Strand on the Green Junior School

Friday 8 March 2024 Field Open for Fun - Arrive on time for Active AM The work laying the all-weather surface on the field has been completed and it is open for business! Next week we will be trying out the surface for our active am sessions – If you want to join the sessions please arrive on time at 8:30am – late comers will not be able to join the session as children need to be accompanied to the field.

Friday 8 March 2024 World Book Day Extravaganza Strand became alive yesterday with literary characters from all our favourite books. From Tweedledee and Tweedledum to Vikings and from The Seven Dwarves to Percy Jackson, we seemed to have it all. We even had a walking, talking dictionary! The costumes were, as ever, a great reflection of the huge breadth of reading interest at Strand. However, this year also saw the introduction of ‘Get Cosy and Read’, so children and staff alike came into school in their cosiest pyjamas to spend some quality time snuggled up in the library and classrooms reading and sharing their favourite books.

Friday 8 March 2024 Authors Visit Strand Katya Balen visited us on Monday. She started by giving Swan an impromptu indoor mudlarking experience and they used the objects they’d found to create some fantastically imaginative stories. For example, Ilyas had a blue crystal that gave him the power to fly and Oskar found a key which he decided was a portal to the beginning of the universe where you could bathe in all the colours of the rainbow! After lunch, the whole school met her in an assembly where she gave us an insight into what it takes to be an author and get a book published.

Friday 1 March 2024 Strand Poets Published Year 4 recently took part in a nationwide poetry competition with the Young Writers organisation. They were challenged to write a poem from scratch based around this year’s theme "Once Upon a Dream". We are delighted to announce that 10 children from Year 4 will have their poems published in book in April. A huge congratulations to our Year 4 poets Amelia, Emilia, Gaia, Gantisha, Henry, Ilham, Matty, Reema, Sophie and Tasneem.

Friday 1 March 2024 World Book Day 7th March Next Thursday 7th March, we will be celebrating World Book Day. As ever, the children are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite literary character. However, in a departure from tradition, we are also inviting children to "Get Cosy and Read" by coming to school in their most comfortable and cosy clothes - think snuggling up in pyjamas with your favourite book and a hot chocolate! We will leave the choice to you and your child, but as usual, one of the highlights of the day will be our costume (and pyjama) parade in the playground. The costumes at Strand are always spectacular and showcase the incredible breadth of reading interest in our school.

Friday 1 March 2024 Fourth Plinth Schools Award Competition 2024 The Fourth Plinth Schools Awards competition gives London’s primary and secondary school students the chance to create artworks inspired by the commissions that have featured on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. There are winner and runner-up prizes for different age categories, as well as prizes for the best work from each borough. There will also be a presentation ceremony at New City Hall and all winning entries will appear in an exhibition in late spring. Entries can be in all art forms including drawing, painting, sculpture, collage and digital designs. Both group and individual entries are welcome. This is a chance to really use your imagination, you can create anything! You just need to be inspired by one of the artworks that has sat atop the Fourth Plinth over the past 25 years. Take a look at the Fourth Plinth website to see the currently installation and all the previous commissions. There are some great ones, including a giant thumb! The deadline for entries in by

Friday 1 March 2024 Strand Premier League Stars This Thursday our Year 5/6 A team footballers represented Hounslow in the Premier League Primary Stars Championships at Gunnersbury Park. Having made it to the finals of the Borough tournament last term, along with Oak Hill Academy, they were selected to represent Hounslow in the Championships against five other schools across Hillingdon and Richmond.

Friday 23 February 2024 Just One Tree Thank you to everyone for wearing their green today! Our Green Day was in support of a fantastic charity called Just One Tree, who plant one tree for every pound donated. This will help to reduce deforestation in countries such as Madagascar and Haiti as well as helping to remove carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. After today we will hopefully have raised at least £300 meaning there will be another 300 trees planted, thanks to you and your children!The eco committee have also purchased some litter picking equipment. We are going to be setting up a system whereby you and your children can borrow the equipment over the weekend and return it to school on the Monday. We really hope that parents will take us up on this offer, to learn about the harmful effects of litter and help reduce it around our local area.

Friday 9 February 2024 ECO Day 23rd Feb We will be holding an ‘Eco-Day’ for the charity JUST ONE Tree. This charity tries to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and reverse biodiversity loss through global reforestation. They support projects in areas severely affected by deforestation such as Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique & Brazil. For every pound donated, the charity will plant a tree. Each child is being encouraged to wear something green on that Friday and bring in £1 to fund the planting of their tree.

Friday 9 February 2024 Start for Life Offer Family Hubs are located in the East, Central, and West of Hounslow, providing support to families and their children from 0-19 (up to 25 with SEND). Family Hubs deliver a range of joined-up services, focusing particularly on parenting support, infant feeding support, early language support and perinatal mental health support. The Start for Life offer is a one stop shop of 100 free services that all Hounslow parents and carers can access during the crucial first 1,001 days - from pregnancy until a baby is two years old. The offer covers support and services from Pre-birth and Pregnancy, Infant and New-born Health, Childhood Development, Mental Health, Parents and Carers Support, Financial and Other Support, and Helpful Resources. Please share this information with any parents or carers who would benefit from the Family Hubs and Start for Life offer.

Friday 9 February 2024 Strand to represent Hounslow at London Youth Games Last Friday Strand played against 40 other teams in the mixed borough football tournament at Gunnersbury Park, a tournament that the children and the PE team had been looking forward to it and training for it since September.

Monday 5 February 2024 Strand's Wish List Friends launched a new fundraising initiative at Bingo & Curry Night last week called the Wish Listwhich aims to support our schools in the redevelopment of our field into an all-year-round sports andplay space. The Wish List launch was a resounding success with donations flooding in from kind andgenerous bingo players but we still need your help! Please click on the link to find out more and to seewhat you can donate to make a Strand Wish come true. Thank you for your generosity.

Saturday 20 January 2024 Free Trees - Donate Yours to School This weekend free fruit trees are available for Hounslow residents at Turnham Green. If you wouldlike a fruit tree register here – If you don’t have a garden why not donate your tree to school? We’dlove to have more trees in the secret Garden or to use in our field redevelopment project.

Friday 12 January 2024 Big Garden Birdwatch The Eco Committee would like to let you know that it is time for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, which is the world's largest garden wildlife survey. The aim of the survey is to help create a picture of how garden birds are faring in the UK. In order to take part, put aside one hour between the 26-28th January and count the birds you see land in your chosen area over that hour, either from your balcony or garden. You then record the numbers of bird species you see and can send in your results online or by post. More information can be found on the RPSB website.

Friday 15 December 2023 Christmas Concerts It was lovely to see so many of you joining us at Gunnersbury Baptist Church for this year’s concerts. They opened this year with the powerful piece Djole - packed with complex djembe rhythms and beautiful vocals. We do hope you enjoyed the fantastic singing, which included some very intricate part-singing from all year groups. There was also one of Mr Bonner’s trademark mash ups with Peace on Earth and Little Drummer Boy. The whole school songs raised the roof with a full range of musical techniques on display, from the haunting dynamics of A Million Dreams to the complex part singing (in French!) of Vois Sur Ton Chemin. However, the children were, as ever, the stars of the show; singing beautifully and delivering their lines with confidence and clarity. Special mention, and a huge thank you, to Geoff Bonner, who worked to prepare the drummers and played on the day, Gill Coulton who liaised with the Gunnersbury team to make sure everything ran smoothly, and to Charlie F wh

Friday 8 December 2023 Signing Up for Free School Meals = Extra Funding to School Whilst school meals are free to all this year the school benefits from extra funding generated by the numbers of children eligible for free school meals. Equally families in receipt of Free School meals have access to funded holiday activities and vouchers to spend at high street supermarkets for holiday periods. Consequently we are urging families to continue to sign up if they are in receipt of the following benefits:-

Friday 8 December 2023 Cost of Living Support - Message from Hounslow Council If you have a family that are struggling to make ends meet due to rising prices then please be assured that information and support are available. We have created a Cost-of-Living Hub on Hounslow Council’s website. Here you can find information about what financial support is available from the government for families who are struggling. Access to debt advice and support with managing finances and find help with reducing energy bills. Families can also check if their children are eligible for free school meals. More information about what is on offer for children is also available from the Hounslow Family Service Directory or here in the emergency support page.

Friday 8 December 2023 Hounslow Warm Spaces Hounslow Council and its partners have opened a network of warm spaces across our borough - some of which will be open over the holiday period. Here, families will find a warm welcome and a place to stay warm if they are struggling to heat their home. Many provide warm drinks and other refreshments, free wi-fi and activities for parents and children. Keeping warm is important for maintaining good health. Our warm spaces are free to use and open to everyone. Find your nearest space here

Friday 1 December 2023 Strand Advent Calendar The windows of the school are being turned into an Advent Calendar to mark the beginning of December. Each class drew a number and created a window to make a beautiful festive display in Brooks Lane. Take a moment to have a look on your way home – it’s really lovely.

Friday 24 November 2023 Easyfundraising in the Black Friday sales If you’re shopping in the Black Friday sales, please remember to use easyfundraising! Over 7,000 shops and sites will donate to us - whether you’re buying gadgets, games or anything else. For more information visit Strand's page on the website or scan this QR code to join. We have raised £1696.35 with only 47 supporters. Imagine how much we could raise if every family in the school joined up?

Friday 24 November 2023 Secret Garden Makeover Continues Over the last half term, Miss Slingsby, Miss Maynard and Miss Heale have been in contact with Kate Deighton from the charity TimeGivers who connect young people with opportunities to help them and their local communities. They heard how overgrown the secret garden had become during the pandemic and kindly offered to help us sort it out. A huge thank you to the Olwen McPherson Trust who have very kindly made a financial donation to support us with the project. Today, we have had TimeGivers in school, alongside Cultivate London and some very kind, hands-on parent volunteers to cut back the overgrowth and help begin to clear the area. A huge thank you to the parent and staff volunteers who gave up their time today to assist us with the clearance and to Maggie, Khulan, Grace, Jojo and Nik who all did a fantastic job! We are looking forward to the next stage of the project where we can redesign the space to create a sensory garden and calm reading hub. If anyone is interested in giving thei

Friday 10 November 2023 Strandites Shine in Cross Country On Thursday the 9th of November, a group 17 Strandites travelled to Osterley Park for a Hounslow Borough cross country event. There were 4 races splitting the competitors into age groups. Starting off, was the Yr 3 and 4 girls’ race in which our youngest contestant, Lily, took an amazing 3rd place with Elisa and Safia coming 8th and 16th place respectively. Next was the Yr 3 and 4 boys’ race. In this race we had only one competitor, Hamza who came in 5th place. Shortly after, was the Yr 5 and 6 girls’ race. Achieving a fabulous 3rd place, with a bronze medal was Hattie and not far behind - all in a row - came Charlotte, Hannah and Grace coming in 9th, 10th and 11th place. Finally it was the boys’ Yr 5 and 6 race with around 130 children competing and lots of Strandites lining up on the starting grid. The boys put in a brilliant performance taking three of the top 5 places: Sebastian stormed home to take 1st place with Oliver in 2nd and Max in 4th. After that, Ch

Friday 10 November 2023 Anti-bullying Week 2023 Make a noise about bullying Anti-Bullying Week takes place next week. This year's theme is ‘Make a noise about bullying’. Each class will be having discussions about what bullying means to us, how banter can turn into something more hurtful, and what we can do to stop bullying. As upstanders, we can make a difference and take a stand against bullying. Each year group will explore this theme throughout the week and on Friday 17th we will have BLUE (Be Lovely and Understanding to Everybody) Friday where everybody can wear blue mufti to show our commitment to antibullying every day at Strand. Odd socks can also be worn on Friday (they don't have to be blue!) to celebrate that we are all different but all equal.

Friday 10 November 2023 Green Power Goes Online On Tuesday our air source heat pumps were commissioned, making our green heating system complete. The heat pumps are complemented by back-up gas boilers and photovoltaic solar panels which provided 38% of our electricity in the last year. The system will be further improved in the summer when all radiators and piping will be upgraded to more energy-efficient models. It has been a long road to reach this point with the team spending many hours in meetings with engineers and electrical specialists. Safe to say Mr Wicks and Mr Thorne are now incredibly knowledgeable about the intricacies of sustainable heating! Watch this space for news of further green improvements.

Friday 29 September 2023 School Council Elected Last week the whole school got involved in hustings to elect their representatives to the School Council. A huge number of children stood for office, bravely making speeches to their year group. Well done to everyone who took part. It’s great to see that the Strand tradition of developing responsible and committed citizens continues. The results of the elections were announced in assembly this week and the whole school was able to congratulate their new representatives as they received their badge of office. This is the School Council for 2023:

Friday 29 September 2023 Year 6 Debating Team visit Putney High On Tuesday, Year 6 were lucky enough to be invited to an inter-school debating event at Putney High School. After some fun introductory games, it was time to reveal the first motion: this house believes that children under 14 should not be allowed to go to boarding school. For this first debate, Strand were split into two proposition teams (arguing for the motion) and two opposition teams (arguing against the motion). Even though it was Strand against Strand, there was still a lot of courage on show in taking the floor to make a clear, reasoned argument. After lots of constructive feedback from the judges, it was time to go again, now against teams from other schools. The second motion proposed that children should have more say in what they learn in school. This idea sparked some genuine dissent amongst our Year 6s: the opposition disagreed, concerned that children would limit their opportunities by sticking only to the subjects that they liked whereas the proposition insisted that mo

Friday 29 September 2023 Year 5&6 Girls Football Team Off to a Winning Start On Wednesday, 17 Year 5 and 6 girls represented the school in this year’s first football tournament at Springwell school. Split into two teams, Strand A and Strand B, both teams went into the games pumped and raring to go. Strand A got off to a great start dominating their first games but despite this (and having more shots than they can count), they only found the net twice in their first 3 games but still remained undefeated. Strand B on the other hand couldn’t stop scoring in their first game with Daisy K scoring a hat-trick and Hannah adding to the scoreline. As the morning went on both Strand team found their shooting boots and won the rest of their games with Strand B only losing one game - and that was to Strand A! In the end Strand A topped the group with 14 points closely followed by Strand B on 11 points in second place. Goal scorers for the teams were Imani, Daisy K, Hattie, Grace, Yasmina and Hannah. Well done to Nicole, Daisy May, Evie, Charlotte UP, Grace, Cle

Friday 22 September 2023 Railway Bridge Update An update on the railway bridge planning application - the prior application made by Network Rail has been refused by the planning team. Over 60 objections were received which have been summarised in the attached decision notice and delegated report. Click this link to see the decision.

Friday 22 September 2023 School Street Co-Design - Play Street The charity Sustrans are embarking on a project to improve the Brooks Lane environment. This affects local residents and Strand families at pick-up and drop off so the first step is a community wide consultation. Click here to complete the School Street survey. The play street this afternoon is just one of the events the Sustrans team have planned.

Friday 22 September 2023 Easyfundraising We are registered with the easyfundraising website so over 7,000 brands will donate to us for free every time you use it to shop, book a holiday or take out insurance. They are currently running a competition to win a £500 donation and if you use this QR code to sign up we will get double entries! Alternatively, visit our easyfundraising page.

Friday 22 September 2023 Strand Food Bank Collection Our local foodbank in Brentford who we work with is desperate for donations. They need anything that’s non-perishable: cereals, baby food, pasta, rice, sugar, milk, pudding (eg rice pudding or custard), tinned fruit and veg, pasta sauces, tinned tomatoes, tinned meat/fish, tea/coffee, biscuits. Any toiletries like shampoo/conditioner, body wash, toothbrush/paste, sanitary products and nappies (of all sizes) would be much appreciated. All donations by 6th October please.

Friday 15 September 2023 Reading in Unusual Places Competition In our summer reading newsletter, we challenged everyone to be caught reading in an unusual place during the holidays. There were several interesting entries so the choice was difficult but our favourites were Aryan in the dentist’s waiting room and Yasmina who in one of her photos, looked like she was driving a combine harvester. Well done to everyone who entered. Look out for another competition in the next reading newsletter!

