Newsletter No 32 23rd May 2012

Congratulations  Congratulations to Sumaya Osman, Shoaib Ahmed (5R), Swati Singh (2G), Tyler George (2R) and Laiba Ali (2Y) for achieving their Gold Awards.

A Headteacher’s Award was also presented to Maya Mishkin and Sabah Jamil (4Y) for fantastic writing.

Cranbrook 2012 Fayre – It’s that time of year again! A letter with details and slips was sent home yesterday stating (1) tickets go on sale in the playground from Thurs 24^th May, 50p child and £1 adult   (2) volunteers to

help on the day to complete a slip and return to the Office and (3) anyone wanting to book a stall to complete a slip and return to the Office – stalls are £10 and cannot sell alcohol, livestock, fake goods, food or drink.  All money raised will fund the development of the garden area in the main playground, so that children can enjoy it for years to come.

I do hope you will support this forthcoming community event and join in the fun on 14th June.

Diamond Jubilee Week We are thoroughly looking forward to next week and our Jubilee celebrations.  Please support us with the following:

Monday 28th May:  Royal Costume Day.  For a donation of 50p children are invited to come into school dressed in King, Queen, Prince or Princess outfits.  All money raised will go towards the street party—due to take place on Wednesday.

Tuesday 29th May: Special Jubilee Lunch Menu

Wednesday 30th May: 

Cranbrook Street

Party in the playground.

Thursday 31st May: Street parade round the block in the afternoon.  If you do not wish for your child to participate please inform the classteacher in writing.  Please note, there will be no colour assemblies on this day.  Today will be a non-uniform day, there will be a red, white and blue theme as follows:

Reception: Red  Year 1: White     Year 2: Blue

Year 3:  Red      Year 4: White     Years 5 & 6: Blue

Friday 1st June:  Inset Day (School closed to pupils)

A week to remember!

Parent Governor Vacancy  We have a vacancy for a parent governor. All parents are eligible to apply and are requested to write to me outlining why you would be a good parent governor.  Please be aware that this role is voluntary and unpaid. If you are interested please collect a form from the school office. The deadline for completed forms is this Friday 25th May.

Diamond Jubilee Lunch On Tuesday 29th May the catering staff ISS will be doing a special lunch menu for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The menu will be a hot buffet menu comprising of BBQ Drumsticks, Margarita pizza or Nachos with salsa and sour cream, carrot and cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes, cajun potato wedges, fruit bar, fresh bread, then ice-cream or Victoria sponge finger. The price will be as normal £1.99. 

Transition Information Session for Year 5 Parents We would like to invite all of our year 5 parents to our secondary school transition information session. This is a very important meeting which will take place on Tuesday 19^th June from 9am – 11am. We will discuss the secondary school application process and how we at Cranbrook can support you. You will also meet the head of year 7 from Valentines Secondary School who can answer any of your questions about life in Secondary School. There will be refreshments available on the day as well as information and freebies from the LBR travel team. Please ensure that you try to attend.

Boot Sale  On 30th June there will be a Boot Sale taking place in the playground for the local community.  Please look out for further information in forthcoming newsletters.

Travel during the Olympic Games Have you thought about your travel plans during the Olympics?You can find out about if the stations or lines you use will be affected along with advice on other options by visiting GetAheadoftheGames.com.This covers tube, DLR, London overground and national rail services during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Park and Stride Map As part of our School Travel Plan, we are trying to encourage more children to walk or cycle to school and to reduce car congestion around the school. have developed a Park and Stride map which has 3 concentric circles showing the distance of a 5, 10 and 15 walk. If you live within or just outside of the green ring (15 minutes), please consider walking your child to school. If you drive to school, please consider parking a short distance from the school (blue ring) and walking the last ten minutes. once a week will make a big difference.The map is displayed in Reception and around the school or you can request a copy from the School Office.

Attendance Figures for Last Week

RB        91.3%             RG      96.6%

RR        98.6%              RY      79.3%

RW       95.2%             

Yr 1B    98%                 Yr 1G  95.7%

Yr 1R    97.2%              Yr 1Y  90.3%

Yr 2B    96%                 Yr 2G  94.6%

Yr 2R    97.2%              Yr 2Y  94.3%

Yr 3B    99.3%              Yr 3G  99.3%

Yr 3R    98%                 Yr 3Y  97.9%

Yr 4B    97.3%              Yr 4G  89.7%

Yr 4R    93.8%              Yr 4Y  96.3%

Yr 5G   95.3%              Yr 5R  98.7%  

Yr 6B    99.3%              Yr 6Y  98.7%

Attendance The classes with the highest percentage are Year 3 Blue, Year 3 Green and Year 6 Blue all with 99.3%! Well done all 3 classes!  The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.6%.

