Amazing news about an ex Guildford Grove pupil

We were delighted to hear that Graham Spencer, a former pupil at Guildford Grove, won the under 14s London mini marathon wheelchair race on Sunday. His win was shown on the BBC1 coverage of the London marathon where he was interviewed and awarded his trophy. 

Our pupils met Graham last summer when we held a special assembly which Graham, his coach Jenny Archer and his mentor David Weir all attended.   

On Monday's assembly, we celebrated Graham's win and discussed how hard work and dedication can help people succeed. 

So congratulations to Graham and we can't wait to hear about all his future successes.

Graham Spencer at the London mini marathon

Rona Mackie
Head of School

Attendance assembly

I hope you all enjoyed the Easter holidays. We have been so lucky with this wonderful weather and it has been fantastic to see all the children playing happily on the field this week. After the assembly on Monday about sun safety, I was pleased to see children wearing hats and suncream to protect them on the playground and on the field.

This morning, I was delighted to present the 100% attendance certificates for the Spring Term to our pupils in our Friday assembly. It is incredible that 135 pupils received a certificate. This is a fantastic result! Here are some photos to celebrate (unfortunately not all the children who received a certificate are in the photos). The winning class with the most amount of 100% attendance certificates was 6K with 13 children. Well done 6K! Also well done to Year 4 and Year 2 for having the most certificates in a year group.

1T

1S

2P

2J

3G

3B

4H

4C

5H

5J

6K - The winning class!

6J

I will also post pictures of our Foundation Stage children when they receive their certificates next week. I must say that we were very proud of our Reception children this week. They attended a local sports event and competed against a number of other schools. They had a fantastic time and represented our school perfectly. 

Have a fantastic weekend everyone,

Rona Mackie
Head of School