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.
This week Ranelagh Primary and Nursery School was awash with different shades of yellow to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week.
The theme this year was to learn about expressing your thoughts and feelings using a range of ways. This could be through art, music, drama and a few cool dance moves. The pupils took this challenge up with extreme enthusiasm using Lockdown Learning and Google Classroom to share how they could show good mental health.
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Even the parents got in with the act and told staff , during our coffee mornings, how they were keeping good mental health.
‘A daily walk in the park helps get rid of mine and the children’s worries’. One parent was brave enough to ‘switch off the television and just talk to each other’.
The week was rounded off by Ranelagh's Friday celebration assembly - a time when we can all come together, become connected and enjoy each others company.
Due to this pandemic,our children are spending long periods indoors and are unable to see friends and family - now, more than ever, it is important to raise awareness of good mental health and to encourage our children to talk about their feelings.
For more ideas and support on Mental Health for you and your family see www.mind.org or speak to a member of staff for more information.
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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.
The Kings and Queens of Ranelagh celebrated a grand royal day as part of their Ranelagh Curriculum topic, Kings and Queens and the Tudors. The KS1 children dressed in royal clothes and marked the day with a range of activities such as Tudor dancing, creating a Tudor Rose out of sourdough and designing their own coat of arms. It allowed them to experience life as a royal and expand on their knowledge of how the royals, like Henry VIII, lived in the past. Sharmeela, from Year 2, said 'I enjoyed making my Tudor Rose as it made me feel like a princess'. Yasin also said 'I can't believe the Tudors would eat only vegetables and meat because they didn't have much food in the past'. Overall, the day was thoroughly enjoyed by the staff and the children as they all enjoyed dressing up in multi-cultural Kings and Queens outfits to celebrate our annual Ranelagh Royal Day!
Ranelagh’s new EYFS Click here to see the wonderful new space in EYFS
Ranelagh has a brand new EYFS. Its huge playground and interweaving classrooms promotes learning through curiosity and play. The reception classes have a walkway through so the children can independently decide for themselves where they will learn. Creativity is at the heart of all learning - questioning, decision making and problem solving will equip your children for the best start in their educational career.
Ranelagh primary and nursery school recognises developing children’s academic knowledge as well as giving them a solid understanding of social responsibility.
Ranelagh primary and nursery school believes in giving all children opportunities that allow them to develop all of their talents - music, theatre, dance and gardening ( as part of Ranelagh’s edible playground ) to name but a few.
Ranelagh is a forest school , this allows children to develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on experiences in a natural setting.
If you would like to arrange a tour of Ranelagh’s EYFS, please do get in touch by ringing 0208 5344364 or emailing info@ranelagh.ttlt.academy
Beginning school is an exciting event for you and your child, and it won’t be long before your child will be starting with us at Ranelagh Primary School. There will be lots of new things to learn and of course you will want to ensure that your child is well prepared for this important event. At Ranelagh Primary School our motto is `Be the Best You Can Be’ and this value is the foundation of everything we do. We strive to provide an environment and curriculum that underpins our ethos and our 5R values – Respectful, Resilient, Remarkable, Responsible and Right Choices.
We currently have spaces available in our Reception classes. Please contact the school or apply via the in year admission form on the Newham website.
Reception Admission for September 2021 entry
For all children born from 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017, their parents/carers will need to apply for a reception class place in a primary school for September 2021 entry.
National closing date for on time reception applications 15 January 2021
All reception 2021 applications must be via London Borough of Newham.
Information about the reception process for September 2021 entry
Click here for information about the process for Reception
Even if your child has a sibling who attends the school, you will still need to make an e-admissions application.
Click here for the application form for Reception September 2021
Ranelagh’s recovery curriculum has 5 priorities: physical healthiness, computing, academic knowledge, creativity and mental healthiness. It is with great pleasure that Ranelagh primary and nursery school has been recognised for its amazing practice to develop mental healthiness. Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools has awarded Ranelagh ‘School Mental Health Award’ – Gold ​Status.
So much has happened whilst the school was only open to children of Key workers and vulnerable families . The nursery is complete , but this has become one key worker classroom , with the other being the drama studio. Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the new build has finished. Unfortunately , the new Year 1 classes have become temporary classrooms for Reception.
Come September, Reception and Nursery will have beautiful classrooms and learning spaces in which their curiosity will be inspired. Below are images of the new nursery.
Year 1 will be based on the ground floor and their classrooms will be where the old Main entrance was and the resource room - there has been a complete transformation.
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And now phase 3 where the reception classroom will be knocked through to the old nursery space to create a learning space that totally caters to the needs of EYFS.
We are all very excited to return in September to see the amazing transformation.
Ranelagh missed their annual poetry recital, so our fabulous English lead , Ms Scott ,set the children of Ranelagh a task - to recite their favourite poem. You can see the amazing readings here.
As you can imagine it was an incredibly difficult job for Ms Scott to choose her favourite - so she didn't. Every child here is a winner. You can also see Mrs Lawrenson reciting Brian's Picnic here
