Tollgate Community Junior School
Together Everyone Achieves More
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Tollgate Community Junior School
At Tollgate, we live by the motto of 'Together Everyone Achieves More'. We are a 'Tollgate Family' and work together for the shared success of our whole community.
We are very proud of our children; their behaviour, enthusiasm for learning and kindness towards others enable them to gain a well-developed understanding of the world and their role within it.
The committed staff team at Tollgate work hard to ensure our curriculum is exciting and relevant to our children. We make great use of our fantastic school grounds, utilise the local area and ensure the children's learning is enriched through trips and workshops, bringing the curriculum to life.
Through a strong pastoral offer, we are able to support our children as and when the moment arises. Inclusion is central to our vision of excellence for all, and we ensure children with Special Educational Needs are provided with the support needed to thrive in and beyond our school.
Should you want to see our fantastic school in action, please do not hesitate to contact the school office to arrange a tour.
Mr Berhane Mr Getty
Executive Headteacher Head of School
Testimonials
My child is very happy. I've noticed her grow in confidence last year and this year. She's more interested in learning as time has gone on.
Tollgate is very supportive of my son, helping him and supporting when he has troubles. The school also listens to any concerns I may have.
Children are happy and seem to be learning well.
Tollgate is a safe and welcoming place with lovely teachers. I feel they want to get the best out of the students and will do all they can to help achieve this.
My concerns are taken seriously. My child was given support for a time when he needed it.
My son has done really well since starting. He has friendly staff.
My child loves Tollgate. He gets lots of support and has loved his experience so far. The staff and other children make Tollgate special. I recommend Tollgate because of their amazing values and I know my son is always looked after and enjoying his days.
The children are shown so much support and respect. What makes Tollgate school is everyone coming together and the support that is given.
My daughter loves coming to Tollgate. There is nothing I would change.
My son loves coming and thrives from it! Everyone cares and is there if you need them, regarding anything! Everything - staff, activities - makes this a wonderful school.
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To all Year 6 Parents, As a team, we just wanted to say a big thank you to all the parents for everything they did last week - whether it was packing bags for the residential, washing PE kits after the Colour Run or making sure water bottles were filled for all of those hot days. Your support is very much appreciated and makes the last few days that we have with the children that bit easier and more enjoyable for them. Going into the last full week we just wanted to send out a reminder of a few things as you know, there is a lot going on: The production will be in full swing this week with shows happening during school time and in the evenings. If your child can attend in the evenings to perform or work backstage, we really appreciate it. There are still opportunities to get tickets (2 per child) to come and enjoy the show. They've worked so hard and it looks and sounds fantastic so far! Show times are as follows: Wednesday 15th July: Performance of 'Joseph' – 6.00pm Thursday 16th July: Performance of 'Joseph' – 2:00pm Friday 17th July: Performance of 'Joseph'– 6.30pm The children will be completing their autograph/memory books from this week. We would like to include pictures of their classmates in them, so we are having an 'opt-out' system for photographs. If you really don't want your child's image to be in the autograph book of another child, then please let their teacher know. If we don't hear from you, then we will assume it is fine to include your child in any group pictures with their friends that they want to take. Monday 20th July: Year 6 Prom! 6 - 8 pm Tuesday 21st July: The children's leaver's assembly is at 9:15 and parents are welcome to attend. Children can bring an additional shirt in for signing (not the one they are wearing). Felt tip pens for this is fine, no Sharpies as they go through onto the tables and other side of the shirts. Collection/leaving time on the last day is 1:30pm. Thank you in advance for all the help in giving the children a nice send off at the end of their time at Tollgate. The Year 6 Team.
School perfomances: We would like to clarify timings for any children involved in this week's very exciting Joseph performances, particularly in light of England progressing to the semi-finals of the World Cup and the match time for Wednesday. Wednesday Due to the original timings leading to the production clashing with the England vs Argentina match, we have adjusted our timings slightly to enable families to enjoy both events. We appreciate the difficulty in the change of times, but we recognise many families would not want to miss the football and we would hate people to have to leave the production early. Children involved in the production need to be dropped back in school at 5.15pm. The performance will now begin for families at 6pm, with doors open fifteen minutes before. They will then be dismissed from the playground as soon as possible (maintaining safety procedures) after the production finishes, enabling families to get back home for the match. Thursday The performance is at 2.00pm. The children will not quite be finished for the normal end of day time, so we ask that families come to collect at 3.45pm from the playground. We will do our best to get the children out as quickly as possible to you. Friday The timings will remain as originally published. The children need to be dropped back in school at 5.45pm. The performance will start at 6.30pm, with doors open fifteen minutes before. They will then be dismissed from the playground as soon as possible after the production finishes. Thank you for your support of this event and your child(ren)'s ambitions and talents - it promises to be a wonderful performance.
