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
email:http://www.education.gov.uk/help/contactus
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