Newsletter No 23 7th March 2012

Congratulations Congratulations to Zayn Abbas for achieving his Gold Award and choosing a book for his class as a prize. Well done, Zayn!

Nursery Gate Closure at 11.45am Please note that the Nursery gate will be locked promptly at 11.45am and morning children who are uncollected will be taken to the main school office. If you arrive after 11.45am you will need to walk to the main office and sign your child out in the late book.
Thank you to all of our parents who are prompt in collecting their child from Nursery.

Attendance Figures for Last Week
RB 97% RG 96.3%
RR 98% RY 95.3%
Yr 1B 98.7% Yr 1G 94.5%
Yr 1R 93.3% Yr 1Y 96.3%
Yr 2B 90.3% Yr 2G 97.3%
Yr 2R 95.7% Yr 2Y 93.7%
Yr 3B 99.3% Yr 3G 98%
Yr 3R 96.3% Yr 3Y 95.1%
Yr 4B 97.7% Yr 4G 96%
Yr 4R 93.7% Yr 4Y 98%
Yr 5G 96% Yr 5R 98%
Yr 6B 97.7% Yr 6Y 95.3%

Attendance The class with the highest percentage is Year 3 Blue with 99.3%! Well done to Year 3 Blue! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.1%. Fantastic! This is more like it.

Change to the end of the School Day for Reception, Year 1 and 2. In order to ease the congestion at the end of the day in the playground and the car park, from next Monday school will finish at 3.10pm for Reception, Year 1 and 2 classes. The time will remain the same for all other year groups.

The Big Pedal In March 2011 over 800 schools participated in The Big Pedal, pedaling 600,000 school journeys by bike over just 15 days. This year The Big Pedal wants 1,000 schools to take part and make the challenge an even greater success. The Big Pedal is a giant inter-school cycling competition spanning 15 school days in March (5th-23rd March 2012). Cranbrook has entered the challenge on the following dates Tuesday 6th, Thursday 15th and Wednesday 21st March and are encouraging pupils, parents and staff to cycle and scoot to school on these days.

Dr Bike Is a bike mechanic who will give your bikes a health check and makes minor repairs and adjustments to try get them back to full to full health. There will be 2 sessions on 15th March for Reception, Year 1 and 2 and on the 16th March for Years 3,4,5 and 6. A letter will be sent home by the end of the week.

Book Vouchers £1 towards the purchase of books from specific book shops. Please read the terms and conditions carefully. To be fair to all children we are unable to accept these for the school book fayre, but would encourage you to use them at local book shops e.g. WH Smiths and Waterstones. We apologise for any confusion caused, this was due to the fact that the vouchers arrived later than usual. Enjoy reading!

Year 5 Trip to Royal Observatory Both Year 5 classes will be going to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich next Wednesday 14th March. Children need to be at school at 8.15am in order to leave Cranbrook at 8.30am promptly.

Royal Albert Hall A group of children from Year 5 and 6 have been busy rehearsing for a performance at the Royal Albert Hall which is taking place on the 22nd March along with other schools from Redbridge. Parents who need tickets, please contact Redbridge Music Service to purchase these on 020 8501 3944.

Year 1 and 4 performance dates The Year 1 performance to parents is on Wednesday 28th March at 2pm.
The Year 4 performance to parents is on Wednesday 21st March at 2.15pm

Free Maths Course for Parents If you have a child in reception or year one then we would like to invite you to join our Family Numeracy Course starting on Friday 20th April 2012. This unique 12 week course will help you to brush up on your maths skills; teach you how to support your child with maths; and allow you to take part in maths sessions with your child in school. Parents will have an opportunity to gain a City and Guilds qualification in Maths and will receive a certificate. A free crèche and refreshments will be provided. To reserve a place please phone the school on 020 8518 2562 or visit the school reception to complete an enrolment form.

Breakfast/After School Club—Price Increase As we face the same budget pressures as everyone, a decision has been made to increase the cost to parents. Whilst I understand that some parents have not welcomed this decision, I regret to inform you that we have no choice. Please also note, we do not make any profit on this and have in fact run at a loss for a year!

Weds 14th Mar—Year 5 trip to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Thurs 15th Mar—The Big Pedal
Thurs 15th Mar—Dr Bike session
Fri 16th Mar—Dr Bike session
Weds 21st Mar—The Big Pedal
Weds 21st Mar- Year 4 performance to parents at 2.15pm
Thurs 22nd Mar- Royal Albert Hall Choral Festival
Weds 28th March -Year 1 performance to parents at 2pm
Thur 29th Mar- CFA Event—Indoor Boot Sale
Fri 30th Mar- Last day of term
Term dates for this year:
Spring 2012
3rd Jan—10th Feb
Half term break 13th-17th February 2012
20th Feb-30th March 2012
Easter Holidays 2nd April-13th April 2012
Summer 2012
16th April—1st June 2012
Half term break 4th June—8th June 2012
11th June—23rd July 2012
Inset Days
1st June 2012
23rd July 2012
Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept