There are always so many exciting events happening at Ranelagh, one of the most recent being a ‘Design your own T-Shirt’ competition aimed at celebrating a love of Literacy. Tasked with creating a T-Shirt design that demonstrated their adoration of reading, children from across the school were transformed into budding fashionistas, creating their very own decorated garments highlighting their favourite books.
Last Friday, Ranelagh held its annual Spelling Competition Final. After many rounds, spelling dozens and dozens of supremely difficult words, Ms Tsui and Ms Scott found the final four - Diamond, Gabriel, Manar and Sarisha.
The four of them competed against each other with words such as hyperventilate, exasperated and philosophical. The audience were able to join in, sitting in anticipation of whether they chose the correct spelling rule.
Tate and Lyle has a long history of supporting its local communities, dating back to the 19th Century and the philanthropy of the co-founders Henry Tate and Abram Lyle.
Today, this is translated into donating space at the refinery site for the Junior Citizens Programme run by the Metropolitan Police and organised by our very own Mrs Lawrenson. Other agencies involved include the Fire Brigade, St John’s Ambulance and the Environment Agency. Children are taken through potentially life-saving scenarios such as ‘stranger danger,’ contacting the emergency services, fire awareness and safety.
Last month, the whole of Ranelagh’s Year 5 visited the Tate and Lyle factory at the Thames Refinery. The children learned an incredible amount of information about keeping themselves safe and as Mrs Barzoi, Ranelagh’s Year 5 Lead, stated, “This is an important event for Year 5 children, it makes them develop the skills that will allow them to make the right choices in risky situations.”
Back in the Autumn term pupils at Ranelagh were rigorously travelling to and fro on Newham streets, all in the name of the annual Beat the Street competition. Beat the Street, delivered on behalf of Diabetes UK, the British Heart Foundation and the Borough of Newham, is a competition aimed at inspiring millions of people to eat better, get active and be healthy by walking, cycling or running.
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Children at Ranelagh were all given their very own exclusive Beat the Street ID cards which were then tapped a plethora of times on Beat the Street boxes, fastened to street lamps, trees, fences or anywhere of interest across the borough. This year the competition stiffened, with schools competing against each other across the whole of East London rather than within the borough. Ranelagh is very proud to have placed 7th overall, with an amazing 64,395 points (a near 50,000 increase from last year). Ranelagh was also the only Newham school who placed in the top 10! Well done Ranelagh! |
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Ranelagh pupils have a passion for penmanship, demonstrated by their love of writing both in and outside of the classroom. Shree, a pupil in Year 3, put pen to paper last term and entered the Young Writers poetry competition, crafting a beautiful and poignant piece titled ‘Fire and Water.’ His poem was recognised for its brilliance and awarded with a place in the Young Writers Anthology, which will be publicised this term. Young Writers is an organisation that works with schools, parents and young writers across the world and has been doing so successfully for over two decades. Their aim is to promote a love of poetry and creative writing by running annual competitions aimed at celebrating young writers and young voices. Shree’s poem was submitted for entry into this year’s poetry competition, titled ‘Rhymecraft,’ and was selected for publication; an amazing and prestigious accomplishment. |
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