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Art Enrichment club children made this amazing collage for Ms Wynne

KINGSBURY GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Old Kenton Lane,

Kingsbury,

London,

NW9 9ND

T: 020 8204 6423

E: office1@kgreen.brent.sch.uk

W: www.kingsburygreenprimaryschool.org.uk

Empathy

Agility

Hardwork

Message from the Head Teacher

Dear Parent/Carer,

School has been buzzing with

end of term fun and traditions

over the past 2 weeks. Year 5

held a very festive Jazzy

Christmas performance, Christmas cards have been

written and delivered and the school was literally

sparkling with all the Christmas jumpers this

Wednesday. An excellent Christmas lunch was

provided by Carla and the kitchen team and of course

Father Christmas visited children in the early years

and KS1

I want to thank the staff for their immense hard work

over this term. The days are short but the term is long

and staff are here often from 7 am to 6pm to make

sure their teaching and resources are ready and of the

highest quality for your children.

KGPS

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I know you will want to thank them, the biggest thanks

though will be ensuring your children READ EVERY

DAY in the holiday and that you encourage and praise

your children for doing this.

Thank you for your kind wishes as I prepare to leave

Kingsbury Green at the end of this term. I leave the

school in the extremely capable hands of Ms Reena

Shah as Acting Headteacher. She, with the excellent

leadership team, governors and staff will, without a

doubt, continue to take the school from strength to

strength.

It has been an absolute privilege to serve this

community as your Head teacher for the last 8 years.

Warmest wishes for the holiday season

Ms L Wynne

Headteacher

Message from the Governing Board of Kingsbury

Green Primary School

The Governing Board would

like to wish departing Head

Teacher Laura Wynne the

very best in her new role.

Since becoming a Governor

five years ago, I have

personally been impressed with Laura's commitment

to the school and its key values of empathy, agility and

hard work. She has worked tirelessly throughout her

time at KGPS to support the professional development

of the staff and give the pupils to attain their best

academic and personal success.

The contribution to the school has been immense, and

she will be greatly missed. It has been an honour to

work with Ms Wynne, and we wish her every success

in her new role.

The coming months will see a significant transition in

the school. The Governing Board has

worked with Reena Shah, who will be taking over

as Acting Head Teacher whilst we carry out the

recruitment process to replace Ms Wynne. We are

fully confident in her ability to step into this role, and

we are looking forward to working with her and the

rest of the Senior Leadership Team throughout the

rest of this academic year.

Olivia Allison

Chair of Governing Board

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News and Events

TCB News

Thank you to the prospective parents that attended

the TCB open morning. It was lovely to meet you and

show you around our provision! If you would like to

view our provision for hearing-impaired pupils for the

September 2020 intake please arrange a visit with the

office.

The TCB hosted a

Christmas themed

outdoor learning day

for Deaf schools or

mainstream schools

with provisions for

children with hearing

impairments.

We had visitors from Blanche Neville school for the

Deaf, Hatch End High school, Kingsbury High school

and St. Augustine's CE High school. This is part of our

ongoing partnership work to establish positive peer to

peer relationships with other Deaf and Hearing

Impaired pupils across London as well as preparing our

Year 5 and Year 6 pupils for transition to high school.

Activities involved orienteering around our outdoor

area, creating outdoor art using natural materials,

making Christmas decorations and learning the BSL

version of the Christmas carol "We Wish You a Merry

Christmas with mince pies and oranges." All of our

guests throughly enjoyed their visit and getting to

know friends from other schools!

Children in the TCB visited

other deaf peers in the

Provision for Deaf Children at

Summerside Primary

Academy. They took part in a

range of Christmas activities

like designing Christmas

cards, etching Christmas tree

baubles and decorating the Christmas tree. This was a

great opportunity to catch up with the deaf peers we

made last year and to broaden our friendships.

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All about our Learning

On Friday 6th Dec 6P and 6G travelled to the Tate

Modern in London to visit the Olafur Eliasson

exhibition. This contemporary artist creates

installations, photos and sculptures to raise questions

about climate change and our changing environment.

