It has been wonderful coming back to a new school year and seeing the children so happy and eager to learn. Last term we had a whole school focus upon Great Grange Behaviour and we saw amazing improvements particularly in corridor and playground behaviour. The school leadership team were outside in the playground over breaks every day as well as supervising the dining hall and corridors. The children made us all extremely proud by rising to the high standards of behaviour we aim for at Grange and several visitors commented upon our polite and well-behaved children.

Over the last two weeks we have been building upon our success by focusing upon Great Grange Relationships. Our three goals are for our everyone to be Safe, Respectful and Ready to learn. The leadership team continue to be outside at breaks and highly visible around the school to support this. We are also trying out a ‘Meet and Greet’ every morning. This involves me welcoming the children at the gate (alternate days at each gate) and Mrs Tweed, Mrs Oldham and Mrs Landsburgh welcoming in the class lines to allow the class teachers to welcome the children at the classroom doors. Our hope is that by personally connecting with every child as they enter the school they feel safe, respected and ready for the day. That’s when the best learning can happen!

We have been giving out golden raffle tickets all week for children who are behaving well in the dining hall. The raffle tickets have all gone into a golden tombola and eight winning tickets will be drawn each Friday. The eight winners will have their lunch at the Golden Table the following Friday and they can also invite a guest to join them. The excitement is almost too much…and that’s just me!

Have a great weekend everyone and watch out for my next blog coming soon…