19 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 I can hardly believe that the first half term has gone by already. It only seems like five minutes ago that we were welcoming the children back after the summer holiday and settling the Reception children into their new classes. It has been a busy and fantastic half term and I am feeling incredibly proud of how hard everyone has worked and how much has been learnt. I hope you all have a lovely half term break and look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 29th October, feeling refreshed and ready to go again!
BRIDGES Parent Workshop Wednesday 31st October - 6pm
This workshop is an opportunity to learn more about the BRIDGES framework and how parents can support their children to grow their BRIDGES dispositions. Location: Primary School
All parents are welcome from primary and secondary
Message from Mr Coughlin (Year 4 Music)
In Year 4, we are really lucky to have the Primary Band Project this year at INA. Mr Coughlin, our Head of Music, will be holding a meeting for our Year 4 parents on Thursday 1st November at 9am and again at 6pm to introduce them to the Year 4 music curriculum. Mr Coughlin will spend time talking about the instruments our Year 4 pupils will be learning to play. He will also explain the process of loaning the instruments so that the children will be able to take them home to practise, which we aim to have up and running later this academic year. If you are a Year 4 parent, it is really important that you come along to find out more about this new opportunity and also to ask any questions you may have. 19 October 2018 Primary Newsletter
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Mathemagical Maths Week Week beginning 5th November
In the aim of raising the profile of mathematics as a lifelong skill that we use every day, we are holding a ‘Mathemagical Maths Week’. The staff are busy planning ways in which they can make mathematical links to every curriculum area and ensuring that the week will be a fun one! We ask that you encourage and support your child at home and get them to do as much thinking about their use of maths at home or during their visits to the shops, walk to school etc. It would be great to ask the children during the half term how they have been using their magical maths skills in different subjects at school, not just maths and in other context and settings around them.
Mathematics Mastery Workshop Thursday 8th November 9am & 6pm
This workshop has run successfully every year and has really helped parents to gain a greater understanding of the Maths Mastery approach used at INA. Parents will be introduced to the approach and be given strategies to use to support their child at home. To ensure we set out enough space and resources for the event, we ask that that you contact the Primary office staff to confirm your attendance. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.
Message from the Year 2 Team Next half term we will be creating a theatre in art using cereal boxes, if you have any cereal boxes or boxes of a similar size, please bring in them in so we can put them to great use. Thank you in advance!
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Enrichment You should have by now the notification of your child’s enrichment club for next half term. The children will start their new club from the week beginning Monday 29th October.
Pupils have enjoyed their Bike Club Enrichment and have really grown in confidence whilst learning about bicycle safety.
Ms Begum and Ms Ajrullah have been impressed by how well the children have been doing during their cooking enrichment. The children have become so confident with identifying ingredients and have enjoyed working in small groups to make such fantastic creations!
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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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Newton's News This week in ‘Newsletter Club’ we produced a poem about our school. We’ve included stanzas and rhyming couplets – see if you can point out the rhyming words! Isaac Newton sat under a tree, An apple fell on his head; he screamed ‘gravity!’ His ideas were great and totally cool, So we took his name and we named our school! We built this school totally from scratch, In our opinion, nothing can match. We love watching our school grow and grow, We love everyone from head to toe! We have a Growth Mindset, we try and we try, We never give up – we reach for the sky. Our wonderful BRIDGES make us who we are, If we use them correctly, we’ll become a star! In our school, we learn more than we can say, We learn brand new things every single day. From reading to science, we’re always on task, Everyone says this, no matter who you ask. Ms Gilley is the best, she cooks amazing food, And she’s always in an incredible mood. We love family dining, it’s as great as can be, Everyone loves this idea – especially me! Our teachers and staff; they really care, It’s hard to deny - they are ultra-rare. Teaching and teaching every single day, Perhaps they need more holiday! This school is amazing – it’s truly the best, We learn so much on our BRIDGES quest. When you look around, all you see are smiles, Our joy stretches onwards for miles and miles! 19 October 2018 Primary Newsletter
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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: • •
Ekamjot Kaur – BRIDGES Habits Award (for working collaboratively with other children during talk tasks). Safa Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for impressing everyone with her reading skills).
Maxwell Class: • •
Monira Miah – BRIDGES Habits Award (for listening during learning time). Yahya Palejwala - Scholar of the Week (for using his ‘Fred Fingers’ to write 3 letter words).
Newton Class: • •
Abdul Qadir Rajput – BRIDGES Habits (for always caring for his peers). Fadil Baig - Scholar of the Week (for finding a new enthusiasm for writing).
Britten Class: • •
Beetaa Bayrami – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being a kind friend and helping new children settle well into Britten class). Affan Rasool – Scholar of the Week (for learning the names and properties of 2D and 3D shapes).
Fitzgerald Class: • •
Simran Islam – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being a great friend both in class and at playtimes). Amina Sheikh – Scholar of the Week (for an excellent independent writing effort in our Little Red Riding Hood re-telling).
Glennie Class: • •
Khadija Jamil – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always being friendly and very sociable in the playground and a classroom). Elis Richardson – Scholar of the Week (for successfully learning all 2D shapes).
Al-Kashi Class: • •
Noor Asghar – BRIDGES Habits Award (for helping her friends feel better and making them happy). Kayden Reid - Scholar of the Week (for writing a fantastic persuasive advert during his English lesson).
