Newsletter No. 40 22nd July 2014

 Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Sancia Ahmed, Mahliqa Zubair, Aira Mariathas, Oviya Srikanthan, Parker Samuel, Joe Lita, Rumaysa Amin, Risan Maninathan, Laiba Riaz, Adeela Mohayuddin Immad Awan, Unaizah Rashid, Mohid Khan, Rafay Muhammad, Mariya Jamil, Prince Lilitha Tingwe, Sinidy Mikulecka, Maitreyi Bhatawadekar, Shanzay Khan, Adhnan Hussain, Rahul Huda, Sana Hussain and Daniel Weng.

 

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by the following: Reyhan Afzal, Kamil Nisar, Andile Vundla, Amani Miah, Aliyah Hosenally, Aman Doudwalla, Jayden Jacobus, Aiza Asghar, Amrit Assi, Jamie Ramasamy, Harnij Singh, Yaseen Khan, Zara Manzoor, Ishaaq Ahmed, Mihails Polakovs, John Franco, Kimranjeet Shokar, Raulnelle Skeete-Anglin, Wiktoria Gruszczynska, Danial Mahmud, Vikram Sanger, Yuliana Karaivanova, Abukar Nur and Filip Teper.

 

Gold Awards were received by Andrei Lupsa, Mustavi Emdad, Sara Khan, Nicole Lima and Imaad Awaan.

 

A Headteachers award was received by Yusuf Shah (1Y) for wonderful writing. An award was received by Caroline Gulbinovic (3G), Maryam Patel (2Y), Maria Nubheebucus (2Y) and Shia Raninath (2Y) for producing some excellent artwork and finally an award was received by Naseera Parkhetiya (5G) and Halima Parkhetiya (6Y) for their caring and inspiration.

 

100% Attendance Certificates were awarded to:

Kiruthika Pushparajah, Ana Quifica Da Silva, Isabella Owusu, Romeo Bushati, Kristen Caynes, Sukhman Paul, Vinisha Sanger, Daneen Gazi, Adele Udeze, Cristian Stafie, Bavneet Sagoo, Sai Pracheth Boorgadda, Alvina Farrukh, Riana Rahman, Rianna Barton, Nathan Donovan, Maya Michalak, Olivia Molokwu, Sai Sachin Thavaseelan, Gavin Molokwu, Christian Obiri Yeboah, Benjamin Nielsen-Williams, Jeffrey Pinaman, Amandeep Dhiraj, Sam Donovan, Jaspreet Kaur, Michal Nickel, Rajvir Singh Paul and Nadine Ahmed.

 

Well done to all of you!

Aleena Ali, Ritika Bisht, Jeewanjot Boparai, Anita Bushati, Yuvraj Singh, Raheim Reid, Yetunde Fadojutimi, Abi Srikanthan, Daren Sungalee, Omshiv Thakeria, Reece Barton, Navjot Singh, Yuliana Karaivanova, Ninuja Uthayakumar, Zoha Ayub, Wiki Parzysz, Sumayyah Shoaib, Ghathunaa Athavan, Jonathan Dhanesh, Bakhtawar Rai, Laiba Riaz, Khaira Ali, Mohammed Chowdhury, Hira Syed, Manar Hossain, Tashi Syed, Mustafa Shah, Ali Murtaza, Jahin Ayeman Shah, Aleena Ali, Faraz Jahangir, Noor Wahid, Yatisha Patel, Aliyah Iqbal, Danial Mahmud, Sohaib Hassan, Urooje Wahid, Viduna Athavan, Princilla Osei, Rubina Adam, Taha Chowdhury, Aafia Naweed, Aishah Saleem, Vikram Sanger, Halima Probha, Amaan Sayed and Ariana Mohammed.

Well done to all of you!

 

Last Day of Term - Tomorrow  Parents please note that Year 6 will finish at 12pm and the remainder of the school will finish at 2pm. Please ensure that you have made arrangements for the early closure and that you collect your child promptly.

There will be no after school club tomorrow.

 

Start of Term School will re-open for Reception to Year 6 pupils on Thursday 4th September 2014 at the usual time. Nursery will re-open on 15th September 2014. Please remember Reception children will attend for mornings only until 15th September.

 

Arrangements For The First Two Days of Term (Years 1-6) Please bring your children into the playground where the new teacher will collect them. From Monday 8th September, children will make their own way up to their class as usual. The teachers will bring them down at the end of each day. Senior staff will be available to guide you if you are unsure of where to go.

 

Fines For Parents Please note if your child is absent in the last week of term and at the beginning of September; you will be fined £60 rising to £120 (if you fail to pay within 28 days) per child, per parent.