Dear Year 6 Parents and Carers, Thank you so much for your incredibly generous monetary donations. Thanks to your kindness and support, we have now raised enough money to organise everything the children requested for their Year 6 Leavers' Prom. We are so grateful for your generosity. However, at this stage, we would be especially grateful for donations of the physical items listed below so that the students can get busy creating decorations for their special evening. If you are able to donate any of the following decoration items, please send them into school next week: White fairy lights Cardboard for making decorative stars Black, white and gold tissue paper If you are able to donate any of the following food and drink items, please bring them into school on the morning of the prom, Monday 20th July: Chocolates Strawberries Marshmallows Crisps Cookies Thank you once again for helping us make this such a memorable celebration for our Year 6 leavers. Your continued support is hugely appreciated. Kind regards, The Tollgate Leavers' Prom Team
Day two of Year 6 Residential: Cuckmere edition The children have had a fantastic day trying out a range of watersports. Dinner shortly, followed by Disco Night and then a long sleep after another busy day!
The Year 6s in school had lots of fun yesterday, including a scavenger hunt which took them all around the school and a table tennis competition.
First day of the Year 6 Residential to Busy Wood. The children have all been amazing demonstrating excellent teamwork and collaboration, there were lots of smiles.
We enjoyed welcoming back Ellie, our PCSO, to Tollgate today for another Mini Police session! The children were pushed to their limits to learn about the fitness required for a career in the police. They did a great job with the Bleep Test, proving they've got what it takes should they want to pursue this role in the future. Another great Mini Police afternoon!
Not forgetting the star of the show for our Year 3/4 Sports Day, the lovely Chester our therapy dog! He was as good as gold and was on hand to as always to give the children his support
Good Morning A quick reminder that today is an INSET day..we will see you all on Monday!
After an incredible sports day, we would like to thank all our families that came to support and all the staff and helpers that made it happen! Also, a huge well done to all the children who participated, displaying fantastic sportsmanship and energy on what was a very warm day! Below we have shared just some of the highlights of the day, there were so many to choose from!
Early Closure: Please see the Arbor message/email relating to tomorrow's early closure (Wednesday 24th June).
Please see information below:
We are delighted to announce that our Summer Camps general bookings are now live and available to all parents. https://activities.bookpebble.co.uk/activity/sportscool-brighton-tollgate-junior-school-multi-sports-camp-eastbourne-92bc7779-fef1-4957-8e07-b57656f84642 We also have HAF funding available. Eligible families can book using the link below or by scanning the QR Code on the HAF flyer. https://eequ.org/book/haf-sportscool-tollgate-juniors-with-sportscool-brighton-3872 Many thanks, SportsCool Brighton - Admin Team
Dear Tollgate Families, We are pleased to invite you to St Andrew's CE Infants' School Summer Fair this Saturday. As our sister school, we would love to welcome Tollgate families to join us for an afternoon of fun and community spirit. St Andrew's Summer Fair Saturday 20th June 11:00am – 2:00pm St Andrew's CE Infants School, Winchelsea Road, Eastbourne, BN22 7PA FREE ENTRY There will be plenty to enjoy, including traditional fair games, stalls, and activities such as: Games Face painting, festival hair and nails Grand raffle (over 70 prizes) Tombola Beat the Keeper Coconut Shy Paddington appearances throughout the day Royal photo opportunities with King Charles and Queen Camilla (cardboard cut-outs) Food and refreshments will also be available: BBQ Hot Dogs Ice Cream Popcorn Candy Floss Drinks including Pimms & Beer Cakes and refreshments Grand Raffle Prizes Include: £100 Cash Prize Family Camping Stays Henley Regatta Disco Tickets Golf Vouchers Family Days Out Restaurant Vouchers Beauty Treatments Hampers Attractions and Experiences ...and much more. Please see the attached images for raffle highlights, event information, and the site map. All funds raised will go towards supporting opportunities and experiences for the children of St Andrew's CE Infants' School. We hope to see you there for a fun-filled afternoon. Kind regards, The Friends of St Andrew's CE Infants' School PTA
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