05 October 2018
Primary Newsletter
Safeguarding Children As part of their curriculum, the children learn how to keep themselves safe. The following website has been set up by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to offer parents and schools advice on how to raise safeguarding awareness with children. There is a notable section called ‘The Underwear Rule’ which is of particular support and guidance to parents. The website also offers advice regarding ‘online safety’ and how to obtain support or advice regarding the safeguarding of children. www.nspcc.org.uk
Uniform Information & School Uniform Purchases The Primary uniform can be purchased through the Khalsa Schoolwear website or can be bought at Khalsa Schoolwear shop in Bethnal Green. To save on the cost of delivery charges, Khalsa Schoolwear does a school delivery once every month. You can find further details of the delivery dates on their website or you can ask the reception office staff. • • • • • • • •
We expect every child to be in full uniform every day with their top button done up All coats must be plain black Shoes must be plain black – no trainers! If you are not sure about the types of shoes that are part of our uniform policy, please ask. Please label every item of clothing One pair of plain stud earrings can be worn Nail polish is not allowed Jewellery is not permitted Long hair for both boys and girls must be tied back. Hair decorations must be small and plain and match the school uniform
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Schools starts at 8.45am (8.35am for Year 3 & Year 4). It is important that your child arrives on time every day so that the teachers can start the lesson promptly. The school gate will be open from 8.25am and will close at 8.45am.
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School finishes at 3.45pm (3.35pm for Year 3 & Year 4) every day other than Tuesday when we finish at 3.00pm (2.50pm for Year 3 & Year 4).
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If any of your details have changed e.g. your address or phone number – please ensure you contact the office to inform us, so that we can update our records and contact you in case of an emergency.
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Please ensure your child attends school every day and on time. If your child is sick then you must call the office to let us know by 8.15am. If your child has a medical appointment you must let us know in advance.
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From Tam Broadway – Primary Headteacher It has been a busy week with lots of lovely, interactive learning and ‘Discovery’ work going on. Our Black History Month celebrations are well underway and the pupils have voted for their new School Council members. The children are eagerly learning songs for the Harvest Festival Assembly. Ms West has now put up Harvest Festival posters around the school and on the gates to advise us of the best items to donate over the coming week.
From Jo Spencer – Interim Principal On Monday, Ofsted announced that they would be inspecting INA on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. We were pleased to welcome the team of six inspectors who were looking at the quality of provision and outcomes from Reception to Year 13. I would like to thank all of the parents who completed the Parent View questionnaire, our staff who all worked so hard over the two days, our students who made us so very proud, and our governing body and Ark for their support. We will share the outcome of the inspection with you when the report is published in a few weeks’ time.
Phonics Workshop for Parents (Year 1 and Reception Parents)
Just to remind you that we will running a workshop on Wednesday 10th October at 9am and again at 6pm, to share information regarding the Read Write Inc. phonics programme that we follow. We ask that all parents join us in the main dining hall for an introduction to the evening and then two workshops will be run, one for Reception parents and one for Year 1 parents. Can you please contact the Primary reception office if you will be attending so that we have a good idea on the number of parents to prepare the sessions for. We look forward to seeing many of you then.
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Newton's News As part of our Newsletter enrichment, we decided that it would be great to conduct some interviews around INA! This week – we thought that it would be a great idea to interview two teachers who are new to the school: Mr Flint and Ms Chowdhary. We asked them a few questions about what it was like being a new teacher at Isaac Newton Academy; as well as some other questions that sparked our interest!
