Newsletter 4 26th September 2012

Congratulations to the following:

Writer of the week
Muskan Noor (1B)
Sanjeith Bala (1G)
Aryan Haque (1R)
Rikhwit Rajan (1Ra)
Maryam Patel (1Y)
Safa Chowdhury (2B)
Jeremy Sapni (2R)
Humza Aslam-Jamil (2Y)
Raameen Qamar-Ahmed (2G)
Aliya Patel (3G)
Taha Amin (3R)
Priya Khosla (3Y)
Aleesha Dadabhai (3B)
Aishah Baig (4B)
Aleena Ali (4G)
Diya Ahmed (4R)
Yetunde Fadojutimi (4Y)
Ibti Ashhab (5B)
Manpreet Kaur (5R)
Uzair Hussain (5R)
Andrea Dumitrescu (5B)
Sumaya Osman (6R)
Naailah Ahmed (6G)

Reading Challenge
Fiza Mohammed (IG)
Sophia Digwa (2G)

Congratulations also to Ismail Khalil (3R) who achieved a gold merit at the end of last term.

Well done, everybody!

Key Dates Please note the dates overleaf for our special events in relation to your child’s class or year group.

Dinner Money Arrears Please ensure that you send in the relevant money each week, so that you are not in debt.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Yr 1B 97.8% Yr 3Y 95.9%

Yr 1G 98% Yr 4B 93.8%

Yr 1R 97.9% Yr 4G 93.3%

Yr 1Y 94.7% Yr 4R 96.7%

Yr 1Ra 94.5% Yr 4Y 99.3%

Yr 2B 97.5% Yr 5B 98.7%

Yr 2G 98.7% Yr 5G 93.2%

Yr 2R 98.6% Yr 5R 93.4%

Yr 2Y 98.5% Yr 5Y 97.1%

Yr 3B 97.3% Yr 6G 98.7%

Yr 3G 98.6% Yr 6R 97.7%

Yr 3R 97%

Attendance Well done to class 4 yellow who achieved 99.3% attendance! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.8%, which is fantastic!

Coloured Assemblies

The assemblies have re-started and will take place on Thursdays as follows:

9.10am - Red (Hall)

9.10am - Yellow (Dance Studio)

2.40pm - Blue and Rainbow (Dance Studio)

2.40pm - Green (Hall)

Reception classes will join these assemblies after half-term.

Open School Please remember that you are invited to come along after school on Tuesday 2nd October and have a look at your child’s books and displays in and around the school. You will have the opportunity to speak with the class teacher formally at parents evening on 15th November.

Clubs All clubs have now started. Please make every effort to collect your child on time.

Book Fair Don’t forget today is the last day of the book fair, so come along to the small hall to make your purchases. All items sold bring commission to the school for us to purchase more books for the children.

Redbridge Central Library The library is offering the following clubs for 7-13 year olds:

Games Club (board games) - Fridays, 5-6pm

Homework Help Club - Thursdays, 5-6pm

For more information call 020 8708 2337.

School Lettings

Boot Sale: There will be a boot sale on Saturday 13th October in the main playground. For more information please call Simon on 07779 124827, email Simonbond2005@aol.com or visit www.facebook.com/groups/360477313999668.

Arabic Classes: These will be held every Saturday starting from 6th October 2012 from 9.30-11.30am. For more information or to book a place please call Soaad Mahrous after 12.30pm on 07506 859 459 or email Omselwan@yahoo.com.

Maths Club: There are still places available should you be interested in your child attending a maths club. Please call Anisha on 07872 610195.

