11 January 2019
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.
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We expect every child to be in full uniform every day with their top button done up and wearing their tie All coats must be plain black Shoes must be plain black – no trainers, plimsolls or boots! 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 Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a fantastic break with family and friends. It was great to see everyone back ready and eager to learn. The new topics for this half term are now underway. Information Topic sheets for each year group are now online under the primary section of the school website and in the Home Learning tab under Parent Information. These will give you further insight into your child’s learning for this half term along with ideas about how you can support your child at home. The Home Learning for this week can also be found in the same place. If you need any further assistance accessing either, please let your child’s class teacher know. Your child’s termly report has been sent home for you to celebrate their progress and achievements. We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 15th January for your child’s Progress Meeting with the teacher. Please remember that school finishes at 12.15pm, it is important that you collect your child on time to give the staff time to set up the classrooms ready for the meetings.
Friends of Isaac Newton Academy Thank you to those of you that have signed up attend and be a part of the INA fundraising committee. Our first meeting with be held in the Primary Dining Hall at 7.00pm on Wednesday 30th January. I look forward to seeing you all then! 11 January 2019 Primary Newsletter
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End & Start of the School Day Arrangements Please be reminded that Year 3 & 4 children are expected to start their day 10 minutes earlier than other year groups at 8.35am and finish their day 10 minutes earlier at 3.35pm. It is important that this valuable 10 minutes is not lost every day as this soon mounts up to a considerable amount of learning time lost each week. As we are now finding ourselves in the winter months there is an increased chance that it will be raining at the end of the day. Therefore, when we encounter rain, we have put in place the following plan to dismiss the Year 2 and 3 children from the stairwells and hall doors rather than have them lining up on the playground
Year 2 Year 2 will be dismissed at their usual time with Pythagoras exiting from the double doors by the hall. Fibonacci will use the stairwell nearest to the library and Al-Kashi will use the stairwell nearest to the Reception classes.
Years 3 and 4 Year 3 will be dismissed at their usual time with Ellington and Nicks exiting from the stairwell by the reception classes. Shankar and Ramanujan will exit from the stairwell by the library and Lovelace and Mirzakhani exiting by the double doors nearest the hall. This will take longer to give out the children as the teachers will only be able release one child at a time, so we ask that you remain patient while we check everyone goes home safely. Thank you in advance for your support.
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Breakfast and Afterschool 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.
Absences immediately before or after a school holiday If your child is absent before or after a school holiday we must see evidence for the absence. This may be medical evidence if your child is unwell, or evidence of flight delays or circumstances beyond your control. We cannot authorise any absences before or after a holiday without this evidence and you risk being issued with a penalty notice. 11 January 2019 Primary Newsletter
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Message from the Reception Team The children have made fabulous progress with their reading in phonics and from Monday 14th January the Reception children will begin guided reading sessions in school. Guided Reading is where a group of children will spend time with the teacher exploring and sharing a reading book. These sessions will support your child’s reading development and comprehension skills. After they have their guided reading session with their teacher, they will take the book home to share with their parents. During the week, we would like you to read your child’s book with them and write a comment with their successes in their yellow reading record book. In the child’s next reading session the teacher will review any comments made in the record book and swap the reading book for another. We will then issue your child with another reading book only when the previous one has been returned.
Please look after the book; we will request a payment from families for any lost or damaged books.
Relationships & Sex Education Information (Year 4 Parents) Year 4 parents are invited to attend an information session on Tuesday 22nd January. The session will run at 9.00am and again at 6.00pm and is aimed at informing you of the schools’ statutory guidance as well as the resources we have chosen to use to teach RSE at Isaac Newton Primary.
