Newsletter No. 36 25th June 2014

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

I am pleased to announce that Hanuv Garg from 2 Blue recited a Micheal Rosen poem in assembly from memory with expression and passion last week. Very brave, Hanuv well done!

 

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Deva  Nandan Cherukat, Zara Ismail, Jawad Islam, Abdurraheen Shoaib, Kulsuma Begum,        Mohammed Saif, Said Ahmadi, Samuel Guaquenta, Aisha Sajjad, Jahin Ayeman Shah, Amaan Ahmed and Zayaan Shahid.

 

“Mathelete’ Awards” were received by Nashed Sami Hoque, Sidra Nawaz, Aliza Khan, Sidrath Choudhury, Abit Bhullar, Khaira Ali, Jonathon Dhanesh, Saffa Ihsan, Julia Franco, Nicole Rozycka, Virandeep Khosa, Tehreem Abid, Saifa Babul and Kimberely Bishop.

 

A Gold Award was received by Zaara Ayub, Umar Patel, Navraj Manku, Mohammed Saif, Murtaza Farooqui, Shahawaiz Bajwa, Aditya Verma, Grace Ochieng, Aliza Khan.

Well done to you all. Keep it up!

 

Sports Day We had a fabulous attendance as usual for a fun-filled and competitive Sports Day. I am pleased to announce that Blue house were the winners this year with the following scores:

 

·         Blue House: 734

·         Green House: 608

·         Red House: 676

·         Yellow House: 644

 

Many thanks to Michael and his team of helpers for organising the event, and for Richard for DJ’ing.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue           92.7%      Yr 3R        96%

Rec Green         98.%        Yr 3Y        98.3%

Rec Red            95%         Yr 4B        94.7%

Rec Yellow       95.5%      Yr 4G        98.1%

Yr 1B                98%         Yr 4R        98%

Yr 1G                95.3%      Yr 4Y        95.9%

Yr 1R                93.7%      Yr 5B        97.7%

Yr 1Y                97.3%      Yr 5G        95.2%

Yr 2B                97.3%      Yr 5R        98.1%

Yr 2G                96.3%      Yr 5Y        97.7%   

Yr 2Ra              94.3%      Yr 6B        95.2%  

Yr 2R                99.3%      Yr 6G        98.6%  

Yr 2Y                95%         Yr 6R        96.1%  

Yr 3B                98.3%      Yr 6Y        98.3%

Yr 3G                97.6%     

Attendance Well done to 2 Red for achieving 99.3%. Excellent! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.6%. Well done. Keep it up!

 

CFA Summer Fair What a fantastic turnout we had last week for this annual community event. We received lots of positive feedback about the organisation and I would like to take the opportunity to thank all parents and staff who helped organize and run the fair. We have raised approximately £3,000 and will be able to go ahead and add to our playground gym equipment

 

1st July 2014 One Day Only Trial Day Free School Meal for Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 In order to prepare for the challenge from September, we are inviting all children in the above mentioned year groups to have a free school meal, so that we can establish how long this will take on a daily basis in order to make the necessary arrangements ahead of next term.

 

Fasting As Ramadan begins later this week, I would remind relevant families that only Year 5 and Year 6 children can fast during their time at school. However, I would ask that parents take note of the day that your child has PE, so that he/she is not fasting that day, as all curriculum activities will continue as normal.

Request for Leave during Term Time As we only have four weeks until the end of summer term, many parents have already asked for leave early for their children before term ends. I would remind parents, the Local Authority has issued numerous penalty notices to parents who have had unauthorised leave since September. Request for leave will only be granted in exceptional and emergency circumstances and travel details will be requested. If request for leave is not granted, the attendance will be registered as an unauthorised absence and a notice incurs a fine of £120 which is reduced to £60 if it is paid within 21 days. This fine is per child per parent. Even if you are visiting an elderly relative, your leave will only be authorized for exceptional circumstances for only 3 days.

 

Dinner Arrear I would remind all parents to keep up to date with your child’s school dinner payments. All arrears need to be cleared by 27th June. From Monday 30th June until the end of term, all meals need to be paid for in advance, clearly labelled and sealed with your child’s name and class.

Any child whose account remains in debt will not be provided a school dinner and parents will be asked to send a packed lunch.

 

Colour Assemblies There will be no colour assemblies this week.

 

Tour De France 7th July 2014 Please be aware that some roads in Redbridge will be closed for the Bike Race. Please allow extra time for travel. School will be open as usual.

 

Teacher’s Strike Possible school closure due to a number of Unions striking including Unison, GMB & Teaching Unions. Updates will be provided in the newsletter next week and the week after.

