Summer Newsletter

7th July 2017

JULY VALUE OF THE MONTH

‘INDEPENDENCE’

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Denis Waitley

Dear Parents/ Carers,

It is with a sense of sadness but with one of

immense pride and achievement as I come to the

end of my time at Grange.

Since my arrival at Grange Primary there have

been significant improvements and we are now a

successful school, consistently performing above

the national average. There is a very strong,

talented and committed staff who I have no

doubt will sustain this success over the coming

years. The children have been wonderful, doing

their best and finding success. I must also give

an almighty thank you to all of the families who

have been so supportive and encouraging (and

sometimes challenging!) over this period.

Success only comes through a powerful

partnership between home and school. We have

that.

In the interim, Mr Parker will take over my role.

Mrs Edwards and Miss Drakard will be the new

Deputies and Mr Rasheed will take on the role of

Assistant Headteacher. They have already

ensured the transition for school improvement

will be seamless.

As usual, there will be other arrivals and

departures.

I wish all of the leavers, including our pupils who

are moving on, the very best for the future and

extend a warm welcome to our new arrivals. Once

again, I offer my gratitude to you. Working here

has been the highlight of my career. I am so

delighted about the reputation Grange has within

the local community now. I have no doubt that

Grange Primary School will continue to go from

strength to strength.

Kind regards

Best Class Attendance and Punctuality

Winners for the 1st Half of the Summer

Term were:

Hawking Class Year 6 = 99.1%

Curie Class Year 6 = 98.8 %

Shackleton Class Year 5 = 98% Hawking, Curie and Shackleton classes all received a

pizza party as their reward for having the best at-

tendance as a class for the first half of the Summer

term. The children have been working really hard this

half term in order to win the prize. On the afternoon

of the pizza party, the children brought in snacks to

share, we watched a film and had a well deserved re-

laxing afternoon. The amazing attendance and punctu-

ality has continued into this term as well, and we are

hoping to win the prize again!

