Gillingham Primary School

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Read for Good Readathon

 

Dear Parents and Carers, 

Thank you so much for your fantastic support with our whole school 'Readathon' event.  You have raised £365 for the 'Read for Good' charity which is a huge amount of money!  The charity will use your money to buy new books for sick children in hospital and arrange for professional story tellers to visit them too.  Please do thank all the extended family members and friends who sponsored your children and pass on the good news.    

Mrs Marney 

Remembrance Day 2018

 

Friday 2nd November 2018

 

On Friday 2nd November 2018 our school is launching a ‘Read for Good’ sponsored read and we would love your child to join in! 

The sponsored read event was explained to the children in our whole school assembly on Monday morning and on Friday they will be bringing home a ‘Sponsor Card’.   The children can choose whatever they want to read - from comics to classics and audio books to blogs - it’s all about reading for fun. The money they raise in sponsorship will be used by the ‘Read For Good’ charity to provide a regular supply of brand new books and a resident storyteller to every major children’s hospital in the UK.

 

All you have to do is:

  1. Take a look at what they plan to read, or help them complete their list of books to read. Remember they can read whatever they want: books, e-books, poetry, comics – anything goes! Sharing books is fine too (in fact recommended!) as well as listening to audio books.
  2. Help your child find sponsors among family and friends. The easiest way to sponsor a child is at www.readforgood.org/sponsor (which family and friends can use too) or return the sponsor card with a cheque(s) or cash sent to school.

 

Your children will be helping other children in hospitals get books, as well as helping themselves. Our school receives free books worth 20% of our grand sponsorship total – so there really is something in it for everyone. 

The completion date for our Sponsored Read is Monday 26th November 2018. 

For further information, please visit the ‘Read For Good’ website www.readforgood.org.

Thank you for your support –

helping your child to keep reading, raising and being amazing!

Mrs Marney

Friday 12th October

Today we took part in 'Wacky Hair for Hospice Care' to raise money for Weldmar.

Thank you so much for your support- the children have really enjoyed showcasing their crazy styles whilst raising money for such a great cause!

We were very lucky to have a visit from
‘Well-Baa’ the Weldmar mascot who came to say hello and a big thank you to the children for raising money for the Weldmar charity. They were very excited to see him!

 

 

Tuesday 9th October 2018

On Tuesday 9th October, 10 girls from Year 5 got to experience a 'Girls in Science' day at Bruton School for Girls.
The morning started with an introduction to the activities and meeting the teachers.
Our first activity was all to do with chemistry, we had to use our sense of smell to guess different food items in boxes to see if we could guess what they were.... the onion was very stinky!
Then we got to make our own bath bombs, choosing different scents and colourings.
Next we watched a video about gliders, we discussed what made a good glider and got to experiment with making our own, testing them to see which groups went the furthest. We found out that making it as light as possible with a large wingspan got the best result.
After that it was time for lunch. We went to the canteen and got to choose our food - including a yummy pudding!
Our last activity of the day was in the Biology department, we had to extract DNA from bananas using different solutions in test tubes. We had to wear lab coats and safety goggles- it was really fun!
We all gathered back together at the end of the day and said thank you to all the adults that made our day so fun and inspiring and said our goodbyes.

Thursday 27th September 2018

These photos show the children's work at 'Stick Art Club'.  The children made rafts last week and tested to see if they floated.  This week they made clay and stick animals. There are still spaces at Stick Club for children in years 2 and 3.