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Maths with Parents Workshop (Year 1 & Year 2) A letter was sent at the end of the half term advising you about the launch of the Maths with Parents platform. A parent information session will be run on Tuesday 15th January which is the same day as the Parent Progress Meetings. The session will be run twice on the day, once at 9.00am and again at 11.30am prior to the early finish at 12.15pm. Before the session please remember to register yourself on the following website: www.mathswithparents.com Once you are on the main page you will need to click to ‘log in’ you will be asked to click on the ‘new parent’ tab. When asked for the six-digit class please add as follows and complete the registration details:
Britten Class
168469
Fitzgerald Class
450066
Glennie
115187
Al-Kashi
274975
Fibonacci
289285
Pythagoras
818417
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Lovely Learning this week
This term the Year 1 children will be designing and creating their own hand puppets. This week the children used their grit and determination to learn and practise sewing for the first time!
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Lovely Learning this week The Year 1 children have amazed us yet again with their fantastic home learning projects! The children have brought in a fantastic range of puppets that they made themselves using great creativity and imagination!
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Plastic Milk Containers Needed The children will be making Elmer elephants using plastic milk containers for Elmer day, please can you send in any empty and clean containers to the Reception classrooms. Many thanks in advance.
SATs Information Workshop – English (Year 2 Parents) Wednesday 16th January This workshop is aimed at Year 2 parents to offer support and information regarding the end of Key Stage 1 SATs. There will be an opportunity to have a look at past papers, discuss strategies for working questions out and information about supporting your child at home. The same workshop will be run at 9.00am and again at 6.00pm. To ensure we set out enough space and have enough 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.
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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: • Marquece Horne– BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing courage when working with his partner during numeracy). • Ibrahim Nabi - Scholar of the Week (for practising his sounds during the holidays and focussing in lessons). Maxwell Class: • Rajveer Sawali – BRIDGES Habits Award (for having an optimistic attitude in his phonics lessons). • Armaan Khan - Scholar of the Week (for using coloured cubes to create a model of Elmer). Newton Class: • Nabiha Khan – BRIDGES Habits (for showing courage and being brave even when learning is challenging). • Khadeeja Nadir Khan – Scholar of the Week (for supporting her partner during maths). Britten Class: • Emaan Haroon – BRIDGES Habits Award (for great optimism during her learning throughout the week). • Mariam Shaikh – Scholar of the Week (for writing a fantastic five part story). Fitzgerald Class: • Abeera Qazi – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always being optimistic and giving things her very best). • Hannah Rebhi – Scholar of the Week (for ordering the months of the year successfully and writing them very neatly).
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Glennie Class: • Fatiha Majumder – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always being optimistic when she receives new learning). • Joshua Adjarho-Ethridge – Scholar of the Week (for fantastic story writing using correct sentence openers). Al-Kashi Class: • Jashandeep Singh Mehmi – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing more involvement during whole class learning and voicing his ideas more confidently). • Maria Mohamed Faiz – Scholar of the Week (for using great adverbs in her instructions). Fibonacci Class: • Alexis Burvill – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using her bravery skills to complete all her learning even when it is challenging). • Arfah Noor - Scholar of the Week (for brilliant work at telling the time to the nearest 15 minutes). Pythagoras Class: • Nyla Moses-Philips – BRIDGES Habits Award (for making a lovely start in the new term and showing a great positive attitude to her learning and towards others). • Imaan Javed – Scholar of the Week (for focussing hard and writing lovely sentences using words with the suffix ‘ness’). Ellington Class: • Srisakthi Velmurugan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for taking a risk when selfselecting more challenging questions in maths this week). • Nowmi Touva – Scholar of the Week (for her encouragement within her reading and phonics lessons this week). Nicks Class: • Akbar Hussain – BRIDGES Habits Award (for taking risks in English to adopt prepositional phrases). • Ibrahim Rahman – Scholar of the Week (for applying his understanding of doubling to solve multiplication equations).
