Nerwsletter No.3 18th September 2013

A Headteacher’s Award was received by Hashir Khurram in class 3 yellow. Well done to you Hashir!

Welcome Coffee Morning We had a good turnout of new parents who came to the coffee   morning yesterday, including six dads! Please look out for dates for future coffee mornings in this newsletter. It is a great way to make new friends and share some thoughts with school staff.

INSET Change of Date Please note that we have had a change of date for staff training to 4th November to enable staff to visit ‘outstanding’ schools. I hope that the early notice enables you to make the necessary childcare arrangements. The revised inset dates are as follows: 4/11/13, 14/2/14 and 23/5/13.

Y6 Secondary Transfer Year 6 parents, please note that we have been notified that this year the Local Authority will not be sending out booklets for parents, but has moved to ’on-line applications’. A letter accompanying this newsletter gives you further information. Beverley, our Parent Support Advisor, will be running a session on 17th October from 9.15-11am (in the ICT room) to support parents who require help with their applications. Please check for dates of Open Days for Secondary Schools that you may be interested in sending your child to. These are starting this week with Beale High School on 18th September - tonight!

Open School As always, Open School will be taking place after school on Tuesday 1st October. Please do take this opportunity to come and have a look at your child’s classroom and books.

Parking We have received numerous complaints from residents that parents/carers are parking inconsiderately. One heavily pregnant resident’s drive has been repeatedly blocked by a grey/blue Espace, registration number HK04 LRN. Please think before you park!

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue          99.3%             Yr 3R   96%   

Rec Green       95.8%             Yr 3Y    97.2%

Rec Red           91%                Yr 4B   96.7%

Rec Yellow      92.6%             Yr 4G   84.9%

Yr 1B               99%                Yr 4R   95.2%

Yr 1G               99.3%             Yr 4Y   98%

Yr 1R               92.7%             Yr 5B   94.8%

Yr 1Y               94.7%             Yr 5G   93%

Yr 2B               94.5%             Yr 5R   93.3%

Yr 2G               91.8%             Yr 5Y   96.8%   

Yr 2Ra             98.3%             Yr 6B   95%  

Yr 2R               89.7%             Yr 6G   95.9%  

Yr 2Y               98.7%             Yr 6R   94.5%  

Yr 3B               99.3%             Yr 6Y   96.3%

Yr 3G               97.9%                        

Attendance Well done to classes Reception Blue, 1 Green and 3 Blue for all achieving 99.3%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.3%. In line with Local Authority guidelines, please note that no holidays will be authorised during term time. The Local Authority penalty for taking a child out of school during term time has now increased to £120 and is reduced to £60 if paid within 21 days. Please also note that fines will be sent out to any parent whose child is later than 9.30am on more than 7 occasions. I have already sent out 20! Some children have also been taken off roll.

Book Fair Please also note that a book fair will be running from 20th to 25th September  after school in the small hall. Please do come and have a browse of the selection of books and support the school.

Nursery Children Can nursery parents/carers remember that your child should be dropped off and collected by adults ONLY. They cannot be collected/dropped off by Cranbrook siblings.

Clubs If your child has been allocated a place on a club, you can come in today to the main hall after school to pay the club leader.

Reception 2014 Applications The deadline for applications to be received by the Admissions Team at The London Borough of Redbridge is Wednesday 15th January 2014. Please note that applications must be made online, but if you are unable to access the internet you can contact the Primary Admissions Team on 020 8708 3417 for help or Beverley, the school Parent Support Advisor.

Safety Week As mentioned in the last newsletter, Safety Week will be a key focus for the children from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th September. Issues such as bullying, racism, abuse and stranger danger will be covered. Our aim is to ensure that all our children know what to do if they are victims or how to prevent anything occurring.  

Colour Assemblies Colour assemblies will begin on Thursday 26th September as follows:

9.10-9.35am Dance Studio - Blue & Rainbow classes                                           
9.10-9.35am  - Main Hall - Green classes

2.40-3.05pm Main Hall - Red classes                       
2.40-3.05pm Dance Studio - Yellow classes

Reception classes will join after Christmas.

Payment for school Lunches Please remember that you can pay for school lunches online. Please log onto www.feedhungryminds.co.uk/online-payments for further information. 

Bike It School I am delighted to inform you that Cranbrook has been selected as a Bike It School this year. This mean that Sustrans will be running events, delivering assemblies and classroom sessions, providing skills training, assisting with cycle club set up, helping to establish cycling PE sessions as well as many other activities. The aim of Bike It is to increase the number of children cycling to and from school. Watch this space for details on our Bike It events!          

 

Dates For Your Diary

23rd-27th Sep    Safety Week

1st Oct              Open School (after school)

28th Oct-1st Nov Half term (school closed)

4th November    Inset (school closed to pupils)

23rd Dec-3rd Jan Christmas Break (school closed)

14th February    Inset (school closed to pupils)

17-21st Feb       Half term (school closed)

7th-18th April     Spring Break (school closed)

21st April           Bank Holiday (school closed)

5th May             Bank Holiday (school closed)

23rd May           Inset (school closed to pupils)

26th-30th May    Half term (school closed)

24th July           Summer break begins (school closed)      L