Newsletter 4 26th September 2012

Congratulations to the following:

Writer of the week
Muskan Noor (1B)
Sanjeith Bala (1G)
Aryan Haque (1R)
Rikhwit Rajan (1Ra)
Maryam Patel (1Y)
Safa Chowdhury (2B)
Jeremy Sapni (2R)
Humza Aslam-Jamil (2Y)
Raameen Qamar-Ahmed (2G)
Aliya Patel (3G)
Taha Amin (3R)
Priya Khosla (3Y)
Aleesha Dadabhai (3B)
Aishah Baig (4B)
Aleena Ali (4G)
Diya Ahmed (4R)
Yetunde Fadojutimi (4Y)
Ibti Ashhab (5B)
Manpreet Kaur (5R)
Uzair Hussain (5R)
Andrea Dumitrescu (5B)
Sumaya Osman (6R)
Naailah Ahmed (6G)

Reading Challenge
Fiza Mohammed (IG)
Sophia Digwa (2G)

Congratulations also to Ismail Khalil (3R) who achieved a gold merit at the end of last term.

Well done, everybody!

Key Dates Please note the dates overleaf for our special events in relation to your child’s class or year group.

Dinner Money Arrears Please ensure that you send in the relevant money each week, so that you are not in debt.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Yr 1B 97.8% Yr 3Y 95.9%

Yr 1G 98% Yr 4B 93.8%

Yr 1R 97.9% Yr 4G 93.3%

Yr 1Y 94.7% Yr 4R 96.7%

Yr 1Ra 94.5% Yr 4Y 99.3%

Yr 2B 97.5% Yr 5B 98.7%

Yr 2G 98.7% Yr 5G 93.2%

Yr 2R 98.6% Yr 5R 93.4%

Yr 2Y 98.5% Yr 5Y 97.1%

Yr 3B 97.3% Yr 6G 98.7%

Yr 3G 98.6% Yr 6R 97.7%

Yr 3R 97%

Attendance Well done to class 4 yellow who achieved 99.3% attendance! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.8%, which is fantastic!

Coloured Assemblies

The assemblies have re-started and will take place on Thursdays as follows:

9.10am - Red (Hall)

9.10am - Yellow (Dance Studio)

2.40pm - Blue and Rainbow (Dance Studio)

2.40pm - Green (Hall)

Reception classes will join these assemblies after half-term.

Open School Please remember that you are invited to come along after school on Tuesday 2nd October and have a look at your child’s books and displays in and around the school. You will have the opportunity to speak with the class teacher formally at parents evening on 15th November.

Clubs All clubs have now started. Please make every effort to collect your child on time.

Book Fair Don’t forget today is the last day of the book fair, so come along to the small hall to make your purchases. All items sold bring commission to the school for us to purchase more books for the children.

Redbridge Central Library The library is offering the following clubs for 7-13 year olds:

Games Club (board games) - Fridays, 5-6pm

Homework Help Club - Thursdays, 5-6pm

For more information call 020 8708 2337.

School Lettings

Boot Sale: There will be a boot sale on Saturday 13th October in the main playground. For more information please call Simon on 07779 124827, email Simonbond2005@aol.com or visit www.facebook.com/groups/360477313999668.

Arabic Classes: These will be held every Saturday starting from 6th October 2012 from 9.30-11.30am. For more information or to book a place please call Soaad Mahrous after 12.30pm on 07506 859 459 or email Omselwan@yahoo.com.

Maths Club: There are still places available should you be interested in your child attending a maths club. Please call Anisha on 07872 610195.