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Shankar Class: • Hamza Chand – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing great ‘risk taking’ during his first swimming lesson on the year). • Abdullah Riaz - Scholar of the Week (for working really hard to improve your problem solving skills in maths). Lovelace Class • Aadam Ali – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating a more optimistic approach to all lessons and being more proactive with next steps). • Anum Imran - Scholar of the Week (for reasoning equivalent fractions in maths and using key vocabulary during talk tasks). Mirzakhani Class: • Hamza Omer – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing risk taking by regularly answering questions even when he is unsure). • Miguel Genov – Scholar of the Week (for demonstating excellent knowledge of our topic: ‘The Origins of Chocolate’). Ramanujan Class: • Raina Islam – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating increased bravery when sharing her opinions in class). • Arissa Isha-Butt – Scholar of the Week (for using a range of representations in order to depict fractions).
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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 Maxwell Newton
94.1% 97.2% 97.8%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
86.7% 89.0% 92.1%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
94.5% 97.8% 95.6%
Well done and huge congratulations to Pythagoras class and Newton class who are the joint winners this week with 97.8%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
99.4% 94.5% 98.7%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
96.1% 100% 96.1%
Well done and congratulations to Mirzakhani class who are the winners this week with 100% and have earned themselves some extra playtime.
Overall Attendance: 97.4% 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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Class Ambassadors Every half term we award two children from each class the honour of being the class ambassador. Each class teacher has chosen two children from their class to represent them over the course of the half term. Their role includes helping children in the playground, welcoming visitors to their class and explaining some of their learning to them, along with helping the staff with other special jobs. A purple pin badge will be presented to the children in assembly next week which will need to be worn on their uniform every day.
Well done and congratulations to the following pupils for this half term: Curie Class – Ahmad Musa & Nusayba Jalil Maxwell Class – Aadam Dakri & Monira Miah Newton Class – Qasim Hussain & Tripat Kaur Britten Class – Shad Rahman & Fatima Ali Fitzgerald Class – Mubarack Ali & Adrian Kvaraciejus Glennie Class – Jasson Maheshwaran & Silha Omer Al-Kashi Class – Aleena Chowdhury & Gurjas Dhanjal Fibonacci Class – Humza Anwar & Arthi Sivananthan Pythagoras Class – Smaran Nakerekanti & Hafsa Mahmood Ellington Class – Riya Patel & Zayn Miah Nicks Class – Hanad Ali & Harneet Kang Shankar Class – Inshirah Nabeel & Zahir Khan Lovelace Class – Ceylan Warner & Rohan Taheem Mirzakhani Class – Hari Virdee & Ava-Lily Pemberton-Mardenborough Ramanujan Class – Ali Ullah & Inaaya Ijaz
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Music of the Fortnight Jean Michel Jarre
For the fortnight after the break we will be listening to and learning about Jean Michel Jarre as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Jarre 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/Jean-Michel_Jarre http://jeanmicheljarre.com/
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Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Friday11th January 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Anoop Tilk - Curie Manav Ahmed - Curie Abdulqadir Sheikh - Maxwell Alvina Adeel - Maxwell Shayaan Sham - Newton Ayah Singh - Newton
Alizah Bhatti - Britten Fatima Kashif - Fitzgerald Jiya Jindjahan Kaur Gill Glennie Imaan Javed - Pythagoras Saara Jilani - Fibonacci Isa Ijaz - Al-Kashi
Zara Choudhry - Ellington Yusuf Mahmud - Nicks Adam Ismail - Shankar Rufaida Hasnat - Lovelace Kisa Fatima - Mirzakhani Ria Jethwa - Ramanujan
Merits The following pupils have received 25 merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic achievement. A special ‘bronze’ certificate will be presented during the Celebration and Awards Assembly.
