5 July 2019
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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 who were able to attend the Parent Coffee morning this week. We spent time discussing the upcoming Summer Fayre on Saturday 6th July and thanked the FOINA members for the incredible amount of time and work they have put in to organising the event. We are very much looking forward to seeing many of you there and hope to raise as much money as possible for the school. Once again, a huge thank you to those of you who have brought in items for us to sell on the day. We also spent time celebrating a number of the school’s successes this year and how incredibly proud we are of the pupils and their achievements. We look forward to sharing these successes with you next week in the Pupil Progress Meetings and Reports.
Parent Questionnaire On Wednesday 3rd July we launched the 2019 Parent Questionnaire where 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. The link to the survey is here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/8V8LXSF. Just type it into your internet browser. 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.
Cover Photo: Year 1 visit the Ragged School Museum 5 July 2019
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Summer Term Celebration and Awards Assembly At the end of every term the children enjoy the opportunity to share and celebrate some of their learning and achievements with you. Each teacher chooses two children from their class to receive a certificate in the Celebration and Awards Assembly, one in recognition of a child who has demonstrated the habits of all the seven BRIDGES throughout the term, and the other in recognition of a pupil’s outstanding academic effort and achievement. The assemblies start at the following times in the Primary dining hall:
Thursday 18th July 8.45-9.15am – Year 4 (All Year 4 parents are invited to attend) 9.30-10.00am – Year 1 (All Year 1 parents are invited to attend)
Friday 19th July 8.45 – 9.15am – Year 3 (All Year 3 parents are invited to attend) 9.30-10.00am – Reception (All Reception parents are invited to attend) 10.15-10.45am – Year 2 (All Year 2 parents are invited to attend)
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Pupil Progress Meetings and Reports 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 sign up times will be live from Friday 5th July at 5pm and will close on Wednesday 10th July at 12pm. School will finish at 12.15pm on Tuesday 16th July as well as the last day of term on Tuesday 23rd July.
PRIMARY SPORTS DAY Wednesday 10th July 2019 We are looking forward to seeing you at Cricklefield Place for the Primary Sports Day on Wednesday 10th July.
Year 3 and 4 Sports Day - 9.30am-11.30am Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 Sports Day - 1.00pm-3.30pm You will shortly all receive a letter and 2 spectator tickets, if you require more tickets please contact reception and we will do our best to see if there are any spare tickets available. The children need to come to school wearing their PE kit on the day. We ask that you provide your child with water, a hat and sun cream if the weather is hot. If we experience bad weather on the day and we have to cancel the event, you will receive a text to this effect on the day and your child will stay at school as per their normal routine. PLEASE NOTE: No photography / no ticket no entry / spectators must remain in the allocated stands for the duration of the afternoon 5 July 2019
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R E M SUM Concert
Y1 & Y2 Concert
3pm, Monday 8th July Primary Dining Hall
Y3 & Y4 Concert
2:45pm, Thursday 11th July Primary Dining Hall
next week! All students from Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be performing!
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Our Reception children will be performing a selection of their wonderful music learning from this year. We hope you can make it! Two tickets will be issued per child.
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Lovely Learning this week! On Wednesday, Year 1 went to the Ragged School Museum so that they could learn more about what life was like for poor Victorian children. They enjoyed role playing being Victorian school children and were taught by the very strict Miss Perkins! The children had a lovely day and returned to school very relieved to be attending INA and not the Ragged School!
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Potatoes, potatoes! This week each class has been busy harvesting the potatoes they planted back in February. Prizes for the KS1 and KS2 class that has managed to grow the greatest weight of potatoes will be announced in assembly next week but in the meantime, I would like very much to thank Mrs Kashif and Mrs Rebhi who have given up their time this week to help classes dig up their spuds and Ms Gilley for making a delicious potato salad with the potatoes so far harvested that we have all been enjoying at lunch. And also to congratulate the children of course, for growing such a lot of spuds!!!
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Potatoes, potatoes!
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Healthy Eating Last week, Year 3 had lots of fun making a healthy flapjack as part of our ‘How does my body move?’ topic. We mixed many healthy ingredients together to make our flapjack. We used porridge oats, sesame seeds, honey, and a variety of dried fruit. The children had a great time choosing their desired ingredients and mixing them altogether to make their snack. Once we’d mixed them, we then baked them in the oven until they looked and smelled delicious! Great job Year 3 – we hope they tasted as nice as they looked!