Well done to all three classes

Miss Tarrant, Mr Rasheed, Ms McClintock

100% Attendance & Punctuality -

Raffle Winners

Lower School Upper School

08.5.17 -

12.5.17 Jacki - Nightingale Era - Curie

15.5.17 -

19.5.17 Nimo - Ennis Diana - Churchill

21.5.17 -

26.5.17 Muhammad - Picasso Kabba - Battuta

05.6.17 -

09.6.17 Shaimaa - Seacole Daria - Curie

12.6.17 -

16.6.17 Krzysztof - Klee

Madison - Shackle-

ton

19.6.17 -

23.6.17 Sambhav - Matisse Ammera - Gandhi

100% Attendance & Punctuality—1st Half of the Summer Term 2017

Andrada HOCKNEY AM Aleeya BECKHAM Jodi LISTER

Erion HOCKNEY AM Amos BECKHAM Kevin LISTER

Jaide HOCKNEY AM Amrit Kaur BECKHAM Saanchika LISTER

Lukas HOCKNEY AM Ibra BECKHAM Sana LISTER

Nehara HOCKNEY AM Miguel BECKHAM Sina LISTER

Olaf HOCKNEY AM Mirthiga BECKHAM Sultan LISTER

Reuel HOCKNEY AM Nicoleta Michelle BECKHAM Sun LISTER

Rokisan HOCKNEY AM Oliwia BECKHAM Uzair LISTER

Sara Amy HOCKNEY AM Rohan BECKHAM Adam NIGHTINGALE

Senitha HOCKNEY AM Sakina BECKHAM Alexander NIGHTINGALE

Simina Debora HOCKNEY AM Suhan BECKHAM Ana NIGHTINGALE

Vienna HOCKNEY AM Sumaya BECKHAM Anushanth NIGHTINGALE

Vihaan HOCKNEY AM Sushanth BECKHAM Ayman NIGHTINGALE

Zakira HOCKNEY AM Wasim BECKHAM Jacky NIGHTINGALE

Alexandra HOCKNEY PM Zoheib BECKHAM Keana NIGHTINGALE

Eric HOCKNEY PM Asia ENNIS Masud NIGHTINGALE

Laura HOCKNEY PM Blessing ENNIS Mohamed Ali NIGHTINGALE

Alannah KLEE Devinth ENNIS Nora NIGHTINGALE

Anangha KLEE Harun ENNIS Raees NIGHTINGALE

Aqra KLEE Iten Hany ENNIS Rushil NIGHTINGALE

Deema KLEE Jaiden ENNIS Shaili NIGHTINGALE

Denis KLEE Jawsa ENNIS Wisam NIGHTINGALE

Krzysztof KLEE Mehdi ENNIS Alisha SEACOLE

Piotr KLEE Nimo Sabrina ENNIS Anastasia SEACOLE

Sahar KLEE Vihaan ENNIS Bashir Ahmad SEACOLE

Sharya KLEE Aaliyah HOLMES Fares Eddine SEACOLE

Sophie KLEE Ajai HOLMES Fatima SEACOLE

Amira MATISSE Bhavithaa HOLMES Fatima SEACOLE

Ashvienie MATISSE Bianca HOLMES Hashir SEACOLE

Branshika MATISSE Cole HOLMES Hewad SEACOLE

Dua- Emaan MATISSE Deshni HOLMES Lina SEACOLE

Faiza MATISSE Habiz HOLMES Maryama SEACOLE

Hooria Tahir MATISSE Imran HOLMES Patryk SEACOLE

Hussain MATISSE Jewel HOLMES Sanuji SEACOLE

Irfan MATISSE Maximillian HOLMES Shaimaa SEACOLE

Khadijah MATISSE Oliver HOLMES Vanaiya SEACOLE

Logan MATISSE Princess HOLMES Zara SEACOLE

Ali PICASSO Shana HOLMES Aarushan MANDELA

Anagha PICASSO Stefania HOLMES Angelo MANDELA

Fiona PICASSO Zeynab HOLMES Biranavan MANDELA

Heeraa PICASSO Aarzoo LISTER Daiana MANDELA

Mansoor PICASSO Abdullah LISTER Doniah MANDELA

Mikolaj PICASSO Alfie Moon LISTER Erum MANDELA

Muhammad Faizan PICASSO Aryan LISTER Ishan MANDELA

Pranav PICASSO Dinesh LISTER Jasmine MANDELA

Ronak PICASSO Emmanuel LISTER Lima MANDELA

Subaydah PICASSO Hejran LISTER Marwa MANDELA

Zakariyya PICASSO Ibrahim LISTER Nilaavan MANDELA

Robert MANDELA Ella GANDHI Tiya SHACKLETON

Taiba MANDELA Ghazala GANDHI Zeenat SHACKLETON

Tehvinn MANDELA Ilyas GANDHI Abdulqadir CURIE

Zamarod MANDELA Kassem GANDHI Ariola CURIE

Abner PARKS Mahima GANDHI Daria Maria CURIE

Ali Reza PARKS Mohamed GANDHI Elisa CURIE

Asma PARKS Oliver GANDHI Era CURIE

Aswika PARKS Sara GANDHI Joshua CURIE

Bhathanaa PARKS Tyreece GANDHI Katrin CURIE

