Reception Class have been learning a variety of drumming techniques with Caroline our music teacher. They have explored pitch, tempo and rhythm and have also combined movement with the music played by their classmates....
Dear Gillespie Teachers, Parents and Carers, Pupils, Friends….. Despite the less than ideal weather this year, we had a great turnout to make the most of the great stalls and the excellent entertainment which lead to us raising nearly £3500 (after expenses) to help fund some...
Latest news - the Manuka Honey Association challenged our trial results, suggesting the honey might be fake. They paid for it to be tested in a lab. The tests show it was real Manuka honey. The Manuka honey industry is big business in New Zealand...
Newsletter 182- Help Save Lab_13 Dear Gillespie Parents and Carers, We need your help Lab_13 has been doing an amazing job of engaging Gillespie and Islington-wide children in science, art, innovation and technology. Examples: Ask Carole A Question, Beesearchers Manuka Honey research project, Gillespie’s Science Fair, ...
I am so very proud of the Music First children who performed so beautifully at the Hackney Empire last night. The feedback about their performance as well as their manner and behaviour was amazing. Well done children! Mark Owen...
On the 9th of June 2015, year 6 held the science fair in the top hall at Gillespie Primary school. The morning began at 8:30 with stalls beginning to get ready for the day ahead. Every stall was unique and every child enjoyed the stalls....
Parents and Children celebrated a very successful end to our Bilingual IT and Maths Booster Club. Over the past 17 weeks parents attended an hour long IT and Maths after school club with their children, in which they learned how to help their children with...
On Monday year 2 went to visit the Finsbury Park Mosque as part of our Religious Education (RE) learning about signs and symbols. We had a talk from one of the leaders and found out about the five pillars of Islam, we then went on...
This week year 2 performed their class assembly. We showed all of our learning from this term so far about habitats. We acted, we read stories and we even performed a whole class poem! Lots of our parents came to watch and we really enjoyed...
