Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back. This is a short half term, but a busy one! I’m delighted to inform you that we have been approached by the Department of Education to share our teacher recruitment process and how it resulted in our fantastic Ofsted report and achieving above national standards. This is all the more commendable at a time when there is a national crisis in teacher recruitment and retention. As you will know, we do have an amazing teaching team who are supported by a very skilled leadership team. As a school we do attract high calibre graduates who are dedicated and committed to enriching the lives of your children. While the team from the department is with us they will be doing an in depth analysis for government ministers. They will want to know about the diverse community we serve. They will evaluate the quality of teaching and talk to children, teachers and the leadership team. This is clearly a very exciting time for Grange Primary. It’s great that we can now showcase the things we do so well. It’s wonderful to think that Grange Primary is now influencing Government thinking.

End of year assessments Staff in all year groups are working incredibly hard to ensure that all children meet their end of year expectations. The new curriculum is so much more demanding for everyone. The higher up the school we go the more our teachers have to plug the academic gaps that were not part of the previous curriculum. We are very grateful that you as parents are supporting us through additional Home Learning. This clearly does make a difference as we recently

April 2016 Newsletter - Summer Term

Monday 11th April – Wednesday 20th July

VALUE OF THE MONTH

‘FORGIVENESS’

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of

the strong.”

Mahatma Gandhi

discovered when we compared our assessment with other Harrow Schools. It is really important that we also receive your support with attendance and punctuality. If children are persistently late or absent they are not being provided with the same opportunities to do as well as their peers.

Welbeck Road The school has received guidance from the National Police Chiefs’ Council regarding recent international security alerts and we have been looking at ways to make sure our school is as safe as possible. They have advised that a number of measures should be put in place to ensure that your children and our staff are secure at Grange. They have identified that having two routes into the school makes us vulnerable. There should only be one entrance for the school. As a result, Governors have made the recommendation that at the beginning and end of the school day Welbeck Road will be closed and we only use the Furness Road entrance.

After half term, from Monday 6th June, parents will only be able to drop their children off at the Furness Road entrance – Welbeck Road gates will not be open to parents between 8.30am and 8.45am. Please only use the Furness Road entrance. The soft start will remain for parents of children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, who are very welcome to settle their children in class as normal. Parents of children in Years 3 to 6 are asked not to enter the school but to speak to staff at the end of the day. We will review these procedures after a few weeks to see how effective they have been. For parents whose children are in Nightingale Class, they can be collected from the corner of the playground outside the old library.

Wishing you all a good Bank Holiday Weekend.

Sport Relief One Mile Event

On Friday 18th March,

every child from

Grange Primary

School took part in a

Sport Relief Mile to raise money

for disadvantaged children in

the UK and across the world.

All children and adults paid £1 to

come to school dressed in red

clothing or sportswear and we

used our playground as the

running track for this event.

The children had to run around

it a whopping 8 TIMES in order

to complete a full mile! The

Year 6 children supported the

Reception classes and motivated

them to continue running, even

when they felt they had no

energy left. In addition to the £1

donation, children and staff also

raised money through

sponsorship for their mile run.

We raised a fantastic £975.00!

Well done Grange!

Summer Menu The Summer menu is now being offered in school and can be found on our website at http://www.grange.harrow.sch.uk/parents/school-dinners Please remember that your child can choose to have a school meal on a daily basis.

If your child brings in a

packed lunch from

home, please ensure it

is a healthy lunch and

remember we do not allow fizzy drinks, sweets or

chocolate bars in school. All snacks in school for

morning break must be fruit. Visit the Change4life

website below for healthy lunch box ideas.

http://www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/healthy-

lunchbox-picnic.as.px

Sainsbury’s Vouchers Remember we are still collecting

Sainsbury’s vouchers in school.

Please collect your vouchers and

post them in the box in the school

office. Thank you.

Language of the Month

Swahili - Kiswahili

During April we have been celebrating the Swahili language. Throughout the month, the children have been learning about the language and countries where it is spoken. Did you Know?

Swahili is the national language of Tanzania,

Uganda, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the

Congo

Up to 15 million people speak Swahili

Asubuhi Njema is good morning in Swahili

During May we will be celebrating the Portuguese

language. If any of our parents/carers would like to

come in to school to share some cultural stories or

language knowledge with the children, please speak

with your child’s class teacher.

Year 1 visit to Windsor Castle

Year 1 had a wonderful time when they visited Windsor Castle recently. The children were so impressed with the visit and the castle that Beckham Class are writing letters to Her Majesty the Queen

to say thank you and to wish Her Majesty a happy 90th birthday. Many thanks to our parent and carers who volunteered to support this visit.

SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED ON

Monday 2nd May - May Day Bank Holiday

Thursday 5th May - Polling Day

May Half Term - Thurs 26th May-Fri 3rd June

CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL ON

MONDAY 6TH JUNE

Writers’ Wow Wall Many congratulations to our Oscar winners from Picasso Class,

Mary Al Shara & Aleeya Nur Qaiyum and to all our winners below

Vihaan Satish Klee Class Abdullah Razzaque Churchill Class

Hejran Popal Beckham Class Deepthi Leela Luther King Class

Raees Chohan Ennis Class Alexandra Marin Gandhi Class

Sanuji Sathischandra Holmes Class Shaheem Rizvi Shackleton Class

Bhathanaa Bhanukopan Lister Class Zahra Razzaq Battuta Class

Karim Ibrahim Nightingale Class Omsin Siriyaman Hawking Class

Zamarod Popal Seacole Class Niegeena Bawar Hawking Class

Harshini Inbaratnam Mandela Class

100% Attendance-Spring Term 2016 Sharya Azad HOCKNEY AM Alexandra Botofan SEACOLE Era Hotaj BATTUTA

Mohammed Raza Kiani HOCKNEY AM Erum Fatima SEACOLE Meaghane Loisy-Kalloor BATTUTA

Sophie Wysocka HOCKNEY AM Robert Ion SEACOLE Zakaria Mohammed BATTUTA

Thanasheeri Sasikaran HOCKNEY PM Daiana Potirniche SEACOLE Vedant Pandya BATTUTA

Sumaya Abdi KLEE Santos Vigineswaran SEACOLE Vignesh Thavarajah BATTUTA

Iten Hany Ismail KLEE Farjana Azad MANDELA Faizah Osman DARWIN

Jawsa Jawafar KLEE Aysha Hassan MANDELA Rashanti Richards DARWIN

Medina Safi KLEE Jagjeev Kaubhar MANDELA Salwa Sajed DARWIN

Abishan Suthakaran KLEE Sadia Muhammadi MANDELA Savi Vigineswaran DARWIN

Munir Abdisalam Ahmed MATISSE Leroy Perera MANDELA Anwar Yusuf DARWIN

Stefania Decu MATISSE Ilyas Razzaq MANDELA Arayn Ali SHACKLETON

Hania El Sabbagh MATISSE Hamra Safi MANDELA Emanuella Aul-Mku SHACKLETON

Habiz Kunanathan MATISSE Angelika Waszczuk MANDELA Foss Hassan SHACKLETON

Ajai Navanithan MATISSE Apinaya Yoganathan MANDELA Maryam Omar SHACKLETON

Shravan Sujeev MATISSE Sara Abdul-Wahed PARKS Shaheem Rizvi SHACKLETON

Shreesha Adhikari PICASSO Hila Amir PARKS CJ Silcott SHACKLETON

Shaheer Katunze PICASSO Robert Amariei CHURCHILL Sashvija Sivakumar SHACKLETON

Aleeya Nur Qaiyum PICASSO Madhu Bharath CHURCHILL Subeedhshan Subeedhshan SHACKLETON

Bartosz Podlasek PICASSO Ibrahim Bokhari CHURCHILL Muzameel Ahmed CURIE

Mirthiga Ragulan PICASSO Fasry Farook CHURCHILL Rayn Ali CURIE

Amrit Kaur Sidhu PICASSO Sara Matiu CHURCHILL Jasim Alinazi CURIE

Emmanuel Anatogu BECKHAM Alexandra Matusescu CHURCHILL Yasiin Barkhadleh CURIE

Rokhsar Hakimi BECKHAM Abdullah Razzaque CHURCHILL Asseel Bashraheel CURIE

Ibrahim Ibrahim BECKHAM Jahnai Richards CHURCHILL Wiktoria Manecka CURIE

Jodi Moses BECKHAM Nicolae - Mario Vasiloiu CHURCHILL Hamza Naja CURIE

Aarzoo Rahman BECKHAM Sainthavi Vigineswaran CHURCHILL Isra Omar CURIE

Dinesh Thangarasa BECKHAM Artur Waszczuk CHURCHILL Harithera Raveenthiran CURIE

Nora Aakcha ENNIS Mariam Abdisalam Ahmed GANDHI Sadurshan Sadurshan CURIE

Shaista Ahmadi ENNIS Rehan Ajmal GANDHI Deeptha Sanjay CURIE

Rushil Gandhi ENNIS Ibrahim Al Assawdeh GANDHI Muddaser Sekanderzada CURIE

Dua E Zehra Kiani ENNIS Hamdi Amin Mahamed GANDHI Ilyas Shanavazi CURIE

Kavish Navaneethan ENNIS Advik Balaji GANDHI Mert Simsek CURIE

Maryama Abdulle HOLMES Mathuumilan Balakrishnanantham GANDHI Mariam Aakcha EINSTEIN

