11 October 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, 4 & Year 5). 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 8.47am.
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School finishes at 3.45pm (3.35pm for Year 3, 4 & Year 5) every day other than Tuesday when we finish at 3.00pm (2.50pm for Year 3, 4 & Year 5).
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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 It was great to see so many of you this week attend the EExAT workshop to share with you the new assessment procedures for the Reception pupils. The PowerPoints for all workshops can always be found on the website under the ‘Community and Careers’ tab and then ‘Resources for Parents’. A huge thank you to Ms Uddin for leading the sessions this week.
Enrichment The app will go live Friday 11th October at 5pm for you to sign your child up for their enrichment choices for after half term. It will close on Tuesday 15th at 12pm. School Meals - Price change
Please note that the price of school dinners is now £2.50 which came into effect from the start of this term. Apologies for any confusion and for the late notice. We work very hard to keep prices to a minimum and this small rise was necessary to ensure we cover all costs
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. Cover Photo: Year 5 weaving. 11 October 2019 Primary Newsletter
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Multicultural Dress Up Day Friday 18th October To celebrate the amazing diversity of our school community, we will be holding a Multicultural Food Fayre and Dress Up day on the last day of the half term, Friday 18th October. To raise funds for the school we are inviting the staff and children to pay £1 to wear traditional or cultural dress for the day. The staff are equally excited about dressing up and are planning their costumes as we speak! The children need to wear clothes that are practical, as they will still need to continue with their day-to-day routines and play. The Reception children will continue with their PE lesson in the afternoon, but the activities will be adapted to enable them to take part in their traditional costumes, so please help them choose clothing that will allow for them to do so.
Year 2 Reading This week you will be receiving reading books to enjoy at home with your child. We hope you enjoy the stories and information texts and have lots of fun reading together over the week. Please read the book with your child more than once. In Year 2, we will be returning and swapping reading books on Wednesday. Please ensure your child brings their reading book and reading journal every Wednesday (If your child’s book gets lost, your support in meeting the cost of its replacement would be appreciated. Please see your child’s class teacher so we can ascertain cost.) Here are some ideas of ways you can get as much as possible from your book! 1. Practise reading for accuracy, then speed and finally with expression. 2. Ask questions about the book – what has happened/What new facts have been discovered? Which character/fact did they like most and why? Etc. 3. Spot words that begin with or contain given letters or sounds. 4. Consider what experience you have had that is similar to something in the book. 5. Think about what life lessons can be learnt from the book. 6. Create a different ending for the story. 7. Find 5 interesting words in the text, write down their meanings and use them in sentences of your own throughout the week.
Have fun on your reading adventures!
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PARKING The challenge of parking at school is a real issue that cannot be changed purely due to the physical space that we have. However, how stressful and unpleasant this becomes is down to us all as a collective community. My primary concern will always be the safety of the children in this school, rather than the convenience of being able to park within 50 yards of the school gate. During collection time over the past two weeks, I have spent most afternoons out on the pavement of the entry road to Cricklefield Place. When I am standing there, it is evident that nobody parks on the double yellow lines, yet when I am not present, it becomes common practice to do so. Unfortunately, this does make me question the behaviours that are being modelled to our children. If these parking behaviours continue, it will be only a matter of time before there is an incident. While you continue to put your personal needs ahead of the community needs of the school, there is a very significant chance that one of our children will be badly hurt. I truly wish for this to be avoided. To avoid this happening, the answer is simple. The irresponsible parking currently taking place must stop. Moving forwards, I implore you to take responsibility for yourselves, keeping the pavement clear and not double parking will create the space that 600 Primary children need to safely exit the site. Using the far points in the car park (rather than insisting on parking outside the school gate) will make a great difference. Making the choice to walk when you are able reduces the pressure on the car park and finally remembering that just because you are in a rush it does not give you the right to be unpleasant or rude, these changes will help us all. By collectively taking responsibility and avoiding excuses such as ‘it is the first’ we will ensure that we all have a more pleasant end to the school day. Make the change now, before we all find ourselves mourning a horrible accident which could have been easily avoided. Mr Marshall-Jones 11 October 2019 Primary Newsletter
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Harvest Festival ISAAC NEWTON ACADEMY
We will be having our Harvest Festival Assembly for the pupils on Thursday 17th October.
The Welcome Centre would appreciate these prefered items: We will be offering our donations to The Redbridge Welcome Centre. If you would like to make a contribution to this local worthy cause, then please send in your donation on Tuesday 15th October or Wednesday 16th October in preparation for the children’s Harvest Festival Assembly on Thursday 17th October.
