15 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 I hope you all have a lovely half term break and I look forward to seeing everyone back again on Monday 25th February ready for more fun and challenging learning. During the break please encourage your child to practise for a short time every day, their reading, writing and maths skills. Thank you for your support.
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 n�tice.
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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 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 25th February.
Friends of Isaac Newton Academy Next meeting
Wednesday 20th March 7pm in the Secondary building 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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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
Year 2
Emaan Haroon
Aneeka Taheem
Aleena Chowdhury
Bilal Hussain
Hong Yip
Ayaan Muhammed
Maria Mohamed Faiz
Hanfi Mohammed Jameel
Robert Opincaru
Diya Napal
Simon Plaskiewicz
Elis Richardson
Fatima Kashif
Jasson Sivapalan
Arshitha Thelapurath
Aaronbir Kitaure 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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HALF TERM CYCLING COURSES
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Monday 18th - Friday 22nd February
Child Learn to Ride Group Training 4 yrs + 1 pm-2 pm or 2 pm-3 pm Child Level 1 Bikeability Group Training 4 yrs + 10am-12 pm
Redbridge Council with Cycle Confident are providing FREE cycle skills courses for children over half term. Courses are all running from Valentines Park and Ray Park from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd
Child Group Led Ride 9 yrs + A gentle 10 km circuit following Quietway 6 to Fairlop Waters. 11am-3pm Ray Park
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd February Child Learn to Ride Group Training 4 yrs + 12 pm-1 pm Child Level 1 Bikeability Group Training 4 yrs + 10am-12 pm
February. Training is in small groups with 2 fully qualified instructors. T here is a limited number of bicycles and helmets to borrow so please do bring your own bicycles and helmets if you can as the child will also be more used to his/her own equipment.
Or why not take part in our FREE Weekend Adult and Child Group Sessions? Adult and Child group sessions take place at the same time so that parents and their children can train at the same time and in the same location.
Location: Taking place at Valentines Park, Ray Park or Fairlop Waters. Date: Every Saturday until March 30th
PLACES ARE LIMITED, SO BOOK NOW To find out more about these courses and to book your place, please visit
www.cycleconfident.com/sponsors/london-borough-of-redbridge/
CYCLE 0-r CONFIDENT ___________ďż˝
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Lovely Learning this week!
This week in Year 1, the children enjoyed designing and making their own lever puppets!
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More Lovely Learning this week!
In December the children wrote postcards to pen pals at Ark Byron Academy. This week they were very excited to receive postcards back from their pen pals!
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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
92.6% 97.4% 93.0%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
98.0% 99.0% 97.3%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
94.0% 98.0% 99.0%
Well done and huge congratulations to Pythagoras class and Fitzgerald class who are the joint winners this week with 99%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
96.0% 98.0% 98.0%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
98.7% 96.0% 96.3%
Well done and congratulations to Lovelace class who are the winners this week with 98.7%.
Overall Attendance: 96.8% 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:
Ahmad Musa – BRIDGES Habits Award (for working collaboratively during maths lessons). Marquece Horn - Scholar of the Week (for developing his concentration skills in all his learning). Maxwell Class:
Ayub Khan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for listening to instructions and writing independently). Aadam Dakri - Scholar of the Week (for being able to continue a rhyming string). Newton Class:
Tahsin Chakma – BRIDGES Habits (for being considerate of his friends’ feelings and needs and helping them). Jaiden Benu – Scholar of the Week (for trying his best to remain focussed during his learning time). Britten Class:
Fatima Ali – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being a kind and fair talk partner during maths lessons). Zunairah Raja – Scholar of the Week (for creating a fantastic ‘Wanted’ poster during English lessons). Fitzgerald Class:
Aleeza Arshad – BRIDGES Habits Award (for collaborating well during partner and group activities). Medina Islam – Scholar of the Week (for some excellent counting in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s).
