Thursday 24 May 2012

Newsletter No 32 23rd May 2012

Congratulations  Congratulations to Sumaya Osman, Shoaib Ahmed (5R), Swati Singh (2G), Tyler George (2R) and Laiba Ali (2Y) for achieving their Gold Awards.
A Headteacher’s Award was also presented to Maya Mishkin and Sabah Jamil (4Y) for fantastic writing.
Cranbrook 2012 Fayre – It’s that time of year again! A letter with details and slips was sent home yesterday stating (1) tickets go on sale in the playground from Thurs 24th May, 50p child and £1 adult   (2) volunteers to
help on the day to complete a slip and return to the Office and (3) anyone wanting to book a stall to complete a slip and return to the Office – stalls are £10 and cannot sell alcohol, livestock, fake goods, food or drink.  All money raised will fund the development of the garden area in the main playground, so that children can enjoy it for years to come.
I do hope you will support this forthcoming community event and join in the fun on 14th June.
Diamond Jubilee Week We are thoroughly looking forward to next week and our Jubilee celebrations.  Please support us with the following:
Monday 28th May:  Royal Costume Day.  For a donation of 50p children are invited to come into school dressed in King, Queen, Prince or Princess outfits.  All money raised will go towards the street party—due to take place on Wednesday.
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.  If you do not wish for your child to participate please inform the classteacher in writing.  Please note, there will be no colour assemblies on this day.  Today will be a non-uniform day, there will be a red, white and blue theme as follows:
Reception: Red  Year 1: White     Year 2: Blue
Year 3:  Red      Year 4: White     Years 5 & 6: Blue
Friday 1st June:  Inset Day (School closed to pupils)
A week to remember!
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. The deadline for completed forms is this Friday 25th May.

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. 

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 19th 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.


Boot Sale  On 30th June there will be a Boot Sale taking place in the playground for the local community.  Please look out for further information in forthcoming newsletters.

Travel during the Olympic Games Have you thought about your travel plans during the Olympics?You can find out about if the stations or lines you use will be affected along with advice on other options by visiting GetAheadoftheGames.com.This covers tube, DLR, London overground and national rail services during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Park and Stride Map As part of our School Travel Plan, we are trying to encourage more children to walk or cycle to school and to reduce car congestion around the school. have developed a Park and Stride map which has 3 concentric circles showing the distance of a 5, 10 and 15 walk. If you live within or just outside of the green ring (15 minutes), please consider walking your child to school. If you drive to school, please consider parking a short distance from the school (blue ring) and walking the last ten minutes. once a week will make a big difference.The map is displayed in Reception and around the school or you can request a copy from the School Office.


Attendance Figures for Last Week
RB        91.3%             RG      96.6%
RR        98.6%              RY      79.3%
RW       95.2%             
Yr 1B    98%                 Yr 1G  95.7%
Yr 1R    97.2%              Yr 1Y  90.3%
Yr 2B    96%                 Yr 2G  94.6%
Yr 2R    97.2%              Yr 2Y  94.3%
Yr 3B    99.3%              Yr 3G  99.3%
Yr 3R    98%                 Yr 3Y  97.9%
Yr 4B    97.3%              Yr 4G  89.7%
Yr 4R    93.8%              Yr 4Y  96.3%
Yr 5G   95.3%              Yr 5R  98.7%  
Yr 6B    99.3%              Yr 6Y  98.7%
Attendance The classes with the highest percentage are Year 3 Blue, Year 3 Green and Year 6 Blue all with 99.3%! Well done all 3 classes!  The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.6%.
Ladies only Zumba classes Zumba classes are held at Cranbrook School every Tuesday from 4.30 – 5.30pm in the dance studio. Classes cost £5 per session. Discounts are available for block bookings. Zumba is a latin inspired dance fitness programme combining salsa, meringue, soca, flamenco, bollywood and belly dancing. Anyone over the age of 16 is welcome to come along to keep fit and have fun!
Parent Volunteer Raising Money for Leukemia —One of our parents will be giving out leaflets in the car park to encourage support for this very worthwhile cause.

Key dates for your Diary:



w/c 28th May                 Diamond Jubilee Week
Fri 1st  June                Inset Day (school closed to pupils)
4th June—8th June         Half Term
Mon 11th June                School re-opens
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

No comments:

Post a Comment