Tollgate Community Junior School
Together Everyone Achieves More
Compassion
Respect
Friendship
Resilience
Honesty
Equality
Welcome to
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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"Our Year 4 Book Club launched this term, led by some of our fantastic Pupil Leaders in Year 6. It's been wonderful having the library full of such avid readers."
During SAT's week, 6P had something amazing happening in their classroom. Five very hungry caterpillars had begun their journey a few weeks ago and the transformation was observed by the class throughout the whole process. This amazing metamorphasis was seen through the classroom visualiser fondly known as 'Chrysalis Cam'. The painted lady butterflies that emerged one by one from their chrysalis were all given a name. There was Hope, Lucky, Destiny, Percy and Jaffy! Below are the photos taken during the release. Isn't nature grand!
Good afternoon Please see below information from the PTFA about upcoming events, their newsletter and information about the pre-loved school uniform shop
ATTENDANCE PRIZE DRAW Don't forget this terms attendance challenge!! The winner will be announced during this Friday's assembly. Good luck
TRANSITION WORKSHOP Is your child moving up to Year 7 or Year 3? To help support a smooth transition onto the next part of their school journey we are hosting a parent workshop led by 'me and my mind' practitioners. If you would like to come along please can you let the school office know at your earliest convenience. We look forward to seeing you there.
We are so proud of our Year 6's and how they are handling this weeks SAT's. They have loved coming along for the breakfast sessions so far and they have shown great determination resilience and a really positive attitude! Well done guys we are nearly there
Amazing news, thank you very much to all that supported this
THIS TERMS ATTENDANCE CHALLENGE This term we have 2 Drusillas tickets to be won. All children who have 100% attendance for the last 2 weeks of term (Monday 11th May - Friday 22nd May) will be entered into our prize drawer the winner will be announced in assembly on Friday 22nd May. Good luck!
What a Friday evening it's been! Thank you to everyone who came to support our first Spring Fair tonight - it was an incredible community event and a great way to kick-off the Bank Holiday weekend. A huge thanks to Beverley, Rachel and the PTFA team for all their hard work both behind the scenes organising and then in running the event. We look forward to sharing information soon about how we will spend the money raised. Wishing everyone a happy Bank Holiday weekend
A beautiful sunny day here at Tollgate and the children were very lucky to have a visit by two of Eastbourne's RNLI Lifeguards in assembly this morning. They spoke about all things water safety and they spoke with the children about the correct flags and when/when not to swim. The children were engaged and learnt alot. Do have a chat with them to see what they can information they can remember.
Following on from our Year 4 workshops earlier this week, we were very proud to receive the following feedback from the team leading these sessions: "We absolutely loved working with the three year four classes. They were exceptionally well behaved, creative and fun to work with, they did themselves and their school proud. They managed to explore the range of scientific and engineering activities with curiosity and a really high level of engagement, managing their excitement incredibly well. There are a lot of budding scientists among them!" Well done, Year Four!
Today our Year 4 classes took part in a special water workshop helping them to explore the idea of Sustainable Drainage. The children investigated water and how it can be moved via a network of pipes. We managed to stay surprisingly dry... mostly!
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Please see the attached information for the Spring Fair Mufti Day being run by the PTFA on Friday 1st May
Please see information below Please book on for a free taster session as numbers are low. This is the girls sessions that are held on Friday's, if your daughter would like to come along and see what they have to offer, please follow the link. https://bhafcfoundation.org.uk/