Key Dates For Your Diary
24th Oct Y3 Diwali assembly

29th Oct-2nd Nov Half term

5th Nov School re-opens

15th Nov Y5 Eid assembly

15th Nov Parents Evening

16th Nov Pupil Photographs

19th Nov Pupil Photographs

21st Dec Last day of term

24th Dec– 7th Jan Christmas Break

8th Jan 2013 School re-opens

15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

17th - 22nd Mar Year 6 residential trip to Glasbury

29th Mar -12th Apr Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

6th May Bank Holiday

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

24th July Last day of term

25th July Inset (school closed to pupils)



























Headteacher: Jas Leverton

Cranbrook Primary School, The Drive, Ilford, Essex, IG1 3PS

Telephone: 0208 518 2562 Fax: 0208 554 1575

Admin.cranbrookprimary.redbridge.gov.uk www.cranbrookprimary.redbridge.sch.uk

Newsletter 3 19th September 2012

Congratulations to our WOW award achievers who are Yana Puddoo (3G), Isabella Bowsher (5R) and Joanna Aukstuolyte (6R).

Congratulations also to Daniel Mahmud (4Y) for receiving a Reading Challenge Award.

Secondary Transition Workshop for Year 6 Parents Please ensure that you make the most of the opportunity to visit the secondary school of your choice on the relevant open days/evenings. A full list of dates is printed in the secondary transfer brochure. We shall be holding a transition workshop on Tuesday 25th September from 9am – 11.30 am for all year 6 parents who require assistance in completing their secondary school application forms. Forms can also be completed online by logging on to www.redbridge.gov.uk/eAdmissions.

All application forms should be submitted to Lynton house by Friday 26th October 2012.

Warren School Open Evening Parents of prospective Y7 students are invited to attend an open evening at Warren School on 19th September from 5pm—7.30pm.

Reception Applications for September 2013 Please note that applications have to be sent to Lynton House by 15th January 2013 for places for next year, as we are not able to allocate places.

Anti-Bullying Week As part of our focus for National Anti-bullying week we have been talking to the children both in class and in assemblies about what bullying is and how to prevent it. I would urge all parents to have the same conversations at home, so that together we can continue to reduce incidents of bullying.

Attendance

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Yr 1B 97.8%             Yr 3Y 95.2%

Yr 1G 98.7%             Yr 4B 98.6%

Yr 1R 97.9%             Yr 4G 98.7%

Yr 1Y 94.7%             Yr 4R 95.9%

Yr 1Ra 92.1%            Yr 4Y 97.3%

Yr 2B 94.3%              Yr 5B 97.3%

Yr 2G 98.7%              Yr 5G 97.3%

Yr 2R 93.8%              Yr 5R 97.2%

Yr 2Y 97%                 Yr 5Y 98.1%

Yr 3B 98.7%              Yr 6G 98.3%

Yr 3G 100%               Yr 6R 98.3%

Yr 3R 97.3%

Attendance Well done to Year 3 Green who achieved 100% attendance. The overall percentage for the whole school was 97.1%, which is fantastic!

Open School Please come along after school on Tuesday 2nd October and have a look at your child’s books and displays in and around the school. Please note you will have the opportunity to speak with the class teacher at parents evening on 15th November.

Cranbrook Friends Association (CFA) Coffee Morning We would like to invite all parents and carers to come along to our CFA coffee morning. This will be held on Wednesday 26th September from 9am – 10.30am in the small hall. There will be free refreshments, a free raffle and a chance to meet other parents. You can find out about CFA fundraising, how the money is being spent and how to join the CFA. Please do come along to tell us about your ideas and suggestions for Cranbrook. Under fives are welcome to! We look forward to seeing you there!

Garden Project I am pleased to inform you that with support from the CFA, we have started to develop a sensory garden. Later in the term, we intend to have an official opening where parents/carers will be invited.

Book Fair This will be taking place on Friday 21st September after school. Please do come along and have a browse at the competitively priced books.

Grand Opening of St. Andrew’s Church This is a reminder that the official opening of the church will be taking place on Saturday 22nd September from 2-5pm. Please do come along with your family to enjoy the stalls and displays.


