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This half term our core value that we are focusing on in school and discussing with the children is self belief.

We want all the children at Gillibrand to believe in their own abilities. Every classroom has the following words on the wall:

I can't do it....yet!

I know that all the…

This week, Year 6 have been learning about World War One. The children have been going back in time to become a soldier in ‘the great war’. The children’s work will be displayed for parents to see on Monday at our 100 year celebration afternoon. Hope to see you…

Year 4 and 5 started their judo lessons this half term and it was clear to see that they are all enjoying learning a new sport.

Keep up the good work!

This week in Reception, we have been focusing on developing number skills in counting and recognising numbers. We have enjoyed lots of counting activities to practise techniques to make counting more accurate and we have been recognising some larger numbers. 

We had a great time this week during our first Judo lesson.

Has anyone seen the bog baby?  We searched high and low, all around our school grounds but could we find it? No!

This week, the children have started reading 'The Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward.  It is a beautiful story about a magical pond in 'Bluebell…

On Monday, the children were introduced to our new History topic of Anglo Saxons. 

The children were put into groups and then they had to re-enact the picture and complete some drama work linked to the photo. 

Have a look at what they created. 

Today, as part of our science topic 'States of Matter,' Year 4 have been investigating how quickly chocolate buttons melt. They tested 3 different types of chocolate buttons, taking care to carry out a fair test. There were some interesting results.

All the children predicted that the chocolate…

We have been creating Remembrance art using bottle lids to stamp the poppies. We created the landscapes using pencil crayon. Some of our art will be displayed at The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints and some will be displayed in our…

We have had a fantastic afternoon during our first judo lesson. The children were amazing and they all had a great attitude - I was exhausted just watching them!

This week we invited parents into school to take a step back in time as we began our 'pre-learning' work.  The children and myself loved having parents and family members in the classroom, supporting them with their learning.  Children and adults alike enjoyed researching and finding out abut…

What a great time we all had learning about our new topic 'The Great Fire of London'.  It was fantastic to learn alongside the parents, carers and family members who were able to attend.

The children are now all raring to get started on the new topic after the holidays.

Thank you to all…