Ladies only Zumba classes Zumba classes are held at Cranbrook School every Tuesday from 4.30 – 5.30pm in the dance studio. Classes cost £5 per session. Discounts are available for block bookings. Zumba is a latin inspired dance fitness programme combining salsa, meringue, soca, flamenco, bollywood and belly dancing. Anyone over the age of 16 is welcome to come along to keep fit and have fun!

Parent Volunteer Raising Money for Leukemia —One of our parents will be giving out leaflets in the car park to encourage support for this very worthwhile cause.

Key dates for your Diary:

w/c 28th May                 Diamond Jubilee Week

Fri 1st  June                Inset Day (school closed to pupils)

4th June—8th June         Half Term

Mon 11th June                School re-opens

Thurs 14th June             Cranbrook 2012 Fayre

18th June-22nd June       Year 6 Glasbury Residential trip

Tues 19th June               Transition Information Session for Yr 5 parents

Tues 26th June               KS2 Sports Day AM

                                    KS1 Sports Day PM

Thurs 5th July                Year 2 performance

Thurs 12th July              Year 6 performance

Fri 13th July                   Last day for nursery children

Mon 16th July                 Whole School Exhibition

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

Term dates for this year:

Summer 2012

16th April—1st June 2012

Half term break 4th June—8th June 2012

11th June—23rd July 2012

Inset Days   1st June 2012

                   23rd July 2012

Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept

Newsletter No 31 16th May 2012

Congratulations  Congratulations to Maha (2G), Aaliah and Mehreen (2R), Emre and Lina (3R), Raunelle (3Y), Isabella (4R) and Sabah (4Y) for achieving their Gold Awards.

A Headteacher’s Award was also presented to Hannah (1Y) for excellent maths work.

I am proud to announce that at the Megafinds Chess Tournament held in Basildon on Sunday, Aditya Verma (3R) qualified to go through to the next stage of the competition—the Gigafinals.

Well done to Naval Agrawal (6Y), Shuhan Ali (6Y) and Subhan Patel (6B) for performing well.

A great big well done to our football team with their 6-1 win against Mossford Primary School. Goalscorers were Santana (2), Amas (2), Lawrence (1) and Zhoobin (1) who scored on his very first appearance for Cranbrook.

Cranbrook 2012 Fayre Come along to our 2012 Fayre on Thursday 14th June from 3.15-5.30pm.  There will be a range of stalls, activities and refreshments.  You won’t want to miss it!! Tickets will be sold in advance, so look out for the newsletter from the Committee.

Arts Mark Award  Cranbrook recently put forward an application for the Arts Mark Award, which is a nationally recognized award for celebrating all types of art at school.  We are delighted to receive news that we’ve obtained this award. Another logo will soon appear on our letterhead.  Well done to Junaida and the Arts team for this achievement!

Year 6 trip to Glasbury  There will be a meeting for Year 6 parents whose children are going to Glasbury in June, next Tuesday 22nd May at 9.15am in the small hall. Parents, please make every effort to attend.

School Lunch Arrears Would parents/carers please make sure that their lunch arrears are paid in full by the end of this week at the latest.  If you cannot pay for your child’s school lunch then you will be asked to provide a packed lunch until the arrears have been settled. School dinners must be paid for in advance.

Fruit Tuck Shop—As part of our drive to continually develop Cranbrook as a healthy school, we are keen to start a fruit tuck shop for Key Stage 2 children.  Our trial week begins on Tuesday 22nd May 2012.  A letter with all the details will reach you before the end of the week.

Railings  From Monday 21st May the council will be erecting safety barriers at the front of the school.  Please take extra care while this work is being carried out.

Fire Alarm—routine at the end of the day  The alarm was accidentally set off after school last Friday.  Parents please note that if this happens, you are required to move away from the building towards the fence, so that classteachers can reach the assembly points for checking their classes.  Children who have already been dismissed, will be the parent’s responsibility.

Parent Governor Vacancy  We have a vacancy for a parent governor. All parents are eligible to apply and are requested to write to me outlining why you would be a good parent governor.  Please be aware that this role is voluntary and unpaid. If you are interested please collect a form from the school office.

