Newsletter no. 19 Wednesday 28th January 2015

Congratulations to the following Writers of the Week:

Jamie Ramasamy, Ria Sharma, Eesa Hafeez, Javy Needroo , Uzair Sheikh, Uzair Shah, Subhaan Khan, Haalah Anwar, Shahraab Burney, Amaan Ahmed, Ali Murtaza, Saifa Babul, Manha Shah, Aaliah Patel, Atija  Zukauskaite, Ali Afzal, Taibah Khan, Aman Singh Birdi, Prince Lilitha Tingwe, Olivia Kaluzna.

                                          

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by: Ayaan Ajmal, Alayna Adam, Joe Emin Lita, Hafsah Mahmud, Zane Laviniee- -Simms, Sarah Ismail, Owais Iqbal, Aatif Goni, Suleiman Malik– Singh, Mikayla Thompson, Kamile Sarkaite, Rumaysa Amin, Alia Afzal, Malaika Mukhtar, Finlay Bond, Arfa Razzaaq, Yash Dhamija, Anwar Ul– Huq, Michal Nickel, Aishah Baig.

 

Gold Awards were given to: Arfan Rehman, Ifrah Khan, Adam Salman, Zara Chaudhary, Aqeel Zaman.

 

Well done, everyone!

 

Winter Arts Competition I am delighted to inform you that Cranbrook will be hosting it’s first Winter Arts Competition to be judged by the Mayor of Redbridge, the Head of School Improvement in Redbridge and our own Chair of Governors, along with a local Artist.

 

The schools competing with us include Glade       

Primary, Roding Primary, Leverton Junior (no relation to me!) and Fullwood Primary. I will announce the winners in next week’s newsletter.

 

The Ilford Recorder should be attending and will have an article on this.

If parents of the children participating would like to see, please get a copy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attendance Figures For Last Week:

  

Rec Blue        98.9%         Yr 3Rain            97.3%

Rec Green      94.3%        Yr 3Y                  96.2%

Rec Red         96.6%         Yr 4B                  96.6%

Rec Yellow       95.5%       Yr 4G                 96.2%

Yr 1B                90.7%       Yr 4R                  98.0% 

Yr 1G                98.7%        Yr 4Y                 96.6% 

Yr 1R                94.0%         Yr 5B               92.3%

Yr 1Y                88.0%         Yr 5G               98.1%

Yr 2B                98.0%         Yr 5R               98.7%

Yr 2G                98.3%          Yr 5Y              95.0%

Yr 2R                89.3%          Yr 6B              95.5%   

Yr 2Y                89.4%          Yr 6G              94.8% 

Yr 3B                95.3%           Yr 6R             96.3%  

Yr 3G                98.7%           Yr 6Y             97.4% 

Yr 3R                96.3%     

 

Attendance Well done to class Reception Blue for achieving 98.9%.

The overall percentage for last week for the whole school was 95.5%.

 

Holocaust Memorial Service In memory of the terrible genocide in Auschwitz, a group of pupils and staff from Cranbrook represented the school at the Redbridge Annual Memorial Service yesterday. They were joined by many other schools and dignitaries from Redbridge to remember the terrible events, and to join in sharing the message of ‘never again’.

 

At a time when we hear about awful events from around the world, where innocent people are targeted because of their religion, I would ask all parents and carers to support us in promoting tolerance and goodwill to all.

 

Family Charity the Brain Appeal We are supporting this appeal which is very dear to our hearts.  The Appeal supports research into treatments, the diagnosis and care of patients at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

We would ask if you have any new unwanted gifts at home, to please bring them into the school office to go towards a sale on Thursday 12th February from 3.10 to 4.30pm (Please note the change of date).

We will also be having a raffle and some food for sale such as pizza, cakes and a variety of snacks such as samosas, pakoras and sholay bhuttura. There will also be other activities to participate in, so please come along and support this event.

 

Raffle tickets will be priced £1 a strip and will be on sale in the playground during week beginning 9th February.

 

 

CFA Newsletter This week you should be receiving a copy of the CFA Newsletter providing you with information about the CFA and its planned events for 2014 - 2015.

The next meeting is on the 4th March 2015.

We would love to see more class reps who have been nominated by their children to join us.

