Newsletter No 28 1st May 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Qasim Javaid, Rafay Muhammad, Ariana Mohammed, Maariya Jamil, Zahra Alam, Aditya Verma, Isa Dadabhai, Syed Talha Hassan, Zahra Ali, Zainab Dakri, Tahir Omar, Maya Mishkin, Arshian Khan, Shamel Ahmed, Rohan Thakker, Amerzish Khan, Moez Zaman, Muhammad Kamil Nisar, Bisma Tahir, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Muhammad Ovais Malik, Mohammad Zohaib Rashid, Esha Bhachu, Jeremy Sapani, Rhea Patel and Hafsa Tahir.     

Gold Awards were received by: Mahena Kadimba,  Oasis Ahmed, Faiza Choudhury, Hajara Rafiq, Naseera Parkhetiya and Hassan Mahmood.

‘Mathlete’ Awards were received by: Yana Puddoo, Kajus Pilukas, Darran Rasakumar, Nawaz Mumin, Aliya Hussain, Anita Bushati, Sara Dakri, Lukas Kesulis, Ikram Hussain, Sathakan Ganeshamoorthy, Fathama Begum, Fadhiya Dahir, Anisah Mahmood, Sabha Chaudhary, Safa Chowdhury, Oliwia Wilgierz, Bakhtawar Rai, Muhammad Khuzefa, Marwan Badawy, Bushra Hussain, Rehan Rehman, Musab Walke, Olivia Molokwu, Shadman Ahmed and Ajuni Kaur.  

A Headteachers Award was received by Muhammad Patel in Nursery for being such a fantastic reader! Congratulations to you.

Well done to all of you!

Open School As previously, I would like to invite all parents and carers to walk through the school and look at your child’s class books on Tuesday 21st May 2013 between 3.30-4.15pm. Please note that this is an   opportunity for the children to show their books to parents, rather than a meeting with the class teacher.

School Values Can I remind all parents to continue providing their invaluable support to promote our school values, listed below:

Respect, Excellence, Equality , Friendship, Courage, Determination and Inspiration

School Uniform As always I would ask for your support in ensuring that children follow the school 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).

Attendance Figures For Last Week

 

Rec Blue          99.4%             Yr 3B   95.3%

Rec Green       95.7%             Yr 3G   94.3%

Rec Red           96.4%             Yr 3R   95%

Rec Yellow      96.7%             Yr 3Y   95%

Yr 1B               90.1%             Yr 4B   91.3% 

Yr 1G               93.3%             Yr 4G   93.7%  

Yr 1R               94.3%             Yr 4R   93%

Yr 1Y               96%                Yr 4Y   93%

Yr 1Ra             87.9%             Yr 5B   91%

Yr 2B               97.1%             Yr 5G   90.7%   

Yr 2G               99%                Yr 5R   91.7%

Yr 2R               97%                Yr 5Y   90%

Yr 2Y               87.3%             Yr 6G   91%  

                                                Yr 6R   96%

Attendance Well done to Reception Blue who achieved 99.4%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 93.8%. The Local Authority have fined many parents and have issued court proceedings for failing to send their child to school with no good reason.

Bank Holiday Please remember that the school will be closed on Monday 6th May and will re-open at the usual time on Tuesday 7th May.              

 

Parking Once again we have received complaints about poor parking. A parent and her child who was in a buggy was nearly knocked over in the car park. DRIVERS TAKE GREATER CARE!

 

School Clubs Accompanying this newsletter is a programme of clubs that will be running during the summer term. If you have any issues with clubs, please take the matter up with the club leader. Please don't blame the office staff, who are simply the messengers.

Security Bike Marking Event Thank you to those who brought their bikes in to be security marked.The event was so popular that the police were unable to complete all of the bikes so we have arranged a second visit on Thursday 9th May.If you would like to have your bike marked please collect a form from the School Office from Monday onwards,it in and then attach it your bike when you bring it in next Thursday. Bikes should be left in the gym area.                  

Cranbrook Parenting Course We would like to     invite parents, carers and grandparents to take part in a 5 week parenting course at Cranbrook Primary School. The course will start on Wednesday 12^th June and will run for 5 weeks until Wednesday 10^th July from 9.15am – 11.15am. Parents will have the opportunity to meet other parents, explore new ideas for managing behaviour, raise children’s self-confidence and to develop new skills and techniques. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. If you would like to enrol please phone 020 8518 2562 to put your name down on the waiting list or contact Beverley the school’s parent support adviser for further information.                                                 

‘Keeping up with the Children with Maths’ Course Parents and carers from all year groups are invited to take part in a 6 week maths course at Cranbrook Primary School. The course will start on Friday 7^th June and will run for 6 weeks until Friday 12^th July from 9.15am – 11.15am. Parents will have the opportunity to understand how and what their children are learning in maths lessons at school in order to support their learning in the home. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. If you would like to enrol please phone 020 8518 2562 to put your name down on the waiting list or contact Beverley the school’s parent support adviser for further information.                                                          

Year 6 Pupils Parents of Year 6 pupils should have received an offer of a secondary school place on the 1^st March. Parents should contact Lynton House to respond to the offer as soon as possible. The secondary school transition open days for year 6 pupils are shown below:

Name of school             Transition Day and Time
Mayfield School             Weds 3rd July/Thurs 4th July/Fri 5th July (all day)
Ursuline Academy          Thurs 4th July (all day)
Beal                              Thurs 4th July (all day)
Ilford County High         Thurs 4th July (all day)
Seven Kings                   Thurs 4th July (all day)
Oaks Park                      Thurs 4th July (all day)
Caterham                      Thurs 4th July (all day)
Shoeburyness School      Friday 5th July (all day)
Valantines                     Tuesday 9th July (all day)
Wanstead                      Tuesday 16th July (all day)
Loxford                         To be confirmed

Year 5 Pupils Parents of year 5 pupils will be able to register for the Redbridge Grammar School 11 plus selection test from Monday 13th May 2013. Guidelines for registering will be available on the LBR website. The final deadline for registering is on Thursday 4th July 2013. The 11 plus test will take place on Monday 2nd September 2013. Open evenings for both Grammar Schools will be held on Tuesday 25th June: 6.30 – 9pm for Ilford County High School and on Thursday 27th June: 6 – 8pm for Woodford County High School.

A transition information session will be held at Cranbrook School on Wednesday 19^th June from 9.15 – 10.30am for all year 5 parents to discuss the secondary school application process and arrangements for next year. This is an important meeting and I would urge Year 5 parents to make every effort to attend.

Dates For Your Diary

6th May             Bank Holiday

21st May           Open School

24th May           Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May   Half-term

20th June          Summer Fayre

3rd July             Sports Day

4th July             11+ Application Deadline

16th July           Open School

18th July           Last day for Nursery

24th July           Last day of term (Finish at 2pm)

25th July           Inset (school closed to pupils)

3rd & 4th Sept   Inset (school closed to pupils)

5th Sept            School open for pupils