• Pot noodles • Instant porridge • Cup-a-soups • Socks • Pants (clean & new) • Sleeing bags
• Crisps • Biscuit snacks • Toothbrushes • Toothpaste • Hand sanitiser • Pocket tissues
They would also appreciate donations of the following items: • Tinned fruit • Tinned Fish • Tinned vegetables • Tinned meat • Pasta
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• Rice • Squash • Long Life Milk • Sugar • Coffee
• Tea • Washing up liquid • Shower Gel • Shaving Foam • Washing Powder
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The School Council from across the primary along with members of the Year 8 School Council were busy this week visiting the Welcome Centre, a day centre for homeless people based in the heart of Ilford. It was humbling to hear about the great work they do to support the local community. As well as receive a tour of the centre and understand the great work they do, the students also discussed the best items to donate as part of our Harvest this year. As much as it is always appreciated to receive items such as pasta, rice etc. that can be cooked up at the centre itself, it was also interesting to hear about items such as hand sanitiser, pocket tissues and small snacks that can also be of great help to those that are homeless that can be easily carried around with them in their bags when the centre is closed each night. A full list of items that would be appreciated for donations can be found on the previous poster. Many thanks in advance for any donations you can make!
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Lovely Learning this week! This half term, Year 5 are learning about the way that Ancient Egyptians used weaving and papyrus to create writing and drawing materials. This week, the classes created their papyrus weave prototype by using pieces of coloured paper to create a woven effect.
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Squash Harvest! Yesterday our Year 5 Eco-Ambassadors had fun harvesting these big beauties. All being well, when they have cured for a few weeks, they should be ready for Gardening Club to hollow and carve shapes and faces into and for Ms Gilley to use in our school lunches‌
As part of the services offered to us via the Biking Scheme, Dr Bike will be visiting the Primary on Thursday 17th October to service the students’ bikes. Pupils need to bring in their bikes and the mechanic will work on them throughout the day. Mr Flint
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Maths with Parents Workshop (Reception & Year 1) It would be great to every child signed up with particular focus on Newton Class, Glennie Class, Ellington Class and Nicks Class. If you have any difficulty with signing up, please speak to a class teacher. If you haven’t yet registered your child, then please visit the following website: 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:
Curie
837584
Maxwell
811146
Newton
456489
Britten
747395
Fitzgerald
561856
Glennie
927492
Al-Kashi
603331
Fibonacci
422182
Pythagoras
979169
Ellington
228824
Nicks
633285
Shankar
907071
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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 – Sukhnoor Singh & Adam Gharib Maxwell Class – Zahra Natha & Amelia Ali Newton Class – Sofia Gunatilake & Zayaan Malik Britten Class – Nubaid Ozzul & Qirrat Sobia Fitzgerald Class – Tabinul Hasan & Abeera Ahmed Glennie Class – Nikunj Mittal & Ekatrina Ratkova Al-Kashi Class – Alisha Ali & Alizah Bhatti Fibonacci Class – Arshia Khan & Bilal Hussain Pythagoras Class – Halima Chand & Hessan Raja Bibi Ellington Class – Jashandeep Singh & Aleena Chowdhury Nicks Class – Humza Anwar & Kiana Benjamin Shankar Class – Eric Vasile & Anushka Navarajan Lovelace Class – Sanam Shah & Abdullah Riaz Mirzakhani Class – Zara Choudhry & Meliah Henry Rmanujan Class – Tanmanjot Sandhu & Mohid Asif Muhammud Rahman Class – Siya Kamothi & Nadia Khan Tailleferre Class – Haider Sheikh & Saif Hossain Vivaldi Class – Aayan Hussain & Riyen Shah 11 October 2019 Primary Newsletter
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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
100% 95.0% 95.8%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
92.1% 99.2% 95.0%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
98.3% 98.3% 97.9%
Well done and congratulations to Curie Class who are the winners this week with 100% and have earned themselves some extra playtime next week!
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
99.2% 98.3% 97.5%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
100% 98.7% 98.3%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
97.1% 95.8% 98.3%
Well done and congratulations to Lovelace Class who are the winners this week with 100% and have earned themselves from extra playtime next week.
Overall Attendance: 97.5% 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.
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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 18th October 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Shafaq Tahir - Curie Aarzoo Ilyas - Al-Kashi Rida Alam - Shankar Agastya Panchal - Maxwell Bilal Hussain - Fibonacci Ekam Bains - Lovelace Dawood Alam - Newton Aliza Ferdous - Pythagoras Hanad Ali - Mirzakhani Nubaid Ozzul - Britten Nobin Chowdhury Ahmer Ahmer - Ramanujan Ellington Amna Nusrat - Fitzgerald Arsal Anjum - Rahman Joshua George - Nicks Rajveer Sawali - Glennie Zairah Ali - Tailleferre Ronak Chatha - Vivaldi
Black Musician of the Week Sam Cooke
In recognition and to celebrate Black History Month we will be listening to the music of a different black composer or musician each week. Next week we will be listening to and learning about Sam Cooke. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Cooke in preparation for the coming week. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-cooke-mn0000238115/biography 11 October 2019 Primary Newsletter
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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:
Dija Vitkaliskaite – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for persevering and completing her paper chain during afternoon exploration). Navina Kaur – Scholar of the Week (for always trying her best during maths lessons). Maxwell Class:
Aleena Khatun – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for trying her best when ordering numerals to 6). Agastya Panchal – Scholar of the Week (for using his phonics knowledge to write words). Newton Class:
Musa Mughal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for persistently trying to write his name). Daniel Kitov – Scholar of the Week (for trying really hard to recognise sounds in phonics lessons). Britten Class:
Abdul Sheikh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for his positivity during his lessons). Alvina Adeel – Scholar of the Week (for including wizard words in her literacy work). Fitzgerald Class:
Ekamjot Kaur – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for managing her distractions and sustaining great focus throughout her learning). Raya Alam – Scholar of the Week (for using some great adjectives and conjunctions ‘and’ in her story writing this week).
