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The children in Reception class have all arrived in school over the course of the past few weeks and are settling very well into the routines of the school day. 

The next few weeks will be busy and exciting ones as we take part in Outdoor Week challenges and activities. On Monday we will take…

Walking round school it  is good to see that everyone is back in the routine of working hard.

The new Reception children have settled well and it looks like it is going to be another good year.

We are all looking forward to Outdoor Week next week. Hopefully the weather will be fine, as come…

This week Year 4 have enjoyed being artists.

We have learned all about the life of Claude Monet and looked at a range of his famous paintings, especially his paintings of water lilies. 

I was very impressed with all the children and how they created their own water lily pond. 

They made…

Roald Dahl would have celebrated his 100th birthday this week. To celebrate we have played character party games, read some of his books, made dream jars, taken part in a book quiz, learnt how to draw the BFG, sung happy birthday, made up our own character names and created our own wondercrump BFG…

Congratualtions to the following children who were top of the Times Tables Rock Star leade board today.

1st Issac 

2nd Matty

3rd Violet

The challenge has now been set for next week. 

Who can move up the most places on the leader board?

Good luck!

Welcome to year six! We have had a wonderful start to our last year at Gillibrand! This week all pupils have settled in well with many children earning a pen licence in their first week! Well done! 

In Year 3 we have been studying an artist called Georges Seurat. He created a painting technique called ‘Pointillism’ which uses lots of tiny dots to create a picture. Seurat painted outdoor landscapes and famous Parisian landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower. Year 3 are going to be using…

All the children in Year 4 now have a user name and password to log on to 

Times Tables Rock Stars. We want the children to be fluent in all multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 by the end of Year 4. 

Times Tables Rock Stars will help the children to learn these facts.

This week there will…

All the children in Year 4 have enjoyed their first week back in Silver Birch Class.

Lots of Dojo points have been awarded and we are very pleased with all of the children's attitude and behaviour.

It's going to be a busy and exciting term ahead, with lots of things planned for the…

Welcome back to school everyone!

All the children are looking so smart in their uniforms and ready to start what promises to be an exciting term.

This year we intend to use our wonderful grounds and do more learning outdoors.

We are launching this initiative with Outdoor Weeks, beginning…

Good luck for the future! You have worked very hard and made us all proud! Enjoy your summer holidays and good luck at high school. 

For the end of year reward, we went to Tramp2Lean in Leyland. It was very energetic but fun!

Hope you all enjoyed it!