PA Games: Boccia and New Age Kurling

Tuesday 3rd December

The PA Games: Boccia and New Age Kurling competition showed some great focus from all the children that took part.

Both our Gainsborough team showed great manners and respect to everyone they played with, they also showed great rolling skills to get as many points as they can.

All they Hard work was rewarded as Gainsborough B Came out in 3rd place.

Congrats!!!!!!!

Year 4 Gymnastics Rolling

Tuesday 29th October 2019

Today year 4 learned how to do a forward roll and link them together with previous rolls that they have learned over the years. They also learned how to make different variations of the rolls and how to finish their rolls.

It's good to speak more than one language because...

Year 4 have started the new term by reflecting on what languages they can already speak and why it is good to speak more than one language.

Here are some of their ideas.

It's good to speak more than one language because...

"if you get lost you can tell them you're lost in their language and they can help you." - Myiah

"you can make new friends." - Yaasmin

"your brain will be smarter." - Jack

"you can understand more people, countries and cultures, which makes the world a better place." -Bonita

Apollo Music

Today Apollo Music visited Year 4. 

The children enjoyed trying the different instruments.

Which is your favourite?

violin, viola, cello

Girls Football Festival Years 4 - 6

Our team of 10 girls took part in the Hackney Girls Football Festival. This was held at Hackney Marshes. There were over 150 girls across Hackney taking part! The girls across years 4 -6 competed in 4 matches.
Drawing one of their matches and coming close in the others, the girls all worked tremendously hard competing against girls who have played football for years. 
Well done girls!

Year 3/4 Girls Football Festival

Yesterday was a great day for football as the sun was shining with a cool breeze blowing, and a whiff of freshly cut grass brushing our noses. Jumpers and coats scattered around with packed lunches filled to the brim and over spilling. 100's of girls running around in their  colourful football kits with energy to last a lifetime. Nervously waiting for their turn to play, watching in awe as each team scored game changing goals.

The girls started off with low confidence and as they got into more games they started to become confident and adamant to win and ended up playing in the advanced matches and scored loads of goals. They successfully got 1 win 2 draws and only 1 loss.

One of the girls scored an  amazing goal and they had great determination as well as great sports person-ship

PA Handball Years 3 and 4

Tuesday 26th March 2019

Gainsborough took part in the Primary Advantage Games held at Holy Trinity.

Congratulations on Holy Trinity winning the competition. St John and St James came second and our school came in third place.

Well done to our Year 3 and 4 children who demonstrated excellent sportsmanship.

Young Voices concert at the O2

On Tuesday the Key Stage 2 choir went to the O2 Arena to perform as part of the Young Voices choir.

There were over eight thousand children singing together.

We performed with a live band and professional dancers. 

Our parents and carers came to watch.

We had a great time!

Apollo Music Project

This week musicians from the Apollo Music Project came in to work with Year 4. 

The children listened carefully to the music and asked lots of questions. 

They identified patterns in the music and talked about how the music made them feel.

Apollo will be visiting us again soon. We can't wait!

Pen Pal letters

Our Pen Pal letters from Year 3 and Year 4 are ready to send to Spain!

They look amazing!

Excelente job!

Spanish Display

Come and see our Spanish display. You will get to see the best work of Gainsborough students during Autumn 2 term.
It is all about descriptions:

Year 3 described themselves as monster.
Year 4 learnt the zoo animals.
Year 5 described people in their class.
Year 6 we learnt about some naughty Santa's helpers that stole all the Christmas presents, they helped the police to find them by describing them.

A special concert for Years 3 and 4

Last week the Albion Quartet visited us and gave an interactive concert to Years 3 and 4. 

We heard some incredible music.

We learnt about dynamics and tempo.

The Albion Quartet will be coming back later in the year to work with us again. We can't wait!

Carol Singing

The Year 4 choir went carol singing at the Ernst and Young offices in Canary Wharf and at Here East in Hackney Wick. 

 They sounded amazing!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!

Well done Year 4!

It's ukulele time!

Last week Year 4 had their first ukulele lesson.  

We learnt two songs.

'Meet my ukulele'

and 

'That thumb brush strum'

Guildhall Art Gallery- Maths and Symmetry

Tie Dye with Fashion+Textile Club

In Fashion and Textile Club we have been learning the Tie-Dye technique this week.

With Tie dye  you can produce beautiful textile patterns on fabric by tying parts of the cloth to shield it from the dye.

We had so much fun perfecting this new technique!

RAF Celebration Fly Past

Last week we saw an impressive aerial display of aircraft fly over the playground on its way to central  central London to celebrate 100 years of the Royal Air Force. 

The spectacular event will took place as part of a series of special events throughout 2018 to mark the centenary. 

Featuring up to 100 aircraft, the flypast remembered the RAF's creation on April 1, 1918. Thanks to Year 5 for capturing these stunning photographs of the once in a lifetime event!

Natural History Museum Trip

                                   Natural History Museum 

Year 4 went to the Natural History Museum and learnt all about Volcanic Eruptions, where volcanoes and earthquakes are around the world and the destruction they can cause. 

Our favourite part was the earthquake simulator and the virtual world map showing tectonic plates.