Diamond Jubilee Lunch On Tuesday 29th May the catering staff ISS will be doing a special lunch menu for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The menu will be a hot buffet menu comprising of BBQ Drumsticks, Margarita pizza or Nachos with salsa and sour cream, carrot and cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes, cajun potato wedges, fruit bar, fresh bread, then ice-cream or Victoria sponge finger. The price will be as normal £1.99.  Please send in the money to school in the normal way if you wish your child to have school lunch on that day.

Parents going into toilets with children  It has come to my notice that some parents are entering the children’s toilets after school when their child needs to go.  For Safeguarding all pupils, this is not acceptable and should not occur—ever!

Transition Information Session for Year 5 Parents We would like to invite all of our year 5 parents to our secondary school transition information session. This is a very important meeting which will take place on Tuesday 19^th June from 9am – 11am. We will discuss the secondary school application process and how we at Cranbrook can support you. You will also meet the head of year 7 from Valentines Secondary School who can answer any of your questions about life in Secondary School. There will be refreshments available on the day as well as information and freebies from the LBR travel team. Please ensure that you try to attend.

Cranbrook Family Art Course Cranbrook School would like to invite parents, grandparents and their children to come along to our family art course where you will have an opportunity to learn with your children and grandchildren, develop your artistic skills and have lots of fun. The course is free and will run for 4 weeks from Thursday 21^st June until Thursday 12^th July. The course will take place every Thursday from 3.30pm – 5pm. A certificate will be awarded at the end of the course.

If you are interested please call in to the school office to put your name on the waiting list or telephone 020 8 518 2562 to reserve a place.

Smoking in the playground  As a public building the school site including the playground is a non-smoking area.  Parents, please refrain from smoking on our site.

Attendance Figures for Last Week

RB        90.8%             RG      93.1%

RR        97.3%              RY      93.1%

RW       84.5%             

Yr 1B    93.3%              Yr 1G  94.2%

Yr 1R    98.3%              Yr 1Y  94%

Yr 2B    90.4%              Yr 2G  96.7%

Yr 2R    93.1%              Yr 2Y  95%

Yr 3B    92.5%              Yr 3G  95%

Yr 3R    97.5%              Yr 3Y  100%

Yr 4B    98.3%              Yr 4G  90.1%

Yr 4R    86.2%              Yr 4Y  90%

Yr 5G   96.7%              Yr 5R  95.8%  

Yr 6B    98.3%              Yr 6Y  99.2%

Attendance The class with the highest percentage is Year 3 Yellow with 100%! Well done Year 3 Yellow!  The overall percentage for the whole school was 94.3%.

Lost Keys  Some keys have been found in the playground and handed into the office.  Please contact the office if you think these might belong to you.

Diamond Jubilee Week

Monday 28th May:  Royal Costume Day.  Children are invited to come into school dressed in King, Queen, Prince or Princess outfits.

Tuesday 29th May: Special Jubilee Lunch Menu

Wednesday 30th May:  Cranbrook Street Party in the playground.

Thursday 31st May: Street parade round the block in the afternoon.

A week to remember!

Key dates for your diary:

w/c 14th May                 Year 6 SATs week

w/c 21st May                 Year 2 SATs week

Tues 22nd May               Glasbury Meeting for Yr 6 parents

w/c 28th May                 Diamond Jubilee Week

Fri 1st  June                Inset Day (school closed to pupils)

4th June—8th June         Half Term

Thurs 14th June             Cranbrook 2012 Fayre

18th June-22nd June       Year 6 Glasbury Residential trip

Tues 19th June               Transition Information Session for Yr 5 parents

Tues 26th June               KS2 Sports Day AM

                                    KS1 Sports Day PM

Thurs 5th July                Year 2 performance

Thurs 12th July              Year 6 performance

Fri 13th July                   Last day for nursery children

Mon 16th July                 Whole School Exhibition

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

Term dates for this year:

Summer 2012

16th April—1st June 2012

Half term break 4th June—8th June 2012

11th June—23rd July 2012

Inset Days   1st June 2012

                   23rd July 2012

Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept

Newsletter No 30 9th May 2012

Congratulations  Congratulations to Alisha Mahmud (2R) and Tahir Omar (4R) for achieving their Gold Awards. Well done children!

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 during next week beginning 14th May. Please note if your child is not in school, you will receive a call and be asked to bring him/her in.  Please also note the writing paper will take place during week beginning  11th June.  Children must be in school for these tests.

