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✨🌟St Giles Nursery is officially OPEN! 🌟✨
Tue 05 Nov 2024Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning to celebrate the grand opening of our nursery! It was heartwarming to see so many parents, teachers, community members, and friends gathered in support of this milestone.
This moment has been a long time in the making, and many of you know just how much dedication and effort have gone into bringing our nursery to life. Though the journey has had its challenges, each step has been incredibly rewarding. Our driving force has been the commitment to creating a safe, joyful, and nurturing environment where children can grow, learn, and play.
We’re immensely grateful to our academy trust and our Local Academy Committee (LAC) members for believing in this vision and for providing the resources and encouragement to make it a reality. Their support has been invaluable, and we thank them sincerely for their partnership.
Our heartfelt thanks also go to our incredible staff, who have worked tirelessly, often late into the evening, to bring this vision to life. From the initial planning to preparing classrooms and adding the little touches that make the nursery feel like home, their passion is truly what makes this space come alive.
And to our community and parents: thank you for trusting us. Your belief in our vision motivates us daily to create the best possible environment for your children. We can’t wait to watch them grow, learn, and thrive in this wonderful new space.
This nursery is more than just a building; it’s a place of discovery, imagination, and friendship. A place where young minds will take their first steps into learning, laughter, creativity, and exploration. We’re confident that St Giles Nursery will become a cherished part of our community.
Thank you all once again for being here to mark this special beginning with us and for the Mayor of Matlock for officially opening our nursery doors. Here’s to a bright future filled with joy and wonder! ✨
Miss Simpson and the St Giles Team🌟
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Come and join us for the opening of our Nursery!
Tue 22 Oct 2024We are thrilled to invite you to the opening of our nursery on Tuesday 5th November!
Join us from 9:00am - 10:00am to explore our nurturing environment where the youngest members of our community will begin their joyful learning journey. Our dedicated nursery team will be there to welcome you, we also have some special visitors joining us for this exciting occasion!There’s no need to book—just come along and see what we have to offer!
We look forward to seeing you there.
Warm regards,
Miss Simpson and the St. Giles Team
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Book Look/ Stay and Play
Tue 22 Oct 2024🌟🤩CALLING ALL PARENTS, CARERS AND GRANDPARENTS🤩🌟
A gentle reminder that this Friday (25th October) we have our Book Look and Stay and Play followed by the PTFA celebration in the school hall.
We value the importance of parental involvement in school life and believe that by sharing your child's work and books and providing opportunities for you to come into school, it will allow you to gain a deeper understanding of their development and learning journey at our wonderful school.
This is an opportunity for your child/ren to show you around their learning environment and an opportunity to celebrate their work.On the day, please sign in at the school office and our friendly office staff will show you to the classrooms. After you have spent time in your child's classroom please make your way through to the hall where you will be greeted by the wonderful PTFA team.
Thank you,
Miss. Simpson and the St Giles Team 🌟
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Grandparents afternoon Friday 11th October 2024
Thu 03 Oct 2024🌟🔊Calling all Grandparents at St Giles! 🔊 🌟
We are thrilled to welcome all grandparents to a fun-filled afternoon at St. Giles on Friday, 11th October 2024, from 2:30pm to 3:30pm.
Join us for a jam-packed, fabulous afternoon of activities, where you can participate and enjoy a variety of engaging events with your loved ones.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Team STG 🌟
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🌟📚Reading Volunteers 📚🌟
Tue 01 Oct 2024🌟📚Reading Volunteers 📚🌟
Our children benefit immensely from having volunteers who help in various ways in school. The skills, experiences and dedication our volunteers bring are greatly valued by both the children and staff and we are therefore reaching out to invite parent volunteers to come into school and help us.
We are currently looking for reading volunteers. If you have some time to spare and would like to get involved in supporting our children’s literacy development, we would love to welcome you into school. As a reading volunteer, you would listen to individual children read, offering encouragement and guidance to help them build their confidence and fluency.
No prior experience is necessary—just a love for reading and a desire to help our children succeed! Your time and effort would make a huge difference in their progress, and it’s a wonderful way to be involved in the school community.
Here are a few details to keep in mind:
• Days and times: We are flexible with days but ask for any volunteers who would be available in an afternoon.