Friday 15 September 2023 Secondary Transfer Meeting for Years 3, 4 and 5 Are you thinking about your secondary school options We are holding a meeting for parents in years 3, 4 and 5 to discuss the process and explain your choices. The meeting will be held on 21st September at 7:30pm in the hall. Please drop by - it’s never too early to start thinking of your options particularly if you are considering the Independent sector.

Friday 15 September 2023 Secondary Transfer for Year 6 The deadline for Secondary Transfer paperwork is fast approaching. Please be aware there will be no hard copies of the ‘Transfer to Secondary School’ brochure. They are available on the Hounslow website and all applications have to be made on line. Should this be an issue, please contact the office who will be happy to help. The secondary Transfer Meeting for Year 6 is next Thursday 21st September at 6pm. If you have any questions after attending the meeting then call Miss Reid to book an appointment.

Thursday 20 July 2023 Farewell Year 6 We held the traditional leavers' assembly this morning to say farewell to Year 6 and our colleagues who are moving on. The most hotly anticipated part of the event is revealing the results of the Interhouse competitions which have taken place throughout the year.

Tuesday 18 July 2023 Strand becomes School of Rock It was the first night on Monday.

Tuesday 18 July 2023 Summer Reading Newletter The summer term reading newsletter is here. There are lots of suggestions for what to read over the summer as well as the chance to win prizes in our Reading in Unusual Places competition.

Saturday 15 July 2023 SATs Results - Well Done Year 6 The 2023 SATs results were returned to school last week and after a very disrupted couple of years we are very proud of each and every Strandite. The table below shows the percentage of children at Strand in Year 6 and River class reaching the expected standard compared to all children nationally.

Friday 7 July 2023 Chiswick Repair Café - Saturday 15th July The Chiswick Repair Café is taking place on Saturday 15th July at Christ Church Turnham Green, and is a fantastic resource. You can bring any broken household item along, and one of their repair volunteers will try to help fix it. It is really amazing what can be fixed! There's no price to pay - it's donation only. Some things that have been fixed include sewing and darning repairs, jewellery, ceramics, watches and clocks, furniture, picture frames, toys, vacuum cleaners, printers, computers, light fittings, luggage, bikes and more. There is also someone who will sharpen knives and garden tools. Do something good for the environment as well as your wallet by fixing something rather than throwing it away. And, there is cake! What more could you ask for Click for more details.

Friday 7 July 2023 Strand Achieves Gold School Games Mark We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games GOLD Mark Award for the 2022/23 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched to reward and recognise school engagement in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. Over the last year our aim has been to try and engage those who haven’t previously been active or represented our school. With over 70% of the school representing Strand in Inter-School competition at local and borough level we are well on our way to achieving that goal. A huge thank you to Ms Smith Stevenson, Mr Ash, Mr Bentley and Mr Caton, for raising the profile of physical wellbeing and sports at Strand and being fantastic role-models for our children. Read on for more sporting success.

Friday 30 June 2023 Staffing for Next Year While the class lists for next year are still being fine-tuned, and will be with families on the 13th July, the staffing has been finalised. Kay Richards will continue in her role as SENDCo. Gill Coulton will be without class responsibility and will be providing additional support in Year 6. Lucy Burton (nee Mackowska) will continue as cover teacher and EAL specialist. Geoff Bonner will continue to teach music two days a week. Remi Murray will put his language talents to good use by teaching French throughout the school, Emily Smith-Stevenson will head up the PE team. We have one new recruit to the teaching team: Hannah Howard who will be joining us as an ECT next year. Hannah has just completed her training at St Mary’s University and specialises in Maths and loves to code video games in her spare time.

Friday 30 June 2023 Strand Girls Excel in STEM Hackathon On Tuesday, we took 15 girls from Year 3 - 5 to Imperial College London for the Hello World Hack, run by Doctor Jackie Bell. The aim was to inspire and encourage more young women to explore STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) and to introduce them to the types of careers they could have in this field. The activities ranged from designing their own app, coding and programming robots. The girls worked well in their teams to solve a variety of problems. In Year 3, Gaia, Gantisha, Ela, Reema and Elaine won prizes for their app and in machine learning. In Year 4, Evelyn, Marni, Eva, Duru and Khulan won prizes in code breaking and in Year 5, Sofia, Charlotte F, Selin, Grace and Ana won prizes for their app design too! Sofia even won a jar of marbles for using maths to estimate the number of marbles in the jar, while she didn’t get the exact number correct, her excellent reasoning impressed the judges.

Friday 23 June 2023 Team Captains Elected This week, the school has been caught up in election frenzy as the children in Year 5 have been standing for high office as team captains. A huge number of children stood and made great speeches during the hustings with every child in Year 5 taking part in some way or another. The election was held yesterday in the gym, which served as a polling station, and the results announced today in assembly. It was a close-run election and all the Year 5 candidates showed great confidence and courage in standing for office. In assembly, we took the opportunity to focus on the importance of exercising the democratic right which underpins British society – voting for your leaders and taking the time to evaluate your choices, looking carefully at each candidate’s pledges and comparing them to their actions.

Monday 19 June 2023 Year 6 Arrive at Beam House Year 6 arrived safely today just after 4 pm. The sun is shining and the children are already busy doing activities.

Friday 26 May 2023 A Kind Donation from Residents of Wellesley Road We were kindly donated £450 by the residents of Wellesley Road who recently held a street party to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles. The residents were so generous in their donations to the celebration fund that there was money left over after the party and they made the decision to donate the remaining funds to the Swan Centre. We are so grateful for the money and to know that we are included in such a caring and inclusive community. The Swan team are already drawing up a shopping list so watch this space for more news.

Friday 26 May 2023 Junior Maths Challenge Success Some of Years 5 and 6 took part in the Junior Maths Challenge run by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust earlier this term. The same questions are answered by children up to Year 8 in schools across the country which makes our results even more impressive. In total we received 28 awards: 2 golds (Sofia L and Angus), 12 silvers (Annis, Bella T-G, Leila, Samara, Thomas, Ashneet, Levi, Sam C, Gabriel S, David A, Ameera and Fatima) and 14 bronzes (Yahya, Sulaiman, Ayesha, Francesca, Khushi, Mubarig, Emily, Mila, Ella, Holly R, Nina, Oliver T, Archie and Daniel). Congratulations to everyone who took part for showing such resilience and determination. Special mention to the three pupils from Year 5 who were totally unfazed, especially Sofia L who came top in the school and has qualified for the bonus round! If you fancy a challenge, the questions (and answers) are here.

Friday 12 May 2023 National Mental Health Awareness week Next week is National Mental Health Awareness week and this year’s theme for the week is anxiety. Place2Be has published some useful resources for parents/ carers and families. Click here for a Primary resource and here for those families with older children.

Friday 12 May 2023 Walkers Breakfast - Wednesday 17th May Next week is walk to school week and we hope all families will leave the car at home and walk. To encourage you we will be holding our annual Walkers Breakfast on Wednesday 17th May from 8:30am. If you walk to school you will be treated to a healthy breakfast in Brooks Lane – make sure you get here bright and early and fingers crossed the rain holds off!

Friday 12 May 2023 Well Done Year 6 A huge well done to Year 6, who have been taking part in national tests this week. Exams are not fun but it has been a pleasure to see the children so well prepared and eager to take on the challenge. Throughout the whole week, and the preparations, the children were impeccably behaved and showed real commitment. All that remains now is the long wait until the results are through in July. Hold it together Year 6!

Friday 5 May 2023 Coronation Celebrations A right royal collection of crowns were on show today – thank you to everyone who joined in the fun and made a crown. The children were very proud of their royal garb and enjoyed sharing them in assembly. More news on the SOTG residents competition in next weeks newsletter.

Friday 28 April 2023 Strandites Shine in Maths Challenges Annis in 6R has earned a certificate of merit for her entry into the MEM challenge run by the University of Liverpool. The competition took place over February half term and is aimed at pupils in years 7 and 8. Annis had to solve problems based around the theme of Ancient Egypt but, as a true mathematician, she also explained her logic clearly. Well done Annis.

Friday 28 April 2023 Footbridge Closure You may have seen the notices on the railway footbridge stating that it will be closed for replacement from the 15th May for a period of 10 weeks. Whilst the replacement of the bridge is welcomed we realise that many families will have a longer journey to school. Traffic congestion in the roads near school already cause significant problems at drop-off so we urge families to travel the extra distance on foot, wherever possible. Please put this date in your diary and make sure you have planned your new route so children still arrive to school on time.

Friday 21 April 2023 Coronation Celebrations Strand celebrations of the Coronation will take place on Friday 5th May. Celebrations will combine the history of the ceremony with a fun and festive coronation tea party. The SotG Association has a street party planned for Sunday 7th. As part of the festivities Strand children have been invited to enter a competition: A crown fit for a King or Queen. Details have been posted on Google Classroom as an optional homework task to be completed by May 5th .

Friday 21 April 2023 Earth Day Today we celebrated Earth Day at school. It was fantastic to see everyone wearing so much green and a huge well done to the Eco Committee for an excellent assembly. The committee reps shared why Earth Day is so important and tips on how we can all be greener and make more eco-friendly choices. The theme of Earth Day this year is, 'Invest in our Future' and so we discussed how everyone making small choices can have a big difference. The money we have raised from wearing green mufti is going to be donated to a local charity, Thames21, who work to conserve and protect London's waterways.

Friday 24 March 2023 Year 4 Gurdwara Visit This week Year 4 visited the Gurdwara in Hounslow. The children were keen to show off their brilliant knowledge and asked fab questions to deepen their understanding of the faith and how it is practiced. As ever we were made incredibly welcome by the team who were keen to show us a glimpse of their community. Thank you to all the parents who accompanied us and special mention to Ranveer's family who provided headscarves for the group.

Friday 24 March 2023 Violin Workshop with the Benedetti Foundation In more musical news Hounslow Music Service organised a violin workshop with the Benedetti foundation and it was great to see some Strandites taking part. The final performance was just brilliant. We are so lucky to partner with HMS and get access to all of these events.

Friday 24 March 2023 Young Artist's Exhibition A big thank you to everyone that entered a piece of artwork for the Royal Academy’s Young Artist competition. It’s been lovely to see such a variety of mediums being used – paint, pencil, digital, ceramic – and Miss Marron has been blown away by the talent on offer. Submissions are now closed and once the pieces have been uploaded they will be returned back to you. Good luck!

Friday 17 March 2023 Comic Relief 2023 The traditional Red Nose Day fun took place today with lots of red clothes, some tricky questions in the teacher v children quiz and the traditional teacher gunking. As ever Strandites joined in with gusto with lots of great red outfits and a plethora of red noses. The point of Red Nose Day was not forgotten and each class took a moment in between the fun to reflect on the point of the day – raising money for those less fortunate than ourselves at home and abroad. As ever Strandites were generous and to date we have raised £751.

Friday 17 March 2023 Year 6 SATs Meeting / Beam House If you missed the meeting then the presentation can be found here and the Beam House information here

Friday 10 March 2023 Visit to Boston Manor Park On Monday, just as the Ringsfield coach was departing, another Year 5 group headed off to Boston Manor Park. No sooner had they arrived, than they were straight into the woods for a ‘survival’ session. Have you ever tried tying a hammock to a gnarly tree It’s trickier than you might think, but Year 5 were up to the challenge. Other skills on show were following a rope trail, reading a map and using flint to light a camp fire. Then, after eating lunch in the brand new classroom facility, it was time for an urban/rural nature walk, spotting cormorants, moorhens and so much more. Here’s a fascinating fact for you – eels that have travelled all the way from the Sargasso Sea, across the Atlantic, can be found in the River Brent! Not to mention the bats that hang out underneath the motorway viaduct. It was a hugely enjoyable trip with lots to learn about our local environment and the importance of conservation. Well done to Aisha, Faduma, Lazar (5S), Alanna-Mari

Friday 10 March 2023 Ringsfield 2023 The first group of Ringsfielders have returned tired but happy after their week learning to be Earthwatchers in Suffolk. The children have had a fantastic time despite the wintry weather. Back in school, we’ve been able to see the excitement of Ringsfield first hand thanks to all of the fabulous photos that have been posted on the Strand website throughout the week. Returners, make sure that you have a look as soon as you get home – you’ll be able to start reminiscing straight away! Thank you to the staff who accompanied the group!

Friday 3 March 2023 World Book Day 2023 We celebrated in style with lots of book-related activities including our traditional book character costume parade and visits to the Reading Café. We were also treated to two brilliant author visits arranged by Mr Thorne. Firstly Hannah Moffatt – a new author whose debut novel Small! about a boy on stilts at a school for giants has just been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Our second author was Aisling Fowler whose first novel Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest was a huge hit last year and we were lucky enough to get the sequel Phoenix and the Frost Palace before its official release day in the shops. Years 3 & 4 and Swan had fun creating creatures from the swamp whilst Years 5 & 6 invented a huntling and a monster to live in their imaginary world. We also learnt that inspiration can come from anywhere, books obviously but also video games and TV, and you are never too young to start writing! As ever the costumes were brilliant and

Friday 3 March 2023 Athlete Visit Wow what an active morning we had! Every child joined in with the sponsored event showing great energy and enthusiasm. The assembly that followed from Victoria Ohuruogu was inspirational when she inspired Strandites to discover and pursue their passion in life. Victoria spoke of her journey to become a GB athlete and how she lived by the two principles of passion and perseverance which have allowed her to achieve her goals in the face of 7 long years of injury and disappointment. Thank you to everyone who has joined in by sponsoring their child and to Mr Bentley who organised the event. Sponsorship forms and money in by 10th March please.

Friday 24 February 2023 Athlete Visit - Friday 3rd March - Wear your PE kit We are very excited to be welcoming top athlete Victoria Ohuruogu to the school on Friday, 03 March 2023. Victoria will be leading a sponsored fitness circuit with all pupils and will follow up with an inspirational assembly, with a question and answer session. The aim of the event is to inspire the pupils to be more physically active, but just as importantly, encourage them to discover and pursue their passion in life. The event will connect the pupils to an extraordinary athlete role model and raise money to improve physical activity in the school, it also supports both athletes and para-athletes, so that they can continue to inspire the next generation. Sponsorship forms in by 10th March.

Friday 24 February 2023 World Book Day - Wednesday 1st March Next week, we will be celebrating World Book Day, on Wednesday 1st March, along with our Infant colleagues. This is a change of date due to industrial action. As is tradition, the children are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite literary character. We’re hoping to see as many homemade costumes made of recycled materials as possible! The costumes at Strand are always spectacular and showcase the incredible breadth of reading interest in our school. The highlight as ever will be our costume parade through the playground. This year will also see the return of last year's hit, the Reading Café. Year groups will be mixed together throughout the day to share their favourite reads with children outside of their class, while munching a biscuit or two! Children are therefore asked to bring in one book on Wednesday which they feel confident to talk about to their peers. This could be the book which has inspired their costume, their all-time favourite or simply their

Friday 10 February 2023 Mufti for the Syria/Turkey Earthquake Appeal - Thank You We have been moved by the generosity Strand families have shown when donating to the earthquake appeal today. The total stands at £510 as we go to press. The tab will remain open throughout half term for families to donate. Support will be needed for the communities affected for the foreseeable future so we will be planning more events throughout the year. Below are details for some charities currently working in the area if you would like to pledge support.

Friday 10 February 2023 PE Days As Yr 3 will be swimming after half term PE days have changed

Friday 13 January 2023 Online Second Hand Uniform Store Goes Live Miss Reid has been busy setting up an online second hand uniform store on the platform Uniformd. The system is very simple and works in the same way as online retailers such as Vinted but without the option to barter! This means you have year round access to essential kit at a fraction of the price, perfect for replacing items that go missing or get outgrown. Simply go to the Strand page on Uniformd.co.uk by clicking here choose your items, checkout and then wait for an email to tell you Ruth Woods Head Teacher Gill Coulton Deputy Head Teacher Tara Ristic Assistant Head Teacher Dr. Avi Braun Chair of Governors Newsletter 16 Friday 13th January 2023 your items are ready to collect from the office. Simple! Thank you to all those families who have donated unwanted uniform and made this possible.