 

 

Colour Assembly will be held 29th January 2015 at 9.10am.

Green Classes, in the Dance Studio.                                                          Blue / Rainbow Classes, in the Main Hall.

 

Friday Football Club Parents of children attending this club, please note that the club will not be using the changing rooms this Friday 30th January, as they are being used by the Winter Arts Groups.

The children’s things will be in the dance studio on this occasion.

 

 

Year 4 Performance The children and staff in Year 4 have started rehearsals for their   performance, which is due to take place on the afternoon of 12th February at 2.15pm.      

Year 4 parents, please make a note of the date.

 

 

Lettings Please note that we hire out our Main Hall, Small Hall and Dance Studio spaces to the local community.

 

Please call Rahima on 0208 518 2562 for more details.

 

Dates for your Diary:

 

12th Feb               Year 4 Performance       

12th February       Brain Appeal 3.10-4.30pm

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

9th - 13th Feb       Safety Week

23rd Feb              Inset (school closed to pupils)

24th Feb              Parents Evening

2/5/16th March    Year 3 Trip Old Royal Naval College

3rd March            Parents Evening

4th March            CFA Meeting 9.15am

19th March          CFA Event

26th March          Year1 Performance

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

24th March          Class photographs

4th May              Bank Holiday (school closed)

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

1st June             Inset (school closed)

23rd July           School closed

 

newsletter 18: Wednesday 21st January 2015

Congratulations to the following Writers of the Week:  Zaibaa Ismail, Naila Ahmed, Sancia Ahmed, Zara Manzoor, Ahmad Mota, Lashay Foster, Rianna Barton, Ajuni Kaur, Saadf Khan, Mohsin Awan, Madiha Nadeem, Alexy  Musuyi, Musa Hussain, Ritikla Bisht, Jamil Rahman, Zara Rehman, Danial Mahmud,Ishtarth Katergeri, Abit Bhullar, Samin Hussain.

 

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by: Oliver Irons, Mariam Abou– El– Seoud, Shlok Verma,       Muhammad Ibrahim, Aliya Awan, Mansoor Ali, Junaid Sheikh, Anandveer Singh Johal, Atiya Zukauskaite, Aleesha Sultana, Mohsin Awan, Nahia Hussain, Anita Bushati, Fatimah Rashid, Nawaz Mumin, Shane     Lyons -Cording, Harsimran Kaur Sagoo, Javon      Sinclair, Nashed Sami Hoque.

 

Headteacher’s awards, were awarded to Syed Hussain (3Rainbow), Kiruthika Pushparajah (Rec Green) for her independent drawing of a dinosaur and Shane Lyons - Cording (6 Blue) for his charitable work for Great Ormond Street Hospital over a     number of years.

 

Gold Awards Well done also to the following children who achieved 25 merits resulting in a Gold Award and a book: Aaliyah Patel, Mihails Polakovs, Tyler George, Zain Ahmed, Zara Butt, Alisha Mahmud, Malaika Mukhtar, Aleesha Sultana, Nicolas Vatafu, Raameen Qamar Ahmed, Amrita Jutley, Amaan Razaq, Sakeena Shah, Jahin Ayeman Shah, Aliyah Awan, Areesha Ahmed, Aiza Asghar, Safa Chowdhury.

 

Well done to everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attendance Figures For Last Week:

 

Rec Blue   94.4%      Yr 3Rain   95.2%

Rec Green     95.3%    Yr 3Y      95.0%

Rec Red    94.0%       Yr 4B             97.9%

Rec Yellow       93.4%      Yr 4G      96.3%

Yr 1B                95.7%      Yr 4R      93.3% 

Yr 1G                91.0%      Yr 4Y       86.6% 

Yr 1R                95.7%      Yr 5B       96.0%

Yr 1Y                90.7%      Yr 5G       95.5%

Yr 2B                96.6%      Yr 5R       98.7%

Yr 2G                94.7%      Yr 5Y             98.0%

Yr 2R                99.3%        Yr 6B      96.5%   

Yr 2Y                96.1%        Yr 6G      95.5% 

Yr 3B                97.3%        Yr 6R      96.0%  

Yr 3G                98.0%        Yr 6Y      98.1% 

Yr 3R                96.7%     

 

Attendance Well done to class Year 2 Red     for achieving 99.3%. The overall percentage for last week for the whole school was 95.4% .