The children enjoyed interacting with the art works,

drawing from the sculptures and writing about the

photography. Their particular favourite was 'The Fog

room;' a long corridor filled with a water and sugar

mist! We had a very busy and inspiring day and many

thanks to all of our parent helpers who came along to

assist.

As musicians, we have been very busy heading

towards the end of term. Some of our instrumentalists

visited a local nursery to perform a concert for the

children and parents. They made us incredibly proud

and have been invited back to perform again in 2020!

Our steel pan group have also been busy bringing in

the festivities by playing Jingle Bells. They opened our

final singing assembly of 2019 in style!

Our Year 5s performed a Jazzy Christmas Concert

which they performed alongside a professional Jazz

Band.

Congratulations to Lea in Year 5 who has won our

recent song-writing competition, and will have her

song performed by the jazz band at the concert this

week!

Our singing has been very powerful over the last

month, with our EYFS learning all 8 Nativity songs for

their performance, the KGPS Choir learning their

Christmas Carols, and our KS2 singing the ultimately

powerful song, “Power In Me” by Rebecca Lawrence.

PSHE Open Morning

Thank you to the many parents who made time to

attend our recent meeting. It was good to hear your

views and it gave us the chance to explain the

curriculum to you. Our school is now using the Jigsaw

PSHE scheme which we have adapted to the needs of

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our children and to meet the legislation. There will be

more meetings to keep parents informed as the year

progresses and we look forward to seeing you there.

In response to comments from the meeting, we will be

setting up some ICT training to help parents keep

children safe online using Parental Blocks. We will let

you know the dates when they are arranged.

We have recently had a series of talks from our local

Police Officer Rose Shepherd to support our work in

PSHE. She covered a range of topics from Keeping

Safe Online to Gang prevention.

Our next topic or puzzle in PSHE is called "Dreams

and Goals" where children have a chance to discuss

and think about overcoming obstacles which might

stop them achieving their dreams. They will look at

ways of breaking down goals into a number of

achievable steps and think of ways to keep positive on

their journey. The whole school will be covering this

topic so it would be good if your older children could

discuss the learning with their younger brothers and

sisters. Each class will produce some work for a whole

school display at the end of the half term. It will be on a

display board near the dining hall.

The Year 1 children

were so impressed by

the theatre

performance of “The

Pixie and the Pudding,”

they wanted to thank

all of the

actors/actresses who

took part in the show.

Eco Champion News

The Eco-champions have been researching the

shocking amount of waste produced during the festive

period. Read the poster to see the impact of an

unsustainable Christmas on the environment.

So deciding to build on the success of our campaigns in

2019, we would like to provide some tips on making

your Christmas more sustainable this year so we can

all continue supporting the environment throughout

the holidays.

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You can still have an enjoyable Christmas without

contributing to all of this waste by following the tips in

the poster below. Together, these small changes we

make will have a huge impact on our journey to a more

sustainable world so that us and the animals we share

the world with can continue to thrive. The Eco-

Champions would like to thank you all for supporting

our campaigns this year and look forward to sharing

the next stage of our work with you in January! Merry

Christmas and Happy Holidays!

School Council

The children have

raised some money

for their chosen

charity (World

Wildlife Fund) on

Christmas Jumper

Day. Thank you for

your contributions. Watch out for more fundraising

events. (More photos on page 9)

In January there will be elections to choose new

members for the School Council. Please talk to your

child and encourage them to participate if they are

interested. They will need to prepare a short talk to

their class about why they would be good

representatives. Their classmates will then votes for a

boy and girl to be on the School Council.

