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

• Willow Sculpture

  Tue 11 Mar 2014

  A new structure has appeared in the grounds of Gateford park.  No, it's not an alien spacecraft but it is amazing all the same. 

  Jim from Greener Places (who helped to design and build the wildlife garden last spring) has been working hard for us again.  Gateford Oaks very kindly agreed to fund a willow sculpture and today saw Jim and the children preparing the ground, arranging the willow rods and weaving them into place.

  The finished sculpture is beautiful and will provide a quiet area of shade during the warmer months.  During the winter - well, let your imagination run wild...

  Come along and see the Willow Dome for yourself.

  

• Mission complete!

  Fri 07 Mar 2014

  Space week is over.  We had a fantastic competition day to end the fun and were joined by lots of parents, carers and friends to celebrate all the achievements of the week.

  Balloon rockets

  1st - Joshua Rowland
  2nd - Harry Leicester
  3rd - Charlie Cooper
  Best Decorated - Max Bowskill
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
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  FS2 - Freddie marks
  Y1 - Charlotte Ayton
  Y2 - Martyna Bajorek
  Y3 - Ben Wilcox
  Y4 - Emily Moger
  Y5 - Ella Woodhouse
  Y6 - Logan Larkey
  Overall Winner - Lucy Conroy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Build a spaceship
  
  
  
  

  Will Howard
  Sophie Spencer
  Lucy Waspe
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  The fancy dress creations were amazing, well done everyone.

  Thank you for all the support throughout the week.  We look forward to seeing you again soon.

  

• The Great Spaceship Build-off

  Thu 06 Mar 2014

  What a fantastic afternoon of cutting, sticking, designing, making, changing, sticking again, falling apart, sticking yet again!  We have an amazing range of rockets and spaceships which will all be entered into the competition and judged by our anonymous judge tomorrow. 

  1st to 3rd will be announced in the Mission Complete assembly on Friday at 2.45pm.  Come along and find out all the winners of all the fantastic competitions taking place on the final day of Space Week 2014.

  

• Space Week - Day 3

  Wed 05 Mar 2014

  Today was Space Academy day.  Every child, and most of the teachers, became space cadets and went on an amazing journey through the universe. 

  After the initial training and safety talk we fearlessly entered the spaceship and set off for the outer reaches of space.  There were a few close calls with sun, asteroids and a black hole but we made it back, you will be glad to hear, without casualties.

  

• Stargazing at Gateford

  Wed 05 Mar 2014

  Thank you to all the children, parents and friends of Gateford who came along to gaze at the stars with the Bassetlaw Astronomical Society on Tuesday evening.  With beautiful clear skies we were treated to an amazing spectacle of moon craters, nebulae and Jupiter with its moons. 

  After an informative talk about the night sky we all filed outside and queued up to have our chance to look through one or more of the powerful telescopes brought along by the society members.

  Then it was time for a tasty rocketdog and planetcakes!  Yummy!

  We hope to see lots of you at the next space event on Thursday.  Come along and help your child/ren to build a junk spaceship in the hall from 1.30pm.  See you there!

  

• Space Week - Day 2

  Tue 04 Mar 2014
  Today was Star Day and we had visitors from the Bassetlaw Astronomical Society.  They told us all about what we can see in the night sky at the moment and also taught us lots about our solar system.  Each class spent half an hour with the really enthusiastic members of the society and had the chance to ask lots of interesting questions.

  

• Space Week - Day 1

  Mon 03 Mar 2014
  The countdown is over.  Space Week 2014 is here. 
  
  Today the children from KS2 worked with Dr Roberts from Nottingham University.  Year 3 and 4 found out just how big space is and year 5 and 6 investigated how difficult it was to fly to the moon.
  
  Check out the photographs below.
  
  Day 2 = Star Day.  Mr Whyles from the Bassetlaw Astronomical Society will be here all day working with the children and helping them to find out about the sky at night.  Why not come along at 6.30pm with your child/ren to find out more and hopefully to look at the stars.  Fingers crossed for a clear evening sky.  The PTFA have kindly offered to come along and sell hot dogs and drinks to keep us going.  Please come along and support the event.