Newsletter No. 36 3rd July 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Andrei Lupsa, Alexia Pokum Demoussinga, Sami Ahmad, Kabesha Thamendra, Nehir Solgun, Mohammed Abu Sidrath Chowdhury, Musab Walke, Maria Nubheebuscus, Sumayah Rafiq, Aman Bhakar, Aleena Khawaja, Alawi Mohamed, Kiran Sarai, Victor Alloah, Umar Patel, John Joseph Franco, Taqwa     Ahmed, Azaan Khan, Nawaz Mumin, Subhan Sohail, Justin Charlery-Erskine, Kawsar Ahmed, Maya Parzysz, Aaliyah Siddiqui, Visagaan Srikanthan and Zhoobin Abbas.                   

 ‘Mathelete’ Awards were received by: Nicole  Lima, Sara Seedat, Julia Franco, Shannon Bailey, Alex Yin, Volodymyr Brylinski, Akshara Pathak, Immad Akhtar, Nicholas  Vatafu, Iman Hussein, Ali Murtaza, Hannah Uddin, Aaminah Zaman, Umar Latif, Nabhan Naweed, Laiba Ali, Khadija Ansari, Aleena Ali, Jamal Nur Haji, Raunelle Skeete-Anglin, Kristien Hadjic, Vinesh Shah, Haseeb Sohail and Taha Suhail.                                                                         

A Gold Award and a book were received by: Angelica Musona, Jameela Macmillan, Muhammad Rafay, Fatimah Rashid, Raulnelle Skeete-Anglin, Yetunde Fadojutimi, Sumera Ahmad and Aliyah Patel.                                                                               

A Headteacher’s award was received by Parker Samuel, Taibah Shaikh, Hafsa Mahal, Iman Ahmed, Manasi Bhatawadekar, Alvena Waheed and Aman Roopra.                                   

Well done to all of you! J

New Reception Intake Meetings The parents of those children who will be starting Reception in September have been invited to attend a meeting on Monday 8th July at either 9.15am or 2pm. As this is an important meeting, I would urge all to attend.

CFA Reps Meeting I do hope that all the class representatives will be able to make the meeting  tomorrow at 9.15am in the staffroom.

Year 6 Parents Update As Year 6 come to the end of their time with us, please can you note the following key dates and events for them:
Glasbury trip - Sun 14th July (arrive at school by 10am) Return Sat 20th July (approx. 2.30pm)
Lambourne End Trip - 16th July
Southend Trip - 18th July
Year 6 Leavers Assembly - 23rd July (2.30pm)
Year 6 Leavers barbeque - 24th July (12pm)

Sports Day Rescheduled to Wednesday 10th July Thank you to all parents who understood that for safety reasons we have had to postpone Sports Day. The weather  forecast from next week is excellent. Roll on the sunshine!

We would like to invite parents to Sports Day for Reception classes on Friday 19th July from 9.15am-11am. This will take place on the school field. Nursery will have their Sports Day in the school hall on Friday 12th July at 9.15am and 1pm.

Attendance Well done to class 5Y who achieved 99.3% attendance! The overall percentage for the whole school was 95.4%. Fantastic! Let’s keep this up.                                             

Parent Survey Once again, I would ask all parents to provide us with feedback on what the school does well and where we need to improve. We are also carrying out surveys of the pupil and staff views, so that we can agree our priorities for 2013 and plan towards our journey to outstanding. The survey accompanies this newsletter and should be returned by 12th July.

End of Year Reports Please note reports will be sent home with your child on Friday 12th July.

Open School/Meet New Classteacher Parents/Carers are invited to come into school on Tuesday 16th July from 3.30-4.15pm to view your child’s books, class work and to have the opportunity to meet your child’s new classteacher for September. The new teacher will be available in the new classroom.

Lost Property We have a huge number of good quality clothing items in our lost property tubs. They will be placed outside the small hall daily at the end of each day. Please have a look and claim lost items. If anything is left at the end of term, it will be given to charity shops.

Medicines and Asthma Pumps Would parents/carers please check the expiry date on any medicines and/or asthma pumps that we have in school. Any that have expired should be discarded and arrangements should be made for new ones to be brought into school for September.

Uniform Please ensure your child continues to come to school in uniform daily.

