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)