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