Dear Parents and Carers,

First of all I wanted to thank all of the parents, carers, teachers,

support staff and most of all the children for what has been another

fantastic year in the life of Gaddesby Primary School. This year has

been another incredibly busy year with a huge range of school trips

across all year groups, lots of fantastic, well attended events in

school (such as sports day and our music evening), and children

working hard to improve and reach their targets.

I would like to wish all of our leavers good luck for the next stage

of their school lives and I hope that Gaddesby Primary School has

given them a strong footing for future success. It is with a heavy

heart that we see our year 6’s move on but I am certain that they

are ready for secondary school and all of the exciting challenges

ahead.

I hope that all of the families in school have an enjoyable and relax-

ing summer and that the children have lots of opportunity to enjoy

the extended break.

We return to school on August 29th when we will have a brand

new class in foundation stage and a number of new pupils joining

across the school. I look forward to seeing everyone on the morn-

ing of the 29th August for what I am sure will be another exciting,

challenging but most of all rewarding year.

Mr Fox

Headteacher

Gaddesby Gazette Edition 5—July 2017

ARTS WEEK

FOGS recently organised a fun-filled arts week for the whole

school. People came into school to share their skills with the chil-

dren, who had lots of fun. Many thanks to FOGS for organising and

financing a very enjoyable week.

The school will re-open on the

morning of Tuesday 29th August

2017.

Academic Year 2017-2018 Autumn Term Schools Open Mid Term Break Schools Close

Tuesday 29th August

2017

Monday 23rd – Friday

27th October 2017

Friday 22nd Decem-

ber 2017

Spring Term Schools Open Mid Term Break Schools Close

Tuesday 9th January

2018

Monday 12th – Friday

16th February 2018

Friday 23rd March

2018

Summer Term Schools Open May Day Mid Term Break Schools Close

Monday 9th April

2018

Monday 7th May 2018

Monday 28th May –

Friday 1st June 2018

Thursday 12th July

2018

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School Nurse: Lavinia King 01509 410203

Summer Fair

EYFS Fathers Day

Polly and I were excited because we

were doing a flute and piano duet. To-

gether, we were also doing singing in the

choir. We sang Drop in the Ocean,

Build it High and One in a Million. We

arrived very early so we saw the family

band rehearsing, they were amazing. The

night turned out to be really good and

that was all down to Miss Lynch.

On the music night people played instru-

ments like the piano and the flute. It was

lovely to hear all the different people play-

ing, the ice cream lady was there because

it was so hot—YUM! After the music

there was a raffle and Harry won some-

thing. It was really fun.

Harry & Sia

EYFS

Botanical

Gardens

visit

Dog Day

ENTERPRISE DAY

Recently year 6 have had an enterprise day. We had to get ourselves into

small groups and organise stalls and activities in order to raise money. There

were cake stalls, Nerf shoot out, car racing, sponge the teacher (thanks Mrs

Dewick and Mr Thomas!) and football skill challenges. We raised over £350

to go to on a leaver’s trip; Mr Thomas arranged a visit to Holme Pierrepont

Country Park, where we would be doing several fun activities. Some of the

year fives helped run the stalls and even took over from the year 6 when we

went for our lunch. Thank you to everyone who donated, we couldn’t have

done it without you!!

Written by Evie and Kiona (year 6)

Sports Day

We did lots of different sports on sports day like throwing

the javelin, golf, sack races, football and egg & spoon. You

had to get round the cone and back to earn a point. Jess

Ennis Hill won the trophy this year.

At the music evening the choir

sang and people played their

instruments. Our families

came and brought picnics.

There was also a raffle. The

ice cream cart was there and

the ice creams were so nice. It

turned out to be a fantastic

night and everyone enjoyed it.

Merlie & Hollie

This is what the children thought

about the Music Showcase:

MUSIC SHOWCASE

Shakespeare Rocks

KS2 have been busy working on the play, Shakespeare Rocks. Their performances were on Tuesday 27th June and Wednesday 28th June. All the children tried their best and it was very funny and enjoyable. All of the parents who came to watch thought it was brilliant! Bridie, who played the role of William Shakespeare wife, said “My favourite part was showing it to all the parents.” Matilda, who played the role of one of the narrators (Al), said “I enjoyed acting and I liked helping make the props.” Thank-you to all in-volved: teachers, all of KS2 and parents for making the costumes and coming to watch. Bridie and

Matilda P

Castleton Residential

When we arrived at Castleton

we had our lunch and then two

groups went canoeing and the

other two groups went to paly

team work games. On the sec-

ond day we went to a cave

(Treak Cliff) and we polished

some Blue John –0 we got to

keep it too. The others did

archery and a scavenger hunt.

On the final day we did shelter

building a making fires. On the

way home the bus broke down

so we got to play at the service

station for half an hour.

Dan and Ols

Year 6 Leavers

This time always rushes upon us and is a one of mixed emotions. Not only do the Year 6 reflect back on another successful year but they look back on their Primary school experience. Whether they have been at Gaddesby for only a few years, or for all seven, there will be many fond memories to cherish. Year 6 will be sharing these memories to their families on Friday the 14th of July at the leavers’ assembly. I’d like to wish them all the best in their future endeavours

and every possible success. Mr Thomas

Just some of the great new

sports equipment that we have

been able to purchase thanks to

a very generous donation from

FOGS.

Shakespeare Rocks was on 27th

and 28th June. It was great fun.

Year 3 and 4 mainly did singing

but some year 4’s got speaking

parts too. Charlie L was Will

Shakespeare.

School Council

School council is the

opportunity for children

to run the Friday assem-

blies. Every term we

switch councillors and

we choose those by vot-

ing. Sometimes you

don’t get into the coun-

cil but keep trying. It’s

really fun. Max, Sam

S and Will