MR FLINT’S INTERVIEW: Mr Flint why did you become a teacher? I became a teacher because I loved school as a child. I really wanted to share that enjoyment with as many people as possible. What has been your favourite moment since joining INA? I have enjoyed so many moments since joining this school. I love teaching my enrichment club, I really liked being introduced to my new class, and I also really liked my interview here! I think my favourite moment, however, happened to me yesterday. We were writing rhyming poems about dinosaurs in class, and one of my children said that the dinosaur was ‘walking slowly, whilst eating guacamole’. I thought that was great! What was your most embarrassing childhood memory? When I was in Reception myself, I once did PE and I got changed back into another boy’s clothes. I wore his shirt, his trousers, his tie – everything! He also went home wearing my clothes. The problem was, he was a lot taller than me – so our uniforms didn’t really suit each other! Our parents had to do a quick swap back in the playground the next day. What is your favourite subject? My favourite subjects when I was at school were Art and PE, however my favourite subjects to teach are all of the topic lessons. If you had another job, what would you do? I think perhaps I would deliver newspapers on my bike, because I really like cycling. Or maybe I would work in the music industry. You never know, maybe one day you’ll see me delivering newspapers to your door!
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MS CHOWDHARY’S INTERVIEW: Have you worked in any other schools before? Yes I have, I used to work in another school near to Newham. I taught there for about 4 years. What has been your funniest moment in school? One day I woke up, got myself dressed and went to school. I was teaching my class – and I looked down and realised that I was still wearing my slippers! Do you have a favourite sport? I do, I really like football. It keeps you very fit and healthy, and I like the fact that it’s competitive! I also enjoy going to the gym. Why did you decide to work at INA? When I came here – I really liked that the ambassadors came to speak to me! I thought that was really lovely and friendly, and it made me think that I definitely wanted to work here. Since being here – I have absolutely loved getting to know all of the children. It’s been lovely. What have you learned since working at INA? I have learned lots of things since coming to INA. One of the main things that I have learned is all about the BRIDGES dispositions! It’s been great to learn those and use them every day. I’ve also enjoyed learning about lots of different composers, as we have a ‘composer of the fortnight’ who we learn all about. Finally, if you weren’t a teacher – what job would you like to have? Oh that’s a good question! I think that if I wasn’t a teacher… then I would love to be a detective!
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School Council After tough competition and lots of applications of interest, pupils from Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 were invited to prepare a 30 second speech to present in an assembly. They were asked to introduce themselves to the rest of the school, discuss their ideas for making the school even better and explain why they would make a great School Council member. Every pupil delivered a speech to be extremely proud of, but had they done enough to convince everyone else that they were the right people for the job? During the course of the day classes had the opportunity to cast their vote by ticking the name of the person they wanted to choose and placing their vote in the ballot box. Â I am looking forward to my first meeting with the council and looking forward to hearing about all the exciting and creative ideas that they will have over the course of the next academic year to make the school even better.
Welcome Centre Visit On Wednesday 3rd October, the newly elected School Council and four representatives from Year 8 and Year 9 visited the Redbridge Welcome Centre. The purpose of the visit was to find out about the good work the Welcome Centre does in our local community. The children asked great questions and collected a range of information, which they will share with the school during next week’s Harvest Assembly. Mrs West and Ms Begum were very proud of all the children who attended and we look forward to their presentation next week.
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Multicultural Food Fayre & Dress Up Day Friday 19th October
To celebrate the amazing diversity of our school community, we will be holding a Multicultural Food Fayre and Dress Up day on the last day of the half term, Friday 19th October. To raise funds for the school we are inviting the staff and children to pay ÂŁ1 to wear traditional or cultural dress for the day. The staff are equally excited about dressing up and are planning their costumes as we speak! The children need to wear clothes that are practical, as they will still need to continue with their day-to-day routines and play. The Reception children will continue with their PE lesson in the afternoon but the activities will be adapted to enable them to take part in their traditional costumes, so please help them choose clothing that will allow for them to do so. We are also inviting parents/carers to make some cultural food dishes that they can sell after school in the dining hall to help raise money for the school. It will be a great way to share some of your favourite dishes with the rest of the school community. If you make a dish we would ask that you stay to help sell your dish so that you can explain the contents and ingredients to any potential buyers. The Food Fayre will be from 4.00-5.00pm although we would like parents/carers who are selling food to be available form 3.30pm to help set up etc. If you are intending to bring some food into school can you please read and fill out the slip on the back of the letter that has been sent out and hand it in to Ms Broadway by Monday 8th October so that we can anticipate the number of dishes being brought in to sell. Thank you in advance for your support. If you intend to buy some food on the day you may want to consider bringing your own containers in which to take food away with you. We look forward to seeing the children dressed up next week and to any amazing food dishes that are brought in to sell.
