8 February 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 Kung Hei Fat Choy & Happy New Year to our families that have celebrated the Chinese New Year this week! I hope you have enjoyed celebrating with family and friends. It was great to see so many of you at the coffee morning on Wednesday. I spent time talking through some of the events that will be taking place for the remainder of the term, and updating parents on some of the workshops that have already taken place so far. I also spoke briefly about our first FOINA meeting and that all parents are very welcome to get involved. Minutes from the Coffee Morning will follow shortly.
Friends of Isaac Newton Academy Congratulations to the following parents who were voted in at the first FOINA meeting, making up the new FOINA Committee: Chair - Ms Sadef Haroon (Year 1 Parent) Chair – Ms Dee ONeale (Year 8 Parent) Treasurer – Ms Monica Williams (Year 10 Parent) Treasurer – Ms Nida Salahuddin (Year 1 Parent) Secretary – Ms Jenice Layne-Joseph (Year 10 Parent) The next meeting will be held at 7pm in the Secondary building on Wednesday 20th March – all Primary and Secondary parents are welcome to attend and find out how to get involved some fundraising events for the school.
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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.
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Enrichment Sign Up The enrichment sign up with go live on Friday 8th February at 5.00pm and will close on Tuesday 12th February at 1.00pm. Any bookings outside of this time will not be guaranteed.
Message from Year 1 Next half term in Year 1 we will be creating fantastic Design and Technology transport vehicles. For this, we need lots of cardboard kitchen rolls and small boxes! If you have any at home, please bring them in to one of the Year 1 class teachers. Many thanks in advance!
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. 8 February 2019 Primary Newsletter
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Maths with Parents Workshop (Year 1 & Year 2) It is really important that you all sign up for the resources and online games that you can do with your child at home to support and complement their learning. If you are having trouble signing up please see your child’s class teacher who will be happy to help. A special well done to the following children who have accessed the most activities and played the most games to date:
Year 1
Hong Yip
Year 2
Aisha Ali
Maria Mohamed Faiz
Alexandra Bale- Orhorha
Bilal Hussain
Aarzoo Ilyas
Aleena Chowdhury
Alizah Bhatti
Jasson Sivapalan
Iman Hafeez
Simon Plaskiewicz
Joshua Adjarho Ethridge
Isa Ijaz
Aarzoo Ilyas
Elis Richardson
Hanfi Mohammed Jameel
Fatima Kashif
Arshitha Thelapurath
Ayaan Muhammed
Please sign up using the following website and six-digit codes. 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 Fitzgerald Class Glennie Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
168469 450066 115187 274975 289285 818417
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Parent Workshop: Online Safety Wednesday 6th March at 9am Primary Hall
Don’t know your Roblox from your Minecraft? Want to find out why your children love Snapchat and WhatsApp? We are holding a parent workshop on Wednesday 6th March 2019 at 9am in the Primary Hall. The aim of the workshop is to help parents and carers feel more confident about what your children do online, and learn how you can help protect them from some of the dangers and risks. The session will be run by Parent Zone, the leading experts in providing information to parents on the digital world.
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Lovely Learning this week!
Year 1 had a fantastic time using their ‘Discovery’ skills to find out about the toys at the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green this week! The children were superb throughout the day and a real credit to the school. Thank you to the parents that were able to help out this time, your support makes a huge difference.
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More Lovely Learning this week!
Year 3 & Year 4 marked ‘Safety Internet Day’ by taking part in an excellent internet safety workshop. The workshop began with a series of ice-breaker games to help the group connect, focus and be physically ready for an exciting adventure. Pupils were provided with statements and asked what they should do e.g.: If you received an email that did not look like it was from a trusted or known source. Later, the coach and pupils role-played situations that could occur online and who they could inform if they were ever faced with such. This immersive and imaginative role-play was an excellent way to deliver important information and provide pupils with the tools they need to stay safe online and use the internet in a positive way.
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Wonderful Writing Week It was great to see so many children bringing in examples of their great handwriting from home and to see so many pupils trying really hard to improve their writing in their lessons last week. I know the teachers found it really hard to choose who to award the certificates to. Well done and congratulations to the following pupils for working hard on their handwriting during the Wonderful Handwriting Week:
Curie Class – Raya Alam & Ekamjot Kaur Maxwell Class – Sumayya Jamil & Nikunj Mittal Newton Class – Abraiz Dar & Ilyas Mohamed Britten Class – Aisha Ali & Shad Rahman Fitzgerald Class – Alisha Ali & Giorgio Nicosia Glennie Class – Silha Omer & Khadija Jamil Al-Kashi Class – Hanfil Mohammed Jameel & Noor Asghar Fibonacci Class – Avani Tathgar & Avni Kamothi Pythagoras Class – Aina Shah & Keira Palmer Ellington Class – Zara Choudhry & Asher Shah Nicks Class – Aairah Abid & Yusuf Mahmud Shankar Class – Yusuf Ahmed & Khadija Ali Lovelace Class – Hammad Siddique & Rhea Thirumal Mirzakhani Class – Ghiyas Elahi & Zahra Abbas Ramanujan Class – Tay’Shawn Holland & Kaysha Reid
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On Thursday February 14th 2019, our Year 3 students will be taking part in a very exciting and ambitious project. Across London, thousands of Year 3 children have been busy taking part in ‘Steve McQueen’s Tate Year 3 Project’, and next week, it is INA’s turn to get involved! As part of this project, the Tate museum will come to INA and will take a photograph of each Year 3 class. Following this, the plan is for these class photographs to be brought together with the other class photos from across London, so that they can be amalgamated into one single large-scale picture.