Sports Achievement Autumn 2019

In Autumn term we were hosting friendly games

Children were completing their Bike Ability course

KS1 Sport Festivals at KHS

Year 4 Girls: 1st place

Year 6 Girls: 2nd place

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Boccia tournament: 3rd place in Brent

The following boys were selected to play in the Brent

Football Club:

Zarin 6G

Elias 6P

Denis 6P

Dance Road Show at Pineapple Dance Studio, London

British Gymnastics Proficiency

Award

Adam 1A: Level 8

Denay 1YD: Level 8

Ania 1YD: Level 8

Muhammad 2S: Level 8

Daria 2S: Level 8

Marc 2W: Level 8

Gino 3CH: Level 8

Diana 3H: Level 8

Maia 3H: Level 8

Bianca 5BK: Level 8

Roberta 5J: Level 8

Sahasrardha 6P: Level 8

Deeptanshi 2B: Level 7

Lithuli 2B: Level 7

Mariyah 2S: Level 7

Irina 4A: Level 7

Anthony 4A: Level 7

Thank you to parent, carers and all relatives of the

Enrichment club children who came to celebrate their

children success on the last week of term in our open

day. We are looking forward to seeing you all in the

new term!

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Messages for Parents

Individual and sibling photos

To purchase the photograph,

please follow the instructions on

the order form to order online.

The school office will not be taking any payments or

completed forms.

We’re a paperless school

Communicating with parents

is an important part of what

we do, making sure you get

the correct information

about activities, events and

things that really matter is something we care about.

All communication is sent via Parent Mail. If you have

not registered already or if you need any additional

information or assistance, please speak to Nilam

Hirani in the school office.

Coming into school safely

School policy requires all children up to and including

Y4 to be accompanied all the way into school by an

adult or responsible person aged 14 years+. The adult

must stay with the child until the teacher collects the

class at 8.55am when the bell rings. Please support the

school in keeping children safe on the school site by

following the policy.

School lunch provision for Children in KS2

Please could you indicate your child’s choice for

SCHOOL DINNER or PACKED LUNCH for the next

term from January 7th 2020 until February 14th 2020

via the Parent Mail form. This preference is for 5

DAYS PER WEEK – we are unable to accommodate

different choices on different days.

If you choose school dinner, you will be charged £2.05

PER DAY on PARENTPAY. You MUST pay in advance.

If your child is absent or on a school trip you will be

credited on the following week.

The menu for the spring term can be found on our

website:

https://kingsburygreenprimaryschool.org.uk/wp-

content/uploads/2019/12/Kingsbury-Green-Primary-

School-Lunch-Menu-Spring-2020.pdf

Please submit your choice by Monday 6th January

2020.

Please could you also ensure your parent pay account

is paid up to date before the start of the new term. If

your account is in arrears please contact the school

office to discuss.

Scooter and bicycles

Children must not ride scooters

and bicycles on the school

premises, as it is dangerous to

pedestrians. Please could we ask

parents/carers to carry the scooter

from the school gates onwards

and same when leaving.

Wet/ cold morning reminder

A daily risk assessment before school is

carried out by senior staff and decisions

made to bring children inside, according

to the weather. Staff will bring children

into the dining hall or to class on mornings when there

is torrential rain or the playgrounds are deemed

unsafe due to ice/ snow. This is usually from 8.40am.

Parents/ carers are required to make sure children are

in adequate clothing for the weather – this includes

footwear.

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Christmas at Kingsbury Green Primary School

Well done to our School Council who stood outside in

the cold weather collecting money for our charities

“Save the Children” and “WWF” for Christmas Jumper

Day.

Our Kitchen served an amazing Christmas lunch on

Wednesday 18th December!

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The last two weeks our seasonal post box has been

filling up with Christmas cards from children. We have

had a team of children who have been busy emptying,

sorting and delivering the cards. We have had our very

own postal service. Well done to all involved!

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Our Nursery and Reception children performed the

Nativity play to their families. Well done to the

children for an outstanding performance!

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Santa paid a surprise visit to our Reception and KS1

children! The children were pleasantly surprised and

asked Santa lots of intriguing questions.

Children enjoyed their class Christmas party on

Wednesday 18th December! Lots of food, fun and

laughter! Thank you to our parents/carers who

donated food and drinks so generously.

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Staff at our school performed our Christmas Panto,

“Peter Pan” to all the children! More photos will be

uploaded on our website!

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Good-bye Ms Wynne!