 

Lunch Arrears PLEASE PAY UP! You know who you are!

 

Lost Property Please check for any lost items. We will send any remaining items to charity shops.

 

FREE cycling courses in the summer holidays

Redbridge Council have organised some free cycling courses for young people over the summer holidays!

Free ‘BikeKlubz’ cycle skills, team games and led ride at Wanstead Leisure Centre – for more information and to book go to www.trailnet.org.uk/bikeklubz-redbridge-2

Free ‘learn to balance and ride’ sessions and Bikeability level 1 and 2 cycle training at Redbridge Sports and Leisure Centre and Wanstead Leisure Centre – for more information and to book go to www.cycleexperience.com/holidaycourses

For more information on cycling in Redbridge (e.g. free Dr Bike, bike security marking and led rides) go to www.redbridge.gov.uk/cycling.

 

I would like to wish you all a wonderful summer and Eid Mubarak to those families who will be celebrating this weekend.

Thank you for all the good wishes and cards etc.

 

Have a great holiday!

Dates For Your Diary

 23rd July        Year 6 final assembly 10.30am (Year 6 to finish at 12pm)

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)

10th Sept       Parent workshop Year 2

11th Sept       Parent workshop Year 6

15th Sept       Parent workshop Year 1

15th Sept       Nursery re-opens

17th Sept       Parent workshop Year 3

18th Sept       Parent workshop Year 4

19th Sept       Parent workshop Year 5

27th - 31st OctHalf-term (school closed)

3rd Nov          Inset (school closed to pupils)

22nd Dec -

4th Jan           Christmas Break

5th Jan           Pupils return to school

Newsletter No.39 16th July 2014

As we come towards the end of the school year, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of our children and staff, and to thank you all for your continued support.

We have had many highlights and achievements this year:

·         Improved results throughout the school—the best ever! EYFS, KS1, KS2 and Year 1 phonics.

·         Stability of staff and the Governing Body

·         Fantastic CFA events, such as the Movie Night, Diversity Event and the Summer Fair, raising £12,000

·         Well attended and fun sports day

·         All the school performances where children demonstrated great team work, confidence and independence

·         The best attendance figures 95.3 %. Let’s keep this up!

·         The continued and valued support of our parents and community

·         The superb behaviour of our children

·         The positive reports of the recent inspection and Local Authority monitoring

·         Feedback from pupils, parents and staff on the many strengths of the school

 

We have set ourselves many challenges for next year and want to achieve even higher results for our pupils. I will share our key priorities at the beginning of the next academic year.

 

Last Day of Term on Wednesday 23rd July Parents please note that Year 6 will finish at 12pm and the remainder of the school will finish at 2pm. Please ensure that you have made arrangements for the early closure and that you collect your child promptly.

There will be no after school club on Wednesday 23rd July 2014.

 

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue       87.5%             Yr 3R  98.8%

Rec Green    99.2%             Yr 3Y  93.8%

Rec Red        93.3%             Yr 4B  95%

Rec Yellow   96.1%             Yr 4G  94.4%

Yr 1B              97.1%             Yr 4R 94.2%

Yr 1G              97.5%             Yr 4Y   87.9%

Yr 1R              88.5%             Yr 5B   94.4%

Yr 1Y              96.7%             Yr 5G   91.4%

Yr 2B              94.6%             Yr 5R   90.4%

Yr 2G              99.2%             Yr 5Y   97.9%   

Yr 2Ra            98.8%             Yr 6B   96.4%  

Yr 2R              90%                Yr 6G   96.1%  

Yr 2Y              92.5%             Yr 6R   92.3%  

Yr 3B              97.4%             Yr 6Y   95%

Yr 3G              97%   

Attendance Well done to classes Reception Green and 2 Green for both achieving 99.2%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 94.6%.

 

Fines For Parents Please note if your child is absent in the last week of term and at the beginning of September; you will be fined £60 rising to £120 (if you fail to pay within 28 days) per child, per parent.

 

Lunch Arrears We have over £400 owing to the school by parents who have not cleared their debt. PLEASE PAY UP! You know who you are!

 

Parking Please be more considerate! Renault KD5 0KW - Don’t park on the grassed banks in the car park!

 

Year 6 Packed Lunches Year 6 children are encouraged to bring packed lunches for the remainder of the term, so that they can spend their lunchtimes on the school field as a special privilege. Children who receive free school meals will be provided one.

Next Tuesday afternoon, Year 6 pupils will also have a fun day on the school field.

 

Loom Bands We have had many children bringing these into school and causing problems and injuries with them. I have therefore, had to take the decision to ban them from school. If your child brings loom bands into school, the teacher will confiscate them.