E-safety reminder for parents  Once again, I would urge all parents to take note of what websites or social networking sites your child is accessing at home, to ensure that their use of the internet is safe.

CFA Summer Fayre  Come along to our Summer Fayre on Thursday 14th June from 3.15-5.30pm.  There will be fun and laughter!  If any parents would like to support us and run a stall, please leave your details with the school office.

Year 2 SATs  Year 2 SATs will take place during this month.  However, the timetable is not as intense as Year 6, as the teachers will plan to test the children in small groups or on a one to one basis.

Racist Incident Monitoring You may be aware that all schools are required to monitor, record and respond to any incidents of racism.  Whilst I am pleased to inform that this is a rare occurrence at Cranbrook, sadly we have once again had a child and his family very distressed by being told that he was not invited to a party because he does not follow the same religion.  I take this type of incident very seriously and would question where the origin of such thoughts come from.  Please see below the school’s stance on racism.

Inclusion Statement 

We, the adults and children at Cranbrook Primary School, embrace every member of our community and their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, physical and mental ability, beliefs etc.  We recognise all that they contribute to the school.  Every person is unique and brings varying life experiences, beliefs and cultures. They positively add to the rich learning environment of our community.  We will respect, value and learn from all of these, ensuring that we treat everyone as we would wish to be treated.  This will uphold the Cranbrook Values of:

Respect

Excellence

Equality

Friendship

Courage

Determination

Inspiration

We will challenge any individual or group who does not support this ethos.  If we fully encompass the diversity of Cranbrook Primary School our children today will develop a broad outlook on life which will impact positively on their future tomorrow.

Attendance Figures for Last Week

RB        91.3%            RG      94.1%

RR        90%                RY      93.8%

RW      87.4%            

Yr 1B   95.3%             Yr 1G  90.7%

Yr 1R   98.6%             Yr 1Y  95.5%

Yr 2B   92%                Yr 2G  98%

Yr 2R   95.9%             Yr 2Y  94.7%

Yr 3B   96.7%             Yr 3G  98%

Yr 3R   96.3%             Yr 3Y  95.2%

Yr 4B   97.3%             Yr 4G  95.2%

Yr 4R   96.6%             Yr 4Y  92.7%

Yr 5G  96%                Yr 5R  95.3%

Yr 6B   100%              Yr 6Y  90%

Attendance The class with the highest percentage is Year 6 Blue  with 100%! Well done Year 6 Blue!  The overall percentage for the whole school was 94.8%.

Key dates for your diary:

11th May                       Year 5 trip to Hyde Hall

w/c 14th May                 Year 6 SATs week

w/c 21st May                 Year 2 SATs week

Tues 22nd May               Glasbury Meeting for Yr 6 parents

w/c 28th May                 Diamond Jubilee Week

Fri 1st June                    Inset Day (school closed to pupils)

4th June—8th June         Half Term

Thurs 14th June             CFA Event—Community Fair

18th June-22nd June       Year 6 Glasbury Residential trip

Tues 26th June               KS2 Sports Day AM

                                    KS1 Sports Day PM

Thurs 5th July                Year 2 performance

Thurs 12th July              Year 6 performance

Fri 13th July                   Last day for nursery children

Mon 16th July                 Whole School Exhibition

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

Term dates for this year:

Summer 2012

16th April—1st June 2012

Half term break 4th June—8th June 2012

11th June—23rd July 2012

Inset Days   1st June 2012

                   23rd July 2012

Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept

Newsletter No 29 2nd May 2012

Congratulations Congratulations to Ria Bhalla (4R), Anisah Mahmood (5R) and Harjot Singh (6B), Maddie Bowsher and Taha Amin (2R) for achieving their Gold Awards. Well done to Usman Ahmed (RY) who has been training very hard for the last 2 years at the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club and will soon be participating in tournaments!

Well done children!

Year 6 SATs I would remind all year 6 parents to ensure that their child attends regularly this term. Most of the tests will be carried out during week beginning 14th May. However, please note the writing paper will take place during week beginning 11th June. Children must be in school for these tests.

