GORSELAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
- DEBEN AVENUE, MARTLESHAM HEATH
IP5 3QR IPSWICH, SUFFOLK
Phone: 01473 623790
Fax: 01473 625187
E-mail: Send messagewww.gorseland.suffolk.sch.uk
Short profile:
The school was opened on the 3rd of September 1970. The first head teacher was Mr Benton. Back then the children came to school by bus. There were 147 children when the school was opened and now there are 456. The most children that there ever was on the school register was 486. On the first day there was one small disaster, the potato peeling machine broke down!
The school was built on the old Martlesham airfield near the control tower where Douglas Bader flew from. The rocket on the adventure playground was an old fuel tank from his plane.
When the school was first built the uniform was bright yellow but now it is navy blue.
The new nursery opened in September 2006 and has places for 52 children. The nursery is part of the new building, which was built for Key stage 1 and was finished in May 2006.
School Times:
Morning 9:00 - 12:05; Afternoon 1:20 - 3:30.
Nursery:
Morning Session 9:00 - 11:30; Afternoon Session 1:00 - 3:30.
Detailed description:
Gorseland offers a very healthy and varied school lunch.
Lunch time is between 12.05 p.m. and 1.20 p.m. The children play outside until they are called in for their lunch. Each day there is a rota for which time each class comes in to eat.
The cooks at Gorseland take that worry away by ensuring the school dinner menu has a healthy choice of children's favourite foods that both the children and parents approve of (and so would Jamie Oliver!) All of the food is prepared and cooked at school and there is nothing better than the wonderful smell of fresh bread wafting through the corridors. Vegetarian options are always available and if your child has a specific dietary requirement, this can also be catered for.
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