 

Colour Assemblies There will no colour assemblies tomorrow as Year 2 will be holding their end of year performance for their parents.

 

School Travel Plan I am delighted to announce that Cranbrook has become the first Redbridge Primary School to obtain gold accreditation for our work on the travel plan. We have reduced car travel and increased walking, cycling and park and stride.

Last week, I attended a Celebration and Awards event at The Town Hall. Amanda Irons, our travel plan champion, together with Qasim, Vikram, Kiran and Faizah in Year 6 gave a presentation. Cranbrook were highly commended for our work on cycling and won Primary School of the Year for our work on the Travel Plan. Well done everyone for helping us achieve these awards.

 

Virtual Bike Race Thank you to everyone who took part in the Virtual Bike Race by cycling to school. 13% of our children cycled to school this week and we won the race. Well done Cranbrook! Our prize is a Flatland BMX display at the school. 

 

School Council School council members have been elected and will be taking up their new posts in September alongside the existing members. The new members are as follows:

 

Chairperson: Soumya Agrawal (5G),                      

Vice-Chairpersons: Haaris Usman (5G) and Sabha Chaudhary (5B)

 

A big thank you to Wali Mustafa (6R) and Noholi Nistha (6Y) who have been in post this year.

 

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Joe Lita, Akshara Pathak, Volodymyr Brylinki, Amina Awan, Rabia Israr, Julia Michaluk, Ajuni Kaur, Arfa Razzaq, Shareen Ali, Laiba Ali, Baljit Assi, Syed Talha Hassan, Asha Birdi, Lidiane Da Silva Gomes Duarte, Laura Gubanova, Kausar Ali, Jameela Macmillan, Zara Ross-Sattar, Uzair Sheikh, Aqeel Zaman, Alexia Pokam Demoussinga, Musa Hussain and Raameen  Qamar-Ahmed.

 

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by the following: Sulaiman Javed, Grace Ochieng, Oliwia Wilgierz, Hajrah Shehzadi, Amaan Iqbal, Amaan Ahmed, Umar Doudwalla, Tauhid Islam, Faiza Shakeel, Christian Obiri Yeboah, Goncalo Martins, Zainab Achha, Zahra Ahmed, Umaimah Patel, Syed Talha Hassan, Dua Sheikh, Yashraj Bhaker, Randy Siku, Rajdeep Shokar, Nicole Lima, Rehan Wahid, Laaibah Saleem, Alexy Musuyi and Junaid Sheikh.

 

Gold awards were received by Bavneet Sagoo and Volodymyr Brylinski.

 

Headteachers awards were received by Yetunde Fadojutimi and Hannah Ahmed.

 

Well done to all of you!

Dates For Your Diary

17th July        Y2 performance to parents (2pm)

18th July        Last day for nursery

23rd July        Year 6 final assembly 10.30am (Year 6 to finish at 12pm)

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 No.38 9th July 2014

Staffing Update I am pleased to welcome Chloe back from maternity leave. Chloe has returned on a part time basis and will cover classes and provide specialist Dance teaching across the school.

 

Sad Farewells We will be sorry to see Jo Biggs and Kate Hill leave the school to take up new avenues in their career. We will also be waving ‘au revoir’ to Harman, who will be taking up a teaching position in Mexico; and to Ian and John, who are joining an international school in Hong Kong. Finally, we will also be losing Paven, one of our Assistant Headteachers, who will be taking on a full-time role as Deputy Headteacher at John Bramston Primary School in Redbridge from September 2014.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank these staff for their hard work and their valuable contribution to Cranbrook. They will all be missed! 

To replace them we welcome the following new teachers: Jacob, Michael R, Sofia, Dia, Rehana and Sukhraj. Please see overleaf the arrangements for class teachers for September 2014.  

 

Last Day of Term on Wednesday 23rd July Parents please note that Year 6 will finish at 12pm and the remainder of the school will finish at 2pm. Please ensure that you have made arrangements for the early closure.

 

End of Year Reports All reports will be sent out on Friday 11th July. Please ensure that you read them and if there is anything you wish to follow up with the class teacher, I would ask that you make direct contact with him/her. Reply slips should be completed and returned to the class teacher by Wednesday 16th July.

 

Strike– School Closure on Thursday 10th July 2014 The school will be closed tomorrow, due to the high number of staff on strike over pay for public sector workers.

