Newsletter No.30 15th May 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Ismail Patel, Umar Malik, Mohid Khan, Izan Shah, Haaris Usman, Sufyaan Javed, Niveth Vivekanandarajah, Maya Paul, Azwon Carty, Khadidjatou Diaby, Priscilla Osei, Chukwudi Appah-Okwuone, Shoaib Ahmed, Fatima Achha, Aira Mariathas, Muhammad Khuzefa, Taibah Shaikh, Haider Ishfaq, Sanjieth Bala, Muhammad Ovais Malik, Khurram Hussain, Mansoor Ali, Adele Udeze, Sai Pracheth Boorgadda, Karan Manku, Sumera Ahmed and Kamile Sarkaite.       
          
Class WOW award was received by 5 Green for walking to school. Well done!       
                              
‘Mathlete’ Awards were received by: Isa Shaikh, Aleena Khawaja, Kulsuma Begum, Sarim Gohar, Iman Ahmed, Fatima Baig, Parker Samuel, Hudeyfah Mohamed, Laiba Riaz, Iman Hussein, Sara Khan, Mahliqa Zubair, Ahlam Ahmed, Arfa Razzaq, Alisha Aleesha Sultana, Umar Patel, Noor Wahid, Noor Jamil, Rajvir Paul, Laiba Ahmed, Emre Ozuaciksoz, Syeda Zainab Islam, Ria Bhalla, Muhriz Aman, Andreea Dumitrascu, Wajiha Siddiqui and Joana Aukstuolyte.                                                                   

A Gold Award and a book were received by: Aqeel Zaman, Mahliqa Zubair, Soumya Agrawal, Khadija Ansari, Baljit Assi, Mohammed Yasin Sami and to Taibah Khan.                                                 

Star Of The Week award was received by Halima Noor (RY).                                                         

Well done to all of you!

Absences We have been receiving an increasing amount of unacceptable excuses from parents regarding the absence of their child. Please be advised that you will not be authorised absence from school to take your child to the airport to collect a relative! Continual intermittent absence can result in a fine from the Local Authority.                             

 

Alternative Lunches I have been disappointed to hear that parents who failed to pay for their child’s dinners, in spite of several reminders think it is acceptable to shout at school office staff. Those parents know who they are and I hope that in future, instead of spending your energy  shouting at or abusing office staff, you will put your hand in your pocket and pay what you owe. The non ‘gentle’man, who swore at Linda in Punjabi should be ashamed of himself and is asked to refrain from coming to the school, until he learns some manners!                                                            

 

Update Contact Details If you have changed your phone number/address, please inform the school office, so that we have the correct information in the case of an emergency.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

 

Rec Blue          96.4%             Yr 3B   95.4%

Rec Green       98.3%             Yr 3G   99.2%

Rec Red           93.3%             Yr 3R   100%

Rec Yellow      94.6%             Yr 3Y   95.8%

Yr 1B               87.9%             Yr 4B   95.8% 

Yr 1G               96.6%             Yr 4G   95.4%  

Yr 1R               92.5%             Yr 4R   89.2%

Yr 1Y               97.9%             Yr 4Y   95.8%

Yr 1Ra             93.7%             Yr 5B   94.6%

Yr 2B               99.6%             Yr 5G     94.4%   

Yr 2G               98.7%             Yr 5R   93.1%

Yr 2R               95%                Yr 5Y   91.7%

Yr 2Y               97.4%             Yr 6G   98.8%  

                                                Yr 6R   95%

Attendance Well done to 3 Red who achieved 100%, fantastic! The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.4%

CFA Summer Fayre 20th June Planning for the ‘Wild West Bonanza’ themed CFA Summer Fayre is now in full swing. There will be a range of fairground type attractions, activities, games stalls, face painting, henna, refreshments, barbecue, an afternoon tea party, a bucking broncho, a raffle, a talent show and more! Tickets can be purchased from Monday 20th May in the school playground and will be available all week both before and after school. Tickets purchased before half term will be £1 for adults and 50p for children. The price of   tickets will rise after half term to £1 for everyone so buy your tickets early! Volunteers are needed, so if you can spare some time please contact Bev on 020 8518 2562.

After School Late Gate The number of children not being collected until the end of the school day is unacceptable. Please ensure that your child is collected on time so that staff are able to get on with what they need to do, rather than provide free child care for some parents!                                               

Open School As previously, I would like to  invite all parents and carers to walk through the school and look at your child’s class books on Tuesday 21st May 2013 between 3.30-4.15pm. Please note that this is an opportunity for the children to show their books to parents, rather than a meeting with the class teacher.