Friday 13 January 2023 Strandites Invited to Tea at Houses of Parliament Mila and Leila received some exciting post this week: an invite to have tea with Ruth Cadbury, (our MP), at the Houses of Parliament as winners of her Christmas Card competition. The girls will be having a tour of the historic building before they have tea with Ms Cadbury. Well done to both Mila and Leila – we look forward to hearing all about it!

Friday 16 December 2022 Thank You for Your Generosity Ms Whelan has been busy this week with food bank deliveries, making two trips such was the quantity of donations. It was lovely to see families taking the time to include special festive treats. I know they will be much appreciated. The generosity of Strand families has been amazing– it has been fantastic to see the impact their gifts have had – bringing joy to those who have received them both inside the Strand family and beyond.

Friday 16 December 2022 Strand Awarded AfPE Quality Mark with Distinction We are proud and delighted to announce that Strand Juniors has been awarded the AfPE Quality Mark, with distinction! The AfPE Quality Mark is a prestigious award that evidences and recognises the strength and quality of Physical Education, School Sport & Physical Activity at Strand Juniors. Strand is now one of only six primary schools in London to achieve this and as a result we will be signposted to the Department of Education as a model of best practice. Particular points that were highlighted in the report were…

Friday 9 December 2022 Strandites Win MP Christmas Card Competition

Friday 9 December 2022 Choir Sing at Fair and Flower Market A huge thank you and well done to our wonderful Strand choir who performed not once but twice last weekend, at both the school fair and the Chiswick High Road Flower Market. A rousing rendition of I wish it could be Christmas Everyday was followed by Gaudete in a three-part harmony. The performance finale was foot-stomping, crowd-pleasing romp through Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody. What a wonderful curtain-raiser on our musical Christmas at Strand on the Green Juniors.

Friday 9 December 2022 Secret Strandite - Francesca takes Bronze for GB Gymnastics Francesca in Yr 6 has been competing for the Great Britain team in the aerobic gymnastics competition in Lithuania this week. She rose to the challenge of competing at an international level and after a cracking routine came away with a Bronze Medal for Great Britain. Aside from the experience of representing her country, Francesca enjoyed the amazing opportunity to meet and make new friends with other gymnasts across several European nations including Ukraine. A huge well done from us here at Strand!

Sunday 4 December 2022 Britannica Magazine Subscription Offer Britannica magazine are currently offering 20% off a subscription when you use code Xmas20. Make sure you select our school from the list during checkout so that we get book vouchers for some new non-fiction books.

Friday 2 December 2022 Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 8th December Strand is joining in with Save the Children's annual Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 8th December. This day raises money for children in the UK and across the world so we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £2. This year, the UK government has promised to double any contributions made. Double the funds, double the fun!

Friday 2 December 2022 Planting for the future The Eco representatives welcomed friends from Chiswick Park Estate Management Team this week and were busy planting many crocus bulbs around the school. Many thanks to Mrs Wilkes, Mrs Heath and all of the reps who as ever displayed a hardworking and positive attitude when they got this marvellous opportunity. These bulbs were chosen as they are particularly good for helping pollination. The team very kindly have left us many bulbs to distribute at the Christmas fair tomorrow. They recommend planting them within the week if you can.

Friday 2 December 2022 Christmas Fair - Saturday 3rd December It's going to be a great day! There are lots of great things to buy and some brand new items to entertain the children. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the bottle tombola and bought raffle tickets. Thank you to all who have been very busy helping to prepare for this super event and we look forward to seeing you there, between 11am and 3pm.

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Friday 25 November 2022 Strandites Shine in London Youth Games Last weekend Sofia S and Daniel M took part in the London Youth Games Cross Country event in proper cross country conditions – mud and hills both featured. Both did brilliantly with Sofia maintaining her place as the fastest girl in Hounslow and achieving a credible 47th position from a field of 197 runners. Daniel improved on his last performance coming 5th in Hounslow and 163rd out of 210 runners from across London. We are so proud of their achievements and are looking forward to them competing in more London events.

Friday 18 November 2022 Primary Maths Challenge Over 50 of our pupils from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Primary Maths Challenge over the last couple of weeks and amongst many superb performances special mention must go to Sofia from Year 5 and Angus, Fatima, Khushi, Archie and Emily from Year 6 who all earned a Gold award. Well done to everyone who took part and showed such determination with some very tricky questions.

Friday 18 November 2022 Author Visit On Monday, the whole school was treated to a visit from fantastic author Jennifer Killick, creator of the brilliant Alex Sparrow, Crater Lake and Dread Wood series. With us all day, Jennifer spoke to Years 3 and 4 about the importance of imagination and gave some great ways to keep them growing so that they ‘don’t shrivel up and die’! The focus with Years 5 and 6 was the inspiration behind her latest horror series, which included how to scare and disgust your reader to keep them hooked! Some lucky children across the school, including Otter and River classes, were able to take part in a writing workshop focussing on ‘suspicion’. The children were encouraged to find unusual things around them and were taught how to generate ideas and retell stories relating to these ‘suspicious’ items. With tremendous creativity being shown in their writing and story-telling, Jennifer clearly ignited the imagination of all the children.

Friday 11 November 2022 Open Day - Thank you Thank you to all the families who took the time to attend Open Day on Wednesday - it was just lovely to see the school full of visitors. The children were so excited to share their work with families and take them on a tour of the school. Thank you to the ambassadors from across the school who guided visitors to classes and gave impromptu tours! Well done to Gabriel S, Holly, Ashneet, Oliver H, Maha, Shadlin, Marnie, Kai and Evelyn. They were a real credit to the school.

Friday 11 November 2022 Strandites Shine in Borough Cross Country On Wednesday, Strand took part in the cross country Championships at Osterley Park. Thirteen children from Years 4-6, who had impressed us with their long distance running in the Mini Marathon, were chosen to represent. Children in Year 3/4 ran 1km while those in Year 5/6 ran 1.6km. For the boys races, well over 150 children were running and for the girls nearly 100! Incredibly, out of the hundreds of children competing, Hannah in Year 4 and Sofia in Year 6 both came 1st in their races meaning that between them they won every girls race in the borough. Hattie was close behind them coming in 3rd place! For the boys, Sebastian in Year 5 came an impressive 5th place and Daniel in Year 6 10th. The rest of our runners almost all came within the top 100. Because of their outstanding achievements and being in Year 6, Sofia and Daniel have been put forward to represent Hounslow in the London Youth Games cross country event later this month. We are all so proud and impressed with all the childr

Friday 4 November 2022 Open Day Invitations have been sent out for our annual Open Day on the 9th November 2022 and we are all busy preparing the school for visitors. Please stick to the times on the invite to make sure lunch is not interrupted. We are looking forward to seeing you if you can come along.

Friday 4 November 2022 Fantastic Fireworks Well done to everyone who was involved in organising the Friends’ Fireworks yesterday, which went off with a bang. The weather was kind to us, finding a brief dry window, and the fireworks were, as usual, amazing. The evening had a great community feel. There was lots of positive feedback from everybody as they left. So, our thanks to the Friends, stall-managers and organisers. It is their hard work that makes these events seem so effortless.

Friday 4 November 2022 Welcome Back We hope you all had a good half term - the second half of the Autumn term has certainly started with a bang! Happy Diwali to all our families who have been celebrating - the fireworks lit up the night sky across London and were spectacular!

Friday 21 October 2022 Have a great half term... As we draw to the end of what has been a great half term, special mention to Year 3 who are all getting another stamp in their passport for being #Spirited #Scholarly #Supportive Strandites in so many ways since joining us. It has been a pleasure getting to know them and their families.

Friday 21 October 2022 Secondary Transfer Deadline - 31st October 2022 A reminder that the closing date for Secondary Transfer forms to be completed online is 31st October. Currently only 54 applications have been made by Strand families - don't miss the deadline as it will cause undue stress to you and your child down the line.

Friday 14 October 2022 Year 4 MTC meeting Thank you to the parents and carers who attended the Multiplication Times Check meeting with Mrs Ristic on Thursday. As well as explaining strategies to help to support learning these key facts at home, details about the statutory Year 4 check that will take place in June 2023 were given. Do not worry if you could not make the meeting, click here for the presentation. Mrs Ristic is often on the door in the morning, or in the playground at pick up, so please catch her if you have any questions.

Friday 14 October 2022 Eco Committee Congratulations to our new Year 3 Eco Committee Representatives. Our elected representatives were Safiya in 3M, Elaine in 3S and Yousiff in 3DR. We are so pleased to have them on the committee and hear their interesting thoughts on how to be more environmentally friendly. The whole committee met this week to welcome our new members and discuss top tips to living a more eco-friendly lifestyle. We then created a video sharing these tips which you can access through the QR code.

Friday 7 October 2022 Maths Squad Compete at Hampton School This week, we took four Year 5 children to the Maths Wizard Competition at Hampton School. The mathematicians took part in five rounds of problems ranging from rounds entitled "Am I Odd" to "Consecutive Numbers". In the "Cross Number" round, the young mathematicians were tasked with completing a challenging numerical crossword puzzle. Sofia, Thomas, Gabriel and Oliver H worked so well as a team and came 10th out of 22 schools from the local area - well done!

Friday 7 October 2022 Science in Year 5 Year 5 have been conducting experiments this week as part of their science topic. They were investigating whether the size of the canopy of a parachute would affect the rate of descent. The children all gathered in the back playground and made predictions about how quickly the batman figure would fall from the top of the Year 5 building with various parachutes attached. They then put the results in a table and a bar graph to see if they could spot a pattern.

Friday 7 October 2022 Cross Country On Monday the cross-country team went out to their first competition of the year at Heathlands school. Sixteen teams took part in the competition with over a hundred children taking part. The runners had to run a range of distances from 600m to 1200m and were well and truly exhausted after the event. The boys team came 4th overall whilst the girls team took 8th position. A cracking performance - well done to Suki, Leah, Mya, Leila, Destinee, Kaitlyn, Charlotte T, Oliver T, Roxy, Teddy, Jack, Maya, Leo, Ashleigh, Tali and Katty.

Friday 30 September 2022 Book Buying On Tuesday, Miss Heale and Miss Kennedy-Alexander were invited to visit Strand’s favourite bookshop, The Alligator’s Mouth, in Richmond. The staff there were hosting a ‘Teachers’ Night’, and Strand teachers were the first on the guest list as they know how keen we are on reading as a school. Miss Heale and Miss K-A came away from the event with a haul of new titles to bulk up our stock, particularly lighter chapter books and non-fiction titles, and a host of new ideas as to how to continue to boost reading for pleasure in our school. Watch this space! Thank you to Raimundo, Chyna, Louis, Anais, Katty, Bella, Maya and Nikhil who helped to unpack the new books and delivered them to their first home in Year 4 and 5.

Friday 30 September 2022 School Council Elected Over the last week the whole school has been involved in hustings to elect their representatives to the School Council. A huge number of children stood for office and bravely made speeches at their year group assemblies. Well done to everyone who took part. It’s great to see that the Strand tradition of developing responsible and committed citizens continues. The results of the elections were announced in assembly this week and the whole school was able to congratulate their new representatives as they received their badge of office.

Friday 23 September 2022 Fundraise for Strand We will get a FREE entry in the new #easyfundraising Refer to Win competition each time a new supporter signs up before the 1st October! Over 7,200 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to do your everyday online shopping and every donation you raise makes a difference. To get started, visit our easyfundraising page and click 'Support this cause'. An easyfundraising app is available to download on the App Store or Google Play. We currently have 47 supporters have raised £1048 to date.

Friday 16 September 2022 Remembering Our Queen Each year group has spent a little time remembering our Queen this week.

Friday 16 September 2022 Secondary Transfer for Year 6 Year 6 Secondary Transfer paperwork is fast approaching. Please be aware there will be no hard copies of the ‘Transfer to Secondary School’ brochure. The brochures are available on the Hounslow website and all applications have to be made on line. Should this be an issue, please contact the office who will be happy to help. If you have any questions or would just like to talk it through then call Miss Reid in the office to book an appointment with Miss Woods.

Friday 9 September 2022 Hounslow Food Bank Needs Us As economic hardships begin to bite Hounslow Food Bank has been inundated with requests for support and desperately needs both more donations and volunteers who can help. Donations of dried foods and toiletries can be left in reception before Ms Whelan makes a delivery at the end of next week. If you can volunteer just leave your details at reception and we will pass them on.

Friday 9 September 2022 Drop Off Times The drop off times this year are as follows:-

Friday 9 September 2022 Welcome Back! What a joy it has been to have everyone back in school

Wednesday 20 July 2022 Summer Maths and Reading Challenges NRICH will be publishing a maths challenge a day throughout the summer; what a great opportunity to keep up those super skills over the holiday! Each weekday, from 18 July to 2 September, a new interactive game or puzzle will appear on the Primary page and if you have a go at a challenge you will be able to compare your approach to other children's solutions. We know how many super mathematicians we have so we look forward to hearing how you found the challenges. Please remember to use Numbots, Sumdog and Times Tables Rock Stars to keep the super fluency that you have worked so hard on in school and at home all year.

Wednesday 20 July 2022 Farewell We held the traditional leavers' assembly this morning to say farewell to Year 6 and our colleagues who are moving on. The most hotly anticipated part of the event is revealing the results of the Interhouse competitions which have taken place throughout the year. The Maths Cup was retained by Red Team, Yellow Team won the football, Yellow Team the Rugby, Blue Team the Rounders, whilst Blue won the Sports Day Cup and Yellow won the Team Points Cup which meant that the much coveted Inter House Cup went to – wait for it – Yellow Team. Congratulations to everyone in Yellow Team and to Felix and Alice who have been great captains this year. The Strand Special Award went to Amelia and Sophie M in recognition of the way they exhibit all the qualities we expect in a Strandite, all the while being quietly brilliant – actually Miss Manson is not quiet at all but equally brilliant! Honorable mentions went to George and Felix who were in the running for the award. The Buj Wretham

Wednesday 20 July 2022 Grease - What a Show! On what was the hottest day we have ever experienced at Strand, the curtain went up on this year’s show Grease. The children were all just brilliant and made it a show to remember! Both nights got a standing ovation as the audience were on their feet demanding an encore. The children were more than happy to oblige with a cracking rendition of Greased Lightning. We are very proud of everybody involved - bravo Year 6!

Friday 15 July 2022 Weather next week Temperatures are set to rise over the weekend and next week promises to see the highest temperatures of the year. In light of this we are giving families the option to collect your child at 1:30pm on Monday or Tuesday afternoon. If you are at all concerned please err on the side of caution and make a sensible decision for your family. School will remain open and we will be planning low key activities to avoid overexertion in the heat. Please wear loose, light clothing for the remainder of the term.

Friday 8 July 2022 Year 6 Activity Week The week started with a splash on Monday with Dragon Boating on the River Thames. For a first hand version of events read on …

Friday 8 July 2022 Terrific Taster Day It has been wonderful to hear such positive feedback from adults and children after the Year 2 'Taster Day' on Tuesday. In the morning, our new Juniors Strandites met their class teacher and support staff and completed some super maths and reading activities. Playtime and lunchtime were great fun as everybody started to learn the new routines and all showed how #spirited and #supportive they are. The afternoon was a chance to spend some time with our specialist staff. Mr Murray's French lesson was 'très bon!', PE with Mr Bentley was "super active and fun" and in Computing Mrs Donovan and Mrs Ristic taught everybody to log onto Sumdog on Chromebooks #scholarly. Handovers with our Infant colleagues will continue and the Year 2s will have another lesson with their new teacher and share show songs with the Year 6s towards the end of term.

Friday 1 July 2022 Staffing for Next Year While the class lists for next year are still being fine-tuned, and will be with families on the 15th July, the staffing has been finalised. Kay Richards will continue in her role as SENDCo. Gill Coulton will be without class responsibility and will be providing additional support in Year 6. Lucy Mackowska will continue as cover teacher and EAL specialist based in Year 5. Geoff Bonner will continue to teach music two days a week. Remi Murray will put his language talents to good use by teaching French throughout the school, Emily Smith-Stevenson will head up the PE team. We have one new recruit to the teaching team: Anna Donovan who will be job sharing with Tara Ristic in 3DR. Anna is a very experienced teacher and is joining us from a school in Richmond but is well known to Strand as the mother of Finn and Joe. The final new recruit is Roxanne Matoorian who will be joining us as a part time Catch Up Tutor.