About the Artist Over the last twenty years Steve McQueen has been influential in expanding the way in which artists work
The aim of the project is to produce the largest group photo ever made. This will then be displayed (centre stage!) for six months in the Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain. The project has been described as “one of the most compelling British artworks of our time at the heart of the nation’s collection” and we are incredibly excited that we get to be a part of this fantastic opportunity. If you’d like to read more about this exciting project, or find out more about where and when you’ll be able to see your child’s photograph, you’ll find all of this information on the following link: https://www.tateyear3project.org.uk/about-the-project Similarly, if you have any questions about your child’s participation in the project, the Year 3 teachers will be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have. In the meantime, get practising those grins Year 3!
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Competition!
Which class can grow the most potatoes?
15th – 18th February From the 15th February each class will chit potatoes, plant them and care for them. On the 18th June we will count up which class harvested the most!
The winning class will get a certificate and win a funky class grass head to have fun growing and hairstyling!
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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
98.3% 94.7% 99.7%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
91.3% 94.9% 93.3%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
94.0% 98.9% 96.7%
Well done and huge congratulations to Newton class who are the winners again this week with 99.7%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
98.7% 99.3% 96.3%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
97.7% 96.0% 96.0%
Well done and congratulations to Nicks class who are the winners this week with 99.3%.
Overall Attendance: 96.4% 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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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: • Qirrat Sobia – BRIDGES Habits Award (for managing her distractions during learning time). • Zayyan Ali - Scholar of the Week (for working hard to improve his sentence writing). Maxwell Class: • Jahdior Malcolm – BRIDGES Habits Award (for concentrating on her learning and managing distractions around her). • Rushda Hasnat - Scholar of the Week (for being able to say what ‘one fewer’ is within numbers to 15). Newton Class: • Abraiz Dar – BRIDGES Habits (for always being focussed and trying his best in phonics). • Ayah Singh – Scholar of the Week (for being enthusiastic about reading). Britten Class: • Divyam Gohil – BRIDGES Habits Award (for concentrating and managing his distractions all week). • Aliza Ferdous – Scholar of the Week (for a great and brave start to Isaac Newton Academy). Fitzgerald Class: • Adrian Kvaraciejus – BRIDGES Habits Award (for working very hard at developing his concentration with some great focussing and contributing on the carpet this week). • Araiya Lard – Scholar of the Week (for writing some excellent extended sentences using the conjunction ‘so’).
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Glennie Class: • Danish Sheikh – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always using his grit and staying focussed during lessons). • Harveen Rai – Scholar of the Week (for writing a very descriptive school trip recount). Al-Kashi Class: • Rida Alam – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always showing perseverance during independent tasks and always taking her time to make sure that her learning is done to the best standard). • Kiana Benjamin – Scholar of the Week (for using her own experience and evidence from texts to answer inference based questions, showing a clear understanding of what she has read). Fibonacci Class: • Maiya Summers – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using her perseverance to keep on going, self-editing and improving her writing). • Keyaan Alam - Scholar of the Week (for trying really hard with his writing composition in English this week). Pythagoras Class: • Amanah Ali – BRIDGES Habits Award (for persevering with all her learning this week and trying very hard to catch up after being unwell). • Smaran Nakerekanti – Scholar of the Week (for using ambitious adjectives to write his advert this week and self-checking his fractions of amounts and correcting any errors). Ellington Class: • Mohid Asif – BRIDGES Habits Award (for his determination to understand the difference between a comparative and part whole bar model). • Sohana Hoque – Scholar of the Week (for her dedication to learn her lines for her class assembly).
