St Giles Primary - Matlock

Another year has passed, and the time has come to say a fond farewell to our fabulous Year 6 children. Over the last week, we have shared some lovely events, building up to the service held in St. Giles Church this morning. The week started with our end of term production: The Island That Rocks. There were some great solos, some wonderful American accents, and a cool horse and donkey doing a ho-down!...

Leavers 2023 Another year has passed, and the time has come to say a fond farewell to our fabulous Year 6 children. Over the last week, we have shared some lovely events, building up to the service held in St. …

This week we have been reading ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris and Deborah Allright. It is about a young boy who is awoken in the night to find girl pirates stealing the front of his house! Tom joins their adventure across the high seas. At the back of the book was a poster! We all did want to be pirates, so we filled in our application forms and waited!!...

Pirate day This week we have been reading ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris and Deborah Allright. It is about a young boy who is awoken in the night to find girl pirates stealing the front of his house! Tom…

On Monday the PTFA treated us all to ice cream! Thank you so much - we really enjoyed them! 😋

Treat Monday!🍦🍦🍦🍦 On Monday the PTFA treated us all to ice cream! Thank you so much – we really enjoyed them! 😋

Today we have done our own illustrations, captions and letters for Mariajo Ilustrajo, the author of our winning book, Flooded. We are posting them to the publisher and we do hope they brighten her day when she receives them!

Flooded Today we have done our own illustrations, captions and letters for Mariajo Ilustrajo, the author of our winning book, Flooded. We are posting them to the publisher and we do hope they brighten her …

We know the summer holidays are looming, but we're already planning for September 2024!

We've scheduled a series of Open Sessions during September 2023 for families who are looking for school places for September 2024.

Come and visit our wonderful school and meet our fantastic children and caring staff here at St Giles Primary - Matlock.

We hope you're free to join us ⭐️

Many thanks,

Mr. O'Connell and the staff team at St. Giles

We had a lovely day on Tuesday visiting the Children’s Country House Museum at Sudbury. We had an immersive experience in a strict Victorian classroom and had a treasure hunt through the museum, with plenty of hands on activities. The children enjoyed it and were still full of energy on the way home! They were really well behaved and we were very proud of them....

Our trip to Sudbury We had a lovely day on Tuesday visiting the Children’s Country House Museum at Sudbury. We had an immersive experience in a strict Victorian classroom and had a treasure hunt through the museum, wi…

This week in RSE we have been learning about our families. There are lots of different ways to be a family. Your family is special no matter what kind it is. We all drew our families- can you find yours?

Our families This week in RSE we have been learning about our families. There are lots of different ways to be a family. Your family is special no matter what kind it is. We all drew our families- can you find …

🏃‍♂️ Sports Day! 🏃‍♀️

🏃‍♂️ Sports Day! 🏃‍♀️ Visit the post for more.

Here are our Book Award winners! ‘Flooded’ was the infant winner by a huge margin, as was ‘Operation Nativity’. Class 3 have loved ‘Podkin One-Ear’ so much that Mr T has begun reading the sequel with them! Great choices, St Giles!

Our 2023 winners! 🎉🎉 Here are our Book Award winners! ‘Flooded’ was the infant winner by a huge margin, as was ‘Operation Nativity’. Class 3 have loved ‘Podkin One-Ear’ so much that Mr T has begun reading the sequel wi…

Emma Birkett, Chair of the PTFA, with the Librarians and the new books We have really enjoyed our time here at St Giles; we will never forget the memories and impact we have made here. We would like to share some of the positive changes we have made in the library. Before we start though, we would like to say some thankyous....

Librarian’s Legacy Emma Birkett, Chair of the PTFA, with the Librarians and the new books We have really enjoyed our time here at St Giles; we will never forget the memories and impact we have made here. We would lik…

Thank you to parents, staff, Qualitas and to our wonderful children who all took part in Sports Day today.

It was wonderful to see all of our children take part in a variety of events ranging from the javelin, shot put, speed jump through to a fast sprint, the sack race and the classic relay.

Well done to all who took part and well done to Blue House.

