Newsletter No.4 24th September 2014

Congratulations to the following Writers of the Week: Ishma Shaikh, Riana Rahman, Jannah Khan, Lorensas Macys, Nawfal Khan, Kamile Sarkaite, Aiza Asghar, Jermaine Pilime, Hannah  Uddin, Muhammad Rafay, Aisha Rahman, Taibah Khan, Jannat Gol, Sabha Chaudhury and Yetunde Fadojutimi.

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by: Katie Huynh, Sulayman Hussain, Rikhwit Rajan, Yahyal Sayad, Amrita Jutley, Olivia Molokwu, Bryce Nagle, Kasim Manzoor, Dharam singh, Sarah Sowole, Wiktoria Grusczynska, Sabha Chaudhary, Nadina Ahmed and Zahra Ahmed.

 

Well done to you all.

 

Eid Absence Please note, only 1 day will be authorised for Eid, and this will only occur, if Eid is on a week day. If Eid falls on a weekend, children will be expected to attend school as normal.

 

Senior Staff Information I would like to draw your attention to the names and areas of responsibilities for our senior team members for your information:

 

·         Headteacher—Jas Leverton.

·         Deputy Headteacher with responsibilities for Child Protection, Early Years and KS1—Stavoulla Stavrinou.

·         Deputy Headteacher with responsibilities for Curriculum Development and KS2-Darshan Kaur.

·         Assistant Headteacher for Assessment—Mark Evans

·         Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion—Sheena Cronin

·         Assistant Headteacher for Continuing Professional Development—Joe Wilson.

 

You will see at least one of us on the school gate each day. Please don’t hesitate to speak to us for minor issues and information. For more serious matters, please make an appointment via the school office.

 

Book Fair Tonight After School Please remember, it is the last opportunity to visit the Book Fair after school today. Every book that is sold, brings commission to the school to purchase more books for our children.

 

Nursery Places We still have spaces in our Nursery for 3 and 4 year olds. If you have a child and would like to take up a place, please see Rhonda in the school office.

Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998

(Updated Version)

We are a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect personal information from you about your child and may receive information about your child from their previous school and the Learning  Records Service. We hold this personal data to:

·         Support learning;

·         Monitor and report progress;

·         Provide appropriate pastoral care

·         Assess how well we are doing

Information about your child includes contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information and personal characteristics such as your ethnic group, special educational needs, medical information and personal relevant family circumstances.

 

We will not give information about your child to anyone without your consent unless the law and our policies allow us to.

 

We are required by law to pass some information about your child to our Local Authority (LA) and the Department for Education. If you want to receive a copy of the information about your child we hold or share, please   contact the School Office in writing. If you need more information about how the LA and DfE store and use your information, then please go to the following websites: 

 

http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/education_and_young_people/school_support_information/strategies plans and policy.aspx

Or

http://www.gov.uk/data-protection-how-we-colect-and-share-research-data

 

If you cannot access these websites, please contact the LA or DfE as follows:

·         Research & Data Team, Lynton House, 255-259 High Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1NN.

·         Public Communications Unit, Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT.

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

Email: http://www.education.gov.uk/help/contactus

Telephone: 0370 000 2288

 

 

Safety Week This week we have focussed on the theme of ‘Safety’ in classroom discussions, lessons and in assemblies, as part of our termly focus on raising children’s awareness of how to keep themselves safe. The areas of discussion have included racism, bullying, stranger danger, cyber-bullying and keeping safe on the internet. I would urge you all to reinforce key message to your child, and to be vigilant when your child is on the internet.

 

Parent Feedback As a staff team, we are always keen to receive your feedback, good and bad. Thank you to those parents and carers who gave us some feedback at yesterday’s Open School Sessions. Please remember you can also go on the OFSTED website and visit the ‘Parentview’ link to provide confidential feedback. You can also write comments and drop them into the Parent’s Suggestion Box in the School Lobby.

 

Paperless Newsletter/Homework As mentioned previously, we will stop sending paper copies out after half term, (from November). Please remember, if you still want a paper copy of the newsletter, you may collect one from the school office.