• Commitment: an hour or two can be incredibly valuable, and we will work around your availability.
• Training: There will be a short safeguarding and reading session (tea and cake will be provided 🫖🧁) which will be led by Miss Simpson. This session will be no longer than 30 minutes. Once we have interest we will provide a date for this training. You will also be required to undertake Prevent Training and read some of our school policies.
If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know by contacting the office either in person or via enquiries@st-giles-matlock.derbyshire.sch.uk with your interest and availability.
Thank you for considering this opportunity. Your support can have a lasting impact on our students' love for reading and their academic journey.
Miss. Simpson and the St Giles Team 🌟
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🐻📚Bedtime Books 📚🐻
Mon 30 Sep 2024🌟📚 Encouraging a Love for Reading at St Giles 📚🌟
For those families who are new to our school we would like to introduce you to our ‘Bedtime Books’. 📚🐻
Inside each bag you will find:
📚 1 brilliant book to share (kindly donated by our wonderful Friends Of St Giles PTFA)
🍫 1 scrumptious hot chocolate to have whilst listening to the story
🐻 1 cuddly bear to snuggle whilst listening to the story
We encourage you to read the book together with your child, whilst enjoying the delicious hot chocolate and cuddling up to a teddy. This shared experience will strengthen your child's reading skills and create a joyful bonding opportunity.
As a school we would like to emphasise the importance of instilling a passion for reading in our children. Reading not only enhances their language skills and comprehension abilities, but it also broadens their horizons, sparks creativity, and nurtures a love for lifelong learning.
Here’s a lovely picture of some of our children enjoying their yummy hot chocolate, story and bear!🐻 Even bear got to have some of the hot chocolate!
Don’t forget to share your pictures with us 📕 🐻
Miss Simpson and the St Giles team 🌟
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September newsletter: Welcome back, celebrating our school's Ofsted report plus looking forward
Wed 18 Sep 2024Our September newsletter, the first of the new school year, is available online.
It includes:
- A warm welcome - it's lovely to welcome our children back, along with new children and families;
- Ofsted report: finally (!) our Ofsted report is available with much to celebrate! Thank you to our children, staff, governors and community for your ongoing care and support;
- Exciting updates about our planned preschool (coming soon!);
- PTFA - we have a wonderful group of parents who help organise fun events and raise funds for our children and school. Can you help?
Thank you for continued care and support for our children, staff and school. Welcome back!
Miss. Simpson
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News to celebrate!
Tue 10 Sep 2024Today, we’re excited to celebrate two fantastic achievements at school! Not only have we achieved 100% attendance once again, but we also welcomed many families for our ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions. 🤩
If you were unable to attend, there’s no need to worry—you can find the teacher’s presentations on our school website by following this link: Class Blogs and Information | St Giles C E Primary School (secure-primarysite.net)
We have lots more opportunities for you to visit our wonderful school, so keep an eye out and have your diaries ready!
Thank you for your ongoing support—an exciting year lies ahead! 🤩
Miss. Simpson and the STG team
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100% Attendance!
Mon 09 Sep 2024We are thrilled to announce 100% attendance at school today!
A huge thank you to all the parents and carers for your incredible support in making this possible. Your dedication ensures that every child has the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed. Together, we are making a significant impact on their future!
Team STG 💫
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September Starters 2025
Sun 08 Sep 2024🌟 Achieving through kindness, compassion and perseverance 🌟
If you're searching for a wonderful primary school for September 2025, then look no further! 🤩
Our school offers a nurturing environment with dedicated teachers and a broad and balanced curriculum which allows all our children to flourish.
We recently invested in our EYFS classroom and outdoor area. 🤩💫
At St Giles we are proud to offer our pupils lots of exciting extra-curricular opportunities including Forest Schools, Balancability, swimming, sporting events, music events and much more! 🌳 🐜 🚲 🎵 ⚽️ 🏀
Additionally, we provide a variety of after-school clubs and offer wrap-around care to support all families. 💫
If you know anyone who has a little one due to start school in September 2025 send them our way 🤩Please see attached dates for school visits. If you can't make these dates please contact us and we can arrange a day that suits you.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school 🤩
Miss. Simpson and the St Giles team💫