Lettings

Mega Eid Mela Sale This will be taking place on Saturday 20th July from 12pm-5pm. Entry to the Mela will be free and parking will be available. There will be a range of ready made suits and fabric available to purchase from £5 and sari’s and jewellery from £8. Come along with your friends and family and shop at a fraction of the price!

Dates For Your Diary

3rd July                    Sports Day 

4th July                    CFA coffee morning (9.15am)

4th July                    11+ Application Deadline
8th July                    Reception intake meetings (9.15am & 2pm)
10th July                  KS2 Sports Day (9.10am-12.30pm) KS1 Sports Day (1.15pm-3pm)
11th July                  Y1 to Southend (2 classes)
12th July                  Reports to parents
12th July                  Y1 to Southend (3 classes)
12th July                  Nursery Sports Day (9.15am & 1pm)
14th July                  Year 6 to Glasbury (return 20th July)
16th July                  Open School (3.30-4.15pm)
16th July                  Y6 Lambourne End trip
17th July                  Drama club performance to parents (4.30-5.30pm)
18th July                  Y2 Performance to parents (time tbc)
18th July                  Y6 to Southend
19th July                  Last day for Nursery
19th July                  Y3 Tudor Day
19th July                  Reception Sports Day (9.30-11am)
23rd July                  Y6 Disco
24th July                  Last day of term (Finish at 2pm)
25th July                  Inset (school closed to pupils)

Dates for 2013-14 Academic Year

3rd & 4th Sept  Inset (school closed to pupils)
5th Sept                   School open for pupils
28th Oct-1st Nov     Half term (school closed)
23rd Dec-3rd Jan ’14 Christmas Break (school closed)
14th February          Inset (school closed to pupils)
17th Feb– 21st Feb  Half term (school closed)
7th April-18th April  Spring Break (school closed)
21st April                 Bank Holiday (school closed)
5th May                    Bank Holiday (school closed)
23rd May                  Inset (school closed to pupils)
26th May-30th May  Half term (school closed)
23rd July                   Inset (school closed to pupils)

Newsletter No.35 26th June 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week: Kiran Serai, Dharam Singh, Nabhan Naweed, Ayden Nubheebucus, Jeewanjot Boparai, Mariyam Malik, Mohammad Sheriff, Gil Miguel Soares Tavares, Laura Gubanova, Halima Parkhetiya, Rubina Adam, Yusuf Chaudhary, Muminah Siddique, Zara Chaudhary, Rahim Uddin, Jeremy Sapani, Humza Aslam-Jamil, Mahtab Kahlon, Bradley Bongoy Ikwala, Halima Noor, Romziyah Mohammed-Noah, Aliyah Begum, Aryan Hussain, Lakshmidhar Brahma, Sukraj Paul and Mohammad Zohaib Rashid.                                                                      

‘Mathelete’ Awards were received by: Mohit Patel, Zara Butt, Nouha Aissat, Ayaan Saleem, Shane Lyons-Cording, Mariam Hussain, Akif Latif, Oasis Ahmed, Mahdi Khan, Gabija Zakaraite, Rubina Adam, Isa Mahroof, Nilofar Folad, Mustavi Emdad, Krish Singh, Waqas Ahmed, Zayann Shahid, Alex Stanescu, Aliza Khan, Yahya Sayed, Raameen Qamar-Ahmed, Aliyah Hosenally and Mohammad Umar Siddique.                 

A Gold Award and a book were received by: Josiah Johnson, Volodymyr Brylinski, Isa Mahroof, Fadhiya Dahir, Kristien Hadjic, Hayley Hetherington, Gabija Zakaraite, Azaan Hafeez, Haseeb Sohail, Iram Lodhi, Uzair Hussain, Sheraz Isakhil, Ikram Hussain, Sanaa Khanna, Maariya Jamil and Priya Khosla.                                                           

A Headteacher’s award was received by Kiran Lalli and Qasim Sheikh for being great helpers at the Summer Fayre.                                                                        

The Star Pupil Award was received by Muhammad Ibrahim Abid (5G).                                                     

Well done to all of you!

Summer Fayre ‘Wild West Bonanza’ The event was a great success and we raised over £3,000 for the school playground and for developing creativity. A massive thank you to all the staff, parents and carers, without whom the event would not have been able to take place. Thanks especially to the CFA and to Di, Rashpal and Hannah for all their hard work along with all the Class Reps. A coffee morning has been organised to thank those who were involved on Thursday 4th July from 9.15am.

