The Grange School Year 7 Starters September 2025

What's for lunch this week, beginning 06/01/26? The canteen menu is prepared & cooked on-site daily by our friendly Canteen staff! See our website for the full menu, including hot & cold deli options and price lists. https://ow.ly/Ni6o50TlULz

🌟 Important Notice 🌟

Tomorrow, Monday 5 January, our school will be closed for staff INSET. Our amazing team will be spending the day learning, preparing and planning to make the Spring Term even more engaging and inspiring for our students. 💙💛

We can’t wait to welcome all students back on Tuesday 6 January, refreshed, motivated, and ready to learn! Every new term is a fresh start, full of opportunities to grow, explore, and achieve. Let’s make this Spring Term one to remember! 🌱📚✨

🚨 Lost Shoes Alert! 🚨

As we step into 2026, we’ve discovered a collection of lost shoes waiting to be reunited with their owners! 🥿👟👞

Do you recognise any of the shoes in the photo? 👀 Let’s help them start the New Year back where they belong! Students and families are welcome to pop by to Reception next week to find and claim any missing footwear.

Why not make it a New Year’s Resolution to label all uniform and personal belongings so that our lovely reception team can make sure everyone is reunited with their things quickly and easily. 🏷️💙💛

As we welcome the New Year, we would like to wish all of our families a very happy, healthy, and successful year ahead. Thank you for your continued support, partnership, and commitment to our school community.

We look forward to another year filled with learning, growth, achievement and shared successes.

May the year ahead bring happiness, positivity, and exciting opportunities for every member of our school family. Happy New Year! ✨💙💛

#2026

Our Young Carers in school have enjoyed two fantastic sessions during the Autumn Term, coordinated by Miss Canvin 💛💙

The group will continue in the first part of the Spring Term with two planned sessions: one for Year 7 & 8, and another for Year 9–11 and Sixth Form. With February half term approaching, both sessions will feature Valentine’s-themed crafts and activities 💕🎨

These students have loved spending time in the Youth Space on the school site and have been making the most of the pool table, football table and table tennis. We’re delighted this is now the home of our Young Carers groups!

Looking ahead to the Spring Term, a letter will be sent home outlining the criteria for being identified as a young carer. This is being developed in partnership with Carers Bucks to ensure our families receive clear, supportive information.

🌟 Year 7 Stars of the Half-Term! 🌟

We are thrilled to celebrate our amazing Year 7 students who have truly shone this half-term! ✨

Each Form Tutor carefully selected a student from their form who has stood out for their dedication, positivity, and effort. Our Stars of the Half-Term are now officially recognised on Bromcom, receive a certificate, and a sweet treat to enjoy! 🍫🎉

Congratulations to all our Year 7 Stars. We’re so proud of you! Keep shining bright! 💙💛

And YEAR 7 have made it to the end of their first term at The Grange School 🎄

From the start of January 2026, we will be 'sunsetting' this page and continuing to share stories and posts on the main social media pages for the school (we are on both Facebook and Instagram).

Believe it or not, the Spring Term is when we start to get ready for our new cohort!

Thank you all your continued support in your child's education with us and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and an even happier 2026 😀

🌟 Upcoming Family Learning Sessions for Parents and Carers for January 2026! 🌟

Hosted and run by Buckinghamshire Family Learning, these three supportive and empowering sessions have been designed to help you and your child thrive.

💬 Year 7–9 Wellbeing Course
A practical and friendly course to help parents support their child’s confidence, resilience, and ability to manage worries. Perfect for navigating those important early secondary school years.

🧩 ADHD Support Workshop
A focused workshop for parents of children with ADHD, offering strategies to support your child at home and strengthen everyday routines.

🧩 Autism Support Workshop
A focused workshop for parents of children with autism, offering strategies to support your child at home and strengthen everyday routines.

✨ Both sessions are run by the experienced Family Learning team and provide a safe, understanding space to learn, share and ask questions.

👉 Places are limited. Book now using the details on the poster to secure your spot!

What's for lunch this week, beginning 15/12/25? The canteen menu is prepared & cooked on-site daily by our friendly Canteen staff! See our website for the full menu, including hot & cold deli options and price lists. https://ow.ly/Ni6o50TlULz

This December, our canteen is full of festive cheer and packed with seasonal favourites!

Whether you’re craving something warming or a little indulgence, we’ve got your lunchtime covered all month long. Join us for festive savoury snacks and sweet treats – and don’t forget to look out for Christmas Dinner Day to enjoy the full works.

Come join us and make your December lunches merry and bright!

✨ New Family Enrichment Activities Launch! ✨

We’re thrilled to introduce our brand-new Family Enrichment Activities. A fun and engaging way for parents and carers to support learning beyond the classroom!

Each term, we’ll be sharing posters packed with exciting, non-compulsory activities across different subjects, plus details of local events you can enjoy together.

This term, as we head toward Christmas, we’re kicking things off with Art, Religious Studies, Business and Food Technology.

You’ll find the posters in our weekly bulletin, on Satchel One, across our social media channels, and right here on our school website. We can’t wait to see what you create, there will even be prizes for the most creative work! 🎉

📸 Share your masterpieces!
Send your photos or examples of your family’s creations to Miss Glenister: [email protected]

First up this week: Art, featuring fantastic ideas from our amazing Subject Leader, Mrs Williams including a pop up Christmas shop to visit Queens Park Arts Centre🎨

We hope you have lots of fun getting creative together! 💫💙💛

🎭 Year 7 Pantomime Visit - 7DISC VISIT TOMORROW🎭

Tomorrow (Wednesday 10th Dec 2025), Year 7 DISC will be heading out of school to The Aylesbury Waterside Theatre to see this year's Pantomime of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' followed by Year 7 OVER on Thursday 11th December 2025.

Here are some general reminders for parents/carers ahead of the visit:
💚 Students should wear full school uniform BUT can wear trainers
🤎 Students will be walking to and from the theatre so students need to have coats, scarfs, hats etc. Weather looks dry but potentially chilly 🥶
💚 Children will need a packed lunch they can eat during the interval and on the way to and from the theatre. Students with Free School Meals, can pick up a packed lunch from the canteen before school or during morning registration
🤎 Students will have a short lunch break between 1:30pm and 2:05pm when they return to school before spending period 5 with their form tutor (not their usual timetabled lesson)
💚 If students are not attending, they will follow an alternative timetable for the day in another Year 7 class
🤎 If students have asthma, they MUST bring an inhaler with them
💚 No mobile phones to be seen or heard - the same as if they were in school
🤎 Students will leave school at approx. 9:15am and return at approx 1:30pm

We hope they have the best time to end a fabulous first term!

If you have any questions, please pop them in the chat below 👇