Newsletter No. 11 20th November 2013

Congratulationsto the following writers of the week: Jamie Ramasamy, Laiba Riaz, Alveena Waheed, Masfee Ahmed, Taaj Akbari, Grace Ochieng, Muhammad Rehaan Lon, Imaad Akhtar, Asim Sajjad Satti and Nawfal Khan.

Congratulations to the writers of the week for the previous week. These were: Tas Delawala and Iman Fatima.

‘Mathelete’ Awards were received by Hasan Saleem, Yahya Khalid, Sukhraj Paul, Summer Bowen, Zara Ross-Sattar, Alvina Farrukh, Shadman Ahmed, Aman Paul, Asim Sajjad Satti and Sai Pracheth Boorgadda.

‘Mathlete’ Awards for the previous week were received by: Musab Walke and Ayaan Malik.

Well done to all of you!

Information Session All nursery parents are invited to an information session on Thursday 21^st November at 9-9.30am or 2.30-3pm. The meeting will take place in the small hall.

Parent View Once again, I would urge all parents to take a few minutes and visit the OFSTED Parent View link in order to input your views on how the school is doing in terms of its strengths and areas for development. As a staff team we are committed to receiving feedback to plan for further improvements. 

Racist Incidents I am once again concerned to learn that some of our children have been excluded by others because they have a different cultural/religious background. It is evident from what has been said that some parents are teaching their children these concerning attitudes that are clearly racist. At Cranbrook, we will challenge all incidents of racism and emphasise to our children that no race is better than others!

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue          95%                  Yr 3R    99.3%

Rec Green        97%                  Yr 3Y    93.9%

Rec Red           95%                  Yr 4B    97.7%

Rec Yellow       95.2%               Yr 4G   95.3%

Yr 1B                93.2%               Yr 4R   98%

Yr 1G               93%                  Yr 4Y   95.2%

Yr 1R                95.7%               Yr 5B   99%

Yr 1Y                97.2%               Yr 5G   99.7%

Yr 2B                96.7%               Yr 5R   93.9%

Yr 2G               99.3%               Yr 5Y     99%   

Yr 2Ra              97%                  Yr 6B   95.2%  

Yr 2R                98.6%               Yr 6G   98.3%  

Yr 2Y                94.2%               Yr 6R   96.1%  

Yr 3B                98.3%               Yr 6Y   93%

Yr 3G               95.7%  

Attendance Well done to class 5 Green for achieving 99.7%. Excellent! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.4%.

Snow Plan As snow is forecast for the coming days, I wanted to take this opportunity to emphasise that the school would not close, but registers will close later to enable everyone to get here. Entry into school would be through the pathways at the front of the school and not the playground. Please also note that the car park may be closed if it is unsafe.

Cranbrook Friends Association (CFA) Movie Night The CFA have arranged a seasonal movie night for the children on Thursday 5^th December. A letter was sent out yesterday with further details. The completed slip and £3 should be returned to school by Monday 25th November if you want your child to participate. All money raised will go towards developing the outdoor areas for all children to enjoy.

 

Colour Assemblies Please note that colour assemblies will be taking place tomorrow 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.

Cancellation of Violin Lesson The violin teacher, Isabel Giles will be unable to teach violin to pupils on 10th December as she will be acting as an examiner.

Children In Need Wow! What a fantastic response from all. We raised £2,000! Thanks to all who helped at the Year 5 sleepover last Friday and to all those who donated goods and their time to sell the food. Thank you to Sainsbury’s and to MIM Superstore (Ilford Lane) for their donations.

 

Philippines Typhoon Appeal I am sure you have been touched by the awful circumstances that they are facing in the Philippines. We will be organising an ongoing appeal for this cause. 

 

Dr Bike Nursery and Reception are invited to bring their bikes to school on Thursday 28th November for Dr Bike to service them. A letter was sent out yesterday and the slip should be returned by Monday 25^th November. There are 40 spaces which will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

 

Road Safety Week This week, you may have noticed our local Police Community Team have been carrying out speed checks and offering advice at the gates. They also led assembly and visited Nursery to raise awareness of road safety and stranger danger.

The children enjoyed a special ‘Road Safety’ lunch yesterday with Speed Bump Toad in the Hole, Traffic Light Pizza and Lemon High Vis Biscuits on the menu and were given a road safety activity sheet.