Colour Assemblies Due to the Year 6 performance no colour assemblies will take place this week.

Attendance Figures For Last Week

Rec Blue          98.4%             Yr 3B   95.3%

Rec Green       94.8%             Yr 3G  98.7%

Rec Red           95.2%             Yr 3R   99.3%

Rec Yellow      94%                Yr 3Y  97%

Yr 1B               95.9%             Yr 4B  96.3% 

Yr 1G              96.9%             Yr 4G  96.7%  

Yr 1R               95.5%             Yr 4R  94%

Yr 1Y              96.7%             Yr 4Y  100%

Yr 1Ra             97.3%             Yr 5B  95.3%

Yr 2B               98.1%             Yr 5G  93.8%   

Yr 2G              94.1%             Yr 5R  96.4%

Yr 2R               98%                Yr 5Y   96.3%

Yr 2Y              94.1%             Yr 6G   97.4%  

                                                Yr 6R   89.7%

Attendance Well done to class 4Y who achieved 100% attendance! The overall percentage for the whole school was 96.1%. Fantastic!                                              

Attendance Please remember that you have a duty to report the absence of your child to the school office giving a reason for their absence. If he/she is unwell, you will be asked to provide the relevant medical information for our records. I would also like to remind you that any holidays during term time (including the last week of term) will not be authorised and a fixed notice penalty will apply.

PARKING Residents have observed parents throwing litter into their front gardens. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS!! Also, when collecting children, parents should not park their vehicle in residents driveways. We have asked residents to record the licence plates and will publish them in the next newsletter!!

 Year 6 Performance Year 6 parents/carers are invited to watch the performance which will be taking place in the main hall on Thursday 27th June at 2pm. Cold refreshments and snacks will be available after the performance for parents. A DVD of the performance will be available to purchase for £5.

Year 5 Transition Day Year 5 parents/carers, please remember that pupils will be attending Valentine’s High School for a transition session from 9.40am to 1pm and that their child will require a packed lunch. 5Y & 5R will be attending on 4th July and 5B & 5G on 5th July.

Sports Day We would like to invite parents to our Sports Day, weather permitting, on Wednesday 3rd July:

KS 2– 9.10am - 12.30pm

KS1– 1.15pm - 3pm

All children are to wear suitable sports clothing; shorts, t-shirt (colour appropriate for your child’s team), plimsolls/trainers. Please apply sun cream to your child if the weather is warmer. However, if the weather is cooler, please supply your child with black jogging bottoms and a jumper. All children will also need a water bottle available to them throughout the event. Parents are encouraged to come along and support their child in the various events. Parents will be required to sign in at the field entrance.

Sports Day for Reception classes will be taking place on Friday 19th July from 9.30am-11am.

Burglaries The local police have contacted us to remind home owners to be vigilant as homes in the local area have recently been targeted during the daytime hours.

Warm Weather On warmer days, please use sun cream on your child and send them into school with a water bottle. It is important to drink plenty of water to stay hydrated in the warm weather.

Hayfever The pollen count has been very high recently and we have treated many children in the medical room with hayfever. If your child has hayfever, please ensure that they take their medication every day at home. If your child has symptoms of hayfever, your GP or pharmacist will be able to recommend medication to make your child more comfortable.

Lettings

Mega Eid Mela Sale This will be taking place on Saturday 20th July from 12pm-5pm. Entry to the Mela will  be free and parking will be available. There will be a range of ready made suits and fabric available to purchase from £5 and sari’s and jewellery from £8. Come along with your friends and family and shop at a fraction of the price!

 

Dates For Your Diary

27th June               Bowling (3B & 3G)

27th June               2pm - Y6 Performance to parents

28th June               Bowling (3R & 3Y)

3rd July                   Sports Day

4th July                   CFA coffee morning (9.15am)

4th July                   11+ Application Deadline

8th July                   Reception intake meetings (9.30am & 2pm)

11th July                 Y1 to Southend (2 classes)

12th July                Reports to parents

12th July                 Y1 to Southend (3 classes)

14th July                Year 6 to Glasbury (return 20th July)

16th July                 Open School

17th July                 Drama club performance to parents            (4.30-5.30pm)

18th July                Y2 Performance to parents (time tbc)