Massive thanks to the fab staff from St Giles Primary and to the equally wonderful Qualitas ⭐️

This term we have been very busy in our computing lessons. We have been programming, using our fabulous (touch screen!) laptops through ‘SratchJr’ 🐱. We began investigating sprites (our characters) and backgrounds. This week we modified our programming blocks that we had previously created to make our own algorithm. Yes, it is all very technical! 🙌🏼 🧠💡. The children have persevered and worked very hard 🌟.

👨‍💻 Programming! 👩‍💻 This term we have been very busy in our computing lessons. We have been programming, using our fabulous (touch screen!) laptops through ‘SratchJr’ 🐱. We began investigating sprites (our characters)…

We had such an amazing time in class 2 this morning.

Class 2 Transition Morning ✨ We had such an amazing time in class 2 this morning.

Waterwheels and Local History

Class 4 have visited Cromford Mills as part of the local history study they have been learning about during the summer term.

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Many thanks for today

Class 4's blog Keep up to date with the learning and fun from Class 4 at St. Giles CE Primary, Matlock

The children and staff from Darley Churchtown have been starting their Forest Schools sessions here at St Giles every Monday afternoon.

They've been using the grounds and making the most of our re-developed area. We've further improvements happening next week. Keep your eyes peeled for photos and updates!

Finally, we're looking forward to the children at St. Giles starting Forest Schools in September.

This means all of the children in the Matlock and Dales Primary Partnership will take part in teacher led sessions 🌳🌲🙌

Forest Schools Forest schools is proving to be a huge success with our wonderful Year 6 children. They have all embraced the forest and the way we work in our lovely setting. We have been trying to keep the littl…

Today we were supposed to have our sports day. We all arrived dressed in our sporty clothes feeling excited and ready to try our best. Class one and Class two walked excitedly up to the playground and field to start our morning of activities. On the playground we played tag and passing a ball-we had to pass it behind us over our head and then between our legs....

A fun, but wet sporty morning Today we were supposed to have our sports day. We all arrived dressed in our sporty clothes feeling excited and ready to try our best. Class one and Class two walked excitedly up to the playground …

This is the week that will decide the winners of the St Giles Book Award! The voting station is set up, there are a few last opinions to be heard and then it will be decision time. Please comment below to share your family’s thoughts!

Voting Week! This is the week that will decide the winners of the St Giles Book Award! The voting station is set up, there are a few last opinions to be heard and then it will be decision time. Please comment b…

This afternoon we were learning about aboriginal art. First we found Australia on a world map. Then we looked at some examples of dot painting (one of the different forms of aboriginal art). We learnt that it is the oldest form of art, and many of the patterns have different meanings. We looked at some examples of dot painting and then used different materials to create our own dot paintings. We had great fun and here are just a few of our creations.

Art This afternoon we were learning about aboriginal art. First we found Australia on a world map. Then we looked at some examples of dot painting (one of the different forms of aboriginal art). We lea…

Hello St Giles Primary,

Keep your eyes peeled for details of the parent and toddler sessions at our lovely school which we will start in the Autumn term 👍

We'll be making use of our wonderful school building as well as the wonderful grounds 🙌

Mr. O'Connell

Well done to all in the Matlock and Dales Primary Football league and well done St Giles. We've moved up to third following our win on Monday 🙌

Matlock and Dales Primary Football League – Week 8 ⚽️ With only 2 weeks left of the Matlock and Dales Primary Football League, the table is getting tighter! There were some close results again this week with All Saints, St. Giles and South Darley pick…

We’ve had a fabulous week using some of our new outdoor equipment. The sand and water trays are a real hit and we love exploring what happens to the water on our new water wall. We used the guttering stands to make ramps for cars. We then found some ping pong balls - they travelled really fast depending on how high the guttering was....

A sunny outdoor kind of week We’ve had a fabulous week using some of our new outdoor equipment. The sand and water trays are a real hit and we love exploring what happens to the water on our new water wall. We used the gutteri…

Congratulations St Giles Primary! Our wonderful children have won the South Peak Sports competition tonight 🙌🥇🏆⭐️

Well done children and thank you to the staff across the Matlock and Dales Primary Partnership who were supporting and cheering all of our Partnership teams on 👏

As always, a huge thank you to Darley Dale Primary School for organising and hosting the competition. The children and staff look forward to this every year.

Well done all!