Key Dates For Your Diary
24th Oct Y3 Diwali assembly

29th Oct-2nd Nov Half term

5th Nov School re-opens

15th Nov Y5 Eid assembly

15th Nov Parents Evening

16th Nov Pupil Photographs

19th Nov Pupil Photographs

21st Dec Last day of term

24th Dec– 7th Jan Christmas Break

8th Jan 2013 School re-opens

15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

17th - 22nd Mar Year 6 residential trip to Glasbury

29th Mar -12th Apr Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

6th May Bank Holiday

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

24th July Last day of term

25th July Inset (school closed to pupils)



























Headteacher: Jas Leverton

Cranbrook Primary School, The Drive, Ilford, Essex, IG1 3PS

Telephone: 0208 518 2562 Fax: 0208 554 1575

Admin.cranbrookprimary.redbridge.gov.uk www.cranbrookprimary.redbridge.sch.uk

Newsletter 3 19th September 2012

Congratulations to our WOW award achievers who are Yana Puddoo (3G), Isabella Bowsher (5R) and Joanna Aukstuolyte (6R).

Congratulations also to Daniel Mahmud (4Y) for receiving a Reading Challenge Award.

Secondary Transition Workshop for Year 6 Parents Please ensure that you make the most of the opportunity to visit the secondary school of your choice on the relevant open days/evenings. A full list of dates is printed in the secondary transfer brochure. We shall be holding a transition workshop on Tuesday 25th September from 9am – 11.30 am 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 26th October 2012.

Warren School Open Evening Parents of prospective Y7 students are invited to attend an open evening at Warren School on 19th September from 5pm—7.30pm.

Reception Applications for September 2013 Please note that applications have to be sent to Lynton House by 15th January 2013 for places for next year, as we are not able to allocate places.

Anti-Bullying Week As part of our focus for National Anti-bullying week we have been talking to the children both in class and in assemblies about what bullying is and how to prevent it. I would urge all parents to have the same conversations at home, so that together we can continue to reduce incidents of bullying.

Attendance

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Yr 1B 97.8%             Yr 3Y 95.2%

Yr 1G 98.7%             Yr 4B 98.6%

Yr 1R 97.9%             Yr 4G 98.7%

Yr 1Y 94.7%             Yr 4R 95.9%

Yr 1Ra 92.1%            Yr 4Y 97.3%

Yr 2B 94.3%              Yr 5B 97.3%

Yr 2G 98.7%              Yr 5G 97.3%

Yr 2R 93.8%              Yr 5R 97.2%

Yr 2Y 97%                 Yr 5Y 98.1%

Yr 3B 98.7%              Yr 6G 98.3%

Yr 3G 100%               Yr 6R 98.3%

Yr 3R 97.3%

Attendance Well done to Year 3 Green who achieved 100% attendance. The overall percentage for the whole school was 97.1%, which is fantastic!

Open School Please come along after school on Tuesday 2nd October and have a look at your child’s books and displays in and around the school. Please note you will have the opportunity to speak with the class teacher at parents evening on 15th November.

Cranbrook Friends Association (CFA) Coffee Morning We would like to invite all parents and carers to come along to our CFA coffee morning. This will be held on Wednesday 26th September from 9am – 10.30am in the small hall. There will be free refreshments, a free raffle and a chance to meet other parents. You can find out about CFA fundraising, how the money is being spent and how to join the CFA. Please do come along to tell us about your ideas and suggestions for Cranbrook. Under fives are welcome to! We look forward to seeing you there!

Garden Project I am pleased to inform you that with support from the CFA, we have started to develop a sensory garden. Later in the term, we intend to have an official opening where parents/carers will be invited.

Book Fair This will be taking place on Friday 21st September after school. Please do come along and have a browse at the competitively priced books.

Grand Opening of St. Andrew’s Church This is a reminder that the official opening of the church will be taking place on Saturday 22nd September from 2-5pm. Please do come along with your family to enjoy the stalls and displays.


