Wednesday 21 May 2014

Newsletter No.32 21st May 2014


A Headteachers Award was received by Yusuf Shah (1Y) and Ghathunaa Athavan.
Writer of the week awards were received by: Viria Quifica Da Silva, Dada Osman, Anandveer Singh Johal, Taibah Khan, Talha Sheikh, Layla Khan-Ringhsaw, Umar Choudhury, Justin Charlery-Erskine, Qasim Hafeez, Shanelle Lewis and Maryam Ali.
Mathelete’ awards were received by: Tahmid Kawser, Faiza Shakeel, Sana Naushad, Kimranjeet Shokar, Rajvir Singh Paul, Jannat Gol, Danial Mahmud, Laura Gubanova, Ria Bhalla, Tyrece Williams and Aleeza Khawaja. 
Gold Awards were received by David Chiriacescu, Aira Mariathas, Deva Nandan Cherukat, Alvina Farrukh and Aliyah Begum.
Well done to all of you!
Year 6 SATs Last week our Year 6 children had a very busy and intense week, undertaking the national tests for all 10/11 year olds. As Headteacher, I was impressed with their attitudes. The results will be out in early July.
INSET Day Please remember that the school will be closed on Friday 23rd May for a staff training day. The school will be closed for half-term from 26th-30th May and will re-open to pupils on 2nd June.
Last Day of The Year The last day of school is Wednesday 23rd July and we will finishing at 2pm. No after school clubs will be running that afternoon.
Change of date for Year 6 Performance The Year 6 performance will now take place on 9th July. This is due to many of the Year 6 children attending their secondary school transfer day on 3rd and now 8th July.
Colour Assemblies Colour assemblies will be running as usual on Thursday.

Attendance Figures For Last Week
Rec Blue       97.3%             Yr 3R  98.7%
Rec Green    96.7%             Yr 3Y  97%
Rec Red        99.3%             Yr 4B  98.7%
Rec Yellow   96%                Yr 4G  98.4%
Yr 1B              99%                Yr 4R   99%
Yr 1G              97.3%             Yr 4Y   96.6%
Yr 1R              96%                Yr 5B   95.8%
Yr 1Y              98.7%             Yr 5G   95.5%
Yr 2B              95.3%             Yr 5R   97.1%
Yr 2G              96%                Yr 5Y   95.5%   
Yr 2Ra           98%                Yr 6B   98.4%  
Yr 2R              98.3%             Yr 6G   100%  
Yr 2Y              96.7%             Yr 6R   99.4%  
Yr 3B              98.7%             Yr 6Y   100%
Yr 3G              97%   
Attendance Well done to 6 Green and 6 Yellow for achieving 100%. Fantastic! The overall percentage for the whole school was 97.6%, which is an improvement on last week’s percentage of 96.5%. Excellent!
Biker’s Breakfast We had a great response to this event. Well done to all who participated.
Safety The school crossing patrol has reported that some children who are riding a bicycle to school are not obeying basic road safety. Parents, please ensure that your child disembarks from their bike when crossing a road.  
KS1 Owl Photographs The last day for purchasing your child’s photograph is Thursday 22nd May. Any late payments will incur an additional fee of £3.
CFA Summer Fair The CFA are busy planning this year's Summer Fair which will be on Thursday 19th June, 3:30 - 5pm.will be a traditional English summer fair with, games, lots of food, face painting, henna, tattoos, a raffle and much, much more. This is a free, unticketed which will be held in the playground. We are asking for each family to donate some food/drink for this as follows:
 
Reception and Nursery - individual cartons or bottles of soft drinks
Year 1 and 2 - chocolate (for the chocolate tombola)
Years 3 and 4 - small prizes eg. bouncy balls, pencils, bubbles or sweets (the kind of thing you can buy in the pound shop)
Year 5 - cupcakes
Year 6 - individual bags of crisps
 
If you have more than one child, we only ask for one donation per family.
Children are invited to donate £1 and come to school in dress or their own clothes on the day.
We have space for a few more private stalls and these can be booked by calling the school office and asking for Rahima.
If you have any donations for our raffle or could obtain a prize from a local business, please send prizes in labelled for the attention Rahima.
 
Look out for more details in the next newsletter.
 
Warm Weather On warmer days, please use sun cream on your child and send them into school with a water bottle. It is important to drink plenty of water to stay hydrated in the warm weather.
 
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.
English Course for Parents Parents and carers from all year groups are invited to take part in a 6 week English course at Cranbrook Primary School. The course will start on Friday 6th June and will run for 6 weeks until Friday 11th July from 9.30am – 11.30am. Parents will have the opportunity to understand how and what their children are learning in English lessons at school, develop new spelling strategies and gain a greater understanding of grammar and punctuation in order to support their children’s learning in the home. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. Unfortunately we are unable to provide a crèche on this occasion. If you would like to enrol then please phone 020 8518 2562 to put your name down on the waiting list or contact Beverley the school’s parent support adviser for further information.
Dates For Your Diary

23rd May         Inset (school closed to pupils)

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

1st-7th June  Glasbury Trip (Year 6)

2nd June       School re-opens

4th June        Redbridge mini games

18th June      4R & 4G to British Musuem

18th June      Y6 to Hargreaves (2 classes)

19th June      Y6 to Hargreaves (2 classes)

19th June      Summer Fayre (3.45-5pm)

20th June      4B & 4Y to British Musuem

24th June      Sports Day (am - Years 1-3 pm - Years 4-6)

9th July          Year 6 performance

9th July          Reception Sports Day

14th July        Y1 Southend (2 classes)

15th July        Whole school exhibition

16th July        Y4 Greek Day

16th July        Y1 Southend (2 classes)

17th July        Y2 performance to parents

18th July        Last day for nursery

23rd July        Year 6 final assembly (10am)

23rd July        Last day of school (finish at 2pm)

24th July        Summer break begins (school closed)

AUTUMN TERM 2014

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

4th Sept         School opens to pupils (Reception to Year 6)

15th Sept       Nursery re-opens

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