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The Big Dig! During half term, on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th October, we want to recondition the soil in the Early Years’ area raised beds ready for growing in the Spring. If you are able to help dig in the organic horse manure we have coming, your support would be tremendously appreciated. Please bring a spade and some sandwiches (tea/coffee and light refreshments will be provided) and enjoy getting muddy! Choose a day and write your name on the sign up sheet in reception (which looks like the below). Thank you! Ms Willcox
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Year 1 Visit Thorndon County Park As part of the Year 1 topic ‘Into the Woods’ the children visited Thorndon County Park and had an amazing time foraging, hunting for imaginary bears and exploring the woodlands habitat. Thank you so much to all the parent volunteers for helping out and giving up their time, we really appreciate your support.
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Year 4 Visit to Mountfitchet Castle As part of the Year 4 topic ‘What Happened in 1066?’ the children visited Mountfitchet Castle and had an amazing time finding out about village life in Norman times. Once again thank you to all the parent volunteers for helping out and giving up their time, we really appreciate your support.
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Praise and Recognition Every week each teacher chooses two children from their class to receive a certificate in assembly; one is in recognition of a child demonstrating our BRIDGES habit of the week, and the other in recognition of a pupil’s academic effort throughout the week. Well done to the following children, who have been recognised this week:
Curie Class: • •
Zain Quraishi – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing creativity when making his binoculars). Nubaid Ozzul – Scholar of the Week (for using his phonics to write words).
Maxwell Class: • •
Zakariyya Rahman – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being a fantastic partner in phonics). Lucas Petre - Scholar of the Week (for saying what is ‘one more’ within numbers to six).
Newton Class: • •
Ayat Zahra – BRIDGES Habits (for always being enthusiastic and curious towards her learning). Anabia Nawab - Scholar of the Week (for making and presenting her own sound book).
Britten Class: • •
Anita Uddin – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing great enthusiasm whilst exploring the woods on the school trip). Fatima Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for creating a fantastic woodland collage).
Fitzgerald Class: • •
Bola Omotola – BRIDGES Habits Award (for second to none enthusiasm for learning new things, especially when learning our alternative version of Little Red Riding Hood story during Talk for Writing). Hong Yip – Scholar of the Week (for a fantastic explanation of what evergreen and deciduous trees are in science).
Glennie Class: • •
Anam Shah – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing great enthusiasm). Jasnoor Kaur – Scholar of the Week (for writing a fantastic recount and remembering all success criteria).
Al-Kashi Class: • •
Eshaal Khan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for discovering the correct proportions for her self-portrait in Art ). Rasim Balaj - Scholar of the Week (for explaining why we need certain food groups and using his scientific enquiry skills in science).
Fibonacci Class: • •
Samuel Chamberlain-Thomas – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using his imagination to think of interesting ingredients to add to his ‘Marvellous Medicine’). Ijaz Nazir – Scholar of the Week (for using lots of expanded noun phrases in his recipe to make a ‘Marvellous Medicine’).
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Pythagoras Class: • •
Aamina Akram – BRIDGES Habits Award (for attentively noticing lots of patterns and explaining these during Maths Meetings). Shresta Yeruva – Scholar of the Week (for excellent concentration in all her subjects and thoroughly checking her answers to arithmetic questions and self-correcting any spotted errors).
Ellington Class: • •
Eesa Vali – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating enthusiasm when reading). Ravi Jethwa – Scholar of the Week (for improving his handwriting).
Nicks Class: • •
Maya Ahmed – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing great enthusiasm during a very interesting debate as part of Black History Month). Asiyah Ali - Scholar of the Week (for creating a humorous poem using rhyming couplets).