 

Taking Photographs From time to time, we take photos of your child for school displays and/or the school website. If you have any objection to this and do not wish us to photograph your child, please put this in writing and give the letter to the school office for my attention.

 

Colour Assemblies Colour assemblies will begin on Thursday 25th September. However, instead of running assemblies every week, they will take place fortnightly as follows:

25th September:

9.10-9.35am Dance Studio-Blue & Rainbow classes

9.10-9.35am Main Hall - Green classes.

2nd October:

9.10-9.35am Dance Studio-Red classes                                    

9.10-9.35am Main Hall-Yellow Classes

Thereafter, we will repeat the above pattern. All parents are invited to attend. Reception classes will join after Christmas.

 

Open School It was lovely to see so many parents at yesterday’s ‘Open Day’ sessions. This will continue as a termly event throughout the year.

 

Cranbrook Parenting Course We would like to invite parents, carers and grandparents to take part in a 5 week parenting course at Cranbrook Primary School. The course will start on Friday 26th September and will run for 5 weeks until Friday 24th October from 9.30am – 11.15am. Parents will have the opportunity to meet other parents, strengthen their parenting skills, develop new skills and techniques, learn how to manage behaviour in a positive way and raise children’s self-esteem. A certificate will be awarded to all participants at the end of the course and free refreshments will be provided throughout. If you would like to enrol 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.

 

Attendance Figures For Last Week:

Yr 1B              97.0%             Yr 4B  95.9%

Yr 1G              100%              Yr 4G  100%

Yr 1R              96.7%             Yr 4R  93.3%

Yr 1Y              92.0%             Yr 4Y  100%

Yr 2B              97.3%             Yr 5B  96.3%

Yr 2G              96.6%             Yr 5G  96%

Yr 2R              94.2%             Yr 5R  94.7%

Yr 2Y              98.3%             Yr 5Y  97.2%

Yr 3B              92.7%             Yr 6B  95.5%

Yr 3G              93.3%             Yr 6G  96%

Yr 3R              94.2%             Yr 6R  93.7%

Yr 3Y              97.6%             Yr 6Y  99.7%

Yr 3Rainbow 98.1%          

 

Attendance Well done to Class 1 Green, Class 4 Green and Class 4 Yellow for achieving 100%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.1%. Our target for this year is 96%, so let’s continue working at it.

 

Dates For Your Diary

7th Oct                            Year 6 Parents Workshop (9.30-11.30am)

9th Oct                            Year 5 Eid Performance

16th Oct                          Science Dome visiting Y3

27th - 31st Oct                Half-term (school closed)

3rd Nov                          Inset (school closed to pupils)

6th Nov                          Year 3 Diwali Performance

22nd Dec-4th Jan          Christmas Break

5th Jan                           Pupils return to school       

16th-20th Feb                Half-term (school closed)

23rd Feb                        Inset (school closed to pupils)

3rd - 17th April               Spring Break (school closed)

4th May                          Bank Holiday (school closed)

25th-29th May                Half-term (school closed)

1st June                         Inset (school closed)

23rd July                        School closed

 

Newsletter No.3 17th September 2014

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Aarna Setia, Naila Ahmed, Muhammad Saad Lon, Shayan Ali, Andrei Lupsa, Aqeel Zaman, Mohammed Faizaan Sarpanch, Alexia Pokam Demoussinga, Oliwia Wilgierz, Mahliqa Zubair, Fatima Naweed, Aman Paul, Fatima Islam, Jahin Ayeman Shah, Luiza Stricescu, Maya Michalak, Haider Ishfaq, Aliya Patel, Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw, Laiba Ali, Umar Patel, Naseera Parkhetiya, Stefan Benjamin, Zainab Achha and Abi Abinaya.

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by: Humza Aslam-Jamil, Risan Maninathan, Syed Samuel Karim, Lakshya Kumar, Tayib Suhail, Shayan Faisal, Ariyan Tipu, David Mazrreku, Jannat Gol, Taha Tariq, Azaan Khan, Emre Ozuaciksoz, Gavyam Garg, Uzair Shah, Sancia Ahmed, Hershil Shah, Jameela Macmillan, Rayan Durrani, Faatimah Anwar, Maxim Arbov, Irina Stefanyuk, Andile Vundla, Josiah Johnson and Sidra Nawaz.
A summer reading award was received by Hafsah Mahmud.      
  