Key Dates for Your Diary

 
24th Oct Y3 Diwali assembly

29th Oct-2nd Nov Half term

5th Nov School re-opens

15th Nov Y5 Eid assembly

15th Nov Parents Evening

13th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

14th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

18th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

21st Dec Last day of term

24th Dec– 7th Jan Christmas Break

8th Jan 2013 School re-opens

15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

17th - 22nd Mar Year 6 residential trip to Glasbury

29th Mar -12th Apr Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

6th May Bank Holiday

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

24th July Last day of term

25th July Inset (school closed to pupils)

Newsletter No 2 12th September 2012

Congratulations to Aditya Verma (4R) who recently participated in the European Youth Chess Championship in Prague and came 8th amongst 79 participants from 42 European countries. We are most proud that he was joint third in the ranking, well done Aditya!

Year Group Information Sessions Apologies for the omission of the dates for the year group sessions in the last newsletter. The remaining sessions are as follows:

Yr 1 - 9am Thursday 13th September

Yr 5 - 9am Friday 14th September

Y6 SATs/Information Meeting This meeting for parents and carers will take place on Tuesday 18th September 9-9.45am in the main hall. I would urge you to attend as we will be covering a number of key Y6 issues.

Disabled Parking Bay You may have noticed that over the holidays, we had disabled parking bays marked out and sign posted in both of our car parks. Please kindly refrain from parking in these bays unless you have a valid disabled parking badge. These bays are enforceable by law and tickets can be issued by the police when they visit.

Parking
PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON THE BEND TO THE JACK CARTER CENTRE OR IN FRONT OF THEIR GATES AS THEIR VEHICLES CANNOT GET IN.

Pupil Medication Can you ensure that as a matter of urgency, you bring into school any medication (such as asthma pumps/Epipens) that your child takes.

Closing Times of School Office Please note the school office staff take their breaks at the following times:

10-11.30am

1.15-2.30pm

Please avoid these times.

Book Fair This will be taking place on Friday 21st September after school. Please do come along and have a browse at the competitively priced books.

Dinner Money Please remember that all monies must be paid in advance at the beginning of the week to the school office. The cost of a school lunch is £2 per day and £10 per week. This should be sent in a clearly labelled envelope.

School Lettings
Maths Club
Wed 3.30 - 5pm Year 5 19th Sept 12
Thu 3.30 - 5pm Year 4 20th Sept 12
Fri 3.30 - 5pm Year 6 21st Sept 12

Classes starting from 19th /20th /21stSeptember 2012.
Topics: Relevant to the year group
Call Anisha to confirm your place on: 07872610195
Or email: mathsclub4@gmail.com for more info Fee: £10 per session (for 1.5 hours). Payment to be paid monthly in advance.

Bollywood Fuzion & Zumba Classes for Ladies
Bollywood Fuzion is a Bollywood fitness dance and Zumba (Latin based) class which willin our Dance Studio as follows:
Wednesdays, 7.30 - 8.30pm - Bollywood FuZion
Wednesdays, 8.30 - 9.30pm - Zumba
Saturdays, 10am-11am -Zumba

Please contact Taz Nino on 07830 455 823 for costs and details.

Clubs A letter will be sent out this week. Clubs will begin the week commencing 24th September.
Grand Opening of St. Andrew’s Church Please do come along for the official opening of the church on Saturday 22nd September from 2-5pm. There will be plenty of stalls and displays for all the family to enjoy.


Key Dates For Your Diary

24th Oct Y3 Diwali assembly

29th Oct-2nd Nov Half term

5th Nov School re-opens

15th Nov Y5 Eid assembly

15th Nov Parents Evening

13th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

14th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

18th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

21st Dec Last day of term

24th Dec– 7th Jan Christmas Break

8th Jan 2013 School re-opens

15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

17th - 22nd Mar Year 6 residential trip to Glasbury

29th Mar -12th Apr Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

6th May Bank Holiday

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

24th July Last day of term

25th July Inset (school closed to pupils)

Newsletter No 1 6th Sept 2012

A very warm welcome back! I do hope that you had an enjoyable and restful summer break. It has been lovely to see the children return with such enthusiasm and energy.

