Goldfield Infants' & Nursery School

In Their Own Words

Here are some comments from pupils, parents and grandparents

Comments from the community

• Excellent - the meeting ... really made me feel confident about my son's Reception year.
  I wish I was 5 again. Karen (Parent)
• I truly believe Goldfield School is a very special place, and feel so fortunate that Chloe has been lucky enough to enjoy her time at school with you. Debbie (Parent)
• Oh! How I wish our granddaughter was at Goldfield. It feels like a magical place to be a six year old. Juliet (Grandparent)
• I really enjoyed the wonderful atmostphere you have created and developed throughout the school; there is such an impression of colour and vitality enjoyed by the children, who are producing such good work. Kathleen (Retired Goldfield Headteacher) 
• I couldn't have wished for a better school for my girls. Claudette (Parent) 
• Thank you for a great school, a great staff and a great Headteacher. Peter (Parent) 

Comments from pupils

• I like the teachers and how they teach you to count from 10 to 100. I also like playing in the big field with my friends. Jack
• I like Goldfield School because I like my teacher, Mrs Sladden, and I have lots of friends. I like lunchtime because I get to play. I am very good at my work. Sammy
• I like Mrs Stevens because the way she talks is nice. Ruby
• I have made lots of new friends in the school and I really love the teachers Laurie
• We have lovely dinner ladies, but I like the teachers best. School is triple earrings fun! Jake
• We have a Rainbow Room: I like it so much, I want to stay there! Heidi
• I like being at school and I like singing practice. Molly
• I love my teachers and I like Goldfield School because I like the toys. I love the big trees. Joseph
• The teachers are superstars. The school is brilliant and the classroom is so pretty; really pretty! Natalie
• Goldfield is the best! We have lots of friends and I like our uniform. Lydia
• We have got a lovely Home Corner. This is the best school! Sophia
• I like doing P.E. on the apparatus. I really like the field. Bethany
• The Goldfield teachers' clothes are nice. I like playing in the big Home Area. Rogue
• It is fun; it is fabulous; it is fantasic. I like the plants. I like the whole school! Connor
• It is brilliant. There is a nice nursery. Claudi-Lee
• We have lunch. I like the dinner ladies. We have lots of friends. Jenny
• Singing practice is fun. I have lots of friends. Ahmed
• We've got Benjamin Bunny. We have lots of nice work. Amy
• We have a beautiful library. I like the Home Corner best. Sophie
• Goldfield is the best school in the world. Alfie

Quotes from our pupils

• New Reception child talking to a Dinner Lady says, "Do all of you waitresses have stickers in your pockets?"
• Amy in full dressing up clothes, including a rather nice flowered net hat, pointed to her head and said, "Have I got it on the right foot?"
• As the firemen during fire practice turned the hose onto the trees, one little boy said, "Do you always save the trees first?"
• Robert said to his teacher, "Mrs Smith were you the first person Jesus made?"
• John said, "I know how to spell 'VERY' - I went on one for my holidays to France."
• "4 is a lot, because it is older than 1."
• The class was talking about measurement and the teacher asked, "What sort of measurements are there?".
  A boy replied "Drastic measures."
• After being told off for kicking, Thomas said, "It's alright, I missed."
• Teacher asked the question, "What does a carpenter do?".
  Child replies, "Lays carpets."
• Having just been sick, Katy said, "Look, that's what I had for my dinner!"
• 1st child "I'm a vegetarian".
  2nd child "I'm a vegetarian too",
  3rd child "I'm an Italian!".
• I went to Isle of Wight for my holiday. I went on a ferry.
  Christopher was drawing his picture of a ferry with round windows, he continued:
  Actually, Mrs Rickman, I didn't go to the Isle of Wight on a ferry, I went all of the way on a canoe. Showing me his picture and pointing to the windows, he continued:
  See, the windows are round on canoes, not square like on a ferry. Don't tell mum though because she already knows.