On Friday 20th November the Gillespie cricket team went to play in the Islington finals at the Lords indoor cricket ground. We were playing the best of 3 against Pakeman who were the other winners from the group stage. When we arrived there was a mixture...
Year 4 have had a very exciting week this week with three different science workshops! One of them took place in Lab_13 and focused on physics experiments. The children learned about the planets, how rockets get into space and how electricity works. They are going to...
Thanks so much to everyone who came along to see Year 3's assembly. They worked so hard to learn their lines, project their voices and perform and I am sure you'll agree that they did an amazing job. They loved making their own version of...
I am delighted to say that Gillespie have been awarded a Silver Games Mark for sport which is a fantastic achievement. I would like to take this opportunity to thank those parents who give up their time to do running club and cricket club because it is...
Jetting into space in our spaceship and wearing the space helmet from ‘Whatever Next’ We had lots of different costumes to retell the story of Handa’s Surprise’. During P.E we made our bodies look like the animals from ‘Handa’s Surprise’ by stretching our necks to look like...
With just one practise session under their belts the girls participated in the Islington League Cup on Tuesday 20th October. They made it through their group which meant that they were into the finals on Friday 23rd October. The girls were led by their captain Hetty who...
In the nursery we have been picking up spooky bugs with tweezers, practicing fine motor fun with a pumpkin and enjoying the slimy Halloween pasta....
Year 4 went on our theatre trip to the Little Angel Theatre on Thursday 22nd October. We saw a play that was based on a book called 'The Journey Home'. It was very interesting because the characters were all puppets that had been made using...
SPOOKY SUCCESS This year's Halloween Disco was a great success raising over £630 for the school. It was great to see so many families there with the children in their amazing costumes.The children enjoyed dancing and playing gruesome games such as a 'Yucky Dip' and 'Guess the body...
[gallery ids="19166"] I am delighted to say that both Sammy D and Tyler made it through the Islington district football trials and will now play for Islington. We can't wait to hear how they get on in the team. A huge congratulations to both boys -...