Shankar Class: • •
Shakira Choudhry – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using her ‘discovery’ skills by showing a wonderful level of enthusiasm in all of her learning). Jeevan Hunjan– Scholar of the Week (for continuing to demonstrate a fantastic ‘Growth Mindset’ when given feedback during lessons).
Lovelace Class: • •
Osman Dean – BRIDGES Habits Award (for noticing and showing curiosity in maths). Tulsi Jogia - Scholar of the Week (for using similes and metaphors in her description for a shield).
Mirzakhani Class: • •
Kuljit Aytan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating enthusiasm in all his lessons by making excellent contributions to class discussions). Ibrahim Ijaz – Scholar of the Week (for writing an excellent setting description using similes, metaphors and personification).
Ramanujan Class: • •
Janeefa Khezar – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using her ‘discovery’ disposition to identify interesting patterns eg. palindromes in maths). Sabah Akram – Scholar of the Week (for writing a wonderful description of the Battle of Hastings setting using figurative language).
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Harvest Festival ISAAC NEWTON ACADEMY
We will be having our Harvest Festival Assembly for the pupils on Thursday 11th October.
We would appreciate donations of the following items: We will be offering our donations to The Redbridge Welcome Centre. If you would like to make a contribution to this local worthy cause, then please send in your donation on Tuesday 9th October or Wednesday 10th October in preparation for the children’s Harvest Festival Assembly on Thursday 13th October.
• Tinned fruit • Tinned Fish • Tinned vegetables • Tinned meat • Pasta
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• Rice • Squash • Long Life Milk • Sugar • Coffee
• Tea • Washing up liquid • Shower Gel • Shaving Foam • Washing Powder
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Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Friday 12th October. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Nubaid Ozzul - Curie Malak Raggai - Curie Aadam Dakri - Maxwell Rushda Hasnat - Maxwell Avreet Kaur - Newton Abdul Rehan Kumar Newton
Halima Chand - Britten Adil Usman - Fitzgerald Aiza Faheem - Glennie Holly Carless - Pythagoras Zoya Butt - Fibonacci Preeti Caldiera - Al-Kashi
Zahir Khan - Shankar Hannah Nakhuda - Ellington Aariz Chaudhry - Nicks Yanis Benjamin - Lovelace Meerab Dar - Mirzakhani Ishaan Mutha - Ramanujan
Breakfast & After School Club Every parent has Wisepay details and a password, which will enable you to book a place for ‘Breakfast Club’ or ‘After School Club’. Payments must be made in advance. If you experience any problems, please contact Ms Chaggar who will be happy to help. Breakfast is available each day from 7.45am and costs just £2.50 per day. The children enjoy a range of cereals, toast and different topping, juice or milk and fruit. Any child attending must be brought to the main reception area by 8.20am at the latest. After School Club runs from 3.45pm – 6.00pm (3.00pm – 6.00pm on Tuesdays) and costs just £5.50 per hour. The children enjoy a range of snacks each evening and a variety of games and activities.
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BRIDGES in the Primary Phase “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.� Isaac Newton BRIDGES are habits of mind or learning characteristics that develop a pupil's character and learning power and enable him/her to grow into a well-rounded individual and resilient learner. There are seven BRIDGES habits that we will be working on, which will rotate on a weekly cycle throughout the year. The BRIDGES habit of the week will always be introduced at the beginning of the week during the Monday assembly and reinforced throughout the week across the curriculum. Each class teacher will award a certificate to a pupil that they feel has demonstrated the BRIDGES focus for the week. Each week we will update you on the BRIDGES habit that will be introduced in the coming week and offer some top tips on how to reinforce the habit at home too. Please also refer to the Primary BRIDGES wheel below.
