Newsletter No. 26 25th March 2014

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Justin Radu, Abdurrahim Din, Haadia Awan, Hassan Siddiqui, Maheen Mahmood, Evelina Kaupaite, Samuel Guaqueta Alarcon, Sherry Satti, Imaan Saleem-Yousaf, Aliya Islam, Aira Mariathas, Rehan Rehman, Munadiya Bint-Hussain, Amrita Jutley, Kashav Talwar, Ajuni Kaur, Fahad Khan, Kiran Lalli, Faiza Choudhury, Kian Bailey, Filip Teper, Faraz Jahangir, Aminah Saleem, Zarah Ahmed, Yusuf Ahmed, Alvi Hussain, Kajus Pilukas and Layla Khan-Ringshaw. 

‘Mathelete’ awards were received by: Umar Patel, Anisa Choudhury, Akif Latif, Asha Birdi, Aliyah Kokoz, Aishah Baig, Faizah Javaid, Tahir Omar, Giovanni Pina, Lukas Kesylis, Reyhan Afzal, Muhammad Patel, Sai Shubam Ananthula, Amaan Doudwalla, Arfan Rehman, Khaira Ali, Rayan Durrani, Muskan Noor, Katie Huynh, Rayyan Mohammed, Mati Michaluk, Muhammed Harris, Tanya Sagoo, Dulce Jets, Umar Doudwalla and Abid Ahmed.

Headteacher awards were received by Tya Puddoo, Amal Osman and Khadijah Ibrahim.

A Gold Award was received by Alveena Waheed.

Well done to you all!

TEACHER STRIKE 26TH MARCH As indicated in the previous newsletters, the school WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW, as there are a high number of teachers taking action. Please make any necessary childcare arrangements. I hope this does not cause too much inconvenience.

Colour Assemblies There will be no colour assemblies running on 27th March or 3rd April. They will resume as usual after the Spring break on 24th April.

Lost Property Once again we have a high number of items with no names on in the lost property. These are usually located in the playground at the beginning and end of each day. Please take a look in there if your child has lost any items of clothing.

CFA Diversity Event on 3rd April 3.15-4.45pm Please remember that no ticket purchasing is required for this event. We are aiming to raise at least £3000 to be matched by Barclays for installing an outdoor climbing frame for the children’s use at lunch and playtimes. Please come and support this event. We will be holding a talent show and there will be lots of food to purchase, a raffle, henna, face painting and a variety of private stalls. If each parent spends £4 only, we will meet our target amount. If you are available to help on Tuesday 1st April at 1.30pm and anytime on Thursday 3rd April, please contact Amanda or Beverley via the school office.

We are asking for each family to donate some food or drink for the event as follows:    

Nursery/Reception - Easter eggs                             

Year 1 - Fairy cakes                                               

Year 2 - Fruit/fruit salad/fruit juice                            

Year 3 - Bottles or cartons of soft drink                                                      

Year 4 - Caribbean food                                         

Year 5 - Cultural food                                            

Year 6—Soft drinks or crisps

If you have more than one child, we only ask for one donation. Children are also invited to bring in £1 if they come into school in non-uniform.

Raffle tickets will be on sale in the playground before and after school from Monday. We have some fabulous prizes including nail vouchers, restaurant vouchers, baskets of flowers, Wilkinsons vouchers and sweet baskets.

Easter eggs, crisps and bottles of drink should be sent into school on Monday 31st March. All fresh food should be sent in on 3rd April by midday if possible.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue       98%                Yr 3R  97.3%

Rec Green    99%                Yr 3Y  90.7%

Rec Red        89.7%             Yr 4B  97.6%

Rec Yellow   92.9%             Yr 4G  97.1%

Yr 1B              94%                Yr 4R  94%

Yr 1G              97%                Yr 4Y  98.3%

Yr 1R              95%                Yr 5B  99.7%

Yr 1Y              99.3%             Yr 5G  96.9%

Yr 2B              94.8%             Yr 5R  97.7%

Yr 2G              97.7%             Yr 5Y  99%   

Yr 2Ra           99.7%             Yr 6B  94.5%  

Yr 2R              97.6%             Yr 6G  95%  

Yr 2Y              97.7%             Yr 6R  95.5%  

Yr 3B              100%              Yr 6Y  94.3%

Yr 3G              97.5%

Attendance Well done to class 3 Blue for achieving 100%. Fantastic! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.5%.