Emrha PARKS Abdullah BATTUTA Marjan CURIE

Fahad PARKS Alexander BATTUTA Meaghane CURIE

Hala PARKS Alexandra BATTUTA Mohammed CURIE

Jack PARKS Ali BATTUTA Musaddak CURIE

Kyle PARKS Bethanie BATTUTA Nasradin CURIE

Luca PARKS Hamza BATTUTA Neila CURIE

Madiha PARKS Hares BATTUTA Norahman CURIE

Marwa PARKS Keeran BATTUTA Vignesh CURIE

Massie PARKS Madhu BATTUTA Yahya CURIE

Obaida PARKS Nicolae - Mario BATTUTA Zakaria CURIE

Rakhee PARKS Robert BATTUTA Annabel EINSTEIN

Rhea PARKS Sainthavi BATTUTA Archana EINSTEIN

Sahera PARKS Sara BATTUTA Ayan EINSTEIN

Solafa PARKS Thusaara BATTUTA Brenda EINSTEIN

Viali PARKS Wafa BATTUTA Charlie-Star EINSTEIN

Zubair PARKS Zainuldin BATTUTA Harini EINSTEIN

Billal TUBMAN Alexandra DARWIN Lenuga EINSTEIN

Cyryl TUBMAN Diana DARWIN Malika EINSTEIN

Danuji TUBMAN Faqruddin DARWIN Minnatullah EINSTEIN

Emilia TUBMAN Faris DARWIN Monica Elena EINSTEIN

Karim TUBMAN Hamdi DARWIN Nadir EINSTEIN

Rohan TUBMAN Ibrahim DARWIN Naomi EINSTEIN

Rosie TUBMAN Judi DARWIN Salwa EINSTEIN

Saliha TUBMAN Kiara Leigh Maria DARWIN Sameer EINSTEIN

Stellamarie TUBMAN Laxmi DARWIN Savi EINSTEIN

Tomas TUBMAN Manaar DARWIN Summayah EINSTEIN

Zainab TUBMAN Mathuumilan DARWIN Waris EINSTEIN

Apinaya CHURCHILL Misbah DARWIN Abdirisaq HAWKING

Aysha CHURCHILL Mithuyalan DARWIN Andrei HAWKING

Brice-Elton CHURCHILL Rehan DARWIN CJ HAWKING

Delisha CHURCHILL Riona DARWIN Elena Madalina HAWKING

Dunyah CHURCHILL Sadhana DARWIN Emanuella HAWKING

Farjana CHURCHILL Zhihan DARWIN Fahmi HAWKING

Gharam CHURCHILL Aryan SHACKLETON Faizullah HAWKING

Hamra CHURCHILL Bilqis SHACKLETON Ingrid HAWKING

Harshini CHURCHILL Chathuni SHACKLETON Layla HAWKING

Ilyas CHURCHILL David SHACKLETON Maiwand HAWKING

Jagjeev CHURCHILL Deepthi Leela SHACKLETON Malik HAWKING

Junaid CHURCHILL Eda SHACKLETON Maryam HAWKING

Kabissa CHURCHILL Hamza SHACKLETON Mohammed HAWKING

Kiana CHURCHILL Madison SHACKLETON Nikola HAWKING

Leroy CHURCHILL Marwa SHACKLETON Rami-Alex HAWKING

Safa Hejran CHURCHILL Mohamed SHACKLETON Rania HAWKING

Sameer CHURCHILL Saifulah SHACKLETON Shaheem HAWKING

Abison GANDHI Samiya SHACKLETON Somaia HAWKING

Amuthini GANDHI Santhosh SHACKLETON Subeedhshan HAWKING

Briana GANDHI Sarah SHACKLETON Theebthie HAWKING

Chaim GANDHI Shaima SHACKLETON Wael HAWKING

Ella GANDHI Shayla SHACKLETON

Spanish Day

On Monday 15th of May we held our first ever Spanish Day at Grange Primary. Despite the gloomy weather out-

side, the school was awash with colour; with children and adults dressed in red and yellow or traditional Span-

ish dress. The sounds of castanets, Peruvian rain shakers, Mexican rancheros and the Spanish guitar ran

through the corridors helping to create a lovely atmosphere!

The different year groups represented different Spanish speaking countries and took part in a wide variety of

arts and crafts activities relating to their particular country. Year 6, who were also celebrating the end of

their SATs tests, had lots of fun cooking tacos, making sombreros and Day of the Dead masks. I’m told the

tacos tasted absolutely delicious!! Year 5 pupils were really lucky to participate in a special storytelling work-

shop entitled, Journey through Latin America which they thoroughly enjoyed.

