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• Festival of Light

  Fri 12 Nov 2021

  The West Lodge Festival of Light was opened on Friday 12th November by the Mayor and Mayoress of Harrow.  They met with the Head Boy, Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy, Deputy Head Girl, Vigya Nahata (FOWLS) and Mrs Vaghela (RE Leader) and officially opened the trail by lighting two diwas.  The Festival of Light was organised to illustrate the importance of light to all major religions, to show how light is represented in different ways and to demonstrate that all major religions have a common theme of light: “We have far more in common, than that which divides us.” Over the last few weeks, and as part of the half-term homework, children worked hard to create beautiful pieces of artwork that showed how light was represented in a particular religion. This was displayed in the nature trail. All children walked through the trail during the day time with their classes. During the evening the nature trail looked magical and many families enjoyed walking through the trail. 

  

• Meat Free Mondays

  Mon 01 Nov 2021

  One day a week can make a world of a difference. As part of our school's sustainability drive, we are introducing Meat Free Mondays after the half term. Having at least one plant-based day a week is a fun and easy way to do something good for the planet and our future. Reducing our meat intake is good for the planet, it boosts our health, reduces animal suffering, helps alleviate world hunger and protect biodiversity. 

   

• Year 1 Trip to Bracknell Look Out Discovery Centre

  Mon 18 Oct 2021

  Year 1 had a fantastic time at Bracknell Discovery Centre. They enjoyed exploring the different hands on areas and learnt lots during the Humans and Animals workshops. They were very well behaved and made us proud!

• Year 2 Trip to Southend-on-Sea

  Wed 06 Oct 2021

  Green Class and Purple Class went on their trip to Southend-on-Sea this half term. They had a fantastic day, and the sun was shining for them! They visited the Sealife Centre, the RNLI and even found time to enjoy a delicious ice cream. Red Class are really looking forward to their trip to the seaside after half term.

  

• Year 5 Trip to Chiltern Open Air Museum

  Wed 06 Oct 2021

  On Wednesday 6th October, Year 5 visited the Chiltern Open Air Museum. We all dressed as Victorian teachers, children, maids, masters, chimney sweeps, etc.  The day involved three different workshops: 

   

  • Laundry day - the children learnt to wash and dry clothes using the appropriate soap and mangle. They then had fun hanging the washing up on the line in the wind.
  • Cooking - the children participated in the making of scones over an open fire.
  • Classroom - the children were taught by a Victorian teacher. They chanted their times tables, honed their handwriting skills using ink pens and learnt about the different and terrifying discipline strategies used during the Victorian era.

   

  A great day had by all - so much learnt whilst also having fun. 

  

• Fun Run

  Tue 05 Oct 2021

  The children enjoyed the fun run at the end of last week.  The pictures below show some of the children taking part. We raised over £700 for the UNICEF Crisis Fund.  Well done to Zakariya, Myan and Jaivish for inspiring this effort.

   

   

  

• Head Boy and Head Girl Announced

  Fri 17 Sep 2021

  Over the first weekend of the school year, our Year 6 pupils were busy writing their letters of application for the position of Head Boy and Head Girl.  After listening to some amazing persuasive speeches on the morning of Monday 13th September, the Year 6 pupils cast their votes during an assembly on the field.  Emily Edwards and Dhruv Karundasa were elected as our Head Girl and Head Boy for the 2021/2022 academic year and Anassa Dodhia and Shrimukund Shatapathy were voted in as Deputy Head Girl and Deputy Head Boy.  Well done to all those who put themselves forward and confidently stood before their peers, delivering their speeches to the staff and pupils of Year 6.

• Building The Nest!

  Mon 06 Sep 2021

  Over the summer, the West Lodge building elves were very busy creating a new nurture space for us.  We have named it 'The Nest', as it is a safe place for our children to visit if they are having difficulties, and just need a place to reset, recover and regulate before returning to their school day. It will be used for quiet time, 1:1 check-ins, regulation of emotions, meetings and small group work.  We love it and so do the children!

  

• Michael Rosen virtual school visit

  Fri 12 Mar 2021
  We were really fortunate that Michael Rosen agreed to a virtual visit with our school during the week of World Book Day. He did three sessions over the course of the morning with different year groups, which were brilliant and so inspiring. He explored some of his different books and poems and answered some of the children's questions. He also spoke about some of his own memories of West Lodge School, as he attended here as a child! The children loved hearing about his time at our school and his experiences growing up in Pinner!

  

• Reception News

  Thu 15 Oct 2020
  Our new reception children are now full time after an unusual start to their time at West Lodge. After attending two play sessions at the beginning of September, the children began their settling in process and now are in school full time. They have all settled in extremely well and slowly getting used to the new routines of the classroom as well as washing their hands lots!  We have held two parent sessions for our new Parents in supporting their child with the curriculum and reading. We have more planned and for Maths and Writing so please keep an eye out for dates. A big thank you to the Parents and Carers of our new children during the start to the new term and their support and understanding with the settling in process.  

   

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