Monday 17 October 2011

Newsletter No 6 12th Oct 2011

Reminder for non-uniform day tomorrow—13th October. As indicated in the letter sent out earlier in the term, we are trying to raise money to support our link school in Zambia. All children and staff are invited to come in non-uniform and donate £1 towards our appeal.

Open School 3.30-4.15pm 12th Oct A reminder that parents are invited in after school today to walk through the school and take a look at your child’s class books.

Attendance Figures for Last WeekRB 96.7% RG 95.6%
RR 96.7% RY 93%
Yr 1B 99% Yr 1G 96.8%
Yr 1R 96.7% Yr 1Y 95.9%
Yr 2B 95.7% Yr 2G 97.1%
Yr 2R 97.7% Yr 2Y 94.3%
Yr 3B 98.9% Yr 3G 99.3%
Yr 3R 95.9% Yr 3Y 99.3%
Yr 4B 96% Yr 4G 98.6%
Yr 4R 95.9% Yr 4Y 99.3%
Yr 5G 98.5% Yr 5R 96.4%
Yr 6B 95.7% Yr 6Y 97.9%

Attendance The classes with the highest percentage are 3 Green, 3 Yellow and 4 Yellow all with 99.3%. Well done to all classes! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.9%.

Secondary Transition for Year 6 pupils
Please ensure that you make the most of the opportunity to visit the secondary school of your choice on the relevant open days/evening. A full list of dates is printed in the secondary transfer brochure. We shall be holding a transition workshop this Thursday 13th October from 9am-10.30am for all year 6 parents who require assistance in completing their secondary school application forms. Forms can also be completed online by logging on to www.redbridge.gov.uk/eAdmissions. All application forms should be submitted to Lynton House by Friday 21st October 2011.

Year 2/Year 6 SATs Meetings - As these year groups both have their Standardised Assessment Tasks and Tests at the end of the year, we have arranged meetings for parents to provide you with information on what to expect and also how you can support your child. I do hope that you will make every effort to attend.
Year 2 Meeting—9.15am Wed 9th Nov
Year 6 Meeting—9.15am Tue 8th Nov
Celebrating Diversity Please see the dates overleaf for details of our exciting events next week. I do hope you will be able to join your child’s class at the appropriate date and time.

E-Safety Parents, please ensure that you monitor your child’s use of the internet as cyber-bullying is on the increase, along with concerns about inappropriate use of some social networks.
Within school we also promote children’s awareness and encourage them to make safe use of all technology, including mobile phones.

Attendance/Punctuality Congratulations to class 6Y for achieving the highest attendance for the month of September with 99.3%. In celebration, the class was presented with £10 to purchase for use in their own class, such as a wet playtime game or special pens, etc.

School Council Votes Congratulations also to Naval and Eman who following their manifesto speeches along with other Year 6 pupils were elected as Chair and Vice chair of the School Council respectively. Well done to all Year 6 pupils who put themselves forward for the elections.

School Improvement Plan Every child will be given along with this weeks newsletter a ‘Summary of the School Improvement Plan’ leaflet which will provide parents/carers with an overview of the key priorities we are working on in the coming year.

Eid Assembly — Year 5 will be performing their Eid Assembly on 11th November to parents.

Zambia Mark H and Sheena are visiting our link school in Zambia during half-term and will be sharing their adventure with the whole school community following their return—more to follow in future newsletters.
School Photographs A reminder to parents, the photographer will be back in school on the 18th October to take photos of those children who were not in school on the 27th September and for new entrants to Cranbrook.

13th Oct Non-uniform day (in aid of Zambia)
13th Oct Secondary Transfer workshop for Yr 6 parents
13th/14th Oct Yr 4 Trip to Redbridge Museum
18th/19th Oct Yr 1 Trip to Redbridge Museum
18th Oct Bollywood Dance visit
19th Oct Balkan Dance visit
20th Oct Zulu Nation visit
21st Oct Year 5 Trip to Redbridge
Museum
21st Oct Deadline for Yr 6 Secondary Transfer Forms to be submitted
24th-28th Oct Half term
31st Oct School re-opens
8th Nov Yr 6 SATs meeting 9.15am
9th Nov Yr 2 SATs meeting 9.15am
9th Nov Year 5 Trip to British
Museum
11th Nov Yr 5 Eid Performance
16th Dec Last day of term
3rd Jan School re-opens
15th Jan Deadline for Reception Applications Forms for September 2012 to be submitted

Friday 7 October 2011

Newsletter No 5 5th Oct 2011

Parent Governor Vacancy The closing date for the 3 vacancies is Thursday 6th October. If you are interested, please collect a form from the school the school office.