Staffing Update New class teachers: Julie Currey (RR), Claire Button (1B), Aine Finnegan (2R), Preeti Jangali (3Y), Rizwan (4Y), Deidre Blaney (4R) and Katriona Walsh (5B)

HLTA: Brian Molley

Graduate teaching programme student: Sam Wilkes (Year 1)

New midday assistants: Zamia Mahmud, Enibokun Adeleye, Meenakshi Kaushal and Nadia Abbas

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our new pupils, parents and staff a happy and successful time at Cranbrook.

Staff Changes As you may know Mark Hemsley, deputy head teacher, was seconded to Wansted Church of England Primary School in April as an interim Headteacher. He has since taken up the post of substantive Headteacher and will not be returning. I am sure you will all join me in congratulating him.

Congratulations also to Clare Tapper who got married during the summer break and will now be Clare Shaw.

Congratulations to Aaron Butterfield-Singh (2Y) for achieving his gold award. Unfortunately, his name was not announced in assembly at the end of last term.

Uniform As always I would ask for your support in ensuring that children follow the school’s 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).

School Values On our return to school on Tuesday we had a very productive staff training day where we received training on Health and Safety, Child Protection, Behaviour Management and revisited our school values and motto. Can I remind all parents to continue providing their invaluable support to promote our school values (which are listed below).

Respect, Excellence, Equality, Friendship,

Courage, Determination & Inspiration

School Improvement Priorities We have had many successes in 2011-12 and we hope to continue this in 2012-13 by focusing on

1. Personalised learning

2. Developing people

3. Building the community

We have many exciting plans to celebrate the school’s five year anniversary and a number of other events, so watch this space!

Year 5 Swimming Pupils will be beginning swimming lessons this term. Two classes will be going this term, one in the spring term and the last class in the summer term. A letter will be sent to parents shortly. I would like to remind you that swimming lessons are an entitlement for every child and no one can be withdrawn from these lessons.

Year Group Information Sessions These sessions will begin on Monday and are an opportunity for parents to hear what is planned for the year group. The sessions will take place at 9-9.30am in the main hall. Please enter through the car park entrance near the school reception. I hope that you will take the time to attend.

Please make a note when it is your child’s year groups’ turn.

Dinner Money Please note this is £2 a day or £10 per week. All monies must be paid in advance at the beginning of the week to the school office. Envelopes for dinner money are available from the school office which must be clearly labelled with your child’s name and class.

If your child’s account is in arrears from last term, 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 have been made.

Attendance and Punctuality Please ensure that all children in Reception to Year 6 arrive in the school by 8.45am when they can go straight to class where their teacher will be in attendance. All absences must be reported to the school office via a letter or phone call.

As we have waiting lists at all year groups, children who take holidays during term time are likely to lose their place at Cranbrook.

Clubs A letter will be sent out next week advising you of the provisions available and when they will be starting.

Year 6 Transition Booklets These booklets will be sent home to Year 6 parents next week.

Breakfast/After School Childcare Provision We have places available for this paid facility to support working parents. If you are interested, please contact the school office.

Clothes Recycling Please could you to have a root around your wardrobes and pop any clean unwanted clothes into our recycling bin which is located just inside the main entrance to the school.

By donating some of your old summer clothes you could make some money for the school!


Key Dates

26th Oct Eid (school open)

29th Oct-2nd Nov Half term

5th Nov School re-opens

13th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

14th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

18th Dec Year 1 to Kenneth Moore Theatre

21st Dec Last day of term

24th Dec– 7th Jan Christmas Break

8th Jan 2013 School re-opens

15th Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)

18th- 22nd Feb Half-term

25th Feb School re-opens

17th - 22nd Mar Year 6 residential trip to Glasbury

29th Mar -12th Apr Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

6th May Bank Holiday

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

24th July Last day of term

25th July Inset (school closed to pupils)

Newsletter No 39 18th July 2012

As we come to end of another school year, I would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and would like to reflect over this year’s successes.

Highlights of this year

¨       Improved assessments results across the school.