 

Road Safety Theatre Last week the children in year 1 and 2 enjoyed a road safety theatre show in the hall. This is a new School Travel Plan initiative and we hope to repeat this in the future.

Year 6 SATs  I would remind all year 6 parents to ensure that their child attends regularly, as most of the tests will be carried out this week. Please note if your child is not in school, you will receive a call and be asked to bring him/her in. Children must be in school for these tests.

11+ Applications Parents of year 5 pupils will be able to register for the Redbridge Grammar School 11 plus selection test from Monday 13th May 2013.    Guidelines for registering will be available on the LBR website. The final deadline for registering is on Thursday 4th July 2013. The 11 plus test will take place on Monday 2nd September 2013. Open evenings for both Grammar Schools will be held on Tuesday 25th June: 6.30 – 9pm for Ilford County High School and on Thursday 27th June: 6 – 8pm for Woodford County High School.

A transition information session will be held at Cranbrook School on Wednesday 19^th June from 9.15 – 10.30am for all year 5 parents to discuss the secondary school application process and arrangements for next year. This is an important meeting and I would urge Year 5 parents to make every effort to attend.

Race For Life The Iqbal family are taking part in the Race For Life on 1st June at Regents Park. Please do support this worthwhile cause by sponsoring the family at www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/novsgirls0. When logging on to make a donation please state that you are connected to Cranbrook Primary.

Athletics Year 3 and 4 took part in an Athletics Tournament on 8th May and came second out of eleven schools. The children displayed fantastic sportsmanship and were great ambassadors for the school. Well done!

Keeping up with the Children with Maths’ Course Parents and carers from all year groups are invited to take part in a 6 week maths course at Cranbrook Primary School. The course will start on Friday 7^th June and will run for 6 weeks until Friday 12^th July from 9.15am – 11.15am. Parents will have the opportunity to understand how and what their children are learning in maths lessons at school in order to support their learning in the home. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. 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.                              

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 Wednesday 12^th June and will run for 5 weeks until Wednesday 10^th July from 9.15am – 11.15am.  Parents will have the opportunity to meet other parents, explore new ideas for managing behaviour, raise children’s self-confidence and to develop new skills and techniques. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. 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.    

                                           

Creative Summer School Forest School have invited pupils to take part in a Music and Art Summer School. The Summer School is an action packed week exploring the links between Art and Music through all things fun and creative. This opportunity is open to children between 9-14 years. Each day is run by a   professional workshop leader from the Tate Modern and London Music Conservatoires. This will culminate in a concert of all the music they have composed accompanied by a newly created art installation. For further information please visit the following website: http://www.forest.org.uk/creativesummerschool.

Dates for Your Diary

21st May           Open School

24th May           Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May   Half-term

20th June          Summer Fayre

3rd July             Sports Day

4th July             11+ Application Deadline

16th July           Open School

19th July           Last day for Nursery

24th July           Last day of term (Finish at 2pm)

25th July           Inset (school closed to pupils)

3rd & 4th Sept   Inset (school closed to pupils)

5th Sept            School open for pupils

 

 

 

 

                       

Newsletter No.29 8th May 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week:  Kimberly Bishop, Vinay Patel, Nikhil Sharma, Laiba Ali, Akif Latif, Anita Bushati, Patricia Irimie, Reijay Fenton, Yuvraj Singh, Jeewanjot Boparai, Sufyaan Javed, Baljit Assi,    Sapphira Ngatou, Ocean Tipu, Manpreet Multani, Maryam Ali, Jade Pokuah, Sajeeda Hussain, Sharufa Musuyi, Andrei Lupsa, Alex Stanescu, Akshat Dave, Amaan Iqbal, Aliyah Hosenally, Taaj Akbari, Hajrah Shehzadi, Aris Saleh, Sahr Ahmed, Risan Maninathan, Afsana Uddin and Aniha Khanum.

‘Mathlete’ Awards were received by: Aliyah Patel, Tauhid Islam, Mohid Khan, Zakaria Hussain, Muhammed Patel, Shanzay Khan, Humza Malik-Singh, Dua Sheikh, Iram Lodhi, Sruthiga Premkumar, Shanelle Lewis, Yusaf Chaudhary, Omar Hasan, Jameela Macmillan, Laaibah Saleem, Evelina Kaupaite, Romziyah Mohammed-Noah, Yasmin Parviz, Sofia Khan, Bavneet Sagoo, Hamza Yunus Ahmed, Yunus Islam, Syeda Hibah Hassan, Junaid Sheikh, Zayyan Malik, Rianna Barton, Aliyya Aziz and Haider Ishfaq.