 

Snow Plan Please note, should we have heavy snow, the school will not be closing, but registers will stay open until 9.45am to allow for any delays in travel time. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILD IS DRESSED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE COLD WEATHER. In the event of snow, it is likely that we would have to close the car park.

 

 

 

 

Family Charity the Brain Appeal We are supporting this appeal which is very dear to our hearts.  The Appeal supports research into treatments, the diagnosis and care of patients at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

We would ask if you have any new unwanted gifts at home, to please bring them into the school office to go towards a sale on Thursday 12th February from 3.10 to 4.30pm (Please note the change of date).

We will also be having a raffle and some food for sale such as pizza, cakes and a variety of snacks such as samosas, pakoras and sholay bhuttura. There will   also be other activities to participate in, so please come along and support this event.

 

Raffle tickets will be priced £1 a strip and will be on sale in the playground during week beginning 9th February.

 

Parent Questionnaire Feedback As mentioned last week, I would urge the 2 parents who said that their child does not feel safe in the school. Please make an appointment to see me so that we can      resolve the situation.

 

Parking Will the lady owner of a black Vauxhall Zafia, registration LY54 BUA show more consideration of others in our car park!

 

Lettings Please note that we hire out our Main Hall, Small Hall and Dance Studio spaces to the local community.

Please call Rahima on 0208 518 2562 for more details

 

Colour Assembly will be held on the 22nd January 2015 at 9.10am.

Yellow Classes, in the Dance Studio.                                                  

Red Classes, in the Main Hall.

 

Reporting Absences Parents, please remember that you can report your child’s absence by text message to 07860004994. Please note this number is only used for reporting absences and not to be used for general messages. Absences must be reported on the morning of the first day of absence. In some cases we will request medical evidence if the absence is lengthy or too frequent.

I would like to remind parents that if your child has 12 sessions of unauthorised absence recorded throughout the half term period, the Local Authority will issue you with a penalty notice.

 

Uncollected Children Once again it has come to my notice that a growing number of parents are using the school for free childcare and not collecting their child/ children on time at the end of the school day. Please note, our duty of care ends at 3.30pm. Thereafter, you will be charged at a rate of £6 per hour if your child ends up in After School Club.

 

I am very disappointed to hear that some of the parents not only refuse to pay, but   also abuse the staff who end up providing childcare. This type of behaviour is totally unacceptable and despicable.

 

Pay up or collect your child on time but please don’t take the school staff for granted!!  You know who you are!                                                

 

 

Dates for your diary:

12th Feb         Year 4 Performance       

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

9th - 13th Feb       Safety Week

23rd Feb         Inset (school closed to pupils)

24th Feb         Parents Evening

2/5/16th March        Year 3 Trip Old Royal Naval College

3rd March      Parents Evening

19th March      CFA Event

26th March              Year1 Performance

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

24th March      Class photographs

4th May          Bank Holiday (school closed)

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

1st June          Inset (school closed)

23rd July         School closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter no. 16 : Wednesday 14th January 2015

Congratulations to the following Writers of the Week:

Adele Udeze, Yahya Khalid, Vinisha Sanger, Kaysah Mahmood,

 

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by: Arfan Rehman, Dilpreet Singh, Hafsa Siddique, Karandeep Singh,

 

Headteachers award, was awarded to Daren (6Y) for his excellent homework project and Inaaya Fatima Atif (RG) for her creative artwork of dinosaurs.

 

Gold Awards were given to Jameela  Macmillam and Andrei  Lupsa. Well done to everybody!

 

 

Class Information/ Parent Workshops Thanks to those who have attended these sessions thus far. I hope that the information shared was useful.

Please do visit the school website regularly for      further information and updates.

