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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 Thank you to those of you that have started to bring in any good quality unwanted gifts or informed us of any items you are able to donate for our Summer Fayre on Saturday 6th July. If you are able to donate any raffle tombola prizes please drop items off to the reception area or leave you details for a member of the FOINA team to call you to discuss. We are also hoping to receive some used uniform items that perhaps your child has now grown out of that can be sold at the Summer Fayre. If you have any items at home, in great condition and washed, please drop them off at the office. Please be reminded that school will be closed for students on Monday 24th June for staff training. On Wednesday 3rd July we launch the 2019 Parent Questionnaire when we ask you to give feedback about a wide range of aspects of our educational provision. We really appreciate you taking time to complete the questionnaire and provide us with valuable feedback. You will receive a link via email to a Survey Monkey questionnaire. Please don’t hesitate to contact the school if you have problems or would like a paper copy. The Pupil Progress Reports will be sent out this term on Friday 12th July, these will include the SATs scores and converted levels for Year 2 pupils and the Phonics Screening Scores for Year 1. The Parent Progress Meetings will take place on Tuesday 16th July; school will finish at 12.15pm on this day as well as the last day of term on Tuesday 23rd July. Details of the times and dates of the End of Term Assemblies will be confirmed shortly.
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Message from Ms Wilcox As we prepare to harvest our potatoes in a couple of weeks, your help checking at home whether you have any old wellies, washing up tubs or other containers that you are able to donate would be invaluable. Any container that it is possible to drill some drainage holes in will do! We want to put the soil currently in our potato grow bags, which will be nutrient rich from the potatoes, straight into receptacles that can be used to grow more things in. Please bring any containers you have either to the school office or to me in Fitzgerald Class. Many thanks in advance.
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The school photogra pher will be in next week on Wedne sday 26th June, taking class group ph otos which will then be available for you to purchase. Further details on ho w to purchase these will be sent in due course. Please ensure that yo ur child is in their full uniform and look ing extremely smart (as always)!!
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PRIMARY SPORTS DAY Wednesday 10th July 2019 On Wednesday 10th July your son/daughter will be taking part in the INA Primary Sports Day taking place at the fantastic athletics facility of Cricklefield Stadium, next to INA.
Year 3 and 4 will be participating in the morning session and Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be participating in the afternoon session. You will shortly receive a letter detailing the exact timings, as well as 2 tickets for spectators to come and watch. Pupils will be taking part in track and field events, including running, throwing and jumping, to represent their class. Please send your children into school in their full PE kit for the whole day. We look forward to seeing you for another fantastic sports day! Ms Hutson
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.
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Lovely Learning this week! This week, Year 4 pupils have been creating art work inspired by the paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. They identified fruit and vegetables that resembled facial features and used shading to add definition to the images.
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Down on the Farm! The Reception children enjoyed a fun day at Barleylands Farm this week. They had a great day exploring the farm, enjoying a ride around the farm on a tractor as well as being able to feed some of the farm animals. The children also had the chance to use their noticing and discovery skills whilst viewing the farm’s reptiles and birds of prey.
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Down on the Farm!
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Down on the Farm!
Thank you so much to the parent volunteers for helping out and giving up your time, you were all fantastic!
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Enrichment On Monday, during their Cooking Club enrichment, the pupils did a great job making a quiche by first recognising their vegetables and trying new ones like our ‘Magic Wands’ (asparagus). They all managed to crack two eggs each with no mess! The results were delicious!
Summer Fayre preparation has been going well with a few pupils decorating Japanese themed boxes and making Geisha styled bookmarks to sell.
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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:
Gurnoor Kang – BRIDGES Habits Award (for working collaboratively with her partner to group and sort healthy and unhealthy foods). Zayyan Ali – Scholar of the Week (for being a good role model on our Barleylands trip). Maxwell Class:
Taranveer Matharu – BRIDGES Habits Award (for helping and caring for his friend who had bumped their head). Sumayya Jamil - Scholar of the Week (for being able to tell the time to half past). Newton Class:
Aneesh Saravanan – BRIDGES Habits (for always collaborating effectively with his partner during Talk Tasks). Shaan Bihal - Scholar of the Week (for improving his writing in all his learning). Britten Class:
Aliza Ferdous – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being fair and taking turns when working with a partner). Bilal Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for writing great comparative sentences about Victorian teachers using the conjunction ‘but’). Fitzgerald Class:
Medina Islam – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always working very well with her partner and thinking how others feel). Giorgio Nicosia – Scholar of the Week (for some excellent extended sentences comparing Victorian and modern schools). 21 June 2019
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Glennie Class:
Uzair Ahmed – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always showing great empathy about his peers on the playground and in class). Diya Napal – Scholar of the Week (for successfully using the conjunction ‘but’ to compare Victorian and modern teachers). Al-Kashi Class:
Sarah Master – BRIDGES Habits Award (for collaborating effectively and sharing ideas with her peers during Whole Class Reading, a true team player!). Aleena Chowdhury - Scholar of the Week (for planning and writing a detailed five-part story using powerful sentence openers, well done). Fibonacci Class:
Xavier Ambia – BRIDGES Habits Award (for having empathy towards his peers at all times). Nobin Chowdhury – Scholar of the Week (for writing a brilliant reinvention of ‘The Storm Whale’). Pythagoras Class:
Smaran Nakerekanti – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using his Emotional Intelligence to help him make the right choice when faced with a difficult challenge). Nyla Moses-Philips – Scholar of the Week (for writing a story and remembering to begin each sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop). Ellington Class:
Zayn Miah – BRIDGES Habits Award (for actively listening during music this week). Zara Daykin – Scholar of the Week (for her concentration and application of learning during the assessment week).
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Nicks Class:
Sasha Lard – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing that she has listened well all year in RE lessons). Abdul Wahab - Scholar of the Week (for applying the fantastic learning he has done all year during the assessment week). Shankar Class:
Saminderpreet Kaur – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always aiming to demonstrate excellent active listening skills). Miriam Mirza – Scholar of the Week (for trying really hard to show a greater level of independence and for being keen to take on a new challenge). Lovelace Class
Ceylan Warner – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always using her active listening skills to absorb new information, modelling exemplary learning behaviours for her peers). Kashan Shahzad - Scholar of the Week (for successfully using directional language to articulate translations of shapes on a grid). Mirzakhani Class:
Musa Malik – BRIDGES Habits Award (for actively listening in lessons and therefore asking interesting and relevant questions). Ava-Lily Pemberton-Mardenborough – Scholar of the Week (for working hard in lessons and therefore making significant improvements in her test outcomes). Ramanujan Class:
Ria Jethwa – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using active listening skills during humanities lessons). Tay’Shawn Holland – Scholar of the Week (for emulating artwork created by Giuseppe Arcimboldo).
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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
94.3% 100% 99%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
98.6% 100% 98.1%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
96.7% 99.0% 99.2%
Well done and congratulations to both Maxwell Class and Fitzgerald Class who are the joint winners this week with 100% and have earned themselves extra play for next week.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
96.2% 99% 98.1%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
91.5% 99% 95.7%
Well done and congratulations to both Nicks Class who and Mirzakhani Class who are the joint winners this week with 99%.
Overall Attendance: 97.7% 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. Katrina Kaur Raheema Ali Arsal Anjum Yusha Master Musa Ali Anum Imran Sophia Ahmed Priyajanani Pradeep Kumar Armaan Khan Aayan Hussain Nafiz Hossain Jamal
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. Soha Zaidi Khadija Jamil Zaki Adnan Joshua Adjarho Ethridge Uzair Ahmed
Yuvraj Chaggar Elis Richardson Harveen Rai Ishaq Rai
Rohith Pradeep-Kumar Kareem Al-Khouli Hannah Nakhuda Osman Dean Alvina Adeel
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. Gurkirpa Hunjan Simran Islam
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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 24th June 2019
Self Discipline
Self Discipline comprises nine dispositions: Organisation Absorption Revising Prudence Motivation Practising Hard Work Independence Self-Regulation At School •
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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Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Friday 28th June 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Zayyan Ali - Curie Ayaan Muhammad - Britten Hannah Nakhuda Ellington Haniah Bilal - Curie Bola Omotola - Fitzgerald Yusuf Mahmud - Nicks Anaya Fahad - Maxwell Amrit Kaur - Glennie Miriam Mirza - Shankar Mohammed Esa Gul Eshaal Khan - Al-Kashi Raisha Islam - Lovelace Maxwell Ijaz Nazir - Fibonacci Kayaan Khan - Mirzakhani Shaan Bihal - Newton Vianna Mahendra Muhammed Ali Butt Pythagoras Siya Kamothi - Ramanujan Newton
Music of the Fortnight Randy Newman
For the next few weeks, we will be listening to and learning about Randy Newman as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Newman 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/Randy_Newman http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005271/
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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 Monday 24th June
Staff Inset Day – no school for students
Monday 1st July
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Thursday 4th 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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