 

Safety After School Please ensure that once you have collected your child that they remain close to you. Recently, we have had a few worrying incidents where children have become separated from parents and this is distressing for all. Please take extra care.

 

Christmas Craft Event on Saturday 30^th November St. Paul’s Church in Hainault are hosting a craft event, giving children the chance to make a gift and to try their hand at a few new things. Please feel free to come along to this event with your child.

 

Pedometer Challenge From 11th November to Friday 6th December all children will be encouraged to walk to school at least once a week. Year 6 children will be taking part in a challenge to win sports and cinema vouchers depending on how many steps they make in a week. Let’s get walking!

Dates For Your Diary

20th November        Y5 ‘Growing up’ meeting (9am)

21st November        Nursery Parent Information Session

                                 (9.30am and 2.30pm)

5th December          CFA ‘Movie Night’

18th December        Reception Christmas Performance to parents 
                                 RY and RG at 9.30am.
                                 Reception classes RR and RB at 2pm

19th December        Y2 visit to church

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)  

Newsletter No.10 13th November 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Zaara Ayub, Alia Afzal, Jahin Shah, Mikayla Thompson, Tanya Sagoo, Alawi Mohamed, Fatima Baig, Anisa Choudhury, Zara Butt, Huzaif Bashir, Sufyaan Javed, Shane Lyons-Cording, Mehdi Fazal, Filip Teper, Qasim Sheikh, Aafia Naweed and Gabija Zakaraite.

‘Mathelete’ Awards were received by Gavyam Garg, Muzamil Isakhil, Nicole Rozycka, Kallsum Ali, Qasim Javaid, Atija Zukauskaite, Anandveer Johal, Aishah Baig, Jamal Nur Haji, Sindy Mikulecka, Lee Messere Gago, Mary Messere Gago, Zohaib Mehmood and Sathakan Ganeshamoorthy.

Well done to all of you!

Road Safety We have received numerous reports from concerned parents that children are crossing the main road without checking that it is safe to do so. Please can you remind your child to follow the road safety rules when travelling to school.

Colour Assemblies Please note that colour assemblies will not be taking place on Thursday 14th November due to the Year 3 Diwali performance. They will resume as usual on Thursday 21^st November.

Poppy Appeal/Remembrance Day The school held a two minute silence on Monday. If you would like to make a donation towards the Poppy Appeal, please forward them to the school office.

Parent Views I would encourage parents to go to the Ofsted website and give your views on how the school is doing in a number of key areas. As Headteacher, I value your feedback, so that we can continue to work together on improving the school. 

Information Session All nursery parents are invited to an information session on Thursday 21st November at 9-9.30am or 2.30-3pm. The meeting will take place in the small hall.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue          95.8%             Yr 3R     97%

Rec Green        99.6%             Yr 3Y    92.7%

Rec Red            92.9%             Yr 4B    90.8%

Rec Yellow       91.4%             Yr 4G    96.3%

Yr 1B                100%              Yr 4R    98.3%

Yr 1G                94.6%              Yr 4Y   99.1%

Yr 1R                97.5%              Yr 5B   97.5%

Yr 1Y                92.7%              Yr 5G   96.6%

Yr 2B                97.9%              Yr 5R   88.3%

Yr 2G                98.8%              Yr 5Y   96.8%   

Yr 2Ra              98.8%              Yr 6B   99.2%  

Yr 2R                94.4%              Yr 6G   98.3%  

Yr 2Y                100%               Yr 6R   99.2%  

Yr 3B                97.9%              Yr 6Y   97.5%

Yr 3G                99.1%     

Attendance Well done to classes 1B and 2Y for achieving 100%. Excellent! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.5%.

Unauthorised Absence For the month of October, the Local Authority issued 6 penalty notices to parents for their child’s unauthorised absence. I would remind parents that if your child has 12 sessions of unauthorised absence recorded throughout the academic year, the Local Authority will issue you with a penalty notice. The notice incurs a fine of £120 which is reduced to £60 if it is paid within 21 days. Penalty notices may be considered in the first instance for leave of absence taken without permission of the Headteacher which will result in £120 fine per parent, per child (reducing to £60 per parent, per child if paid within 21 days).