The sessions for the remaining year groups will take place in the main hall and will be led by the Year Group Teaching Team from 9 - 9.30am.  Dates and Year groups are as follows:

 

- 14th January - Year 4

- 15th January - Year 3

- 16th January -  Year 2

- 19th January -  Year 1

- 20th January - Reception

- 21st January -  Nursery AM

- 22nd January - Nursery PM

 

 

Attendance Figures For Last Week:

 

Rec Blue           89.5%              Yr 3Rain    95.0%

Rec Green      94.0%         Yr 3Y               95.2%

Rec Red           86.3%              Yr 4B         98.6%

Rec Yellow       94.3%              Yr 4G        90.7%

Yr 1B                97.7%              Yr 4R         92.7%

Yr 1G               94.0%              Yr 4Y         84.8%

Yr 1R               94.3%              Yr 5B         87.7%

Yr 1Y                97.2%              Yr 5G         91.9%

Yr 2B                94.9%              Yr 5R         98.3%

Yr 2G               94.0%              Yr 5Y         94.7%   

Yr 2R               94.5%         Yr 6B         95.8%  

Yr 2Y                92.3%              Yr 6G         98.1%  

Yr 3B                89.3%              Yr 6R         92.7%  

Yr 3G               96.0%              Yr 6Y         92.3%

Yr 3R               94.5% 

Attendance Well done to class Year 4 Blue for achieving 98.6%. The overall    percentage for last week for the whole school was 93.5%.

 

Colour Assemblies: will be cancelled for this week, due to the fact that the Parent Workshops are taking place. They will take place as normal next week.

 

School Priorities As always we continue to strive towards further improvements and   higher attainment for our pupils. With this in mind the focus remains on our 2 key priorities:

1)       High expectations for all, by all, at all times.

2)       Achieve 100% Good / Outstanding Teaching in all classes at all times.

Senior leaders continually monitor the quality of teaching, so that the in class practice      remains focussed

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Arts Competition As a school, we have always valued all subjects, and celebrate the talents and achievements of our pupils in all areas. In our aim to work towards Arts Mark Gold this year we are introducing an annual ‘Winter Arts Competition’ by inviting schools in our existing partnership to participate in a competitive event on 30th January 2015.

 

The items from each school, including Art, Dance and Music will be judged by a panel of key individuals, including the Mayor of Redbridge, The Chair of Governors of Cranbrook Primary, The Head of School Improvement in Redbridge and a local Artiste.

More to follow in future newsletters.

 

 

Parent Questionnaire Feedback Thank you to all parents who responded to and completed the questionnaire. In total 162 parents gave us their feedback, I am pleased to report that in answer to all questions asked in the survey, the responses were in the main very positive. However, there are a small number of parents who raised concerns (ranging from 2 to 9 depending on the question). I would be very happy to meet these parents to address the issues so that we improve our provision. Please make an appointment via the school office.

·         Please remember that you can also give your feedback through ‘Parent View’ on the OFSTED website.

As head teacher, I am always keen to hear what parents consider to be the school’s strengths and the areas where we need to improve. The main area that parents have said needs improving is the quantity of homework given. However as a school we are in line with other community schools and the DFE requirements, and feel strongly as a staff team, that children should also enjoy free time.

 

CFA Meeting There will be a meeting on Wednesday 21st January 2015, at 9.15am in the Small Hall. I hope that you will be able to join us for this meeting. We are also still looking for reps for each class. If your child has nominated you for this position, you should have received a personal invitation to the meeting. Come along and find out more about our plans for the remainder of the year and share some new ideas with us for how we can work together to raise additional funds for the school.

 

Fundraising for the Brain Appeal We are supporting this appeal and would ask if you have any unwanted gifts at home, to please bring them into the school office  to go towards a sale on Thursday 29th January from 3.30 to 4pm. We will also be having a raffle and some food for sale, so please come along!

All proceeds go to The Brain Appeal, which is a charity close to our hearts.

Raffle tickets will be priced £1 a strip. This will be held in the Main Hall.

 

Humanities Resources We really need to build up our classroom resources for   Humanities. If you have any items to donate to the school such as globes, books, maps, atlases, or religious artefacts please bring them in.

There will be a box in the link door corridor marked Humanities donations. All donations will be very much appreciated.

Dates for your Diary:

 

12th Feb               Year 4 Performance

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

9th - 13th Feb       Safety Week

23rd Feb               Inset (school closed to pupils)

24th Feb               Parents Evening

2/5/16th March                 Year 3 Trip Old Royal Naval College

3rd March              Parents Evening

19th March            CFA Event

26th March            Year1 Performance

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

24th March            Class photographs

4th May                 Bank Holiday (school closed)

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

1st June                Inset (school closed)

23rd July               School closed