Gold Awards were received by: Fiza Mohammed, Oliwia Wilgierz, Emmanuel Fadiora,                       Shane Lyons-Cording, Yash Dhamija, Jeni Tanushi, Shaiq Ahmed, Danial Mahmud, Syed Talha Hassan, Hannah Ahmed, Alvi Hussain, Daren Sungalee, Muhriz Aman, Kauser Khalid Ali, Filip Teper and Malaika Mukhtar.

A Special Local Authority Award was received by   Giovanni Pina (5B) and to Joana Aukstuolyte (6R). Congratulations to the both of you!

Well done to all of you!

School Dinners Can I remind you to send dinner money in advance with your child. The cost of a school lunch is £2 per day. The payment should be put in a clearly marked envelope (these can be obtained from the school office) with your child’s name, class and the amount enclosed. Can you also check your child’s bag regularly for arrears letters.

 

Open School As previously, I would like to invite all parents and carers to walk through the school and look at your child’s class books on Tuesday 21st May 2013 between 3.30-4.15pm. Please note that this is an opportunity for the children to show their books to parents, rather than a meeting with the class teacher

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue          98.7%             Yr 3B   98%

Rec Green       92.7%             Yr 3G   97.3%

Rec Red           93.2%             Yr 3R   95.3%

Rec Yellow      97.3%             Yr 3Y   96.7%

Yr 1B               96.6%             Yr 4B   99.3% 

Yr 1G               87.2%             Yr 4G   89.7%  

Yr 1R               90.7%             Yr 4R   99.3%

Yr 1Y               93%                Yr 4Y   99.3%

Yr 1Ra             95.9%             Yr 5B   92%

Yr 2B               96.8%             Yr 5G   93.3%   

Yr 2G               95.2%             Yr 5R   92.1%

Yr 2R               100%              Yr 5Y   95.3%

Yr 2Y               99%                Yr 6G   98.1%  

                                                Yr 6R   96.3%

Attendance Well done to 2 Red who achieved 100%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.5%.

CFA Summer Fayre 20th June This year’s theme will be ‘Wild West Bonanza’. The core group has started planning meetings for this big fundraising event, which will take place from 3.30-5.30pm on Thursday 20th June. Tickets will be on sale during the week beginning 20th May (50p for children and £1 for adults). I would urge you to purchase these tickets before half-term as the price will go up after the holiday. I would also take the opportunity to thank the class representatives who attended the meeting yesterday. Your support is much appreciated.

Young Writers’ My First Rhyme Competition The following children took part in a writing competition and have been selected to have their poetry published: Hamza Ahmed, Vanceza Jahangir, Afsana Uddin, Harkrishan Singh, Amad Kaur Butterfield, Nasrullah Mirza, Fatima Naweed, Ali Murtaza, Aliyah Awan,     Hammad Rashid, Muhammad Kamil Nisar, Sapand Hikmat, Alez Yue Yin, Yumna Sarfraz, Eshal Ahmed, Imaan Yousaf, Amani Miah, Ovais Malik, Yunus Islam, Muskan Noor, Gaby Kadimba, Virandeep Khosa,        Mohamed Abdirizak, Ahlam Ahmed, Areesha Ahmed, Oliva Molokwu, Ajuni Kaur, Harnij Singh, Doralt Mazrreku, Tanya Sagoo, Hudeyfah Mohamed, Munadiya Bint-Hussain, Aisha Sajjad, Rumaysa Amin, Sivaranjani Velmurugan, Yusuf Saleem Anwar, Nicholas Vatafu, Mindaugas Larncenka, Rianna Barton, Aleena Kawaja, Salman Rashid, Amaan Ahmed, Abid Ahmed, Nathan Donovan, Rhea Patel, Surya Premkumar, Lashay Foster, Aiza Asghar, Fahad Khan, Haajrah Abdulrehman-Harper, Fatima Achha, Aariz Ashraf, Safa Chowdhury, Mohammed Younas Hussain, Rayan Choudhury, Luiza Stricescu, Aleena Ali, Almas Bashir, Isha Uddin, Hamza Khan, Samah Seedat, Zayna Sheikh, Hashir Khurram, Maya Michalak, Kearon Caynes, Sumayah Rafiq, Dulce Jets, Sophia Digwa, Kashav Talwar, Huzaifa Omar, Inaya Mohammed, Syed Karim, Karan Manku, Hamza Siddique, Mohammed Tayyib Zaman, Sumaya Al-Mani, Mirvana Bajrami, Umar Siddique, Darsshini Akula, Hibah Hassan, Sadiqa Khan, Aliya Islam, Ibrahim Jan, Natasha Syed, Aliza Khan, Safeer Sohail, Jessica Okworu, David Chiriacescu, Aman Paul, Maria Nubheebucus, Imaad Akhtar, Mustafa Shah, Aris Saleh, Usman Ahmed, Sajinan Kerathan, Zara Ross-Sattar, Sanjieth Bala, Mohammed Abu Sidrath Chowdhury, Emmanuel Fadiora, Bavneet Sagoo, Junaid Sheikh, Sakeena Shah, Aira Mariathas, Adwita Gupta, Deva Cherukat, Ishtarth Katageri, Akshara Pathak, Aliyah Begum, Disha Bose, Alvina Farrukh, Maryam   Patel, Grace Ochieng, Angelica Musona, Fiza Mohammed, Bisma Tahir, Aliyah Hosenally, Hafsa Bint-Imran and Ishma Shaikh.