Information Session Year 5 parents are invited to an information session about ‘Growing Up and Changes’ in the large hall on Wednesday 20th November at 9am.

Cancellation of Violin Lesson The violin teacher, Isabel Giles will be unable to teach violin to pupils on 10th December as she will be acting as an examiner.

Diwali Assembly Year 3 parents are invited to watch a Diwali performance on tomorrow at 2pm.

Cranbrook Friends Association (CFA) Event We are keen to encourage parents/carers to attend these meetings and all are welcome to come along to the next meeting on Friday 15th November at 2pm. This meeting is to plan and organise our next event which will be a ’Movie Night’ after school on Thursday 5th December. We would love to see our Parent Representatives at this meeting.

Children In Need We are taking part in Children In Need on Friday and have a fun packed day planned which the children learnt about in assembly today. The children and staff are invited to come into school in their pyjamas or onesies (warm and sensible ones please, no nighties!) and donate £1. There will be prizes for the best dressed children and staff. School council children will be collecting money on the gates in their beautifully decorated Pudsey buckets.

During the afternoon, we will be making a money trail in the playground, so please give your child some loose change. There will be prizes for the classes with the biggest trails.

Samosas and cakes will be on sale in the playground after school (or in the small hall it is raining) and donations of either will be gratefully received. Finally, Year 5 are having a sleepover in the Hall. A letter has been sent home to Year 5 about this. Please, please give generously on Friday and help us to raise money for Children In Need. I am hoping this will be the biggest amount Cranbrook have ever raised for charity.

 

Philippines Typhoon Appeal I am sure that many of you are aware of the terrible devastation that has been caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. I will be writing to you shortly with fundraising information that we shall be involved in to help the 4.5 million people that have been affected by this disaster.

 

Christmas Craft Event on Saturday 30^th November St. Paul’s Church in Hainault are hosting a craft event, giving children the chance to make a gift and to try their hand at a few new things. Please feel free to come along to this event with your child.

 

Pedometer Challenge From 11th November to Friday 6th December all children will be encouraged to walk to school at least once a week. Year 6 children will be taking part in a challenge to win sports and cinema vouchers depending on how many steps they make in a week. Let’s get walking!

 

Dates For Your Diary

14th November   Diwali Performance Y3 (2pm)

15th November   CFA meeting (2pm)

15th November   Children In Need (Pyjama Day)

20th November   Y5 ‘Growing up’ meeting (9am)

21st November   Nursery Parent Information Session

5th December     CFA ‘Movie Night’

18th December   Reception Christmas Performance
                         RY & RG at 9.30am
                         RR & RB at 2pm

19th December   Y2 visit to church

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)    

 

 

Newsletter No.9 6th November 2013

I hope you all had a lovely Diwali and that you enjoyed the fireworks on Bonfire Night.

 

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Saffa Ihsan, Hatifa Fez, Manasi Bhatawaderkar, Jaya Mann, Mirvana Bajrami, Shahawaiz Bajwa, Krish Singh, Bushra Hassan, Rabia Israr, Lakshmidhar Brahma, Aiza Ahmad, Afsana Uddin, Arfa Razzaq, Umar Latif, Ariana Mohammed, Izan Shah, Sumera Ahmad, Daniaal Ahmad Akhtar, Jeni Tanushi, Sabha Chaudhary, Adhnan Hussain, Giovanni Pina, Halima Parkhetiya and Yuliana Karaivanova. 

‘Mathelete’ Awards were received by Virandeep Khosa, Lashay Foster, Mindaugas Larcenka, Umar Malik, Alia Afzal, Mehreen Rashid, Aminah Saleem, Soumya Agrawal, Lohendra Brahma, Gil Soares Tavares, Rajvir Singh Paul, Khadidjatou Diaby, Noholi Nistha, Kauser Ali, Aleeza Khawaja, Jameela Macmillan, Mya Victor, Joanna Sparkes, Samatar McCallin, Akohara Pathak, Rahim Uddin, Aarijenneh Sheriff and Sameed Zaman.

A Headteachers Award was received by Dillon Jutley and Emilius Matekonis (both in Nursery) for building an impressive tower.

Well done to all of you!

Parents’ Evening on Thursday 7th November Please remember to arrive promptly to the allocated appointment with your child’s classteacher.