In addition, Mr Hernandez, a magician/musician from the Spanish Embassy joined us for part of the day and

ran workshops for children in years 3 and 4. The children and adults were completely mesmerised by some of

his magic tricks! Year 1 did not miss out on the fun and enjoyed learning Science and PE through Spanish and

super lucky year 2 took part in Zumba workshops – muchas gracias to our lovely LSA, Miss B. Lacey!! Reception,

who made an amazing effort with their flamenco costumes also had fun making castanets and Spanish flags.

After a special Spanish themed lunch we had two special assemblies where prizes for the homework projects

relating to Spanish Day were given out and children waved their handmade flags as we sang the song, Wavin’

Flag. Next, some classes spent some time teaching their class teachers some Spanish, and we also had some

mini teachers from our KS2 Spanish Club giving year 2 an Introduction to Spanish.

On a personal note, having been involved with teaching languages at Grange for almost 10 years now, it was re-

ally special to see the whole school unite on this day to celebrate Spanish and Latin American culture. A huge

thank you to all our amazing staff team for ensuring the activities ran smoothly and that the children had a

wonderful day.

Miss R. Shah

MFL Teacher

Art Week with Artist Jenny Leonard

In Summer Term we had a successful Arts Week at Grange. We would like to say thank you to the

parents for their financial support. Children had the opportunity to work with an extraordinary art-

ist, Jenny Leonard. She was impressed with the enthusiasm and how well behaved the

children were.

Music News:

The Recorders Festival took place on 23rd May at Har-

row Arts Centre, and the Song Festival took place on

28th June at Kadwa Patidar Centre.

I have to say the children's performance was fabulous

and they represented Grange Primary School really well.

I am very proud and privileged to see such fantastic per-

formances. Well Done everyone involved!!

Neha Shah, Music Co-Ordinator

Author’s Visit to Grange Primary

Grange School Council, with the help of Mrs Johnson, are keen to foster a love of reading. So

they invited first time author, Jennifer Killick to Grange Primary School.

Jennifer Killick shared her understanding of how to become an author. She explored the cov-

er of the book and read extracts from the book to Key Stage 1.

KS1 and KS2 Children were invited to explore some features of the book and were read ex-

tracts from the book.

Ms Killick conducted workshops for some year 4 and 5 classes.

Later on, children from all classes had the opportunity to purchase a copy of the book,

which Jennifer signed for them. They were also given a postcard of the book, as a memento.

At Grange Primary School, a diverse range of children demonstrated that they love reading.

Well done Grange teachers, children and parents!

Important Safety Notice for Parents:

Service Road Use by Parents and Children

Scooters and Bicycles

Please can parents supervise their children on the

playground and when walking up the service road, pu-

pils should not be riding their scooters or bikes, this is

very dangerous as cars drive up there to the car park.

Please do not allow them to ride these in the play-

ground. We do not wish to ban children from riding to

school so please, please do not allow them to ride them

past the school gates.

Their safety and welfare are of the upmost im-

portance to us. Thank you!

Parking in Tintern Way and Furness Road at drop

off and pick up times:

We have had several complaints from residents about

parents parking over their driveways at school drop

off and pick up times. Please refrain from parking ille-

gally and be aware that Harrow Council will be issuing

parking tickets to those parked across driveways, dou-

ble parked and on yellow lines. Thank you for your co-

operation.

Spitting in the Playground:

Can parents and pupils please refrain from spitting on

the ground in the playground. We have had several

complaints. This spreads germs and is very unpleasant.

Thank you for your co-operation.

E-Safety

Your child’s safety online is very important, below is a

very useful website for parents with Top Tips for keep-

ing your children safe online: www.thinkuknow.co.uk

You can access Squid via our Website at

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

parents/squid-login

Snapchat privacy warning for par-

ents as app's new map feature

shares child's exact location

Please be aware if you or your child use

Snapchat that there is a new update which

allows other users to see your exact loca-

tion. Please click on the link below for

more details:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/

snapchat-privacy-warning-parents-apps-

10688634

Grange Primary School, Welbeck Road, Harrow HA2 0RY, Tel: 020 8422 5070 www.grange.harrow.sch.uk

Email: office@grange.harrow.sch.uk - Follow us on Facebook:

Tax Free Childcare

During 2017 the government will be launching a scheme to help parents with childcare. You can reg-ister online and receive an extra £2 for every £8 you spend on childcare.

For more details please follow the link:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tax-free-childcare-10-things-parents-should-know

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tax-free-childcare-10-things-parents-should-know

Letters sent home

Parents can now access letters that have been sent

home on our website via the link below:

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

sent-home/spring-term

Nursery Application 2017/18

To be eligible for a nursery place at school for

your child this September your child must be

born between 1st September 2013 and 31st August

2014.

Application forms are available from the school

reception.

Facebook: @GrangePrimarySchoolHarrow

School Uniform

Are you going to be getting ready for next term over the summer? Please remember that we ask that all children wear a school uniform including Nursery and Reception children, we feel that it helps to achieve a sense of belonging and identity. Be proud to belong to Grange Primary.

School uniform can be ordered online from Tesco

Uniform Embroidery Services www.tesco.com/ues (a

delivery charge is payable) or purchased directly

from Angels Uniforms in Rayners Lane. Our uniform consists of:

Grey skirt, trousers or pinafore dress White shirt, blouse or polo shirt Blue Grange sweatshirt and jersey cardigans Black leather Shoes (no trainers)

During the summer months girls may wear blue check dresses and boys may wear grey shorts. Please label all items of clothing with your child’s name.

Headscarves

If headscarves are worn they should be black, grey,

blue or white and are of a length that does not pre-

sent a health and safety risk.

PE Uniform

PE (Physical Education) is an important part of the

National Curriculum, and it requires appropriate

clothing. The children should bring their PE kit to

school in a separate, named drawstring bag. The

necessary clothing and footwear are:

White T-Shirt

Dark blue or black sports shorts/track suit bottoms

Sports trainers/plimsolls for outdoor PE

Plimsolls for indoor PE

Dark blue track suit or jumper and leggings for cold

weather.

Stationery

To encourage the children to take responsibil-

ity for equipment, we are asking them to bring

in their own stationery to use in school. In the

new term your child will need:

A blue handwriting pen

Purple, green and red writing pens

A pencil

A 30 inch ruler

A glue stick

A whiteboard/dry wipe pen

A box of tissues

All in a pencil case with their name clearly

marked on them.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

TERM DATES 2017 – 2018

Autumn Term 2017

Staff Training Day: Monday 4th September 2017 School Closed

Staff Training Day: Tuesday 5th September 2017 School Closed

School opens for children: Wednesday 6th September 2017 School Opens

Half term holiday: Monday 23rd October 2017 to Friday 27th October 2017

School Closed

Staff Training Day: Monday 30th October 2017 School Closed

Last day of term: Wednesday 20th December 2017 School closes at 2 p.m.

Spring Term 2018

School opens for children: Thursday 4th January 2018 School Opens

Half term holiday: Monday 12th February 2018 to Friday 16th February 2018

School Closed

Staff Training Day: Monday 19th February 2018 School Closed

Last day of term: Thursday 29th March 2018 School closes at 2 p.m.

Summer Term 2018

School opens for children: Monday 16th April 2018 School Opens

May Day Bank Holiday Monday 7th May 2018 School Closed

Half Term: Monday 28th May 2018 to Fri-day 1st June 2018

School Closed

Staff Training Day: Monday 4th June 2018 School Closed

School opens for children: Tuesday 5th June 2018 School Opens

Last day of term: Tuesday 24th July 2018 School closes at 2 p.m.

** The children in Nursery and Reception start later in the term. These are given individually to parents.