¨       Good OFSTED

¨       Good behaviour of our pupils

¨       Supportive parents

¨       Committed governing body

¨       Stable staff team

¨       Committed Cranbrook Friends Association (CFA)

¨       A fantastic summer fayre—which raised £3,400.  The CFA has raised £9,000  over the last 2 years, which is going to be spent on developing our Chicken/Sensory Garden.

¨       A fun and competitive Sports Day.

¨       A memorable Olympic Week.

¨       Jubilee Week and related events.

¨       Glasbury trip for Year 6

¨       Enthusiastic, happy and wonderful children.

Thanks to all for your continued support and so much more……..

Congratulations  Congratulations to Matthew Pokuah (2B) for achieving his gold award.

Headteacher Awards were awarded to the following children:Faiza Shakeel (2R) for her story being published, Kerathan Sajinan (RG) for excellent writing, Surya Premkumar (1B) and Aleena Khawaja (1B) for wonderful maths work.

Well done, also to all the children who achieved their 100% attendance.

Early finish Friday 20th July  School will be closing at 2pm on Friday 20th July so please make sure you have made arrangments to collect your child at this earlier time. There will also be no After School Club provision.

Year 6 Assembly  Year 6 Assembly to parents is on Friday 20th July at 9am. 

Attendance The classes with the highest percentages are 1 Red and 3 Yellow both with 98.6%. Well done to both classes!  The overall percentage for the whole school was 93.8%.

1st day of Autumn Term  All children will be expected to return to school on Thursday 6th September.  Any parents whose children that are absent on the first two days of term will receive fines, if they are still on holiday as the dates have been shared through the year.

Highland Games  Cranbrook’s first ever Highland Games will take place after school today (Weds) from 3.15-4.30pm in the playground.  There will be lots of Scottish games and entertainment to raise money for VSO, an international development charity.  The CFA will also be selling food and drinks.

School Lettings:

Bollywood Fuzion & Zumba Classes for Ladies (Letting) Bollywood Fuzion is a Bollywood fitness dance and Zumba (latin based) class which willin our Dance Studio as follows:, 7:30—8:30pm Bollywood FuZion and 8.30-9.30pm Zumba and on Saturdays: Zumba 10am-11am. Please contactNino07830 455 823 for costs and details.

Summer Camp—Art & Craft, Dance and Fitness(Lettings) This is offered to boys and girls in Reception to Year 6 from Monday 13th August to Friday 17th August 2012 at 10am to 1pm. For further details please contact Archita Goenka on 07967 544402 or architagoenka29@gmail.com.  SPACES STILL AVAILABLE!

Summer Holiday Tennis Courses  Tennis courses are being held at Cranbrook Castle LT and SC,

St Georges Road

, Ilford for children during the summer holidays.  For more information please call Laura 07590 398722 or Paul 07950 269573 or alternatively collect a leaflet from the school office. 

Cranbrook Volunteers We would like to say a very big thank you to all of our volunteers who have given their time and commitment throughout the last year. The energy and enthusiasm shown by all of the volunteers has been much appreciated by the staff and pupils alike. Each volunteer is set to receive a nationally recognised volunteering qualification accredited by the open college network for the time and effort they have dedicated to Cranbrook.

First Day of Term  On the first day back at school in September all classes except Reception Red and Reception Green should line up in the playground where the Classteachers will collect your children.  There will be signs to show you where to assemble.

Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and lovely gifts and wish you all an enjoyable summer break and look forward to seeing you again on Thursday 6^th September, when school re-opens for pupils.

Key Dates for your Diary

Fri 20th July       Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly at 9am

Fri 20th July       Last day of term—finish at 2pm

Term dates for this year:

Summer 2012

11th June—23rd July 2012

Inset Days   23rd July 2012

Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept

Newsletter No 38 Newsletter No 38

Congratulations  Congratulations to Huzaifa Hamid (2G), Nicole Rozycka (1B), Muhammad Rafay (2R)and Hannah Uddin (1Y) for achieving their gold awards.