A swimming award was received by Javy Needroo.    
     
A Headteacher’s award was awarded to Mohid Zaman (RB) for being very brave.  
Well done to all of you!

Open School As always, Open School will be taking place on Tuesday 23rd September from 3.30-4.15pm. Please do take this opportunity to come and have a look at your child’s classroom, books and to informally meet the class teacher.

Parental Concerns From time to time you may have an issue you wish to raise with the school. I would therefore, like to clarify the procedure to follow:
1. See the class teacher
2. See the Year Group Leader or the Phase Leader
3. See the Assistant Headteacher
4. See the Deputy Headteacher
5. See the Headteacher

If you are still not satisfied a written complaint can be sent to the Chair of Governors, Yolanda Guns via the school office. She will then nominate a governor to investigate the complaint.
 
Late Children/After School Club Once again, I am disappointed to note that some children are not being collected on time at the end of the school day. Please note, that if children are not collected on time, they will be taken to the After School Club in the small hall and parents will be charged £6 per hour for the childcare that we provide, as teachers and office
staff cannot be expected to provide free childcare.

Attendance Figures For Last Week 
Yr 1B       95.3%               Yr 4B 91.7%
Yr 1G       98.7%               Yr 4G 99.6%
Yr 1R       96%                  Yr 4R 98.3%
Yr 1Y       96.7%               Yr 4Y 97.7%
Yr 2B       98.3%               Yr 5B 94%
Yr 2G       97.6%               Yr 5G 96.7%
Yr 2R       91.6%               Yr 5R 96.3%
Yr 2Y       97.3%               Yr 5Y 97.9%
Yr 3B       92.7%               Yr 6B 96.7%
Yr 3G      89.3%                Yr 6G 100%
Yr 3R      90.3%                Yr 6R 76.3%
Yr 3Y      97.2%                Yr 6Y 98%
Yr 3Rainbow 97.4% 

Attendance Well done to class 6 Green for achieving 100%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.2%. Our target for this year is 96%, so let’s all work at it.

Unauthorised Absence I would like to remind parents that if your child has 12 sessions of unauthorised absence through late arrivals recorded throughout the academic year, the Local Authority will issue you with a penalty notice. Penalty notices will also be issued in the first instance for leave of absence taken without permission of the Head teacher. The notice incurs a fine of £120 per parent per child, which is reduced to £60 per parent per child, if it is paid within 21 days.

Secondary School Application Form Filling Workshop for Year 6 Parents We would like to invite year 6 parents to a secondary school online form filling workshop on Tuesday 7th October from 9am – 11.30am. To reserve a place please phone 0208 518 2562 by Friday 26th September or detach and return the tear off slip from the letter sent out last week. If you have any further enquiries please contact Beverley Boothe, the school’s Parent Support Advisor. Please remember that the deadline for submission of applications is Friday 31st October 2014. 

Online Homework We are working towards providing all homework online from after the October half-term break. More information will be provided in future newsletters.

Eligibility For Free School Meals If you are on a low income you may be eligible to claim free school meals for your child. In addition to this, the school will receive funding for providing additional opportunities for your child. Support is available for parents for completing the application forms.

School Lunches Please remember that lunch money must be paid in advance for Key Stage 2 children at the beginning of the week. Envelopes for this are available from the school office which should be clearly labelled with your child’s name and class. If your child’s account is in arrears your child will not be able to have a school lunch. It is your responsibility to ensure that you send your child to school with a packed lunch until full payment of the arrears has been made.

Year Group Workshops As usual, these sessions will take place at 9-9.30am in the main hall on the relevant dates below. I hope you will take the time to attend.                              

18th Sept - Year 4                                                                  
19th Sept - Year 5 
Sessions for Nursery and Reception parents will be organised for later in the term.

