Eastgate took part in the Norfolk Key Steps Gymnastics competition on Monday 24th May, at Easton College. The team of 8 children performed various sequences and stances. They won the competition and now have a place in the final in Ipswich on 24th June. We wish them lots of luck.

Welcome to Eastgate

We would like to welcome two new teaching staff members to Eastgate, who will be joining us after the Easter holiday.

Mr Vincent Martinez will be joining us from Brancaster Primary School and will be taking over the role of class teacher from Mr Stanley.

Also Mrs Trisha Mills will be joining us and will be teaching part-time alongside Mrs Lake in a year 5/6 class.

We hope you will join us in making them very welcome in their new positions.

The football team put in an excellent performance to beat Grimston 3-2. We had many great attacking moves but were unlucky to go 0-1 early on. After Lukas equalised we again went behind just before half time with the score 1-2. However during the second half the team rallied and played some wonderful football allowing Lukas and Brooklyn to score making the full time score 3-2.

Eastgate School has been awarded the High Quality PE Award for outstanding teaching and children's learning in their PE lessons in school. This Award was launched in Norfolk during 2009 and is only awarded to those schools who can demonstrate that they are not only delivering the entitlement agenda of 2 hours a week but that it is also of high quality.

We are very proud of achieving this ward, and we can continue to deliver high quality PE lessons to ensure that the children of our school are receiving and achieving the best.

We would like to thank all parents and relatives of our children who attended our assemblies today, they were very successful and we would like to thank everyone involved. We would also like to offer our sincere apologies for the mix up in timings and hope this didn’t cause too much inconvenience to anyone. We will be running similar assemblies in the future and will send out details nearer the time.

On Saturday 17th October the boys football team took part in the Whistle Trophy tournament at North Wootton School. The boys played fabulously and came a respectable 3rd - the highest performance by a boys team in a tournament in recent times.
The side was captained by Lukas and Jack. The highlight of the day was an excellent goal from Ross, who produced an excellent header to a wonderful corner kick by Kieran. The whole team deserves praise for their performance - especially Deirunas whose goalkeeping was fearless.

On Saturday 10th October 2009 the girls football team took part in a tournament at North Wootton School. The children, many of whom were playing for the first time, played fantastically. Samantha captained the side and led them well.
To see the photos click here.

On Thursday 21st May year 3/4 gymnasts from Eastgate Primary School represented West Norfolk in the county gymnastics finals in Norwich. We really enjoyed the competition with Jess, Millie and Alfie doing the floor elements routine and Alex, Rebecca and John doing the body management routine. Libby (who attends Lynnsport Gymnastics) came and did a display routine.

The team came second and Millie had the third highest individual score. We would all like to thank Mr Davis and Kirstie for coaching us and taking us.

Report by Jess Boykew

Today we have to say goodbye to Mr Bone. He has worked at Eastgate for 9 years and has brought much success to the school in that time.
Mr Bone presented the school with new cooking equipment that will be able to be used in classrooms.
Mr Bone said, ”The time has passed very quickly at Eastgate. I have enjoyed working with over 800 children through the school in that time and having the chance to work with and get to know many parents and families. I will miss the daily contact with the children and working with the fantastic team of people we have at Eastgate. In the time I have been lucky enough to be the Headteacher I have seen children improve their achievement and learning and make the atmosphere in the school such a happy one.”

We said goodbye to Mrs Guyan today. She has left to work in a specialist unit based at St Michael's School in South Lynn.
We wish her all the best in her new post.
Mrs Guyan was presented with a watch along with many cards and wishes of farewell.

The football team defeated Greyfriars by 3 goals to 1. The team played really well, especially our goalie - who was named man of the match for his wonderful saves which played a major part in the win.
After Greyfriars went ahead in the first half, Eastgate bounced back in the second half with a fabulous free kick from Benas to level the score. Then James played a geat ball to Lucas to score putting Eastgate ahead. The final goal by Jack sealed the win as the Eastgate defence held firm.
Well done to the whole team.

On Tuesday 10th February, children from year 3/4 took part in a netball festival at Lynnsport. The children played against teams from across West Norfolk. The children had a great day ... learning lots about the game of Netball.

Eastgate Community Primary school have been promoting healthy eating this week, by providing all children with a healthy breakfast. PE Co-ordinator, Rebekah Desborough organised the week by writing to local supermarkets asking for donations. Sainsbury’s, Tesco’s and Morrison’s kindly donated products to run the event, which was a great success.

Amy Ranger, Community support officer from Tesco came into school and demonstrated the preparation of a variety of exotic fruits and children tasted them. Children thoroughly enjoyed sampling a healthy breakfast and are much more knowledgeable as to why we should start the day with breakfast.

The Eastgate football team took part in the Football in the Community 5-a-side tournament at Carrow Road. Teams from across Norfolk competed.
The children played really well against some very good opposition to come 3rd.
The tournament saw the first use of the new school football strip.
To see the photos click here.

After almost nine years Mr. Bone will be leaving Eastgate at the end of this term in April. Mr. Bone will be joining the Norfolk Advisory Service as a primary development adviser. This will involve him working principally in West and North Norfolk working with a number of schools and teachers.

Mr. Bone said ”The time has passed very quickly at Eastgate. I have enjoyed working with over 800 children through the school in that time and having the chance to work with and get to know many parents and families. I will miss the daily contact with the children and working with the fantastic team of people we have at Eastgate. In the time I have been lucky enough to be the Headteacher I have seen children improve their achievement and learning and make the atmosphere in the school such a happy one.”

