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Dear Parents
Term really seems to be getting underway now. It was lovely to see so many parents at the Meet the Teacher evenings this week. If you were unable to attend and would like to see your child's class teacher please contact the school office to arrange a suitable time.
We have all enjoyed a great week of Roald Dahl activities and many year groups have also been out on exciting trips. The creative Gateway staff were invited to design their own Dream Jars. A total of 34 staff completed a jar and the children had a fascinating time trying to work out the clues to identify the member of staff involved. Many interesting dreams and facts were discovered.
Mrs La Farge, Head Teacher
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| EYU make 'delumptious' sundaes |
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We have gone BFG crazy in EYU this week.
The children used picture cards to help them sequence and then retell the story using there own words. They made their own giant ears and went on a listening walk around the school. The children heard birds, aeroplanes a motorbike and even a police car siren.
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| Reception enjoy 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' |
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| The children thoroughly enjoyed Roald Dahl day on Tuesday, focussing on the story ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, as many children have heard both the story or seen the original film. We all had great fun tasting white, milk and dark chocolate in our Maths lesson and with the use of a tally chart and a bar graph the children were able to find out the most and least favourite flavour. |
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| Year 1 have fun at the discovery centre |
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| What a busy week we have had in Year one. We celebrated Roald Dahl day on Monday; the children enjoyed acting as if they were Mr Twit, making hairy beards covered in stinky cheese, smelly sardines and bits of dirt. |
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| Year 2 have a magical wizardry week! |
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| We have had a magical wizardry week! On Tuesday, school had its Roald Dahl 100th birthday celebrations and Year 2 were George for the day! They considered all the gruesome ingredients George found to make his marvellous medicine for Grandma, and they were let loose on their own ingredients (supplied by their teachers) and ideas! |
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| Year 3 enjoy outward bound challenges at Woodrow |
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| An amazing, active and adventurous day was spent by the year 3 children at the outward bound centre at Woodrow. The aim was to develop teamwork, listening and communication skills. |
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| Year 4 have a great day out at Holly Green Farm |
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| A fantastic day was experienced by all Year 4s at Holly Green Farm. Three contrasting habitats were selected in order to investigate the organisms found living there. The habitats chosen were: pond, woodland, and a maize field. |
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| Year 5 discover Ancient Egypt and its fascinating history |
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| This week the children have explored how the world was created - according to the Ancient Egyptians. Working in groups, each person produced an illustrated ‘storyboard’ telling the tale in an animated style. |
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| Year 6 take part in a 'Week of Inspiring Maths' |
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| This week Year 6 have very enthusiastically been taking part in a Week of Inspiring Maths, a program of activities that have been put together by Stanford University. The program is designed to develop the children's mathematical thinking through looking at numbers in a variety of different ways. |
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Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, based at Buckinghamshire County Museum, is a fantastic place for you and the kids to let your imaginations run wild and have loads of fun! It attracts visitors from all over the country, and the world, and has won 2 major awards for education, with plenty of secrets to discover along the way!
There is so much to see and do, it will baffle your brain and boggle your eyes, and it’s like walking into a giant pop up book! You can explore sound with the BFG, discover minibeasts with James and his microscopic friends inside the Giant Peach, and discover buried treasures from the past, and life underground, as you crawl along Fantastic Mr Fox’s tunnel!
You will also be able to discover inventions with Willy Wonka, dress up in Victorian school clothes and play some games from yesteryear, but watch out for Miss Trunchbull! Walk through an enormous book into Matilda’s Library, where you will find an inviting room full of books, where you can learn more about Dahl’s life and work.
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Gateway School celebrates Roald Dahl Day |
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On Tuesday, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl with an exciting dream jar hunt. All of the staff had a jar which they filled with clues about a dream of theirs. These were located around the school for children to find, examine the contents and guess who ‘the dreamer’ might be! It was lovely to listen in on their discussions and reasoning as the sorted through the objects. Who would put miso soup in a jar and why? The jar which contained only a few drops of water caused great intrigue amongst children and staff alike. Any ideas?
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Gateway School
1 High Street, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 9AA
Tel: 01494 862 407
Email: office@gatewaysch.co.uk
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