Newsletter No. 37 1st December 2010

1st December 2010
Newsletter No. 37

Christmas will soon be upon us, so I would remind you of some of the events taking place leading up to the end of term.

Bad Weather/School Closure Please note that if I take the decision to close the school during bad weather conditions, a text message will be sent to all parents who have provided us with a mobile number. A message will also be on the Redbridge website. If you have not provided us with a mobile number, please do so as soon as possible.

Application for starting Reception in September 2011 If your child was born between 1st September 2006 and 31st August 2007 you must apply for a place at a primary school by 15th January 2011. You must apply even if your child is already in the nursery of your preferred school. Application forms will be available from School or from the One Stop Shop at Lynton House.

Late collection of children There is an increasing number of children being collected late from school at the end of the day. During the week beginning 15th – 19th November a total of 55 children were collected as late as 4.50pm. Over the following weeks we will be closely monitoring this situation. Persistent lateness in collecting your child from school may result in a referral to the Education Welfare Services and you may well be charged for childcare that the school has provided.

Year 6 Residential Trip to Glasbury Please note that the next instalment for the residential trip in June 2011 is due for payment by Friday 3rd December. If paying by cheque, please make payable to Cranbrook Primary School.

Reception and Nursery Christmas Performances Reception and Nursery’s Christmas Performances will take place next Tuesday 7th December. Nursery AM will perform at 10.00am with all Reception classes and Nursery PM will perform at 2.00pm with all Reception classes. In order to manage numbers we are inviting parents of Nursery AM, Reception Red and Reception Green classes to the morning performance and parents of Nursery PM, Reception Yellow and Reception Blue to the afternoon performance.

Year 3 Christmas Performance Year 3’s Christmas Performance will take place at 2pm on December 10th, parents of all Year 3 children are invited to attend and we hope to see you all there.

Christmas Parties These will be held week beginning the 13th December, children may bring their party clothes with them to school to change.

Last day of term Please remember that the last day of term is Monday 20th December and school will be finishing at 2pm. Nursery’s last day of term will be Friday 17th December.

PTA Christmas Treat The PTA has arranged a pantomime on the 16th December as a Christmas treat for all children. Children from morning and afternoon Nursery, Reception and Year 1 classes will see the Pantomime in the morning and children from Year 2 to Year 6 classes will see the Pantomime in the afternoon. Also, please note that the pantomime for Years 2-6 will not finish until 4pm so pick up will be a little later. THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT.




Attendance The class with the highest percentage was Year 6 Red with 97.9% just beating Year 2 Green with 97.2%. Well done to both classes! The overall percentage for the whole school was 91.6%.
Percentages for other classes were as follows:

R Blue 89.3% R Green 86% R Red 83.9% R Yellow 80.7%
Yr 1 Blue 86% Yr 1 Green 92.4% Yr1 Red 91% Yr 1 Yellow 86.4%
Yr 2 Blue 94% Yr 2 Green 97.2% Yr 2 Red 87% Yr 2 Yellow 93.7%
Yr 3 Blue 94.5% Yr 3 Green 96.6% Yr 3 Red 92.4% Yr 3 Yellow 95%
Yr 4 Green 95.7% Yr 4 Red 94.7%
Yr 5 Blue 96.6% Yr 5 Yellow 96.7%
Yr 6 Red 97.9%

Lost Property Please collect any lost property from the small hall after school.

Electronic Gates to Staff Pavilion Car Park It has come to our attention that many parents are walking through the electronic gates with their children, this is extremely dangerous. Please make sure you walk through the pedestrian gates as the electronic gates are for Staff Cars and Deliveries only. Pedestrians should not walk through the electronic gates at any time. The school will not take any responsibility for undue care and attention.


Dates for your diary:Christmas Performances 7th (Nursery and Reception) and 10th December (Year 3)
Christmas Parties w/c 13th December
Christmas Assembly 14th December
Christmas Musical Event 15th December for local pensioners 2pm-3.15pm
PTA Christmas Pantomime 16th December
Christmas Dinner 17th December
Last day for Nursery 17th December
Nursery Closed 20th December, no Nursery Children in school
Last day of term 20th December, finish at 2pm
Christmas Break 21st December to 3rd January
School re-opens for pupils 4th January