Friday 1 July 2022 Grow a Pound Grow a PoundOver the last few weeks Year 6 have been working hard starting their own businesses for our Grow a Pound initiative. After an initial investment of £1, the children have been tasked with creating innovative businesses in order to grow that money and fund their leavers hoodies. From very well appreciated staffroom samosas, to car washes, home grown fruit, ice pops and ice creams and even father's day cards, we’ve seen it all! Year 6 have raised a huge amount and they're not finished yet - not only are they funding their hoodies but they're working hard to leave a legacy for future Strandites.

Friday 17 June 2022 Secondary Simulation Well, this week has certainly been a busy one in Year 6 - or should I say Year 7! Secondary simulation week has been taking place everyday and the children have really risen to the challenge. With a new expectation to organise themselves with equipment, find their way to different classrooms, ensure that their parents have signed their planners and manage a much more demanding homework schedule, every child has been able to experience a taste of life at secondary school. The children have demonstrated real responsibility and maturity throughout this week and should be incredibly proud of how they have conducted themselves. It won’t be long before we are sending them off to their secondary schools and this has served as a perfect practice. A huge well done to Year 6 for taking it in their stride and embracing it with the spirit with which it was intended - even the detentions!

Friday 17 June 2022 Year 2 to 3 Transition Mrs Ristic and Ms Bhati met this week to discuss each of the Year 2 classes to help inform staffingchoices and a letter will be sent regarding this early next week. It was wonderful to hear how excitedthe children are about the transition process and how #spirited, scholarly and supportive the yeargroup is. A reminder that Year 2 parents and carers are invited to a transition meeting on Thursday23rd June at 9am in the Junior Hall. We have also invited some current Year 3 families to pop along to share their experiences and to answer any questions. We look forward to meeting you then and introducing you to your child's teacher and Kay Richards our SENDCo who will also be attending.

Friday 17 June 2022 Stunning Summer Fair - Thank you! It was so lovely to see so many of you enjoying our Strand Summer Fair on Saturday. It was a very fun, busy day and from the word on WhatsApp and the kind feedback we have received, it was very much a return to the pre-covid vibe. All of your generosity is very much appreciated and in total you raised a whopping £10,090.33! So a huge thank you to all of you who bought raffle tickets, got coated in sugar in the aid of candyfloss, painted faces, survived the tombola, managed the queue for our busy rides, lugged tables and generally stepped up for your school. We are very grateful and hope that you will volunteer next time or maybe consider being a part of the committee, from The Friends

Saturday 11 June 2022 Secret Strandite - Mr Murray This weekend Mr Murray is undertaking a sponsored walk for Macmillan cancer research along the South Coast path from Brighton to Eastbourne, a distance of 26.2 miles! Mr Murray loves walking and is happiest up a mountain in the Lake District or climbing Snowdon so this is his idea of fun. It's just great to see that even the adults at Strand live by the Strand Values #supportive.

Saturday 11 June 2022 Strandites Shine In SOGA Competitions What a wonderful surprise we had on Tuesday when Ann Collins of the Strand-on-the-Green Association came by with a bag of certificates and prizes. You will remember the competitions we entered before half term which were part of the Strand community Jubilee celebrations. How exciting that so many Strandites were successful with their coat of arms. We also had winners in the other categories. Congratulations to all those mentioned below and our thanks to SoGA for being so thoughtful and generous in their commendations and prizes. We hear that the Jubilee Street Party was fabulous with the winners were announced on the day by Dame Eileen Atkins. The winners of each competition are also up on the SoGA website on Chiswick Calendar. A big well done to everybody who took part.

Saturday 28 May 2022 Right Royal Bake Off We had a huge selection of delicious and beautiful cakes entered for our bake off - the standard was definitely worthy of the tent and a few Hollywood handshakes. With not a soggy bottom in sight the table was full of fantastic entries from cupcakes to gravity defying three tiered wonders! Thank you to everyone who supported and, more importantly cleared up after, our budding bakers. The results were truly delicious and so beautiful we had to award a 1st , 2nd and 3rd place in each year group and even some highly commended!

Saturday 28 May 2022 Jubilee Celebrations The day has been packed with Jubilee Celebrations and the weather has been a beautiful backdrop to festivities. The day started with a fact packed assembly about the Queen's reign, the role of the monarchy and how the Queen's role as Head of State fits into our democratic system. The fun continued in class with lots of activities around the Jubilee before the street party this afternoon. The sun shone and the whole playground looked festive, decked out with red white and blue bunting as the children sat down to their traditional afternoon tea. The day ended with the bake off winners being announced and every child being given their commemorative coin to remember the day. Thank you to all the families who sent in food and to all the staff who worked hard to organise everything.

Friday 20 May 2022 Year 3 and Otter Guinness World Record Holders On Wednesday, we were invited to take part in a times tables rock stars live session in an attempt to achieve a new Guinness World Record title for the most views of a rolling numbers livestream! Year 3 and Otter joined the broadcast live from a school in London and with video feeds from schools in Cardiff, County Tyrone and Glasgow. Strictly Come Dancing star Katya Jones taught us some dance moves to accompany the times tables and the Education minister even joined the livestream to show his support for our fabulous mathematicians. A GuinnessWorld Record adjudicator informed us that we had indeed managed to break the previous record of 1500 people viewing a livestream to over 5000 people and we were very proud to receive class certificates as a record of this great achievement! Miss Smith and Mrs Ristic admitted that breaking a World Record was a lifetime ambition of theirs and they are now set on exploring if it is still possible to be awarded a Blue Peter badge!

Friday 20 May 2022 Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Next Friday we will celebrate the Platinum Jubilee here at school ahead of the national celebrations during half term. The day will be packed with fun and we have our fingers crossed for a sunny day. Events we have planned are:

Friday 13 May 2022 Strand Shines in UKMT Junior Maths Challenge Some of Year 6 took part in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge earlier this term and the results are outstanding. The competition is open for children across the country up to Year 8 and the questions are really demanding as a result. This year our pupils were awarded 3 golds (Edward, Zac and Sophie M), 7 silvers (Joshua, Zack, Lara, Arthur, Alice, Ozzie and Phillip) and 11 bronzes (Elliot, Vega, Jake, Zaki, Corentin, Ryan, Liza, Alex, Livia, Jasmine and Masoomeh). Congratulations to everyone who took part for showing such resilience in the face of some tricky questions. The paper is here if you want to challenge yourself #scholarly

Friday 6 May 2022 Year 3 share their Big Answers This week has seen the first of our Big Answers with Year 3 setting the bar high and showing the rest of the school how it’s done.

Friday 29 April 2022 Strand Launches The Big Answer Each of our topics are framed as an ‘enquiry’, driven by a ‘big question’ that steers learning through a clear sequence of lessons. As one lesson feeds into the next, knowledge and understanding grow. By the end children can use the knowledge they’ve gained to address the ‘big question’ at the heart of each topic. Over the course of the Summer term each class will present their 'big answer' to their families and classmates.

Friday 25 March 2022 A New Sumdog Challenge - 31st March Show off your skill in the first ever Sumdog times tables challenge. It takes place between 8am and 8pm next Thursday 31st March and each class will have the chance to top the table within Strand while competing against other classes from all over the UK. To take part, log into Sumdog and correctly answer 100 times tables questions. Good luck!

Friday 25 March 2022 World Autism Awareness Day - 31st March We will be marking this day by wearing blue - as much or as little as you wish. Miss Essex will lead a special assembly raising awareness and celebrating 'all different but all equal' message.

Friday 18 March 2022 Comic Relief Talent Show

Friday 18 March 2022 Puurfect Puss in Boots Panto The curtain has gone down on the Strand Panto for another year and what a panto it was! The audience loved the jokes and the classic audience participation was a great hit. A huge thank you to everyone who took part, either giving generously of their time or by buying a ticket for the event. The team put the show together on a shoestring so that all the money raised could go straight back to the Friends of Strand - what a great way to support our school.

Friday 11 March 2022 Red Nose Day Approaches Next Friday we will be hosting a number of events across the day to raise money for a great cause. Our first event is a talent show. Auditions are currently being held in each class. Only one act will be chosen per class, so get practising. Our second event will be a teacher assault course, where a number of lucky children will get to throw dodgeballs, water balloons and wet sponges at two chosen teachers. The two teachers will be picked by you! Voting is open on ParentPay or alternatively hand your votes to the office. Each vote will cost £1 per teacher but you can vote as many times as like. The top two teachers will be selected to take the assault course. Finally, whichever teacher loses the assault course will be getting GUNKED BY BEANS! Make sure to wear as much red as possible on the day and donate £1 to this amazing good cause. Red Noses can be bought for £1.50 at the office.

Friday 4 March 2022 World Book Day Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day in style! Strand came alive with characters from our favourite children’s books, bracing the chilly weather we showed off our fabulous costumes in a whole school parade. From the usual Hogwarts gang and Where’s Wally characters, to a truly Fantastic Mr Fox and the Year 4 team dressing up as a vicious host of Vikings! Another big hit was the launch of the Strand Reading Café! Year groups gathered together to share their favourite books with each other, over squash and biscuits. Not only was it lovely to see different year groups mixing together again, but it was fantastic hearing the children share stories, facts and their thoughts about what they were reading. We are hoping to make this a more regular occurrence in the coming months now mixing is more possible. Year 3 and 4 were lucky enough to watch a live performance of Michael Rosen. His hilarious poems and stories had us all equally enthralled and in fits of giggles –

Friday 25 February 2022 Calling All Gardeners - The Secret Garden Needs You! During COVID our much loved secret garden has become rather overgrown without regular attention from the gardening gang. We are keen to get the space cleared so we can plant our new hedgerow to encourage bio diversity. Consequently, we are looking for any keen gardeners who would be able to help us clear the area and ideally someone with access to a wood chipper to deal with the waste. If you have any time to spare on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday please contact the office - we'd love to hear from you.

Friday 25 February 2022 World Book Day Next Thursday 3rd March is World Book Day! We will be celebrating at school with different events such as a costume parade and the “Strand Reading Cafe” where different year groups come together to share books; there may even be refreshments! Children are asked to come to school dressed up as a character from a book as well as bringing a book that they would like to share with their peers. We are all really looking forward to the day and can’t wait to hear all about the children’s favourite reads!

Friday 11 February 2022 Free Doctor Bike session on Saturday There is a free Dr Bike session with @Bikeworksuk taking place on Saturday (12 February) from 10am to 12pm at Chiswick Common (Near Turnham Green Terrace, W4 1QN). For more information, please visit their website.

Friday 11 February 2022 Sport Swap Sport Swap is a new concept we are trialling to get children to become more active at home. We are asking families to kindly donate any unwanted sports equipment they may have. Anything goes - unused rackets, bats, balls, skipping ropes, shin pads or even football boots would all be very much appreciated. The idea is that children can borrow equipment just like they would books, almost like a sports library! The first Sport Swap will take place after school on Friday 25th February- please bring any sports equipment with you, ready to donate or swap.

Friday 4 February 2022 How Safe Is Your Internet? Tuesday 8th February is Safer Internet day, this years theme is ‘All fun and games’. The children will be doing lots of different activities in school next week. However it serves as the perfect opportunity for families to check privacy settings as well as have conversation about what activities we do online as well as the importance of regulating our behavior. Mrs Nosworthy is available on the door most afternoons to answer any questions or concerns you may have regarding devices and online use, you can also contact her via the office. In the meantime, these guides may be useful for keeping your family safe when online.

Friday 28 January 2022 UKMT Maths Challenge On Tuesday, the UK Mathematics Trust set a special challenge for students in year 8 and below to celebrate their 25th Anniversary.

Friday 28 January 2022 Strand Recommends Last term, we joined schools across the country as part of the judging for the Young People’s Book Prize 2021 awarded by the Royal Society. Our panel of children from years 5 and 6 had to rate each book in four different categories: interest, ease of reading, look and feel, and inspiration. The scores were consolidated and it was very close but our choice was Under the Stars, a book written by an astrophysicist that gives engaging answers to questions about the night sky. Thank you and well done to everyone on the panel for some brilliant feedback and a lot of reading! The award ceremony is on YouTube in March when we will find out which book has won the prize.

Friday 21 January 2022 STARS Award Yesterday we took delivery of our Gold STARS award for promoting active and safe travel to school. The award was obviously delivered in a sustainable way by electric cargo bike! Thank you to everyone who has taken part in all our initiatives in the last year but more importantly have changed their habits and travel more sustainably. Miss Heale and Miss Smith Stevenson who submitted all our evidence collected the award on behalf of the school. We still have some way to go but small changes can have a big impact particularly when driving to school. One change drivers can make is parking a little distance from the school and walking a short distance. This solves the problem of unsafe parking and turning in the Brooks Lane turning head and helps to up those active minutes. Give it a go next week.

Friday 14 January 2022 Ofsted: how did we do? The Ofsted report is finally out.

Friday 7 January 2022 Welcome Back and Happy New Year We hope you all had a restful break and managed to recharge your batteries ready for the new term. I wrote yesterday about the new COVID rules and the mitigations we have put in place. You can find the letter here.

Friday 17 December 2021 Thank You Ms Whelan has been busy this week with food bank deliveries, making two trips such was the quantity of donations.

Friday 17 December 2021 And Finally... A huge thank you to the whole Strand community for your support and hard work in what has again been a challenging year.

Friday 10 December 2021 Strand Food Bank Collection Needs Your Help As Christmas approaches it's time to think of others less fortunate than ourselves. Our local foodbank in Brentford who we work with are desperate for donations. They need: anything that’s non-perishable including cereals, baby food, pasta, rice, sugar, milk, pudding (eg Rice pudding or custard), tinned fruit and veg, pasta sauces, tinned tomatoes, tinned meat/fish, tea/coffee, biscuits. Any toiletries like shampoo/conditioner, body wash, toothbrush/paste, sanitary products and nappies (of all sizes) would be much appreciated. As it’s the festive season any yummy treats like biscuits, chocolates or selection boxes will be appreciated.

Saturday 4 December 2021 Friends Christmas Fair - Thank you to the Friends of Strand The Christmas Fair was a resounding success on Saturday.

Friday 26 November 2021 Would you like to work with us? We are currently looking for a new playleader to join the Cygnet Club team. The hours are from 3:15 to 5:45pm Monday to Thursday. If you are interested the advert can be found via our vacancy page. We are also recruiting a cover teacher to work across the school on a fixed term contract until July, details here. Strand is a great place to work with spirited children and supportive families - who could ask for more?

Friday 26 November 2021 Seasonal Craft Day and Bottle Mufti Christmas is definitely approaching and with a more wintry feeling to the weather our minds are turning to seasonal craft day and Bottle Mufti which we will be holding on Friday. Wear your favourite mufti outfit and instead of bringing 50p contribute an unopened bottle or a jar filled with sweets to the tombola. Seasonal craft day is the day when we all go knee deep in glitter and glue creating our hoops which we display In the hall.

Friday 26 November 2021 Open Day Thank You Thank you to all the families who took the time to attend Open Day on Wednesday - It was just lovely to see the school full of visitors again. The children were so excited to share their work with families and take them on a tour of the school. We were forced to limit numbers and sadly some families were disappointed. The event was so successful we will be running another one in the Spring Term when hopefully we can accommodate everyone. Thank you to the ambassadors from across the school who guided visitors to classes and gave impromptu tours! They were a real credit to the school.

Saturday 20 November 2021 Easyfundraising In the lead up to Christmas, and with Black Friday just around the corner, it's the best time to support us! Plus, for a limited time only, once you've raised your first £15 - easyfundraising will match it! Sign up here.

Saturday 20 November 2021 OFSTED Visit The OFSTED inspector, Alison Colenso, left school yesterday and we are returning to normal after the excitement of having a special visitor on Wednesday and Thursday. The children (and staff!) were exemplary and all had a great time showing off their fantastic skills and talents. The inspector was very complimentary - and so they should be with such a brilliant group of children and staff to inspect. Thank you to all the parents who spared a moment to fill in the parent questionnaire, encouraged their children to do the same, spoke to the inspectors before and after school and kept the staff going with biscuits and treats. Your support was very much appreciated. The report will be out shortly so watch this space.

