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I was extremely pleased and proud to receive a Lancashire Education Award on Monday for Innovation. This was in recognition of the creative curriculum we have at Gillibrand. 

Well done to all the staff for continuing to provide fantastic and innovate learning opportunities for all our…

Year 4 went outside today and drew a variety of rectangles and squares of given measurements.  They then had to calculate the perimeter.  The children worked hard and made some very careful measurements.

After almost half a term of being taught some of the skills of judo - to pin our opponent down and to get out of a hold, Year 3 competed against each other in small groups. I have to say, they all performed well and each child gained a certificate. All the children showed that they had been…

It was a shame that, after all our preparations, hard work and practising we were unable to go to the church to celebrate our Harvest Festival with parents/carers. The weather made it unsafe for us to walk to the church but we were still able to go ahead with our Harvest Festival celebration in…

Unfortunately, due to the adverse weather conditions we are having at the moment, we were unable to celebrate the Harvest Festival at church, as planned.  However, the celebrations still went ahead in school.  The children in Y1 put in a fantastic performance, retelling the story of 'The Little…

This week in Year 2 we have started a new book called ‘The Pea and the Princess’, a twist on the traditional tale ‘The Princess and the Pea’. We started by making predictions on what we think will happen in the story by looking at objects from the book; a crown, a pea pod, a pea and a…

Well done to all of our Year 6 pupils who completed their bike ability course this week.

They loved it and learnt lots of ways to stay safer on the road. I’m so proud of you all! If you wish to now cycle to and from school, please pick up a permission letter from the office. 

Thank you for your kind donations for our harvest celebration today. 

Unfortunately we were unable to go to church due to the weather, however our harvest went ahead in school. Pat from Living Waters thanked the children for all their kind donations as they will help a lot of needy families in…

Year 4 had great fun making oobleck. 

They mixed together cornflour and water.  Once mixed, it behaved in a very strange way.  This mixture is known as a Non Newtonian fluid.  See what else you can find out about this fascinating fluid!

After almost half a term of being taught some of the skills of judo - to pin our opponent down and to get out of a hold, Year 4 competed against each other in small groups. I have to say, they all performed well and each child gained a certificate. All the children showed that they had been…

A big thank you to the Flying Gorillas company who visited school today. Our children got to listen to such a wide range of instruments and music from different countries. Their amazing behaviour and attitude to learning impressed all members of the Flying Gorillas. I was very proud of all the…

Today the whole school enjoyed watching the ‘Flying Gorillas’ music and dance workshop.

I have never seen Year 5 sit so quietly as they did when listening to music played on the cello and the violin.

The children also got to see a range of acting performed to the…