Harrow Lodge Primary School Newsletter

Summer Term 21st June 2019 Issue Number 35

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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.