20th October 2010 Newsletter No: 32

20th October 2010
Newsletter No: 32
Drummers I am thrilled to report how impressed and pleased I was with the performance of our drummers: Santana (5B), Tyler (3G), Riddhi (3G) Wakaris (3B) and Deniz (3G) when they represented the school at last week’s Art Festival at Ilford Ursuline High School. Although I am biased, I thought they put on a stunning performance with immense confidence. Please look out for this week’s edition of the Ilford Recorder where there will be an article and pictures.

Year 6 Residential Trip Unfortunately, only 14 parents have confirmed they would like their child to go. As the minimum number we need to confirm the booking is 16, I would urge remaining parents to have another think and let Rhonda in the School Office know by the end of tomorrow. I will send out a letter to the 14 parents with an update on Friday.

Beijing Trip Helen Radmore, Mark Evans and Samina Rai are in Beijing this week meeting our partner school. Please log on to the website to follow their progress and post comments for them! The website address is cranbrookprimary.blogspot.com. They are visiting Hepingli Number 2 primary school which is currently in a temporary building because their own school building is having some structural work done to strengthen it, so that it can be safe if there is an earthquake! They are talking about school competitions and their involvement in the Olympics.

Cultural Dress Day It has been lovely to see the children dressed in their cultural costumes of heritage today. Thank you everyone for making such an effort.

International Evening Tickets We are thoroughly looking forward to this event which will be attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Redbridge. Tickets are now sold out. Your donations of food and drink will be gratefully received tomorrow.

Non-Uniform Day This has been cancelled, as the children are in non-uniform today.

Year 6 Secondary Transfer Forms Please return your application forms to Lynton House by 22nd October or your child is at risk of not being allocated a place.

Half Term The Half Term break is Monday 25th to Friday 29th October.

Inset Day Monday 1st November The school will be closed for staff training. Please note: there will also be no Breakfast or After School Club on this day.

Mr Marvel, PTA Hallowe’en Event, 4th November Tickets are still available but must be purchased by this Friday for this exciting, fun event for the children. If you are paying by cheque, please make it out to Cranbrook Primary PTA. Please note: there will be no Clubs on this day.

Year 6 Parents Information Session Year 6 parents are invited to attend an Information Session on Monday 8th November at 2:30-3:15pm. This will include curriculum information and an update on SATS. Please do make every effort to attend.

School Dinners Price Increase The cost of School Dinners will increase to £1.95 per day, £9.75 per week as from 2nd November 2010.

Eid Assembly Year 5 will be leading our Eid Assembly on ¬¬¬¬15 November at 2:30. Year 5 parents are invited to join us in celebrating Eid-ul-Adha with song, dance and presentation. It promises to be a lot of fun.

Other Performances Nursery, Reception and Year 3 parents are invited to attend their Christmas performances on 7th,8th and 10th December respectively. Years 1, 2, 4 and 6 will be performing for their parents in the Spring or Summer term.

Early Closure on 20th December The school will close at 2pm on 20th December and there will be no Clubs or After School Club.

Attendance I am thrilled to report that last week’s overall attendance percentage was 95.7% which is just above the national average of 95%. The classes with the highest percentage were Year 1 Red and Year 4 Red with 99.3%. Well done everybody! Let’s keep this up after Half Term.

Percentages for other classes were as follows:R Blue 95.3% R Green 95.2% R Red 97.1% R Yellow 87.3%
Yr 1 Blue 95.7% Yr 1 Green 93.3% Yr1 Red 99.3% Yr 1 Yellow 98.5%
Yr 2 Blue 97.3% Yr 2 Green 94.6% Yr 2 Red 90.0% Yr 2 Yellow 99.0%
Yr 3 Blue 95.8% Yr 3 Green 98.3% Yr 3 Red 97.9% Yr 3 Yellow 96.3%
Yr 4 Green 95.5% Yr 4 Red 99.3%
Yr 5 Blue 95.0% Yr 5 Yellow 95.7%
Yr 6 Red 94.0%

Reception Yellow – I really do need to see an improvement in your percentage after Half Term please.

Donations of fabrics, material, saris We would be pleased to receive any donations of fabrics, material or saris for use in class and for making costumes. Please give these to your child’s teacher.

Dates for your diary:
Beijing Visit w/c 16th October
Cultural Dress Day 20th October
International Evening 21st October, 4-6pm
Half Term break 25th- 29th October
Staff Training day (school closed) 1st November
School re-opens 2nd November
PTA Hallowe’en Entertainment 4th November
Year 6 Parents Information Session 8th November
Parents Evenings w/c 15th November
Eid Assembly 15th November
Christmas Performances 7th (Nursery), 8th (Reception) & 10th (Year 3) December
Last day of term 20th December, finish at 2pm
Christmas Break 21st December to 3rd January
School re-opens for pupils 4th January