Easter Holiday Courses in Redbridge In addition to running a range of cycle training and cycle skills courses within schools during term-time Cycle Experience is now offering more children in Redbridge the opportunity to learn how to cycle and to cycle safely on road and elsewhere through its Easter holiday course programme. You can book online at www.CycleExperience.com/holidaycourses. Please ensure you carefully select the correct venue and course. If you have any problems or need further guidance please call Cycle Experience on 0845 434 8451 or email Jon@CycleExperience.com.

Cycle experience also offers cycle training to adults for complete beginners helping them learn to balance and ride through to advanced tips for urban commuters. You can book online at www.CycleExperience.com/redbridge or email       redbridgetraining@CycleExperience.com or call 0845 434 8451.  

 

Dates For Your Diary

 

28th Mar        Y3 Roman Day

2nd April        Y4 Steel Band Carnival

2nd April        Class 3G Parent Evening

3rd April         CFA Diversity Event (3.15pm) Non-uniform

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

21st April        Bank Holiday (school closed)

(Please note change of date below)

1st May          Y1 Performance (2pm)

5th May           Bank Holiday (school closed)

12-16th May    SATs week

23rd May         Inset (school closed to pupils)

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

24th July        Summer break begins (school closed)

2-3rd Sept      Inset (school closed to pupils)      

4th Sept         School opens to pupils

 

 

Newsletter No.25 19th March 2014

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Meja Pilukaite, Zaibaa Ismail, Olivia Mayes, Ridwan Hussain, Aman Doudwalla, Amina Isakhill, Bakhtawar Rai, Rabia Latif, Sadiqur Maruf, Amanjot Chug, Akshara Pathak, Husanain Iqbal, Rabia Israr,  Nayana Mathad, Sohia Digwa, Jack Bowen, Lakshya Anand Kumar, Fallou Diaby, Touhid Islam, Noor Wahid, Shaiq Ahmed, Anita Bushati, Taha Tariq, Yasin Khan, Lukas Kesylis, Qasim Sheikh, Rubina   Adam, Umar Patel and Gabija Zakaraite. 

‘Mathelete’ awards were received by: Subhaan Khan, Mariam Abou-El Seoud, Aatif Goni, Muhammed Faizaan Sarpanch, Ayaan Ramzan, Sami Ahmad, Isa Shaikh, Amina Awan, Sulayman Hussain, Aliza Khan, Alex Yin, Jayden Jacobus, Jahin Ayeman Shah, Jeyashanthan Saravanan, Alawi Mohamed, Riaz Jilani, Malaika Mukhtar, Benjamin Nielsen-Williams, Nadine Ahmed, Niveth Vivekanandarajah, Umaimah Patel, Yusuf Rahman, Princilla Osei, Gursimran Kaur, Abukar Nur and Aaliyah Dadabhoy.

Congratulations to Rehan Ahmed for receiving a ’Mathlete’ award and Nawfal Khan for receiving the ‘writer of the week’ award for the previous week. 

Gold Awards were received by: Aliyah Patel, Anisa Choudhury, Ismail Patel, Noor Afsar, Saad Khan and Muhammad Huzaifa Hamid.

Congratulations to the school football team who won the ‘local derby’ against Highlands Primary School 5-2. Jourdain Jhagroo-Bryan in Year 6 Yellow scored 4 goals and Emre Ozuaciksoz from Year 5 Red scored the other. A brilliant performance!

Well done to you all!

TEACHER STRIKE 26TH MARCH As indicated in the previous newsletters, the school WILL BE closed, as there are a high number of teachers taking action. Please make any necessary childcare arrangements. I hope this does not cause too much inconvenience.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue           96%         Yr 3R   96%

Rec Green        94.3%      Yr 3Y   96.3%

Rec Red            95%         Yr 4B  96.6%

Rec Yellow       96.9%      Yr 4G  97.1%

Yr 1B                93.3%      Yr 4R  92%

Yr 1G                97%         Yr 4Y  99%

Yr 1R                97%         Yr 5B  94.8%

Yr 1Y                98%         Yr 5G  79%

Yr 2B                99%         Yr 5R  94.2%

Yr 2G                97%         Yr 5Y  96.8%   

Yr 2Ra              94%         Yr 6B  97.4%  

Yr 2R                97.6%      Yr 6G  97.9%  

Yr 2Y                97.3%      Yr 6R  92.9%  

Yr 3B                98%         Yr 6Y  92.7%

Yr 3G                97.9%     

Attendance Well done to class 4 Yellow for achieving 99%. Fantastic! The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.5%.

