Gayton Junior School

Year 4 Trip to Derby Arena
2022-06-24
Our Year 4 children have the opportunity to play with the Halle Orchestra on 24th June! This will take place at the Derby Arena and the children will practice beforehand in their music lessons with the Derbyshire Music Partnership staff in school. The concert will take place at the Derby Arena and is an exciting opportunity for everyone to join in and experience playing with an orchestra in a large concert hall setting. Unfortunately, there are no audience tickets for the event—the children, from schools all over the county, playing along with the orchestra will take up all of the space in the arena.

Year 4 Trip to The Yorkshire Wildlife Park
2022-06-29
Details to follow

Sponsored Event
2022-07-01
More information to follow.

Transition Days
2022-07-05 - 2022-07-07
All Year 6 children will move to their new secondary schools during these three days as part of a planned city-wide transition project.

STEM Day
2022-07-08

Annual Reports Home to Parents
2022-07-11

Year 3 National Adventure Farm Trip
2022-07-13
More information to follow;

Year 6 Production to Parents
2022-07-13 - 2022-07-14
Our Year 6 children will pur on their leavers’ performance for their parents at 7pm each night. Ticket information to follow.

Lower School Sports Day
2022-07-14
Times TBC.

Upper School Sports Day
2022-07-15

Year 5 Camp
2022-07-15 18:00 - 2022-07-16 09:00 (Europe/London)

Year 6 Leavers' Party
2022-07-19 17:30 - 19:00

French Day
2022-07-20
Details to follow.

Reward Day
2022-07-21
As usual, Reward Day will be non-uniform for all children.

Break Up for Summer Holiday
2022-07-22

Summer Holidays
2022-07-23 - 2022-08-31

Autumn Term 1
2022-09-05 - 2022-10-21

Back to School
2022-09-05 08:55 - 15:30
We welcome children back for the new school year today.

Deadline for Y7 Applications for Secondary School Places
2022-09-16 08:00 - 17:00
The deadline for applications is 31st October 2022. Apply for a place online by clicking here.
Our experience has showed us that it is really important that you put down more than one preference for a secondary school, as sometimes schools are heavily oversubscribed and, without a second option, children are placed at schools in the city that are left with spaces after all places are allocated. This can cause unnecessary worry for children during what is already a difficult time whilst parents appeal for places at other schools.

Bank Holiday
2022-09-19
The school is closed today for the State Funeral of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Year 3 Markeaton Park Trip
2022-09-30

STEM Day
2022-10-07

Half Term
2022-10-22 - 2022-10-30
School is closed for half term

Autumn Term 2
2022-11-01 - 2022-12-21

Bonfire Night Lunch Menu
2022-11-04 12:15 - 13:20
https://gaytonj.derby.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/Bonfire-Night-Menu.pdf

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

Year 5 Trip to Sherwood Forest
2022-11-14 08:30 - 16:20, 2022-11-15 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.

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

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
