Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Newsletter No.3 17th September 2014
Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Aarna Setia, Naila Ahmed, Muhammad Saad Lon, Shayan Ali, Andrei Lupsa, Aqeel Zaman, Mohammed Faizaan Sarpanch, Alexia Pokam Demoussinga, Oliwia Wilgierz, Mahliqa Zubair, Fatima Naweed, Aman Paul, Fatima Islam, Jahin Ayeman Shah, Luiza Stricescu, Maya Michalak, Haider Ishfaq, Aliya Patel, Sofiya Khan-Ringshaw, Laiba Ali, Umar Patel, Naseera Parkhetiya, Stefan Benjamin, Zainab Achha and Abi Abinaya.
‘Mathlete’ awards were received by: Humza Aslam-Jamil, Risan Maninathan, Syed Samuel Karim, Lakshya Kumar, Tayib Suhail, Shayan Faisal, Ariyan Tipu, David Mazrreku, Jannat Gol, Taha Tariq, Azaan Khan, Emre Ozuaciksoz, Gavyam Garg, Uzair Shah, Sancia Ahmed, Hershil Shah, Jameela Macmillan, Rayan Durrani, Faatimah Anwar, Maxim Arbov, Irina Stefanyuk, Andile Vundla, Josiah Johnson and Sidra Nawaz.
A summer reading award was received by Hafsah Mahmud.
A swimming award was received by Javy Needroo.
A Headteacher’s award was awarded to Mohid Zaman (RB) for being very brave.
Well done to all of you!
Open School As always, Open School will be taking place on Tuesday 23rd September from 3.30-4.15pm. Please do take this opportunity to come and have a look at your child’s classroom, books and to informally meet the class teacher.
Parental Concerns From time to time you may have an issue you wish to raise with the school. I would therefore, like to clarify the procedure to follow:
1. See the class teacher
2. See the Year Group Leader or the Phase Leader
3. See the Assistant Headteacher
4. See the Deputy Headteacher
5. See the Headteacher
If you are still not satisfied a written complaint can be sent to the Chair of Governors, Yolanda Guns via the school office. She will then nominate a governor to investigate the complaint.
Late Children/After School Club Once again, I am disappointed to note that some children are not being collected on time at the end of the school day. Please note, that if children are not collected on time, they will be taken to the After School Club in the small hall and parents will be charged £6 per hour for the childcare that we provide, as teachers and office
staff cannot be expected to provide free childcare.
Attendance Figures For Last Week
Yr 1B 95.3% Yr 4B 91.7%
Yr 1G 98.7% Yr 4G 99.6%
Yr 1R 96% Yr 4R 98.3%
Yr 1Y 96.7% Yr 4Y 97.7%
Yr 2B 98.3% Yr 5B 94%
Yr 2G 97.6% Yr 5G 96.7%
Yr 2R 91.6% Yr 5R 96.3%
Yr 2Y 97.3% Yr 5Y 97.9%
Yr 3B 92.7% Yr 6B 96.7%
Yr 3G 89.3% Yr 6G 100%
Yr 3R 90.3% Yr 6R 76.3%
Yr 3Y 97.2% Yr 6Y 98%
Yr 3Rainbow 97.4%
Attendance Well done to class 6 Green for achieving 100%. The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.2%. Our target for this year is 96%, so let’s all work at it.
Unauthorised Absence I would like to remind parents that if your child has 12 sessions of unauthorised absence through late arrivals recorded throughout the academic year, the Local Authority will issue you with a penalty notice. Penalty notices will also be issued in the first instance for leave of absence taken without permission of the Head teacher. The notice incurs a fine of £120 per parent per child, which is reduced to £60 per parent per child, if it is paid within 21 days.
