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Tammy Finlayson visited school last week to talk to the children about looking after our environment.

She popped in again this week to talk about caring for our pets and being responsible animal owners.

Tammy has kindly arranged for Bingu to come to Gillibrand to help us keep our school free…

We have been exploring the story of Goildilocks and the Three Bears in Reception Class and it has been a lot of fun. All the children have been engaged in a variety of small world and role play activities to retell the story. We have explored the number three and the language of size and…

We loved building a Stone Age shelter this morning.

It wasn't very big but we managed to fit four children inside it.

I think there was a lot of learning taking place this morning in year 4.

Ask your child what they learned about Stone Age life.

This half term every Monday morning we have walked a mile. This has been great exercise and has really woken us up ready to learn. 

Today was our last Mile Monday walk and we all wanted to celebrate. Well done!

On Monday we started our Stone Age topic.  In order for the children to get a grasp of just how long ago this was we used a toilet roll to represent the years.  Each sheet of toilet roll equalled 30 years of time.  The children discussed events from the all the different time periods they could…

Earlier in the half term the children were set the challenge of growing the longest cress! Children returned to school with their plants today for the final measuring.

Here are the top 3 results –

1^st Place – Max – 18cm

Joint 2^nd Place – Louis and Grace – 17cm

3^rd…

After two very successful outdoor learning weeks, the feedback from children and parents has been fantastic!

Children enjoyed all sorts of lessons outside from science to English to maths to art and geography. Most children were enthusiastic about their learning and were excited to learn about…

Year 4 loved looking at the artefacts that were dug up on our school field at the weekend.

We will be learning a lot more now about Stone Age life.

Watch this space!

Yesterday we completed our Play Leaders training (PALs). We had lots of active fun exploring and developing our leadership skills.

We have all enjoyed designing and making a rainwater harvester to try and catch as much rain as possible. 

This was after we learned in our RE lesson about the importance of water, and how and why some people in parts of Africa harvest their rainwater.

Year 4 really enjoyed this challenge.…

We all took part in the Harvest Service at Trinity Methodist Church.

Well done Year 4.

You all spoke very well at the Harvest Service today.

There are more photos on the News section on the web page. 

Harvest Festival 

Year Two took part in the whole school Harvest festival at Trinity Methodist Church today.

It was lovely to see so many parents there to support us and joining in with the singing!

Well done Year Two.