Gayton Junior School

Reward Day
2023-10-27 09:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)

Year 5 Creswell Crags Trip
2023-10-20 09:00 - 16:00

Individual & Family Photos
2023-10-05 08:30 - 12:00
Individual photographs will be taken by our photographer today in school. If you would like a family group photo, please come to the main door from 8:30am.

Inclusion Coffee Morning - Bridge the Gap
2023-10-04 09:00 - 11:00
Our next Coffee Morning is on Wednesday 4th October with doors opening at 9am for tea and coffee ready for a 9:30am start and the guest visitors are the team from Bridge The Gap, who will be on hand to talk about children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. Please come along and join us.

Year 3 Markeaton Park Trip
2023-09-29 09:00 - 15:00

Year 6 Weights & Height Measures
2023-09-29 09:00 - 12:00
Your child brought home a letter in the summer term about the team who will be visiting school on Friday 29th September to measure the height and weight of our Year 6 pupils. All results will also be noted in your child’s health record, and a member of the school nursing team or your GP may contact you if they have a concern about your child’s weight. All information and results will be treated confidentially – no child’s height or weight measurements information will be given to school staff or other children. If there are any concerns regarding your child’s height and weight, as well as a possible contact from the School Nursing team, you will be sent your child’s results through the post, including information about healthy lifestyle services. If your child is assessed as being a healthy weight, you will not receive feedback from us but can contact your school nurse who will be happy to talk to you should you wish.
For further information, please visit the following website: https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/your-childs-weight/home which gives tips on healthy eating and being active.
Opting your child out of the programme:
If you are happy for your child to be weighed and measured, you do not need to do anything.
You should have written to the team in the summer term when you received the letter if you did not want your child to take part. If you did not do this at the time, we advise you to let the NCMP Team know as soon as possible by email to dmh-tr.NCMPteam@nhs.net You must state your child’s full name, date of birth and school in your email. Children will not be made to participate if they do not want to.

INSET Day 5
2023-09-22 08:00 - 17:00
School is closed today for children. Pupils should NOT come to school today.

Summer Term 2
2023-06-05 - 2023-07-21

Half Term
2023-05-27 - 2023-06-04, 2023-02-18 - 2023-02-26

Year 6 SATs Week
2023-05-08 - 2023-05-12
All Year 6 children must be in school this week – no holidays.

Summer Term 1
2023-04-17 - 2023-05-26

Easter Holiday
2023-04-01 - 2023-04-16

INSET Day 5
2023-03-31
School is closed for children all day

Spring Term 2
2023-02-27 - 2023-03-30

Spring Term 1
2023-01-09 - 2023-02-17

Christmas Holiday
2022-12-23 - 2023-01-08

INSET 4
2022-12-22
School is closed all day for children

Christmas Discos
2022-12-15 17:00 - 19:45
The School Council have requested Christmas Discos again this year. These will be held on Thursday 15th December. Lower School Disco will run from 5pm-6:15pm and Upper School Disco will run from 6:30pm–7:45pm. All children MUST be collected by an adult please. Tickets will go on sale nearer the time—please keep an eye out for details.

Year 3 Production
2022-12-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-12-14 14:00 - 15:00
Performance to parents at 2pm and 6pm. Please look out for details regarding tickets.

Christmas Dinner Day
2022-12-07 12:15 - 13:30
Wednesday 7th December is Christmas Dinner Day. Lunches will only be provided for those children who have ordered them in advance and there will be no other options offered on the day. The cost of the lunch will be £2.20 and will need to be paid in advance using ScoPay. We will provide crackers to pull.
On the menu this year is: roast turkey, stuffing, chipolata sausages, roast and creamed potatoes, vegetables and gravy. The vegetarian option is Quorn™ roast and the halal option is roast chicken. The stuffing and gravy are both suitable for vegetarians. For dessert there will be the option of an ice cream tub or a Christmas shortbread biscuit.
For those children with special dietary requirements, please contact Mrs Wagstaff in the office and she will arrange a suitable option for your child.
You can download a letter and slip to return to school from the Letters section of the school app if yours did not make it home! Please return the slip to school no later than Friday 25th November 2022. Unfortunately as these need to be pre-ordered with our caterers, we are unable to accept any requests after this date and your child will need to bring a packed lunch as an alternative.