Vanaiya Gohil HOLMES Mithuyalan Balakrishnanantham GANDHI Elham Ajmal EINSTEIN

Zara Iqbal HOLMES Sadhana Chandrakumaran GANDHI Md. Abuansari Azad EINSTEIN

Bashir Ahmad Nangalay HOLMES Laxmi Khadka GANDHI Sairah Barry EINSTEIN

Noor Ahmad Nangalay HOLMES Qeyamodin Kharoty GANDHI Alexandru Botofan EINSTEIN

Hashir Qureshi HOLMES Kiara Leigh Maria Wilson GANDHI Najma Ibrahim EINSTEIN

Taliya Ranasinghe HOLMES Sarah Aakcha LUTHERKING Rafael Jordao Santos EINSTEIN

Sanuji Sathischandra HOLMES Aryan Ahmadzai LUTHERKING Tevesh Navaneethan EINSTEIN

Asma Ansari LISTER Hamza Ali LUTHERKING Adsaya Prabakaran EINSTEIN

Bhathanaa Bhanukopan LISTER Deepthi Leela Arun Prasad LUTHERKING Samisri Pyakuryal EINSTEIN

Madiha Habib LISTER Samiya Azad LUTHERKING Safia Raufi EINSTEIN

Abner Lup LISTER Shayla Daley-Cork LUTHERKING Henaa Sirajzadeh EINSTEIN

Rakhee Mawji LISTER Daniella Edward LUTHERKING Shamilli Velayoudam EINSTEIN

Sahera Muhammadi LISTER Bilqis Omar LUTHERKING Salman Din HAWKING

Sabrina Osman LISTER Fatuma Osman LUTHERKING Hesham Habib HAWKING

Aswika Uthayakumar LISTER Sahana Senthilnathan LUTHERKING Kaniga Jenthan HAWKING

Aisha Amin Mahamed NIGHTINGALE Santhosh Sritharan LUTHERKING Abdirahman Karama Sayid HAWKING

Saliha Aoryakhil NIGHTINGALE Saifulah Vardak LUTHERKING Harleen Kaubhar HAWKING

Miria De Almeida Schwarz NIGHTINGALE Iljaas Walakzai LUTHERKING Deep Patel HAWKING

Karim Ibrahim NIGHTINGALE Abdulqadir Basharaheel BATTUTA Armaan Rahman HAWKING

Billal Vardak NIGHTINGALE Daria Maria Dabiste BATTUTA Fahim Safi HAWKING

Navisan Yoganathan NIGHTINGALE Samanta De Almeida Germano Schwarz BATTUTA Omsin Siriyaman HAWKING

Sousan Zaidi NIGHTINGALE Kevin Gashi BATTUTA Sharan Sritharan HAWKING

Omar Barry SEACOLE Mohammed Halimi BATTUTA Irfan Totakhil HAWKING

Avinash Uthayakumar HAWKING

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

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

Dates for Your Diary

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Thursday 28th April KS1 School Councillors to

the Houses of Parliament

Monday 2nd May SCHOOL CLOSED

May Day Bank Holiday

Tuesday 3rd May Year 2 to Kew Gardens

Thursday 5th May SCHOOL CLOSED FOR

POLLING

Tuesday 17th May Reception to the Science

Museum

Tuesday 24th May Sports Day

Wednesday 25th May

(Normal finish time)

LAST DAY OF

HALF TERM

Thursday 26th and

Friday 27th May

SCHOOL CLOSED

- TRAINING DAYS

Monday 6th June CHILDREN RETURN TO

SCHOOL

Thursday 23rd June SCHOOL CLOSED FOR

POLLING

Wednesday 20th July

Early finish at 1.00pm

LAST DAY OF

SUMMER TERM

Monday 5th September CHILDREN RETURN TO

SCHOOL

CLASS ASSEMBLIES

Friday 29th April Matisse

Friday 6th May Battuta

Friday 13th May Luther King

Friday 20th May Mandela

Friday 10th June Ennis

Friday 17th June Picasso

Friday 24th June

Holmes

Governing Body Meetings @ 6.15pm

Weds 27th April

Weds 11th May

Weds 22nd June

Weds 29th June

Weds 6th July

Achievement Committee

Full Governing Body

Achievement

Resources Committee

Full Governing Body

Year 1 & Year 2 Football Monday 3.20-4.15

Year 5 & Year 6 Athletics Monday 3.30-4.30

Year 1 & Year 2 Athletics Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 Football Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 Arts & Crafts Tuesday 3.30-4.30

Year 2 ICT Wednesday 3.20-4.00

Year 3 & Year 4 Athletics Wednesday 3.30-4.30

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 Cheer-Leading Wednesday 3.30-4.30

Year 4 & Year 5 Gardening Thursday 3.30-4.20

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 Cookery Friday 3.30-5.00