Secondary School Application Form Filling Workshop for Year 6 Parents We would like to invite year 6 parents to a secondary school online form filling workshop on Tuesday 7th October from 9am – 11.30am. To reserve a place please phone 0208 518 2562 by Friday 26th September or detach and return the tear off slip from the letter sent out last week. If you have any further enquiries please contact Beverley Boothe, the school’s Parent Support Advisor. Please remember that the deadline for submission of applications is Friday 31st October 2014.
Online Homework We are working towards providing all homework online from after the October half-term break. More information will be provided in future newsletters.
Eligibility For Free School Meals If you are on a low income you may be eligible to claim free school meals for your child. In addition to this, the school will receive funding for providing additional opportunities for your child. Support is available for parents for completing the application forms.
School Lunches Please remember that lunch money must be paid in advance for Key Stage 2 children at the beginning of the week. Envelopes for this are available from the school office which should be clearly labelled with your child’s name and class. If your child’s account is in arrears 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 has been made.
Year Group Workshops As usual, these sessions will take place at 9-9.30am in the main hall on the relevant dates below. I hope you will take the time to attend.
18th Sept - Year 4
19th Sept - Year 5
Sessions for Nursery and Reception parents will be organised for later in the term.
UNICEF Fundraising Some of our parents will be selling samosas and pizzas after school this Friday to raise money to support children in war torn areas around the world, such as Syria, Gaza and Israel. Please come along and buy or donate to the charity. See http://fundraise.unicef.org.uk/MyPage/VALENTINES-ON-THE-RUN. Two of our governors, Hannah and Syeda, along with a longstanding parent Diane, are also running the Royal Parks half-marathon on 12th October for UNICEF.
Road Safety Please remember to follow road safety rules by ensuring that if your child is riding a bike to school, that they get off their bike before attempting to cross the road. No scooters or bikes should be used in the school playground before or after school.
Book Fair A Book Fair will be running from 19th to 24th September in the small hall. Please do come along and have a look at the selection of books available to purchase.
Vacancies We are looking to appoint 3 enthusiastic relief Midday Assistants and 1 permanent Midday Assistant to join our growing team. Further information and the application form is available on the school website at www.cranbrookprimary@redbridge.gov.uk.
The closing date to receive applications is noon on Friday 26th September 2014.
Paperless Newsletter From after October half-term, we will not be sending out a paper copy of the newsletter, as it will be available on the school’s website each week. However, if you would still prefer this, a copy will be available from the school office.
Colour Assemblies Colour assemblies will begin on Thursday 25th September. However, instead of running assemblies every week, they will take place fortnightly as follows:
25th September
9.10-9.35am Dance Studio-Blue & Rainbow classes
9.10-9.35am Main Hall - Green classes
2nd October
9.10-9.35am Dance Studio-Red classes
9.10-9.35am Main Hall-Yellow classes
Thereafter, we will repeat the above pattern. All parents are invited to attend. Reception classes will join after Christmas.
Dates For Your Diary
18th Sept Parent workshop Year 4
19th Sept Parent workshop Year 5
19th-24th Sept Book Fair (after school)
23rd Sept Open School (3.30-4.15pm)
19th Sept UNICEF fundraiser (after school)
9th Oct Science Dome visiting Y3
7th Oct Year 6 Parents Workshop (9.30-11.30am)
9th Oct Year 5 Eid Performance
27th - 31st Oct Half-term (school closed)
3rd Nov Inset (school closed to pupils)
6th Nov Year 3 Diwali Performance
22nd Dec - 4th Jan Christmas Break
5th Jan Pupils return to school
16th-20th Feb Half-term (school closed)
23rd Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)
3rd - 17th April Spring Break (school closed)
4th May Bank Holiday (school closed)
25th-29th May Half-term (school closed)
1st June Inset (school closed)
23rd July School closed
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Newsletter No.2 10th September 2014
We face many
challenges this year with new initiatives, including the New Primary Curriculum
and the Reforms for Provision for Pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN).
Please visit the school website to view information about the SEN Local Offer.
I would also encourage you to attend the workshops for your child’s year group
for input on the new curriculum.
