Newsletter

7th July 2010
Newsletter No: 23

Dear Parents/Carers,

Attendance Last week’s overall school attendance percentage was 94.6% which is still below the national average of 95%. The class with the highest percentage – 99% - was Year 2 Yellow. Well done!

Percentages for other classes were as follows:
Rec Blue 94.0% Rec Green 92.0% Rec Red 96.0% Rec Yellow 94.8%
Yr1 Blue 96.0% Yr 1 Green 95.2% Yr 1 Red 94.6% Yr 1 Yellow 90.3%
Yr2 Blue 93.3% Yr 2 Green 98.7% Yr 2 Red 95.4% Yr 2 Yellow 99.0%
Yr3 Green 95.5% Yr 3 Red 90.7% Yr 4 Blue 88.7% Yr 4 Yellow 95.2%
Yr5 Red 96.0% Yr 6 Yellow 97.2%

4 Blue, 3 Red, 1 Yellow and Rec Green, we need to see a real improvement next week.

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.

Security Update The work to improve the overall security of the school site is progressing well and should be complete in the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience.

Parent Governor Vacancy We had just one application to be a parent governor which was seconded. Congratulations to Mr Saleem Yousef – welcome to the team! Mr Yousef has 3 children.

Year 4 and 5 Parents Meeting What a great turnout we had for this meeting! We will be sending out information soon to all parents relating to the agenda items.

Year 6 Performance Year 6 Yellow will be presenting their performance of Oliver Twist, in the School Hall tonight at 6pm. Tickets are only 50p and can be bought on the door. Everyone is welcome. Please come along to support our eldest children!

The Big Dance All parents are invited to come along and watch the Big Dance on Friday 9th at 1pm. The children are working hard learning the dance for this record breaking attempt for the Guiness Book of Records when we will do the dance with thousands of others elsewhere.

Early School Closure for the Summer Fete The school will close at 2:30pm on Friday 9th – don’t forget!! This will allow all families to participate in the summer fete. We have a bouncy castle, giant assault course inflatables, face painting, games, activities, stalls and a BBQ. Tickets are now on sale and are selling quickly so please return the slip and money in an envelope to the school office as soon as possible. The money raised will be used to buy more playground equipment.

Sports Day Nursery parents will be receiving a letter about Nursery Sports Day which will take place on Monday 12th July. Reception children will join the Key Stage 1 Sports Day on Wednesday 14th July. I do hope many of you will be able to come along and cheer the children on.

Nursery Last Day Reminder: the last school day for Nursery children is Friday 16th June.

Open Exhibition This will take place on 19th July from 3:30-4:15pm. All parents are invited to come in and walk through the school to look at the lovely work displayed and to visit your child’s new classroom and meet their new teacher.

Owl Photographs These have arrived in school and will be distributed to the classes to come home today. If you wish to purchase the photograph, please give the money to the class teacher in an envelope marked with your child’s name and class. The deadline for returning your money is Friday 16th July.

Pets Please do not bring pets into school or the playground without making prior arrangements with the school. Animal visits can be a fun learning experience but need to be arranged in advance so that health and safety plans can be made.

Governors Race for Life Congratulations to the following Governors, Hannah Sheikh, Paula Constantinou, Rosie Takhar, Syeda Akther and Rashpal Lalli, who all took part in the 10k Race for Life at Blackheath on Sunday and raised over £1000 for Cancer Research UK. Well done!

Chess Champion Congratulations to Aditya Verma in Yr 1 Red who won the UK Chess Challenge on Saturday. He won all of his matches and was awarded the Ultimo trophy and £100 prize money. Well done Aditya!

Lost Property From next week, lost property will be available to view in the Small Hall each Monday and Wednesday after school.

Websites Please see below the details of two free subscriptions which children can log on to at home as well as at school:

Education City http://www.educationcity.com/ Login: 317CranbrookPrimary Schoo Password:449823
Purple Mash www.purplemash.com Login: pupil@c82756 Password: fog3

E-Safety Please be aware of what your child is doing on the internet. There are many unsuitable sites and it is important that you know your child is safe while on the internet. NB, Under 13’s should not be using Facebook.

Parking Please kindly refrain from parking on the pavement in the Car Park as this blocks the pavement to people walking and someone could be hurt by a car door. Speed should be kept to a minimum in the Car Park to keep our children safe.

Yours faithfully

Jas Leverton, Head teacher

Dates for your diary:
Year 6 Performance 7th July, 6pm
The Big Dance 9th July, 1pm
Summer Fair 9th July, 2:30pm
Nursery Sports Day 12th July
Sports Day 14th July
Open Exhibition 19th July, 2:30-4pm
Coloured Strings – Parents Drop in 20th July
Musical Afternoon Tea for local pensioners 21st July
Year 6 Final Assembly & Drinks Reception 22nd July
Last day of the school year 23rd July