Attendance Figures for Last Week

RB 96.7% RG 95.2%

RR 95% RY 88.7%

RW 93.7%

Yr 1B 98.7% Yr 1G 90%

Yr 1R 95.9% Yr 1Y 92.8%

Yr 2B 94.7% Yr 2G 98.7%

Yr 2R 98.6% Yr 2Y 96%

Yr 3B 97.2% Yr 3G 98.7%

Yr 3R 95.3% Yr 3Y 99.3%

Yr 4B 98% Yr 4G 94.8%

Yr 4R 93.1% Yr 4Y 91.3%

Yr 5G 100% Yr 5R 94.3%

Yr 6B 98% Yr 6Y 96.7%

Attendance The class with the highest percentage is Year 5 Green with 100%! Well done Year 5 Green! The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.7%.

Year 2 SATs Year 2 SATs will take place during this month. However, the timetable is not as intense as Year 6.

Year 1 Phonics Test You may be aware from information that we have provided previously that Year 1 pupils will be tested on their phonic skills. This is a new national test that has been introduced this year. The test will be carried out during week beginning 18th June.

Dress Up Clothes We would be very grateful for hats, old handbags, dress up clothes etc for our Early Years children. If your child has outgrown their old ‘Disney clothes’ please donate to Nursery and/or Reception

Parent’s Feedback Thank you to all parents who placed comments in the Parent’s Suggestion box and on the whiteboards at Open School. We have shared these with staff and thank you for your continued support of the school. More merits and awards are being shared in assemblies.

Parking Workshop Many thanks to those parents who attended the Police Safer Parking Workshop on Tuesday morning. The feedback was very encouraging and we will be running this event again. The Police expressed their concern that 50% of the adults and children arriving at our school in cars were not wearing seatbelts. Seatbelts save lives so please make this a rule in your car. The Police will be visiting us regularly to enforce the law on seatbelts.

Diamond Jubilee Week Please note that the week of 28th May will be ‘Diamond Jubilee Week’ at Cranbrook Primary School. Watch this space for more details of non-uniform day, lunch parties, a parade and other exciting events.

Jubilee/Afternoon Tea Party A Jubilee/Afternoon Tea party is being organised by the local Neighbourhood Watch Team for the 27th May 2012 at the Frenford Club. The event is open to all in the neighbourhood, so family and friends are welcome. There will be a charge on the door of £1 per adult, children free entry. A Neighbourhood Watch newsletter will be printed in the next few weeks with further information.

School Council Charity Bake Sale After the success of the last cake sale, the school council members have organised a bake sale to raise money for a chosen charity. The sale is being held after school TODAY in the small hall. Whether freshly prepared or donated, all the cakes will be utterly delicious, so come along and treat yourself! (Make sure you bring your small change).

Key Dates for your Diary:

Mon 7th May Bank Holiday (school closed)
w/c 14th May Year 6 SATs week
w/c 21st May Year 2 SATs week
Tues 22nd May Glasbury Meeting for Yr 6 parents
w/c 28th May Diamond Jubilee Week
Fri 1st June Inset Day (school closed to pupils)
4th June—8th June Half Term
Thurs 14th June CFA Event—Community Fair
18th June-22nd June Year 6 Glasbury Residential trip
Tues 26th June KS2 Sports Day AM
KS1 Sports Day PM
Thurs 5th July Year 2 performance
Thurs 12th July Year 6 performance
Fri 13th July Last day for nursery children
Mon 16th July Whole School Exhibition
Fri 20th July Last day of term—finish at 2pm

Term dates for this year:

Summer 2012
16th April—1st June 2012
Half term break 4th June—8th June 2012
11th June—23rd July 2012
Inset Days 1st June 2012
               23rd July 2012

Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept

Newsletter No 28 25th April 2012

Congratulations Congratulations to Jamaal Mamsa, Qasim Javaid (2G), Soumya Agrawal (3G) for achieving their Gold Awards. Headteacher’s Awards were also presented to the following children: Abdurraheem Shoaib (RG) for good speaking and relationships with other children. Alvi Hussain and Sami Mohammed (3Y) for good work in all subjects. Maya Michelak, Aleena Khawaja and Nicole Rozycka (1B) for great use of phonics and reading a challenging book and to Rianna Barton (1B) for brilliant maths work. Well done children!