Universal Free
School Meals Another
new initiative in schools is to provide a school dinner for all children in
Reception, Year 1 and 2 classes. This has required us to set up a second service
area and undertake additional work in the school kitchen, so that we are able
to feed the higher number of pupils. Thus far, after a few teething problems,
this is going well.
However, if
you are eligible for benefits, we need you to apply for Free School Meals,
so that the school continues to receive funding for providing additional
opportunities for your children. Support is available for parents for
completing the application forms.
Birthday Treats
If you are sending in birthday treats for your child’s class,
please do not send cakes for the teacher to cut and distribute, as this is not
feasible in the classroom setting. Please also bear in mind that a number of
our children have food allergies and can often be excluded from enjoying such
treats.
Cranbrook
Parenting Course
We would like to invite parents and carers to take part in a
5 week parenting course starting from 9.30am-11.15am every Friday from 26th
Sept till 24th October. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet other
parents, strengthen their parenting skills, develop new skills and techniques,
learn how to manage behaviour in a positive way and raise children’s
self-esteem. A certificate will be awarded to all participates at the end of
the course and free refreshments will be provided throughout. If you would like
to enrol please phone Beverley, the school’ Parent Support Advisor on
0208 518 2562.
Privacy Notice - Data
Protection Act 1998
As a school, we are a data controller for the purposes of the
Data Protection Act. We collect personal information from you about your child
and may receive information about your child from their previous school,
outside agencies and the Learning Records Service. We hold this personal data
to:
·
Support learning;
·
Monitor and report progress;
·
Provide appropriate pastoral
care
·
Assess how well we are doing
Information about your child includes contact details,
national curriculum assessment results, attendance information and personal
characteristics such as your ethnic group, special educational needs, medical
information and personal relevant family circumstances.
We will not
give information about your child to anyone without your consent unless the law
and our policies allow us to.
We are required by law to pass some information about your
child to our Local Authority (LA) and the Department for Education. If you want
to receive a copy of the information about your child we hold or share, please
contact the School Office in writing. If you need more information about how
the LA and DfE store and use your information, then please go to the following
websites: http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/education_and_young_people/school_support_information/strategies
plans and_policy.aspx or http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/datatdatam/b00212337/datause.
If you cannot access these websites, please contact the LA or
DfE as follows:
·
Research & Data Team, Lynton
House, 255-259 High Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1NN.
·
Public Communications Unit,
Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P
3BT.
Website: www.education.gov.uk
Email: http://www.education.gov.uk/help/contactus
Telephone: 0370 000
2288
Year Group Workshops As usual
these sessions will take place at 9-9.30am in the main hall on the relevant
dates below. I hope you will take the time to attend.
11th Sept - Year 6
15th Sept - Year 1
17th Sept - Year 3
18th Sept - Year 4
19th Sept - Year 5
Sessions for Nursery and Reception parents will be organised
for later in the term.
Attendance We must
achieve over 96% this year, so that our children achieve the best outcomes that
they are capable of. Last year’s assessment results have shown that children
whose attendance was not good, did not achieve as highly as others.
Remember, good attendance and punctuality= good progress=
good self-esteem.
Unauthorised Absence I
would like to remind parents that if your child has 12 sessions of unauthorised
absence through late arrivals recorded throughout the academic year, the Local Authority
will issue you with a penalty notice. Penalty notices will also be issued in
the first instance for leave of absence taken without permission of the Head
teacher. The notice incurs a fine of £120 per parent per child, which is
reduced to £60 per parent per child, if it is paid within 21 days.
UNICEF Fundraising Some of our parents will be selling samosas and pizzas after
school on Friday 19th September to raise money to support children—more to
follow in next week’s newsletter.
Paperless Newsletter
From after October half term, we will not be sending out a paper copy of the
newsletter, as it will be available on the school’s website each week. However,
if you would still prefer this, a copy will be available from the school
office.
A belated
‘well done’ to Adwita and Maleeha for their fantastic performance last term!
