Newsletter No.12 27th November 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Sivaranjani Velmurugan, Olivia Molokwu, Aariz Ashraf, Haider Ishfaq, Sana Naushad, Alisha Mahmud, Finn Bond, Mariyam Malik, Patrick Doherty, Diya Ahmed, Yuvraj Singh, Maya Mishkin, Lee Messere Gago, Alex Stanescu, Alexia Pokam Demoussinga, Amaan Doudwalla, Ayaan Ramzan, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Karan Singh, Amani Miah, Angelica Musona, Haseeb Sohail, Halima Parkhetiya and Mahliqa Zubair.

‘Mathelete’ Awards were received by: Maksim Bolsakovs, Javy Needroo, Maryam Bint Imran, Zara Chaudhary, Andy Vundla, Bushra Hassan, Cristian Stafic, Hira Syed, Sofia Khan, Esha Bhachu, Fahad Khan, Huzaifa Omar, Sana Pervez, David Mazrreku, Maya Radu, Jeffrey Pinaman, Raul Islam, Sounya Agrawal, Gil Miguel Soares Tavares, Alvi Hussain, Zainab Dakri, Aman Makwana, Maryam Ali and Filip Teper.

A Headteachers Award was received by: Dillon Jutley and Walid Hassan (both in nursery am).

Well done to all of you!

Medication Parents, please remember that if your child has medication in school, it must be in date and we should have the correct amount according to their care plans e.g. two epi-pens in school (one to be kept in the classroom and the other for the medical room).

Child Protection and Safeguarding Like all settings working with children, we are required to have policies and procedures in place in line with our local and National guidelines. I would like to raise parental awareness of this issue and inform you that if a child makes a disclosure in school, as a staff team we are required to pass the matter on to Social Services. We are also committed to working with all families to achieve positive outcomes and support for our pupils. The main area of concern that has arisen in the school over recent years relates to domestic violence in the home and/or chastisement of children (hitting, slapping etc.).

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue        95.7%              Yr 3R  98.3%

Rec Green      95.3%              Yr 3Y   94.3%

Rec Red         95%                 Yr 4B  98%

Rec Yellow     88.6%              Yr 4G  96%

Yr 1B              96.4%              Yr 4R  97%

Yr 1G              93.7%              Yr 4Y  93.1%

Yr 1R              100%               Yr 5B  96.3%

Yr 1Y               99.3%              Yr 5G  94.7%

Yr 2B              92%                 Yr 5R  92.3%

Yr 2G              100%               Yr 5Y    96.7%   

Yr 2Ra            92%                 Yr 6B   94.8%  

Yr 2R              97.1%              Yr 6G   96.2%  

Yr 2Y               96.1%              Yr 6R   93.5%  

Yr 3B              96%                 Yr 6Y   97%

Yr 3G              97.9% 

Attendance Well done to class 1 Red and 2 Green for achieving 100%. Excellent! The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.6%.

CFA Movie Night - Thursday 5th December Please remember, if your child is attending this event, he/she will need to be collected promptly at 5pm from the usual place. All payments must be made in advance and sent into the School Office in a clearly labelled envelope. If you would like to volunteer at the event or during the day to set up the event, please contact Amanda via the School Office or let your child’s class teacher know. There will be no colour assemblies that day.

Non Uniform Day Children will be invited to wear their own clothes (sensible and appropriate for the weather) on Thursday 5th December and donate £1 which will go towards fundraising for the school.

Parking If you are not eligible to park in the disabled bays in the car park, please refrain from doing so. We have been contacted by a number of frustrated parents who are eligible to park in the bays and are unable to do so.

 

P.E./Cold Weather As the cold weather is now upon us, please ensure that your child has a coat, hat, scarf and gloves. For outdoor P.E. sessions, children should wear a tracksuit (or sweatshirt and jogging bottoms).

International Disability Day To celebrate International Day for disabled people, some of our children’s art work has been selected to be displayed in the Central Library and The Town Hall on 3rd December. Please do feel free to come along on this date to view the children’s work. At school we shall be holding assemblies and will be discussing this topic in class to promote understanding and positive messages about disabled people.

Maths Week This will be taking place from 2nd to 6th December. We will be raising the profile of Maths throughout the school and the children will taking part in a number of fun filled activities.

Christmas Lunch If your child is eligible for a free school meal, you do not need to make a payment for the Christmas Lunch on 13th December. Any payments made in error to us will be returned to you.

Lunch Arrears Please remember to settle any outstanding school lunch arrears promptly. For your child to receive a school meal, the payments must be received in advance, failing which, you will be contacted and asked to bring in a packed lunch until the arrears have been settled.

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.

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!

 

Children In Need Thank you to the following who made donations to the school during Children In Need: Asian Wedding Cakes (East Ham), Pizza Gogo (Gants Hill), Le Gateau (Ilford) and Burger King (Gants Hill).

 

Christmas Craft Event on Saturday 30th 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.

 

Christmas Bazaar Please come along to St. Andrew’s Church (The Drive) on Saturday 7th December to enjoy the Christmas Bazaar. There will be giftware on sale, as well as food, drinks, Father Christmas’ grotto (a small fee is payable) as well as reindeer!! Please do come along and feel the Christmas magic!

 

Dates For Your Diary

5th December             CFA ‘Movie Night’

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