Newsletter No.21 13th February 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Ramaysa Amin, Zainab Achha, Sakina Khan, Maryam Ali, Volodymyr Brylinski, Jade Pokuah, Saira Jaman, Rahul Huda, Diya Rajesh Bhundia, Sadiqur Manuf, Yash Dhamija, Khaira Ali, Michael Nettey, Mohammad Zohaib Rashid, Ranco Mahmood, Amrita Jutley, Ninaad Pendurkar, Ishtarth Katageri, Sulaiman Javed, Sophia Ullah, Tanya Sagoo, Inaya Mohammed, Raheim Reid, Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw, Yusuf Saleem Anwar and David Mazrreku.

Gold Awards were awarded to: Jannat Gol, Aiza Ahmad, Raheim Reid, Layla Khan-Ringshaw, Goncalo Martins, Sufyaan Javed, Yusuf Ahmed, Aliyya Aziz, Diya Ahmed, Isabella Owusu, Riaz Jilani, Bismi Rahman, Mary Messere Gago and Umaimah Patel.

Headteacher Awards were awarded to: Muhammad Khuzefa, Yaseen Khan, Imaad Awan, Rumaysa Amin, Maria Hoque and Parker Samuel.

And finally Headteacher Awards were also given to Tayba Iqbal and Rianna Barton for demonstrating fantastic hula hoop skills!

Well done to all of you!

Disabled Bays If you do not hold a “blue badge” please refrain from parking in the disabled parking bays.

Car Park To ease congestion, please can users ensure that that they obey the one way system that is in operation.

Year 5 Girls Football The first Cranbrook girls football team took part in a recent tournament at Redbridge college. Zahra Ahmed in 5B won an award for her excellent sportsmanship and teamwork. All of the girls who took part in the tournament showed great commitment and we were very proud to have them representing the school.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue 89%          Yr 3B 95.3%

Rec Green 90%        Yr 3G 99.3%

Rec Red 94%           Yr 3R 92.7%

Rec Yellow 74.7%    Yr 3Y 94%

Yr 1B 91.7%            Yr 4B 93.3%

Yr 1G 97.3%            Yr 4G 97.2%

Yr 1R 93.3%            Yr 4R 93.1%

Yr 1Y 94%               Yr 4Y 93.1%

Yr 1Ra 83.5%          Yr 5B 92.7%

Yr 2B 82.6%            Yr 5G 92.9%

Yr 2G 88.6%            Yr 5R 90%

Yr 2R 93.1%            Yr 5Y 94.8%

Yr 2Y 88.7%            Yr 6G 94.2%

                                 Yr 6R 94.3%

Attendance Well done to class 3 Green who achieved 99.3%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 91.8%.

Colour Assembly Colour assemblies will run as usual next week. After half term (beginning 28th February), the assemblies will be as follows:

9.10am:Green classes (main hall), Blue & Rainbow classes (dance studio)

2.40pm:Yellow classes (dance studio), Red classes (main hall)

Year 5 Drumming Performance Yesterday, Year 5 pupils had a great time performing and showing off their impressive drumming skills for parents and the rest of the school. It was fantastic to see how talented our children are!

Calling all Talented Performers Do you play an instrument or love to dance? We are holding a talent show as part of our Diversity Celebrations on Tuesday 19th March 2013. We would like this to include adults too! If you would like to take part please come to an open audition on Monday 4th March 2013 at 3.30pm in the main hall. Children will be auditioning during the school day.

Year 6 Parents’ Meeting Day Year 6 parents will be able to meet with their child’s class teacher between 9am-3.45pm on Wednesday 27th February. Please complete the appointment request slip (that was sent to you on Tuesday) and return it to the class teacher so that a time may be allocated.

Year 4 Performance There was a great turnout of families who attended the Performance of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory last week. Well done to Year 4 for putting on such a great performance. A DVD of the performance can be purchased for £5. Please send the money into school with your child in a clearly labelled envelope.

Fronter We hope you have had the opportunity to go onto our Fronter pages and see how your child can participate in the many activities uploaded for them. Please login at www.fronter.com/redbridge. If you still haven’t handed in your E-safety Agreement, please return this to us as soon as possible so that your child may receive their personal login details.

Inset on Friday 15th February Please remember that the school will be closed to pupils on Friday 15th February, as it is a staff training day.

Half-term The school will be closed for the half-term break from 18th-22nd February. School will re-open at the usual time on Monday 25th February.

Sainsburys Vouchers We are collecting the Active Kids vouchers from which will allow us to obtain free sports equipment for the school. Please send them in with your child or hand them into the office.

I would like to wish you all a restful half-term break.

Dates For Your Diary
15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

1st-6th Mar Book Fair

6th March World Book Day

14th March Parents’ Evening

15th March St. Patrick’s Day (non- uniform—Green)

27th March Y1 Performance

29th Mar– 12th April 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)