SILC Dance Festival  Well done to the dancers who represented Cranbrook at the Ilford Ursuline Dance Festival. A great time was had by all!  The children who took part were:

Chidera  (5R)   Sindy    (3R)  Maryam (4Y)  Noholi   (4Y)

Sruthiga (4Y)    Santana (6B) Cleo      (6Y)  India    (6Y)

Caitlin   (6Y)   

Well done, children!

Year 6 performance  The Year 6 performance to parents is tomorrow (Thursday) 12th July at 2pm. As there will be many parents/carers attending please enter the school hall in a calm manner for health and safety reasons.

Coloured Assemblies  Please note that there will be NO coloured assemblies due to the Year 6 performance taking place.

End of Year Reports  Reports will be sent home with your child this Friday 13th July.  Along with your child’s report will be an acknowledgment slip to be returned to the classteacher by Wednesday 18th July. If you have any queries please speak to their classteacher.

Parent/Governor  Following the ballot for Parent/Governor I would like to congratulate Mr. Anthony Barton on being elected and would also like to thank Mr. Moyna Miah for putting himself forward for nomination.

Nursery The last day for Nursery children is this Friday (13th) as Nursery will be closed next week in preparation for the Autumn term.

Early finish Friday 20th July  Advance notice of the early closure on the last day of the school year.  We will be closing at 2pm on Friday 20th July and there will be no After School Club.

Year 6 Leavers Disco and Assembly  The Year 6 Leavers’ Disco is taking place next Wednesday 18th July from 2pm-4pm and the Year 6 Assembly is on Friday 20th July at 9am.  Details of these two events were sent home to parents at the end of last week.

Attendance The class with the highest percentage is Year 1 Blue with 100%. Well done to Year 1 Blue!  The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.5%.

Ramadan Fasting Only Years 5 and 6 children will be able to fast during the Ramadan period as we are unable to supervise the younger children at this time and would encourage parents to bear this in mind.

Olympic Traffic  Please ensure you allow sufficient time to get to school on time as there will be an impact on local traffic during the build-up to the Olympic Games.

1st day of Autumn Term  All children will be expected to return to school on Thursday 6th September.  Any parents whose children that are absent on the first two days of term will receive fines.

Parking Complaint  We have received a complaint from one of the residents of The Drive regarding inconsiderate parents/carers continuing to block driveways during the morning and afternoon, leaving their cars unattended.  Would the owners of the following vehicles please park in a safe and considerate place: Blue BMW registration number beginning MT08, a blue Renault LV06 FGX and a purple Ford Fiesta GN56 NRF.

CFA Cranbrook Fayre  We would like to thank the following businesses who donated their time or prizes to the school fayre and also the supplier of the oranges for sports day:

Barclays, for the 12 staff they provided and the match funding of £3,000 they donated for this event.

Shamim for donating her time on the Henna Stall.

Margaret’s Flowers/Sash Events for the raffle donation and their ongoing support to the school.

Inner Beauty, London Darbar and Premium Foods for their donations to the raffle.

Forest Farm at Fairlop for the oranges provided on Sports Day.

Highland Games  Cranbrook’s first ever Highland Games will take place on Wednesday 18th July from 3.15-4.30pm in the playground.  There will be lots of Scottish games and entertainment to raise money for VSO, an international development charity.  There will also be food and drinks provided by the CFA.

Lost Property  All items in the lost property containers will be on display in the main hall during Open School on Tuesday 17th July. Please visit the main hall to claim any of your missing items.

School Lettings Details:

Bollywood Fuzion Classes for Ladies (Letting) Bollywood Fuzion is a Bollywood dance and Zumba class and will be running in our Dance Studio each Wednesday from 4th July, 7:30—9:30pm and on Saturdays at 10am-11am.  Please contact Tasneem Hussain on 07830455823 for costs and details.

Summer Camp—Art & Craft, Dance and Fitness(Lettings) This is offered to boys and girls in Reception to Year 6 from Monday 13th August to Friday 17th August 2012 at 10am to 1pm. For further details please contact Archita Goenka on 07967 544402 or architagoenka29@gmail.com.