 

Dates For Your Diary

26th June   Nursery Sports Day

                (AM 10.30am-11.15am, PM   2.20pm-3.05pm)

2nd July     Transition to Year 6 Meeting for Year 5

9th July      Year 6 performance 2.15pm

9th July      Reception Sports Day 9.30am

9th July      Teddy Bear’s Picnic for Nursery

                (AM: 9-11:30am, PM:1-3pm)

14th July    Y1B & Y1Y Southend Trip

15th July    Whole school exhibition & Meet the New Classteacher

                (3.30pm — 4.15pm)

16th July    Y4 Greek Day

16th July    Y1G & Y1R Southend Trip

17th July    Y2 performance to parents

18th July    Last day for nursery

23rd July    Year 6 final assembly 10.30am

23rd July    Last day of school

                (finish at 2pm)

                Year 6 children will finish at 12pm

24th July    Summer break begins (school closed)

Autumn Term

2nd-3rd Sept Inset Day

                (school closed to pupils)

4th Sept     School opens to pupils

                (Reception to Year 6)

15th Sept   Nursery re-opens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter No35 18th June 2014

As we come to the final weeks of this academic year, I would encourage you to take note of the key dates overleaf, so that you do not miss any of the exciting and fun end of year events.

It is also important to remember that although the end of the school year is nigh, we must still focus on our School Values - Respect, Courage, Friendship, Equality, Determination, Inspiration and Excellence.

I would ask for your support in reinforcing these with your children, as well as ensuring that your child comes to school in uniform.

 

Congratulations to Zahra Ahmed, Talha Hassan  Nabiha Naziha, San Aiden Singh, Qasim Javaid, Faraz Jahangir, Yana Puddoo, Aaminah Zaman, Arfa Razzaq, Sana Naushad, Junaid-Ur Rahman, Maha Folad, Saad Khan, Jamaal Mamsa, Anisa Choudhury, Aliya Patel, Huzarifa  Hamid, Ismail Patel, Ishaaq Ahmed who all received a gold merit. Well done to you all.

 

CFA Summer Fair, This Thursday 3.15pm—5pm

We have sold hundreds of tokens for the Games Stalls, so that you can use them instead of money on Thursday. Please note that although tokens will be on sale at the fair, queues will be very long, so I would encourage you to get them in advance. Raffles tickets will also be on sale before and after school—50p each or a strip of 5 for £2. Please also note, there is no entrance fee.

All classes will be dismissed promptly at 3.10pm so that teachers can help on the stalls. Please note Year 6 will be dismissed from the gate by the changing room, to ease the congestion that is likely to occur. I would ask Year 6 parents to wait by that gate on the pavement in the car park. Please remember you will still need cash for the food and private stalls. We will have a wide range of items available.

We are aiming to raise money to purchase more outdoor gym equipment for the children’s use. Do come along and join this fun, community event.

 

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue       93.3%             Yr 3R  99.7%

Rec Green    96.3%             Yr 3Y  97.7%

Rec Red        98%                Yr 4B  95.0%

Rec Yellow   93.3%             Yr 4G  95.2%

Yr 1B              95.7%             Yr 4R   93.7%

Yr 1G              96.9%             Yr 4Y   95.7%

Yr 1R              95%                Yr 5B   97.1%

Yr 1Y              97.7%             Yr 5G   99.3%

Yr 2B              98.7%             Yr 5R   94.5%

Yr 2G              96.7%             Yr 5Y   96.7%   

Yr 2Ra           97.7%             Yr 6B   96.5%  

Yr 2R              99.7%             Yr 6G   97.9%  

Yr 2Y              97%                Yr 6R   93.5%  

Yr 3B              99.3%             Yr 6Y   98.7%

Yr 3G              94.1%

 

Attendance

Well done to 3 Red for achieving 99.7%. Excellent! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.6%. Well done. Keep it up!

Happy Puzzle Company

We are very pleased with the outcome of the recent Happy Puzzle event in the school. Our children had a fantastically fun and challenging time, solving a variety of puzzles. Children relished the opportunity to extend and develop their logic and reasoning skills. Well done to all who took part.

Parent Questionnaires

Please provide us feedback by going to the school website and completing the on-line questionnaire. Your feedback is very important to us.

Universal Free School Meals As you know, all children under the age of 7 years will be provided with a school meal every day from September 2014. However, families on low income, who are eligible for free school meals, still need to apply for their eligibility, so that the school does not lose out on essential funding. This is very important as this money is used to provide support to children. We will be able to provide support in school for those who need help with their on-line application.

In order to prepare ahead for this major operational change from September, from next week, we will begin feeding all Reception children in the Small Hall. We will also be running a Free Trial Day on Tuesday 1st July 2014, when all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, will have a free school meal. This is to enable us to address any issues arising ahead of September 2014.

A letter with more information will follow shortly.