Colour
Assemblies Colour assemblies will begin on Thursday 25th
September. However, instead of running assemblies every week, they will take
place fortnightly as follows:
25th
September
9.10-9.35am
Dance Studio - Blue & Rainbow classes
9.10-9.35am Main Hall - Green classes
2nd
October
9.10-9.35am
Dance Studio - Red classes
9.10-9.35am
Main Hall - Yellow classes
Thereafter, we will repeat the above
pattern. All parents are invited to attend.
Reception classes will join after
Christmas.
Dates For Your Diary
15th Sept Parent workshop Year 1
15th Sept Reception
classes in all day
15th Sept Nursery re-opens for identified children
17th Sept Parent workshop Year 3
18th Sept Parent workshop Year 4
19th Sept Parent workshop Year 5
9th Oct Year 5 Eid Performance
27th - 31st Oct Half-term (school closed)
3rd Nov Inset (school closed to pupils)
6th Nov Year 3 Diwali Performance
22nd Dec - 4th Jan
Christmas Break
5th Jan Pupils return to school
16th-20th Feb Half-term (school closed)
23rd Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)
3rd -17th April Spring Break (school closed)
4th May Bank Holiday (school closed)
25th-29th May
Half-term (school closed)
1st June Inset (school closed)
23rd July School closed
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Newsletter No. 1 4th September 2014
A very warm welcome back to you all,
especially our new children in Reception! I do hope that you all had a
wonderful break and enjoyed the lovely weather. As always, the children have
returned with great enthusiasm.
School Values and Motto We have started the year by reminding ourselves of our school
values -
Respect, Friendship, Courage,
Determination, Inspiration, Equality and Excellence.
Our school motto remains as,
‘Our Children Today, Our Future
Tomorrow’.
I would ask all parents and carers to
support us in promoting these with your children throughout the year.
Priorities For The Year These will include the following:
·
Improving attendance to 96%
·
Ensuring 100% of teaching is
good or outstanding
·
Ensuring all stakeholders
have high expectations at all times.
Please visit our school website for more
detailed information about these priorities.
Attendance We must achieve 96% this year, so that our children achieve
the best outcomes that they are capable of. Last year’s assessment results have
shown that children whose attendance was not good, did not achieve as highly as
others.
Clubs Clubs will begin week beginning 15th September. If you would
like your child to attend any of the clubs offered, please read the
accompanying letter and return the slip by Monday 8th September to the clubs
post box in the school lobby. Please do not send the slips to class
10th Sept - Year 2
11th Sept - Year 6
15th Sept - Year 1
17th Sept - Year 3
18th Sept - Year 4
19th Sept - Year
5
Colour
Assemblies Colour
assemblies will begin on Thursday 11th September. However, instead of running
assemblies every week, they will take place fortnightly as follows:
11th
September
9.10-9.35am Dance
Studio - Blue & Rainbow classes
9.10-9.35am - Main Hall - Green classes
9.10-9.35am - Main Hall - Green classes
18th September
9.10-9.35am Dance
Studio - Red classes
9.10-9.35am Main Hall - Yellow classes
9.10-9.35am Main Hall - Yellow classes
Thereafter, we will
repeat the above pattern.
Reception classes
will join after Christmas.
Uniform/Jewellery
As always I would ask
for your support in ensuring that children follow the school’s uniform policy
each day and that they wear no jewellery to school. All children should wear sensible
shoes or trainers. No sandals please, as these are unsuitable for the
playground. Uniform can be purchased from Rupens (98/100 Meads Lane, Seven
Kings, Essex IG3 8QN).
School Lunches The cost of
a school meal for your child has been frozen by the provider at £2 per day or
£10 per week. Please remember that all monies must be paid in advance at the
beginning of the week. Envelopes for lunch are available from the school office
which should be clearly labelled with your child’s name and class.
If you 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.
