The advice from the government has been updated from 1 April.  The view from the government is that the population now has much stronger protection against COVID-19 than at any other point in the pandemic. This means that the virus can now be managed like other respiratory infections, thanks to the success of the vaccination programme and access to antivirals, alongside natural immunity and increased scientific and public understanding about how to manage risk.  See below the updated advice: 

• Adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature.

• Children who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can go back to school when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend.  Therefore if your child is unwell and has a temperature they should stay at home until they no longer have a temperature and well enough to come to school. 

• Adults with a positive COVID-19 test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious. 

• Children with a positive COVID-19 test result should stay at home for 3 days.  Therefore if your child tests positive for COVID-19 they should stay at home and isolate for 3 days and they should come back to school when they are well enough.  

Please be reminded that it is illegal to park your car on the yellow lines, white zig zags and 'school keep clear' markings outside the school and on the roundabout to drop off or pick up your child. 

Please do not stop in the middle of the road to drop off your child and do drive slowly down Worlds End Lane.   There are many parents who are stopping in the middle of the road to drop their children off (even young children) which is unsafe and is putting your child and others at risk.  Please park your car in a safe place (parents can use Old Grammarian's RFC and Sainsbury's car park) and walk.  

Please help us keep our children safe.  

If you aren't already aware of it, of OWL also known as Online Watch Link. This is an initiative jointly from Enfield police and the Enfield Council to keep you informed of what's happening in your local area from your local team. 

There are also schemes you can join like CCTV watch for residents with CCTV cameras, ring doorbells etc.. and are happy for police to utilise the camera in an effort to detect crime and catch criminals. You can also join Dog watch where you will receive dedicated crime prevention messages regarding your pets and keeping them safe. If you own a business in Enfield then you can also separately join Business watch and receive dedicated business messages regarding crime prevention and goings on in Enfield that affect your businesses.

OWL is fast becoming the go to system for police to contact their residents so please join up to OWL, its completely FREE and only takes a minute or two to join up. Simply visit www.owl.co.uk/met to sign up. Please let your neighbours know as well and build up a strong neighbourhood watch in your area.

It has been yet another busy and exciting term for our school parliament where they have been involved in many different activities, decision making and implementation.

At the beginning of the term they had the honour of feeding back to the school’s Local Education Committee (LEC) where they met Androulla Nicou, CEO of ELT and the rest of the school governors. They explained all that School Parliament had done so far this year and the entire LEC were incredibly impressed with how active Grange Park’s School Parliament were and of course how confident they were.

Other highlights have been meeting with ‘The Pantry’ to discuss lunchtimes and sustainability, setting up their own ‘MP Lunch Clubs’ (you may have heard your children talk about them) on the back of a recent pupil voice survey and of course helping to design and facilitate the hugely successful ‘Family Lunch’. Here are some articles the MPs have written about:

VIAM an entertainer

When interviewed, Niyam - Mercury class, quoted that it was a 'once in a lifetime experience'. The show featured many songs such as: Fix you, Uptown Funk, Champion, Temporary Home, Help a Child Belong, Don't Give Up On Me, Chosen Family, Giant, Human and Let Me Entertain You.  People were known to have cheered at the top of their voices and the hosts quoted that it was an honour to be back in Wembley after 2 years. The cause of the show was beneficial to the cause of adoption and children's health. This year they specifically targeted FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders).  Written by James - Mercury class

Year 1 performed their first ever live singing concert to parents. Each class sang a song and they also sang songs as a whole year group including 2 in Spanish. Ana Maria had actions for all the colours in the song and it was fun trying to perform them faster and faster as the tempo increased! The children rapped, sang and played instruments - well done Year 1! 

After two years, the recorder concert is back! Year 3 have been learning recorder since October and performed a number of songs with different styles: samba, traditional songs and even one with tricky syncopated Cuban rhythms! A few children who have been attending a lunchtime recorder club played some extra parts to the songs and some songs of their own.  Well done to everyone who took part!

Grange Park held its first whole year group ukulele concert on Tuesday 29th March. Year 4 have been learning ukulele since September with Paula Warren from Enfield Music Service and Debbie. They have learnt how to play a number of songs using chords and also by plucking the strings. They have learnt to read basic ukulele music (tablature) too. The concert celebrated all they had learnt and each class also had a turn at singing along with the songs. Congratulations on a fabulous concert everyone! 

Another term has flown by and there has been yet more news of sporting success for Grange Park. As usual we have entered many sports competitions; this term, Athletics, Football, Tag Rugby, and Netball. A large number of children across Year 2 to Year 6 have represented their school and shown some brilliant sporting values. 

Our boys football team have had a solid league season where they remain unbeaten. They also reached the last 8 in the Enfield Borough Cup. Well played lads! 

In a month where we celebrated International Women’s Day, our girls' football team produced some incredible displays and won the Enfield girls league. They have a cup semi final after Easter so they are on course for an amazing double! 

We are hoping the summer term will bring some great weather which will allow us to deliver sports such as Tennis, Rounders, Cricket and Athletics both in PE and after school clubs. We are all looking forward to the full return of Sports Day and even more success in borough competitions. 

This year the National Autistic Society celebrates its 60th anniversary.  Today almost everyone has heard of autism but far too few people understand what it is like to be autistic. Now it is time to change attitudes.  Find out more about autism in by watching this video- What is autism?

In assembly this week the children watched a short video of a boy called Eli reading about a poem about being autistic.  The video introduces the children to the idea of difference and how our differences are what makes us unique and special.  Children explored what makes them 'them' and learnt to appreciate and value difference within our school community.  Click here for the video. 

For the summer term, all internal clubs will commence the week beginning 25 April 2022 until week ending 15 July 2022 (excluding half term and inset days).  For more information on these clubs and more that are running, please visit our website here.

Below you can see flyers of some of our external clubs. You can see these on our website here.

The Easter Holidays is fast approaching so it’s time to make plans for the children to stay happy, energised and engaged. Feeling bored at home? No problem, why not sign up to join in the fun at the holiday club! Click the image to find out more information. 

Smith Schoolwear are running an INSTAGRAM EASTER COMPETITION for the chance to win a £40 SMITHS SCHOOLWEAR VOUCHER and an EASTER EGG.

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This year is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. In honour of this historical event, the GPPSA are running a special mid-year fundraising project, where we are asking your children to get creative and design their own commemorative tea towel or mug.  Don’t miss the chance to have your child’s artwork turned into a commemorative to mark this special occasion and help the school at the same time.

● The children will be given the artwork sheet to take home. 

● Over the holidays the children will need to paint/draw/decorate their commemorative design on the artwork sheet.

● The next step for you is to complete the form on the reverse side of your child’s artwork and return it to school by Tuesday 26 April.

● Once we have received your forms, you will receive an email and text message from Xmas4Schools with your order code and link to your online ordering portal. At this stage you will be able to pay for your professionally printed products which will hopefully be delivered before May half term!

Look at the photo to see slices of bread as part of the children's experiment - Window sill, Cupboard, Bookcase 

In Year 6, we have been studying microorganisms in Science. Microorganisms are very tiny living things. They are so small that they are not visible to the naked eye, so a microscope is needed to see them.

Microorganisms can be found all around us. They can live on and in our bodies, in the air, in water and on the objects around us. They can be found in almost every habitat on Earth.

We compared different types of microorganisms: Some animals and plants; fungi, Bacteria and viruses.

To see this in investigation, we created an experiment to see how mold grows. We put 3 slices of bread in food bags and placed them in 3 different locations (by the window, on the bookcase and in a cupboard) to see which location is the best place to keep our bread.

Children’s predictions:

"I predict that the bread in the cupboard will grow the most mold due it being warm in that location." Lamprini

"I predict that the bread near the window will grow the most mold as it is in a sunny place." Giles