Christmas Jumper Day
2022-12-07
We are also making Wednesday 7th December our Christmas Jumper Day – the children are welcome to come to school wearing their Christmas jumpers, or t-shirts, tights, hats—anything with a Christmas theme, in addition to their school uniform—along with a £2 donation for the Save the Children charity please. As usual, the Office Staff will be selling Christmas pin badges and slap bands from Monday 5th December in the school hall when doors open at 8:45am each morning, this year raising money for Safe and Sound, their chosen charity. Badges are £2, slap bands are £1 and both can be worn with school uniform throughout December.

Year 4 Trip to Tutbury Castle
2022-11-30 09:15 - 15:30
We have booked a trip for Year 4 to visit Tutbury Castle on Wednesday 30th November. As you are aware, we have been learning about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings this term in Year 4 and this trip will be a fantastic way bring to the topic to life. We will also be using the experience of the day as a stimulus for our creative writing.
On the day, we will be travelling by coach and will leave school at 9:15am and will aim to return to school by 3:30pm. Children will need a packed lunch and a water bottle. Please send your child to school on the day with sensible, warm clothing with their Gayton jumper or cardigan. We will be spending some of the day outdoors so a waterproof coat and warm clothing will be required. They do not need to bring any money with them but can bring a small amount in a named purse or wallet if they would like to buy something from the gift shop.
We would appreciate a contribution of £16 per child which would include the cost of the coaches, entry to the castle and cover the cost of the workshops that the children will be taking part in. Payment can be online using your SCOPay account.

Inclusion Coffee Morning - Social Skills at Home & School
2022-11-30 09:00 - 11:00
Our Inclusion Coffee Mornings continue, open to all, with a focus on Social Skills at home and school, run by Julie Fearn from Autism Derby. Julie works closely with children, parents and staff at Gayton, supporting them in and out of the classroom with their learning goals and is running this session to offer support to parents following a successful coffee morning in October. Feel free to join us from 9:00am for a tea or coffee, with the session running from 9:30-11:00am.

Year 2 Open Event
2022-11-23
The admissions window opens on Friday 4th November for applications for places for children starting in Year 3 in September 2023 if they are moving from an infant to a junior school. If you have a child in Year 2, please come and join us for a student-led tour of our school at either 10am or 2pm on Wednesday 23rd November. We are proud of both our school and our children, who are always keen to show off their school and explain why they think coming to Gayton is the best decision you can make for your child! Staff are always on hand to answer any trickier questions you might have and you can also pick up one of our new prospectuses on the day to take away with you.
Closing date for applications is Friday 13th January 2023.
If you wish to attend either session, please complete the form on the link below so that we know how many people to expect.
https://forms.office.com/r/vzkiiFxRtq

Year 6 Heart Dissection Workshops - In School
2022-11-16

Year 5 Trip to Sherwood Forest
2022-11-15 08:30 - 16:20, 2022-11-14 08:30 - 16:20
As part of our Experiences for Writing program, Year 5 will be visiting Sherwood Forest on either Monday 14th November or Tuesday 15th November.
On Monday 14th November, Class 7 and half of Class 8 will visit.
On Tuesday 15th November, Class 9 and the 2nd half of Class 8 will visit

We will be experiencing the atmosphere of the forest in the winter time, as an experience that we hope they find both enjoyable and inspirational for future writing. During the visit, the children will also take part in two activity workshops, based in the woodland: a Minibeasts workshop linked to our Science topic on Habitats and Woodland Wonders workshop.

We will be picked up from Gayton at 9:05am on each day – children must arrive at school no later than 8:30am please. We will aim to return to school between 4pm and 4:20pm, depending on traffic. We will be able to provide you with more accurate return estimates via ParentsApp on the day, so please make sure you have signed up and you have your notifications turned ON!

On the day, the children will need the following:

Appropriate clothing and footwear: A winter coat and wet-weather shoes or wellies
A woolly hat, scarf and gloves would be advisable
Medications (medications to be given to class teachers by parents on arrival at school please)
A packed lunch for an indoor picnic
At least 2 water bottles filled with suitable, healthy drinks.

Nasal Flu Immunisations
2022-11-08
The team will be visiting school on Tuesday 8th November and are offering the nasal flu vaccination to children in all four junior year groups.

Please visit https://www.derbyshireandcityimms.co.uk/Forms/Flu to complete the consent form. One consent form per child is required. The option to consent or decline the vaccination is at the end of the questionnaire so please complete even if you do not want your child to have the vaccination.

The unique school code for Gayton Junior School is DC112756

For more information about the vaccination, please view their leaflet:
Flu Information Leaflet
www.derbyshirefamilyhealthservice.nhs.uk

If you experience any problems please call the School Age Immunisation Team:

Repton: 01283 707178

Or email DCHST.immunisationteam@nhs.net