19th July                Last day for Nursery

19th July                Y3 Tudor Day

19th July                Reception Sports Day (9.30-11am)

23rd July                Y6 Disco

24th July                Last day of term (Finish at 2pm)

25th July                Inset (school closed to pupils)

 

Dates for 2013-14 Academic Year

 

3rd & 4th Sept        Inset (school closed to pupils)

5th Sept                  School open for pupils

28th Oct-1st Nov     Half term (school closed)

23rd Dec-3rd Jan ’14 Christmas Break (school closed)

14th February        Inset (school closed to pupils)

17th Feb– 21st Feb Half term (school closed)

7th April-18th April Spring Break (school closed)

21st April                Bank Holiday (school closed)

5th May                  Bank Holiday (school closed)

23rd May                Inset (school closed to pupils)

26th May-30th May  Half term (school closed)

23rd July                 Inset (school closed to pupils)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

Newsletter No34 19th June 2013

Congratulations to the following writers of the week:  Sana Naushad, Aleesha Sultana, Gavin Molokwu, Emaan Munshi, Mariam Hussain, Aman Singh Birdi, Mohammad Sheriff, Jeni Tanushi, Navjot Singh, Kasturi Rasakumar, Ninuja Uthayakumar, Naiha Minhas, Fiza Hussain, Ammad Ahmed, Andrei Lupsa, Mahtab Khalon, Moez Zaman, Alayna Adam, Saif Abdul, Zainab Gillani, Angelica Gillani, Angelica Musona, Aliza Khan, Muskan Noor, Darsshini Akula, Virandeep Khosa, Salman Mamoon Rashid, Aariz Ashraf and Samia Ahmed.                                             
‘Mathelete’ Awards were received by: Izabela Bha, Yaseen Khan, Sophia Ullah, Aryan Hussain, Hira Syed, David Constantin Chiriacescu, Nuradin Nur, Gaby Kadimba, Aiza Asghar, Neal Harar, Alawi Mohamed, Shanjeevan Thamendra, Dad Osman, Isra Sher-Khan, John Joseph Franco, Syed Talha Hassan, Yusuf Ahmed, Subhan Sohail, Stefan Benjamin, Nailah Hussain, Iram Lodhi, Anisha Rahman, Taha Suhail, Keerthana Thurisamy, Aman Paul and Denis-Florin Heitei.                                                   
A Gold Award and a book were received by: Amanjot Chug, Mihai Tasi, Inaya Mohammed and Jayden Jacobus.

A Headteacher’s award was received by Hashir Khurram (2Y) for producing a fantastic piece of writing about his visit to Paradise Wildlife Park. Excellent work, Hashir!

Well done to all of you!

Racist Incident Once again, I was very disappointed to hear that although our pupils demonstrate respect towards each other’s cultures and religions, this is not being reinforced in some homes. I was very saddened to hear that a child was told by his best friend that he cannot go to his home to play because his dad only allows Muslims there. I would urge all adults to show the same respect to all religions and cultures as our children do.

SILC Event Yesterday evening, a group of our children represented the school at the annual Arts Festival between our network of schools, including Highlands, Fullwood, Gearies and St. Augustine’s Primary. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mark, Chloe, Pauline, Rachel Preeti and Brian for organising and supporting the event. Well done to all the children who contributed! What fantastic ambassadors for Cranbrook!

Summer Fayre ‘Wild West Bonanza’ 20th June Further tickets for the Wild West Bonanza will be available to purchase on Thursday. Thank you to parents and children who kindly donated items for the Summer Fayre on 14th June. What a great response! Children are invited to come into school in non-uniform in a Wild West theme. Please note, classes will be dismissed from the front of the school as the playground will be used for the Fayre. There will be signs up by the main gate to tell you about this.                                           

Cancellation of Clubs on 20th June Due to the Summer Fayre event, all after school activities are cancelled on 20th June 2013. Please note that the after school childcare club that runs until 5.30pm will be open as usual and will be located in the nursery.

Glasbury We had a very poor response to the meeting for Year 6 parents whose children are going on the week long residential trip to Glasbury in July. For those who did not attend, please ensure that all forms are completed and returned on time.

Year 5 Transition Meeting I do hope Year 5 parents found this morning’s meeting informative and useful. Thank you for your attendance.

Packed Lunches If your child takes a packed lunch to school, please can you ensure that they bring this with them when they come into school in the morning. It is disruptive for the busy administration office who have to then take late packed lunches to children in their class.

