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Harrow Lodge Primary School Newsletter
Summer Term 21st June 2019 Issue Number 35
Visit www.harrowlodgeprimary.com to view it online!
Dear Parents and Carers,
It’s been very quiet around the school this week. I didn’t realise what a big
presence our Year 6 children were! They’ve had an amazing time at PGL but
not without incident and injury it has to be said! All are alive, well and happy,
though (not so sure the same can be said about the teachers!!). I’ve had the
privilege of seeing some more lessons this week and can’t get enough of the
enthusiasm and enjoyment of learning that I’m seeing around the school. I
have to say that Vittoria, Karis and Jimmy wowed me with their poems – 2 of
them tongue twisters which I confidently read aloud determined to show these
young padawans how well I could recite them because I had practised my
reading so much when I was their age. Well, needless to say, I failed miserably
and it was all Karis could do to stop herself doubling over with laughter as I
stumbled over the words. Pride goes before a fall as they say!!
But the real excitement this week has come in the form of ‘Learn to Ride’
where our Reception and KS1 children have been given the opportunity to
learn to ride bikes. Well, I’ve seen tears and frustrations along with
determination and grit but, best of all, I’ve seen the look of sheer joy on the
faces of our little ones as they realise that they’re riding ‘on their own’!! I never
got to see that look on the faces of my own children because I was always
behind them holding onto the saddle until the last second before letting go and
watching them ride off into the sunset! I can tell you now, though, that the face
of a child who’s just achieved a challenging goal is a face that lights up the
playground and certainly lights up your day! James (R2) only took an hour to
crack the riding challenge but now there’s no stopping him and I think his
parents might be struggling to meet James’ expectation of every evening out at
the park now!! We’ve had more trips to the library this week with 5B and 2B
sauntering off to spend an hour in the wonderful world of books. I love the
children’s enthusiasm over books. With the easy access to media in its many
forms these days, we do need to keep showing our children the wonder of
books. Besides which, their vocabulary increases with every book they read!
Year 1 had a very busy day on Wednesday visiting the Natural History
Museum to have a look at the dinosaur exhibits. It was a really long day and
the children looked wiped out when they returned but they were excited to tell
me about how huge the dinosaurs were and one child was just overwhelmed
by the fact that some of them could fly “even without feathers”!!
Our Year 4s have been continuing with their Peer Mentor training and they’re
beginning to see the serious side to their training. It’s nice to see them starting to
take their responsibilities seriously.
I met the parents of new children starting here at Harrow Lodge in September
and everyone appears extremely excited. I must just take a moment here to
make a special mention of Aidan (4B) and Danish (3B) who were dragged along
came willingly along to last night’s welcome meeting and sat through endless
talks about school expectations. They conducted themselves impeccably with
decorum and maturity. In fact, I even noticed Aidan telling his brother to stop
swinging his legs – that’s when you know you’ve cracked it; when they start
teaching others how to behave appropriately!!! Well done boys and well done
mums – you’ve trained them well!
Last week, I told you about our new attendance challenge and I’m absolutely
amazed that two classes have already reached the 10 day challenge and have
come to school in non-uniform today! Congratulations 1B and 5A! And one look
at our attendance board below and you’ll see what a difference the challenge has
made! If we keep this up, we’ll break that 96% barrier as a school.
And the sporting news this week revolves around Year 3 and 4 Quad Kids
(athletics championship). A special thank you to all the parents that helped on the
day with travel and cheering for each child on the team in all of their events. The
cheering paid off and our Year 3s came 2nd overall narrowly beaten by Ardleigh
Green (grrrrr!) and our Year 4s came 12th. There were 39 schools competing so
we did brilliantly (as usual!). The individual results showed accumulated points for
all the events including long-distance running, sprinting, throwing and jumping
and they are amazing (see below) – we’ve got some great talent here at Harrow
Lodge Primary especially sprinters – we won almost every race! Well done to all
the competitors – you did us proud! But I have to say that the real treat was
seeing the team sporting our new kit. Have a look – now people see that kit
approaching and they quake in fear!!!!
And, as we wait for the return of our intrepid Year 6 adventurers, I bid you a fond
farewell and a wonderful weekend full of sunshine and cuddles (I think those year
6 children will be spoilt with cuddles this weekend!).
