On Monday 11th September 2023, the Count on us champions were given the opportunity to represent the Mayor’s fund for London at the BGC Charity Event 2023. The children had an amazing time which included lots of celeb spotting, photos, games, arts and crafts and cooking. A huge thank you to BGC Partners for hosting the event.
Yesterday our Elmgrove musicians performed in front of the whole school, it was great to see so much talent. We had our teachers perform and sing too! If you have a child that would like to get involved with singing and music clubs next year please speak to the school office.
Children had so much fun at sports day and lots of stickers were won. Unfortunately the rain cut short sports day on Thursday, but the children still managed to take part in the games and races most of the day.
On Tuesday, three children from Y5 took part in the Count on us primary challenge grand final. Over 64 schools across London competed in the competition. The standard was very high this year and the challenges were extremely difficult. Team Elmgrove were crowned the champions for the second consecutive year. Congratulations to Danish 5G, Rihana 5S and Abdul 5G for winning the competition. This is an outstanding achievement and we are so proud. They have shown excellent dedication, commitment and resilience over the last 6 months. A huge thank you to the children for all their hard work.
Count on us primary challenge 2023 - Written by Danish 5G
The Count on us primary challenge took place at City Hall on the 4th of July. We arrived at the Northwick Park station at 7:45 am. We had travelled around 2 hours to City Hall. The tournament started at 10:00 am, the first round was shapes. First, we had to solve one T- shape question, one pentomino question and a domino question - we solved it in about 3 minutes! Next we had 5 more T-shape questions and 4 pentomino questions which took us around 5 minutes to solve. We counted our points and already had 120 points out of 200 which was not bad. The next game was the 24 Game. This was our best game, in total we scored 294 points! The third and final round was Codebreaking. There were 4 Codebreaking sheets that we had to solve for clues to which jobs we needed to do to get £16.25. We then completed bonus challenges which included solving tangrams puzzles. The awards ceremony seemed like it took forever. Then finally they announced first place. We didn't know if we had won or not and then they said it, Elmgrove Primary school! We all jumped up in joy as we went to the front to claim our trophy.
Friday was so much fun and a success! The sun hiding behind those clouds wasnt going to put us off! It was lovely to see so many happy smiling faces!
Thank you to all that came and supported the event, a total of £4200 was raised and all of this money will be spent on the chilldren to enhance their learning through curriculum based activities, workshops and visits.
We can not emphasise enough how vital it is to have parent support on these types of events and we would like to thank all the parents that helped with various tasks and a special thank you to the following parents, Crina, Angelica, Anamaria and Krupa.
We have had lots of positive feedback from both parents and childen. We had many ex pupils join us and they were saying it was one of the best parties they had been too! If you have any other feedback to give us please email the office email address and let us know.
A massive thank you go to all the companies that donated raffle prizes and we hope all our winners are enjoying them.
Year 6 had a wonderful trip to RAF Hendon on Wednesday. They learnt what it was like for 10 and 11-year-olds in the classroom during WW2. They also saw lots of planes and artefacts that were used during the Battle of Britain.
5 Kahlo were invited to the opening of the newly refurbished tennis courts at Byron recreational grounds, the Mayor of Harrow was also present. The class enjoyed a tennis session with a professional tennis coach where they were taught new skills and had the opportunity to play games on the new tennis courts.
The Year 6 children are allowed to wear their leavers' hoody in school from now until the last day of term. They must still wear their full Elmgrove school uniform. We hope the children enjoy them. What a lovely keepsake to have to remember their days at Elmgrove Primary School.
The children's names have been written on the label inside the hoody.
On Tuesday Year 1 children looked at ‘Superheroes & Pirates’ themed books as part of their English learning. The children learnt about real life heroes as well as writing stories about superheroes and even learn how to be a pirate! This topic will inspire children’s creative writing skills with a focus on descriptive sentences.
The day was filled with superhero themed activities including a special workshop planned and provided by our Y1 class teachers which will build on the children’s speech, language and drama skills. The children also participated in some creative superhero themed activities included designing a superhero logo and a superhero lair.
Isn't our new mural fantastic? If you haven't already seen it, please walk round the outside of the school building - you'll soon spot it! Pictured are the children who 'lent a hand' as they helped to design the mural - well done, it looks great!
Year 4 had a fantastic time at HarroWall on Monday. It was an incredible experience for all of our children and everyone gave it their all. We have sent the children home with a 5% off voucher if you would like to visit in the summer break.
Year 4 would like to send a huge thanks to the community at Harrow Mosque who made us feel so welcome on Thursday. They provided a fascinating tour of the prayer rooms and dome and we learnt about all the different ways a Mosque is used, in addition to prayer. Our Year 4 children were a credit to the school and thank you to those parents who volunteered to support this visit.
