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

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter No. 27 24th April 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Hafsah Mahal, Alveena Waheed, Kaysah Mahmood, Kristen Caynes, Nojus Matekonis, Dilpreet Singh, Lorenzo Siwak, Zara Ross-Sattar, Talis Mishkin, Ishtarth Katageri, Mahliqa Zubair, Aariz Ashraf, Nicholas Vatafu, Zayna Sheikh, Jeyashanthan Saravanan, Yetunde Fadojutimi, Lina Khemili, Yasin Khan, Reijay Fenton, Owen Bailey, Sanaa Khanna, Viria Quifica Da Silva, Rohan Thakker and Qasim Hafeez.

Gold Awards and a book were received by: Taha Chowdhury, Anisha Ahmed, Urooje Wahid, Qasim Hafeez, Rajvir Paul, Ria Bhalla, Tahir Omar, Rayaan Ali, Jamil Rahman, Raheim Reid, Layla Khan-Ringshaw, Yusuf Ahmed, Goncalo Martins, Sai Gadhvi, Alisha Mahmud, Noholi Nistha and Dua Sheikh.

‘Mathlete’ Awards were received by: Raheim Reid, Maleeka Ejaz, Oasis Ahmed, Azaan Hafeez, Adam Salman, Princess Alloh, Muhammad Rehaan Lon, Naziya Bibi, Jawad Islam, Tasneem Delawala, Sofia Khan, Nathan Donovan, Arjun Mann, Humza Aslam-Jamil and Aleena Ali.

Well done to all of you!

Class Information Sessions The remaining class information sessions are taking place at 9am on the dates listed below. These meetings will provide you with information about this term’s learning theme for your child’s class and will take place in the main hall.
Thursday 25th April - Year 1
Friday 26th April - Reception

Colour Assemblies Please note that there will be no assembly this week as there will be information sessions running in the hall. Colour assemblies will resume as normal next week on
Thursday 2nd May as follows:
9.10am Green classes (main hall), Blue & Rainbow classes (dance studio)
2.40pm Yellow classes (dance studio) Red classes (main hall)

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue 97.7%          Yr 3B 93.7%

Rec Green 92.7%        Yr 3G 93%

Rec Red 91.8%           Yr 3R 95.7%

Rec Yellow 96%         Yr 3Y 91%

Yr 1B 89.6%               Yr 4B 89%

Yr 1G 94.3%              Yr 4G 91.3%

Yr 1R 93.3%               Yr 4R 95.7%

Yr 1Y 91.2%               Yr 4Y 94.6%

Yr 1Ra 85.5%             Yr 5B 97%

Yr 2B 94.2%               Yr 5G 89.3%

Yr 2G 91%                  Yr 5R 90.3%

Yr 2R 90.7%               Yr 5Y 88%

Yr 2Y 84.3%               Yr 6G 90%

Yr 6R 96.7%

Attendance Well done to Reception Blue who achieved 97.7%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 92.2%. This percentage is still below our target of at least 95%. Let’s work together to get the percentage back up!

Attendance & Punctuality Please note that the school gate closes at 9.05am which is the same time as the closing of class registers. If you arrive later than this with your child you must go to the main office. This is to ensure that all children are registered for safety and legal reasons.

Absences During Term Time Please remember any holidays taken during school time will not be authorised by the Headteacher. The Local Authority will issue a fine (per child) of £60 which will increase to £120, if not paid within 28 days.

Warm Weather Please make sure that during the warm weather your child brings a suitable sunhat and has sun cream applied before coming to school. They may also bring a water bottle and should shelter in the shade regularly.

Girls Football Team The Cranbrook girls football team played against Glade Primary School on Monday and won 7– 0! The girls showed great teamwork and we are very proud of their achievement.

Bike Security Marking We are hosting a bike security marking session in the playground on Friday 26th April. Bikes will be marked with a unique reference number and will be logged by the Police Safer Transport Team who could trace the owner, if the bike were stolen. Please bring your bike into school in the morning and attach a label with your name, address and telephone number. Bikes should be left within the fenced outdoor gym area.

