Our whole school days are planned annually across a broad range of themes and vary from year to year and include as many different events and charities as possible. They are planned by Subject Leaders where there is a link to their specialism.

We have Whole School Days to,

• Develop cohesion and collaboration across the school community
• Promote school priorities
• Link to academic subject areas
• Provide memorable learning experiences

Details of upcoming Whole School Days can be found in the School Calendar.

For previous Whole School Day events, please check out our GALLERY.

Junior Leadership Days are planned annually and change each year to incorporate as many different themes and charities as the children decide upon. They are planned by our Junior Leadership Team.

We have Junior Leadership Days to,

• Develop leadership skills
• Increase pupil voice and pupil impact
• Develop cohesion and collaboration across the school community
• Provide memorable learning experiences
• Broaden life experiences beyond the academic
• Promote school priorities
• Enable action at a school, national or global scale
• Raise aspirations
• Develop life skills

Details of upcoming Junior Leadership Days can be found in the School Calendar.

For previous Junior Leadership Day events, please check out our GALLERY.

We mark and celebrate a number of different events over the year. This allows us to:

• Mark key events in the calendar
• Celebrate our school community
• Provide opportunities for the whole school, parents and the wider community to gather, share and celebrate together.

In the AUTUMN term, we will settle into our new classes. We will celebrate Christmas with parties, shows and nativity.

In the SPRING term, we will celebrate Mothering Sunday, Easter and Eid.

In the SUMMER term, we will celebrate Father's Day, Eid and hold a Sports Day.

For details of events, please see the school calendar.

• Develop personal interests
• Teach new skills
• Work on talents
• Develop co-operation and teamwork
• Commit for a period of time
• Build confidence and friendship
• Place adults as role models
• Promote different academic subjects
• Provide memorable learning experiences
• Reflect confidence and enthusiasm into other areas of school life

We also offer a range of clubs and activities to children both before and after school. We engage the Birmingham Music Service to deliver our peripatetic music lessons.

Further details can be found under Clubs HERE.

We offer two residential visits each year.

Children in Year 3 and Year 4 are invited to take part in an overnight stay at St Braviels Castle. They take part in problem solving, historical activities, team building and adventurous activities.

Children in Year 5 and 6 are invited to take part in a longer visit to Blackwell with a focus on team building and outdoor adventurous activities.

• Building independence
• Memorable experiences
• Boosting confidence
• Team building
• Experience beyond the normal curriculum

Children in Year Six undertake a 'Fiver Challenge' each year, which is an enterprise project that enables them to develop teamwork and business sense.

Each half-term we prioritise a different aspect of children's well -being with a planned activity which is linked to one of Grendon's Goals.

We also celebrate the achievements children complete outside school. Many children have skills and talents that they practise in clubs, and the half-termly Out of School Awards give us an opportunity to celebrate these accomplishments. It also allows children to share the opportunities that are available outside school and encourage friends to join them.

Assembly is an important element of our whole school social, moral, spiritual and cultural education.

Each different type of assembly has a specific purpose:

Whole School Welcome Assembly

The welcome assembly at the start of each new term will:

• Welcome children back
• Build a sense of school community
• Set the tone for the coming term
• Re-enforce Grendon’s Goals
• Provide a role for Junior Leaders

Key Stage Housekeeping

Key Stage housekeeping assemblies will:

• Build a sense of school community
• Allow KS leaders to set expectations for the coming half term
• Allow KS leaders to draw attention to upcoming events for the coming half term

Harvest, Nativity and Easter Assemblies will:

• Mark the key Christian festivals
• Enable pupils an opportunity to perform in front of an audience
• Support BV of tolerance & understanding

Awards Assembly

Awards Assemblies will:

• Address CRC articles 29 and 31
• Celebrate personal or academic achievement
• Be attended by parents of children receiving awards
• Provide a role for Junior Leaders

Attendance Assembly

Attendance assemblies will:

• Update children on latest attendance data
• Address CRC article 28
• Empower children to value coming to school
• Provide practical support to ensure children are in school on time
• Provide a role for Junior Leaders

Singing Assembly

Singing assemblies will:

• Develop musicality (pitch, rhythm, tempo etc)
• Prepare pupils for shared worship events
• Provide singing for wellbeing
• Address CRC article 31 – breadth of curriculum

Picture News Assembly

Picture News assemblies will:

• Address both British Values and Children’s Rights
• Teach children about world events
• Build a sense of global citizenship

Grendon’s Goals Assembly

Grendon’s Goals Assemblies will:

• Address each of the six Grendon’s Goals
• Mark national and international days of interest or commemorate important historical events.
• Celebrate and inform pupils about religious events