Jump Rope For Heart In the week beginning 24th June, your child will be participating in a sponsored skip. Please ensure that your child has returned their sponsor form and the money raised during this week. 80% of all donations will go towards the British Heart Foundation and 20% will go to the school for PE resources. So, keep practicing your skipping at home and get ready for Jump Rope for Heart!

Colour Assemblies Due to the Summer Fayre, colour assemblies will not be taking place on 20th June. Assemblies will run as usual next week.

Sensory Garden Please be aware that this area is out of bounds before and after school.

Sports Day We would like to invite parents to our Sports Day, weather permitting, on Wednesday 3rd July:

KS 2– 9.10am - 12.30pm

KS1– 1.15pm - 3pm

All children are to wear suitable sports clothing; shorts, t-shirt (colour appropriate for your child’s team), plimsolls/trainers. Please apply sun cream to your child if the weather is warmer. However, if the weather is cooler, please supply your child with black jogging bottoms and a jumper. All children will also need a water bottle available to them throughout the event. Parents are encouraged to come along and support their child in the various events. Parents will be required to sign in at the field entrance.

“What Does Your School Mean To You” Competition Calling all students! What does your school mean to you? Imagination and creativity? A safe place where friends are made and memories are created? Your school councillors are working on something very special and want you to tell them what Cranbrook  Primary School means to you. You may choose to write your responses in a paragraph (no more than 100 words please) or draw a picture with a caption. You may choose to work on a response alone or with friends. It’s up to you! Just make sure you give your entry to your teacher by 4th July 2013.                                                  

Science Day Last week as part of Science Day, Year 3 learnt all about bones! They were lucky enough to receive a visit from Ester Donaghey, a local Osteopath from Body Balance Practice in South Woodford. The children all had a great day and learnt lots! Year 5 received a visit from Dr Imran Rafiq as part of their Science Day. Dr Rafiq bought in a model skeleton, stethoscopes and various other medical items for the      children to look at and use. The children had a fantastic time learning all about muscles! Thank you Dr Rashid and Ester Donaghey for spending the day with the children.

Lunches—Online Payments with Cypad The school meals catering providers, ISS  Facility Services will soon be offering an online payment service. From 22nd June, in  addition to paying for your child’s school meals by cash or cheque, you will also be able to pay online. Cypad is an online payment system which offers you the freedom to pay for your child’s meals by credit or debit card and to view your account balance. It is a straight forward, secure and easy system to use. Furthermore, once registered, you will be automatically reminded when your balance falls below falls below £5 to remind you to top up your account.

 

Dates For Your Diary

 

20th June                Summer Fayre (3.30pm-5.30pm)

21st June                 Trip to Paradise Wildlife Park (2B & 2R)

24th June                Trip to British Museum (4G & 4R)

25th June                Trip to British Musuem (4B & 4Y)

27th June                Bowling (3B & 3G)

27th June                2pm - Y6 Performance to parents

28th June                Bowling (3R & 3Y)

3rd July                    Sports Day

4th July                    11+ Application Deadline

8th July                    Reception intake meetings (9.30am & 2pm)

11th July                  Y1 to Southend (2 classes)

12th July                  Reports to parents

12th July                  Y1 to Southend (3 classes)

14th July                  Year 6 to Glasbury (return 20th July)

16th July                  Open School

17th July                  Drama club performance to parents            (4.30-5.30pm)

18th July                  Y2 Performance to parents (time tbc)

19th July                  Last day for Nursery

19th July                  Y3 Tudor Day

23rd July                  Y6 Disco

24th July                  Last day of term (Finish at 2pm)

25th July                  Inset (school closed to pupils)

Dates for 2013-14 Academic Year

3rd & 4th Sept         Inset (school closed to pupils)

5th Sept                  School open for pupils

28th Oct-1st Nov     Half term (school closed)

23rd Dec-3rd Jan ’14 Christmas Break (school closed)

14th February          Inset (school closed to pupils)

17th Feb– 21st Feb Half term (school closed)

7th April-18th April Spring Break (school closed)

21st April                 Bank Holiday (school closed)

5th May                   Bank Holiday (school closed)

23rd May                 Inset (school closed to pupils)

26th May-30th May Half term (school closed)

23rd July                  Inset (school closed to pupils)