CFA Diversity Event on 3rd April 3.15-4.45pm Auditions for the talent show are underway. We are still in need of helpers, so if you are available, please can you contact Amanda Irons on 020 8518 2562. If you are interested in booking a stall for the afternoon, please contact Rahima via the school office.

All committee members and helpers are welcome to attend a short planning meeting on Monday 24th March at 2pm. All money raised will go towards an exciting climbing frame for the outdoor area.

A Reminder We have received numerous reports that adults are spitting in the school grounds. Please refrain from doing this.

Albert Hall A group of our children represented the school at the bi-annual Redbridge Choral Festival at the Albert Hall. This was a truly amazing            experience, with all Redbridge School choirs participating. I would like to thank Claire Frith, who organised this event and Kelly, Suntosh and Sonal who supported her. Well done to the following pupils for representing the school: Soumya Agrawal, Sindy Mikulecka, Anita Bushati, Ritika Bisht, Sabha Chaudhary, Chloe Carney, Manpreet Multani, Iram Lodhi, Riddhi Gadhvi, Janvi Parekh, Gursimran Kaur and Sana Hussain. Well done to all! Thanks also to the parents for supporting this event.

School Assessment of Teaching and Learning On the 27th and 28th March, we will be assessed for the Quality of Teaching and Learning by three external assessors, who will observe all classes and talk to pupils about their learning experiences at the school and their reading skills.

This assessment forms part of the school’s approach to its own self-evaluation and should inform all parents, pupils, governors and staff about our areas of strength and areas for development towards our journey to becoming an outstanding school.

A report will be published soon after.

Dates For Your Diary

28th Mar    Y3 Roman Day

2nd April    Y4 Steel Band Carnival

3rd April     CFA Diversity Event (3.15pm)

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

21st April    Bank Holiday (school closed)

(Please note change of date below)

1st May    Y1 Performance (2pm)

5th May      Bank Holiday (school closed)

12-16th May SATs week

23rd May    Inset (school closed to pupils)

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

24th July    Summer break begins (school closed)

2-3rd Sept  Inset (school closed to pupils)       

4th Sept     School opens to pupils

Newsletter No.23 5th March 2014

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Christian Obiri Yeboah, Atcheya Thiyagarajah, Viraj Shah, Anwar Ul-Haq, Raulnelle Skeete-Anglin, Lohendra Brahma, Kiran Lalli, Zara Coleman, Gursimran Kaur, David Mazzareku, Maeasha Fazal, Maksim Bolsakovs, Vinisha Sanger, Asim Satti, Aisha Rahman, Taybah Iqbal, Zayna Sheikh, Almas Bashir, Romeo Bushati and Maryam Ali.

‘Mathelete’ awards were received by: Tauhid Islam, Mahia Hussain, Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw, Maliha Hasan, Maitreyi Bhatawadekar, Wiktoria Gruszczynska, Izabela Grzesiakowska, , Muhammad Ibrahim Abid, Oviya Srikanthan, Dilpreet Singh, Hassan Siddiqui, Mindaugas Larcenka, Hannah Uddin, Tehreem Abid, Sukhman Paul and Kian Bailey. 

A Headteachers award was received by Vaibhav Shandilya (Nursery pm).

Well done to you all!

Teachers’ Strike The National Union of Teachers has organised a strike on 26th March, which may be called off. If this is the case, the school will open as usual. However, if the strike takes place, we may need to close because of the high number of teachers who will be out. An update will be provided next week.

Year 4 Performance Year 4 parents are invited to the performance of “Anansi and the moss covered rock” on Thursday 6th March at 2pm. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Colour Assemblies Due to the Year 4 performance taking place, there will be no colour assemblies running this Thursday 6th March.

