Hamilton, Gawthorne, and Shaftsbury

Year 6 applications for secondary school close on October 31st 2025.

Welcome to the second half of Autumn Term. All the pupils have settled well into the new look trailblazers team. Most pupils are working hard. Many are demonstrating their ambition to do their best all the time. Thank you.

Trailblazers

Welcome back to school for the second half of Autumn Term. This term, all the learning of routines and teacher expectations must be embedded so that all pupils continue to thrive in their learning.

As always, this second half of Autumn Term will be busy. Christmas tree assembly will be upon us before we know it! There will be a continued focus on establishing routines and expectations. These help all the children to thrive, learn and perform at their best levels. We will be expecting all the children to work as hard as they can on their executive functions. See the image below for more information about these.

Please ensure your child attends school every day and ready for an 8.40am prompt start. Every moment missed in the school day has a long lasting impact on children's education. Learning begins straight away at 8.40am and children do miss out even if they are just a few minutes late.

As always, if you have any questions there are a number of ways that you can contact us: You can speak to us directly at the end of any school day, you can get a message to us via the staff on the gates before or after school or you can contact the school through a phone call or an email.

FOCUS UNIT OF LEARNING-BLITZ STREET and the impact upon Nottingham and families

This unit continues with a Geography focus, specifically evacuation, land use and impact on in Nottingham.