Universal Free School Meals For all Children in Reception,
Year 1 and Year 2 Please remember that your
child in these year groups will get a free school meal, so you will not need to
send in a lunch. However, families on low income still need to apply for free
school meals, so that the school continues to receive the funding to pay for
these lunches.
Donations For Gardening Tools etc. If you have old, child size wellies and gardening tools that
you do not need, Claire Shaw would be very happy to receive them.
Recycling Project We will be
starting a major recycling project in the sensory garden, for which we require
empty 2 litre plastic bottles, such as those for cola and lemonade etc. If you
have any or buy any in future, please save them and send them in, as we require hundreds!
Nursery Nursery re-opens on
15th September. However, we will induct the children in gradually so that they
have a smooth start. If you are not sure of your child’s start date, please
speak to Rhonda in the school office.
Free Flow into School from Monday 8th September As previously, from Monday all children will be required to make their
own way up to class where the teachers will be ready to receive them from
8.45am. Please be punctual.
Dates For Your Diary
4th-5th Sept New
Reception classes start (9-12pm only)
8th-12th Sept Reception classes (in until 1pm)
10th Sept Parent workshop Year 2
11th Sept Parent workshop Year 6
15th Sept Parent workshop Year 1
15th Sept Reception
classes in all day
15th Sept Nursery re-opens for identified children
17th Sept Parent workshop Year 3
18th Sept Parent workshop Year 4
19th Sept Parent workshop Year 5
9th Oct Year 5 Eid Performance
27th - 31st Oct Half-term
(school closed)
3rd Nov Inset (school closed to pupils)
6th Nov Year 3 Diwali Performance
22nd Dec - 4th Jan
Christmas Break
5th Jan Pupils return to school
16th-20th Feb Half-term
(school closed)
23rd Feb Inset (school closed to pupils)
3rd - 17th April Spring
Break (school closed)
4th May Bank Holiday (school closed)
25th-29th May
Half-term (school closed)
1st June Inset (school closed)
23rd July School closed
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Newsletter No. 40 22nd July 2014
‘Mathlete’ awards were received by the following: Reyhan Afzal,
Kamil Nisar, Andile Vundla, Amani Miah, Aliyah Hosenally, Aman Doudwalla,
Jayden Jacobus, Aiza Asghar, Amrit Assi, Jamie Ramasamy, Harnij Singh, Yaseen
Khan, Zara Manzoor, Ishaaq Ahmed, Mihails Polakovs, John Franco, Kimranjeet
Shokar, Raulnelle Skeete-Anglin, Wiktoria Gruszczynska, Danial Mahmud, Vikram
Sanger, Yuliana Karaivanova, Abukar Nur and Filip Teper.
Gold Awards were received by Andrei Lupsa, Mustavi Emdad, Sara
Khan, Nicole Lima and Imaad Awaan.
A Headteachers award was received by Yusuf Shah (1Y) for wonderful
writing. An award was received by Caroline Gulbinovic (3G), Maryam Patel (2Y),
Maria Nubheebucus (2Y) and Shia Raninath (2Y) for producing some excellent
artwork and finally an award was received by Naseera Parkhetiya (5G) and Halima
Parkhetiya (6Y) for their caring and inspiration.
100% Attendance Certificates were awarded to:
Kiruthika Pushparajah, Ana Quifica Da Silva, Isabella
Owusu, Romeo Bushati, Kristen Caynes, Sukhman Paul, Vinisha Sanger, Daneen
Gazi, Adele Udeze, Cristian Stafie, Bavneet Sagoo, Sai Pracheth Boorgadda,
Alvina Farrukh, Riana Rahman, Rianna Barton, Nathan Donovan, Maya Michalak,
Olivia Molokwu, Sai Sachin Thavaseelan, Gavin Molokwu, Christian Obiri Yeboah,
Benjamin Nielsen-Williams, Jeffrey Pinaman, Amandeep Dhiraj, Sam Donovan,
Jaspreet Kaur, Michal Nickel, Rajvir Singh Paul and Nadine Ahmed.