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Nicks Class: • Maya Ahmed – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being determined to improve her punctuation and capital letters). • Ayoola Yekini – Scholar of the Week (for using partitioning when dividing 2 and 3 digit numbers). Shankar Class: • Jawad Raggai – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing grit by persevering with his handwriting during English lessons). • Emile Morgan - Scholar of the Week (for producing an outstanding piece of writing during English, and also for showing great determination when working out division equations in maths). Lovelace Class • J’Shawn Holland – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating an increased level of concentration in class and showing perseverance within independent learning). • Rufaida Hasnat - Scholar of the Week (for being able to articulate the impact of key features within adverts). Mirzakhani Class: • Kisa Fatima – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating determination to write and excellent persuasive advertisement). • Keerat Teja – Scholar of the Week (for making excellent inferences during reading lessons). Ramanujan Class: • Tay’Shawn Holland – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using grit to persevere when solving complex mathematical problems). • Zahraa Aamanee – Scholar of the Week (for practising converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions using multiple methods).
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Music of the Fortnight Chen Yi
To celebrate the Chinese New Year, we will be listening to and learning about Chen Yi as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Yi in preparation for the coming weeks. You can find out some facts and hear some of her music on the following links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Yi_(composer) http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/chenyi.htm
Calling all Actimel Pots! Many thanks for the Actimel bottles being donated. Please keep these coming – either to the box in Reception or to Ms Willcox - over the next couple of months.
We need, ideally, 360!!!
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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 15th February 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly:
Zayyan Ali - Curie Aisha Ali - Britten Raheema Ali - Ellington Haniah Bilal - Curie Aleeza Arshad- Fitzgerald Maya Ahmed - Nicks Alisha Haleem - Maxwell Sophia Ahmed - Glennie Khadijah Ali - Shankar Rushda Hasnat - Maxwell Ayaan Aqeel - Al-Kashi Arsal Anjum - Lovelace Tahsin Chakma - Newton Amina Ali - Fibonacci Kuljit Aytan - Mirzakhani Abraiz Dar - Newton Aamina Akram - Pythagoras Faheem Ahmedabadi Ramanujan
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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. Yusuf Ali Khubaib Shahzad Manav Ahmed Safa Ahmed Haniah Bilal Gurnoor Kang Ekamjot Kaur Elsa Matilda Inderpreet Singh Qirrat Sobia Anoop Tilk Rumaysah Bukhari Isa Ijaz
Sarah Master Rasim Balaj Muhaimin Islam Hanfil Mohammed Jameel Ayah Singh Anabia Nawab Navneet Matharu Fatima Ali Tahsinah Begum Bilal Hussain Shad Rahman Malaika Hussain Avni Kamothi
Emaan Adeel Aariz Chaudhry Harveen Rai Sheikh Rahman Jasnoor Kaur Amrit Kaur Aleeza Arshad Sayef Ahmed Mariam Faheem Faheem Ahmedabadi Jeevat Palray
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. Prajin Raja Zunairah Raja
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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 11th February 2019
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence comprises seven dispositions: Empathy Listening
Sociability Collaboration Openness
Reflectiveness Understanding
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At school we always remind the children to treat others in the way that they would like to be treated in return.
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At school we talk about having good listening skills and that we must look at the person who is talking to us to show respect for them and that we are listening to them properly.
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During every lesson the children are encouraged to develop their sociability by talking to their talk partner, when some children find this hard to do; an adult will sit and help facilitate paired talk. During the course of the year the children will be moved around and will have been encouraged to have different reading partners, maths partners etc.
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We discuss the importance of working together as one big team or family at school and that we need to take care of everybody – we use the phrase ‘kind hands, kind feet’ to remind children that we do not hurt others.
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When a child hurts someone or makes a poor behaviour choice, it is important that they reflect on their behaviour and if another person is involved, that they apologise to them.
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Through wider reading and research, the children are able to extend their understanding of the world around them, reflecting on what makes things different and what are the common thread through life.
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Though reading stories the children can develop their skills of empathy through their comprehension of the characters, their motivations etc.
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Having consistent boundaries between home and school is very important. Talk to your child about the importance of not hurting or hitting other children and that we need to treat everyone kindly and respectfully.
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We know that you have equally high expectations of your child at home as we at school and working in partnership has great strength in supporting your child to make good choices each day.
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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 Day: 11th March 2019 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
Monday 4th March
Literature & Wonderful Handwriting Week
Wednesday 6th March
Online Safety Workshop for Parents – 9.00am
Thursday 7st March
World Book Day – (Dress up as a book character)
Monday 11th March
INSET– no school for students
Friday 15th March
Shankar Class Assembly – Year 3 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 15th March
Fitzgerald Class Assembly – Year 1 – 10.20 – 10.40am
Wednesday 20th March
Parent Coffee Morning – 9am
Thursday 28th March
PE Spring Spectacular
Friday 29th March
Maxwell Class Assembly – Year R – 10.20 – 10.am
Wednesday 3rd April
Easter Bonnet Parade
Thursday 4th April
Easter Egg Hunt
Thursday 4th April
Music Spring Concert
Friday 5th April
End of Term Awards Assemblies – pupils finish at 12.15pm
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