All of you must have seen the new school building and how fantastic it is looking. We are still on track to move in over half term and remind you that School will be closed on the following dates Thursday 20th October, Friday 21st Friday, Monday 31st October and Tuesday 1st November to allow staff to decant and move.

Children will not be in school on these days but learning will still continue as online work will be set or paper packs will be provided. If you do not have access to a computer or laptop at home. School will provide your child with one so they can continue their learning at home. If you are in need of a laptop please email the school on: office@elmgrove.harrow.sch.uk. and provide your child's name and class.

Elmgrove attended the Harrow Schools’ Film Awards last night. Reception Hockney class took away the award for best Camera work and Ryan and Hussain (with the help of Muath and Omar) took the KS2 best film award. Special thanks to Miss Leonidas and Mr D’Souza for all their help and support in making the films.

Today 6 children from Y5 & Y6 took part in the Aylward 24 Game Competition. 3 schools across Harrow competed for the 24 Game trophy. Team Elmgrove were fantastic, they showed excellent commitment, teamwork and desire and were awarded the 1st place trophy. Elmgrove also won 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place for the individual awards. A huge well done to the team and Mr Gorsia.

On Wednesday, 3 children from Year 5 went to compete in a Maths Primary Challenge. They were called to school at 7:30am and took a 45-minute walk to Northwick Park but the train was severely delayed so we went to Kenton where we finally took a train to Waterloo. After changing trains to the DLR we finally reached to the City Hall. Although we were the last ones to reach there and the furthest ones, it took us two and a half hours. We were confident and nervous at the same time.

Round 1

Dominoes. As we were so tired we couldn’t perform very well. We could only get 65/100 but our determination to win was still there. We finished 2 out of 4 bonuses and 3 normal shapes.

Round 2

T-shapes. T-shapes was our best game as we knew all 36 shapes. So we confidently finished every bonus within the first round.

Round 3

24 Game. 24 was our weakest game as we had focused more on the other two games. In total we scored 73 points which wasn’t a very good score so we had to score full marks in codebreaking.

Round 4

Codebreaking. We were certain we had to get full marks to get into the top three. After we finished we realised something didn’t add up. We found our mistake and corrected it.

Last year, Elmgrove came second and our rivals, Nelson Primary, came third. This time they came 2nd and we came 1st. Roni Savage announced the runners up and after what felt like hours of waiting, we were announced as the winners. We all sprang up in joy, and went to receive our trophy. After many photos, we went home.

Written by Ameya, Darsh and Faryal.

 

A HUGE thank you to Mr Gorsia for his dedication when coaching the children towards achieving this award!

On Tuesday 17th of May 2022, we travelled to Regent Hall on Oxford Street and competed in the Count on us Primary Challenge Heats round against 12 schools across London. We had been practising at home with the equipment Mr Gorsia (a year 6 teacher) had provided. We felt slightly nervous but excited that we were going to compete against other schools. We played four games which included: the 24 game, Dominoes, T-shapes and Codebreaking. Out of the 12 schools that took part, Elmgrove came in 1st place and we automatically qualified for the grand final in June. When Elmgrove was announced as the winners, we were completely shocked and overwhelmed that we won. Now that we advance to the finals, we train twice as hard and try our best.

Written by Ameya 5L, Darsh 5G and Faryal 5M

5G and part of 5M visited the British Museum where they took part in a workshop on Ancient Egypt, learning lots about the tomb of Nebamun. They also got the opportunity to visit the various galleries, paying particular attention to the Egyptian mummies and the Anglo-Saxons to complement their historical study in Year 5 so far this year. The remainder of Year 5 will be visiting as well next week.