The word ‘hope’ is one that has huge significance on so many levels at the moment, and with this in mind I would like to start the week by signposting an amazing project which has been contributed to by 100 of the best authors and illustrators working today. The Book of Hopes is a collection of short stories, poems and images produced specially for this anthology which has been curated by Katherine Rundell (author of The Explorer and The Good Thieves amongst many others). In one of the national newspapers this weekend she wrote the following about the publication:

‘The stories and essays and images aren’t explicitly about hope: rather, they aim to create it, through delight or comfort or new ideas, ridiculous jokes, wild heroic tales. There are true accounts of cats and hares and plastic-devouring caterpillars, there are doodles and flowers, revolting and beautiful poems, there are stories of space travel and new shoes and dragons. They are designed to be dipped into: you can eat one with your breakfast and another at midday. The psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott believed that during times of privation, the imagination can be a place of shelter for children. I hope that The Book of Hopes

might help, even if only a little.’

The great thing about this anthology is that it’s free and can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking on this link. As is suggested above, please dip in and out of it as much as you like. It would also be lovely to see pictures of your children with their favourite image, poem or story - email or Tweet us using the #gorseybookclub and #gorseyfromhome and most importantly enjoy!

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The Gorsey WeeklyISSUE 30, 27TH APRIL 2020

Lasts week on Twitter...

We started on our new summer bookshelves - all are now on year groups pages of our website.

Some fantastic representations o f Ye a r 4 ’ s s u m m e r t e r m theme of Hope.

Some amazing pieces of natural artwork from lots of our Year 1 children!

SHARK TIME! Sale Sharks have sent a

booklet (click above) and also some other

resources for any rugby fans

FREE FIRST NEWS The children’s

newspaper (which we subscribe to in school)

are making digital content available free.

2LIBRARY RESOURCES Chetham’s Library are doing weekly learning packs based on their collection - email the above link to register

31SILVER LININGS... (ALL HYPERLINKED)

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Notes and reminders

ASSEMBLY WEEK 2 This week’s assembly is now on our YouTube channel and can be accessed by clicking on this link. Please take the time to share this with your children at some point over the next day or two.

LEARNING FROM HOME As of last week, we are now aiming to have all Learning from Home packs online by Friday of the previous week to allow you to print them off over the weekend should you want to.

Tutorial videos will from this week be on Microsoft Teams for lessons on Mondays (for SPaG, Maths and Phonics) and Wednesdays (Maths and Phonics). Please note for this week the second of the Maths videos for Reception will be on the Thursday.

PTA GOLF DAY The PTA Golf day has been rescheduled to Saturday 3rd October - many thanks to the PTA and Jonathon in particular for ensuring this event can still go ahead.

SUNSMART There is no doubt the nice weather has helped us with the current lockdown we are all in, but please ensure your children are kept safe by wearing appropriate sun scream and / or a hat.

If your child is coming into school at the moment, please ensure you put sun cream on them in the morning and/or send them in with their own bottle. Trust policy prevents staff from applying this for them.

MORE OF THE TEAM’S FAVOURITE BOOKS... ...all the below books are hyperlinked, so just click to watch the videos of these latest books...

Miss Harwood - That Pesky Rat Mrs Edwards - The Bog Baby

Mrs Savin - Giraffe’s Can’t Dance Miss Aitkin - Smiley Shark

Miss Brown - Malamander (Ch1-2) Miss Hopkins - Have You Filled a Bucket Today?

Mr Maguire - You Must Bring a Hat

Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone are also now on our YouTube Channel.