Open School 3.30-4.15pm 12th Oct A reminder that parents are invited in to walk through the school and take a look at your child’s class books. Please make a note of the date.

Secondary Transition for Year 6 pupilsPlease ensure that you make the most of the opportunity to visit the secondary school of your choice on the relevant open days/evening. A full list of dates is printed in the secondary transfer brochure. We shall be holding a transition workshop on Thursday 13th October from 9am-10.30am for all year 6 parents who require assistance in completing their secondary school application forms. Forms can also be completed online by logging on to www.redbridge.gov.uk/eAdmissions. All application forms should be submitted to Lynton House by Friday 21st October 2011.

Attendance Figures for Last Week
RB 94.7% RG 90.7%
RR 96.2% RY 98%
Yr 1B 98.6% Yr 1G 94.5%
Yr 1R 97.7% Yr 1Y 89%
Yr 2B 95.9% Yr 2G 95%
Yr 2R 97% Yr 2Y 97.6%
Yr 3B 96.8% Yr 3G 96.6%
Yr 3R 94.1% Yr 3Y 99.3%
Yr 4B 99.3% Yr 4G 92.1%
Yr 4R 94.5% Yr 4Y 99.3%
Yr 5G 97% Yr 5R 96.4%
Yr 6B 97.2% Yr 6Y 99.3%
Attendance The classes with the highest percentage are 3 Yellow, 4 Blue, 4 Yellow and 6 Yellow all with 99.3%. Well done to all classes! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.1%.

Punctuality Many thanks to all parents who continue to support. Some of you, however, are letting your children down by not getting to school on time. Please note that parents who arrive 7 or more times late in any half-term for no good reason can be fined. So, let’s sort this issue out please.


Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 199
We Cranbrook Primary School are a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information from you and may receive information about you from your previous school and the Learning Records Service. We hold this personal data and use it to:
Support your teaching and learning;
Monitor and report on your progress;
Provide appropriate pastoral care, and
Assess how well your school is doing.
This information includes your contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information and personal characteristics such as your ethnic group, any special educational needs and relevant medical information. If you are enrolling for post 14 qualifications we will be provided with your unique learner number (ULN) by the Learning Records Service and may also obtain from them details of anyor qualifications you have undertaken. We will not give information about you to anyone outside the school without your consent unless the law and our rules allow us to.We are required by law to pass some information about you to the Local Authority and the Department for Education (DfE)
Cranbrook Primary School are required by law to pass some information about you to the Department for Education (DfE) and, in turn, this will be available for the use(s) of theAuthority.If you want to see a copy of the information about you that we hold and/or share, please contact The School Office.
If you require more information about how the Local Authority (LA) and/or DfE store and use your information, then please go to the following websites:
http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/education_and_young_people/school_support_information/strategies_plans_and_policy.aspx
and
http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/doc/w/what%20the%20department%20does%20with%20data%20on%20pupils%20and%20children.doc
http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/childrenandyoungpeople/a0064391/who-the-department-passes-pupil-data-to
If you are unable to access these websites we can send you a copy of this information. Please contact the LA or DfE as follows:
Research & Data Team, Lynton House, 255-259 High Road,
Ilford, Essex, IG1 1NN
Public Communications Unit, Department for Education,
Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BT
Website: www.education.gov.uk
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Telephone: 0370 000 2288



6th Oct Yr 1 Trip to National Portrait
Gallery
6th/7th Oct Year 2 to Redbridge
Museum
11th/12th Oct Yr 3 Trip to
Redbridge Museum
12th Oct Open School
13th Oct Secondary Transfer workshop for Yr 6 parents
13th/14th Oct Yr 4 Trip to
Redbridge Museum
18th/19th Oct Yr 1 Trip to Redbridge
Museum
18th Oct Bollywood Dance visit
19th Oct Balkan Dance visit
20th Oct Zulu Nation visit
21st Oct Year 5 Trip to Redbridge
Museum
21st Oct Deadline for Yr 6 Secondary Transfer Forms to be submitted
24th-28th Oct Half term
31st Oct School re-opens
9th Nov Year 5 Trip to British
Museum
11th Nov Yr 5 Eid Performance
16th Dec Last day of term
3rd Jan School re-opens