We gifted Ms Wynne a willow tree which we will plant

on our school grounds!

During some of our time in Art Enrichment club this

term, we worked together to create a picture for Ms

Wynne to take away with her as she leaves Kingsbury

Green Primary school.

As Miss Wynne loves sailing and the ocean, we made a

picture of boats on the choppy sea. First, we drew our

boats and used oil pastels, watercolours and collage to

add colour. For the sea, we used ink wash with salt and

wax resist. We hope you like it Ms Wynne!

Mrs Winsor-Richards and the Art Enrichment club.

Message from Reception Children

Dear Ms Wynne,

You are so tall,

When we see you in the hall,

Be careful not to fall,

You are so kind,

Remember us when you leave us behind,

Goodluck for your new school,

Hope they love you,

Because you are so cool!

Thank you for teaching us to show respect – Muneer

(1YD)

Dear Mrs Lovely Wynne, we will miss you dearly! You

have been a wonderful Headteacher – Amima (1D)

You have helped us to make the right choices in all that

we do. - Ania (1YD)

You are always friendly and use kind words – Sofia

(1A)

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Year 2 poem

Dear Ms Wynne, I hope you know,

We're very sad to see you go.

After 8 years, what a time it's been,

Now you say goodbye to Kingsbury Green.

Here's what we'd like to say to you:

We're grateful for the things you do.

You come in early, you go home late,

You put lots of vegetables on your plate.

You keep us children safe in school,

You always seem to keep your cool.

But in the end, the best of all,

You're kind, smart and very tall.

We'll miss you lots, we hope you know,

Thanks for helping us to grow!

Message from Year 3

Thanks for keeping the children safe in school and we

will miss you!

Dear Ms Wynne, I am going to miss you so much. I

would like to say thank you for all your hard work to to

and keep everyone safe in our school. You have been

such a kind teacher and I want to thank you for being

an amazing head teacher. Kingsbury Green Primary

School in the wide world. You have protected all of the

children in the school. I am upset that you will be

leaving us. Kiana

Goodbye song from Year 4

Message from Year 5

Welcome to today’s assembly, which is sadly our last

one with Miss Wynne. For those of you who don’t

know who we are: My name is Rebecca and I’m in 5BK

and my name is Yahya and I am in 5M. When we were

asked to perform this speech by Ms Kakkad, we felt

privileged that we could prepare it on behalf of all of

Year 5.

Ms Wynne has been our head teacher since we have

been at this school. And it is clear to the whole school

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that she truly has been the best head teacher that we

could have possibly had.

Wait, wait, wait – how can she be the best head

teacher if she is the only head teacher that we have

had? Just kidding of course!

There are many reasons why we are going to miss you.

One of them is your assemblies that you deliver every

Monday. We know you probably stay up very late to

make them and we have really enjoyed them. All of

them are aimed to make us better citizens of the

school community as well as the wider community and

we hope you can leave this school knowing that you

have achieved this.

What about her generosity?

As a head teacher, you have to think very carefully

about how to use your budget. You somehow managed

to get us a beautiful playground with lots of new

equipment just so we can have some fun during our

playtime and lunchtime.

We know you are always busy, but whenever we have

had a problem, you have always gone above and

beyond to solve them so thank you for listening to us

in your so called ‘busy schedule’.

When we come back after the Christmas holidays, it

will be very weird not being welcomed by you every

morning. However, we know that we have Ms Shah

taking over who we all trust and believe in! From the

bottom of our hearts, we want to thank you and wish

you luck in your new school. Your new school is very

fortunate to have you as their new head teacher.

Message from Year 6

Dear Ms Wynne, a role model, a celebrity, a person

you would look up to, she has been kind and caring.

We would like to thank her for all the love and

support. Ms Wynne has been ground breaking for 8

years but overall she has been a kind person, and most

of all a role model.

Monday 23rd December 2019

to

Monday 6th January 2020

Last day of school is Friday 20th December.

School will finish at 1:30pm. (After School

club is closed)

Children back to school on Tuesday 7th

January 2020 at 8:55am