On Tuesday May 23rd Year 6, fresh from finishing their KS2 SATS, enjoyed a visit to the Newham Leisure Centre, taking part in a variety of different sporting events. The Newham Summer Games is an annual event for Primary Schools within the borough, held at the Newham Leisure Centre, and is an opportunity for children in KS2 to take part in different athletic events.
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The School Council at Ranelagh invited the Pupil Leaders from School 21 for an afternoon of networking. After leading the visitors through teambuilding games, the School Council gave a presentation on what they are proud of this year. Some of the items mentioned were: creating Action Teams, the Christmas postal service, the Easter egg hunt, the Energy Saving team, Exercise mornings, Mini-teachers day, the Talent Show and raising money for charities.
Last week, students from Holland visited Ranelagh to see our remarkable school. They are learning to teach at the College de Nieuwste Pabo in the Netherlands. The students were extremely impressed with the high level of learning taking place and thought that our children were inquisitive learners and able to talk deeply about what they have learned.
Year 5 began the Summer term with their annual visit to Fairplay House Outdoor Education Centre. Fairplay House is a unique outdoor activity centre, situated in beautiful rural Essex, and is visited every year by our Year 5 students. Waking up bright and early and departing on a Monday morning, the children were buzzing with excitement, wondering what adventures lay ahead.
On approach to the grounds, the children were amazed at how picturesque the scenery was. They enjoyed their time in the countryside, breathing in the fresh air and enjoying the sites. With no time to waste, they quickly unpacked and were assigned their own rooms.
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In the Spring term the School Council held yet another successful event in aide of Red Nose Day. Using our newly designed playground at the front of the school, they ran a ‘10p Race.’ Every class brought in 10p coins as a donation for the charity, which were then collected up by members of the School Council. The school councillors then placed the coins, one by one, along lines marked in the playground to measure the total distance accumulated by each individual class.
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On Thursday April 27th, as part of Autism Awareness Week, the Ranelagh Community came together to raise money for the National Autistic Society by holding a school cake sale. The event was an enormous success, with over £350 raised. Children and parents alike enjoyed many delicious treats, and with so many different varieties on offer, who could blame them!
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Once again Ranelagh continues to impress - we have recently been recognised as an outstanding provider of history by the UK Historical Association. The Quality Mark is an award that recognises the excellence of history provision in a school and it assess and values the history provision of the teachers, the curriculum and the school as a whole, as well as what is being offered to children. Through a rigorous and meticulous analysis of the teaching, learning and provision here at Ranelagh we were successfully awarded the highest honour, the prestigious Gold Award. The assessor spent the day observing lessons and talking to our children as well as analysing our entire curriculum, concluding that we met the criteria for 'gold' in every single category. |
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For the second year running our very own School Council held another 'eggciting' Easter Egg Hunt. Taking place over the last few weeks of the Spring term, the children across our school were enthralled with the event, eagerly searching high and low to find cleverly hidden Easter eggs. Behind the flower pot? Underneath the picnic table? Where could they be? Pupils of all ages loved the challenge of finding a series of Easter themed codes carefully hidden on eggs in the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds and also around the Napier Lodge. Once all the eggs were found and the secret codes discovered, results were then submitted to the School Council who checked whether entries contained all of the missing eggs. Then, during our Easter assembly, Mrs. Lawrenson and Ms. Welburn took turns choosing random, successful entries out of a hat with the winners each receiving their very own chocolate Easter egg! Delicious! |
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Once again Ranelagh was packed full for our annual Choral Performance Poetry. On Wednesday 29th March, children from across the school each performed a piece of performance poetry in a what one parent described as "the best show in town!"
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Every year group was tasked with choosing a poem to perform aloud. With so many choices out there, it was tough to narrow it down. Year 5 opened the show with a haunting rendition of Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman, setting the bar high right from the off. Thunderous applause greeted the children as they finished and parents enjoyed the musical interludes from our very own Ranelagh choir, who sang tunes throughout the show, from 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' to the classic 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by the Buggles.
On Friday 17th March, 58 excited children from Year 4 attended the Copper Box Games. They took part in different sports including; golf, tennis, wall ball, basketball, boccia and dance.
On Friday 17th March Ranelagh's 'Child of the Term' winners were treated to a decadent and delightful tea party, hosted by the DLR. The event took place at the swanky Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel in Canary Wharf and included posh tarts, luxurious cakes and even face painting!
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On Wednesday 1st of March the boy’s football team tested their skills at Winsor Primary School. They played three full matches, competing against Winsor, Hartley and Carpenters Primary School. Our football team did Ranelagh proud, winning two matches and drawing the third. Hanad and Mohammed, two of our Year 6 pupils, scored the winning goals for Ranelagh while Ahmeed in Year 6 was named ‘Man of the Match.’ Well done everyone!