 

Keeping up with the Children with Maths’ Course Parents and carers from all year groups are invited to take part in a 6 week maths course at Cranbrook Primary School. The course will start on Friday 7^th June and will run for 6 weeks until Friday 12^th July from 9.15am – 11.15am. Parents will have the opportunity to understand how and what their children are learning in maths lessons at school in order to support their learning in the home. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. 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.                                                        

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 Wednesday 12th June and will run for 5 weeks until Wednesday 10th July from 9.15am – 11.15am. Parents will have the opportunity to meet other parents, explore new ideas for managing behaviour, raise children’s self-confidence and to develop new skills and techniques. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. 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.    

                                            

Creative Summer School Forest School have invited pupils to take part in a Music and Art Summer School. The Summer School is an action packed week exploring the links between Art and Music through all things fun and creative. This opportunity is open to children between 9-14 years. Each day is run by a   professional workshop leader from the Tate Modern and London Music Conservatoires. This will culminate in a concert of all the music they have composed accompanied by a newly created art installation. For further information please visit the following website:

http://www.forest.org.uk/creativesummerschool.

Dates For Your Diary

21st May           Open School

24th May           Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May   Half-term

20th June          Summer Fayre

3rd July             Sports Day

4th July             11+ Application Deadline

16th July           Open School

18th July           Last day for Nursery

24th July           Last day of term (Finish at 2pm)

25th July           Inset (school closed to pupils)

3rd & 4th Sept   Inset (school closed to pupils)

5th Sept            School open for pupils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter No 28 1st May 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Qasim Javaid, Rafay Muhammad, Ariana Mohammed, Maariya Jamil, Zahra Alam, Aditya Verma, Isa Dadabhai, Syed Talha Hassan, Zahra Ali, Zainab Dakri, Tahir Omar, Maya Mishkin, Arshian Khan, Shamel Ahmed, Rohan Thakker, Amerzish Khan, Moez Zaman, Muhammad Kamil Nisar, Bisma Tahir, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Muhammad Ovais Malik, Mohammad Zohaib Rashid, Esha Bhachu, Jeremy Sapani, Rhea Patel and Hafsa Tahir.     

Gold Awards were received by: Mahena Kadimba,  Oasis Ahmed, Faiza Choudhury, Hajara Rafiq, Naseera Parkhetiya and Hassan Mahmood.

‘Mathlete’ Awards were received by: Yana Puddoo, Kajus Pilukas, Darran Rasakumar, Nawaz Mumin, Aliya Hussain, Anita Bushati, Sara Dakri, Lukas Kesulis, Ikram Hussain, Sathakan Ganeshamoorthy, Fathama Begum, Fadhiya Dahir, Anisah Mahmood, Sabha Chaudhary, Safa Chowdhury, Oliwia Wilgierz, Bakhtawar Rai, Muhammad Khuzefa, Marwan Badawy, Bushra Hussain, Rehan Rehman, Musab Walke, Olivia Molokwu, Shadman Ahmed and Ajuni Kaur.  

A Headteachers Award was received by Muhammad Patel in Nursery for being such a fantastic reader! Congratulations to you.

Well done to all of you!

Open School As previously, I would like to invite all parents and carers to walk through the school and look at your child’s class books on Tuesday 21st May 2013 between 3.30-4.15pm. Please note that this is an   opportunity for the children to show their books to parents, rather than a meeting with the class teacher.

School Values Can I remind all parents to continue providing their invaluable support to promote our school values, listed below:

Respect, Excellence, Equality , Friendship, Courage, Determination and Inspiration

School Uniform As always I would ask for your support in ensuring that children follow the school uniform policy each day and wear no jewellery to school. Uniform can be purchased from Rupens (98/100 Meads Lane, Seven Kings, Essex IG3 8QN).