Saturday 13 November 2021 Anti-Bullying Week 2021: One Kind Word Anti-Bullying Week takes place next week. Kindness is more important today than it has ever been. During COVID-19, we have all realised how little acts of consideration can break down barriers and brighten the lives of the people around us. This is one of the reasons that ‘One Kind Word’ has been chosen as the theme this year. Each year group will explore this theme throughout the week and on Friday 19th we will have BLUE (Be Lovely and Understanding to Everybody) Friday where everybody can wear blue mufti to show our commitment to antibullying every day at Strand. Odd socks can also be worn on Friday (they don't have to be blue!) to celebrate that we are all different but all equal.

Friday 5 November 2021 COP 26 @Strand Wow! What a week it has been for both the Eco Committee and wider school as we turned our attention to climate change and eco issues here at Strand whilst world leaders met to discuss reducing net emissions in Glasgow. On Monday, the Eco Committee were joined by Brentford and Chiswick MP Ruth Cadbury where they shared all of the fantastic changes we have made in school to become more green, such as planting trees, recycling a variety of materials and reducing our carbon footprint by walking or cycling to school! The committee spoke with great confidence and passion and it was a real honour to have Ruth with us; she was keen to learn about our ideas for the future and how she and her party could help us get there. The week ended with the Eco Committee meeting with Anna Williams, our Eco Governor, to tell her about our work and find out how the GB ensure that Eco issues are always on the agenda at Governing Body meetings. The Committee will be writing a report to Governors to share what

Saturday 23 October 2021 Eco Committee – Welcome New Recruits Miss Heale and Miss Hill had been busy this week planning activities for our Eco theme to tie into the COP 26 Conference held In Glasgow. Meanwhile the eco committee has three new recruits from Year 3, Mascab, Hannah and Helen. They are meeting with the Eco Governor next week to discuss their plans for saving the planet. Watch this space they have big ideas.

Saturday 23 October 2021 Harvest Supper Photos A huge thank you to Imogen's mum in Year 3 who came to the harvest supper and took some beautiful photos. They can be seen here.

Saturday 23 October 2021 Netball Success at Springwell On Tuesday Strand completed in the first netball tournament of the year at Springwell School. Girls from Years 5 and 6 played against 6 other schools from across the borough. They sailed through the group stages, getting a pass straight into the semi-finals after not losing a single game! The winning streak continued in the semi-final with a winning score of 4-1 to Strand. It was a very close game in the final match, against Southville school, where the score ended in an agonising 3-2 defeat. A huge well done to all the girls - Julia, Anouk, Fatima, Samara, Ruwaida, Livia, Vega and Simona, with a particular congratulations to Bella and Ayesha for their fantastic shooting. We are already looking forward to our next match!

Friday 15 October 2021 Strand Achieves Gold Starts Award We are delighted to inform you that Strand has again been awarded the STARS Gold award by Transport for London (TfL). STARS inspires young Londoners to travel to school sustainably, actively, responsibly and safely by championing walking, scooting and cycling. In the last year, we have participated in initiatives such as The Big Pedal, Walk to School Week and Street Tag, recognising both the health and environmental benefits of active travel to and from school. Maintaining this great achievement will require continued efforts from us all to further reduce car use, transform travel habits and engage the wider community to promote best practices. A huge thank you to Miss Smith Stevenson and Miss Heale who have done all the hard work collating and submitting evidence to the Hounslow team.

Friday 15 October 2021 Half Term Sports Club Mr Ingram and Mr Bentley are running a sportscamp during the October half term.? This will include football during the morning with multi-sports in the afternoon such as Dodgeball, Netball and Hockey.It will run from Monday to Friday between 8:50am and 3pm with pick up and drop off by the red gate. The cost is £15 per child or £25 per child + sibling. If you would like to book a place the Google form can be found hereor more details found here.

Friday 15 October 2021 Souper Harvest Supper! The Harvest Supper on Wednesday was a simply souper affair! Singing skills were certainly on display as Mr Bonner had Year 6 singing in parts and harmonies with a cracking medley of True Colours, and Times Like These – who knew those songs would sound so good together? The children sang beautifully and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house as they finished their set with a soaring rendition of One Day Like This. The soup was also a hit with old favourites like Strand Surprise, Leek and Potato and Creamy Tomato being overtaken in the popularity stakes by Carrot, Ginger and Coconut. Thank you to all the families who contributed to the event by donating ingredients, buying tickets and eating soup - it was lovely to see everyone back together enjoying the singing. The event raised a whopping £378 which will go to Water Aid – a fitting end to the ‘It’s Not Fair’ topic, where inequalities around access to basic necessities such as clean water have been

Friday 8 October 2021 Fireworks Friends of Strand Schools, your Parent Teacher Association, is very excited to announce that we are planning to host our first event in nearly two years!

Friday 8 October 2021 Harvest Supper - contributions on Monday please Year 6 will be making soup next week for the Harvest Supper on Wednesday.

Friday 8 October 2021 Strand Food Bank Collection Needs Your Help Our local foodbank in Brentford who we work with is desperate for donations.

Friday 1 October 2021 Strand Joins the Mini London Marathon The Official Virgin Money London Marathon will take place this Sunday 3rd October and yet again, Strand will join in by competing in the Mini Marathon! We have started the challenge this week in PE and the goal is for as many children to run 2.6 miles as possible. Last year 172 children were able to run the 2.6 miles, with many running further. This time round the children are once again embracing the challenge and demonstrating many of the Strand values. Special shout outs to go Joshua 6RH, Gabriel 4RM, Daniel 5H, Gabriel 5S, who ran an incredible number of laps between them. Year 3 made a great start and will be completing their race next week.

Friday 1 October 2021 Boys win Football Tournament Wednesday marked our first official sporting event of the year

Friday 24 September 2021 Nat West Climate Savers Design Competition This week all children have discussed small actions they can take

Friday 24 September 2021 School Council Elected Over the last week the whole school has been involved in hustings to elect their representatives to the School Council. A huge number of children stood for office and bravely made speeches at their year group assemblies. Well done to everyone who took part. It’s great to see that the Strand tradition of developing responsible and committed citizens continues. The results of the elections were announced in assembly this week and the whole school was able to congratulate their new representatives as they received their badge of office. Here is the School Council for 2021:

Friday 17 September 2021 Curriculum Meetings Next week we are holding face to face Curriculum Meetings for each year group. These meetings will explain the curriculum your child will follow and the learning milestones they may pass as they progress from being novices to experts. We have sent home a Curriculum Newsletter for each year group today outlining the learning for the next half term. All the information we share at the meeting will be included in our new Curriculum Booklets, which we will be sharing at the meeting and then emailing home to every family, and in our new Year Group pages on the website, which will go live next week. If you are attending we are encouraging all parents to wear a face covering as the meeting will be held inside. The dates and times for each meeting arebelow.

Friday 10 September 2021 Secondary transfer Year 6

Friday 10 September 2021 Well done Year 3 Congratulations to Year 3 who have completed their first week in the Juniors. We have been so impressed with how well they are settling in and adapting to Junior life, particularly showing great independence in the mornings when coming into school. They were very proud to receive the first stamp in their passports for their super attitude. The children have been introduced to our ten Strand Values and have used them to help create their class rules, and some of these values have already been displayed lots by individuals; special mention goes to Raimundo in 3M for showing respect by always being so polite, Louis in 3S for showing super courage for joining our school, and Fredrik in 3K for showing such responsibility throughout the week. If you have any comments, questions or concerns please email or telephone the office and your child's class teacher will contact you.

Friday 10 September 2021 Welcome back! What a joy it has been to have everyone back in school - we have so missed the sound of children playing happily, cheery good mornings, the bell ringing for the end of playtime and children excitedly sharing their learning. Thank you for bearing with us as we improved our drop off and pick up procedures - the scaffolding is due to come down over the weekend, which will make exiting the site easier.

Friday 23 July 2021 Soft Start Begins in September I will write in the first week of September to confirm arrangements for September as, given the national situation, things may change. We are introducing a soft start. Children should be dropped off at the doors in Brooks Lane and go straight to their classrooms. At the end of the day parents will collect at the times below.

Monday 19 July 2021 Celebration of Sport Video You can find the Celebration of Sport Video here enjoy!

Saturday 17 July 2021 Year 6 Leavers Book Donation Calling all Year 6 leavers (and their parents!) – we would love you to leave a legacy to future Strandites by buying a book to donate to our new school library. We will put a ‘dedication’ slip inside each book commemorating the donation so it will be a great way to encourage reading for those who come after you.

Saturday 3 July 2021 Team Captain Elections This week the school has been caught up in election frenzy as the children in Year 5 have been standing for high office as team captains. A huge number of children (over 40) stood and made great speeches during the virtual hustings with every child in Year 5 taking part in some way or another. The school has been plastered with posters as candidates worked hard to canvass votes. The election was held in the hall, which served as a polling station, and the results were announced in assembly this morning. It was a close run election and all the Year 5 candidates showed great confidence and courage in standing for office. In assembly we took the opportunity to focus on the importance of exercising the democratic right which underpins British society – voting for your leaders and taking the time to evaluate your choices, looking carefully at each candidate’s pledges and comparing them to their actions. So with no further ado, these are the new Team Captains:-

Monday 28 June 2021 Year 6 Grange Hall Year 6 have arrived and are out on activities already. Galleries of images from each day are below.

Friday 25 June 2021 Marvellous Mini Fair The Mini Fair took place on Wednesday in bright sunshine and it was an event worth waiting for. Fully COVID compliant and rigorously risk assessed, Year 6 showed their creative thinking by making a great range of stalls that were fun but safe. From human slot machines, carefully cleaned footballs to the obligatory throwing the wet sponge, the stalls were amazing. A huge thank you to all the families who supported their child with their bizarre requests and helped them to meet the ever-changing deadlines. The fair raised almost £600 and all funds go towards our school journey fund.

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Friday 25 June 2021 Staffing Next Year While the class lists for next year are still being fine-tuned, and will be with families on the 19th July, the staffing has been finalised. Kay Richards will continue in her role as SENDCo. Gill Coulton and Tara Ristic will be without class responsibility and will be providing additional support throughout the school. Geoff Bonner will continue to teach music and with Gill Coulton cover Gemma Nosworthy's maternity leave in 6N. Remi Murray will put his language talents to good use by teaching French throughout the school, Emily Smith-Stevenson will head up the PE team with a new PE LSA who we are currently recruiting. We have two new recruits to the teaching team: Andy Ingram has successfully completed his training and will join us as an ECT, Natalie Smith Is an experienced teacher joining us from another Hounslow school. Natalie is a language specialist and will bring with her a wealth of skills. The final new recruit is Sally Reid who will be joining Mr Thorne in the office. Sally is

Friday 25 June 2021 Grow a Pound Over the last few weeks Year 6 have been working hard starting their own businesses for our Grow a Pound initiative. After an initial investment of £1, the children have been tasked with creating innovative businesses in order to grow that money and fund their leavers hoodies. From very well appreciated staffroom bacon sandwiches, to car washes, writing personalised stories, selling fudge on the rec and even medication for poorly bees, we’ve seen it all! So far Year 6 have raised almost £1,000 and they're not finished yet - not only are they funding their hoodies but they're working hard to leave a legacy for future Strandites.

Friday 18 June 2021 Thank You Thank you to everyone who took part in surge testing - let’s continue to be careful and get your vaccines as soon as you can. Brentford Leisure Centre is doing walk-ins today for first or second jabs.

Friday 18 June 2021 Year 4 Times Tables Rock Stars Congratulations to Year 4 who completed the Multiplication Tables Check this week. By the end of Year 4, the National Curriculum expectation is to be fluent with multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 and everybody has been working very hard to achieve this. The check was optional this year but what a great way to celebrate all of the effort at home and school to master those key facts that help with so many aspects of maths. We have also noticed that many Year 3 children are practising their times tables regularly and making great progress too. Please keep it up; using Times Tables Rock Stars is a fun way to build in that essential regular practice.

Friday 11 June 2021 Strand Parent Sponsored Walk Howard Davidson, dad of Betsy (Yr 5) and Alfred (Yr8), is planning to walk 50 miles along the south coast from Sidmouth to Weymouth to celebrate his 50th birthday and to raise money for Friends of Strand Schools in the process. The walk is scheduled to start on the 18th June – it would be great if as many Strand parents as possible supported him. The link to his go fund me is here https://gofund.me/4ee1f574.

Friday 11 June 2021 Year 4 River Trip 4B enjoyed the final river trip this Thursday and there was much learning to be had. We cringed on discovering the revolting state the Thames was in 150 years ago, made predictions about the level of pollution in the water today and tested it to see if we were correct. During our exploration of the foreshore we were amazed at all the wildlife we were able to catch. Eight crabs, multiple leeches and even an eel! Though not electric, as first hoped, he was a fantastic specimen. We can thoroughly recommend a trip down to the foreshore. It is teeming with life.

Friday 11 June 2021 UKMT Junior Maths Challenge Some of Year 6 took part in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge earlier this term. The competition is open for children across the country up to Year 8 and it is really challenging as a result. We have had to wait a while but the certificates have finally arrived and the results are fantastic. This year our pupils were awarded 2 golds (Ashmi and Finn), 7 silvers (Beau, Daniel, Felix, Francis, Lucy, Melisa and Roxy) and 7 bronzes (Alice, Amani, Joe, Lily C, Lily F, Rania and Zeynep). Congratulations to everyone who took part for showing such resilience in the face of some tricky questions

Friday 11 June 2021 Year 3 Trip to Kew Gardens Excitement was in the air on Wednesday when Year 3 visited Kew Gardens to help answer the big question of their science unit “What do plants need to thrive?”. It was fantastic to see how much of their knowledge of the functions of different parts of a plant, pollination and seed dispersal was at their fingertips. Seeing how thousands of plant species adapt to different environments, and how many amazing uses they have, also made us reflect on how important it is that we all do our bit to help our environment thrive. This wonderful setting clearly inspired everybody's artistic skills too; it was great to record observations in our sketch books. Thank you to all the parents who accompanied us on the hottest day of the year so far; your support is much appreciated.

Friday 28 May 2021 COVID 19 Track and Trace over Half Term Schools have been informed by the DfE that they need to continue their track and trace role during half term. To make the system as easy as possible we are asking that outside of term time parents text us on 07305001809 and follow the flowchart below. Do not email the office or call the school number.

Friday 21 May 2021 Half Term Camps There are a number of exciting sporting camps starting and going on in the local area over the May half term including netball, cricket, swimming and rugby.

Friday 21 May 2021 Bags to School - Collection on 28th May Bags 2 School is a company that specialises in the reuse and recycling of good quality second - hand clothing. It’s a great way to de clutter and raise funds for the school at the same time. Please bring your bags into school by 9am Friday 28th May. All the bags will be weighed, all plastic used for packaging will be packed and sent for recycling. Please fill your bags with good quality items for RE-USE including: • Men’s, ladies’ & children’s clothing, paired shoes, handbags, belts & accessories. • (No uniforms, work wear, pillows, duvets or pieces of fabric please) • Extra bags are welcome - there’s no limit

Friday 21 May 2021 Support your Foodbank School council have been working hard to encourage their classmates to bring donations to the Foodbank. The deadline for your donations will be Thursday 27th May. Ms Whelan visited this week and the food bank are particularly in need of tinned potatoes and dried pasta but all donations of dried, tinned long-life products are most welcomed.

Friday 14 May 2021 Donating to Friends? Use ParentPay We have opened a Friends tab on ParentPay to make donating to Friends easier in this new cashless world. Donating to Friends is our preferred route for families who want to contribute to the school - the charitable status Friends holds makes the most of your donations. The Friends are currently fund raising for basketball hoops and floodlights to enhance the playgrounds.

Friday 14 May 2021 Strand Third Place in Street Tag The results are in – Strand Juniors were again in the top three of the Spring Term Street Tag Leaderboard! Huge congratulations to everyone who joined in with the Street Tag competition, pounded the pavements, used their power hour to maximise the points, but most importantly, got out exercising. The leaderboard has now reset and the game is on again! We are currently in 4th position - so don’t forget to open the app and log that activity. If we finish in the top 3 we will again win funds for school and get fit at the same time! It’s a win-win situation.