Key Dates for Your Diary

 
24th Oct Y3 Diwali assembly

29th Oct-2nd Nov Half term

5th Nov School re-opens

15th Nov Y5 Eid assembly

15th Nov Parents Evening

13th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

14th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

18th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

21st Dec Last day of term

24th Dec– 7th Jan Christmas Break

8th Jan 2013 School re-opens

15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

17th - 22nd Mar Year 6 residential trip to Glasbury

29th Mar -12th Apr Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

6th May Bank Holiday

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

24th July Last day of term

25th July Inset (school closed to pupils)

Newsletter No 2 12th September 2012

Congratulations to Aditya Verma (4R) who recently participated in the European Youth Chess Championship in Prague and came 8th amongst 79 participants from 42 European countries. We are most proud that he was joint third in the ranking, well done Aditya!

Year Group Information Sessions Apologies for the omission of the dates for the year group sessions in the last newsletter. The remaining sessions are as follows:

Yr 1 - 9am Thursday 13th September

Yr 5 - 9am Friday 14th September

Y6 SATs/Information Meeting This meeting for parents and carers will take place on Tuesday 18th September 9-9.45am in the main hall. I would urge you to attend as we will be covering a number of key Y6 issues.

Disabled Parking Bay You may have noticed that over the holidays, we had disabled parking bays marked out and sign posted in both of our car parks. Please kindly refrain from parking in these bays unless you have a valid disabled parking badge. These bays are enforceable by law and tickets can be issued by the police when they visit.

Parking
PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON THE BEND TO THE JACK CARTER CENTRE OR IN FRONT OF THEIR GATES AS THEIR VEHICLES CANNOT GET IN.

Pupil Medication Can you ensure that as a matter of urgency, you bring into school any medication (such as asthma pumps/Epipens) that your child takes.

Closing Times of School Office Please note the school office staff take their breaks at the following times:

10-11.30am

1.15-2.30pm

Please avoid these times.

Book Fair This will be taking place on Friday 21st September after school. Please do come along and have a browse at the competitively priced books.

Dinner Money Please remember that all monies must be paid in advance at the beginning of the week to the school office. The cost of a school lunch is £2 per day and £10 per week. This should be sent in a clearly labelled envelope.

School Lettings
Maths Club
Wed 3.30 - 5pm Year 5 19th Sept 12
Thu 3.30 - 5pm Year 4 20th Sept 12
Fri 3.30 - 5pm Year 6 21st Sept 12

Classes starting from 19th /20th /21stSeptember 2012.
Topics: Relevant to the year group
Call Anisha to confirm your place on: 07872610195
Or email: mathsclub4@gmail.com for more info Fee: £10 per session (for 1.5 hours). Payment to be paid monthly in advance.

Bollywood Fuzion & Zumba Classes for Ladies
Bollywood Fuzion is a Bollywood fitness dance and Zumba (Latin based) class which willin our Dance Studio as follows:
Wednesdays, 7.30 - 8.30pm - Bollywood FuZion
Wednesdays, 8.30 - 9.30pm - Zumba
Saturdays, 10am-11am -Zumba

Please contact Taz Nino on 07830 455 823 for costs and details.

Clubs A letter will be sent out this week. Clubs will begin the week commencing 24th September.
Grand Opening of St. Andrew’s Church Please do come along for the official opening of the church on Saturday 22nd September from 2-5pm. There will be plenty of stalls and displays for all the family to enjoy.


Key Dates For Your Diary

24th Oct Y3 Diwali assembly

29th Oct-2nd Nov Half term

5th Nov School re-opens

15th Nov Y5 Eid assembly

15th Nov Parents Evening

13th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

14th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

18th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

21st Dec Last day of term

24th Dec– 7th Jan Christmas Break

8th Jan 2013 School re-opens

15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

17th - 22nd Mar Year 6 residential trip to Glasbury

29th Mar -12th Apr Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

6th May Bank Holiday

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

24th July Last day of term

25th July Inset (school closed to pupils)

Newsletter No 1 6th Sept 2012

A very warm welcome back! I do hope that you had an enjoyable and restful summer break. It has been lovely to see the children return with such enthusiasm and energy.

