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Recent Events
Glaxo Smith Kline
We are delighted to have worked closely this year with GSK and supported them with a Global Hand Washing project they are leading. Our children have learnt the importance of personal hygiene, especially hand washing, as part of our curriculum for PSHE. In addition to the above GSK have supported us with a voluntary day’s work. Twenty-five employees came to school to develop further our new garden landscape. New soil was loaded into planters for gardening club, bark was spread across areas and spring bulbs were planted.
Poppy Factory Visit
School Council visited the Poppy Factory in Richmond. They were given a talk about the reasons we wear poppies leading up to Remembrance Day. Following the talk we were given a full guided tour of the factory and given the opportunity to manufacture our own poppies and wreaths to take back to school. We always hold a special remembrance assembly on 11th November to observe the two-minute silence.
School Council
School Council were elected for this term and a half in September. They have met with the Lead Councillor for Hounslow to discuss the role of a councillor and explain what difference they can make towards improving our school. We look forward to their input towards activities and events in the coming weeks.
Fountain Opening Ceremony 
Local residents along Strand on the Green riverfront refurbished a public Victorian drinking fountain. Our children were invited to the ceremony by the Mayor of Hounslow. We attended the ceremony where children were allowed to be the first to take a drink of water. The Mayor’s dog also attended and was the first dog to use the built in dog drinking bowl.
Butterfly Life Cycle Observation
Foundation Stage children grew butterflies from eggs and studied their change through the life cycle. The butterflies were later released in our conservation garden where we maintain nettles especially to help support this type of insect.
Gardening Club and Our Nursery Courtyard 
Gardening club have worked very hard this summer to keep the gardens around our school looking in top shape. They ensure weeds are kept at bay and that all plants are well watered during the hotter months. We recently took delivery of soil and wood chip to improve our landscapes.
Starbucks Volunteer Day
Our children have met with employees at the Chiswick Park office to discuss the school's needs and as part of a literacy project. Eighty Starbucks employees gave a day of their time in the Summer to help refurbish some areas of our school. Five or six teams spread out across the schools and much time was spent in our garden areas. We were very pleased to be given five giant raised bed planters for our gardening club to use. Starbucks is currently involved in fundraising for our school and we look forward to benefiting from more of their community work in the future.
Visit to Gurdwara 
In Key Stage1 we visit many different places of worship. Year 1 visited the Gurdwara in Hounslow. We were all made to feel very welcome. On our way in we took off our shoes before making our way to the prayer hall. We were shown around and were able to ask many questions about Sikhism.
Rainbow
Every now and then we turn to the natural environment for inspiration in our writing and other areas of the curriculum. The snow days were good examples of this. This rainbow appears occasionally overhead. The school enjoys pausing for a few moments to observe its beauty.
Bike Breakfast 
Every year we hold a Bike Breakfast for children who cycle to school. The event is always very well attended and reinforces the work carried out towards our School Travel Plan, which has now been awarded ‘outstanding’ status. The healthy breakfast is seen as a celebration for the effort made by children and families of the school who help to reduce carbon emissions.
Christmas Show
All Children re-tell the Christmas story at our Christmas concerts. We raise money for worthy charities and the concerts contain a mixture of traditional songs and carols.
Snow and Ice
Shortly after the severe snowfall in London, during February, teachers adjusted their planning to enable children to work in the outdoor school environment. The snow and ice were used as resources extensively across the curriculum particularly within literacy and science.
321 Lift-off
As part of Science Week children designed and made their own rockets. The classes watched in amazement as some of the rockets were launched in our playground. Many reached up to 20 metres before returning gently to earth by parachute. We held a science exhibition at the end of the day for parents and carers to see evidence of the children’s fantastic science skills.
Stranger Danger
Our new team of PCSO’s visited the school to talk to all of our children about Stranger Danger. It was also a good opportunity for the children to ask questions about staying safe in the wider community. We look forward to working very closely with our PCSO team in the future years to come.
RNLI Fundraising
The School raised money again this year for the local RNLI Chiswick Station who did a 21 mile sponsored walk. The twelve-man team walked from Teddington to London Bridge calling in at or school and number 10 Downing Street on their 
way. The crew
were greeted with rapturous applause and a human tunnel to walk through before being offered hot drinks and biscuits to help them on their way. The following week a lifeboat launched from the Chiswick station and met some of our children outside the school to collect the sponsorship money.