“In my new job I will be able to keep an eye on the school as it progresses further and see the new Reception Class, which we are going to start building this Spring finished and filled with some very lucky children in the brand new facility.”

“ Time at school is precious and passes very quickly, mind you if my Mum had told me when I was 5 years old that I was going to still be at school over fifty years later I am not sure what I would have thought!”

“I know that the governors will do their very best to appoint a new Headteacher who deserves to be the head of such a special group of children and people.”

At the end of a very busy last week of term which had the Drama Club production, Infant's nativity, Carols and Readings at St. John's church and Christmas parties for the children we all gathered in the hall to say farewell to Mrs Gough. Mrs Gough started work at Eastgate in 1986 as a 'dinner lady' when the school was St. James Girls and Infants and has in that time has done over 4000 lunchtime duties in sunshine, rain, hail, sleet and most other varieties of English weather. Louise from Class R gave Wendy Gough some flowers, Josh from Year 5 gave her a card signed by all the children and staff at Eastgate, Kristine from Year 3 gave her a bottle of something sparkling and Tyrell from Year 6 gave Wendy a letter and vouchers from Norfolk County Council in recognition of her service. Mr. Bone thanked Mrs Gough for her service and said he would have look all over the world to find another Mrs Gough.

On Friday we held a 'Grass Skirts and Loud Shirts' non-uniform day to raise money for Children in Need. Many of the children and staff dressed up and everyone had a great time. We managed to raise £250 for Children in Need. A big thsnk you to everyone who took part.
To see the photos click here.

The children took part in a football tournament at North Wootton Junior School. They were semi-finalists after putting in one of the best performances by an Eastgate team in recent years, pulling off wins against West Winch and Greyfriers, after goals by Benas and James.
The whole team did excellently and a fantastic performance by Kieran in goal made him Mr Davis' player of the tournament.
To see the photos click here.

On Friday 24th October we held a fancy dress disco to raise money for the Special Care Baby Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
There were lots of great costumes and great fun was had by all.
To see the photos click here.

The football team played their first league match of the season against Grimston at 'The Walks'. After being 0-1 down at half time the team had to dig deep to come back and win the match 3-1 with Jack scoring 2 goals and James scoring 1.
The team played fantastically, working together well. At the back the team was solid and Kieran kept really well, having been called up late because of injury to Kaine.
Our attacking play was especially good during the second half with all the midfielders and forwards linking together.
What an excellent start to the season.
To see the photos click here.

Children from years 5 & 6 spent the afternoon at 'The Park High School' taking part in a science challenge. They were competing for the Dow Trophy. The children had to complete several different experiments which included a chemical reaction, electrical conductivity and building a self-powered buggy.
The children worked really hard and were a credit to the school.
To see the photos click here.

The Eastgate football team took part in the Whistle Trophy. The tournament was played at North Wootton School on Saturday morning.
The team played really well, playing together for the first time. We look forward to a great season ahead.

On 2nd October a group of year 6 children took part in a skipping workshop in the afternoon then children ranging from year 1 to year 6 (and some of their parents) took part in an after school skipping club. To view the photos go to the picture galleries here.

The year 6 children spent a fun weekend at Kingswood residential centre from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th September.
They took part in many varied activities ranging from rock pooling on the beach to zip wire, fencing to go-carting.
Although there was some wet sunshine when the children arrived on Friday (Mr Davis doesn't believe it ever rains at Kingswood - it's always wet sunshine!!!) the weather cleared up and the rest of the weekend saw good weather.
Mr Davis would like to give a huge thaks to Miss Cossey, Mr Mann and Mrs Germaney, who all accompanied the trip.
To view the photos go to the picture galleries here.

On Monday 19 May, children from Eastgate School went to KES to take part in an afternoon of fun sports in honour of Dame Kelly Holmes’ visit.
In her speech at the KES presentation evening, Dame Kelly Homes commented on how successful the afternoon was and on the good links between KES and it's feeder schools.

Another fantastic performance by the girls football team gave them another win. This time they played in high temperatures and extreme heat yet kept working throughout and won against Gaywood Junior School by 2 goals to 1. Amber scored both goals and had great support from Raquel and Lydia who both had chances at goal.
The Defence performed really well as a unit to keep out most threats on the Eastgate goal. Chloe pulled off some excellent saves to keep out the good shots from Gaywood. The whole team deserve praise for their commitment, teamwork and perseverence. They finished the season with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in their league matches - an excellent result.

The girls football team performed outstandingly to beat Grimston School 1-0. Amber scored the winning goal - and all there were more chances for her, Raquel and Lydia. Stunning work from the defence closed down all chances by Grimston.
Mr Davis commended the entire team for their hard work and especially for the teamwork they displayed. We look forward to seeing them in the tournament next week.
To view the photos go to the picture galleries here.

On Wednesday 19th March 2008, the drama club performed their production of 'Norman's Tempest'.
The production was written by Luke Goold and directed by Luke Goold and Mrs Scott. They raised money for 'The Royal National Lifeboat Institute'.

On Friday 14th March we held our Easter discos. Much fun was had by all, with dance competitions, karaoke and general dancing. Thanks go to all the teachers and parents who helped at the discos.

Children from the drama club performed a selection of songs at the 'Schools Make Music' concert. The concert took place at the Corn Exchange in Tuesday Market Place.