Newsletter No 31 16th May 2012

Congratulations  Congratulations to Maha (2G), Aaliah and Mehreen (2R), Emre and Lina (3R), Raunelle (3Y), Isabella (4R) and Sabah (4Y) for achieving their Gold Awards.

A Headteacher’s Award was also presented to Hannah (1Y) for excellent maths work.

I am proud to announce that at the Megafinds Chess Tournament held in Basildon on Sunday, Aditya Verma (3R) qualified to go through to the next stage of the competition—the Gigafinals.

Well done to Naval Agrawal (6Y), Shuhan Ali (6Y) and Subhan Patel (6B) for performing well.

A great big well done to our football team with their 6-1 win against Mossford Primary School. Goalscorers were Santana (2), Amas (2), Lawrence (1) and Zhoobin (1) who scored on his very first appearance for Cranbrook.

Cranbrook 2012 Fayre Come along to our 2012 Fayre on Thursday 14th June from 3.15-5.30pm.  There will be a range of stalls, activities and refreshments.  You won’t want to miss it!! Tickets will be sold in advance, so look out for the newsletter from the Committee.

Arts Mark Award  Cranbrook recently put forward an application for the Arts Mark Award, which is a nationally recognized award for celebrating all types of art at school.  We are delighted to receive news that we’ve obtained this award. Another logo will soon appear on our letterhead.  Well done to Junaida and the Arts team for this achievement!

Year 6 trip to Glasbury  There will be a meeting for Year 6 parents whose children are going to Glasbury in June, next Tuesday 22nd May at 9.15am in the small hall. Parents, please make every effort to attend.

School Lunch Arrears Would parents/carers please make sure that their lunch arrears are paid in full by the end of this week at the latest.  If you cannot pay for your child’s school lunch then you will be asked to provide a packed lunch until the arrears have been settled. School dinners must be paid for in advance.

Fruit Tuck Shop—As part of our drive to continually develop Cranbrook as a healthy school, we are keen to start a fruit tuck shop for Key Stage 2 children.  Our trial week begins on Tuesday 22nd May 2012.  A letter with all the details will reach you before the end of the week.

Railings  From Monday 21st May the council will be erecting safety barriers at the front of the school.  Please take extra care while this work is being carried out.

Fire Alarm—routine at the end of the day  The alarm was accidentally set off after school last Friday.  Parents please note that if this happens, you are required to move away from the building towards the fence, so that classteachers can reach the assembly points for checking their classes.  Children who have already been dismissed, will be the parent’s responsibility.

Parent Governor Vacancy  We have a vacancy for a parent governor. All parents are eligible to apply and are requested to write to me outlining why you would be a good parent governor.  Please be aware that this role is voluntary and unpaid. If you are interested please collect a form from the school office.

Diamond Jubilee Lunch On Tuesday 29th May the catering staff ISS will be doing a special lunch menu for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The menu will be a hot buffet menu comprising of BBQ Drumsticks, Margarita pizza or Nachos with salsa and sour cream, carrot and cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes, cajun potato wedges, fruit bar, fresh bread, then ice-cream or Victoria sponge finger. The price will be as normal £1.99.  Please send in the money to school in the normal way if you wish your child to have school lunch on that day.

Parents going into toilets with children  It has come to my notice that some parents are entering the children’s toilets after school when their child needs to go.  For Safeguarding all pupils, this is not acceptable and should not occur—ever!

Transition Information Session for Year 5 Parents We would like to invite all of our year 5 parents to our secondary school transition information session. This is a very important meeting which will take place on Tuesday 19^th June from 9am – 11am. We will discuss the secondary school application process and how we at Cranbrook can support you. You will also meet the head of year 7 from Valentines Secondary School who can answer any of your questions about life in Secondary School. There will be refreshments available on the day as well as information and freebies from the LBR travel team. Please ensure that you try to attend.

Cranbrook Family Art Course Cranbrook School would like to invite parents, grandparents and their children to come along to our family art course where you will have an opportunity to learn with your children and grandchildren, develop your artistic skills and have lots of fun. The course is free and will run for 4 weeks from Thursday 21^st June until Thursday 12^th July. The course will take place every Thursday from 3.30pm – 5pm. A certificate will be awarded at the end of the course.

If you are interested please call in to the school office to put your name on the waiting list or telephone 020 8 518 2562 to reserve a place.

Smoking in the playground  As a public building the school site including the playground is a non-smoking area.  Parents, please refrain from smoking on our site.

Attendance Figures for Last Week

RB        90.8%             RG      93.1%

RR        97.3%              RY      93.1%

RW       84.5%             

Yr 1B    93.3%              Yr 1G  94.2%

Yr 1R    98.3%              Yr 1Y  94%

Yr 2B    90.4%              Yr 2G  96.7%

Yr 2R    93.1%              Yr 2Y  95%

Yr 3B    92.5%              Yr 3G  95%

Yr 3R    97.5%              Yr 3Y  100%

Yr 4B    98.3%              Yr 4G  90.1%

Yr 4R    86.2%              Yr 4Y  90%

Yr 5G   96.7%              Yr 5R  95.8%  

Yr 6B    98.3%              Yr 6Y  99.2%

Attendance The class with the highest percentage is Year 3 Yellow with 100%! Well done Year 3 Yellow!  The overall percentage for the whole school was 94.3%.

Lost Keys  Some keys have been found in the playground and handed into the office.  Please contact the office if you think these might belong to you.

Diamond Jubilee Week

Monday 28th May:  Royal Costume Day.  Children are invited to come into school dressed in King, Queen, Prince or Princess outfits.

Tuesday 29th May: Special Jubilee Lunch Menu

Wednesday 30th May:  Cranbrook Street Party in the playground.

Thursday 31st May: Street parade round the block in the afternoon.

A week to remember!

Key dates for your diary:

w/c 14th May                 Year 6 SATs week

w/c 21st May                 Year 2 SATs week

Tues 22nd May               Glasbury Meeting for Yr 6 parents

w/c 28th May                 Diamond Jubilee Week

Fri 1st  June                Inset Day (school closed to pupils)

4th June—8th June         Half Term

Thurs 14th June             Cranbrook 2012 Fayre

18th June-22nd June       Year 6 Glasbury Residential trip

Tues 19th June               Transition Information Session for Yr 5 parents

Tues 26th June               KS2 Sports Day AM

                                    KS1 Sports Day PM

Thurs 5th July                Year 2 performance

Thurs 12th July              Year 6 performance

Fri 13th July                   Last day for nursery children

Mon 16th July                 Whole School Exhibition

Fri 20th July                   Last day of term—finish at 2pm

Term dates for this year:

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