VALUE OF THE MONTH

‘Hope and Perseverance’

“Let Perseverance be your engine and

Hope your fuel.”

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Friday 2nd November

Newsletter No. 8

Dear Grange Community

This week we have brought our Black History month Grange project to a culmination and I look forward to our visiting steel pan band playing to us at home time.

We have introduced a showcase slot for Parents and Carers to come and see children performing and presenting work that they have done. We hope that this slot will be well utilised over time. This slot is at 3pm by announcement from school and we hope that when invited you will make efforts to come and support and encourage your children.

This whole week, different classes have been presenting their Black History month learning and in particular, Year 4 Parents and Carers were tremendous in turning up for the presentation which meant so much to our children.

Yesterday Year 6 presented and I quote from one of our Yr 6 children, who told me: “I have loved Black History month. I enjoyed watching videos about the life-stories of these heroes and this learning has made me ambitious about my life…” She articu-lated her dreams about her future which involve working with and helping people with autism.. This type of learning fills me with hope and strength for our school and for the children at our school.

Our vision is to help children build their futures through learning. We want them to be empowered to make good, positive choices and to use their learning to make the world a better place for themselves and for others.

In this spirit, we celebrate and see Diversity as a strength. We want to learn from each other and move away from prejudice and fear and live with hope, tolerance and respect.

At Grange this year, we have celebrated Harvest Festival and this has been a joyous experience of caring. Thank you to all the families who helped us with the food bank which has made a positive difference to others within our wider community.

From Harvest Festival, we moved onto Black History month which for us at Grange, embodied the ideas of courage to stand up for the respect that every human being deserves, regardless of particulars such as race or culture. We aimed for this to be education about the way we should value and respect each other and in particular to look at the courage and sacrifices that it took people to change and move past slavery and racism and to appreciate the contributions to society and the world, made by figures of Black History in the past and present.

Next week we will be celebrating Diwali at Grange Primary. We will focus on the powerful messages of hope and light and joy that Diwali teaches. Our Diwali celebrations will culminate on Friday next week(9th November), with a Diwali bazaar from 3-5pm. Please come and join in our Grange community Diversity values by visiting the bazaar (in the KSI hall) and supporting your children to enter into the spirit of Diwali at Grange Primary.

From Diwali , we will be moving into a focus week of ‘Anti-bullying’ and from there we will be moving into prepar-ing for our Christmas celebrations at Grange.

It is exciting to see how we are weaving the English, Maths, Science and other lessons into these themes of learning. An aspect of our Diwali celebrations have been Year 4’s focus on light through completing circuits to power an electric lightbulb.

As always I welcome feedback; please do address correspondence (via the office) for my attention. Our Grange website homepage now has a video interview which the Grange journalism club conducted with me and I hope that you enjoy their probing questions!

Mr Kerbel

LETTERS SENT HOME THIS WEEK

Diwali Bazaar - Whole School

Diwali Mufti Day - Whole School

Diwali Lunch Menu - Whole School

Parents Evening Letter -Whole School

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/autumn 2

Grange at the Debate Mate London Launch

Following our brilliant success last year, we will be taking part in Debatemate again this year. This week, children attended the Debatemate launch event for 2018/19 in Westminster. Grange was chosen, out of all the schools participating, to take part in a show debate in front of 1000 people including the CEO of Debatemate! Ahmed & Hila represented us incredibly well, providing excellent, well-thought out points calmly and confidently. They were inter-viewed afterwards about their experience, so look out for them on TV! The rest of the children had the opportunity to share their views during the floor debate, where members of the audience can comment on points made in the main debate. There was a competi-tion for the best floor debate comment and this was won by Amira! She won a £20 Nando's voucher for her fierce comment about feminism, you can see this on our twitter page (@GrangeHarrow). We will take part in debating competitions against other schools in the months to come so look out for more updates soon!

Special Diwali Menu

Monday 5th November 2018

To celebrate Diwali, the school canteen is offer-ing a special menu on Monday 5th November 2018. If your child would like to have school dinners on this day, please top up your child’s parent pay lunch account. Children on free school meals DO NOT have to pay.

