Newsletter No.29 30th April 2014

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Safiya Basit, Zainub Sayed, Samuel Guaqueta Alarcon, Hafsah Mahal, Iman Fatima, Zara Chaudhury, Zainab Gillani, Jessica Okworu, Manar Hossain, Yunis Islam, Syeda Hibah Hassan, Sulayman Hussain, Syed Samuel Karim, Afsana Uddin, Rishitha Karpakalingeswaran, Nicholas Vatafu, Saad Khan, Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw, Alexy Musuyi, Yatisha Patel, Syed Talha Hassan, Diya Ahmed, Gil Soares Tavares, Muhammad Ibrahim Abid, Mariam Cajee, Abukar Nur and Sathakan Ganeshamoorthy, 

‘Mathelete’ awards were received by: Ameer Ishaq, Shlok Verma, Alina Uddin, Maksim Bolsakovs, Evelina Kaupaite, Maheen Mahmood, Megan Evans, Musab Walker, Tasneem Delawala, Muhammad Rehaan Lon, Maryam Patel, Bisma Tahir, Suleiman Malkit Singh, Jermaine Pilime, Christina Mataj, Kasim Manzoor, Qasim Javaid, Viria Quifica Da Silva, Musa Hussain, Taibah Khan, Muhammed Patel, Rahnia Saleem-Yousaf, Omshiv Thakeria, Faizah Javaid, Vikram Sanger, Ikram Hussain and Sabah Jamil.

A Headteachers Award was received by Sulaiman Javed (1B).

A Gold Award was received by Hamza Siddique, Fahad Khan, Salman Rashid, Eesha Vashisht, Olivia Grzesiakowska and Hamza Siddique.

Karate Tournament The following pupils received winners medals for competing in a karate tournament: Halima Parkhetiya (6Y), Fatimah Rashid (5G) and Aleena Ali (5G).

Well done to all of you!

CFA Meeting Parents and carers are invited to the Summer Faye planning meeting which will be taking place in the staffroom on Tuesday 6th May at 9.15am. This is usually the biggest fundraising event of the year. Please note the date overleaf, so that you will be able to attend the Summer Fayre.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue   92.5%              Yr 3R        91.3%

Rec Green 99.6%              Yr 3Y        96.7%

Rec Red    98.7%              Yr 4B        96.3%

Rec Yellow 98.7%            Yr 4G        96.8%

Yr 1B        91.4%              Yr 4R        92.1%

Yr 1G        95.8%              Yr 4Y        97.8%

Yr 1R        91.3%              Yr 5B        98%

Yr 1Y        95%                 Yr 5G        95.7%

Yr 2B        89.6%              Yr 5R        90.7%

Yr 2G        93.3%              Yr 5Y        91.5%   

Yr 2Ra      94.6%              Yr 6B        91.9%  

Yr 2R        96.3%              Yr 6G        94.6%  

Yr 2Y        95.4%              Yr 6R        89.5%  

Yr 3B        91.3%              Yr 6Y        96.7%

Yr 3G        96.7%     

Attendance Well done to Reception Green for achieving 99.6%. Fantastic! The overall percentage for the whole school was 94.5%.

Colour Assemblies Due to the Year 1 performance, colour assemblies will not be taking place on Thursday 1st May.

Year Group Information Workshop Sessions Please note the dates for the remaining workshop sessions. They will take place at 9-9.30am in the main hall on the relevant dates below. I hope you will take the time to attend and find the sessions informative.                                                             

Thurs 1st May - Year 3                                               

Fri 2nd May - Year 4                                                

Tues 6th May - Year 5                                               

Weds 7th May - Year 6 (followed by a Glasbury meeting)

Incident in the Car Park Some of you may have witnessed an unpleasant incident at the end of the day on Monday. Please be reassured that the matter is being dealt with.

Nursery assembly Parents and carers are invited to the nursery assembly on Friday 9th May at 10.30am and at 2.15pm. 

Year 5 Drumming Performance Parents and carers are invited to the Year 5 drumming performance which will be taking place as follows in the main hall:

Tuesday 20th May -     2.30pm 5 Red

                                 2.50pm 5 Yellow

 

Wednesday 21st May - 2.30pm 5 Blue

                                2.50pm 5 Green

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.

Lost Property Please come and check the tubs, which are now overflowing with unclaimed items with no names. If items are not claimed by the end of this half-term (22nd May), we will be sending them to the charity shop.

Vacancy for Midday Assistants We are looking to appoint three enthusiastic midday assistants to join our growing team with one candidate to have specific responsibility to carry out full first aid duties during lunch time. For further information and for an application form, please log onto the school website at www.cranbrookprimary@redbridge.gov.uk. Closing date for receiving applications is Friday 2nd May at noon. 

Oyster Cards Parents and carers please note that Zip Oyster Cards allow children to travel free or at a reduced rate on public transport. For further    information on how to obtain a Zip Oyster Card for your child (between 5-10 years or 11-15 years) please log onto www.tfl.gov.uk.

 

 

Dates For Your Diary

(Please note change of date below)

1st May    Y1 Performance (2pm)

5th May      Bank Holiday (school closed)

6th May     CFA meeting (9.15am)

9th May     Nursery assembly        (10.30am and 2.15pm)

12-16th May SATs week

20th May   Y5 Drumming performance

21st May    Y5 Drumming performance

23rd May   Inset (school closed to pupils)

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

19th June   Summer Fayre (3.45-5pm)

3rd July     Y6 Performance

24th June   Sports Day (am - Y1-3  pm - Y4-6)

9th July      Reception Sports Day

24th July    Summer break begins (school closed)

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

4th Sept     School opens to pupils