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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 enjoyed a lovely half term. Eid Mubarak to those that celebrated this week; I hope you enjoyed a festive Eid al-Fitr with family and friends. 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. If you are able to support in any way with the Summer Fayre on Saturday 6th July, please leave your details with the office, so that we can call you and discuss this with you.
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. 7 June 2019
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For their own safety , please ensure that your child has trainers for their PE lessons and is not wearing plimsolls or their school shoes.
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Message from Ms Wilcox As things get growing enthusiastically in our garden and the Summer Fayre approaches, I am looking for a parent/carer volunteer to help in Gardening Club. If you are free 4:00-5:00pm on Fridays and would like to get involved, I would love to hear from you! If you are interested in helping out, please leave me a message with the office or come and find me in playground at the end or start of the day. Many thanks in advance.
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Lovely Learning this week! Year 1 have started off the term with a new topic that is all about the Victorians! This week the children enjoyed using their discovery to find out facts about Queen Victoria. They studied photos and paintings of Queen Victoria and read informative fact files.
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Sports Report On Monday 20th May, the Year 3 and 4 girls represented INA in the Redbridge Football Festival at Mayfield High School. All girls performed in a variety of football activities and Ms Ibrahim was bowled over by the teamwork and sportsmanship they showed throughout. Well done girls!
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Term dates 2019-20 September M
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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 – Tabinul Hasan & Raya Alam Maxwell Class – Jahdior Malcolm & Yahya Palejwala Newton Class – Abeeha Zahir & Ilyas Mohamed Britten Class – Tahsinah Begum & Affan Rasool Fitzgerald Class – Aleezah Arshad & Azhan Ishaque Glennie Class – Saad Bhutawala & Uzair Ahmed Al-Kashi Class – Rasim Balaj and Maira Mohamed Faiz Fibonacci Class – Avani Tathgar & Parmveer Singh Pythagoras Class – Ayala Saleem and Adem Malik Ellington Class – Ubaid Mueez & Tanisha Shavan Nicks Class – Mahammadou Sillah Marega & Dua Maisam Shankar Class – Aliyah Khan & Aryan Singh Lovelace Class – Nuhitu Hasan & Aadam Ali Mirzakhani Class – Miguel Genov & Avneet Chaggar Ramanujan Class – Gurkirpa Hunjan & Fahmid Khan
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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:
Kaysaan Uddin – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing enthusiasm when exploring numbers beyond 20). Ekaterina Ratkova – Scholar of the Week (for pushing herself to develop her writing skills during afternoon exploration). Maxwell Class:
Inayah Hussain – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being positive and excited when exploring with her peers). Sufyan Ali - Scholar of the Week (for counting and recognising numerals to 30). Newton Class:
Shaan Bihal – BRIDGES Habits (for always showing great curiosity in his learning). Avreet Kaur - Scholar of the Week (for showing great partner work in maths). Britten Class:
Farasat Heron – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing great enthusiasm towards our new topic, ‘The Victorians’). Tyler Fraser Clarke – Scholar of the Week (for drawing a fantastic still life picture). Fitzgerald Class:
Liyana Mubarak Ali – BRIDGES Habits Award (for great enthusiasm finding out about Mary Anning and her fossil finding). Annika Taheem – Scholar of the Week (for excellent money learning particularly finding difficult coins to make given amounts). 7 June 2019
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Glennie Class:
Elis Richardson – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always showing great enthusiasm during lessons). Fatiha Majumder – Scholar of the Week (for successfully comparing different amounts of money). Al-Kashi Class:
Alex Bale Orhorha – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing enthusiasm during carpet sessions). Kiana Benjamin - Scholar of the Week (for being a positive role model to others). Fibonacci Class:
Samuel Chamberlain Thomas – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using his discovery skills to ask lots of interesting questions). Avani Tathgar – Scholar of the Week (for an excellent Horrid Henry story plan) Pythagoras Class:
Aaminah Akram – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing great enthusiasm in her learning and sharing her ideas with her peers). Maya Bumbuc – Scholar of the Week (for doing some brilliant maths learning involving partitioning of 3-digit numbers). Ellington Class:
Sohana Hoque – BRIDGES Habits Award (for completing her topic project in a creative way). Innaya Islam – Scholar of the Week (for showing her understanding on how to solve word problems using bar models). Nicks Class:
Ibrahim Nasiri – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using his imaginative skills to write some great sentences this week). Aryan Lakhani - Scholar of the Week (for showing a determined attitude when trying to understand bar models).
