Newsletter No.30 7th May 2014

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Kimberly Bishop, Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw, Muhammed Patel, Viduna Athavan, Shaiq Ahmed and Lidiane Da Silva Gomes Duarte.

‘Mathelete’ awards were received by: Anandveer Singh Johal, Mohit Patel, Haaris Usman, Rahnia Saleem-Yousaf and Danial Mahmud.

Headteachers Award was received by Lilah Rahman and Ishpreet Singh.             

All of Year 6 were awarded writer of the week awards and ‘mathelete’ for their great learning behaviour towards their SATs.

Well done to all of you!

Recent Inspection Report Please take time to read the summary report following our recent inspection (accompanied with this newsletter). The report recognises the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. We are currently reviewing our School Improvement Priorities and will be responding to the points raised in order to continue developing our provision on our journey to ‘Outstanding’.

Parent View As a school team, we are also very keen to have parent feedback on what we do well and where we need to improve. I would therefore urge you all to go online and input your feedback on the Ofsted ‘parent view’ link for Cranbrook. Please check that you have the correct address, as there are a number of schools across the country with the same name.

Nursery Admissions for September 2014 If you have applied for a place for your child at the school, you should receive a letter today confirming this, if your application has been successful.

CFA Summer Fair 19th June 3.30-5pm We had a great turnout at the core group meeting yesterday morning and have started to plan our Summer Fair. The next planning meeting will be taking place at the school on Wednesday 21st May at 9am.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue       96.3%             Yr 3R  96.3%

Rec Green    94%                Yr 3Y  95%

Rec Red        95.9%             Yr 4B  94.3%

Rec Yellow   98.6%             Yr 4G  98.1%

Yr 1B              98.6%             Yr 4R   96.3%

Yr 1G              98%                Yr 4Y   97.9%

Yr 1R              93%                Yr 5B   92.6%

Yr 1Y              98%                Yr 5G   96.2%

Yr 2B              97%                Yr 5R   95.2%

Yr 2G              94.3%             Yr 5Y   96.1%   

Yr 2Ra           95.7%             Yr 6B   96.5%  

Yr 2R              95.3%             Yr 6G   94.6%  

Yr 2Y              95.7%             Yr 6R   95.5%  

Yr 3B              98%                Yr 6Y   96.7%

Yr 3G              95%   

Attendance Well done to Reception Yellow and 1 Blue for both achieving 98.6 %. Fantastic! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96%, which is excellent.

Colour Assemblies Due events taking place in the dance studio and hall, colour assemblies will not be taking place on Thursday 8th May.

Year 6 SATs I would remind all year 6 parents to ensure that their child attends regularly and promptly as the tests will be carried out next week. Please note if your child is not in school, you will receive a call and be asked to bring him/her in. Children must be in school for these national tests.

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

Glasbury—Year 6 Residential Trip If you were unable to attend the meeting this morning and your child is attending Glasbury, please speak to the classteacher for further information. Please also remember that the children will be leaving at 12pm on Sunday 1st June from the main car park. If you have any queries regarding this trip, contact Devinder in the school office.

Students We welcome a number of final placement teaching students, who will be working alongside some classteachers during this term. 

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.

Scooter A parent has reported that their child’s scooter was taken from the bike shed. Can whoever took it, please return it to the school immediately.

Dates For Your Diary

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 (Reception to Year 6)

15th Sept       Nursery re-opens