Attendance Figures For Last Week

 

Rec Blue          99.4%             Yr 3B   95.3%

Rec Green       95.7%             Yr 3G   94.3%

Rec Red           96.4%             Yr 3R   95%

Rec Yellow      96.7%             Yr 3Y   95%

Yr 1B               90.1%             Yr 4B   91.3% 

Yr 1G               93.3%             Yr 4G   93.7%  

Yr 1R               94.3%             Yr 4R   93%

Yr 1Y               96%                Yr 4Y   93%

Yr 1Ra             87.9%             Yr 5B   91%

Yr 2B               97.1%             Yr 5G   90.7%   

Yr 2G               99%                Yr 5R   91.7%

Yr 2R               97%                Yr 5Y   90%

Yr 2Y               87.3%             Yr 6G   91%  

                                                Yr 6R   96%

Attendance Well done to Reception Blue who achieved 99.4%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 93.8%. The Local Authority have fined many parents and have issued court proceedings for failing to send their child to school with no good reason.

Bank Holiday Please remember that the school will be closed on Monday 6th May and will re-open at the usual time on Tuesday 7th May.              

 

Parking Once again we have received complaints about poor parking. A parent and her child who was in a buggy was nearly knocked over in the car park. DRIVERS TAKE GREATER CARE!

 

School Clubs Accompanying this newsletter is a programme of clubs that will be running during the summer term. If you have any issues with clubs, please take the matter up with the club leader. Please don't blame the office staff, who are simply the messengers.

Security Bike Marking Event Thank you to those who brought their bikes in to be security marked.The event was so popular that the police were unable to complete all of the bikes so we have arranged a second visit on Thursday 9th May.If you would like to have your bike marked please collect a form from the School Office from Monday onwards,it in and then attach it your bike when you bring it in next Thursday. Bikes should be left in the gym area.                  

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 Wednesday 12^th June and will run for 5 weeks until Wednesday 10^th July from 9.15am – 11.15am. Parents will have the opportunity to meet other parents, explore new ideas for managing behaviour, raise children’s self-confidence and to develop new skills and techniques. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. 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.                                                 

‘Keeping up with the Children with Maths’ Course Parents and carers from all year groups are invited to take part in a 6 week maths course at Cranbrook Primary School. The course will start on Friday 7^th June and will run for 6 weeks until Friday 12^th July from 9.15am – 11.15am. Parents will have the opportunity to understand how and what their children are learning in maths lessons at school in order to support their learning in the home. A certificate will be awarded to all participants and free refreshments will be provided. 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.                                                          

Year 6 Pupils Parents of Year 6 pupils should have received an offer of a secondary school place on the 1^st March. Parents should contact Lynton House to respond to the offer as soon as possible. The secondary school transition open days for year 6 pupils are shown below:

Name of school             Transition Day and Time
Mayfield School             Weds 3rd July/Thurs 4th July/Fri 5th July (all day)
Ursuline Academy          Thurs 4th July (all day)
Beal                              Thurs 4th July (all day)
Ilford County High         Thurs 4th July (all day)
Seven Kings                   Thurs 4th July (all day)
Oaks Park                      Thurs 4th July (all day)
Caterham                      Thurs 4th July (all day)
Shoeburyness School      Friday 5th July (all day)
Valantines                     Tuesday 9th July (all day)
Wanstead                      Tuesday 16th July (all day)
Loxford                         To be confirmed

Year 5 Pupils Parents of year 5 pupils will be able to register for the Redbridge Grammar School 11 plus selection test from Monday 13th May 2013. Guidelines for registering will be available on the LBR website. The final deadline for registering is on Thursday 4th July 2013. The 11 plus test will take place on Monday 2nd September 2013. Open evenings for both Grammar Schools will be held on Tuesday 25th June: 6.30 – 9pm for Ilford County High School and on Thursday 27th June: 6 – 8pm for Woodford County High School.

A transition information session will be held at Cranbrook School on Wednesday 19^th June from 9.15 – 10.30am for all year 5 parents to discuss the secondary school application process and arrangements for next year. This is an important meeting and I would urge Year 5 parents to make every effort to attend.

Dates For Your Diary

6th May             Bank Holiday

21st May           Open School

24th May           Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May   Half-term

20th June          Summer Fayre

3rd July             Sports Day

4th July             11+ Application Deadline

16th July           Open School

18th July           Last day for Nursery

24th July           Last day of term (Finish at 2pm)

25th July           Inset (school closed to pupils)

3rd & 4th Sept   Inset (school closed to pupils)

5th Sept            School open for pupils