1 | P a g e

Message from the Head teacher

Dear Parent/Carer,

We are very proud of our Kingsbury Green Community and although we are separated by distance, we are

together in spirit and community. Together we can do this!

THANK YOU to all those parents who are supporting home learning. Thank you to those of you who are

trying to work at home, whilst managing your home-learning family. This is not easy. Thank you to the

critical workers who have made alternative arrangements so that their children do not have to come into school. And thank you

to all those who are in critical roles – working at the front line and continuing to head into work each day.

This week we have had a massive 82% attendance through remote learning! This means that children are continuing to learn,

continuing to stay connected and continuing to stretch and keep their brains active!

We are working hard to develop our remote learning so that it works as best as it can for children and families. We want to

support you as much as possible in your new role. Please do get in touch with us if you have any questions or feedback to help us

continue to improve.

Best wishes,

Ms Reena Shah

Headteacher

Keeping in touch with your child’s learning

Completing and submitting learning: It is important that as well as viewing the pre-recorded lessons, children

try their best to complete some of the daily assignments that are set for them by the class teachers. Learning

happens when children have an opportunity to practice! Teachers will continue to assess children’s progress,

using the learning that they are completing.

Well-being, Mental health and Getting Support

If you find yourself struggling, please do seek support. We are very happy for you to contact the school for that support. You can email the school office, confidentially, at any time and we will respond in any way that we can to support you. We have some very experienced staff and links to professionals and organisations who will be able to help. You are not alone

KGPS WHAT’S NEW @

Empathy – Agility – Hard Work

Issue 16 | Friday 15th January 2021 | Email: Office1@kgreen.brent.sch.uk | Tel: 020 8204 6423 | www.kingsburygreenprimaryschool.org.uk

2 | P a g e

Time Table Rockstars - Leader board

Well done to the following classes for winning the battle last week:

4C, 5BK, 4B, 3S, 4J, 3M.

The battles for this week (Wednesday 13th January to Tuesday 19th January) are:

3S vs 6EP 3B vs 6P 3M vs 6D 4B vs 5M 4C vs 5J 4J vs 5BK

Accelerated Reader and MyOn

MyOn: The table below shows the number of books read on MyOn by each year group.

Looking at the figures, we can say we are definitely a reading school! Year 2, 4 and 6,

welcome to the “over 1,000 club!” Year 1 and 5, you do not have long to go! A remarkable

and notable increase from numbers of book recorded before the winter break. It is

fantastic to see that many of you are accessing MyOn!

As a school, we have spent 1,240 hours of reading since September and finished 7,536

books in total. Can we reach 10,000?

Accelerated Reader: Please remember, children between Year 3 to 6 should be taking an AR quiz once they have completed

reading a book. Reading quizzes help with comprehension and extend children’s learning.Children in Years 3-6 will also be able to

take a quiz on the story time videos by Ms Vora and Miss Windmill.

Year Books finished last week Books finished in total Time spent reading

1 525 726 78 hr 57 min

2 767 1,018 157 hr 46 min

3 1,868 2,383 342 hr 21 min

4 781 1,306 222 hr 50 min

5 815 953 191 hr 52 min

6 986 1,150 246 hr 54 min

3 | P a g e

Free School Meals

Free School Meal Eligibility: Some of our children qualify for a free school meal because their

parent receives qualifying benefits. During the period of school closure, we do not want any of

those families to miss the opportunity to receive the meal they are entitled to.

We have distributed vouchers to cover the first two weeks of term. The voucher is for £15 per

week, per child. Eligible families should have received their vouchers for the last two weeks.

If you believe that you may be eligible for free school meals, even if you have previously applied and

not been successful, please re-check your eligibility using the link below or contact the school office.

https://www.brent.gov.uk/services-for-residents/education-and-schools/student-and-school-information/free-school-meals/

Hall of fame!

Take a look at the

quizzes that children

have taken in the last

two weeks! Parents and

children, you are doing

an amazing job!

KEEP QUIZZING!

It’s great to see our

Reception children

enjoying the story

of “The Elves and

the Shoemaker.”

Thank you for

sharing your

thoughts with us

Aaliyah, Zayne

and Max.

Take a look at these letters from our Year 1 children writing to

Barnaby Bear. They will want to make you want to visit London.

And what beautiful handwriting too! Thank you for sharing

Vinuka and Cameron.

4 | P a g e

Covid-19 Testing

Where are the testing sites?

If you have COVID-19 symptoms, testing is available at the following sites

Monday to Sunday, from 8am-8pm:

Harlesden - Harlesden Town Garden, Challenge Close, Harlesden, NW10 4BF

Wembley - Large Car Park, London Road, Wembley, HA9 7EU

If you DO NOT HAVE symptoms of COVID-19, you can book a free rapid Lateral Flow Test, with results

available in less than 40 minutes using THIS LINK.

Y2 have been learning about recycling and plastic pollution. They are reading the book, “One Plastic Bag”, and wrote to Isatou, the main character, to

give her advice about the problem of plastic pollution in her village.

Great job Kate, Eliza and Ania!

We love the way that Y3 have

captured their Dreams and Goals in

these poems. They have learned to

use rhyming couplets. Keep up the

amazing work Ehsan and Keeyan.

This piece of descriptive writing about “The Highway Man”

from Athith in Y5 gave us goose bumps!

5 | P a g e