Diwali Bazaar

Friday 9th November 2018

3.00-5.00pm

We are holding a Diwali Bazaar on Friday 9th November. Please support by attending and donating food to sell at the Bazaar.

Parent Noticeboard

Lost Property

We ask that everything your child brings to school is clearly marked with their name. Clearly marked items can be returned promptly to your child if it is mislaid. This also prevents confusion over the ownership of the property. Any items of clothes which are mislaid can be collected by the child from outside the Welfare Room. Staff will attempt to find missing clothing but are limited in what they can do if property has not been named. From next week , Lost Property bin will be out in the playground every Tuesday and Friday. Unclaimed property will be kept for 2 weeks, it will then be either washed and sold as Nearly New Uniform or taken to the local charity shop for recycling.

Concern Over Parking

Thank you to all our parents who walk to school and who are considerate if and when they drive. Unfortunately, we have received complaints from our neighbours in the wider community about a small number of parents who park inconsiderately and sometimes illegally when dropping or picking up their children. As our parents are important to the school com-munity and play a huge part in making our school the amazing learning environment that it is we ask you to please be mindful, careful and consider-ate when you park your cars in Furness Road, Tintern Way and Abercorn Crescent.

sQuid Balance Refund

We would like to inform you that we are await-ing a refund from sQuid in respect to any balances you may have on your child’s sQuid account. As soon as we receive this, you will be informed on how the monies will be refunded to you. In the meantime we thank you for your patience.

Parent Noticeboard

Mufti Day

Monday 5th November 2018

To celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, the school has organised a Mufti Day on Monday 5th November. Children can come dressed in their colourful home clothes in exchange for a donation of £1.

School Meals Our school meals are being provided by Radish who provide nutritionally balanced meals for the

children. The weekly menus provide a wide range of choices, including hot and cold options with a daily

salad bar. Menus can be viewed on our website

http://www.grange.harrow.sch.uk/parents/school-dinners

We are now operating a cashless system in school and all parents should have received information on

making payments online. Payment for hot school meals should always be made in advance and can be

made at your convenience online at

http://www.parentpay.com

We appreciate that there will be some initial problems for parents with the introduction of the new

online system but we expect all accounts to be in credit and we will be writing to all parents who have a debt on their child’s account. Please ensure there are always sufficient funds on your child’s account before you request a school meal for them. Thank you.

Free School Meals and Pupil Premium There is an entitlement for some families to claim free school meals and pupil premium. The eligibility criteria includes families claiming :

Income Support

Income based Job Seekers Allowance

Income based Employment Support Allowance

Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

Pension Credit

Child Tax Credit (ensuring that your income is no more than £16,190.00)

Universal credit

You will not be entitled to free school meals if you or your partner are receiving Working Tax Credit.

It is important to make an application even if your child is in Reception , Year 1 or Year 2 to ensure your

child and the school receive their full entitlement. For more information and to make an application

please go to

http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/17/school_and_college/264/free_school_meals

ESOL Taster Session

Monday 5th November—1:00-3.00pm

We are pleased to announce our partners WEA

are providing a “New to English” taster session

on Monday 5th November for our parents/

carers who would like to take part. Further

details of dates will be forthcoming.

After School Clubs

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.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Monday 5th November Mufti Day—Diwali Theme

Monday 5th November

1.00-3.00pm

ESOL Taster Session

Friday 9th November

3.00-5.00pm

Diwali Bazaar

Tuesday 13th November

3.30-6.30pm

Parents/Teachers Evening

Nursery, Reception, Years 1 - 6

Wednesday 14th November

3.30-6.10pm

Parents/Teachers Evening

Nursery Only

Thursday 15th November

3.30-6.30pm

Parents/Teachers Evening

Nursery, Reception, Years 1 - 6

Friday 16th November BBC Children in Need

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

9th November Y6 Curie

16th November Y6 Einstein

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.