Staffing Update New class teachers: Julie Currey (RR), Claire Button (1B), Aine Finnegan (2R), Preeti Jangali (3Y), Rizwan (4Y), Deidre Blaney (4R) and Katriona Walsh (5B)

HLTA: Brian Molley

Graduate teaching programme student: Sam Wilkes (Year 1)

New midday assistants: Zamia Mahmud, Enibokun Adeleye, Meenakshi Kaushal and Nadia Abbas

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our new pupils, parents and staff a happy and successful time at Cranbrook.

Staff Changes As you may know Mark Hemsley, deputy head teacher, was seconded to Wansted Church of England Primary School in April as an interim Headteacher. He has since taken up the post of substantive Headteacher and will not be returning. I am sure you will all join me in congratulating him.

Congratulations also to Clare Tapper who got married during the summer break and will now be Clare Shaw.

Congratulations to Aaron Butterfield-Singh (2Y) for achieving his gold award. Unfortunately, his name was not announced in assembly at the end of last term.

Uniform As always I would ask for your support in ensuring that children follow the school’s uniform policy each day and wear no jewellery to school. Uniform can be purchased from Rupens (98/100 Meads Lane, Seven Kings, Essex IG3 8QN).

School Values On our return to school on Tuesday we had a very productive staff training day where we received training on Health and Safety, Child Protection, Behaviour Management and revisited our school values and motto. Can I remind all parents to continue providing their invaluable support to promote our school values (which are listed below).

Respect, Excellence, Equality, Friendship,

Courage, Determination & Inspiration

School Improvement Priorities We have had many successes in 2011-12 and we hope to continue this in 2012-13 by focusing on

1. Personalised learning

2. Developing people

3. Building the community

We have many exciting plans to celebrate the school’s five year anniversary and a number of other events, so watch this space!

Year 5 Swimming Pupils will be beginning swimming lessons this term. Two classes will be going this term, one in the spring term and the last class in the summer term. A letter will be sent to parents shortly. I would like to remind you that swimming lessons are an entitlement for every child and no one can be withdrawn from these lessons.

Year Group Information Sessions These sessions will begin on Monday and are an opportunity for parents to hear what is planned for the year group. The sessions will take place at 9-9.30am in the main hall. Please enter through the car park entrance near the school reception. I hope that you will take the time to attend.

Please make a note when it is your child’s year groups’ turn.

Dinner Money Please note this is £2 a day or £10 per week. All monies must be paid in advance at the beginning of the week to the school office. Envelopes for dinner money are available from the school office which must be clearly labelled with your child’s name and class.

If your child’s account is in arrears from last term, your child will not be able to have a school lunch. It is your responsibility to ensure that you send your child to school with a packed lunch until full payment of the arrears have been made.

Attendance and Punctuality Please ensure that all children in Reception to Year 6 arrive in the school by 8.45am when they can go straight to class where their teacher will be in attendance. All absences must be reported to the school office via a letter or phone call.

As we have waiting lists at all year groups, children who take holidays during term time are likely to lose their place at Cranbrook.

Clubs A letter will be sent out next week advising you of the provisions available and when they will be starting.

Year 6 Transition Booklets These booklets will be sent home to Year 6 parents next week.

Breakfast/After School Childcare Provision We have places available for this paid facility to support working parents. If you are interested, please contact the school office.

Clothes Recycling Please could you to have a root around your wardrobes and pop any clean unwanted clothes into our recycling bin which is located just inside the main entrance to the school.

By donating some of your old summer clothes you could make some money for the school!


Key Dates

26th Oct Eid (school open)

29th Oct-2nd Nov Half term

5th Nov School re-opens

13th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

14th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

18th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

21st Dec Last day of term

24th Dec– 7th Jan Christmas Break

8th Jan 2013 School re-opens

15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

17th - 22nd Mar Year 6 residential trip to Glasbury

29th Mar -12th Apr Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

6th May Bank Holiday

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

24th July Last day of term

25th July Inset (school closed to pupils)