KEY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Thurs 12th July  Year 6 performance to parents at 2pm

Fri 13th July       Last day for nursery children

Tues 17th July    Whole School Exhibition

Wed 18th July    Year 6 Leavers Disco 2pm-4pm

Wed 18th July    Highland Games 3.15-4.30pm

Fri 20th July       Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly at 9am

Fri 20th July       Last day of term—finish at 2pm

Term dates for this year:

Summer 2012

11th June—23rd July 2012

Inset Days   23rd July 2012

Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept

Newsletter No 37 4th July 2012

Congratulations  Congratulations to Faraz Jahangir (2G) and Dharam Singh (2R) for achieving their gold awards.

Headteacher Awards  Headteacher Award’s were presented to Fahad Khan (1R) for excellent sketching and research, Antonia Arbova (4B) for being very kind and honest and Suleiman Malik-Singh (1R) for fantastic writing!

Congratulations to the following children who were our Olympic Champions on Sports Day:

KS1  1R Almas     1Y Abdul         1B Haajrah    1G  Gaby

        2R Riaz       2Y Kuwaysah  2B  Asim        2G Qasim

KS2  3R Jannat     3Y Daren        3B Maliha      3G Anita

        4R Vanesa    4Y Faizah       4B Kian         4G Aafia

        5R Sumaya  5G Fabiha

        6B Kasim      6Y Janat

Well done, children! 

Year 2 performance  A reminder that the Year 2 performance to parents is tomorrow (Thursday) at 2.15pm.

Coloured Assemblies  Please note that there will be NO coloured assemblies due to the Year 2 performance taking place.

Olympic Week  We had a really exciting Olympic Week and Mark (Olympic and PE Coordinator) and I would like to thank all the teachers for their contribution to such a successful week. The Olympic team of Mark, Ian, Chloe, Deniece, Priya, Paul and Pauline made it a week to remember for the school.  The Cranbrook Emissaries had a few words to say about Sports Day and the Closing Ceremony.

“At Sports Day I loved the variety of games that we played but I definitely needed my rest at the rest station.” Allay Rasul (Year 5 Red).

“I loved the shot put and the final sprint where I came second in the Year 5 and 6 race!” Chukwudi Okquone (5 Green).

“I really enjoyed the classes’ dance and they represented their chosen countries really well” Jordain Jhagroo-Bryan (4 Yellow).

“I loved the final KS1 and 2 song where we all sung together and the lighting of the Olympic Torch” Mariam Ghaloo (4 Green).

I am sure you will all agree it was a great week!

Attendance Figures for Last Week

RB        92%                 RG      93.8%

RR        87.9%              RY      96.6%

RW       97.7%             

Yr 1B    100%               Yr 1G  95.3%

Yr 1R    93.8%              Yr 1Y  95.9%

Yr 2B    97.6%              Yr 2G  93%

Yr 2R    97.6%              Yr 2Y  100%

Yr 3B    99.3%              Yr 3G  94%

Yr 3R    96.2%              Yr 3Y  99%

Yr 4B    97.3%              Yr 4G  92.7%

Yr 4R    98.1%              Yr 4Y  90.8%

Yr 5G   92%                 Yr 5R  95.3%  

Yr 6B    95.7%              Yr 6Y  96.7%

Attendance The classes with the highest percentages are Year 1 Blue and Year 2 Yellow  with 100%. Well done to both classes!  The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.5%.

CFA Cranbrook Fayre 2012 The Year Group Team Stall Challenge Results:

Most Tokens: 3rd Place Yr 4 with 285—£142.50, 2nd Place Yr 1 with 302—£151.00, 1st place Reception with 303—£151.50. Well done also to Year 2 who came 4th with a single stall who sold 276 tokens and raised £138.00.

Jas’ Choice goes to Year 1 for the most attractive stall and a special mention for Year 4 and the ‘Spongeathon’.

