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

Newsletter No. 16 7th January 2015

Welcome back everyone. A very happy new year to you all!

Congratulations to the following Writers of the Week: Suprovo Prottoy, Abid Ahmed, Huzaifa Omar, Haider Ishfaq, Viria Quifica Da Silva, Madiha Nadeem, Daria Chiriacescu, Dayan Mustafa, Yuvraj Singh, Yash Dhamija, Rajvir Singh Paul, Aaliyah Kokkaz.

 

‘Mathlete’ awards were received by: Kashav Talwar, Rozia Bibi, Haaris Abbas, Anand Lakshya   Kumar, Tiffany Burke, Aleesha Sultana, Aisha Rahman, Iqra Tasnia, Maryam Hussain, Aliyah Iqbal, Anojan Mariathas

 

Headteachers award, was awarded to Khadijah Ibrahim in Reception Red, for her independent work on the computer.

 

School Values As always we have started the term by re-visiting our school values - Respect, Courage, Equality, Excellence, Determination, Friendship and Inspiration. I would ask all parents/ carers to reinforce these values with your children.

 

Class Information/ Parent Workshops Once again each Year group will be running these practical workshops, starting next Monday. The sessions will take place in the main hall and will be led by the Year Group Teaching Team from 9 - 9.30am. Please make every effort to attend. Dates and Year groups are as follows:

12th January - Year 6

13th January - Year 5

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 Term:

 

Rec Blue       89.7%             Yr 3Rain     96.0%

Rec Green  91.4%               Yr 3Y           94.4%

Rec Red        93.3%             Yr 4B          96.3%

Rec Yellow   92.5%             Yr 4G          93.8%

Yr 1B              94.4%             Yr 4R         95.4%

Yr 1G              97.4%             Yr 4Y         94.5%

Yr 1R              94.2%             Yr 5B         94.1%

Yr 1Y              96.2%             Yr 5G         94.8%

Yr 2B              93.6%             Yr 5R         95.1%

Yr 2G              93.7%             Yr 5Y          96.4%   

Yr 2R              94.7%             Yr 6B         95.1%  

Yr 2Y              93.9%             Yr 6G         95.4%  

Yr 3B              94.9%             Yr 6R         92.9%  

Yr 3G              94.9%             Yr 6Y         97.4%

Yr 3R              95.2%

 

Attendance Well done to class Year 6 Yellow for achieving 97.4%. The overall percentage for the autumn term for the whole school was 94.6%.

 

I was very disappointed to note that our school attendance really declined towards the end of last term with many families travelling abroad. Please note, that if the absence is not authorised, or you have not applied for leave of absence before travelling, there will be a fine per child per parent. This will amount to £120 per child, if paid within 14 days, or £240 if paid after the 14 days are up.

 

Colour Assemblies: will be held on the 8th January 2015 at 9.10am

Green classes, in the Dance Studio

Blue/Rainbow Classes, in the Main hall.

 

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party On the 15th January 2015, we are asking our children to join in and enjoy a healthy nutritious lunch. It will be a themed menu to coincide with the National Hat Day, appropriately being called ‘Mad Hatters Tea Party’. Children will be handed out hat templates to design and create a ‘mad hat’. Templates will go into a prize draw, so get your thinking hats on! (no pun intended).

The lunch menu with reply slips will be sent out, please send in money and slips by the 9th January 2015.

 

The Happy Puzzle Company are returning to Cranbrook! This will be led by Mind Missions, who are hands on with Maths, thinking and team building expeditions. Please refer to the letters which have been sent home for additional information.

9th January 2015: Year 3 and 4

12th January 2015: Year 1 and 2

13th January 2015: Year 5 and 6

 

Dinner money arrears Parents are reminded that it is your responsibility to ensure all dinner arrears are paid promptly. Despite numerous reminders there are still parents who have not paid their child’s dinner arrears for last term. A Group Call to these parents will be sent out today. Please settle your child’s account by Thursday. Any Parent who does not pay will have to provide their child with a packed lunch.

 

School Crossing Due to the proposed bus strike next Tuesday 13th January, it may not be possible for our school patrol officer to attend the crossing by St. Georges Road. Please be mindful of this and make arrangements for your children.

 

Reception Admissions 2015 If your child’s birthday is between 1st September 2010 and 31st August 2011, you can now apply online for a primary school place by visiting the Redbridge website www.redbridge.gov.uk and use the link to eAdmissions. If you are not a Redbridge resident you will need to apply via your own Council (even for a Redbridge school). The deadline for online applications is Thursday 15th January 2015 at 11.59pm. Please note, you will only be allocated a place if your child meets the admissions criteria. Please read it carefully.

        

Clubs and After School Activities There are still places available for after school clubs. If you would like your child to attend any of the activities, please collect the relevant forms from the school office by the end of today. Please return forms by Thursday at the very latest, with the permission slip and correct payment in a sealed envelope, clearly marked with the child’s name, class and the name of the club.

 

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. Raffle tickets will be priced £1 a strip.

 

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