Friday 16th November

Newsletter No. 10

LETTERS SENT HOME THIS WEEK

Year 5 Trip to St. Peters Church - Year 5

Parents can now access letters that have been sent home on our website via the link below:

http://www.grange.harrow.sch.uk/parents/

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Dear Grange Community

Today is our BBC Children in Need fundraising drive and it has been an inspiring day with children in ‘spotty’ mufti and Staff walking more than 25km collectively today to raise funds and raise awareness.

I want to say a big thank you to our Staff for everything they do every day for all our children at Grange.

They are a dedicated group of professionals who have chosen to make a positive difference in the lives of children.

I see them working hard to improve the children’s learning in all the curriculum areas and in addition, I see them working so hard to provide a positive experience for children at school.

This week, I saw Staff working so hard to find friends for children who were lonely; to tackle any acts of unkindness and above all , help children to learn ways of behaving and living that make the world a better place.

Every day of life is full of challenges and also opportunities and our Grange Staff work so hard to help chil-dren rise to the challenges and make the most of the opportunities that we offer at Grange

This week at Headteacher’s assembly we learnt the Makaton sign language for ‘ I Choose Kindness’ and that is what we are working on

Mr Kerbel

DO WE HAVE YOUR UP TO DATE DETAILS

If you have moved house or changed your

telephone number please let us know so that we

can contact you in the event of an emergency.

Please email or visit the school office to confirm

your contact details.

Thank you

Diwali Week

Last week we celebrated Diwali at Grange. The special events started on Monday with a whole school assembly. Darwin class led an informative and entertaining presentation where they acted out the story of Rama and Sita and explained many of the traditions and customs associated with Diwali. All pupils sang a song together about the 5 different days that Diwali incorpo-rates and a group of Year 2 children performed a wonderful Indian dance wearing lovely, traditional costumes. Furthermore, Year 4 linked their Science work on electricity to Diwali, the festival of light. Pupils presented their circuits to the rest of the school and explained how they made them. Each child received a Diwali greeting card created by another pupil on their way out of assembly. The catering team provided a delicious Diwali themed lunch that was enjoyed by children and staff alike. It was also lovely to see the school awash with colour as children and staff wore their vibrant celebration clothing. We were also very lucky to have a Bollywood Dance teacher join us for the day and all classes (and staff!) in Years 4 & 5 en-joyed learning a dance routine. This culminated in a fantastic end of the day performance in the playground. Throughout the week, all pupils were given a paper plate on which to create a Rangoli pattern. Many pupils created beautiful, intricate designs and Tubman class even linked their Rangoli patterns to their Maths work! On Friday afternoon between 3 and 5pm we held our Diwali Bazaar. Each year group had a stall where we sold the children's Rangoli patterns and children also had the chance to create a Rangoli pattern on the playground using coloured chalk. We also had a number of professionals from outside the school who were selling all sorts of treats from vegan cupcakes to traditional clothing and henna art. Thank you to the parents and carers who prepared some food to be sold at the Bazaar, to the huge number families that

attended the event and to all the members of staff who gave up their own time to set up and run the stalls. A special thank you to our Year 6 pupil team (Lewis, Briana, Kavishagini, Amuthini and Silsilla) who stayed after school to help out at the event. To all those who came, we hope you enjoyed the Diwali Bazaar as well as the dance performances on the play-ground that afternoon. May the light of Diwali last with you all throughout the coming year.

School Meal Payments

School meals are available to pupil at a cost of £1.84 and like all restaurants and business’s, services and meals must be paid for. These payments are required in advance on a daily, weekly, monthly or half-termly basis. School meals are available to some children free of charge, for further details, please contact the school office. We are committed to providing our children with the best education and precious resources are wasted if the school has to request money on an ongoing basis. If you have not activated your child’s ParentPay account and need any additional information, please contact Mrs. Mukadam at the school office or visit https://www.parentpay.com

Parent Notices

Reception School Application

If your child is born between 1 September 2014 and 31st August 2015 , you need to apply for a reception place. Applying is easy and you get an instant acknowledgement that your application has been re-ceived. You will also receive an email with the outcome of your application on offer day. Please apply online at www.eadmissions.org.uk Closing date for application is Tuesday 15th January 2019

Computer with internet access are available to use free of charge at the Civic Centre For details go to www.harrow.gov.uk/schooladmissions For help and advice on how to complete your application, please contact 020 8901 2620 or email schooladmission@harrow.gov.uk

sQuid Balance Refund

We are pleased to inform you that any balance on your child’s sQuid Trips & Offer purse has now been

credited to your child’s ParentPay lunch account and any balance on their lunch account will be credited

to the ParentPay lunch account by the end of next week.

