a few photos of the first week in Oak Class.

Welcome to all our children in Year 1 Beech Tree class! 

All the children have made a fantastic start to the new school year, working hard and having lots of fun!

This week Year 2 have been outdoors to gather adjectives for use in our writing. We are using our ideas to support our learning. 

The children in year 4 have started their new Science topic on Solids, Liquids and Gases.

To kick start our new topic the children had the opportunity to make slippery slime. This is made with cornflour and water.

All the children thoroughly enjoyed this activity. 

All the children in Year 4 now have a user name and password to log on to Times Tables Rock Stars. I want all the children to be fluent in all multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 by the end of Year 4.

Times Table Rock Stars will help the children learn these facts. 

Watch this space to see…

To celebrate Roald Dahl day, in Design Technology we created Fantastic Mr Fox masks.

Fantastic Mr Fox is our current class novel and the class are really enjoying it!

To create the masks we had to cut carefully around the template and the cardboard, then we used poster paint to paint the…

The children in Year 5 have started to be trained as PALS.  Mrs Smith from Southlands worked with them for the afternoon, showing them how to support the younger children with their games.

 There will be another session next week.  Some of the children will then work with the infant or junior…

Year 6 have started their geography topic of North V South. After studying the physical features of Alaska, they have created their own messy maps showing these. We also looked at how maps show land height and some children have used this mapping skill adding a key to their 3D map. Geography can…

Welcome back! I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable summer.

We have lots of exciting things planned for the autumn term.

It's going to be a very busy and enjoyable term.

Have a great summer holiday.

I look forward to seeing you all in September ready for another new and exciting year at Gillibrand.

Well done to Ellison and Elise.