Gusford Primary School

"Gusford is a happy school and pupils enjoy their learning." Ofsted Dec.08

Welcome to Gusford Primary School’s website. This site aims to provide an opportunity for visitors to find out more about our school , find out the latest news and share in some of the excellent work that the children have produced.

Gusford is a large Primary school of approximately 570 pupils. We are situated in the Chantry area of Ipswich, which in the South West of Ipswich. The school, which was opened in 1962, has 21 classrooms, 2 halls, a brand new library and ICT learning centre, a learner swimming pool, and a number of group rooms and resource areas and pleasant grounds.

STOP PRESS . .
Any emergency items relating to Gusford (eg School closure) will appear here.
No emergency issues.
Current issues
Over the next 8 weeks we are looking at behaviour around school at Gusford. These topics are launched on a Monday and are the focus for staff and children for the week. The topics are:
Topics	Date		Resources
1 Wise Walking	26/04/10		Wise walking video	Wise Walking rules
2 Correct Conversation	04/05/10		Correct Conversation video	Correct Conversation rules
3 Making Messages	10/05/10		Making Messages video	Making Messages rules
4 Table Time	17/05/10		Table Time video	Table Time rules
5 Protecting Property	24/05/10		Protecting Property Video 1 Video 2 Video 3	Protecting Property rules
6 Assembly Acting	07/06/10		Assembly Acting video	Assembly Acting rules
7 Correct Clothing	14/06/10			Correct Clothing rules
8 Proper Playtime	21/06/10		Video 1 Video 2	Proper Playtime rules
9 Easing Escalation	28/06/10			Easing Escalation
10 Game Grace	05/07/10			Game Grace
Great items to visit . . .
Review of 2010 movie
Click the link here to see the movie of pictures from Gusford 2010.
Safe Surfing		Swimming Team		Robots
Children use social networking regularly but sometimes they need help to use it safely. Click these links to read information about how to help them be safe.
Safe surfing information Year 5 letter. Year 6 letter		Gusford swimming team took part in the Ipswich competition. Click this link to visit it.		Mrs Millin has been working on an amazing project on robots with Y6. Click the link to read all about it.
Spring Family Workshop		Parent Survey		Gusford Garden
In March we had a Spring Family Workshop. Click this link/picture to see the wonderful time that they had.		The results of the parent survey and the anti-bullying survey can be seen in the March News on the Ninth. Click this link to visit it.		Gusford Environmental Garden resembled a jungle but reception and some helpful parents have started to clear it so the children can enjoy it. Can you help us? contact Mrs Matson via the school office to be part of the regeneration! Click this link to visit it.
Nursery Rhyme Activities		Family Workshop		The Big Crib
Children love nursery rhymes. Mrs Matson has created a series of activity sheets based on different nursery rhymes to help you enjoy the nursery rhymes with your child. Click on the link/picture to see this page.		At the start of December we had a Christmas Family Workshop. Click this link/picture to see the wonderful time that they had.		We also took part in the Big Crib event. Click this link to see how Year 1 got on with this event. Also click this link to hear about us on the radio.
Swine Flu		Suffolk Primary Headteacher Conference		Anti-Bullying & Behaviour Survey
Click this link to see the swine flu letter.		Click this link to see Suffolk headteacher conference presentation powerpoints		Click this link to read a copy of the anti-bullying and behaviour survey. This is a PDF file so please print it, fill it in and return it to us.
Click this link to see the 8th July newsletter with information.

Learning Platform

Gusford now has a learning platform. This is a web based resource that allows members of the school community to share information and learning resources. Each child will eventually have their own area and teachers can place items of interest and support for their learning. It is a password protected site and we will be working over the next 6 months to train staff, governors and children how to use it. There will be a non password section for parents. This will take a while for everyone to learn but if you would like to visit our portal homepage then please click here to visit it.

Historical Item: Circus was in town

On the 15th September 2008 Circus Ferrel came to Gusford. They ran circus skill workshops in the big top for all the children in the school. Every child then had the chance to perform in a real circus show. This was an experience of a lifetime and even Mr Tapscott got a taste of the action! Our thanks to Mrs Jones for organising this, for the staff and parents for supporting, for the children who took part and all the performers of Circus Ferrel.

Wow what a week it was.

Click this link to see the pictures of the event.

Click here to see the nursery and reception enjoying the circus.

Feedback

What do you think of our website? We would love to have your feedback. Please email us with your views admin.kee@e2bn.net We would love to know what else you would like to see on the site.