Carols at Care Home
At Christmas our school choir visited Meadowcroft Care Home accompanied by Lewis Allen, pastor of Gunnersbury Baptist Church. The children sang carols to spread some Christmas cheer. They sang beautifully and were much appreciated by their audience. A special well done to Ruby Cline who sang a wonderful solo and to Miss Philpot and Mrs Pryce for leading the choir. Afterwards the children and residents enjoyed mince pies and drinks together and Lewis said a prayer.
Corporate Links
School Council visited the U.K headquarters of Starbucks to explain to the staff what the company could do to help our school. Starbucks have formed a partnership with the schools and have kindly offered to assist us in completing some school projects.
Scoot to School day IV
Many children scooted to school and all children passed a Scooter Proficiency test to prove their scooter skills to the teachers. They had to negotiate the route drawn on the playground and demonstrate control and safe stopping using their brakes. This year the focus was Safe Scooting and children were encouraged to wear helmets to school. The class, which brought the greatest number of helmets in, was Blue Class and they won the competition to win extra scooting time this term! Scoot to School Day V will take place in the Summer Term 2009.
New Toilet Build
For many years our school has been seeking to replace the main toilet block and corridors adjacent to the Reception and Year1 classrooms. We are now in a financial position to go ahead with this project early in 2009. We have some exciting plans for a really interesting design. Plans include a green roof of live plants, which will be seen by children everyday as they travel through this end of the school.
School Visits
As usual children and staff have been out and about visiting the local area and further afield
to make learning an even more exciting and meaningful experience! Year 1 have been to the Discovery Centre to support their learning about light and dark and Year 2 have been to Gunnesbury Museum and met ‘Florence Nightingale’. School Council have also visited The Upper Room, a homeless charity, to plan a whole school Harvest Collection of food.
Choir
Children from Year 1 and Year 2 have met regularly at lunchtimes this term to form a very talented choir! The children have practised hard and now support in Singing Assemblies. They will perform at our Christmas Show and also plan to visit Meadowcroft, a local care home, to perform to some of the residents.
Year1 Visit to Kew Gardens
Year1 visited Kew gardens to explore the plants and wildlife. The visit enabled children to extend their learning on growth beyond the classroom as develop their artistic talent.
These trips maintain an association between our school and Kew Gardens going back 100 years.
Year2 Visit to West Wittering
Year2 had a wonderful day at the beach where they were able to meet with the National Trust to explore the sand dunes and beaches for their wildlife. We are grateful to the parent support that made the trip possible. After having fun in the sea ice-creams were had by all!
Olympic Sports Days
All Classes from Nursery to Year2 enjoyed Olympic Sports days. These all had an official opening ceremony where torches were exchanged. The children and staff were also entertained by the parent races that followed.
New School Council
We are delighted to announce that classes have selected their new councillors for the start of our academic term. As councillors they will carry out a range of duties for the school. These duties start with a visit to the Upper Room before reporting back to our pupils why we collect food during Harvest for this particular charity.
Fundraising for RNLI Day
Every year we raise money for our local RNLI station in Chiswick. This year we all wore a waterproof item to school and made a contribution to the charity. The lifeboat crew visited our school, arriving by boat and were met by some of our Year 2 children. The rest of us watched on our Giant Screen in Assembly!
Every Child Matters Panels
Sue Edkins, our visiting local artist worked with staff, parents, carers and children to create our five fabulous sewn panels. Each panel represents each of the Every Child matters Aims; Staying Safe, Being Healthy, Enjoying and Achieving, Economic Well being and making a Positive Contribution to society. These are now displayed in our main entrance.
New Playground Markings
We are always looking for ways to make our playground a safe and happy place to be. Our new colourful playground markings were painted overnight and have been well received by the school community. The lines help us to line up smartly and create lots of opportunities for new games.
Chinese New Year
We like to learn about different festivals throughout the school year. We really enjoyed the Reception Chinese New Year procession when children danced and paraded in dragon costumes they had made themselves.
School Refurbishment
A start has been made to refurbish our outdoor Reception fence. Painting sessions have been held on Fridays after school. Both parents and staff have already made a huge difference to the appearance of the playground area and we look forward to enjoying the newly painted outdoor area when the task is finished.
Festival Week
We were delighted to welcome the Head of the Chiswick Vihara, Ven. Bogoda Seelawimala to our school to help us learn about the festival of Wesak.
Having visited his Vihara earlier in the year the children were able to ask questions about the festival held on the first full moon in May for Buddha’s birthday.