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