 
Attendance Figures For Last Week

 

Rec Blue       92.3%             Yr 3R  95.3%

Rec Green    94%                Yr 3Y  98.3%

Rec Red        97.3%             Yr 4B  98%

Rec Yellow   99%                Yr 4G 95.5%

Yr 1B              95.7%             Yr 4R 93.7%

Yr 1G              91.3%             Yr 4Y 98.3%

Yr 1R              95.3%             Yr 5B 93.9%

Yr 1Y              98.7%             Yr 5G   95.2%

Yr 2B              94.7%             Yr 5R   99.4%

Yr 2G              96.3%             Yr 5Y   98.3%   

Yr 2Ra           97.3%             Yr 6B   97.4%  

Yr 2R              91.7%             Yr 6G   97.2%  

Yr 2Y              95.3%             Yr 6R   96.5%  

Yr 3B              93.8%             Yr 6Y   97.7%

Yr 3G              95.5%

 

Attendance Well done to 5 Red for achieving 99.4%. Excellent! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96%. Well done. Keep it up!

 

Colour Assemblies There will no colour assemblies on Thursday 17th July as Year 2 will be holding their end of year performance for their parents.

 

Well done to Layla Khan-Ringshaw (5R), Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw (4R) and Asha Kaur Birdi (5B) for performing for the Threatretrain group at the Kenneth Moore Theatre. The girls all showed an excellent commitment and have worked hard, so well done!

Arrangements for classes for September 2014 All parents are invited to come along on Tuesday 15th July (3.30-4.30pm) to meet your child’s new class teacher for September. Arrangements are as follows: (Please note that this year’s Reception Red becomes 1 Red from September and so on)

Nursery -        Mursheda

Rec Red -      Sukhraj (an experienced teacher from Newham)

Rec Green -   Ebony

Rec Yellow -  Monika

Rec Blue -     Jasmina

1 Red -          Yvonne

1 Green -       Kim

1 Yellow -      Julie

1 Blue -         Claire

2 Red -          Jessica

2 Green -       Deborah

2 Yellow -      Rehana (an experienced teacher from William Torbitt Primary)

2 Blue -          Michelle

3 Red -          Catriona/Martha

3 Green -       Rizwana

3 Yellow -      Priya

3 Blue -         Jacob (Joined the school on 7th July)

3 Rainbow -   Tracy

4 Red -           Michael

4 Green -       Cassim

4 Yellow -       Anita

4 Blue -          Sofia (joined the school on 7th July)

5 Red -           Dia (an experienced teacher from Downshall Primary)

5 Green -       Preeti

5 Yellow -       Michael Randles (joined the school on 7^th July)

5 Blue -          Susan

6 Red -          Jade

6 Green -       Samantha

6 Yellow -      Aine

6 Blue -         Kelly

 

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: 

Zahra Ahmed, Sabha Chaudhary, Kristen Caynes, Vinesh Shah, Antonia Arbova, Kimberly Bishop, Taha Amin, Priya Khosla, Fatimah Rashid, Anwar Ul-Haq, Alisha Jahangir, Rahim Uddin, Sarim Gohar, Syeda Hibah Hassan, Yahya Sayed, Arfan Rehman, Hafsa Siddique, Khurram Hussain, Summer Bowen, Zaibaa Ismail, Justin Radu, Lynn–Milane Tchuente Tchuembou, Nasrullah Mirza and Ghathunaa Athavan.

 

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by the following: 

Jamaal Mamsa, Maya Radu, Rayyan Goni, Aisha Rahman, Chloe Carney, Tia Bhopal, Aliyah Kokkoz, Aiza Ahmad, Yuliana Karaivanova, Iram Lodhi, Abukar Nur, Fiza Mohammed, Harsimran Sagoo, Aryan Haque, Husnain Iqbal, Iveta Pohlodkova, Taha Mohammed Khurram, Manasi Bhatawadekar, Moez Zaman, Maxim Arbov, Samiha Jaman and Adam Ahmad.

 

Gold awards were received by Adwita Gupta, Akshara Pathak, Manar Hossain, Musab Walke, Mishal Farooqui, Pijus Kaupas, Ibraheem Abou-El-Seoud, Darsshini Akula, Vikram Sanger, Aliyah Hosenally and Fahd Khan.

 

A Headteachers award was received by Zainub Syed.

 

Well done to all of you!

 

Dates For Your Diary

10th July        School closed (strike)

11th July        Reports to go home

14th July        Y1B & Y1Y Southend Trip

15th July        Whole school exhibition & meet the new class teacher

                        (3.30pm — 4.30pm)

16th July        Y4 Greek Day

16th July        Y1G & Y1R Southend trip

17th July        Y2 performance to parents (2pm)

18th July        Last day for nursery

23rd July        Year 6 final assembly 10.30am (Year 6 to finish at 12pm)

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