A huge thank you to you all for making our Summer Fair one of the best yet. An extra special thanks to Ranelagh’s wonderful PTA and Mrs Sheikh- Ranelagh’s community Cohesion Leader (pictured at the right) for making it all possible.

Children from Ranelagh took on the role of teachers in our school last Friday. The children were absolutely amazing.

Adele in Year 3 (Mini Mrs Lawrenson) hosted Friday’s celebration assembly. Mrs Lawrenson’s job is so difficult she had 3 Mini teachers – Sasha and Saffron from Year 3.

The children enjoyed being in the staffroom during break where they were treated to hot chocolate.

In the afternoon, bankers, doctors, police, dentists and scientists came to show children what they could be in the future.

"I am going to work very hard practising my times tables, "said a child from Year 4, "because I want to be a banker."

Children in Year 5 donned cagoules, wading boots and long walking sticks to clamber through a river. Deptford Creek or ‘Deep Ford’ was named after its tidal Creek. As the tide falls each day it exposes almost a kilometre of riverbed. As you can see, the children loved wading across it.

As part of developing the children’s skills of geographical enquiry, Year 5 found out about the many stories the river bed can tell. The Creek has a long history of fishing, ship building and dockyards. Trades and industries from chemical works to tidal mills and slaughterhouses have all used its banks. There is still evidence on these river beds and Year 5 were keen to discover.

“It was amazing, “said Nasim “We were able to see many live animals such as leeches, shrimps , flounders and we even found a crab’s exoskeleton .”

“The water level was high but we were able to see things beneath the water. There was even a pair of old trousers.”  Brian stated “But it was able to teach us about how we need to keep our rivers clean. We have come a long way since the Victorians used to throw horseshoes and old meat carcasses in to the river.  I will definitely be recycling all my waste.”

This week we enjoyed a visit from our sister-school, Ciep Las Salinas. Arriving on Tuesday, they were greeted by a festoon of British and Spanish flags in our whole school assembly demonstrating our long-term friendship. Spanish, as chosen by the Ranelagh parents, is the Foreign Language we study form Nursery to Year 6. Year 1 children sang Spanish songs and our visitors were amazed. The Spanish children teamed up with buddies from Ranelagh and they took them on a visit to the Olympic Park and for a cruise down the River Thames. The visitors ventured to our local street with the finest restaurants- Green Street, organised by Mrs Aisha Sheikh.
“It is such an important time in our calendar,” said Jose, Head of the Bi-lingual department, “it is extremely important that we continue this wonderful partnership.”

Nine super cyclists braved the wind and rain on Monday to cycle to East Ham along the famous Greenway. Ranelagh's after-school bike club has been running over the last term. Initially, they  practised their cycling skills in our playground and then ventured onto the Greenway. The Greenway ,which is on our doorstep, is built above the famous London sewage system designed by Joseph Bazalgette in the 19th Century. Cycling is an amazing way to explore our local area and its amazing historical past.

Ranelagh Primary School has won the TTLT Spring Term sport competitions. Key Stage 1 pupils somersaulted us into first place with their amazing Gymnastics routines. Over the last term, Ranelagh has topped each of the competitions involving 11 schools across Newham. This is an amazing achievement and a credit to Ranelagh's coaches- Mr Mason and Mr Riches . Thanks to all of the children and staff involved in making Ranelagh victorious this Spring Term. For a full update see the @SportTapscott newsletter.