Newsletter

26th May 2010
Newsletter No: 18
Dear Parents/Carers,

Pupil Achievements It is a pleasure to congratulate the following pupils for being awarded the Gold Award for their success in class: Sarisha Aggarwal in Yr 2 Red, Andrea Mwnidu in Yr 3 Green, Subhan Patel in Yr 4 Blue and Suzanna Alam in Yr 4 Blue. Well done children! I hope you enjoy the books you chose as your prize.

Attendance I am thrilled to announce that last week’s overall school attendance percentage was 96% which means we have reached our target of 95% for the first time. This is very good news indeed – please keep up the good work!

The class with the highest percentage – 99.7% - was Yr 1 Red – Well done!

Percentages for other classes were as follows:
Rec Blue 91.0% Rec Green 91.7% Rec Red 98.3% Rec Yellow 94.1%
Yr1 Blue 98.0% Yr 1 Green 97.2% Yr 1 Red 99.7% Yr 1 Yellow 97.3%
Yr2 Blue 98.6% Yr 2 Green 97.3% Yr 2 Red 97.0% Yr 2 Yellow 98.6%
Yr3 Green 93.3% Yr 3 Red 93.7% Yr 4 Blue 90.7% Yr 4 Yellow 98.0%
Yr5 Red 97.3% Yr 6 Yellow 95.2%

Please remember to call the school if your child is absent as all absences need to be recorded with reasons. Our registers are reviewed by the Education Welfare Officer each week.

Best Chess Player in Essex Aditya Verma in Yr 1 Red has been competing in chess tournaments and is now the best chess player in Essex. Congratulations Aditya!

Parent Volunteers Meeting Thank you to all the parents who came to this meeting today. I am very excited about your support towards the school projects we discussed.

Nursery Messy Fun Day Thank you to those parents who joined their children at the messy fun session in Nursery today. The children had a lovely, messy time!

Skip Hop We were delighted to welcome Johnny from the Skip Hop team to the school on Friday. He worked with years 3 and 4, the year 6 sports leaders and the midday assistants teaching them a range of skipping activities which can be played at home or in school. Skipping is an excellent way to encourage a healthy lifestyle. If you wish to order a skipping rope there is an order form in the school office. Please place your order by Friday 28th May.

Playground Equipment We have had a selection of playground equipment fitted last week and work will continue this week. The children are enjoying the new seating and we are all looking forward to the other equipment being fully operational later this week.

Family French Course The Children’s Centre is running a free 5 week course starting Wednesday 9th June until 7th July, 3:45-5pm. This is for mothers, fathers, grandparents and carers with children of 5 years and over. For information or to book a place, please call the children’s centre on 0208 518 2562 and select option 1.

Collecting Children During the School Day If you have to collect your child early for an appointment, please ensure that you tell the teacher who will then notify the school office. If possible you should send a note in advance. If, on the very rare occasion, you may have to collect your child due to an unforeseeable emergency then please bring photo ID such as a passport or a driving licence with you to the school office so that the office staff can verify who the adults collecting the children are as they are less familiar with parents than class teachers.

Internet Safety I would like to emphasise the need to monitor what your children are doing on the internet at home. There are many unsuitable sites and it is important that you know your child is safe while on the internet.

Security We are shortly going to be having some work done to control all entry onto the site during the school day through automated gates. I will update on progress in future newsletters. However, I would ask all parents to support us with ensuring that you only enter the school building via the school office. This is especially important at the beginning and end of the day.

Staffing Update I am pleased to report that we were very successful in our recent appointment of deputy head teachers, which the governors and school council fed into. Following a rigorous appointment process, we appointed 3 deputies for September – Helen Radmore, who is currently the interim deputy head, Darshan Kaur, who is currently the Numeracy and Assessment consultant for Redbridge and Mark Hemsley, who is deputy head at a school in Waltham Forest. All three will bring a huge amount of experience to the school and we look forward to them taking up post in September.

We have also taken on additional class teachers for September as we will have 3 extra classes as the school continues to grow. A further key appointment has also been made – a Parent Support Advisor who will be available to support all parent with a wide ranges of things including providing information about local provision, housing and income support.

Inset Day This Friday 28th May is an Inset Day, so please make arrangements for your child.

I hope you enjoy the Half Term Break and look forward to seeing the children back at school on Monday 7th June.

Yours faithfully

Jas Leverton
Head teacher

Dates for your diary:
Kenneth Moore Pantomime for KS2 27th May
Staff training day school closed 28th May
Half term break 29th May - 6th June
School re-opens 7th June
Open School – Children’s Books Session 10th June,3:30-4:15pm & 8.45 – 9.15(Nursery AM)
Gypsy Roma Week w/c 14th June
School Photographs 16th June
Science Week w/c 21st June
Night Owls Visit 24th June (KS1) and 25th June (KS2)
Year 6 Performance 7th July
Summer Fair 9th July
Sports Day 14th July
Open Exhibition 19th July, 2:30-4pm
Musical Afternoon Tea for local pensioners 21st July
Year 6 Final Assembly & Drinks Reception 22nd July
Last day of the school year 23rd July