Each Year, the children and adults don their House colours and show their competitive spirit and their sense of fairplay at Ranelagh's Sports Day — postponed last year, Ranelagh had to have 3 Sports Days this year to keep in line with government guidelines. 

Children had a magnificent time and there was a real sense that things may be getting back to 'usual'. 

The traditional egg and spoon race (badminton racquet and foam ball !), javelin, hurdles were amongst some of the sports day activities. Points were given for winning(obviously) and for fair play. Competing is a real chance to develop resilient strategies — because not everyone can be a winner.

'It was wonderful children taking in a deep breath and painting a smile on their face when they lost, '  said Miss Welburn.

A huge thank you to Miss Tessier and Mr Jordan for organising this successful event. They will be announcing the winners in our final assembly of the year.

The time has come to reap the rewards of planting the seeds that germinate - growing shoots and roots that flourish into stems and leaves and flowers and fruit.

The whole of Ranelagh have been reaping the rewards of their labour which began in September 2019 .

‘ It is abundantly clear that school and parents together have created an exceptionally strong partnership’ the words of Joe McCann , a director of Inclusion Quality Mark in his report which awarded Ranelagh flagship status for inclusion for a third consecutive year. Eventhough, we have had a year like no other our ethos of inclusion runs through the veins of our School and community. 

The report states,  ‘ The school is valued by its community and parents and children have great trust and confidence in their staff who strive to ensure that they can “Be the best that they can be”.’ 

Our outstanding highly successful and inclusive practice could not have been achieved without the amazing leadership of Mrs Patel, Mrs Chowdhury and Miss McDonald - our Inclusion team. Their tireless promotion of excellent practice - supporting teachers, children and parents - is the inspiration to be better. As the report says, ‘ there is a driving passion to support and a high aspiration for all pupils and parents. ‘

Mrs Lawrenson, the head teacher, said , ‘ This is an incredibly important accolade , especially in these times. We have all needed to lean on each other to get through the year . But we have never lost sight of the future and what our community can bring to that future - kindness, bravery and resilience.’  It is this which drives our inclusive practice. Each individual in our community no matter whether parent, governor, teacher deserve the opportunity to have their voice heard , participate positively in society and make the future that we all want for our children. 

 The report began with ‘ Ranelagh Primary School represents all that is best about inclusive practice.'  We hope that our voice, our community’s voice and our children’s voice will be heard and the inclusive future in which Ranelagh trails is one in which all the children from Ranelagh can proudly stand. Read the report here. 

Ranelagh's favourite day of the year, World Book Day, was not going to be stopped by Lockdown. A virtual assembly saw  all the children dressed as their favourite character hosted by Burglar Bill , then there was a special story from the Little Red Hen . This was followed by a live stream marathon of story books read by the teachers .

The afternoon's session kicked off with a reading and  re-enactment of Little Red Riding by Mrs Sheikh.

' Books are magical, ' one child said , ' you can go anywhere or be anything. '​

The snow came and with that came a vast amount of learning opportunities - away from the screen. Look at the children's amazing creativity at school and at home over the week. Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 5 made snowmen. Whilst Year 2 created their very own ice decorations and hung them in their gardens. As you can see, they are beautiful.

The final week before Christmas is magical in a primary school: Winter fairs, winter concerts , nativities and singing around the Christmas tree. It has been a very strange last week, whilst we continue to deal with the repercussions of the pandemic.Despite this,we wanted to spread some christmas hope and joy and that is exactly what we did.

On Tuesday ,the community raffle was a roaring success with magnificent prizes donated by Sewell flowers, Gand R butchers, Bachay.com Morrisoms and  Protocol. The winners can be seen here.

On Wednesday , it was a Christmas Dinner with Christmas crackers and party hats followed by a very special visitor - Mrs Santa and her helpers. The children’s eyes sparkled in delight as they received their very special gift from Mrs Santa.

On Thursday, we brought a slice of a Christmas concert to you click here. All we can say is thank goodness the children helped out on the School Song - Ranelagh Remedy. Followed by Christmas Parties in the children’s bubbles.

Although this year has been a year like no other, Ranelagh Primary and Nursery school would not have got through it without your patience ,support and kindness. From the bottom of our hearts , we thank you and wish you a very happy holiday and all of the very best wishes for 2021.