The Gilberd School

German Exchange 2009

The Bitburg party arrived on the 1st July. Below are the pictures of their first day out in Colchester.

Click here for the gallery

Colchester Schools Year 9 Maths Competition

Lewis Foster, Lewis Ambury, Kaia Goodenough, and Sarah Beard, represented the Gilberd School in the Colchester Schools Year 9 Maths Competition on Thursday 25th June. It was held at Sir Charles Lucas with ten other schools taking part from in and around Colchester. All together there were 14 rounds of different types of puzzles that had to be completed in less than 2 hours.

The Gilberd School managed to finish in 4th place, only being beaten by Colchester Royal Grammer School, St Benedicts and Thomas Lord Audley. The team worked very well together, they were a huge credit to the school. Everybody had fun and we managed to beat schools such as Philip Morant and The Girls High!

Well done to all the students that took part lets beat them again next year!

Below are some example problems which the students had to solve:

Maths & SMS.pdf (505.89 kB)

Maths & SMS Answers.pdf (309.85 kB)

The Strimko Object.pdf (543.42 kB)

Strickmo Object Answers.pdf (541.08 kB)

Unlock The Safe.pdf (701.79 kB)

Unlock The Safe Answers.pdf (141.15 kB)

Non Uniform Day

Friday 19th June was a Non Uniform day and we managed to raise £ 973.58 ! This will go on to help the St. Helena Hospice and Cancer Research UK.

Sports Day - Thursday 25th June

It is that time of year again for our annual sports day. Students will be taking part in field events during the morning and track events in the afternoon. There will be an early lunch at 12.25pm. Let the games begin!

Tesco for Schools

A big thank you to everyone that has been collecting the Tesco for Schools & Clubs vouchers for us. We’ve collected over 20,000 vouchers this year, which will help us pick valuable resources for the school.

Please click here for more information.

Now available! Tiptree and Highwoods Sport Centres’ definitive Summer Programmes.

Your one-stop guide to an action packed summer of fun. We have lots ofActivities on offer for children of all ages so there is never a dull moment!! Check out the Tiptree and Highwoods Sports Programme for more details in the “Extra Time” section of the website for more information.

Danbury Camp

Please be aware a new 'Danbury Camp' section has been added to the website. It has important information regarding arrangementsand kit listings; it can be found HERE or by clicking the 'Danbury Camp' link down the left hand side of our website.

Breakfast Club

Starts this week and will be running for the next 5 weeks

When: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Time: 8am – 8.30am

Where: Vocational area (Rm23)

Who: Year 7, 8, 9.

For more information please see Mr Bell or the Breakfast Club Letter

The Gilberd School Newsletter

The Gilberd School Newsletter - May 2009 edition

MayNewsletter09.pdf (1.22 MB)

CHAMPIONS

The Year 7 football team have done something that neither Manchester United nor Chelsea can do. Keep a 100% record throughout the season. They rounded off their great run by beating Harwich School 6-1 in the North East Essex schools under 12’s final held at the Colchester United Weston Community Stadium

Click here to see all the action!

Curriculum Printer Credits

We have just carried out a review of the Curriculum Printer Credit system and we’re pleased to note that most students use their allocation sensibly. The service has been in operation for a calendar year now and following an analysis of the usage, we have revised the credits to be allocated.

From April (Summer Term), the print credits will be reset as follows.

Years 7, 8, and 9	250 print credits per person per Term
Year 10	500 print credits per Term
Year 11	750 print credits per Term
Staff Credit	limit as previous

Please note that no print credits will be rolled over to succeeding terms. (Every user will have their credits reset as above at the start of each Term).