Attendance Figures for Last Week

RB 94.7% RG 92.4% RR 92.9% RY 91.7% RRB 94.4%
Yr 1B 95.3% Yr 1G 71% Yr 1R 92.1% Yr 1Y 88.6%
Yr 2B 92.3% Yr 2G 94.7% Yr 2R 97.9% Yr 2Y 93.7%
Yr 3B 98.6% Yr 3G 87.7% Yr 3R 91.3% Yr 3Y 98.6%
Yr 4B 94.7% Yr 4G 93.8% Yr 4R 92.4% Yr 4Y 89.9%
Yr 5G 90% Yr 5R 96% Yr 6B 98% Yr 6Y 91.3%

Attendance The classes with the highest percentage are Year 3 Blue and Year 3 Yellow with 98.6%! Well done to both classes! The overall percentage for the whole school was 92.5%.
PLEASE work with us to improve this to at least 95%!

Class Information Meetings A reminder to parents that the class information meeting for Year 4 is tomorrow (Thursday) and will be taking place at 9-9.30am, providing you with information about this term’s learning theme for your child’s class. Please make every effort to attend.

Open School As usual, I would like to invite all parents and carers to walk through the school and look at your child’s class books on Monday 30th April 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.

Jubilee/Afternoon Tea Party A Jubilee/Afternoon Tea party is being organised by the local Neighbourhood Watch Team for the 27th May 2012 at the Frenford Club. The event is open to all in the neighbourhood, so family and friends are welcome. There will be a charge on the door for £1 per adult, children free entry. A Neighbourhood Watch newsletter will be printed in the next few weeks with further information.

Disabled Parking Bays Please only park in the disabled parking bays if you have a disabled blue sticker.

School Council Charity Bake Sale After the success of the last cake sale, the school council members have organised a bake sale to raise money for a chosen charity. The sale will be held after school on Wednesday 2nd May 2012 in the small hall. Most of the cakes on sale will be prepared during the day, however we would also welcome any cake donations. If you would like to donate a cake, please give it to your child’s teacher by the morning of Wednesday 2nd May. Whether freshly prepared or donated, all the cakes will be utterly delicious, so come along and treat yourself! (Make sure you bring your small change)

CFA Table Top Sale We are glad to inform you that the Valentines Park branch of Barclays Bank have match-funded the money raised at the Table Top Sale meaning that the event raised almost £1,000. Thank you Barclays!

Choir for Years 4,5 and 6 Choir for years 4, 5 and 6 is being held every Friday from 3.15-4.15pm starting this Friday 27th April and will be working on songs that will lead to a performance at school in the summer term. If your child enjoys singing, is prepared to work hard and would like to be a part of Cranbrook choir, please collect a form from the school office and return by Friday morning (27th April).

Collection of children after clubs Please note that to improve our security, children will need to be collected from the link doorway. Therefore, parents will need to come to the main school gate.

Police Presentation/Parking Workshop All parents/carers are invited to attend this workshop. This will be taking place next Tuesday 1st May at 9am and will be addressing the major ongoing issues we have at Cranbrook, these will include keeping your children safe whilst driving to and from school, safe parking in the vicinity of schools and the use of seat belt restraints. Please make every effort to attend what should be a valuable session.

Dates for your diary:
Thurs 26th April Year 4 (please note rescheduled date) Class Information Session
Mon 30th April Open School 3.30-4.15pm
Tues 1st May Police Presentation/Workshop 9am
Mon 7th May Bank Holiday (school closed)
w/c 14th May Year 6 SATs week
w/c 21st May Year 2 SATs week
Tues 22nd May Glasbury Meeting for Yr 6 parents
w/c 28th May Diamond Jubilee Week
Fri 1st June Inset Day (school closed to pupils)
4th June—8th June Half Term Thurs 14th June
CFA Event—Community Fair
18th June-22nd June Year 6 Glasbury Residential trip
Tues 26th June KS2 Sports Day AM KS1 Sports Day PM
Thurs 5th July Year 2 performance
Thurs 12th July Year 6 performance
Fri 13th July Last day for nursery children
Mon 16th July Whole School Exhibition
Fri 20th July Last day of term—finish at 2pm

Term dates for this year:
Summer 2012 16th April—1st June 2012
Half term break 4th June—8th June 2012
11th June—23rd July 2012
Inset Days 1st June 2012 23rd July 2012
Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept

Newsletter No 27 18th April 2012

Welcome back! I would welcome you all back and hope you had a good Easter break and are now looking forward to the term ahead, as we certainly are.
Congratulations Congratulations to Allaya Rasul of 5R for achieving her Gold Award. Well done, Allaya.

Royal Albert Hall Well done also to all the children in Years 5 and 6 who represented Cranbrook at the recent Choral Festival at the Albert Hall. We had the pleasure of watching a magical performance in this fantastic venue where over 2000 Redbridge pupils performed. Many thanks to all the staff who supported this event.

Attendance Figures for Last Week
RB 89% RG 89.3%
RR 90% RY 89.7%
RRB 91.3%
Yr 1B 94.3% Yr 1G 93.1%
Yr 1R 85.7% Yr 1Y 91.7%
Yr 2B 95% Yr 2G 93.3%
Yr 2R 95.9% Yr 2Y 96.7%
Yr 3B 92.9% Yr 3G 92%
Yr 3R 86.7% Yr 3Y 100%
Yr 4B 91% Yr 4G 91.4%
Yr 4R 85.3% Yr 4Y 93.2%
Yr 5G 93.3% Yr 5R 87.7%
Yr 6B 88.3% Yr 6Y 93.3%

Attendance The class with the highest percentage is Year 3 Yellow with 100%! Well done to Year 3 Yellow! The overall percentage for the whole school was 91.6%.
PLEASE work with us to improve this to at least 95%!

Class Information Meetings A reminder to parents that the class information meetings are continuing to take place at 9-9.30am, providing you with information about this term’s learning theme for your child’s class.
Please make every effort to attend. The dates for each year group are as follows:

Thu 19th April Years 5 and 6
Fri 20th April Year 2
Mon 23rd April Reception
Tue 24th April Year 1
Thurs 26th April Year 4 (please note rescheduled date)

Clubs Letters allocating clubs will be sent out by the end of the week. Clubs run by the school will begin next week starting on Monday 23rd April. Walking club will begin week beginning 30th April. Children should ask Sheena (5R) if they wish to join in as this club is run at lunchtime.

Open School As usual, I would like to invite all parents and carers to walk through the school and look at your child’s class books on Monday 30th April 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.

CFA Table Top Sale Thanks to all the CFA Committee and Helen, Beverley and Stephen for their excellent organisation. We raised £473.22 and enjoyed a lovely afternoon.

Colour Assemblies Please note that there is a change of time for the Red and Yellow Classes assembly every Thursday. The assembly will now start at 2.40pm.

Healthy Lunches We have seen a real decline in the quality of some packed lunches, the worst ones being items such as a packet of chocolate biscuits and nothing else! Please help your child by ensuring that there is a balance of nutrients within the meal provided. Healthy suggestions include— fruit, yoghurts, sandwich, wraps, salad, etc.
Remember– High sugar = poor behaviour = poor progress.

Class Photos The photographers will be in school next Wednesday 25th April to take class photos. Please make sure that your child comes to school in full school uniform.

St. George’s Day Children are invited to come into school on Monday 23rd April wearing red and white in celebration of St. George’s Day for a donation of £1. We will also be donating some of the money towards a charity organised by a local Mosque to support a young girl to walk again.


Dates for your Diary:
Class Information Sessions:
Thurs 19th April Years 5/6
Fri 20th April Year 2
Mon 23rd April Reception
Tues 24th April Year 1
Thurs 26th April Year 4 (please note rescheduled date)
Fri 20th April Family Numeracy Course
Mon 23rd April Non-uniform day St George’s Day (Red and White)/Fund-raising
Weds 25th April Class Photos
Mon 30th April Open School 3.30-4.15pm


Term dates for this year:
Summer 2012
16th April—1st June 2012
Half term break 4th June—8th June 2012
11th June—23rd July 2012
Inset Days
1st June 2012
23rd July 2012
Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept

Newsletter No 26 28th March 2012

Congratulations Congratulations to Jayden Jacobus of 1 Blue and Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw of 2 Red for achieving their Gold Awards and to Maddie Bowsher 2Red for completing the mile run for Sport Relief at the weekend and raising £64.00. Well done to Jayden, Sofiya and Maddie!

St Patricks Non-Uniform Day We raised £242.85 on non-uniform day. Thank you to all who contributed.

Attendance Figures for Last Week
RB 93% RG 97.3%
RR 96% RY 97%
Yr 1B 91.3% Yr 1G 94.5%
Yr 1R 96.3% Yr 1Y 96.7%
Yr 2B 93.3% Yr 2G 97%
Yr 2R 98% Yr 2Y 100%
Yr 3B 96.4% Yr 3G 92.7%
Yr 3R 92% Yr 3Y 96.9%
Yr 4B 94% Yr 4G 95.3%
Yr 4R 93.3% Yr 4Y 96.7%
Yr 5G 96% Yr 5R 87%
Yr 6B 95.3% Yr 6Y 92.3%

Attendance The class with the highest percentage is Year 2 Yellow with 100%! Well done to Year 2 Yellow! The overall percentage for the whole school was 94.9%. 5 Red, we need to see a big improvement after Easter!