Parking We have received reports from parents that those parking in the car park and surrounding area have been behaving in an anti-social manner and swearing at others. In particular, the driver of a Ford Fiesta LN10 ZWD was reported to the school for behaving in such a manner. Please remember that you are role models for your children and this behaviour is NOT acceptable.

Colour Assemblies Please note that colour assemblies will be taking place tomorrow 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. Please note that colour assemblies will not be taking place on Thursday 14th November due to the Year 3 Diwali performance.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

 

Rec Blue       97.3%             Yr 3R  99.7%

Rec Green     99.7%             Yr 3Y  97.6%

Rec Red        91.3%             Yr 4B  92%

Rec Yellow    94.1%             Yr 4G  92%

Yr 1B              98.6%             Yr 4R  97%

Yr 1G              94.3%             Yr 4Y  94.1%

Yr 1R              97%                Yr 5B  96.3%

Yr 1Y              95.9%             Yr 5G  98.6%

Yr 2B              97%                Yr 5R  97.4%

Yr 2G              99.4%             Yr 5Y  98.4%   

Yr 2Ra            94%                Yr 6B  94.2%  

Yr 2R              97.2%             Yr 6G  97.2%  

Yr 2Y              98.1%             Yr 6R  92.3%  

Yr 3B              93.7%             Yr 6Y  98%

Yr 3G              98.2%

Attendance Well done to classes Reception Green and 3 Red for achieving 99.7%. Congratulations to both classes! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.2%.

Monthly Attendance Well done to 5 Yellow for being the highest attending class for October. They were awarded £10 to spend on items for their class.

Unauthorised Absence I would remind parents that if your child has 12 sessions of unauthorised absence recorded throughout the academic year, the Local Authority will issue you with a penalty notice. The notice incurs a fine of £120 which is reduced to £60 if it is paid within 21 days. Penalty notices may be considered in the first instance for leave of absence taken without permission of the Headteacher which will result in £120 fine per parent, per child (reducing to £60 per parent, per child if paid within 21 days).

Information Session Year 5 parents are invited to an information session about ‘Growing Up and Changes’ in the large hall on Wednesday 20th November at 9am.

 

Diwali Assembly Year 3 parents are invited to watch a Diwali performance on 14th November at 2pm.

Cranbrook Friends Association (CFA) Event We are keen to encourage parents/carers to attend these meetings and all are welcome to come along to the next meeting on Friday 15th November at 2pm. This meeting is to plan and organise our next event which will be a ’Movie Night’ after school on Thursday 5th December. We would love to see our Parent Representatives at this meeting.  

Poppy Appeal Poppies are available for children to purchase for a minimum donation of 20 pence.

 

‘Wear it Pink Day’ Following a very successful appeal, the school raised £390.27 for Breast Cancer Awareness. Thank you to everyone for participating in this event.

 

Children In Need On Friday 15th November, children will be invited to come into school in their pyjamas (warm and sensible) for the day. We would ask that children bring in a donation of £1 for this worthy cause.

 

Uniform Please ensure that your child comes to school in uniform (jade sweatshirt or plain grey jumper/cardigan, white polo shirt and grey trousers/skirt). Headscarves should be plain black or white, not printed. No jewellery should be worn, unless for religious reasons.

Pedometer Challenge From Monday 11th November to Friday 6th December all children will be encouraged to walk to school at least once a week. Year 6 children will be taking part in a challenge to win sports and cinema vouchers depending on how many steps they make in a week. Let’s get walking!

 

Maths Course For Parents Parents and carers from all groups are invited to take part in a six week maths course at Cranbrook Primary School. The course will start on Friday 8th November and will run every Friday (for six weeks) until Friday 13^th December from 9am-11am. 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. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide a crèche on this occasion. If you would like to enrol or would like further information, please contact Beverley, the school’s Parent Support Advisor on 020 8518 2562.

 

Gardening Reception children have been learning gardening skills and need wellington boots (all sizes please), seeds, bulbs and wheelbarrows! Please could your donations be brought to any of the Reception classes.

Dates For Your Diary

 

7th November           Parents Evening

14th Nov.                   Diwali Performance Y3 (2pm)

15th November         CFA meeting (2pm)

20th November         Y5 ‘Growing up’ meeting (9am)

5th December           CFA ‘Movie Night’

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)