Fibonacci Class: • •
Soha Zaidi – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being a good talk partner and listening well in all her lessons). Samuel Chamberlain Thomas – Scholar of the Week (for a really good attempt at planning questions and exclamatory sentences).
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Pythagoras Class: • •
Nyla Moses-Philips – BRIDGES Habits Award (for lovely partner work, listening well to her partner and making positive contributions). Sana Abbas – Scholar of the Week (for trying very hard with her two digit addition and subtraction this week and sharing her strategies).
Ellington Class: • •
Zara Daykin – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using her active listening skills when talking to her peers especially during talk tasks). Zayn Miah – Scholar of the Week (for supporting his peers by helping then progress with their learning especially in reading).
Nicks Class: • •
Yusha Master – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing fantastic listening skills during reading lessons to help answer inference questions). Hanad Ali - Scholar of the Week (for improving his inference skills during Whole Class Reading).
Shankar Class: • •
Maryam Nawaz – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating ‘Emotional Intelligence’ by showing fantastic active listening skills during her partner learning). Isra Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for using fronted adverbials and time conjunctions in order to produce some excellent written work in English).
Lovelace Class: • •
Rohan Taheem – BRIDGES Habits Award (for working collaboratively and sustaining an open mind when approaching challenge questions). Rhea Thirumal - Scholar of the Week (for using area arrays to mulitiply two digit numbers and providing reasoning).
Mirzakhani Class: • •
Hari Virdee – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating excellent active listening across all lessons). Miguel Genov – Scholar of the Week (for providing insightful knowledge about the function of castles during the Norman period).
Ramanujan Class: • •
Fahmid Khan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating his emotional intelligence by considering others’ feelings and opinions). Rohin Ronson – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating excellent focus this week during all his lessons).
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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 2nd November. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly:
Haniya Shaikh - Curie Aarav Singh - Curie Sumayyah Jamil - Maxwell Alisha Haleem - Maxwell Ayat Zahra - Newton Ayah Singh - Newton Ekampreet Malik - Britten Araiya Lard - Fitzgerald Nidhi Jogia - Glennie Abul Tahsin Salam - Pythagoras Maiya Summers - Fibonacci Tasnia Anis - Al-Kashi Jawad Raggai - Shankar Ravi Jethwa - Ellington Aryan Lakhani - Nicks Ceylan Warner - Lovelace Hamza Omer - Mirzakhani Gurkirpa Hunjan - Ramanujan
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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 29th October 2018
Self Discipline Self Discipline comprises nine dispositions: Organisation Prudence Hard Work
Absorption Motivation Independence
Revising Practising Self-Regulation
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We would all like to see the children develop the habits listed above, as they are all essential lifelong skills that are needed for us to successfully manage our way through school, college, and university and certainly throughout our work careers. It is really important that whilst the children are young that we help them develop these habits as quickly as possible – especially organisation, independence and hard work. At school we ensure the pupils understand that every action has a consequence and that when we work hard it can often reap satisfaction and reward. Our pupils work hard day to day to earn their merits for making good choices and demonstrate their efforts. To help the children understand the structure of each day and become better organised, we always start with a visual timetable in Reception. A picture represents each part of the day; this helps the children to understand the daily routines. It is important that that we teach the young people to become more organised and check that they have all of their belongings with them each day.
At Home
At home the children need to practise getting dressed and undressed, managing buttons on shirts and coats etc. and generally become more independent. Helping your child to get organised the night before will help to ensure they have everything they need for their day. It may help to create a visual/pictorial timetable at home to help your child become more organised and to think about when they need their PE kit, home learning, guided reading book etc. This could be displayed in your child’s room or in a central place like the kitchen where you can both check what is needed the night before, ready for the following day. This will allow your child to become more involved in preparing for their learning each day and gaining independence. It is also good to remind your child, as we do in school, to check regularly that they have all of the belongings with them. Congratulate your child’s effort when you see them working hard and for showing an increased motivation with their home learning or reading. Talk to your child about how your own effort to practise and work hard at something led to success and a good feeling of achievement. 19 October 2018 Primary Newsletter
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Black Composer of the Week
Ludwig van Beethoven
For the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about Ludwig van Beethoven as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Beethoven in preparation for the coming weeks. You can find out some facts and hear some of his music on the following links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven http://www.biography.com/people/ludwig-van-beethoven-9204862
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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
99.3%
Al-Kashi
96.3%
Maxwell
97.2%
Fitzgerald
98.3%
Fibonacci
98.7%
Newton
100%
Glennie
98.7%
Pythagoras
92.7%
Well done and congratulations to Newton class who are the winners this week with 100% and will enjoy some extra play.
Key Stage 2 Ellington
97.3%
Lovelace
97.7%
Nicks
95.6%
Mirzakhani
94.3%
Shankar
100%
Ramanujan
100%
Well done and congratulations to both Shankar class and Ramanujan class who are the joint winners this week with 100% and have earned some extra playtime.
Overall Attendance: 97.6% 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 Monday 22nd – Friday 26th October Wednesday 31st October Thursday 1st November
BRIDGES workshop for Parents – 6.00pm Meetings for Year 4 parents about the music project 9am and 6pm
Monday 5th November
Mathemagical Week
Wednesday 7th November
Diwali
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
HALF TERM
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 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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