Year 4 Collaborative Artwork

26th August 2025Chris Mumby

We are so proud of how well Year 4 have settled back into school following the holidays. The children have shown great enthusiasm, positivity, and a real eagerness to learn.

Today, classes took part in a very special project. Working together in small groups, they created a collaborative piece of artwork inspired by our school’s Character Traits.

The end result is something they should be incredibly proud of. Their artwork is not only colourful and creative, but also a wonderful reminder of the values that guide us each day in school.

It is safe to say that Year 4 are proud of their work — and rightly so! We are excited to see how these positive attitudes and strong teamwork skills will shine through in all of their learning this term.

Great work Year 4!

Foodbank donations

26th August 2025Rebecca Knowles

Year 5 are learning about ‘acts of service’ this week and would love to be able to take lots of donations to our local food bank who help so many families. The children have made posters and a video and visited each class to kindly ask for donations! If you can, please dig through your cupboards and bring any donations by Thursday 28th August.

As always, we appreciate your support as do our Year 5 children!

Year5_FoodBank_PosterDownload

Crew Ambler – First Day Back

26th August 2025Tom Ambler

I have been blown away by the calmness at settling in, the positive attitudes and the hard work already displayed. We have done so much today including: creating our classroom norms, completing a fun collaborative crew task, work around pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone, started some art work ‘all about themselves’ and supported other year groups across school. I have really enjoyed listening to other staff comment how polite and caring Crew Ambler have been today. Well done everyone!

YOUNG VOICES 2026 – KS2 CHOIR

26th August 2025Sophie Myers

Calling all KS2 Singers and dancers! – WE NEED YOU!

Are you interested in taking part in Young Voices for their 30th Anniversary – February 2026?! 

If you would like to be a part of the choir and join us at one of the best events of the year remember to sign up for KS2 Choir/singing club on Tuesdays. We will also be practising in Funky Friday each week.

Sign up letters for Young Voices will be available next week with further details.

I can’t wait to see lots of you there!

Mrs Spetch

No Sensory Circuit – First Week Back

26th August 2025Amy Faulding

Hi,

There will be no sensory circuit in the hall during the first week back and children should enter school through their new classroom door at 8.30am.

In readiness for next week, letters will be given out to selected children on Friday inviting them to take part in sensory circuit and it will explain where children arrive and how sensory circuit will run this year.

Thank you,

Mrs Faulding and Mrs Cook

Student Leadership… Do you have what it takes?

19th August 2025Kelly Overson

Are you interested in being a part of our GT Student Leadership Crew?

Would you like to be a part of:

  • Year 5/6 Ambassadors
  • KS1 and KS2 Crew Council
  • Digital Leaders
  • Reading Ambassadors
  • Active sports Ambassadors
  • Crew Stewards

If the answer is YES, we have a challenge for you!

Create a poster, Google Slides, a letter or a leaflet to persuade your crew and crew leader that you are the perfect person for the job!

Bring in your application to your crew leader or Mrs Spetch after the summer holidays or share them with [email protected] . We can’t wait to kick start the new school year with lots of new Student Leadership opportunities.

Green Top’s Community Products

12th August 2025Kelly Overson

As many of you know, we take great pride in the products we share within our local and sometimes wider community.  Over the years we have had many products around Thorne.

This is just a selection of the beautiful work our children have produced and proudly displayed within our community.


We need your help!


We would like to produce a display in school celebrating the work we have done.


We would like you to share photographs of your children or you as a family with the products you may have spotted in our local or wider community.  We would love to share your photographs as part of the celebration board.  Please share before the end of September.

Phase Leader email addresses:

EYFS – Miss Carter – [email protected] 

KS1 – Mrs Shaw – [email protected] 

Y3/4 – Mr Mumby – [email protected] 

Y5/6 – Miss Knowles – [email protected]

Kind regards

Aime Shaw

Expedition Lead

Reading for pleasure…………..it’s library time!

10th August 2025Kelly Overson

Many of you will know that during 24/25 we dedicated our fundraising to supporting our plans of a reading for pleasure library.  

Well……… during the last three weeks Miss Knowles and Mrs Overson have been busy making these plans come together and our dream of having this library become a reality.

Here’s a few teaser photographs we have taken:

Can you guess what the theme is?

We will be hosting a special event as an official opening of our library during our reading week at the end of the autumn 1 term so watch out for this!

Reading is a big part of our culture and at Green Top we believe that a love of reading unlocks many opportunities!  With this in mind, who wants to take part in a summer reading challenge?  Take a look and take up this challenge just for fun! Miss Knowles and Mrs Overson are giving themselves until the end of September to achieve this…will you join them?

We can’t wait for you to see our new library! 

Miss Knowles and Mrs Overson