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WOW!  What an amazing Book Week we have had this year!

We met author's, 'Secret Story Tellers', made character potatoes, introduced 'Reading Champions', taken part in competitions and been awarded reading certificates...phew!!!

The children have had a very busy and very inspiring week and…

This week Year 3 have been very bust celebrating World Book Day. As well as reading a range of books in class, we have also been on the Story Bus and been read a story by an author. Children have also been busy at home making potato book characters, well done Year 3, they all look…

Year Five have been celebrating World Book Day.  In the morning the children completed some work on Roald Dahl then in the afternoon they all had a turn listening to a short story on the Story Bus.

There were lots of super entries in the potato book character competition.  Choosing a winner was…

World Book Week

What an exciting week have had in Year Two. We have had three authors visit us, reading champions from our class and we have had secret story tellers. It didn't finish there as the class participated in the whole school potato challenge. I can't believe how amazing some of their…

Well done Denzel.

You are such a kind and caring little boy.

I am very proud of you.

WWBBA: Performing 

S.C: I can sing in tune and pronounce words within a song clearly. 

We have started our rehearsals for The Bee's Knees musical. We are very excited about our performance in a couple of weeks and we have really enjoyed learning all the songs. 

Our favourite song is…

Today we have had a very busy day in year 4. 

We have been able to go and buy books from the book sale to raise money for help the homeless. We have also been aboard the book bus to listen to different stories. We also got the opportunity to look at all the different potato book characters that…

Yesterday Silver Birch Class enjoyed being outside and exploring in the snow. 

Have a look at some of the photos we took outside. 

Charles came to talk to Year 2 and Year 4 this wek about the Jewish religion.

Year 5 and Year 6 also visited Charles at the Yeshurum Synagogue in Machester on Monday.

Below is  the email which Charles sent to Miss Watson.

I know we have wonderful children at Gillibrand. They always make…

Book Week is next week, and we are all looking forward to sharing different books and stories with the children. Maybe some more Secret Story Tellers will visit!

Don't forget the book fair starts on Tuesday. You should have received your voucher for World Book day, which can be redeemed against…

Jewish Visitor in Year 2

Last half term, as part of our RE curriculum, the whole school looked at different aspects of the Jewish religion.

This included looking at the bar mitzvah ceremony, the Torah, Shabbat, Sukkah, the exodus of Moses, and Shema – affirmation of the Jewish faith. Since…

Reception Class have been involved in a whole range of exciting and interesting activities this week.

Looking forward to March we having been learning about the season of Spring and what this means in terms of weather and changes for animals and plants in our environment. The children…