UNICEF Fundraising Some of our parents will be selling samosas and pizzas after school this Friday to raise money to support children in war torn areas around the world, such as Syria, Gaza and Israel. Please come along and buy or donate to the charity. See http://fundraise.unicef.org.uk/MyPage/VALENTINES-ON-THE-RUN. Two of our governors, Hannah and Syeda, along with a longstanding parent Diane, are also running the Royal Parks half-marathon on 12th October for UNICEF.

Road Safety Please remember to follow road safety rules by ensuring that if your child is riding a bike to school, that they get off their bike before attempting to cross the road. No scooters or bikes should be used in the school playground before or after school.         
Book Fair A Book Fair will be running from 19th to 24th September in the small hall. Please do come along and have a look at the selection of books available to purchase.

Vacancies We are looking to appoint 3 enthusiastic relief Midday Assistants and 1 permanent Midday Assistant to join our growing team. Further information and the application form is available on the school website at www.cranbrookprimary@redbridge.gov.uk.
The closing date to receive applications is noon on Friday 26th September 2014.             

Paperless Newsletter From after October half-term, we will not be sending out a paper copy of the newsletter, as it will be available on the school’s website each week. However, if you would still prefer this, a copy will be available from the school office.

Colour Assemblies Colour assemblies will begin on Thursday 25th September. However, instead of running assemblies every week, they will take place fortnightly as follows:

25th September                                       
9.10-9.35am Dance Studio-Blue & Rainbow classes
9.10-9.35am Main Hall - Green classes
2nd October
9.10-9.35am Dance Studio-Red classes
9.10-9.35am Main Hall-Yellow classes

Thereafter, we will repeat the above pattern. All parents are invited to attend. Reception classes will join after Christmas.

Dates For Your Diary

18th Sept           Parent workshop Year 4
19th Sept           Parent workshop Year 5
19th-24th Sept  Book Fair (after school)
23rd Sept          Open School (3.30-4.15pm)
19th Sept          UNICEF fundraiser (after school)
9th Oct              Science Dome visiting Y3
7th Oct              Year 6 Parents Workshop (9.30-11.30am)
9th Oct              Year 5 Eid Performance
27th - 31st Oct  Half-term (school closed)
3rd Nov             Inset (school closed to pupils)
6th Nov             Year 3 Diwali Performance
22nd Dec - 4th Jan Christmas Break
5th Jan             Pupils return to school
16th-20th Feb  Half-term (school closed)
23rd Feb          Inset (school closed to pupils)
3rd - 17th April Spring Break (school closed)
4th May            Bank Holiday (school closed)
25th-29th May  Half-term (school closed)
1st June           Inset (school closed)
23rd July          School closed

Newsletter No.2 10th September 2014

We face many challenges this year with new initiatives, including the New Primary Curriculum and the Reforms for Provision for Pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Please visit the school website to view information about the SEN Local Offer. I would also encourage you to attend the workshops for your child’s year group for input on the new curriculum.

Universal Free School Meals Another new initiative in schools is to provide a school dinner for all children in Reception, Year 1 and 2 classes. This has required us to set up a second service area and undertake additional work in the school kitchen, so that we are able to feed the higher number of pupils. Thus far, after a few teething problems, this is going well.

However, if you are eligible for benefits, we need you to apply for Free School Meals, so that the school continues to receive funding for providing additional opportunities for your children. Support is available for parents for completing the application forms.

Birthday Treats

If you are sending in birthday treats for your child’s class, please do not send cakes for the teacher to cut and distribute, as this is not feasible in the classroom setting. Please also bear in mind that a number of our children have food allergies and can often be excluded from enjoying such treats.

 

Cranbrook Parenting Course

We would like to invite parents and carers to take part in a 5 week parenting course starting from 9.30am-11.15am every Friday from 26th Sept till 24th October. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet other parents, strengthen their parenting skills, develop new skills and techniques, learn how to manage behaviour in a positive way and raise children’s self-esteem. A certificate will be awarded to all participates at the end of the course and free refreshments will be provided throughout. If you would like to enrol please phone Beverley, the school’ Parent Support Advisor on 0208 518 2562.

