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On Thursday, the children were all delighted to be able to watch a performance of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ by the Wizard Theatre company. It was good to see the children laughing and joining in with the performance, which was enjoyed by all.
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On Friday 18th of October we had a fantastic JUST ONE Tree Day! The children wore green and learnt lots about protecting our planet. It was a fun and educational day for all.
What’s even better is that we raised £660 meaning our school’s forest now stands at a whopping 660 trees and absorbing 203.28 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere. Our forest will be creating homes for wildlife, raising rural employment, protecting coastlines, capturing water, cleaning the air we breathe and most importantly, tackling climate change.
We’re so pleased that our school community is having such a positive impact.
2pm
After a long journey, we arrived safely at the Pioneer Centre. Everyone is currently settling in and will be jumping into their first activity shortly.
4pm
We have settled in beautifully. Our first activity was climbing and zip wire, which we all thoroughly enjoyed and are all feeling proud of our achievements. We will have a short break and then onto the next activity. Weather is dry!
6pm
After a short break, we jumped into our second activity where we enjoyed some archery and a high rope course. The weather has continued to be good. We are now off to eat some dinner!
9pm
After dinner, we had a campfire with some songs and games. We are now off to bed.
9am
Everyone has had a good night's sleep and we have all just eaten a big breakfast to give us the energy for a full day of fun activities.
Beautiful morning here at Pioneer!
Caving time...
3pm
After some great fun this morning doing caving, we got to build some rafts and test them.
5pm
Some more photos from rafting...
Some of us got a bit wet!
6pm
Today has been a busy day with raft building, caving, abseiling and archery. The raft building was the highlight as we got to build and sail our own rafts. We all got very wet but it was a memorable experience for all. This evening we have a film night and will rest before tomorrow's activities. We hope to leave at midday and will update the school to know when we will arrive. All the children have had a great time and have represented the school proudly.
10am
Some more photos from our activities this morning.
12pm
After eating our lunch, we boarded the coach for our journey back to school.
A special thank you to the Pioneer Center and our instructors for giving us an amazing time!
On Thursday, years 4, 5 and 6 had a special assembly led by Pav, a Metropolitan Police Officer from Cyber Choices, who educated them about how to be safe online, how to keep their online identity safe and about the consequences of hacking. He spoke about the importance of gaining permission before sharing information.
On Friday, Y5 were fortunate to be visited by a STEM ambassador, Chris Joly, who spoke to the children about his knowledge of Space. He shared information about our Solar System but also information about Black Holes and Galaxies. This workshop helped us to understand more about our science topic this term: Earth and Space.
Between 2nd September and 30th November 2024, every time customers shop with Asda using their Rewards app, they can choose a primary school to receive a percentage of their spend. And that’s not all — every time a customer chooses your primary school, Asda will donate £1 to your school’s Cashpot, plus a further £50 when your first customer shops. Please note that participating in the cashpot does not affect the customers' personal reward scheme.
How it works
If you shop in Asda please opt in and use the Asda Rewards app when you shop online or in-store
Between 2nd September and 30th November 2024, every time customers shop with Asda using their Rewards app, the supermarket will donate 0.5% of the value of their shop to their chosen primary school.
And that’s not all. For every customer who chooses your school, Asda will put £1 into your school’s Cashpot, and another £50 when your school’s first opted-in customer spends in- store or online!
It’s as easy as 1,2,3 for parents and carers
We had sports day over two days last week and all the children really enjoyed themselves. The winning house is FIRE!! They enjoyed ice lollies on Tuesday afternoon for their prize!
On Wednesday Year 6 gave us an amazing performance of Disney's The Lion King.
Last Friday our playground was transformed into a vibrant hub of joy and laughter as we hosted our annual party in the playground.
With the sun shining so many of you came along to support us and it was a truly wonderful evening.
From the moments the gates opened, the playground buzzed with excitement. The children dashed between the numerous games on offer, each offering a chance to win fantastic prizes. There was in fact 107 balloons squeezed into Mrs Young’s car and the lucky winner took home a fabulous scooter! Our tombolas and raffle had long lines of eager participants.