 

Violin Tuition For Years 2—6 There are a few spaces left for Violin Lessons which take place every Tuesday. Children have lessons with the Violin Teacher during school hours. If you would like your child to take part from September 2014, please contact the office. The amount payable is £35.00 per term.

 

IT Workshop Cranbrook is hosting an IT workshop on 23th June from 9.30am-11am. If you would like help to set up an email account, download free apps, finding out about how to keep track of what your child is looking at on the internet, set up parental controls and understand privacy settings. Please come along. Refreshments will be provided and certificates and goody bags will be awarded. To reserve a place or to find out more, please contact Beverley on 0208 518 2562.

 

Crossing The Road I am sad to hear that a number of parents are not helping their children across the road in an appropriate manner. Those children who come to school on their bikes must get off their bikes to cross the road where the crossing lady is positioned. Some children are crossing the road on the bikes almost causing serious accidents. Please could you take extra care and make sure the children come off their bikes when crossing the road.

 

Colour Assemblies There will be no colour assemblies on 19th June or 26th June.

 

Sports Day— Tuesday 24th June

·         KS1 9.00am— 12pm

·         KS2: 1.30pm—3.00pm

KS1 children need to come dressed in their PE Kit wearing the top of their house colour, as they have their Sports day in the morning and to get dressed in their uniform after. KS2 children are to come dressed in school uniform and get dressed after lunch in their PE kit wearing a top of their house colour.

 

All children need to wear suitable sports clothing; shorts, T-shirt, plimsolls/trainers.  Please apply sun cream to your child if the weather is warm. However if the weather is cooler please supply your child with jogging bottoms and a jumper. All children will also need to bring a water bottle with them to school. Parents are encouraged to come along to the school field and support their child in the various events. There will also be a parents race so come prepared!

 

Dates For Your Diary

18th June      4R & 4B to British Musuem

18th June      Y6 to Hargreaves (2 classes)

19th June      Y6 to Hargreaves (2 classes)

19th June      Summer Fair (3.45-5pm)

20th June      4G & 4Y to British Musuem

24th June      Sports Day (AM - Years 1-3  PM - Years 4-6)

26th June      Nursery Sports Day (AM 10.30am-11.15am, PM 2. 20 pm-3.05pm)

9th July          Year 6 performance

9th July          Reception Sports Day

9th July          Teddy Bear’s Picnic for Nursery

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)

Newsletter No.34 11th June 2014

Congratulations to Junaid Sheikh from 3 Green who received a gold merit.

 

‘Writer of the week’ award was received by Isra Sher-Khan from 4 Blue.

 

‘Mathelete’ award was received by Daria Chiriacescu from 4 Yellow.

 

Staff Updating

I am pleased to welcome Joe Wilson, our new Assistant Headteacher, who joined the staff team last week. Joe has joined us from a very large     successful school from Newham. I am sure you will all welcome him along with the staff and children, and wish him well.

 

Yr 6 Glasbury Residential Trip

We saw our Year 6 children and staff return from this week long residential trip on Sunday, looking very tired after the very many physical activities. I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all the staff who gave up their personal time, to take the children and for looking after them so well — Jade, Sheena, Aine, Sharifa, Jacob and Chris.

 

CFA Summer Fair Thurs 19th June 3.15pm-5pm

Plans are well underway for our Summer Fair. Once again, we will have a range of fun and exciting stalls for you to peruse and to help us raise money for the playgrounds. The theme this year is ’Traditional British’. Children are invited to bring in £1 and come dressed in non-uniform (red, white & blue), or in traditional old English attire. Year 5 children can bring in their donations of cupcakes from 16th-18th June.

 

If it rains, the event will be cancelled, as the school is now too big to move such an event inside.

 

Thank you for your donations of drinks, chocolates, crisps and prizes. Please continue to send them this week. We would welcome more donations, if you have not already sent anything in.

 

Please note Tokens for all Games will be on sale in the playground from this afternoon. They are 50p per token or £2 per strip of 5 tokens.

 
Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue          95.7%      Yr 3R    94.3%

Rec Green        96.7%      Yr 3Y    94.5%

Rec Red            96.2%      Yr 4B   99.3%

Rec Yellow       99%         Yr 4G   99.4%

Yr 1B                96.6%      Yr 4R   95.7%

Yr 1G                99.3%      Yr 4Y   98.2%

Yr 1R                94%         Yr 5B   98.1%

Yr 1Y                98.7%      Yr 5G   97.2%

Yr 2B                99%         Yr 5R   94.5%

Yr 2G                96.3%      Yr 5Y   95.7%   

Yr 2Ra              98.7%      Yr 6B   98.4%  

Yr 2R                95.9%      Yr 6G   99.6%  

Yr 2Y                93.3%      Yr 6R   98.7%  

Yr 3B                96.7%      Yr 6Y   99.3%

Yr 3G                96.2%     

 

Attendance

Well done to 6 Green for achieving 99.6%. Excellent! The overall percentage for the whole school was 97%, which is an improvement on last week. Well done. Keep it up!