 

Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998

As a school, we are a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect personal information from you about your child and may receive information about your child from their previous school, outside agencies and the Learning Records Service. We hold this personal data to:

 

·         Support learning;

·         Monitor and report progress;

·         Provide appropriate pastoral care

·         Assess how well we are doing

 

Information about your child includes contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information and personal characteristics such as your ethnic group, special educational needs, medical information and personal relevant family circumstances.

 

We will not give information about your child to anyone without your consent unless the law and our policies allow us to.

 

We are required by law to pass some information about your child to our Local Authority (LA) and the Department for Education. If you want to receive a copy of the information about your child we hold or share, please contact the School Office in writing. If you need more information about how the LA and DfE store and use your information, then please go to the following websites:      http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/education_and_young_people/school_support_information/strategies plans and_policy.aspx or http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/datatdatam/b00212337/datause.

 

If you cannot access these websites, please contact the LA or DfE as follows:

·         Research & Data Team, Lynton House, 255-259 High Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1NN.

·         Public Communications Unit, Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT.

Website: www.education.gov.uk

Email: http://www.education.gov.uk/help/contactus

Telephone: 0370 000 2288

 

Year Group Workshops As usual these sessions will take place at 9-9.30am in the main hall on the relevant dates below. I hope you will take the time to attend.

11th Sept - Year 6                               

15th Sept - Year 1                                                     

17th Sept - Year 3                               

18th Sept - Year 4                                                       

19th Sept - Year 5 

 

Sessions for Nursery and Reception parents will be organised for later in the term.

 

Attendance We must achieve over 96% this year, so that our children achieve the best outcomes that they are capable of. Last year’s assessment results have shown that children whose attendance was not good, did not achieve as highly as others.

 

Remember, good attendance and punctuality= good progress= good self-esteem.

Unauthorised Absence I would like to remind parents that if your child has 12 sessions of unauthorised absence through late arrivals recorded throughout the academic year, the Local Authority will issue you with a penalty notice. Penalty notices will also be issued in the first instance for leave of absence taken without permission of the Head teacher. The notice incurs a fine of £120 per parent per child, which is reduced to £60 per parent per child, if it is paid within 21 days.

 

UNICEF Fundraising Some of our parents will be selling samosas and pizzas after school on Friday 19th September to raise money to support children—more to follow in next week’s newsletter.

 

Paperless Newsletter From after October half term, we will not be sending out a paper copy of the newsletter, as it will be available on the school’s website each week. However, if you would still prefer this, a copy will be available from the school office.

 

A belated ‘well done’ to Adwita and Maleeha for their fantastic performance last term!

        

Colour Assemblies Colour assemblies will begin on Thursday 25th September. However, instead of running assemblies every week, they will take place fortnightly as follows:

25th September                                        

9.10-9.35am Dance Studio - Blue & Rainbow classes

9.10-9.35am Main Hall - Green classes

2nd October

9.10-9.35am Dance Studio - Red classes                             

9.10-9.35am Main Hall - Yellow classes

Thereafter, we will repeat the above pattern. All parents are invited to attend.

Reception classes will join after Christmas.

                                            

Dates For Your Diary

 11th Sept       Parent workshop Year 6

15th Sept       Parent workshop Year 1

15th Sept       Reception classes in all day

15th Sept       Nursery re-opens for identified children

17th Sept       Parent workshop Year 3

18th Sept       Parent workshop Year 4

19th Sept       Parent workshop Year 5

9th Oct           Year 5 Eid Performance

27th - 31st Oct Half-term (school closed)

3rd Nov          Inset (school closed to pupils)

6th Nov          Year 3 Diwali Performance

22nd Dec - 4th Jan Christmas Break

5th Jan           Pupils return to school       

16th-20th Feb Half-term (school closed)

23rd Feb        Inset (school closed to pupils)

3rd -17th April Spring Break (school closed)

4th May          Bank Holiday (school closed)

25th-29th May Half-term (school closed)

1st June         Inset (school closed)

23rd July        School closed