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In PE we have ben learning an Irish Step dance to link with our Titanic topic.  The children have been creating sequences and learning how to keep time to 8 beats.

Headteacher Appointment

The interviews for my replacement have been held. I am delighted to announce that Mrs Clayton was appointed as the new Headteacher of Gillibrand Primary School.

She will take up her position at the beginning of the Summer Term 2017.

I am sure that you…

This week, year 6 have been learning about angles in maths. We went outside, with our protractors, to measure and draw some angles. 

We have started our new science topic of light today. In this first lesson we created YouTube style videos and human diagrams to explain how we see things. 

Today the children looked at the religion Judaism. We looked at different artefacts and discussed some of the traditions within the faith. 

Ahoy me Hearties!

Year Two have enjoyed a full day learning all about Pirates and creating some of the objects that they would have used. We even looked at creating our very own Pirate names.

The children loved making the cutlasses and the telescopes. We even made up some moves to a Pirate…

Happy New Year to you all.  

Our current topic is the Titanic.  We started the week off by giving each child a ticket to board the ship.  As the children boarded, they took their place in either the 1st, 2nd or 3rd class dining area.  Once at their table they had the opportunity to study the…

We have kicked off our Pirate Topic is style this week.  We have been 'Swashbuckling' ourselves, thinking about what we would put in our treasure chest, creating sea shanties and making pirate treasure maps!  We have also made pirate flags, pirate hats and cutlasses.  Below are some photographs…

This week Year Two started thier BollyWood Theme in dancing. What a fantastic start! I didn't realise how many rythmic movers and groovers there are in Year Two...i'm not included!

I can't wait to see all the different moves over the next couple of weeks. 

Monday 9^th January 2017

Dear Parents,

I am genuinely sad to announce my retirement as Headteacher at Gillibrand. I have been Headteacher at Gillibrand since January 2002 and the time has certainly flown by. I feel now is the right time to embark on the exciting prospect of…

To introduce our new topic of the Titanic, we have had a full topic day. The day started when we were given a ticket (with the name of a real passenger on it) to board the ship in our classroom and we answered the questions below: 

What would you pack for your journey?

What will you be…

Just a few photos to show some of the exciting activities from this busy Christmas week. Each child received a reply to the letter they each wrote to Santa. We also enjoyed Christmas Jumper Day, our Christmas party and the whole school Christmas dinner. Merry Christmas everyone!