Friday 14 May 2021 Eid Mubarak Eid Mubarak to our families who celebrated Eid yesterday. It was lovely to see the children who attended school in their Eid finery. Thank you to Soraya (4B) who suggested this, it is set to become a new tradition. Another thank you to Ahyan (River) who shared his Eid celebrations with us all in assembly today as we learned a little more about this important time in the Muslim faith.

Friday 7 May 2021 Strandite Wins Maths Award Congratulations to Lily F in 6N, who this week was awarded a certificate for her entry into the MEM challenge run by the University of Liverpool. The competition is aimed at pupils in years 7 and 8 and there were over 540 entries to the challenge section which contained a selection of 8 questions based around the theme of nature. Lily solved the problems with style, laying out her answers in a logical sequence that clearly explained her working - a true mathematician. It should be noted that Lily submitted her entry during lockdown, showing real commitment and independence - two key Strand Values. Lily has been invited to Liverpool University to receive her award - we are all very proud of her.

Friday 30 April 2021 Pear Sculpture in the Meadow Today we have been following the installation of an amazing piece of artwork on the field. The piece, a 4ft high pear made using dry stone walling techniques, has been gifted to Strand Schools by a family and was installed today by its creator Tom Trouton, a landscaper. Year 5 were lucky enough to watch Tom at work, seeing how he transformed the natural stone into a work of art. Later in the term Year 5 will be creating their own land art so this was a fantastic opportunity to talk to a real craftsman about the creative process they go through. The location of the pear has been chosen to make sure it can be seen but, as seasons change and the meadow grows, our view will transform: it will disappear into the long grass with only the stalk peeking out over the flowers. A great addition to our site.

Friday 30 April 2021 Year 3 Historians This week, Year 3 has been answering the question “How did life progress from the Stone Age to the Iron Age?”, a culmination of all their learning during our ‘Through the Ages’ history topic. Focusing on how the development of farming and technology helped to make life more advanced and easier, the children wrote some brilliant answers showing just how much knowledge they have gained over the topic. As Sebastian put it, “people in the Late Stone Age started to settle. They were no longer nomadic. They discovered how to plant and grow crops and domesticated the animals to make them do the work.” We think we might be ready for university pretty soon!

Friday 30 April 2021 The Captain Tom Challenge and England Does the Daily Mile On Friday Strand threw themselves into not one but two sporting events - The Captain Tom 100 Challenge and England Does The Daily Mile.

Friday 30 April 2021 Meet the Author - William Nicholson Zooms Into Year 6 Miss Coulton’s Y6 reading group had a real treat this week when they met with author William Nicholson virtually. This wasn’t just a standard webinar though - it was completely personalised. During remote learning the children read William Nicholson’s novel, The Wind Singer, and as part of their response, wrote their own question to the author. No sooner were the questions submitted than he replied with a special video in which he answered everybody individually. There is no better way to discover the inspiration, imagination and writing process behind a story than hearing it straight from the author. Both the children’s thoughtful questions and William’s in-depth answers were brilliant. Huge thanks to William for finding the time in his busy schedule to share his insights – he is also a very successful screen writer (Gladiator, Shadowlands…) so watch out for an upcoming real life drama about the Thai cave rescue. Thanks too to Cally, Sam&rsqu

Saturday 24 April 2021 Sustrans Big Pedal Challenge For the next two weeks we are taking part in Sustrans Big Pedal 2021, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. The challenge runs from 19th April to 30th April and we’d love everyone to get involved! Making the school run active is a great way for children to get exercise, which is important for physical health and mental wellbeing as well as helping to reduce congestion and air pollution around our school. Families are encouraged to take active journeys to school on as many days as possible during the event. Each day we will be entered into a prize draw and our Year 6 team captains will be helping to see which classes have had the most active journeys to school.

Saturday 24 April 2021 A Summer of Sport Our first week into the summer term has been an exciting one for sport at Strand. In PE lessons, the children will be learning cricket followed by rounders. The PE team were very impressed with the behaviour on the rec - especially Year 3, where for many children it was their very first experience of cricket! Year 3 had a particularly busy day on Thursday, where they enjoyed a session from Dukes Meadows Tennis coaches. Tennis coaching will continue for the next five weeks until half term.

Saturday 24 April 2021 Summer Term Dates and Events As society opens up, we have planned a series of provisional events and you can find a list here. We are planning for a number of scenarios and it promises to be a packed term with the majority of our normal events taking place in some form.

Thursday 1 April 2021 And Finally - Have a Good Break Have a fantastic holiday and we’ll see you all bright and early on Monday 19th April. Please be on time - the window for arrival for each Year team is below. Don’t forget if you have siblings you should all arrive together at the earliest time:

Thursday 1 April 2021 Sustrans Big Pedal Challenge After Easter Strand Juniors are taking part in Sustrans Big Pedal 2021, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. The challenge runs from 19th April to 30th April and we’d love everyone to get involved! Making the school run active is a great way to get children active, which is important for physical health and mental wellbeing as well as helping to reduce congestion and air pollution around our school. Families are encouraged to take active journeys to school on as many days as possible during the event. Each day we will be entered into a prize draw and our Year 6 team captains will be helping to see which classes have had the most active journeys to school.

Thursday 1 April 2021 Strand Celebrates Autism Awareness Day Yesterday we all wore blue to show our support for autism awareness. Miss Essex led an assembly reminding us all that people with ASC have a unique view on the world describing both the challenges and positives this brings. She was joined by Andres from River class who shared, very eloquently, what having autism means to him. Andres speaking about his experience gave other children across the school the confidence to speak to their classmates about their own diagnoses and a chance for us all to remember the mantra - different but equal. Miss Essex also showed the fantastic cake (pictured below) made by one of our talented parents to raise awareness of autism on social media. The cake depicts a head in silhouette, to signify that autism is unseen, whilst the glasses signify the unique view people on the spectrum have of the world. It was a great opportunity to open conversations about the differences we all have and a reminder to people of how important it is to treat others with respec

Friday 26 March 2021 Strand Juniors PE YouTube Channel During lockdown the PE team created a collection of dance, skills and fitness videos to support children with PE at home. Since we've been back at school, the children have enjoyed these in class in their movement breaks. We have now created a YouTube channel so that families can access all of the content at home too! Search for 'Strand Juniors PE' on YouTube or click this link

Friday 26 March 2021 World Down Syndrome Day Celebrated World Down Syndrome Day was celebrated on Monday as #supportiveStrandites helped to spread the word by wearing mismatched socks. The reason we wear mismatched socks is because chromosomes look like socks, and people who have Down’s syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21. We all learned Makaton signs to 'A Better Place' and the whole school performed together at Monday's assembly - it's set to be a firm favourite from now on!

Friday 19 March 2021 Census Day March 21st Each year group has explored what a census is and how and why it takes place. This led to many interesting discussions and next week each class will be completing a Strand census. Each year group has also chosen a particular area to collect data on and to find ways to improve. Year 3 are collecting data about how many people eat breakfast, a healthy snack, manage to fit in 5 fruit and veg a day etc. Once they collect the information, they will then explore why it is so important to eat such a healthy diet and it will be interesting to see if we can increase the numbers found in the initial count. Year 4 are focusing on collecting data around reading and physical activity, Year 5 around environmental issues such as recycling and ways to conserve energy and Year 6 around secondary transfer and possible careers. If you have not completed the census yet, please do involve your child in the process and if you have already completed it, please ask them about the plans their year group has ab

Friday 19 March 2021 Red Nose Day Returns! It has been just lovely to see everyone dressed in red today, celebrating Red Nose Day - it's a highlight in the Strand calendar so it has been great to be able to celebrate together. We have raised a huge amount of money with £1,145 being donated so far! Thank you to everyone who has donated - the Comic Relief tab on Parent Pay is still open.

Friday 12 March 2021 Website Makeover - Feedback Wanted We are currently giving our website a makeover and are conducting some research into how the current website is used and looking for feedback regarding what you would like to see included on the new website. In order to collect views and opinions we would appreciate it if you could fill out this short survey by clicking this link.

Friday 12 March 2021 Red Nose Day 2021 - 19th March As usual we will be celebrating Red Nose Day in style at Strand. Please wear as much red as you can next Friday to show your support. The celebrations will last all week with talent shows taking place in each class and the winning act from each class will take part in the virtual event which will be beamed into each class on Friday via Google Meets. The final part of the day will be a teacher 'gunking' to replace our traditional make over. Children will be able to cast their votes for the teacher they want to be gunked during the week (£1 per nomination in a sealed envelope to school or pay on the ParentPay tab) and the lucky teacher will be gunked on Friday afternoon at the end of the talent contest. Please make donations to support this important cause, either brought to school in a sealed envelope or via the tab on ParentPay.

Friday 12 March 2021 Welcome Back! It has been just fantastic to see everyone back in school this week - the sound of children laughing and playing has been much missed during the last term. We have had an astounding 97% attendance this week - let's keep that up. The children have amazed us with the cheerful and resilient way they have adapted to face to face teaching. Teachers have been making the most of the sunny weather and getting outside to learn as much as possible.

Friday 5 March 2021 World Book Day Yesterday we celebrated World Book day both at home and on site with costumes, book themed picnics and a fiendishly hard masked reader quiz. We also launched a virtual library which showcases some of the great books we have in school; if you haven’t checked it out yet then pop over to Google Classroom and have a look. Thank you to Miss Kennedy Alexander for masterminding this event.

Friday 26 February 2021 Secondary Transfer - 1st March Families will receive an email after 5pm on Monday, 1 March 2021 advising of the outcome of their application. Please wait until you have received the email before logging onto the eAdmissions website. Emails will be staggered from 5pm onward, so exact timings cannot be guaranteed.

Friday 26 February 2021 Eco Committee Announcement Miss Heale, Ms Perkins and the whole Eco Committee would like to say a huge well done and thank you to those children who spent time over half term completing different eco projects. We have received so many beautiful pictures of different artworks created with recycled materials; some children have even made bird feeders which will support many different species of bird in these colder months! A special mention for Supo in 3A who completed an eco artwork all the way from Nigeria!

Friday 26 February 2021 Norah Wins Egmont Paper Beach Competition Congratulations to Norah In Yr 6 who has won the weekly prize on this exciting competition. Norah's design has won £500 worth of books for the school. There are still a few days left to enter - click here if you are interested. We are very proud of Norah and look forward to celebrating with her in person when we are back in school.

Friday 5 February 2021 SOS - Strand Off Screens We hope you have enjoyed the SOS activities we have planned to break up the week and give some much needed screen breaks. The children have really enjoyed the practical activities with feedback on the stream being universally positive. Pictured below is Francesca's fab fractions chart - just one of the many off screen activities the creative team at Strand have planned. There were too many pictures to put in the newsletter so I made a slide show - click here to see all the fab work. If you need a break - and if it's not raining - we are still taking part in the Street Tag competitionâ€¦ Strand Third In Street Tag The Street Tag leader board is hotting up. We are holding onto our 3rd place with a cracking 1,667,290 points and we have walked 4,449 miles. Not bad during lockdown! Special mention to Callum and Sophie M who are closing in on Mr Ingram, who tops the leader board. The contest runs until 19th April so we still have plenty of time to close the gap on Edison and Strand Infa

Friday 5 February 2021 Mental Health Week - Express Yourself This week in school and at home we have been taking part in Children's Mental Health Week, exploring the theme of Express Yourself. Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas, through creativity and all week we have been thinking about the art, music, poetry, dance, drama, and activities that make us feel good. Expressing yourself is not about being the best at something or putting on a performance for others but about finding a way to show who you are, and how you see the world, that can help you feel good about yourself. All week we have been sharing things that express our personalities and make us feel good. The week culminated in an Express Yourself Mufti day where children dressed to show their personality and hobbies. Sophie wore a shirt in beautiful fabric made for her when she used to live in Lilongwe in Malawi and Poppy chose to decorate her dungarees with sequins, buttons, paintbrushes and measuring tapes to communicate her passion for ar

Friday 29 January 2021 School Closed for February Half Term Following an announcement from the DfE, school will not be open over the February half term to children of critical workers neither will Cygnet Club be running as all staff are currently furloughed. If you need childcare we may be able to signpost you to local providers - just email the office. Vouchers will continue to be provided for those families who are eligible. If you think you are eligible and are not yet receiving vouchers please contact the office.

Friday 29 January 2021 Big Garden Birdwatch This weekend is the Big Garden Birdwatch. The RSPB are calling for everyone to spend an hour this weekend logging the birds they can see in their gardens, from balconies or simply out of your window. By counting the birds in your patch, you’re helping to take a snapshot of how they are doing. And the more people that submit their results, the better picture the RSPB will have of how garden birds are faring across the UK. Click here for more details of how to join in.

Friday 29 January 2021 SOS - Strand Off Screens Launching Next Week Each year group are planning in screen breaks in the coming weeks as we are conscious that many of our activities involve technology. Watch out for activities coming up that don’t involve screens - from cooking to birdwatching! If you need a break - and if it's not raining - we are still taking part in the Street Tag competition….

Friday 15 January 2021 Easyfundraising - Please Join Us Go to our easyfundraising page and click 'Support this cause'.

Friday 15 January 2021 Reading Starts on Monday Thank you to families who collected their class/ group novels during their exercise and to staff who used their exercise slot to deliver books. We are continuing to deliver over the weekend so don’t worry if you don’t have yours yet. It will arrive. Your teachers will explain the remote reading system during your morning meets so make sure you tune in.

Friday 15 January 2021 Strand Wins Street Tag Autumn Term The results are in – Strand Juniors are the winners! Huge congratulations to everyone who joined in with the Street Tag competition, pounded the pavements, used their power hour to maximise the points, but most importantly got out exercising. We have won some much needed funds for the Friends of Strand, as have our Infant colleagues who came in second. The leaderboard has now reset and the game is on again! We are currently in 3rd behind Strand Infants and Edison Primary so get out there and start tagging when you are taking your daily exercise. Current leaders in the Strand leaderboard are lferg, anamazon and euan – however you’ll have to make some serious distance to catch Mr Ingram… apparently cycling is the key.

Friday 8 January 2021 Thank You for Your Kindness Thank you to everyone who has taken a moment to call or email to show their support or thank staff for all their hard work, it is much appreciated. We recognise that remote learning is not the best way for children (or families!) to learn and are very appreciative of the support of our community as we move again to online schooling.

Friday 8 January 2021 BBC Give a Laptop Campaign With schools closed again, the BBC have organised a scheme for people to be able to donate any old laptops or devices that they are no longer using. The idea behind the scheme is that some of us may have received or purchased new laptops or devices over the Christmas period and now have an older device that we are no longer using lying around the home. The BBC is working with a series of charities to pair these devices up with children who are most in need. The donated device, which can include tablets, laptops or even mobile phones, will be wiped and shared with a child in need to support their online education during lockdown. If you or someone you know may be interested in participating in this scheme then more details can be found on the link here.

Friday 8 January 2021 Remarkable Remote Learning What a remarkable start you have all made to your remote learning! The teachers are amazed by your engagement and how quickly you have all adapted to the new way of working. As we are now clearly going to be learning remotely for the foreseeable future we will be working hard to refine our Remote Learning offer. We want to make sure that it delivers key learning, has plenty of elements of practice, gives feedback but, most of all, is workable for families who are juggling their own work commitments and may have children in different schools all making different demands. We will continue to listen to feedback and make changes when we find out ‘what works’ for Strand families. We have already made some adjustments to timings and are busy finding an efficient solution to the conundrum of writing on PDFs. This is a work in progress but I’m sure you will all agree that the staff have worked incredibly hard to put together such a cohesive and well planned curriculum that mi

Thursday 17 December 2020 And Finally... A huge thank you to the whole Strand community for your support and hard work in what has been the most challenging of years. As we move into the festive season please do remember to adhere to the guidelines, maintain social distancing and look after your loved ones by sticking to the face, space, hands mantra. In doing so we will continue to work together to keep our entire community safe and school open.

