Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

• Gateford Park - Radio Stars!!

  Sat 25 Feb 2012
  Last week, BBC Radio Sheffield's Howard Pressman came to school to interview our children for his 'Kids Talk' section.
  
  He asked the children about lots of things, ranging from 'What is your Grandma like?' to 'What does God look like?'  Some interesting answers followed!
  
  You can listen to the programme on BBC iPlayer, by clicking here.
  
  You can listen to the whole programme, or if you are in a hurry, your can scroll to 8:20 for the first part and 1:11:25 for the second part!
  
  Well done, Gateford!  We are very proud of you!

• Keep Smiling!

  Tue 21 Feb 2012
  This week, we have introduced a new system called ‘Keep Smiling’ and we are re-introducing Golden Time into the timetable.

   

  Each week, the children will have ten smiley faces on a sheet. We hope that children will be able to keep all of their smiley faces in tact by the end of the week and enjoy the full 45 minutes of Golden Time on a Friday afternoon.

   

  However, children will lose smiley faces if they do not behave as well as everyone would like. Each smiley face is worth five minutes of Golden Time. So, if a child loses four smiley faces in a week, they will miss twenty minutes of their Golden Time on Friday and will spend that time reflecting on how they will make next week a better one with me. A text will be sent home to children who must miss Golden Time.

   

  The children told us in a recent questionnaire that they sometimes feel that children who are doing the right thing all of the time sometimes get forgotten. Children who keep all of their smiley faces will receive a special sticker for a chart. Eight stickers will lead to a Bronze Award, sixteen will gain a Silver Award and twenty-four will gain a Gold Award. We have bought very fancy certificates and we are sure that the children will love to receive these very special awards from Mr. Letton.

   

  Every week will be a fresh start and there are lots of opportunities for the children to show just how brilliant they are. Staff have explained the system to the children and they think that it is a good idea.

   

  We hope that ‘Keep Smiling’ will be a big success here at Gateford, and thank you for your continued support for the school.

• istrict Athletics Champions!

  Thu 02 Feb 2012
  Our Key Stage 2 indoor athletics team travelled to Retford today to take part in the district final of the indoor athletics competition.
  
  After trying their very best, we are delighted that we are now the Bassetlaw District Champions 2012!
  
  The team will now travel to represent Bassetlaw at the County final at Nottingham University at the end of February!  Come on, Gateford!!
  
  What a fantastic achievement!  Well done everyone!
  
  Click below to see some photos from the event.