Parents’ Evening on 11th March Don’t forget that the second session for the remainder of the parents will take place next Tuesday. Thank you for all the very positive comments conveyed at yesterday’s session.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue       98.7%             Yr 3R  95%

Rec Green    95.4%             Yr 3Y  97.1%

Rec Red        94.2%             Yr 4B  92.7%

Rec Yellow   88.6%             Yr 4G  98.4%

Yr 1B              95%                Yr 4R  95%

Yr 1G              97.5%             Yr 4Y  98.3%

Yr 1R              96.7%             Yr 5B  94.4%

Yr 1Y              96.1%             Yr 5G  95.7%

Yr 2B              94.8%             Yr 5R  99.2%

Yr 2G              97.1%             Yr 5Y 99.6%   

Yr 2Ra           97.9%             Yr 6B  94%  

Yr 2R              98.8%             Yr 6G  99.6%  

Yr 2Y              96.3%             Yr 6R  97.6%  

Yr 3B              95.8%             Yr 6Y  90.8%

Yr 3G              95%   

Attendance Well done to classes 5 Yellow and 6 Green for both achieving 99.6%. Fantastic! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96%. However, our average for the year still remains below the National average of 95.6%, at 94.9%. This would be judged by OFSTED as inadequate. Therefore, I urge all parents to support us with this.

World Book Day As mentioned in the group call last week, to celebrate World Book Day, children are invited to come into school dressed as their favourite book character on Friday 7th March.

Car Park I have received reports that some parents are intimidating and abusing each other in the car park. Once again, I would remind both pedestrians and drivers to be aware and respect each other. 

School Crossing Patrol I am pleased to inform you that the Local Authority have employed Jaqueline Higgins as the new School Crossing Patrol for the school. She is due to begin on Tuesday 11th March 2014.

E-Safety We would like to remind parents to make sure they monitor the content of games, websites and apps that the children are downloading from the internet. It is important to keep a check on what your children are doing online. The ‘Think u Know’ (www.thinkuknow.co.uk) website is a great resource to get you up to speed and also has tools to help you create a safe environment.

SATs Week Year 6 parents, please note that SATs will take place from Monday 12th to 16th May. Absences for Year 6 pupils will not be authorised unless medical evidence is provided or exceptional circumstances apply. Therefore, please make every effort to bring your child to school on time.

School Council Following a pupil vote, the elected leaders of the School Council are:

Wali Mustafa (6R) - Chair

Noholi Ahmed Nistha (6Y) - Vice Chair

Sabha Chaudhary (5B) - Deputy Vice-Chair

Well done to all of you!

Year 1 Phonics Workshop It was good to see a number of parents at the session this morning. Well done to Clare Burch for organising and running this event. I hope you found it useful.

Year 1 Performance Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be moved to 1st May. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

CFA Diversity Celebration Event We are all looking forward to the Diversity Celebration on Thursday 3rd April. If you are able to help us with this event, please let the School Office have your name, contact number and the times you are able to help on the day. Further details on this event will follow next week.

Temporary Swimming Pool at Wanstead Have you heard about the Borough’s pop up pool? It is located on Redbridge Lane West by the High School/Leisure Centre and is open until 3rd April. As a school, we are very lucky that all of our Year 5 classes are having lessons at this pool. Public lessons are available from 4.30-7pm weekdays and Saturday from 9am-1pm. Sessions cost £2 and should be booked online at www.makeasplashlondon.org.

Dates For Your Diary

28th-5th Mar  Book Fair (small hall)

6th March      Y4 Performance (2pm)

7th Mar           World Book Day (dress up)

4th/11th Mar  Parents’ Evening

28th Mar        Y3 Roman Day

2nd April        Y4 Steel Band Carnival

3rd April         CFA Diversity Event (3.15pm)

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

21st April        Bank Holiday (school closed)

(Please note change of date below)

1st May          Y1 Performance (2pm)

5th May           Bank Holiday (school closed)

12-16th May    SATs week

23rd May         Inset (school closed to pupils)

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

24th July        Summer break begins (school closed)

2-3rd Sept      Inset (school closed to pupils)      

4th Sept         School opens to pupils