The stalls manned by our dedicated staff had something to offer everyone and the food vendors were equally busy offering delicious wraps and waffles.
A special thank you goes out to everyone who attended, your valued contributions go right back to your children. We raised a staggering £5036.61!
We want to extend our thanks to 4 parents; Leona Beckett, Crina Prilogan, Angelica Toma and Abdul Qoodos for their support leading up to and at the event.
We are also grateful for all the generous donations from our suppliers who provided the following:
Thank you once again to everyone who participated and contributed. The smiles on our children’s faces were a testament to the evening’s success. If you have any comments about the event or would like to help out at future events we would love to hear from you at psa@elmgrove.harrow.sch.uk
On Wednesday 26th June, we took part in the Wondermaths challenge 2024. Me and a group of 4 other pupils took part. We trained hard everyday at home and attended 2 sessions after school with our talented teacher. I prepared for this competition by practicing everyday after school for 1 hour, learning all the maths games that were included in the maths competition. The games were: T-shapes, pentominoes, dominoes, dice game, code breaking, surprise problems and the 24 game. This was all achieved with the help of my hard working teacher, Mr Gorsia. Before the competition we had to go through something called the Heats Round to qualify to the final which we won. In the finals, the top 12 schools competed across London. All were eager to win the competition. I felt nervous and excited both at the same time. As it came to an end, they announced the winners...
We were shocked to hear our school name, winning the competition for the 3rd year in a row! I thought it was an amazing experience and was happy to be there. I learnt new games in maths and how it feels to be in a maths competition for the first time. In conclusion, it was a really fun day and this wouldn't have happened without Mr Gorsia.
Written by Antonia 4W
Y5 visited to Kew Gardens this week. We had a pollination workshop to support our work on life cycles and learnt how bees pollinate plants. We then had a go at transferring some pollen from one flower to the stigma of another flower to show how pollination worked. We also visited the famous greenhouses and were lucky enough to see the corpse plant , which is the world’s smelliest plant in bloom , as it only blooms for a very short time every few years. I have attached a picture!
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/corpse-flower-bloom-titan-arum-kew-gardens- b2565732.html
5G were also daring enough to go up the tree top walk and experience what it was like to be above the top of the trees. It was a great trip and the children had a memorable experience.
This morning we had some very special assembly guest speakers they were:
Deputy Mayor Councillor Anjana Patel
Councillor David Ashton
Councillor Hitesh Karia
British Olympians: Louise Evans and Victoria Ohuruogu
The deputy mayor of Harrow spoke to the children about the importance of walking to school and the campaign that is currently happening right now across all Harrow schools. Children also met 'Hoppy' the hare who is the mascot for the walking to school campaign.
Maria in Year 6, who won the 'Design the Banner' competition, was congratulated for her creative thoughts behind her design. You can see this banner displayed outside the school. The Deputy Major also opened the school climbing frame officially.
Both the olympians talked to the children about the importance of being both resilient and persistant and believing in their dreams and working hard to achieve them. Everything and anything is possible with dedication!
For the rest of the day classes in all the different year groups enjoyed PE with the olympic athletes.
On Friday May 24th, Elmgrove Primary School competed in a huge maths challenge with 65 other schools. This is not the kind of maths you or your child do in school. We play games like T-shapes, Pentominoes, Dominoes, Dice, Surprise Problems, Code Breaking, and the classic 24 game. This is advanced maths. The children who took part in the competition were Abdul (5ST), Tajae (5G), Mustafa (5G), Antonia M (4W), and Sofia (4W). Daily practice is the key to our success. Mr Gorsia gave us tools to use at home, and he taught us all the tricks and tips, which helped us to practice for the competition. Before the game, I was nervous but determined to do my best. I had worked really hard for the past weeks to get ready for the challenge! When they were about to announce the winners, I knew we would win! They then revealed the winners of the competition, which was us, Elmgrove Primary School! Cheers and happiness erupted from everyone! I was so proud of our team's achievement. We won first place! We'll be in the finals in June! Hip hip hooray! We're putting in a lot of work right now to win the finals!
Written by Sofia 4W
