Grange Park Junior Newsletter

September 2019

Healthy Lifestyle Section

Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope you all had a fantastic Summer holiday. It has been a great start

to the first term with pupils from Year 3 to Year 6 looking particularly

smart in their correct uniform. Thank you for helping us make sure all

pupils take pride in both their work and how they present themselves in school and the local community.

A special welcome to our Year 3 pupils and their families. We are pleased that all pupils have settled in so well. Tours of the school have taken place and it was great to meet parents and carers with my Deputy Head teacher and Assistant Head teacher.

Reading is one of the most important skills a child can learn.

Please remember that our school library is open each day after school

until 4pm (except Tuesdays). You are most welcome to come and choose

a book to read with your child at home or in our lovely library.

We have planned another busy year so please check the diary dates at

the end of this newsletter.

Here’s to a fabulous 2019/20 academic year. Miss Shaikh Headteacher

Local News Healthy Lunchboxes

GPJS encourages all our pupils to lead a healthy

lifestyle and we actively encourage parents to

provide a healthy lunch for their child/children.

As a result of this we will not be allowing any:

crisps

sweets

chocolate

sugary drinks

no nuts

Pupils can bring a treat when attending a school

trip only.

Pupils can brig in an extra piece of fruit to eat in

their morning break to give them the energy boost

they need for the day.

ParentPay - our new online payment service

We are very excited about our new online payment service, which will make paying for school lunches so much easier for parents.

Parents will have received their username and password letter the deadline is 18th October and we ask ALL parents to sign up as we will be using Parentpay to pay for trips in the future.

We will let you know when the menu has been loaded so you can make your lunch choices for the week after the half term-28th October

Please contact the school office 0208 3534265 if you have NOT received your username and password letter .

As a parent, I can highly recommend this way to pay for school lunches & events! Miss Kelly

HACS -Hillingdon Autistic Care & Support is a registered charity which was set up in 1997 by parents and carers within the London Borough of Hillingdon who

had a member of their family on the autism spectrum.

HACS are offering winter workshops for parents and carers. These include: Understanding Autism, Wellbeing 4 Week Course and more.

For more information on where to book, visit the website below:

http://www.hacs.org.uk/event-calendar/

OR

Telephone to complete a booking form: 0208 606 6780 Your booking will be confirmed once payment has been received.

Attendance this year so far:

Year 3 - 98.7% Year 4 - 93.1% Year 5 - 95.3% Year 6 - 97.3%

Whole School Attendance – 95.3%

National Attendance % is 96%

Parent Suggestions

We would love for parents /carers to participate by sending in your suggestions/recipes /healthy ideas for the newsletter. Please email Miss Kelly on ekelly35.312@lfglmail.org or just pop into the office for a chat.

Knowledge Organisers

This year, to further support our children to develop their knowledge and understanding we have introduced Knowledge Organisers. These are ‘go-to’ documents that outline the essen-tial knowledge that the teachers will be covering across a topic or subject, including: dates, key people/places, vocabulary, definitions and other key information. We hope that you find them useful in knowing what your child is learning and how you can support them.

Share a Story

Children love to share books with an adult, especially family members, with this in mind we are introducing ‘Share a Story’ sessions where

family members/carers can come into our library and read a book with their child. We would love as many parents/carers to come as

possible, so please look out for the ‘Share a Story’session for your child’s year group.

Have you seen our signs in the playground and Reception areas….

“Getting your child to school really matters”

97%-100 Very Good

96%-91% Room for Improvement

90% and

Below

Cause for Concern

Curriculum Update

Termly curriculum overviews have been updated and are available to view on our website:

https://www.grangeparkjuniorschool.co.uk/curriculum-content/

The curriculum in each year group is predominantly topic themed, with the topic changing on a termly basis. Some subjects may be taught as stand

alone lessons to ensure that the curriculum content is fully covered.

End of Year Awards

Class Prizes

Year Class Boys Girls Year 3 Ash Gurnoor S Elaine B

Year 3 Elm Ferdows S Raya M

Year 3 Oak Lajevan K Sahar S

Year 3 Willow Umar S Ghazal O

Year 4 Buttercup Ayan H Nihisha R

Year 4 Lavender Troy G Isra A

Year 4 Rose Tanveen K Kaiya C

Year 5 Beech Rohit R Sagal A

Year 5 Cedar Rimon A Aafia A

Year 5 Maple Gabriel O Arzo S

Year 5 Walnut Kapish S Malaika O

Year 6 Daffodil Laith S Suraya B

Year 6 Orchid Donmario N Jyotleen D

Year 6 Poppy Joshua Paluvelil M Rasmiya R

Year 6 Sunflower Hassan M Rebecca A

Rana Mubariz Good Citizenship Award

Tianna P

Taliah D

Ashnoy F

Rayhan N

Literacy Legend

Shanika A

Asmitha K

Salma O

Jiyapreet K

Maths Magician

Nabeen Sasikaran

Sameeran Arul

Fatuma Ahmed

Mariha Faiz

Sports Star

Jordan Wilson

Sahar Adaf

Ahmad Bah

Anisa Marhi

Year 4

Ar-Rehman.R

Elaph .H

Dristi. H

Anayk .M

Simarjit. B

Bilal.S

Aiden.T

Nia.S

Year 5

Harman.D

Praise.E

Alexandru-Gabriel. B

Asmitha.K

Adchika.S

Hasibal. H

Achievement Awards

Week Beginning: 9/09/2019

Dates for your 2019 Diary!

25th September: Parent Coffee Morning (Macmillan Cancer Support and Board games)

30th September: Daffodil Class Assembly-Parents invited.

2nd October: Share a Story–Year 4

9th October: Parent Coffee Morning (Reading)

10th October: Movie Night for pupils–details to follow

14th October: Beech Class Assembly–Parents invited

16th October: Share a Story-Year 5

17th October: Year 6 Parent SATs meeting 9.15am and 5.30pm–details to follow

18th October: Staff Training Day –School closed for Pupils

21st October to 25th October 2019: HALF TERM

28th October: Buttercup Class Assembly–Parents invited

Star of the Week Award

This is an award is given out by our Lunchtime Supervisors for pupils demonstrating our school values and interacting positively with adults and pupils over the lunchtime period.

Year 6

Gurleen.K Maqfir. Q Adam .Z Isra. K Rim. M Rimon

Poppy –Whole Class

Year 3

Aanya. V

Raeshaun.M

Alfie. R

Alia .H

Muhsin.Q

Esha. K

Ariyan.A

Paula.T

Attendance Awards

Attendance awards are given to the class with the best attendance for the week:

Week ending: 6/09/19-Winner: Ash 100%

Week ending: 13/09/2019-Winner:Ash 99.1%

Awarded To - Alfie.R & Pratham.B