With kind regards and best wishes,
Mrs Searle
Hot Chocolate Friday
Drinkers
R2: Daisy-Leigh 1A: Hayden 1B: Oscar 2A: Lexi 2B: Scarlett 2/3C: Macy 3A: Zach 3B: Nassar 4A: Neli 4B: Megan 5A: Lucia 5B: Joshua 5C: Fouad
Attendance
w/e 14th June 2019
Year Group
Attendance %
Reception 95.8
Year 1 96.5
Year 2 97.7
Year 3 97.1
Year 4 96.9
Year 5 97.3
Year 6 97.1
Congratulations to the individual class attendance winners!
2B & 5A - 100%
Overall School Attendance (year to date) – 95.9%
Star Of The Week
R1: Jack R2: Bonnie 1A: Arthur 1B: Alex & Preston 2A: Lexi
2B: Kayla 2/3C: Hasan 3A: Jonathan 3B: Maizie 4A: Riley 4B: Iriana & Jack
5A: Conor, Bogdan, Maurette & Adam 5B: Jimmy-Dean
5C: Shane
Writer of the Week
R1: Louis R2: Mason 1A: Edith 1B: Ava & Patricia 2A: Matthew 2B: Jack 2/3C: Justin 3A: Aminah 3B: Albie 4A: Hazel 4B: Kieron 5A: Conor 5B: Denis 5C: Josh
Diary Dates
Monday 24th June
British Values Week
Tuesday 25th June
EYFS Trip to Barleylands
Thursday 27th June
Years 1 & 2 Quad Kids
Year 4 Trip to Kentwell House
Friday 28th June
PTA Non-Uniform Day - ‘Bring a Bottle’
Dress in traditional clothes from heritage country.
7pm PTA Open-Air Cinema
Thursday 4th July
9.30am - 12pm Sports Day
1pm - 3pm Competitive Sports (selected children only)
Friday 5th July
Year 6 - Junior Citizen Programme
3.15pm PTA Summer Carnival
Monday 8th July
Year 5 - Last swimming session
This week’s
Presentation Award
goes to ….
Liam Cole (R1)
for presentation in
Writing
Dinner Menu change:
Tuesday 25th June FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019
Sausage in a Baguette
Fish ‘n’ Chips
Hot Cheesy Stack Wrap with Chips
Sweetcorn & Peas
Choc Ice
Quad Kids Individual Results Year 3 Girls out of 153 : Ema 1st, Evelina 2nd, Victoria 28th and Molly 62nd Year 3 Boys out of 152: Yabets 8th, Lewis 36th, William 54th and Josias 80th Year 4 Girls out of 152: Lou Lou 18th, Neli and Tegan joint 54th and Chloe 83rd. Year 4 Boys out 152: Sonny 40th, Tyler 53rd, Teddy 72nd and Bleu 105th
Water Bottles
If your child brings a water bottle into school, please ensure that it is a clear plastic bottle. We have had several accidents with split bottles and those with glitter or fruit or any such additives have caused irreparable damage to our carpets. Thank you for your consideration in
this matter.
Absences
If your child is going to be off
school for any reason, PLEASE
ring the school office by 9am
EVERY day of absence and
leave a message on the
absence line, even if you have
already told your child’s
teacher. This will save you
getting a phone call from us!
Please follow this up with a note
on your child’s return. Thank
you for your co-operation.
Poem of the Week by
Karis (2A)
Lost Property
The Lost Property Box in the
playground is getting rather full!
Please take a look and see if there is anything belonging to your child.
Thank you.
https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/link-to-us
KEEP FIT is held on Tuesdays from 9.00am - 9.45am in the KS2 hall. This is a fun and FREE exercise class run by Mr Charlee. If you don’t have childcare, please bring your little ones with you as they can be in the hall with us.
C O F F E E M O R N I N G t a k e s p l a c e o n W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g s from 9am-10am in the Oak Room. Please come and join us for a chat and cuppa!
sQuid
The amount owed on sQuid for school dinners is currently £155.50.
Once a sQuid debt reaches £6.60, your child’s entitlement to a hot meal will be cancelled and they will be given an emergency meal of cheese and crackers with unlimited salad from the salad bar. This will continue until the debt is cleared. If anyone is struggling to pay the debt, please arrange a meeting with our office manager as soon as possible to agree a monthly payment plan. We would also like to advise you that Trust policy is to seek to recover unpaid debts through the small claims court, but we sincerely hope that will never become an issue at Harrow Lodge.