Zara Ijaz Zara Choudhry Zara Daykin Mohid Asif Cameron Palmer Khalid Ahmed
Emaan Haroon Anita Uddin Shanaya Sharma Farasat Heron Abeeha Zahir Haniya Shaikh
Nusayba Jalil Taheem Ali Siya Kamothi Jasmine Gadhia Jeevan Hunjan Shakira Choudhry Imani Salim
Naniyah Owusu Saad Bhutawala Aagia Durhailay Aryan Lakhani Dua Maisam Aysha Islam
The following pupil has received 50 merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic achievement. A special ‘silver’ certificate will be presented during the Celebration and Awards Assembly. Tulsi Jogia Rufaida Hasna 11 January 2019 Primary Newsletter
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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 14th January 2019
Resourcefulness
Resourcefulness comprises ten dispositions: Questioning
Making Connections
Reasoning
Remembering
Transferring
Scavenging
Imitating
Adaptability
Recycling
Flexibility
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It is important that the pupils are able to use and remember their vast phonics, spelling and vocabulary knowledge and apply this information when beginning to write independently. The children imitate familiar stories and characters they know and apply these to their own stories.
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As adults we are acutely aware that we model behaviours for the pupils every day during lunchtime when we eat with our knife and fork or not talk when our mouth is full, washing our hands, how we dress and present ourselves, how we speak to each other; knowing that the children will imitate the behaviour they see.
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As well as being able to read the sounds and words on pages, the pupils now need to be able to question, reason and comprehend the text they read and explain what is happening and explain their ideas.
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In Maths the children need to apply and transfer their knowledge to different problems and also give reason for the way they have worked out the answers.
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Every classroom has a recycling bin, which we encourage the children to use, and we also look at how we can use materials around us to incorporate them in pieces of art or other areas of our work before we throw things away.
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Encourage your child to use items around the house to create a piece of art or make junk models and re-cycle as many items as possible. Ask questions: What could we use this box for instead of throwing it away? Do you think we could make a car, boat or castle from this large box we have? How can we use some of the things we have around the home and turn them into something more useful?
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When your child finds reading a word difficult or a maths question challenging, ask them to remember and use the things they do know and apply it to the new word or challenge etc. Ask your child lots of questions when you listening to them read at home – some obvious to find answers but also so more tricky questions eg. Why do you think …? Why did the character …? How do you know…?
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Encourage your child to use their spelling and vocabulary knowledge to extend the level of interest in their writing. Get them to use familiar story characters, settings or plots to base their own stories upon. Perhaps they could scavenge interesting words from stories they read and create their own ‘interesting word dictionary’ to use whenever they are writing independently at home.
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Remind your child that it is important to adapt their behaviour according to the occasion or place, as parents you will of course role model how to behave and encourage imitation.
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Key Dates for
Spring Term 2019 Friday 4th January - Friday 5th April 2019 Half Term: Monday 18th - Friday 22nd February 2019 INSET Days: Friday 4th January, Monday 7th January & 11th March 2019 Tuesday 15th January
Maths with Parents Meeting - Year 1 and Year 2 – 9.00 & 11.30am
Tuesday 15th January
Parent Progress Meetings – pupils finish at 12.15pm
Wednesday 16th January Tuesday 22nd January
English SATs Information – Year 2 Parents - 9.00am & 6.00pm Relationships & Sex Education Information – Year 4 Parents – 9.00am & 6.00pm
Friday 25th January
Lovelace Class Assembly – Year 4 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 25th January
Al-Kashi Class Assembly – Year 2 – 10.20 – 10.40am
Monday 28th January
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Wednesday 30th January
FOINA Meeting – 7.00pm
Thursday 31st January
Maths SATs Information – Year 2 Parents - 9.00am & 6.00pm
Wednesday 6th February
Parent Coffee Morning & E-Safety Workshop – 9.00am
Friday 8th February
Ellington Class Assembly – Year 3 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 8th February
Britten Class Assembly – Year 1 – 10.20 – 10.40am
Friday 15th February
Break Up for Half Term – 3.45pm
Monday 18th – Friday 22nd February
HALF TERM
Wednesday 27th February
High Attainers Parent Workshop - 9.00am & 6.00pm
Monday 4th March
Home & Family Week – No enrichment clubs
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