 

Hot weather / Water bottles

Please may I remind parents and carers to send your child into school with a water bottle as it now seems to be getting hotter. Also, if your child suffers from hayfever, please give their medication before coming to school or leave the medication in the office with a member of office staff not with your child.

 

Redbridge Mini Games

On Wednesday 4th June children in Year 4 & Year 5 represented the School at the Redbridge Mini Games. All children thoroughly enjoyed the day and represented Cranbrook with pride and effort. Overall, we finished 20th out of 40 schools, which is a great improvement. I would like to personally thank all the children who participated in this event.

New Electronic Registering

From September 2014, all children in Reception, Year1 & Year 2 in state funded schools will receive a free school meal. In order to prepare for this we have implemented Electronic Dinner Registration which will be processed in class each morning, in order for the kitchen staff to have correct and accurate numbers to prepare lunch meals.

 

Annual Arts Festival

The following children will be representing the School tonight at our Annual Gants Hill Partnership Arts Festival. The School who are in the Alliance include Gearies, Highlands, Fullwood and St. Augustines Primary school: Hannah Uddin, Nicole Rozycke, Kamile Sarkaite, Dulce Jets, Kearon Caynes, Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw, Mehreen Rashid, Kajus Pilukas, Matthew Pokuah, Noor Jamil, Soumya Agrawal, Jannat Gol, Noholi Nisha, Maryam Ali, Jade Pokuah, Janvi Parekh, Sruthiga Premkumar, Manpreet Multani and Gursimran Kaur. Many thanks to Preeti for preparing the programme and the Dance Troup.

 

IT Workshop

Cranbrook is hosting an IT Workshop on 23th June from 9.30am-11am. If you would like help to set up an email account, download free apps, understand Facebook, finding out about how to keep track of what your child is looking at on the internet, set up parental controls and understand privacy settings. Please come along. Refreshments will be provided and certificates and goody bags will be awarded. To reserve a place or to find out more, please contact Beverley on 0208 518 2562.

 

E-Safety on the Internet

Parents, please monitor your child’s use of the internet as incidents of e-bullying are on the increase nationally.

 

Parent Survey

As stated in last week’s newsletter, the Staff Team and Governing Body are very grateful for any feedback we receive from parents, positive and negative, which enables us to identify our strengths and areas for improvement. You can provide your feedback by going to the school website and to the link for the Parent Questionnaire or by visiting the OFSTED website Parent View link. If you would like a paper copy of the survey, please ask the school office.

 

Colour Assemblies

There are no colour assemblies this week due to the ‘Happy Puzzle Company’, and next week due to the Summer Fair. Colour assemblies will resume on 19th June.

 

Uniform / Jewellery 

All Parents and Carers are reminded to send your child to school in uniform.    Recently, I have been disappointed to see that hoodies and jeans are being worn to school by some children.  

 

Nursery Sports Day / Teddy Bear’s Picnic

This year’s Sports Day for Nursery is 26th June from 10.30am-11.15am for AM children and 2.20pm-3.05pm for PM children. There will be a Teddy Bear’s picnic for nursery children on Wednesday 9th July.

 

Mountain Bike Display

On Monday, the children enjoyed an extreme mountain bike display. We were lucky to have champions performing stunts in our playground.

 

Dr Bike

Dr Bike will be visiting school on Friday 13th June to service the bikes for   children in Years 4, 5 & 6 who have returned reply slips. We hope to run further Dr Bike sessions for Years 1, 2 and 3 in the near future.

 

National Bike Week

As next week in National Bike Week, we will be entering a virtual bike race competing against 8 other Redbridge Bike. It would be fantastic if we can win so please encourage your child to cycle or scoot to school every day next week. We earn 1 point per cycle/scooter and can earn double points for the following:

·         Monday— BMX bikes

·         Tuesday— Mountain Bikes

·         Wednesday— Racing Bikes

·         Thursday— any French Decorated Bikes

·         Friday — if a family member cycles too

 

The winning Redbridge school will win a trip for 20 pupils to the Olympic Velopark Stratford for a coached cycle session and all competing pupils will be treated to a Bumper Biker’s Breakfast at school. Get cycling everyone!!

 

Dates For Your Diary

 

18th June   4R & 4B to British Musuem

18th June   Y6 to Hargreaves (2 classes)

19th June   Y6 to Hargreaves (2 classes)

19th June   Summer Fair (3.45-5pm)

20th June   4G & 4Y to British Musuem

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

26th June   Nursery Sports Day

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)