Thursday 17 December 2020 Strand Eco Committee Some of the Strand Eco Committee managed a virtual meeting with Miss Heale and Mrs Perkins last Friday for a catch up. Grace, Theo and Saira from Year 3 have now been voted onto the committee and we look forward to meeting with them in the New Year. It was agreed before we broke up last summer that the topics we would be tackling in school were waste, bio diversity and energy. We have allocated biodiversity to Years 3 and 4, waste to Year 5 and energy to Year 6. Please get your thinking caps on and come back with some interesting and feasible ideas/projects about how we can make a difference. It could be ways of recycling, reducing waste, saving energy or making the school environment a more healthy place to be. To start the ball rolling in the biodiversity category we have very kindly been given monies from the Parochial Charities which we will be spending on four new fruit trees in our front entrance area.

Thursday 17 December 2020 A Message From the Governing Body As 2020 draws to a close we wanted to the take this opportunity to tell you how proud we are of Strand on the Green Junior School. As a school, and as a community, you have pulled together as a team to overcome the many educational, health, social and technological challenges that you have faced this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. We know there have been some tough days for pupils, staff, parents and carers but you should look back on this year with a great sense of pride at what you have achieved and how you have thrived. The new logo couldn’t have come at a better time - Spirited, Scholarly and Supportive - it describes Strandites, and everything you all stand for, so perfectly!

Friday 11 December 2020 Congratulations Mrs Nosworthy Congratulations to Mrs Nosworthy who is expecting her second child in the spring. I know you will all join us in sending best wishes to Gemma and her husband Steven. We will be writing to 6N families in due course about arrangements for 6N once she begins her maternity leave – currently planned to start towards the end of next term.

Friday 11 December 2020 Remote Learning â€“ Are you Ready? Having had our first experience of some of the school learning from home a polite reminder to families to make sure you are able to access Google Classroom and have read the Remote Learning information section of the website. If you are not familiar with the Google products we have a whole range of How To videos available which cover many aspects of Google Classroom, Google Meet and Drive. Please take a minute to read through this information. Equally, if you don’t have a device for your child to use tell us and we will be able to help – but we do need to know this information in advance.

Friday 4 December 2020 Marvellous Mathematicians Over 50 of our Years 5 and 6 took part in the Primary Maths Challenge recently and we have just received the results. Whilst all Strandites were superb, special mention must go to Alfie S, Felix W, Francis, Joe W, Daniel H, Roxana and Rania in Year 6 who all earned a Gold award and to Edward R and Corentin who were the highest scorers in Year 5 with their Silver awards. Well done to everyone who took part and showed such determination with some very tricky questions.

Friday 4 December 2020 Flu Immunisation The flu immunisation programme will take place in school on Friday 11th December. If you haven’t already done so, please complete the on line registration form (details here), regardless of whether you wish your child to be immunised or not. Any queries please contact Mrs Perkins.

Friday 27 November 2020 Sporting Strandites Succeed in Virtual Cross Country The virtual borough cross country results have been collated and Susanna in 3A came second in the Year 3 girls event! What an achievement! Strand also finished fourth on the borough leader board in the whole event with a cracking participation rate of 98.81%!

Friday 27 November 2020 Hounslow Food Bank Needs Our Help More people than ever need our help this Christmas and so the Foodbank is asking for donations of the following non perishable items:

Friday 20 November 2020 Do you need financial help during lockdown? As the economic instability caused by Coronavirus continues, many families are feeling the pressure. If you are experiencing financial hardship or need support then the local authority website has a very useful section detailing the help available to you, from food delivery and collecting prescriptions, to befriending services and walking dogs. This is provided by the Council in partnership with local voluntary and community groups, businesses and volunteers. It has details of the Emergency Assistance Grant for food and essential supplies – click this link for more details.

Friday 13 November 2020 Expert Visits Year 4 to Talk About Sound Year 4 have been learning about sound in their Pump Up The Volume topic and 4B were lucky enough to have a visit from a Strand expert - Annis. Here is her report about her super presentation.

Friday 13 November 2020 Sports Go Virtual! Last week everyone at Strand Juniors participated in the Virtual School Games Cross Country competition, where a massive total of 4186 children across the borough took part. Years 3 and 4 had the challenge of completing 1km in the fasted time possible and for Years 5 and 6 the distance was 1 mile. Once again the PE team were blown away by enthusiasm from all year groups. Some notable fastest times were Oliver H, Joshua L, Gabriel, Charlie H, Thomas and Susanna in Year 3, who all completed the 1km in under 6 minutes. In Year 4, shout-outs go to Ella, Aurelia, Alex and Daniel. In Year 5 and Year 6, the mile was completed in the quickest times by Elliot, Herbie, Zack, Achilles, Ilja, Sam and Lily F - who all finished the mile in less than 8 minutes!

Friday 13 November 2020 BLUE Friday Next FridayÂ 20th November Next week is Anti-Bullying week. To show our support, we will be holding BLUE (Be Lovely and Understanding to Everyone) next Friday to show our support. The whole school wearing BLUE is a great way to bring together our work on antibullying, which this year follows the theme of 'United Against Bullying'. This fits very well with being a Strand Upstander.

Friday 6 November 2020 Is Your Child Taking Independent School Exams? As there are so many children taking exams for the independent sector we have agreed to be a test centre for pupils applying to independent schools using the ISEB 11+ Common Pre-test. This will be on Tuesday 24th November. Please contact us if you have made applications to schools that are using this test.

Friday 6 November 2020 Year 3 and 4 Homework The children were very excited to receive their homework books today. Homework will continue to be set on Friday, a paper copy will be given and also posted on Google Classroom. Both Google Classroom assignments and those completed in homework books are due in the following Thursday. A new reading calendar is at the back of the homework book and we have reminded the children of the importance of reading for at least 20 minutes daily. Please refer to the letter and guidelines sent earlier in the week for more information.

Friday 6 November 2020 Mr Eastmond Nominated for a Prestigious Ivor Award We heard this week that Mr Eastmond, who currently teaches djembe to Year 4 and leads on our brass project, has been nominated for an Ivor for a jazz composition. The Ivors are just about the biggest awards in the business, akin to the Oscars. If you were lucky enough to see our musicians play at the Festival Hall earlier this year, you will remember Sam conducting the massed brass band and leading the Street Band in a great rendition of Ain't Nobody. Sam is an inspiration to the children so we’re immensely proud and lucky that he’s one of our teachers!

Friday 23 October 2020 Moving up the StreetTag leaderboard Have you signed up for Street Tag yet? We have moved from 4th to 2nd in the last week but need more players. The aim is to increase childrenâ€™s outdoor experiences in walking, running and cycling by turning the streets and green spaces into a virtual playground â€“ with the opportunity of earning rewards for the top three schools! Hereâ€™s what you need to do to get involved and be part of the Strand Juniors Team!1. Download the App â€œStreet Tagâ€ from Play Store/ App Store. 2. Fill in your details.3. Click YES for Team QR Code.4. Scan the school QR Code on the right.5. Click Sign Up.6. Verify either with email or phone number.

Thursday 22 October 2020 Friends of Strand Schools We have opened a Friends tab on ParentPay to make donating to Friends easier in this new cashless world. Donating to Friends is our preferred route for families who want to contribute to the school - the charitable status Friends holds makes the most of your donations.

Friday 16 October 2020 Remote Learning We have been working on our Remote Learning offer which your child would access if they have to self isolate, or if they are sent home following a confirmed case or school closure. We have based our offer on core principles and designed it so that there is continuity of learning and no one misses out on the planned curriculum. We will be using Google Classroom and printouts of key resources to deliver this offer, hence all our efforts to ensure every child is able to use the platform and to identify families who may need support with technology. Thirty new Chromebooks arrived last week so these are ready to loan if needed. Attached to this newsletter are two key documents telling you when and how to access Remote Learning and an example timetable. We have created a Remote Learning section on the website where you will find lots more information, documentation and helpful 'How to' videos for Google Classroom.

Friday 9 October 2020 Sign Up to Street Tag We are excited to announce that Strand Juniors will be participating in the Hounslow Street Tag program until 24th Dec 2020. The aim is to increase children’s outdoor experiences in walking, running and cycling by turning the streets and green spaces into a virtual playground – with the opportunity of earning rewards for the top three schools! Here’s what you need to do to get involved and be part of the Strand Juniors Team!

Thursday 8 October 2020 Match Day Parking You may have seen some local press and social media coverage regarding Strand Schools providing match day parking for Brentford Community Stadium. EST (Event Support Team Ltd), the company at the helm, has a proven track record of working with sporting venues and local communities to provide and organise car parking for sporting events. The advantage of using our school site, along with the grounds of some of our neighbouring schools, is that all of our children stand to benefit from a much needed source of revenue which in these difficult times could prove invaluable. Similar arrangements operate successfully across the country, with Twickenham Rugby and Fulham FC being two local examples. However, we fully appreciate residentsâ€™ concerns regarding any possible disruption and, to that end, have been exploring the issues raised by the Strand-on-the-Green Association with EST. Whilst timely communications have regrettably been impeded by the pandemic, we will of course, keep you up

Friday 2 October 2020 Strand joins the mini London Marathon Sunday 4 October is the date of the Virgin Money London Marathon, which will be very different this year with 45,000 adults all over the world participating in the race virtually! Between Monday 28 September and Friday 9 October Strand Juniors will be participating in the ‘Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon’ in our PE lessons. We have decided to combine our athletic sessions with this event to see if every child can run 2.6 miles over the 2 weeks! The children have certainly embraced the challenge and have been demonstrating the Strand values. Special mentions go out to Sebastian in 3K who, incredibly, achieved and beat the 2.6 mile target in just one session! For Year 4 it was Nyah and Kaitlyn in 4B who impressed us with their consistent steady pace and commitment. Finally, well done to Jayden in 5H for his excellent attitude and Noah in 5RM, who showed fantastic courage!

Friday 25 September 2020 Strand Food Bank Collection Needs Your Help In these challenging times more families than ever are using foodbanks. Our local foodbank in Brentford who we work with is desperate for donations. A list of food stuffs or other items which are most needed are as follows; Anything that’s non-perishable including cereals, baby food, pasta, rice, sugar, milk, pudding (eg Rice pudding or custard), tinned fruit and veg, pasta sauces, tinned tomatoes, tinned meat/fish, tea/coffee, biscuits. Any toiletries like shampoo/conditioner, body wash, toothbrush/paste, sanitary products and nappies (of all sizes). We are grateful for your continued support.

Friday 25 September 2020 School Council Elected Over the last week the whole school has been involved in hustings to elect their representatives to the School Council. A huge number of children stood for office and bravely made speeches at their virtual year group assemblies. Well done to everyone who took part. Itâ€™s great to see that the Strand tradition of developing responsible and committed citizens continues. The results of the elections were announced in assembly this week and the whole school was able to congratulate their new representatives as they received their badge of office. The School Council for 2020 is:

Friday 18 September 2020 Fundraise for Strand We are signed up to the easyfundraising website. They will make a free donation to the school every time you shop with nearly 4,000 retailers including Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, Booking.com, eBay, SKY and M&S. To get started, visit our easyfundraising pageÂ and click 'Support this cause'. An easyfundraising app is available to download on the App Store or Google Play.

Friday 11 September 2020 Welcome Back! What a joy it has been to have everyone back in school - we have so missed the sound of children playing happily, cheery good mornings, the bell ringing for the end of playtime and children excitedly sharing their learning. Thank you for bearing with us as we improved our drop off and pick up procedures - it was running like a well-oiled machine this morning. We hope to solve the issue of sibling pick-ups once Cygnet Club is up and running so watch this space.

Friday 10 July 2020 Updated Term Dates Every child will be back in school in September every day. Although Friday 4 September is an INSET day for the majority of staff we are using this opportunity to welcome our new Year 3. The rest of the school will return on Monday 7 September. Children moving from Kingfisher to Otter class, who are much more familiar with the set up will be joining us on the 7th September when transport resumes. The new term dates are on the website – it’s an unusual layout this year and our term dates are different to those published for the borough as we have adjusted the start and finish dates of the Autumn Term. Make sure you check them before you make plans.

Friday 3 July 2020 School Open in September You will have seen that yesterday the government made an announcement regarding schools in September. Again the guidance is weighty, a mere 45 pages this time! However, the headlines are clear: Every child will be back in school in September every day. Obviously there are a lot of logistical details to be resolved in order to make that happen but this period of wider opening has allowed us to trial systems and decide what works well and what doesn’t. In September, we will be operating a staggered start and staggered finish. We will write to you with more details of what your child’s day will look like once they are in school either before the end of term or during the holidays. We are all very excited about seeing everyone again and staff are already looking forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday 7 September.

Friday 3 July 2020 Welcome Back! It has been fantastic to see so many children back in school this week. Just the sound of children playing has made everybody smile. They have been so eager to talk and tell us all about the fantastic home learning they have been doing whilst at home – they really are a credit to you all. We hope your child has enjoyed their time in school and are looking forward to the rest of the days they are due to spend with us before we break up on the 17th July.

Friday 26 June 2020 Staffing and Classes Staffing News

Friday 12 June 2020 Team Captains Elections Move Online

Friday 29 May 2020 Reopening Update

Friday 22 May 2020 Half Term Message

Friday 15 May 2020 Reopening of Schools

Thursday 7 May 2020 Generous Donations to Food Bank

Friday 1 May 2020 A Free Gift of Hope

Friday 3 April 2020 Home Schooling

Friday 3 April 2020 Scholarly Strandite Succeeds at Maths Competition

Friday 20 March 2020 Not Goodbye - Just Adieu Not Goodbye â€“ Just Adieu

Friday 20 March 2020 Random Acts of Kindness #Supportive Strandites

Friday 13 March 2020 Primary Maths Challenge success

Friday 13 March 2020 Strand are Borough Football Champions

Friday 6 March 2020 Year 6 SATs Meeting

Friday 6 March 2020 World Book Day

Friday 6 March 2020 Hounslow as One Concert

Friday 28 February 2020 Year 4 Works of Art!

Friday 28 February 2020 Enlightening Talk in Year 6

Friday 28 February 2020 5B's Assembly

Friday 14 February 2020 Eco School Project

Friday 14 February 2020 Internet Safety Day

Friday 7 February 2020 Year 6 Trip to British Museum

Friday 7 February 2020 3M's Assembly

Friday 31 January 2020 4M's Assembly

Friday 31 January 2020 E-safety

Friday 24 January 2020 Free School Meals - Are you Eligible?

Friday 24 January 2020 Challenge Partners Visit

Monday 20 January 2020 Welcome to our Erasmus Interns

Monday 20 January 2020 Year 4 Footballers Make the Borough Final

Friday 10 January 2020 Secret Strandites

Friday 10 January 2020 Marvellous Mathematicians

Tuesday 24 December 2019 And Finally... And Finallyâ€¦

Thursday 19 December 2019 Bumper Food Bank Donation

Saturday 14 December 2019 Holiday Reading Challenge

Friday 13 December 2019 Liberal Democrats take Strand on the Green Constituency

Friday 13 December 2019 Becoming an Eco School

Friday 6 December 2019 Strand Attends Beat the Streets Celebration Event with the Mayor

Friday 29 November 2019 Election Preparations Begin in Earnest

Friday 29 November 2019 Christmas Is Coming

Friday 29 November 2019 Quiz Night

Friday 22 November 2019 Election Fever Hits Strand

Friday 22 November 2019 4H Extraordinary Egyptian Assembly

Friday 22 November 2019 Year 4 trip to the Science Museum

Friday 15 November 2019 Easy Fundraising

Thursday 14 November 2019 Open Day

Friday 8 November 2019 BLUE Friday

Friday 8 November 2019 Open Day Open Day and Year 2 Meeting

Friday 1 November 2019 Join the Egmont Reading Campaign

Friday 1 November 2019 Strand Top the Final Leaderboard in Beat The Street

Friday 1 November 2019 5RA's Assembly

Friday 18 October 2019 Souper Harvest Supper!

Friday 18 October 2019 Years 5 and 6 Swimming Gala

Friday 18 October 2019 Parent Consultations

Friday 11 October 2019 Are You Allergy Aware?