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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:
Taheem Ali – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating leadership in his group when acting out the story ‘Why Lions Roar’). Brandon Sagar – Scholar of the Week (for managing his feelings and becoming independent at resolving conflicts with his peers). Maxwell Class:
Sumayya Jamil – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being brave and trying different food). Luca Petre - Scholar of the Week (for exploring how to pay for an amount using 1p and 2p coins). Newton Class:
Ayah Singh – BRIDGES Habits (for showing her bravery when coming in to school in the mornings). Maxi Kimborowicz - Scholar of the Week (for showing great mathematical thinking when counting and working out the value of coins). Britten Class:
Zenia Zaidi – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using great bravery when meeting scary Ms Perkins on the school trip). Halima Chand – Scholar of the Week (for being a superb ambassador for INA during the school trip). Fitzgerald Class:
Amina Sheikh – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being brave in the dining hall and trying new foods). Aaron Kitaure – Scholar of the Week (for a fantastic adventure story including similes, alliteration and adjectives). 5 July 2019
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Glennie Class:
Jiya Gill – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always showing great courage and trying new things). Jaskaran Dhiman – Scholar of the Week (for successfully writing about Victorian times). Al-Kashi Class:
Rasim Balaj – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always being brave and trying new things and showing leadership skills in the classroom). Rida Alam - Scholar of the Week (for writing a very creative and interesting postcard, well done). Fibonacci Class:
Ekamjot Pandher – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using his bravery to try out new food at lunchtime). Soha Zaidi – Scholar of the Week (for always producing work which is of a high standard). Pythagoras Class:
Holly Carless – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being brave during PE and having a go). Nyla Moses-Philips – Scholar of the Week (for really trying in class and at home to improve her handwriting and timestables). Ellington Class:
Kareem Al Khouli – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing courage when working with the Year 10 students this week). Shahed Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for his descriptive sentences this week in English lessons).
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Nicks Class:
Mahammadou Sillah Marega – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing courage to push himself out of his comfort zone during swimming lessons). Ibrahim Rahman - Scholar of the Week (for writing his best ‘Big Question’ answer of the whole year). Shankar Class:
Prajin Raja – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing wonderful optimism when cheering on another team and encouraging them to do well). Zahir Khan – Scholar of the Week (for using previous learning and incorporating it into his new learning). Lovelace Class
Hammad Siddique – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always demonstrating optimism towards challenge and being an excellent learning partner in all subjects). Raisha Islam - Scholar of the Week (for using star words and talk task sentence stems to extend her speaking skills). Mirzakhani Class:
Keerat Teja – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating optimism by persevering even when he finds something challenging). Nadia Khan – Scholar of the Week (for accurately recognising and interpreting mathematical patterns). Ramanujan Class:
Bushra Rahman – BRIDGES Habits Award (for confidently attending swimming lessons this term). Ria Jethwa – Scholar of the Week (for writing an informative leaflet about maintaining a healthy lifestyle).
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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
93.7% 97.7% 98.9%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
97.0% 97.8% 99.6%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
92.3% 98.0% 97.0%
Well done and congratulations to Glennie Class who are the winners this week with 99.6%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
99.3% 97.3% 99.3%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
96.7% 96.0% 94.7%
Well done and congratulations to both Ellington Class who and Shankar Class who are the joint winners this week with 99.3%.
Overall Attendance: 97.2% 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. Tanisha Shavan
Saim Rehman
Jawad Raggai
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. Ubaid Mueez Fatima Ali Adam Ismail
Ava-Lily Pemberton Mardenborough Emilie Morgan Zahir Khan Saif Shaikh
Alia Malik Anushka Navarajan Aaron Kitaure
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. Aqeel Nazir Mohid Asif
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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 8th July 2019
Resourcefulness
Resourcefulness comprises ten dispositions: Questioning Making Connections Reasoning Remembering Transferring Scavenging Imitating Adaptability Recycling Flexibility At School •
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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Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Friday 12th July 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Marquece Horne - Curie Szymon Plaskiewicz Riya Patel - Ellington Britten Muhammad Ibrahim Yusha Master - Nicks Curie Jai Pathak - Fitzgerald Inaaya Muhammad Nafiz Hossain Jamal Jasson Maheshwaran Shankar Maxwell Glennie Zakariyah Master Inayah Hussain - Maxwell Aydin Landi - Al-Kashi Lovelace Mahi Ghundiyal - Newton Ekamjot Pandher Swara Kinhikar - Mirzakhani Fibonacci Fatima Hussain - Newton Fahmid Khan - Ramanujan Adem Malik - Pythagoras
Music of the Fortnight Billy Holliday
For the next few weeks, we will be listening to and learning about Billie Holiday. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Holiday 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/Billie_Holiday https://billieholiday.com/
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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.
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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Correct as at 12 June 2019
Ark inset days
School inset days
Bank holidays
School holidays
School days
Key Dates for
Summer Term 2019 Tuesday 23rd April–Tuesday 23rd July 2019 Saturday 6th July
Summer Fayre – 12pm–4pm
Monday 8th July
Primary Summer Concert – Years 1 & 2 – 3.00pm
Wednesday 10th July
Primary Sports Day
Thursday 11th July
Reception's Summer Concert – 9.00am
Thursday 11th July
Primary Summer Concert – Years 3 & 4 – 2.45pm
Friday 12th July
Pupil Progress Reports sent home
Tuesday 16th July
Parent Progress Meeting – School Finishes at 12.15pm
Tuesday 23rd July
End of Term – School Finishes at 12.15pm
Thursday 25th July
Uniform Sale
Autumn Term 2019 Monday 2nd September–Friday 20thDecember 2019 Thursday 5th September
Reception Classes Only – Meet the Teacher
Friday 6th September
Reception Pupils 11.00–1.00 pm Year 1-5 Pupils 1.30–3.30pm
Monday 9th September
All Pupils in at the normal time
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