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Gilthill Cross Country Team Smash School Record!

Mon 25 Feb 2019

Gilthill Cross Country Team take the gold and silver in both the individual and team events for boys and girls.

In the girl’s race Holly, Y6 won gold closely followed by Kelsey, Y5 taking silver. The girls team won the overall event with a staggering 12 points. Six of the top ten finishers were Gilthill runners.

The boys race was equally exciting with Lucas, Y5 taking the gold medal and Finn, Y6 coming in second for the silver. The boys team won the overall event with 15 points, 52 points ahead of the second place team.

Well done to all the runners a fantastic performance. Well done to Mr Lee for encouragement and training and thank you to all the supporters who came to cheer everyone on.

Gilthill Swimmers Defend County Trophy

Mon 25 Feb 2019

For the second year running the Gilthill swimming team took part in the County Swimming Finals at Hucknall Leisure Centre.

The gala was full of excitement with an excellent effort from every team member. The afternoon finished with a thrilling relay which Gilthill won in the last 5 metres!

We then gathered for the overall team results. Only one point divided the top two teams! Gilthill took the gold medal and Chetwynd Primary Academy took the silver.

Well Done to all the Gilthill team and thank you to all the parent supporters!

Gilthill Choir Sing to the Elderly

Mon 18 Feb 2019

Gilthill School choir entertained the residents of Giltbrook care home with songs from the shows.

The children sang beautifully, with several residents joining in with ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow ‘and ‘Let’s Go Fly a Kite’.

Thank you to Mrs Cregan for training such excellent singers!

Bulb Planting with the Mayor of Broxtowe.

Fri 15 Feb 2019

Year 5 children went with the volunteers from the Greenwood Trust to plant bulbs around the trees in Hall Om Wong Park.
The year 5 worked really hard to plant over 700 bulbs and small native plants around the trees in the park. The Mayor of Broxtowe joined the children and helped to site some of the bird boxes the children had made in school last week. The children finished their visit by hanging up their homemade bird feeders on the trees in the park. Thank you to the Greenwood Trust for helping us and providing all the resources.

Birdbox making with Greenwood Trust

Mon 11 Feb 2019

Today the children in Year 5 enjoyed making bird boxes and bird feeders with the ladies from the Greenwood Trust.
Year 5 children created bird feeders with pine cones, fat and seeds. They nailed together bird boxes for Robins and Blue Tits. Next week another group of Year 5 children will plant bulbs and site the feeders and boxes in school and at Hall Om Wong park. A big thank you to the Greenwood Trust for supplying us with all the materials and for helping us to complete the Big School Birdwatch in the school grounds. We all had an enjoyable morning