Reception Football Monday 3.30-4.30

Reception Gymnastics Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Reception Multi Skills Thursday 3.30-4.30

Year 1 Football Monday 3.30-4.30

Year 1 Gymnastics Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Year 1 Multi Skills Thursday 3.30-4.30

Year 2 Football Monday 3.30-4.30

Year 2 Gymnastics Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Year 2 Multi Skills Thursday 3.30-4.30

Year 3 Gymnastics Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Year 3 Dodgeball Thursday 3.30-4.30

Year 4 Gymnastics Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Year 4 Dodgeball Thursday 3.30-4.30

Year 4 Dodgeball Friday 3.30—4.30

Year 5 Netball/

Basketball

Monday 3.30-4.30

Year 5 Football Wednesday 3.30-4.30

Year 5 Table Tennis Friday 3.30-4.30

Year 5 Dodgeball Friday 3.30-4.30

Year 6 Netball/

Basketball

Monday 3.30-4.30

Year 6 Football Wednesday 3.30-4.30

Year 6 Table Tennis Friday 3.30-4.30

Year 6 Dodgeball Friday 3.30-4.30

Years 1—6 Journalism Monday 3.30-4.30

Years 1 & 2 Art & Craft Monday 3.30-4.30

Years 5 & 6 Debate Mate Monday 3.30-4.30

Year 2 Practical

Maths

Monday 3.30-4.30

Years 2—4 Superhero

Awareness

Monday 3.30-4.30

Years 3-6 Cricket Monday 3.30-4.30

Year 2 Japanese Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Years 3-6 Handwriting Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Years 1-2 Handwriting Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Reception-Y6 First Aid Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Years 3-6 Art & Craft Wednesday 3.30-4.30

Year 3-6 Movie Thursday 3.30-4.30

Reception Arts & Craft Thursday 3.30-4.30

Years 2 –6 Home

Learning

Thursday 3.30-4.30

Years 2-6 Home

Learning

Friday 3.30-4.30

Clubs:

It is your responsibility to make a note of the

times, start and end dates of any club that your

child(ren) attends. The information is on the

leaflet/letter that you initially receive and can be

found on the school website.

After School Clubs

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Monday 26th November Flu Vaccine for children in Re-ception, Years 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Thursday 29th November Year 4 Trip to British Museum

Thursday 13th December

2.00-3.15pm

EYFS/KS1 Concerts

Friday 14th December

9.30-10.45am

EYFS/KS1 Concerts

Wednesday 19th December Meerkats & Reptiles

Experience

Thursday 20th December Meerkats & Reptiles

Experience

Friday 21st December Meerkats & Reptiles

Experience

Friday 21st December LAST DAY OF TERM

Monday 7th January CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL

Dates For Your Diary

Grange Primary School, Welbeck Road, Harrow HA2 0RY T: 020 8422 5070

E: office@grange.harrow.sch.uk www.grange.harrow.sch.uk

CLASS ASSEMBLIES 23th November Y2 Lister

30th November Y5 Shackleton

18th January Y4 Luther-King

25th January Y5 Battuta

1st February Y3 Mandela

8th February Reception – Klee

15th February Y3 Tubman

8th March Y5 Darwin

15th March Y4 Churchill

22nd March Reception – Matisse

29th March Reception – Picasso

10th May Y1 Holmes

17th May Y3 Parks

24th May Y1 Ennis

14th June Y2 Nightingale

21st June Y1 Beckham

28th June Y2 Seacole

5th July Y4 Gandhi

COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE DAY

All staff have been reminded about the end

of day procedures for collecting children to

ensure your children remain safe.

If there are any changes to who you allow to

collect your children please inform the office

immediately so that our records can be up-

dated. Thank you.

Governing Body Meetings

Wednesday 21st November CAS Committee

Wednesday 5th December Full Governing Body

Wednesday 16th January Resources Committee

Wednesday 23rd January CAS Committee