Welcome back and I hope everyone had a lovely break over the October holidays. Autumn is certainly upon us and it is disappointing that the weather has disrupted our first week back. Let’s hope we can now look forward to the exciting plans we have for the term. Here are a few updates and dates for your diary to let you see what we have in store…

Halloween costumes – Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help out at the discos next week. Ticket sales have been fantastic and it looks set to be a ‘spooktacular’ evening! We have a stock of costumes that were donated to us by Tesco. If they could be of help to anyone please just get in touch.

Grange Global Summit – On Thursday 9th November 5.00-6.00pm the children will be sharing their learning about sustainability. This has been our focus across the whole school since August. There will be a toy swap and book exchange in the gym hall. We will also be asking families to make a pledge to make a small change that will help our planet – these will be displayed on the Learning Pit in the hall. In the classrooms the children will tell you about their learning and show you some of their work. In the corridors there are displays that document the learning for each class and how it links to children’s rights and the Global Goals. We look forward to seeing you and if you can’t make it we will share some of the learning via Class Dojo so nobody misses out!

Class Dojo – The Class Dojo app provides a safe and secure platform for sharing photos and videos of children’s learning and achievements. Is is intended for use by parents only to keep it secure. We have recently become aware that parents have the facility to add other people to their account. While I understand the reasons for this it is important that Class Dojo accounts are held only by parents as some children do not have the required permissions for photos etc to be shared more widely. For this reason, all additional accounts will need to be removed. If this causes an issue for anyone please just let me know.

Dates for your diary:

• Halloween discos – Thursday 26th October – Sensory friendly 4.30-5.00pm, P1&2 5.00-5.30pm, P3&4 5.45-6.30pm and P5-7 6.45-7.30pm
• MAD groups – Friday 27th October 9.30-10.20am
• Grange Gabbers – Wednesday 1st November 6.00-7.00pm (in school)
• Grange Global Summit (Sharing Our Learning) – Thursday 9th November 5.00-6.00pm
• School photographer – Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th November
• Rag bag collection – Thursday 16th November
• Wellbeing event for parents (tbc)– Monday 20th November 6.00-7.00pm (more info to follow)
• MAD groups – Friday 24th November 9.30-10.20am
• In-service days – Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th November
• Holiday – Friday 1st December
• Christmas school lunch – Thursday 14th December
• Christmas Cheer – Friday 15th December (see below for timetable)
• Cinema trip – Wednesday 20th December P2-7
• End of term 2 – Friday 22nd December 3.00pm finish for all children

*Christmas Cheer timetable:

9.00am Nursery

9.30am P7

10.00am P6

10.30am P5

11.00am P4

1.30pm P3

2.00pm P2

2.30pm P1

Lots of learning and fun to be had this term. Thanks to you all for your ongoing support of our children and school. Grange really is a great place to be! #believe 🎃