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)