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Glennie Class:
Uzair Ahmed – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always being a perfect partner and showing fantastic collaborative skills during lessons). Jaskaran Dhiman – Scholar of the Week (for successfully using conjunctions to extend his sentences). Al-Kashi Class:
Isa Ijaz – BRIDGES Habits Award (for listening and working on his targets in English collaboratively with the teacher). Maidah Hussain Riaz – Scholar of the Week (for writing an excellent recount of the mosque trip, using lots of interesting vocabulary). Fibonacci Class:
Devyani Soni – BRIDGES Habits Award (for collaborating with her partner and thinking of ways we can help prevent bullying during PSHE lessons). Soha Zaidi - Scholar of the Week (for super learning solving addition equations using regrouping). Pythagoras Class:
Zainab Khan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for lovely collaboration during the talk task in maths and working through the equations systematically with her partner). Rajan Mann – Scholar of the Week (for showing lovely grit with his fractions and systematically working them out by using the part-whole models and checking his answers). Ellington Class:
Shahed Hussain – BRIDGES Habits Award (for his collaborative partner work this week during maths). Srisakthi Velmuruagan – Scholar of the Week (for her detailed and accurate ‘Feeding the Five Thousand’ story in RE).
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Nicks Class:
Yusha Master – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing teamwork and collaboration when helping another student with their maths work and in PE lessons). Abdul Wahab – Scholar of the Week (for writing an engaging five-part narrative with lots of personality). Shankar Class:
Inaaya Muhammad – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing wonderful collaboration by helping out her peers). Marqelo Rama - Scholar of the Week (for trying incredibly hard during learning time and for being a great role model to others). Lovelace Class
Osman Dean – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using his speaking and listening skills to articulate views in class discussions). Tulsi Jogia - Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating an excellent understanding on conversions of time). Mirzakhani Class:
Malaika Hussain – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating collaboration by working well with her peers to solve problems). Ava-Lily Pemberton-Mardenborough – Scholar of the Week (for writing an excellent persuasive advertisement using alliteration and superlatives). Ramanujan Class:
Emaan Hassan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using her Emotional Intelligence to consider other peoples’ views in a mature way). Aariz Khan – Scholar of the Week (for developing and extending his own challenges in maths lessons).
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Music of the Fortnight Erik Satie
For the next few weeks after half term, we will be listening to and learning about Erik Satie as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Satie 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/Erik_Satie http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/e1d521ea-5b97-4981-987cba988b2a87d7
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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 1st March 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly:
Aahil Butt - Curie Marquece Horne - Curie Nafiz Hossain Jamal Maxwell Inayah Hussain - Maxwell Mahi Ghundiyal - Newton Fatima Hussain - Newton
Fatima Ali - Britten David Bros - Fitzgerald Uzair Ahmed - Glennie Noor Asghar - Al-Kashi Yasin Alom - Fibonacci Alisha Ali - Pythagoras
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Marwa Benaziza - Ellington Asiyah Ali - Nicks Kallum Bihal - Shankar Yanis Benjamin - Lovelace Zaynul Bagwan Mirzakhani Saba Akram - 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. Zahraa Aamanee Tay’Shawn Holland Aadam Ali Yanis Benjamin Zakariyah Master Riyen Shah Rebecca Hussain Osman Dean Hammad Siddique
Zaynul Bagwan Avneet Chaggar Raya Alam Aahil Butt Tabinul Hassan Siddiqa Islam Ahmed Khan Ahmad Musa Brandon Saghar
Kaysaan Uddin Abdul Wahab Sanam Shah Sasha Lard Soha Zaidi Alia Malik Yasin Alom Leja Kolyciute Samuel Chamberlain Thomas
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. Arjun Bihal Raisha Islam Nirmalpreet Durhailay
Mariam Chowdhury Nuhitu Hasan Ayaan Riaz Hussain
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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 25th February 2019
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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
Wednesday 27th March
Year 3 and Year 4 Spring Music Concert – 9am
Wednesday 27th March
Year 1 and Year 2 Spring Music Concert – 3pm
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 - Secondary
Friday 5th April
End of Term Awards Assemblies – pupils finish at 12.15pm
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