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Week commencing 8th October 2018
GRIT
Grit comprises six dispositions: Perseverance Managing Distractions
Resilience Patience
Concentration Determination
At School
• At part of our 6 pillars we continuously stress the importance to the children about managing distractions and concentrating during their learning time. • It is essential that from Reception upwards that the children become better at managing distractions and demonstrate that they can work on a task for a sustained period of time. • We always encourage a ‘can do’ resilient attitude and talk to the children about the importance of not giving up on a task too easily, even when it presents as a challenge, learning that ‘practice makes perfect’. • We discuss that having patience and trying something again, even though we may find it difficult, will lead to success. We also explain that patient can also mean not having what we want instantly and that sometimes we have to wait our turn.
At Home
Encourage your child to try and complete things more independently – when they say they can’t do something – tell your child to have a go and to try a little harder. If then they are still completely stuck with a task, then offer a small amount of help to get them started. Offer encouragement and praise your child’s effort. Talk to your child about how you learned to do things and how hard some things were for you too but through not giving up, being determined and practising you got better.
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Black Composer of the Week
Aretha Franklin
In recognition and to celebrate Black History Month we will be listening to the music of a different black composer each week. A huge thank you goes to our Black History Month working party of parents who suggested some great composers and musicians for us. Next week we will be listening to and learning about Aretha Franklin. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Franklin in preparation for the coming week. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin http://www.arethafranklin.net/
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Attendance Regular attendance is a crucial factor in students’ educational development and ability to achieve their full potential. At Isaac Newton Academy every student is set the target of 100% attendance. The class with the highest attendance for the phase by the end of every week is awarded the attendance trophy during Friday’s Award & Recognition assembly.
Early Years and Key Stage 1 Curie
98.6%
Britten
93.2%
Al-Kashi
98.7%
Maxwell
95.4%
Fitzgerald
97.3%
Fibonacci
99%
Newton
99.3%
Glennie
99%
Pythagoras
97.7%
Well done and congratulations to Newton class who are the winners once again this week with 99.3%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington
96%
Lovelace
99.3%
Nicks
98%
Mirzakhani
98.1%
Shankar
100%
Ramanujan
97.8%
Well done and congratulations to Shankar who are the winners this week with 100% and have earned extra playtime next week.
Overall Attendance: 97.9% National average attendance for primary schools is 97.1%. It is important that the children attend school every day and do not miss any learning. Thank you for your support in ensuring your child is at school every day. We always strive for 100%.
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Key Dates Autumn Term Dates: 3rd September 2018 - 20th December 2018 Wednesday 10th October Friday 12th October Friday 12th October Friday 19th October Friday 19th October
RWI Parent Workshop 9.00am & 6.00pm (Reception and Year 1 Parents only) Ramanujan Class Assembly – Year 4 - 9.00 – 9.20am Fibonacci Class Assembly – Year 2 – 10.20 – 10.40am Multicultural Food Fayre & Traditional Costume Break up 3.45pm
Monday 22nd – Friday 26th October
HALF TERM
Wednesday 1st November
BRIDGES workshop for Parents – 6.00pm
Monday 5th November
Maths Week
Wednesday 7th November
Diwali Reception Information Evening 6.00pm (For September 2019 Intake) Maths Mastery Parent Workshop 9.00am & 6.00pm Home and Family Week (No enrichment clubs) Mirzakhani Class Assembly Year 4 - 9.00 – 9.20am Pythagoras Class Assembly Year 2 – 10.20 – 10.40am Wonderful Handwriting Week INSET Day: no school for students INSET Day: no school for students Reception Information Session 2.00pm (For September 2019 Intake)
Wednesday 7th November Thursday 8th November Monday 12th November Friday 16th November Friday 16th November Monday 19th November Wednesday 21st November Monday 26th November Wednesday 28th November Wednesday 5th December
Parent Quiz Night – 7.00pm
Wednesday 12th December Friday 14th December Wednesday 19th December Thursday 20th December
Reception Nativity Play - 9.00am Christmas Lunch & Christmas Jumper Day Primary Winter Concert Awards Assemblies (TBC) & Term Ends at 12.15pm
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