Well done to all of you!
Aleena Ali, Ritika Bisht, Jeewanjot Boparai, Anita
Bushati, Yuvraj Singh, Raheim Reid, Yetunde Fadojutimi, Abi Srikanthan, Daren
Sungalee, Omshiv Thakeria, Reece Barton, Navjot Singh, Yuliana Karaivanova,
Ninuja Uthayakumar, Zoha Ayub, Wiki Parzysz, Sumayyah Shoaib, Ghathunaa
Athavan, Jonathan Dhanesh, Bakhtawar Rai, Laiba Riaz, Khaira Ali, Mohammed
Chowdhury, Hira Syed, Manar Hossain, Tashi Syed, Mustafa Shah, Ali Murtaza, Jahin
Ayeman Shah, Aleena Ali, Faraz Jahangir, Noor Wahid, Yatisha Patel, Aliyah
Iqbal, Danial Mahmud, Sohaib Hassan, Urooje Wahid, Viduna Athavan, Princilla
Osei, Rubina Adam, Taha Chowdhury, Aafia Naweed, Aishah Saleem, Vikram Sanger,
Halima Probha, Amaan Sayed and Ariana Mohammed.
Well done to all of you!
Last Day of Term - Tomorrow Parents please
note that Year 6 will finish at 12pm and the remainder of the school will
finish at 2pm. Please ensure that you have made arrangements for the early
closure and that you collect your child promptly.
There will be
no after school club tomorrow.
Start of Term School will re-open for Reception to Year 6 pupils on
Thursday 4th September 2014 at the usual time. Nursery will re-open on 15th
September 2014. Please remember Reception children will attend for mornings
only until 15th September.
Arrangements For The First Two Days of Term (Years
1-6) Please bring
your children into the playground
where the new teacher will collect them. From Monday 8th September, children
will make their own way up to their class as usual. The teachers will bring
them down at the end of each day. Senior staff will be available to guide you
if you are unsure of where to go.
Fines For Parents Please note if your child is absent in the last week
of term and at the beginning of September; you will be
fined £60 rising to £120 (if you fail to pay within 28 days) per child,
per parent.
Lunch Arrears PLEASE PAY UP! You know who you are!
Lost Property Please check for any lost items. We will send any remaining items to
charity shops.
FREE cycling courses in the summer
holidays
Redbridge Council have organised some free
cycling courses for young people over the summer holidays!
Free ‘BikeKlubz’ cycle skills, team games and
led ride at Wanstead Leisure Centre – for more information and to book go to www.trailnet.org.uk/bikeklubz-redbridge-2
Free ‘learn to balance and ride’ sessions and
Bikeability level 1 and 2 cycle training at Redbridge Sports and Leisure Centre
and Wanstead Leisure Centre – for more information and to book go to www.cycleexperience.com/holidaycourses
For more information on cycling in Redbridge
(e.g. free Dr Bike, bike security marking and led rides) go to www.redbridge.gov.uk/cycling.
I would like to wish you all a wonderful summer and
Eid Mubarak to those families who will be celebrating this weekend.
Thank you for all the good wishes and cards etc.
Have a great holiday!
Dates For Your Diary
23rd July Last
day of school
(finish
at 2pm)
Year 6 children will finish at 12pm
24th July Summer
break begins (school closed)
Autumn Term
2nd-3rd Sept Inset Day
(school closed to
pupils)
4th Sept School opens to pupils
(Reception to Year 6)
10th Sept Parent workshop Year 2
11th Sept Parent workshop Year 6
15th Sept Parent workshop Year 1
15th Sept Nursery re-opens
17th Sept Parent workshop Year 3
18th Sept Parent workshop Year 4
19th Sept Parent workshop Year 5
27th - 31st OctHalf-term
(school closed)
3rd Nov Inset (school closed to pupils)
22nd Dec -
4th Jan Christmas Break
5th Jan Pupils
return to school
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