Being considerate!

On Monday's assembly, I introduced the weekly theme as 'being considerate'. We talked about what that word meant and the children came up with great ideas like being kind, putting others before yourself and being thoughtful. I explained that kind and thoughtful were synonyms for considerate. I was so impressed that Amy in 4H was able to tell me that a synonym was a word that had the same meaning as another word. An excellent example of the great learning happening at Guildford Grove.

Throughout the week, I spotted many moments of our pupils being considerate. It really amazes me how kind and thoughtful our students are. Here are some examples!

Deon was considerate when he stopped and helped Keon on the playground.

Soyo was being kind by turning the skipping rope for her friends.

Samantha was helping a friend with the zip on her coat.

The video below shows a small clip of a group of children enjoying our 'story swap' during Book Week. They were being really considerate by allowing others to enjoy the story too. They loved hearing 'We're going on a bear hunt' read by Mrs Johnstone.

This week, we have two very important occasions to show how we are considerate to others. You may have noticed a fantastic outdoor display appearing on the playground. Inspired by the Tower of London tribute to World War 1, the children have made their own poppies and these have been added to our school fence. I am sure you will agree with me that it looks spectacular. Many thanks to Mrs Curtis and many of our TAs for creating the display. On Tuesday, Mr Thomas will be leading a special Remembrance assembly which will also focus on World War 1.

The rainbow appeared just at the right moment.

'Children in need' is also this week. On Superhero day in September, we raised over £200 for 'Shooting Star Chase Hospices' which is one of the charities that benefit from the money raised by 'Children in need'. So on Friday, we had a very special visitor to Breakfast Club. Pudsey dropped in to say hello to our pupils. I managed to get a photo before he left and thanked him for coming to visit us. Many thanks to Trish for organising this visit.

Other highlights for next week are the Year 1/2 trip to Windsor Castle and Year 5 residential trip to Sayers Croft. I will be popping in to see them on Thursday night so I can't wait. 

Our children always show immaculate behaviour on school trips and once again a member of the public commented on this when our Year 3/4 children visited the Tate Modern last week. We are always so proud of them!

Rona Mackie

Head of School