Transition Information Parents will be able to register their child for the Redbridge Grammar School 11 plus selection test from Monday 13th May 2013. Guidelines for registering will be available on the London Borough of Redbridge 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 as follows:

Tuesday 25th June from 6.30-9pm - Ilford County High School
Thursday 27th June from 6-8pm - Woodford County High School

A transition information session will be held at Cranbrook Primary School on Wednesday 19th June from 9.15-10.30am for all Y5 parents to discuss the secondary school application process.

School Uniform Rupens Schoolwear are currently offering the following promotion on school wear:

3 summer polo shirts of the same size for £17.00 (all sizes) single at £9.00 each (price per size applies).
3 summer dresses of the same size for £12.00 (all sizes) single at £10.00 each (price per size applies).
Rupens is located at 98 Meads Lane, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex IG3 8QN.

Dates For Your Diary
6th May Bank Holiday

13th May 11+ Application Deadline

24th May Inset (school closed to pupils)

27th -31st May Half-term

20th June Summer Fayre

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 25 27th March 2013

We come to the end of yet another school term and time seems to be flying. Once again it has been a very busy, yet productive term and I am pleased to report on the school’s continued successes in the following areas:

• An increasingly improving reputation within the local community, with long waiting lists at all year groups.

• The continuing good behaviour and attitude of our pupils.

• The continued support and engagement of parents and the local community in the school’s drive for improvements and in fundraising events.

• The recent and past CFA/school events and the Diversity Celebration Event—what a great response!

• The stable staff team and the governing body that remains committed to furthering the work of the school and it’s achievements.

Our priorities remain:

• Improving children's reading, writing and mathematics skills.

• More able pupils to achieve higher grades.

• Parking!! Improving the behaviour of some parents in the car park.

• Attendance.

• Our journey to outstanding.

Spring Break Please remember that the last day of term is Thursday 28th March and school will finish at the usual time. The summer term will begin Monday 15th April.

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Aleena Khawaja, Rabia Latif, Alexia Pokam Demoussinga, Maria Hoque, Ria Sharma, Bavneet Sagoo, Eshal Ahmed, Eliza Younis, Isha Uddin, Dayan Mustafa, Prince Lilitha Tingwe, Yusuf Ahmed, Haaris Usman, Jasbir Lohia, Aliyah Kokkoz, Isa Mahroof and Iqra Mahmood.

Gold Awards were received by Ismail Khalil, Dua Sheikh, Mahdi Khan, Khaleel Mamsa, Jourdain Jhagroo– Bryan, Maya Parzysz, Amaan Sayed, Zohaib Mehmood, Omshiv Thakeha, Kasturi Rasakumar, Ranco Mahmood, Darsshini Akula, Abit Bhullar, Taibah Shaikh, Sophia Digwa and Dharam Singh.

‘Mathletes’ awards were received by Mohammed Younas Hussain, Sophia Ullah, Hajrah Shehzadi, Abdul Basit Siddiqui, Lakshmidar Brahma, Maryam Bint Imran, Sanjieth Bala, Eesha Vashisht, Iveta Pohlodkova, Izan Bhullar, Vinay Patel, Taha Chowdhury and Maya Paul.

Well done to all of you, keep up the good work, children!

Staffing Update This week we say a fond farewell to Ruth Williams, an outstanding music teacher, Harriet from the school office, who is moving onto new pastures, and Martha, who starts her maternity leave. I am sure you will all join me in wishing them well.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue 94.5%      Yr 3B 93%

Rec Green 89%       Yr 3G 94.3%

Rec Red 79.8%       Yr 3R 95.7%

Rec Yellow 89.3%   Yr 3Y 96%

Yr 1B 94.5%           Yr 4B 91.4%

Yr 1G 86.3%           Yr 4G 91.4%

Yr 1R 95.7%           Yr 4R 96.7%

Yr 1Y 86.9%           Yr 4Y 96.2%

Yr 1Ra 96.5%         Yr 5B 96.3%

Yr 2B 94.5%           Yr 5G 94.8%

Yr 2G 90.3%           Yr 5R 89.7%

Yr 2R 91.4%           Yr 5Y 92.7%

Yr 2Y 91.3%          Yr 6G 91.6%

Yr 6R 95.3%

Attendance Well done to class 4 Red who achieved 96.7%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 92.4%.