End of Year Reports  Reports will be sent home with your child on Friday 13th July as we are awaiting Year 6 SATs results.

Open School/Meet New Classteacher  Parents/Carers are invited to come into school on Tuesday 17th July at 3.30-4.15pm to view your child’s books and class work and also take this opportunity to meet your child’s new classteacher for next year.

Medicines and Asthma Pumps  Would parents/carers please check the expiry date on any medicines and/or asthma pumps that we have in school.  If out of date, please discard and arrange for new ones to be brought to school in September.

SILC Arts Festival Some of our children will be representing Cranbrook by dancing in the Ilford Ursuline Arts Festival this evening. We wish them good luck—an update will be provided next week.

Mountain Bike Display On Monday, the children enjoyed an exciting Mountain Bike display by the Mountain Bike Aerial Display team.Mad Mike and Jumping Joe performed stunts, tricks and undertook challenges while the children clapped and cheered them on.We have some wonderful photos which will be displayed on the new Travel Plan noticeboard.Thanks to Priya and Amanda for arranging this.

Travel Plan Noticeboard Please take a look at our new Travel Plan noticeboard in the School Reception.This includes a copy of our travel plan, our park and stride map, photos of the Mountain Bike display and, in the future, will feature information on cycle training, Dr Bike sessions and other events.

School Lettings Details:

Summer Camp—Art & Craft, Dance and Fitness(Lettings) This is offered to boys and girls in Reception to Year 6 from Monday 13th August to Friday 17th August 2012 at 10am to 1pm. For further details please contact Archita Goenka on 07967 544402 or architagoenka29@gmail.com.

11 Plus Selection Test Reminder Parents of year 5 pupils who would like their child to sit the 11+ selection test for grammar school are required to register for the test by Thursday 5^th July 2012. Registration can be carried out online by accessing the LBR website via www.redbridge.gov.uk and then clicking on the ‘register for 11 plus test’ tab and completing the form online or downloading the form. The 11+ selection test will take place this year on Monday 3^rd September 2012. 

Get on your bike this summer Redbridge residents are invited to get on their bike and take part in the free Skyride event taking place in the Borough this summer. The next event takes place at 10 am on Sunday 8^th July at Fairlop Water Clubhouse, Barkingside. The 35 minute 3.3 mile route is designed for all ages.You can register for the event and get information on all the other forthcoming Skyride events in the Borough by visiting The Go Skyride website

Summer Cycling Sessions in Redbridge Parks  If you enjoy riding your bike, come and join in the fun during the summer at various parks in Redbridge.  This event is free of charge for children and adults—all ages welcome.  For further information please contact 020 8708 3577 or 020 8708 3925 or email: highways.roadsafety@redbridge.gov.uk.

Wanstead Family Festival  The Wanstead Festival is taking place on Sunday 12th August on Christchurch Green, Wanstead High Street from 11am-5pm/  There’s fun for all the family.  The FREE cycling fun will include a novelty bike try-out area, a bike assault course, Dr Bike (a bike mechanic who will check, adjust and if possible fix your bike for FREE), plus much, much more!

Highland Games  Cranbrook’s first ever Highland Games will take place on Wednesday 18th July from 3.15-4.30pm in the playground.  There will be lots of food, games and entertainment to raise money for charity.  More details to follow next week.

Early finish Friday 20th July  Advance notice of the early closure on the last day of the school year.  We will be closing at 2pm on Friday 20th July and there will be no After School Club.

Key Dates for your Diary

Thurs 5th July    Year 2 performance to parents at  2.15pm

Wed 11th July    Reception Sports Day

Thurs 12th July  Year 6 performance

Fri 13th July       Last day for nursery children

Tues 17th July    Whole School Exhibition

Wed 18th July    Highland Games 3.15-4.30pm

Fri 20th July       Last day of term—finish at 2pm

Term dates for this year:

Summer 2012

11th June—23rd July 2012

Inset Days   23rd July 2012

Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept