Newsletter No.27 2nd April 2014

We come to the end of yet another busy and productive school term. I am pleased to report on last week’s inspection of Teaching and Learning, which was carried out by 2 Ofsted inspectors and an educational consultant. The outcome confirmed that Cranbrook Primary is a “GOOD” school that achieves good standards for its pupils. The leadership has the capacity to achieve well and set the appropriate priorities for the school. The report will made available after Easter.

Our priorities remain:

·         Extending children’s reading, writing and mathematics skills.

·         More challenge for our higher attaining pupils.

·         Attendance.

Spring Break Please remember that the last day of term is Friday 4th April and school will finish at the usual time. The summer term will begin Tuesday 22nd April. See dates overleaf for holiday periods.

Staffing Update We welcome back Martha from her maternity leave. She is currently working 2 days each week providing cover across the school. We also welcome Debbie Lee, who has joined the staff team as an experienced Early Years and KS1 teacher. She will be supporting across Year 2 before taking on class responsibility for class 2 Green, when Claire begins her maternity leave. 3 Green is continuing to be covered by Mark and Aaliya during Sonia’s absence. Finally, Shailesh Parekh, the Finance Officer will be leaving the school to take up a full-time position in a school closer to his home. I would like to take this opportunity to wish him well for his new position and to thank him for his contribution to Cranbrook.

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 you are available to help anytime on Thursday 3rd April, please contact Amanda or Beverley via the school office. Children are also invited to bring in £1 if they come into school in non-uniform.

All fresh food should be sent in on 3rd April by midday if possible.

For health and safety reasons and the number of people involved, in the event of bad weather the event will be cancelled and we will hold a food sale in the main hall. The other elements of events will be re-arranged after the Easter break. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for good weather!

Colour Assemblies There will be no colour assemblies running on 3rd April as we will be busy getting ready for the CFA Diversity Event. They will resume after the Spring break on 24th April with the revised time changes as follows:

9.10-9.35am Blue and Rainbow classes (Hall) & Green classes (Dance studio)

2.40-3.05pm Red (Hall) and Yellow classes (Dance studio)

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Ocean Tipu, Yuliana Karaivanova, Abukar Nur, Kausar Khalid Ali, Zahra Alam, Karan Manku, Rianna Barton, Amrita Jutley, Fahad Khan, Fathima Islam, Nabhan Naweed, Faraz Jahangir, Sarah Sowole, John Franco, Aliyah Iqbal, Zahra Alam and Zahra Ahmed.

‘Mathelete’ awards were received by: Hajara Rafiq, Naiha Minhas, Ikram Hussain, Medina Rexhepi, Zain Basit, Zaina Butt, Fatima Achha, Dulce Jets, Abit Bhullar, Aniha Khanum, Maya Radu, Umar Patel, Mihails Polakovs, Shayan Faisal, Izabela                  Grzesiakowska, Zain Basit, Muhammed Patel and Gil Miguel Soares Tavares.  

Gold Awards were received by Ishtarth Katageri, Laiba Ali and Daria Chiriacescu.

Well done to you all!

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue       95.8%             Yr 3R  97.9%

Rec Green    99.2%             Yr 3Y  91.7%

Rec Red        87.7%             Yr 4B  92.5%

Rec Yellow   93.6%             Yr 4G  95.2%

Yr 1B              94.2%             Yr 4R   97.1%

Yr 1G              95%                Yr 4Y   97%

Yr 1R              97.5%             Yr 5B   97.2%

Yr 1Y              97.1%             Yr 5G   98.7%

Yr 2B              97.8%             Yr 5R   99.2%

Yr 2G              90.5%             Yr 5Y   99.2%   

Yr 2Ra           95%                Yr 6B   97.6%  

Yr 2R              96.7%             Yr 6G   97.3%  

Yr 2Y              97.9%             Yr 6R   93.5%  

Yr 3B              99.2%             Yr 6Y   98.3%

Yr 3G              97%   

Attendance Well done to classes Reception Green, 3 Blue, 5 Red and 5 Yellow for all achieving 99.2%. Fantastic! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.1%.

 

Dates For Your Diary

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