Fronter Don’t forget to login to Fronter at www.fronter.com/redbridge.

Holidays Any holidays taken during school time will not be authorised by the Headteacher. The Local Authority will issue a fine (per child) of £60 which will increase to £120, if not paid within 28 days.

Cycling Events Update We ran further Dr Bike and Beginners Cycling sessions yesterday and the final sessions will take place on Wednesday 17th April. Slips went home yesterday for those children who are invited to attend Dr Bike. Thank you for taking part in our cycling events this term. We are hoping to launch further cycling initiatives in the near future including a cycling club and loaning our pool bikes. Watch this space!

Sainsbury Vouchers We are collecting the Active Kids vouchers from which will allow us to obtain free sports equipment for the school. Please send them in with your child or hand them into the school office.

Have a great Easter break, everyone!

Dates For Your Diary

29th Mar– 12th April Spring Break

15th April School re-opens

23rd April St. George’s Day (non-uniform red or white)

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 24 13th March 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Nicole Rozycka, Romziyah Mohammad-Noah, Jack Bowen, Alisha Jahangir, Jameela Macmillan, Imam Ahmed, Abdurraheem Shoaib, Mahliqa Zubair, Taaj Mohammad Akbari, Junaid Sheikh, Jawad Islam, Lakshya Kumar, Jannah Khan, Yusuf       Rahman, Alvi Hussain, San Aiden Singh, Omshiv Thakeria, Uzair Hussain, Isa Dadabhai, Taha Amin, Taha Chowdhury, Lina Khemili and Amar Kaur-Butterfield who was one of the writers of the week last week.

Gold Awards were awarded to Tauhid Islam, Kawsar  Ahmed and Wali Mustafa.

A WOW Class Of The Month Award For Walking To School was awarded to class 6 Red. 

Well done to all of you!

Diversity Celebrations As you know our diversity celebrations will take place over two days and will end with an International Extravaganza on Tuesday 19th March from 3-5pm. Tickets will include sample food tasting, arts and crafts activities and entry to the Cranbrook Variety Show which will begin at 4pm. Tickets will be available to purchase on the day if the event is outside. Due to the weather we are unsure whether the event will take place in the main hall or playground, therefore a reduced number of tickets have been released. We will release more when we know more about the weather. Please note - as the event begins at 3pm, school will finish at 2.45pm for all pupils. If the event is held in the playground classes will be dismissed from the front or side of the school and NOT the playground - please see the plan (which is on a separate A5 sheet). If the event is held in the main hall dismissal will be from the usual place for classes and entrance to the event will be via the main hall in the car park. If you are not able to collect your child at 2.45pm please inform the class teacher, so that we may make arrangements for him/her. 

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue         92%               Yr 3B  92.8%

Rec Green      92.7%            Yr 3G  94%

Rec Red          91.6%            Yr 3R   94.1%

Rec Yellow     88.8%            Yr 3Y  93.3%

Yr 1B              91.5%            Yr 4B   94.6% 

Yr 1G              95%               Yr 4G   93.4%  

Yr 1R               93.5%            Yr 4R   91.7%

Yr 1Y              90.9%            Yr 4Y   94.6%

Yr 1Ra            90.8%            Yr 5B   94.3%

Yr 2B              92.9%            Yr 5G  93.5%   

Yr 2G              92.2%            Yr 5R   90.8%

Yr 2R               93.3%            Yr 5Y   92.7%

Yr 2Y              91.6%            Yr 6G   92.9%  

                                                Yr 6R   93.4%

Attendance Well done to class 1 Green who achieved 95%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 92.7%.

Car Park I am absolutely appalled at the behaviour of a minority of parents with their dangerous driving, parking and atrocious behaviour towards one another. Once again we have had complaints and observed this ourselves. HAVE SOME DECENCY, PEOPLE!! :(

Parents’ Evening for Nursery - Year 5 Please remember that parents evening is on Thursday 14th March.   

Celebration Day Our next date to note in your diary is “Green Day” on Friday 15th March, where we are inviting pupils to wear non-uniform with a green theme in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day (which is on 17th March). No donations are to be made by children. Please do not send in a change of clothes for your child during the day as this is disruptive to the office staff and your child’s class.

World Book Day It was fantastic to see so many children dress up as their favourite book character last week. The classes took part in lots of literary related activities. A great time was had by all! I would like to take the opportunity to thank all staff for their contribution, especially the literacy team led by Aine, Ian and Samantha.

Fronter Have you logged onto Fronter? Have you tried any of the activities? What do you think of the activities? We would like to hear your views. If you can share your experience of Fronter and tell us what you like or make any suggestions, please come to outside the Year 2 Green classroom during parents evening to complete a mini survey and post in the Fronter box.

The Big Pedal Thank you to the 78 children who cycled and scooted to school on Friday. Our very first Biker’s Breakfast was popular, Dr Bike was busy fixing bikes and some of our Year 3 children enjoyed Beginners Cycling Sessions.

Our next Big Pedal event is on Wednesday 20th March and again, all children who cycle or scoot to school will receive a raffle ticket and are invited to join our Biker’s Breakfast in the small hall from 8.30am. The Dr Bike session is now full and slips have been sent home to those allocated a place. If your child has not received a slip, you do not have a place. Bikes should be clearly labelled and left in the gym area in the playground. Beginners cycling sessions will take place for more of our Year 3 and 4 children.

We will be running another Dr Bike session and more beginners sessions so that all who signed up can take part at a later date.

Payments Please remember to send payments in separate envelopes for dinner money and any school trips etc. Dinner money should be paid in advance and put in a clearly marked envelope (child’s name, class and amount).  Please remember there is a box in the office where you can bring in school dinner payments and “drop and go”.

Instrument Lessons If your child receives violin lessons from Bradley , he will not be teaching on Tuesday 26th March as he will be acting as an examiner for the Music Service.

14th March                   Parents’ Evening

15th March                   St. Patrick’s Day (non-uniform—Green theme)

19th March                   Talent show

27th March                   Y1 Performance

29th Mar– 12th April    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.23 6th March 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Tariq Khemili, Alexia Pokam Demoussinga, Sara Seedat, Yaseen Khan, Surenthiran Kavin, Hannah Uddin, Fatima Achha, Tharun Vivekanandarajah, Mahir Jabir, Amaan Ahmed, Deva Nandan Cherukat, Hafsa Bint-Imran, Megan Evans, Hamza Siddique, Iqra Tasnia, Noor Wahid, Zaara Ayub, Ritika Bisht, Alvi Hussain, Yusuf Rahman, Kiran Lalli, Sharufa Musuyi, Ishma Shaikh & Sai Gadvi.
Maths Awards were received by: Zara Ross-Sattar, Jayden Jacobus, Harnij Singh, Jayashanthan Saravanan, Jessica Okworu, Rikhwit Rajan, Virandeep Khosa & Jawad Islam. Gold Awards were received by Kasturi Rasakumar, Priya Khosla, Aditya Verma, Lina Khemili, Stefan Benjamin & Ailyya Aziz. Headteachers awards were awarded to Muhammed Zohaib Rashid (1Y), Said Ahmadi (RG) & Shayaan Younis (2R).

Well done to all of you!

Staffing Update Following Patrick’s departure from the school office, I am pleased to inform you that we have been successful in appointing replacements, not only to carry out reception and first aid duties, but also to target monitoring of attendance. I am also pleased to report that 2 class teachers have been appointed to cover Julia’s (RG) and Martha’s (1Y) maternity leave, which will begin towards the end of April. I hope you will join me in welcoming Jasjeet, Satti, Richard and Bienth to the admin team, and Anisah and Denise to the teaching team.

Celebration Day Thank you for supporting our “Red Day” in celebration of St. David’s Day. Our next date to note in your diary is “Green Day” on Friday 15th March, where we are inviting pupils to wear non-uniform with a green theme in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day (which is on 17th March).

Parking We have yet again received complaints from neighbours regarding the behaviour of our parents. Please do not park across the driveways of residents. We also received a complaint of a parent throwing cans out of their car window and driving away. Please show some consideration for others and be a positive role model for your child.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue 89.5%     Yr 3B 91.7%

Rec Green 95%      Yr 3G 96.7%

Rec Red 89.6%      Yr 3R 95%

Rec Yellow 93.3%  Yr 3Y 92.5%

Yr 1B 96.1%          Yr 4B 96.7%

Yr 1G 90%             Yr 4G 95.7%

Yr 1R 97.5%          Yr 4R 94.8%

Yr 1Y 83.3%          Yr 4Y 97%

Yr 1Ra 84.3%        Yr 5B 93.8%

Yr 2B 93.1%          Yr 5G 93.3%

Yr 2G 95.7%          Yr 5R 93.5%

Yr 2R 94%             Yr 5Y 94.4%

Yr 2Y 94.6%          Yr 6G 91.1%

Yr 6R 92.5%

Attendance Well done to class 1 Red who achieved 97.5%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 93.1%. Congratulations to class 3 Green who received £10 for achieving the highest attendance for February 2013. Well done!

Colour Assembly Please remember that the class assemblies are now as follows:

9.10am: Green classes (main hall), Blue & Rainbow classes (dance studio)

2.40pm: Yellow classes (dance studio), Red classes (main hall)

Parents’ Evening for Nursery - Year 5 If you have not already done so, please can you complete and return your child’s slip so that a time can be allocated for the meeting on Thursday 14th March.

Redbridge Mini Games 46 children from the school took part in the Redbridge Mini Games on Wednesday 27th February. The children participated in football, netball, handball, tri-golf, hockey and basketball. This resulted in the children successfully securing 10 wins against the other schools. As always, the children were all extremely well behaved and demonstrated excellent teamwork and sportsmanship. A number of other school teachers and some of the referees commented on how well the children represented Cranbrook. Well done everyone!

Diversity Celebrations As you know our diversity celebrations will take place over two days and will end with an International Extravaganza on Tuesday 19th March from 3-5pm. Tickets will cost 50p for a child and £1.50 for an adult ticket. Your ticket will include sample food tasting, arts and crafts activities and entry to the Cranbrook Variety Show which will begin at 4pm. Tickets are available to purchase after school from our CFA members and class representatives (they will be wearing yellow jackets). Due to the weather we are unsure whether the event will take place in the main hall or playground, therefore a reduced number of tickets will be released. We will release more when we know more about the weather. Hurry to snap up the last few tickets!
Attached to this letter will be a cooking homework project. No additional homework will be given over the next two weeks (except for Year 6).
Class Representatives If you are a class rep, there will be a meeting on Wednesday 13th March at 9.10am.

Fronter Most of you should be familiar with Fronter and using some of the activities that have been set up for your child. We will be looking to see who has participated in class forums and the results of any voting activities where applicable. Please log onto www.fronter.com/redbridge.

ISS Caterhouse Further to press reports regarding the provision of meat in school lunches, ISS Caterhouse have reassured us that they will continue to ensure that all their products meet the Silver Award guarantee. An update from ISS will be placed on our website for parents information.

A Reminder If your child takes a packed lunch to school, please can you remember NOT to send food items in glass containers.

The Big Pedal Thank you to all the children who cycled or scooted to school on the first Big Pedal Day last week. This week, Big Pedal Day is on 8th March and again, we would like children to cycle or scoot to school. Everyone who cycles or scoots will be given a raffle ticket for our prize draw and is invited to come along to our first Bikers Breakfast in the small hall from 8.30am. Dr Bike will be in the playground servicing and repairing the bikes of those children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 who returned their forms on Monday and Tuesday. Finally, we are offering beginners cycling sessions to children in Years 3 and 4. This will be during class time and bikes will be provided by the school. What an exciting day! The final Big Pedal Day is on 20th March and will include raffle tickets, Bikers Breakfast, Dr Bike for those children in Reception, Years 1 and 2 who returned their forms on Monday and more cycling sessions for Years 3 and 4. Please be aware that the Dr Bike session is fully booked and only those children who returned slips on Monday have a place. We are hoping to arrange another session for those who missed out. The prize draw will take place in assembly on Friday 22nd March.


Dates For Your Diary

14th March Parents’ Evening

15th March St. Patrick’s Day (non- uniform—Green theme)

19th March Talent show

27th March Y1 Performance

29th Mar– 12th April 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)