GATEWAY NEWS – 13th February 2015
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back to term 4 at Gateway and we have started this very short term with a fun filled learning week
all about Science. The whole school has participated in Science week and the children have enjoyed
experimenting and investigating different aspects of Science in their classrooms. Some children have used
food including chocolate as part of their experiments whilst others have used exercise and staying healthy as
part of their learning. All the children have also taken part in ECO day today and have been thinking about
reducing food waste as a way to help save resources and our planet.
I was lucky enough to be able to chat to children about their learning during my tea party and written below
are some quotes from the children about their learning during Science week.
“We investigated to find out if boys have more stamina than girls” – Mascot Year 5
“We have been learning about materials. We got to put materials in a bowl of water to see if it waterproof” –
Harmony and Oliver Year 2
“It was fun and we have a good time learning” – Dylan Year 5.
Next week in school we are celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 5th March. This will be a day of
reading, stories and the chance to be invited to a special tea party with Mrs Mullins 
Many thanks
Sharon Mullins
** WHOLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE for week ending 27th February – 95%**
Classes with the highest attendance are: FS/KS1 – Penguins, KS2 – Kingfishers
************* Stars of the week awards **************
Tia Collett, Megan Yates, Katie Betts, Benjamin McCarthy, Rachel Trinder, Noah Shearsby-Simpson,
Harry Heydon, Harry Spencer, Dariece Skeete, Carolina Santos, Libby Simpson, Alfie Stevens,
Courtney Watson, Jessica Parfitt, Matthew Williams and Lydia Mccue
Olympic Value Awards – Ella Westwood, Zoe Jakes, Rhys Tannock, Evie Gaffney, Peacocks Class,
Aaron Airs and Daniel Lynch
**This week’s tea party children were – Harmony Gorham, Oliver Hague, Dylan Briggs,
Mascot Rai and Braidon Gillan**
Well done everyone!
WORLD BOOK DAY – THURSDAY 5TH MARCH
Thursday 5th March is World Book Day. To celebrate, we will be running many events throughout the day.
Children are invited to bring to school a prop to represent a book character. They will need to be able to give
clues to their class mates in order for them to guess their character. At lunchtime, there will be a book swap
where the children can exchange an unwanted book for a new challenge. Year sixes will be story telling at
break and in the afternoon children will be able to choose which teacher they would like to visit to share a
book. Come along and join us in the evening for our first world book day quiz night, it is sure to be very
competitive! 6-7pm in the school hall.
GSA News - Your PTA
Our next event will be serving refreshments and popcorn at the Reading Event being held on 5th March
(more details to follow).
So far the GSA has raised £2660 since September which is an amazing amount that couldn’t have been
achieved without the support from parents, children and staff. Along with previous funds that had been
raised we have now been able to give funds to Mrs Mullins so that she is able to replenish books for the
school library and classrooms.
The GSA is not a closed group, anyone interested in joining the team is very welcome and if you'd like to be
involved with events but don't want a full Committee role do let us know - the more the merrier. Our next
meeting will be held on Monday 2nd March.
Regular updates on forthcoming events, funds raised and what the money has been for will be on the GSA
page on the school website.
Diary Dates
Class photographs – 4th March
World Book day and Book Quiz in evening – 5th March
KS1 Trip to Story Museum – 11th March
Parent’s meeting week – 23rd-26th March (letter to follow)
BREAK UP end of term 4 – 27th March 1:30pm
Start of term 5 – 13th April
May Day Bank Holiday – 4th May
Y6 SATs week – 11th-15th May
Book Fair in school – 19th May
Break up end of term 5 – 22nd May 3pm
Start of term 6 – 1st June
End of term 6 – 17th July 1:30pm