Friday 11 October 2019 Year 5 Charity Cake Sale

Friday 11 October 2019 Beat the Streets

Friday 4 October 2019 Cross Country Success

Friday 4 October 2019 Strand Food Bank Collection Needs Your Help

Friday 27 September 2019 Front Garden Project

Friday 27 September 2019 #Need to Read

Friday 27 September 2019 New School Council Announced

Tuesday 24 September 2019 Secondary Information Evening

Friday 20 September 2019 Secondary Transfer

Friday 20 September 2019 Miss Kennedy-Alexander

Friday 20 September 2019 ViA Learning

Friday 13 September 2019 Homework

Friday 13 September 2019 Beat the Street is Back

Friday 6 September 2019 Curriculum Meetings

Friday 6 September 2019 Secondary Transfer

Friday 6 September 2019 Welcome

Saturday 20 July 2019 Mamma Mia – What a Show!

Saturday 20 July 2019 Secret Strandites

Saturday 20 July 2019 Leavers' Assembly

Friday 12 July 2019 SATs Results

Friday 12 July 2019 Pass on Plastic

Friday 5 July 2019 Teams Captains Elected

Friday 5 July 2019 Sports Day on Monday

Friday 5 July 2019 Strandites Shine at Junior Maths Challenge

Monday 1 July 2019 Year 2 Parent's Meeting

Saturday 29 June 2019 Welcome and Au Revoir Bumper Baby News

Saturday 29 June 2019 Multiple Mathematicians Celebrate Success

Saturday 29 June 2019 Team Captains' Election

Friday 21 June 2019 Strandites raise funds for Cancer Research

Friday 21 June 2019 Super Summer Fair!

Friday 21 June 2019 5B’s Mathematical Assembly

Saturday 15 June 2019 Francesca Sings Live on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show

Saturday 15 June 2019 Grow a Pound Challenge Underway

Friday 14 June 2019 Friends and the Strand Summer Fair

Friday 7 June 2019 Strandite Makes Finalists of Young Engineers Competition

Friday 7 June 2019 Athletics Team Shine in Borough Athletics

Friday 7 June 2019 4B Eid Assembly

Saturday 25 May 2019 Maths Wizards in Year 5

Saturday 25 May 2019 Busy Building Bridges

Saturday 25 May 2019 Mini Fair Madness

Saturday 18 May 2019 The Book People School Offer

Friday 17 May 2019 Strandites Invited to Join the Houslow Brass Emsemble

Friday 17 May 2019 The Show is Announced!

Friday 17 May 2019 Well Done Year 6

Friday 10 May 2019 A Testing Week!

Friday 10 May 2019 Into The Alligator's Mouth Into The Alligators Mouth

Friday 3 May 2019 Tate Year 3 Project

Friday 3 May 2019 PC Justice visits Year 5 and 6

Friday 3 May 2019 4M’s Assembly

Friday 26 April 2019 Uniform Reminder

Friday 26 April 2019 ParentZone Workshops

Friday 26 April 2019 Walking and Bike Breakfast

Friday 5 April 2019 5N's Assembly

Friday 5 April 2019 Bumper Baby News

Friday 29 March 2019 Meet the Editor!

Friday 29 March 2019 Easter Assembly in 3K

Friday 29 March 2019 PWP Maths Competition

Friday 22 March 2019 Progress West Partnership Logo Competition

Friday 22 March 2019 Challenge Partners Visit

Friday 15 March 2019 Comic Relief

Monday 11 March 2019 Ringsfield Group 2 Arrive Safely

Friday 8 March 2019 World Book Day

Friday 8 March 2019 Spectacular Stranderella

Friday 8 March 2019 SATs Meeting Information

Monday 4 March 2019 Ringsfield 1 Arrived Safely

Friday 1 March 2019 Secondary Transfer

Friday 1 March 2019 Focus on Fitness

Friday 1 March 2019 Yellow Team Win Inter House Netball

Friday 15 February 2019 Bags2School

Friday 15 February 2019 Netball Team Take Second Place

Friday 8 February 2019 Safer Internet Day

Friday 1 February 2019 Reading Cloud Launched

Friday 1 February 2019 Strand's Winning Streak Continues

Friday 25 January 2019 Girls Reach Semi Final of Borough Football

Friday 25 January 2019 Year 4 Visit the Garden Museum

Saturday 19 January 2019 Rugby Team Run Out at Grasshoppers

Saturday 19 January 2019 Secret Strandite

Saturday 19 January 2019 Film Night

Friday 11 January 2019 Year 3 & 4 at the Borough Football Tournament

Friday 11 January 2019 Inset Day

Friday 11 January 2019 Cracking Attendance

Friday 21 December 2018 Strand Crowned Regional Champions in National Young Mathematicians' Competition Strand Crowned Regional Champions in National Young Mathematician Competition

Friday 21 December 2018 And Finally...

Friday 21 December 2018 Lashings of Ginger Beer in Year 6

Friday 14 December 2018 Farewell Miss Neil and Au Revoir Mrs Perkins

Friday 14 December 2018 Strand Qualifies for Indoor Athletics Final (Again!)

Friday 14 December 2018 Cracking Concert

Friday 7 December 2018 Interhouse Rugby

Friday 7 December 2018 Strandite Wins Ruth Cadbury’s Christmas Card Competition

Friday 7 December 2018 Maths Team Tested

Friday 30 November 2018 And More Maths …

Friday 30 November 2018 Gardening Club Plant Trees from Mayor

Friday 23 November 2018 Primary Maths Challenge

Friday 23 November 2018 Strand In Borough Football Finals

Friday 23 November 2018 5MK's Assembly

Friday 16 November 2018 Online Safety Reminder

Friday 16 November 2018 Anti-Bullying Week BLUE Day

Friday 16 November 2018 Indoor Sports Day

Friday 9 November 2018 National Young Mathematicians' Award

Friday 9 November 2018 Cross Country Team in Borough Finals

Friday 9 November 2018 6S's Remembrance Assembly

Friday 2 November 2018 Open Day and Year 2 Meeting – Thursday 15th November

Friday 2 November 2018 6N’s Thought-Provoking Black History Assembly

Friday 19 October 2018 Eye-Opening Trip to Foyles

Friday 19 October 2018 Library Opening

Friday 19 October 2018 4C Walk Like Egyptians

Monday 15 October 2018 Souper Harvest Supper

Friday 12 October 2018 Take One Picture - Artistic Action Abounds!

Friday 12 October 2018 Governor Elections Begin

Friday 12 October 2018 6H's Assembly

Friday 5 October 2018 Jaim Wins Mayor's Award

Friday 5 October 2018 Strand Young Ambassadors Need Your Help

Friday 5 October 2018 Strand achieves the Basic Skills Mark for the Fifth Time

Friday 28 September 2018 Cross Country Success

Friday 28 September 2018 New School Council Announced

Friday 28 September 2018 Katherine Woodfine: Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Friday 21 September 2018 School Hustings

Friday 21 September 2018 Idling Action Event

Friday 21 September 2018 Secondary Information Meeting

Friday 14 September 2018 Year 3 Complete First Full Week

Friday 14 September 2018 PE Uniform Brightens a Wet Week

Friday 14 September 2018 Secondary Transfer

Wednesday 12 September 2018 Year 3 Parents' Meeting

Wednesday 12 September 2018 Year 4 Parents' Meeting

Wednesday 12 September 2018 Year 6 Parents' Meeting

Friday 7 September 2018 Building Update

Friday 7 September 2018 Welcome Back

Friday 13 July 2018 SATs Results - Well Done Year 6

Friday 13 July 2018 Fame - What a Show!

Friday 6 July 2018 Team Captains Elected

Friday 6 July 2018 Strandites Shine at Junior Maths Challenge

Friday 29 June 2018 Staffing and Classes for Next Year

Friday 29 June 2018 Au Revoir

Friday 22 June 2018 Super Summer Fair

Friday 22 June 2018 The Whale Company

Friday 15 June 2018 Message on a Bottle

Friday 15 June 2018 Fiver Challenge

Friday 15 June 2018 Collaboration with Chiswick (and Brentford and Isleworth!) Schools

Friday 8 June 2018 4C's Cracking Anglo Saxon Assembly

Friday 8 June 2018 Welcome Back... and Farewell

Friday 25 May 2018 Summer of Sport continues

Friday 25 May 2018 Year 3 and 4 Swimming Gala

Friday 18 May 2018 Book People School Fundraising Offer

Friday 18 May 2018 Mini Fair

Friday 18 May 2018 Well Done Year 6

Friday 11 May 2018 A Testing Week

Friday 11 May 2018 Bike Breakfast

Friday 4 May 2018 5B's Greek Odyssey

Friday 4 May 2018 Strand Become Borough Athletics Champions

Friday 27 April 2018 Congratulations Miss Neil

Friday 27 April 2018 The London Book Project

Friday 27 April 2018 4H's Assembly

Friday 20 April 2018 Strand Parent Runs London Marathon

Friday 20 April 2018 Interhouse Basketball Launches Summer of Sport

Thursday 29 March 2018 Secret Strandite

Thursday 29 March 2018 Cake Sake for Cancer Research

Thursday 29 March 2018 Autism Awareness Day

Friday 23 March 2018 Primary Maths Challenge Silver Medal for Patrick

Friday 23 March 2018 5W's Assembly

Friday 16 March 2018 The Strand Swans Volume 2 Published

Friday 9 March 2018 Secondary Transfer

Friday 2 March 2018 Challenge Partners Visit

Friday 2 March 2018 World Book Day

Friday 2 March 2018 S'no Closing Strand

Friday 23 February 2018 The Strand Family Grows - Again!

Friday 23 February 2018 World Book Day

Friday 23 February 2018 Strand Reach Borough Football Finals Again

Friday 23 February 2018 5N's Assembly

Sunday 11 February 2018 Musical Evening

Friday 2 February 2018 Pedestrian Skills

Friday 2 February 2018 Strand Athletes Reach Borough Finals

Friday 26 January 2018 MRI Engineer Inspires Year 6

Friday 26 January 2018 4N's Assembly

Friday 19 January 2018 Child Well-being Practitioner Pilot

Friday 19 January 2018 Blue Team Wins Inter-house Rugby

Friday 19 January 2018 NSPCC Workshops

Friday 12 January 2018 Change in Term Dates 2018 - 2019

Friday 12 January 2018 Cake Sale on Friday 19th January

Wednesday 20 December 2017 Strand Movie Makers

Saturday 16 December 2017 Cracking Concert

Saturday 16 December 2017 Christmas Book Recommendations

Saturday 16 December 2017 Carols in the Playground

Saturday 9 December 2017 Cracking Christmas Fair - A Message from Friends

Saturday 9 December 2017 Strand Young Ambassadors and School Council Food Bank Project

Friday 1 December 2017 Quiz Results Are In

Friday 1 December 2017 Sumdog Success

Friday 1 December 2017 Seasonal Craft Day and Christmas Post Box

Friday 24 November 2017 Strand Recommends

Friday 24 November 2017 6S's Assembly

Friday 17 November 2017 Primary Maths Challenge

Friday 17 November 2017 6R's Assembly

Thursday 16 November 2017 Open Day and Year 2 Meeting

Friday 10 November 2017 Miss Essex Plays for the Inaugural Women's Barbarians Rugby Team

Friday 10 November 2017 FaSST Reps Meeting

Friday 10 November 2017 Strand are Borough Cross Country Champions

Friday 3 November 2017 Fantastic Fireworks

Friday 3 November 2017 Controlled Parking Zone Approaches

Friday 20 October 2017 Harvest Supper

Friday 20 October 2017 Black History Week

Friday 20 October 2017 6J's Assembly

Friday 13 October 2017 Strand Young Ambassadors' Food Bank

Friday 13 October 2017 Book Swap Launched

Friday 13 October 2017 Important Reminder Secondary Transfer

Friday 6 October 2017 More Fund Raising

Friday 6 October 2017 Book Swap Launch

Friday 6 October 2017 Cake Sale for British Heart Foundation Raises ?267

Friday 29 September 2017 Year 3 Passports

Friday 29 September 2017 Brass Lessons for Year 4

Friday 29 September 2017 Beat The Street

Friday 22 September 2017 Reading News

Friday 22 September 2017 School Council

Sunday 17 September 2017 Otis Qualifies as Therapy Dog

Sunday 17 September 2017 Another Addition to the Strand Family

Sunday 17 September 2017 SATs Results

Friday 8 September 2017 Secondary Transfer

Friday 8 September 2017 Welcome Back

Wednesday 19 July 2017 And finally...

Friday 14 July 2017 SATs Results

Thursday 13 July 2017 Year 6 Hoodies

Monday 10 July 2017 Classes for Next Year

Monday 10 July 2017 Staffing News

Monday 10 July 2017 3M's Assembly

Wednesday 5 July 2017 Secondary Transfer for Year 5

Friday 30 June 2017 Mufti for Grenfell

Friday 30 June 2017 National Book Tokens Competition

Friday 30 June 2017 Strandites Gain Distinctions in Primary Engineer Leaders Award

Friday 23 June 2017 Strand Shines in Junior Maths Challenge

Friday 23 June 2017 Staffing News

Friday 23 June 2017 Strand Sings at Summer Music Festival

Thursday 22 June 2017 Mufti Day In Aid of Grenfell Tower Fund

Friday 16 June 2017 Summer of Sport Continues

Friday 16 June 2017 Headteacher and Governing Body News

Friday 9 June 2017 Sporting Strandites Take Part in London Youth Games

Friday 9 June 2017 Enigma Challenge Success

Friday 9 June 2017 Team Captains Elected

Friday 9 June 2017 Year 3 and 4 Swimming Gala

Saturday 27 May 2017 Knapp House

Saturday 27 May 2017 Candidates Announced for General Election

Saturday 27 May 2017 Team Captain Elections

Friday 19 May 2017 Building Bridges

Friday 19 May 2017 Celtic Collaboration

Friday 19 May 2017 Maths Masterclass

Friday 19 May 2017 Walk to School Week

Friday 12 May 2017 Well Done Year 6

Sunday 7 May 2017 SATs

Friday 9 January 2015 Inset Day

Friday 12 December 2014 Farewell and Welcome Back

Friday 21 November 2014 ViA Learning Team Training

Friday 14 November 2014 Open Day and Year 2 Meeting

Friday 24 October 2014 4M's Assembly

Friday 17 October 2014 6C's Harvest Assembly

Friday 26 September 2014 Farewell and Welcome

Friday 19 September 2014 Demolition of Cygnet Club

Friday 12 September 2014 A Note From The Chair of Governors

Friday 5 September 2014 New Faces and New Names

Friday 27 June 2014 Strandites for Head Girl

Friday 27 June 2014 Choir perform at Hammersmith Town Hall

Friday 13 June 2014 Staffing News

Friday 23 May 2014 Baby Jennings Arrives

Friday 16 May 2014 A Testing Week

Friday 16 May 2014 Cygnet Club News

Friday 16 May 2014 Splinters - A Reminder

Friday 14 March 2014 Big Pedal Update

Friday 7 March 2014 Stranded - A success story

Friday 31 January 2014 Blue Team Win Inter House Quiz

Friday 31 January 2014 Sumdog Success

Friday 24 January 2014 4L's Assembly 2014

Monday 20 January 2014 NQT Literacy session

Friday 17 January 2014 Welcome Mr Murray

Monday 6 January 2014 ICT session for NQT's

Wednesday 20 November 2013 Victorian Day in Year 5

Wednesday 20 November 2013 Cross Country Champions

Friday 4 October 2013 School Council Elected

Friday 4 October 2013 New Governors Appointed

Friday 13 September 2013 Marvellous Mural

Friday 6 September 2013 New Faces and New Names

Friday 12 July 2013 Strand on the Green Goes Green

Friday 28 June 2013 Year 4 River Trip

Wednesday 12 June 2013 Park and Stride

Friday 24 May 2013 Knapp House Trip Arrives Home

Friday 24 May 2013 Hustings And Voting For New Team Captains

Friday 17 May 2013 A Testing Week

Friday 10 May 2013 An Addition to the Strand Team

Thursday 28 March 2013 Living Museum

Friday 22 March 2013 Ringsfield- 5C Have Returned!

Friday 22 March 2013 Farewell Fantastic Mrs Fox

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