Mr. O'Connell

We are enjoying reading and learning this terms poem ‘Please Mrs Butler’ by Allan Ahlberg.

Our Termly Poem 😀 We are enjoying reading and learning this terms poem ‘Please Mrs Butler’ by Allan Ahlberg.

Thank you to the Friends Of St Giles PTFA and to all the St Giles' staff and community for supporting our Summer Fayre yesterday.

It was lovely to see so many families enjoying the school grounds and taking part in the games and organised events.

Thank you all ⭐️

This week in Class 1 we have been reading some of the books nominated in the St Giles book awards. The first was ‘Flooded’ written by Mariano Illustrajo. It’s a funny and beautifully illustrated story of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding! It made us all laugh and we spotted lots of interesting things in the illustrations!...

Book awards This week in Class 1 we have been reading some of the books nominated in the St Giles book awards. The first was ‘Flooded’ written by Mariano Illustrajo. It’s a funny and beautifully illustrated st…

Hurrah! Our Forest School site has been further improved. Our children and staff now have a wonderful shelter at the heart of the site.

We're looking forward to welcoming staff from Darley Churchtown CE Primary school to St. Giles next week as we start to trial our planned provision. We're planning on weekly sessions, led by a teacher from the Matlock and Dales Primary Partnership, from September 🙌

Look out for Phase 2 of our development work 🌲🌳🙌

We have enjoyed The Comet today (one of our choices for the Book Award). We had so many questions and also some class experts who taught us about meteors and gravity! It certainly inspired a lively discussion! And Mrs Watkins likes the cover!

Out of this world ☄️ We have enjoyed The Comet today (one of our choices for the Book Award). We had so many questions and also some class experts who taught us about meteors and gravity! It certainly inspired a lively…

Exciting opportunity to join the Matlock and Dales staff 👍

Join our team!

All Saints' CE Infant and All Saints' CE Junior schools are looking for a cleaner for each school site (18.5 hours a week) AND they're also looking for cleaner in charge.

You can find further details using the links below: https://jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/caretakingcleaningsecurity-contract-cleaner-in-charge/37636.job

https://jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/caretakingcleaningsecurity-contract-cleaner-in-charge/37637.job

https://jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/caretakingcleaningsecurity-contract-cleaner/37642.job

Today we finally set our butterflies free🦋🦋! We were so pleased that butterflies emerged from all 10 cocoons. We kept them inside the net for 3 days until their wings had dried out. We had to release them at the warmest part of the day which we decided was lunchtime. Some flew out straight away, but some took a while! …...

Butterflies Today we finally set our butterflies free🦋🦋! We were so pleased that butterflies emerged from all 10 cocoons. We kept them inside the net for 3 days until their wings had dried out. We had to relea…

Today Class 2 wrote our own instructions about how to grow sunflowers and then we followed the instructions! We hope they grow...

Sunflowers 🌻 Today Class 2 wrote our own instructions about how to grow sunflowers and then we followed the instructions! We hope they grow…

Well done to the St Giles football team who took part in the Bunting Cup today. They travelled with Mrs. Scully and were supported by a number of parents and grandparents. Thank you to those who came to support the children and staff from St Giles Primary 😍

Our children played really well and, after a number of highly competitive games, came third overall. The children won 3 of their games, drew 1 and lost 2. It goes without saying that we're proud of our children because they were an absolute credit to the school. Well done!

Our football team are now resting up and looking forward to further games in the Matlock and Dales Primary Football League over the final half term of the year. You can catch up on the busy fixture list in our latest newsletter: www.stgilesceprimarymatlock.co.uk/newsletters/

Many thanks,

Mr. O'Connell (and Mrs. Scully)

Hello St Giles Primary - Matlock,

Our latest schools newsletter is now available via our school website: www.stgilesceprimarymatlock.co.uk/newsletters/ 😀

Many thanks,

Mr. O'Connell

Many thanks to Mrs. Watkins and Miss. James-Justice for running our short session today about the phonics screening check in Year 1.

Don't worry if you missed this as you can access the presentation, along with plenty of helpful resources to support early reading, on our website: https://www.stgilesceprimarymatlock.co.uk/phonics/

Many thanks,

Mr. O'Connell