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Glennie Class:
Rushda Hasnat – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing excellent concentration in English). Moazan Saraj – Scholar of the Week (for writing his story beginning so well and including a brilliant story opening). Al-Kashi Class:
Ekamjot Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for avoiding distractions in the classroom and showing determination towards his learning). Annika Taheem – Scholar of the Week (for writing a fantastic letter using persuasive language and expanded noun phrases). Fibonacci Class:
Ibrahim Mohamed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his grit and managing his distractions). Orpah – Scholar of the Week (for being able to write a fantastically persuasive letter). Pythagoras Class:
Ranvi Arora – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for managing his distractions in class). Leja Vitkauskaite – Scholar of the Week (for using persuasive language in her English learning). Ellington Class:
Samuel Thomas – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great determination whilst rounding 3 digit numbers to the nearest multiple of a hundred). Alia Malik – Scholar of the Week (for creating a wonderful introductory paragraph for Mary Anning’s fact file).
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Nicks Class:
Alexis Burvill – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great determination to be successful in maths lessons this week). Ijaz Nazir – Scholar of the Week (for showing model scholarly attitude in all of his lessons). Shankar Class:
Parmveer Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing incredible determination during his maths lessons). Iman Hafeez – Scholar of the Week (for writing some excellent, detailed answers during his reading lesson). Lovelace Class
Navneet Matharu – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for exhibiting excellent determination and perseverance through challenge tasks in all lessons). Zahir Khan – Scholar of the Week (for effectively using emotive language to elicit character emotion). Mirzakhani Class:
Aairah Abid – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating determination to accurately and quickly learn her lines for the class assembly). Inshirah Nabeel – Scholar of the Week (for creating excellent emotive sentences using powerful adjectives).
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Ramanujan Class:
Ravi Jethwa – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating grit by managing distractions effectively). Maya Kimborowicz – Scholar of the Week (for an excellent example of informal letter writing). Rahman Class:
Lara Burvill – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating determination when solving complex maths equations). Rayaan Vakas – Scholar of the Week (for creating an intriguing plot for his Ancient Egyptian story). Tailleferre Class:
Nirmalpreet Durhailay – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for constantly showing grit, never giving up even when maths challenges become difficult). Rhea Thirumal – Scholar of the Week (for constantly showing grit and using a range of sentence starters during English lessons). Vivaldi Class:
Eesa Anwar – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing remarkable grit and determination despite breaking his knee). Raina Islam – Scholar of the Week (for writing an exciting and interesting plan ahead of her story).
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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 14th October 2019
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence comprises seven dispositions: Empathy Sociability Reflectiveness Listening Collaboration Understanding Openness At School
• At school we always remind the children to treat others in the way that they would like to be treated in return. • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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. • Though reading stories the children can develop their skills of empathy through their comprehension of the characters, their motivations etc.
At Home
• 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. • 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. 11 October 2019 Primary Newsletter
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Key Dates for
Autumn Term 2019 Monday 2nd September–Friday 20thDecember 2019 INSET - Wednesday 20th November Friday 18th October
Multicultural Day
Friday 18th October
Break up 3.45pm
Monday 21st – Friday 25th October
HALF TERM
Monday 4th November
Home and Family Week (No enrichment clubs)
Monday 4th November
Mathemagical Week
Wednesday 13th November
Reception Information Evening 6.00pm (For September 2020 Intake)
Thursday 14th November
Maths Mastery Parent Workshop 9.00am & 6.00pm
Friday 15th November
Lovelace Class Assembly – Year 4 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 15th November
Britten Class Assembly – Year 1 – 10.20 – 10.40am
Monday 18th November
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Wednesday 20th November
INSET Day: no school for students
Tuesday 21st November
Primary School Disco
Wednesday 27th November
Reception Information Session 2.00pm (For September 2020 Intake)
Thursday 28th November
BRIDGES workshop for Parents – 6.00pm
Monday 9th December
Primary Winter Concert (Years 1&2) – 3.00pm
Wednesday 11th December
Primary Winter Concert (Year 5) – 9.00am
Thursday 12th December
Reception Nativity Play - 9.00am Primary Winter Concert (Years 3&4) – 2.45pm
Thursday 12th December
Christmas Lunch & Christmas Jumper Day
Thursday 20th December
Awards Assemblies (TBC) & Term Ends at 12.15pm
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