CFA Table Top Sale Please don’t forget to come along to the Table Top Sale tomorrow 29th March from 3.15-5.15pm. As we are enjoying such good weather this will take place in the playground. There will be a Cranbrook Stall selling new school uniform dresses for £3 each in various sizes and we will also have a Cranbrook Stall selling ‘nearly new’ Canon Printers for £10 each. Look out for the School Council’s Easter Egg Tombola at the sale.

Design an Easter Bonnet All entries for the Easter Bonnet competition should be brought to school tomorrow (Thursday). The entry fee is 50p and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winning entries will be announced in assembly on Friday 30th March and presented with prizes.

Nursery Applications If you have children born between 01/09/2008-31/08/2009 who you would like to be considered for a Nursery place in September please come into the school office to fill in an application form as soon as possible if you have not done so already.

Coloured Assemblies Please note there will be no coloured assemblies this week due to the CFA Table Top Event.

Bike Marking Event The Redbridge Safer Transport Team have organised bike marking events in partnership with Halfords. This will be taking place on the dates below at Halfords on Chadwell Heath High Road next door to Smyths. Come along and get your bike marked and registered for free! Log onto www.met.police.uk/teams/transportne/redbridge/ for further information.
The bike marking events will take place on:
Saturday 7th April 2012 (12pm–3pm)
Saturday 28th April 2012 (12pm-3pm)
Saturday 19th May 2012 (12pm-3pm)

Car Park and Field There still seems to be some parents who are continuing to be inconsiderate to other parents, the driver of a silver 4x4 WV11 FZZ drove the wrong way round the car park causing congestion and putting the safety of the children at risk! Also, please do not cut through the playing field to Wanstead Lane. This is private property and you are eligible for prosecution if you are found there without permission!

Class Information Meetings These begin on Tuesday 17th April with Year 4 and will take place at 9-9.30am, providing you with information about next term’s learning theme for your child’s class. Please make every effort to attend. The dates for other year groups are as follows:
Wed 18th April Year 3
Thu 19th April Years 5 and 6
Fri 20th April Year 2
Mon 23rd April Reception
Tue 24th April Year 1

Dinner Money Arrears All dinner money arrears need to be paid in full by tomorrow (Thursday) as we need to bring our account with ISS up to date. If you are still in arrears after the Easter Holidays please provide your child with a packed lunch.

After School Club Please note that there will be no After School Club provision this Friday 30th March.

Nursery Easter Open Session Thank you to all those parents who came along to join in with some of the activities in the Nursery at their Open session yesterday. It was a lovely atmosphere and great to be able to share with you your child’s Nursery experience. It was also wonderful for the children themselves to have their parents and carers join in with them at school. Look out for future open sessions for you to come along. With thanks from Caren and her Nursery team.

Staffing Update I will hope you will all join me in wishing Mark Hemsley all the best for his Interim Headship at Wanstead Church School for the Summer Term. We look forward to his return in September to his substantive post as Deputy Headteacher. We also look forward to Julia Davis’ return from maternity leave on 16th April. Sadly, we say ‘farewell’ to Clare Woolley who will be leaving to take up a new position. We wish you well Clare.

As this is the last newsletter before the end of term, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a good Easter Break and look forward to seeing you all when the school re-opens on Monday 16th April.

Thur 29th Mar— Queen’s visit to Redbridge
Thur 29th Mar- CFA Event—Indoor Boot Sale
Fri 30th Mar- Last day of term
Mon 16th April—School re-opens
Class Information Sessions:
Tues 17th April Year 4
Wed 18th April Year 3
Thurs 19th April Years 5/6
Fri 20th April Year 2
Mon 23rd April Reception
Tues 24th April Year 1
Fri 20th April—Family Numeracy Course
Weds 25th April—Class Photos

Term dates for this year:
Spring 2012
20th Feb-30th March 2012
Easter Holidays 2nd April-13th April 2012
School re-opens on Monday 16th April 2012
Summer 2012
16th April—1st June 2012
Half term break 4th June—8th June 2012
11th June—23rd July 2012
Inset Days
1st June 2012
23rd July 2012
Autumn Term starts on Thursday 6th Sept