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Shankar Class:
Aliyah Khan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing fantastic creativity when answering reading questions and thinking outside of the box). Kallum Bihal – Scholar of the Week (for trying incredibly hard to improve his handwriting). Lovelace Class
Charan Chagger – BRIDGES Habits Award (for expressing her own creative design using lines of symmetry). Raisha Islam - Scholar of the Week (for always demonstrating a positive attitude towards challenge and being an excellent learning partner). Mirzakhani Class:
Musa Malik – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating discovery by asking pertinent questions during reading lesssons). Aadam Natha – Scholar of the Week (for making insightful inferences about characters in our class text). Ramanujan Class:
Zahraa Aamanee – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using creativity to design and paint a Tudor portrait). Faheem Ahmedabadi – Scholar of the Week (for generating complex inferences and predictions about ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’).
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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 14th June 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Manav Ahmed - Curie Bilal Hussain - Britten Muhammad Asif Mohid Ellington Safa Ahmed - Curie Liyana Alveena Mubarack Ali - Fitzgerald Aryan Lakhani - Nicks Alvina Adeel - Maxwell Sheryar Javed- Glennie Zahir Khan - Shankar Sufyan Ali - Maxwell Isa Ijaz - Al-Kashi Aftab-Rebecca Hussain Abeera Ahmad - Newton Lovelace Leja Kolyciute- Fibonacci Yusuf Ali - Newton Hanan Khan - Pythagoras Ibrahim Ijaz - Mirzakhani Raina Islam - Ramanujan
Music of the Fortnight Rachel Portman
For the next few weeks, we will be listening to and learning about Rachel Portman as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Portman 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/Rachel_Portman http://rachelportman.co.uk/
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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
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
81.3% 70.3 % 80.3%
86.0% 84.3% 86.0%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
83.7% 81.9% 83.3%
Well done and congratulations to both Britten Class and Glennie Class who are the joint winners this week with 86%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
84.7% 80.7% 89.0%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
84.7% 84.7% 82%
Well done and congratulations to Shankar Class who are the winners this week with 89%.
Overall Attendance: 82.9% 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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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. Rajveer Sawali Fadil Baig Jaskaran Singh Ibrahim Yasin Shaan Bihal – Newton Maya Ahmed Abdul Rehan Zayn Miah Asiyah Ali Asher Shah
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. Qasim Hussain Zaina Hussain
Siya Kamothi Giorgio Nicosia Inshirah Nabeel
Aryan Lakhani Aariz Chaudhry
The following pupil has received 75 merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic achievement. A special ‘gold’ certificate will be presented during the Celebration and Awards Assembly. Alishba Zahoor Jeevan Hunjan 7 June 2019
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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 10th June 2019
Grit
Grit comprises six dispositions: Resilience Concentration Managing Distractions Patience Determination Perseverance
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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Key Dates for
Summer Term 2019 Tuesday 23rd April–Tuesday 23rd July 2019 INSET Days: Friday 21st & Monday 24th June 2019 Friday 21st June
Staff Inset Day – no school for students
Monday 24th June
Staff Inset Day – no school for students
Monday 1st July
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Tuesday 2nd July
Coffee Morning 9.00am
Friday 5th July
Newton Class Assembly – 9.00am
Saturday 6th July
Summer Fayre – 12pm -4pm
Wednesday 10th July
Primary Sports Day
Friday 12th July
Pupil Progress Reports sent home
Tuesday 16th July
Parent Progress Meeting – School Finishes at 12.15pm
Thursday 18th July
Summer Concert - TBC
Tuesday 23rd July
End of Term – School Finishes at 12.15pm
Thursday 25th July
Uniform Sale
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