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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, 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 I hope you all enjoyed a lovely half term. Happy Diwali to those of you that have been celebrating, I hope you enjoyed a festive time with family and friends. Now that the weather has started to turn, I would like to remind you that the children will need their hats and coats increasingly for outdoor play when it is dry but cold. Please make sure that your child comes to school in a plain black coat, ensuring that it is labelled. The uniform policy is on the website under the primary tab. If your child comes to school with an umbrella, we ask that you take it home again with you as we do not have space to store and leave wet umbrellas in the classrooms and the children will not need them whilst they are at school. Thank you for your continued support. We are all very excited to have started the new topics for this half term and very impressed by some of the amazing Home Learning that has been completed over the break. 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. I will be giving another update on how many children are signed up on Maths with Parents next week, so please make sure you have signed your child up before then if they are in Reception – Year 3 classes! From Ms Spencer: We had a Challenge Partners’ Review on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. A lead reviewer, plus a team of four reviewers (who are senior leaders in schools from across the UK), spent three days in school. They observed lessons in all year groups and subjects from Reception to Year 13, met with staff, students and governors and looked at students’ learning and their outcomes over time. We were absolutely delighted with the feedback and the recognition by the external reviewers of the strength of INA’s culture and ethos and the quality of provision. They also highlighted the extremely positive impact of some of the things unique to INA such as BRIDGES, Harkness learning, the Big Band project and our enrichment programme, all of which contribute to developing INA students into highly resilient and effective learners. It is really pleasing to receive a validation of the school’s work from an external review team, however we are as keen as ever to continue to develop and improve our provision. I would like to congratulate our staff and students and express huge gratitude to all of our staff members for their hard work and unwavering commitment to INA. I look forward to sharing the report with you once it is published.
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Home & Family Week - 4th November To promote staff and pupil well-being across the Academy, there will be a ‘Home & Family’ week next week. There will be no enrichment clubs running during the course of the week however Breakfast and After School Clubs will continue to be available. We ask that you make any payments online using your WisePay account in advance to book your child’s place.
Multicultural Food Fayre & Dress Up Day
Thank you for your support at the end of the half term with the Multicultural Day, it was great to see so many children dressed up and celebrating the amazing diversity of our INA community. We managed to raise an impressive £414. This will be spent on various classroom resources.
Mathematics Mastery Workshop Thursday 14th November 9am & 6pm This workshop is designed to help parents gain a greater understanding of the Maths Mastery approach used at INA. Parents will be introduced to the approach and given strategies to use to support their child at home. To ensure we set out enough space and resources for the event, we ask that that you contact the Primary office staff to confirm your attendance. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.
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Mathemagical
Maths Week – Week beginning 4th November Next week, we are all very excited about the prospect of our Mathemagical Week which starts on Monday 4th November. During the week, the children will be taking part in a variety of fun and practical activities. These will provide them with new and exciting experiences that will support and develop their mathematical thinking and skills. There will be daily maths problems placed around the school for the children to solve, fun maths lessons taught in class and a home learning project to complete.
Mathemagical Hat Day Friday 8th November The children are being asked to design and make a special maths hat and/or cloak with some sort of maths logo. They are invited to wear these to school on Friday 8th November where we will have a small parade during an assembly for the children to show off their fantastic efforts! A prize will go to the best cloak and hat in each year group. Each year group will have a theme for their hats as follows:
Reception – Numbers up to 10 Year 1 – Numbers up to 20 Year 2 - 2D Shapes Year 3 – Time Year 4 – Fractions Year 5 - Area and Perimeter We look forward to seeing how creative our children can be.
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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 – Arfa Aamer & Aaban Bhatti Maxwell Class – Oliver Fertrina Jardiel & Lamaisah Ali Newton Class – Sahil Malik & Ariana Ali Britten Class – Manav Ahmed & Abeeha Zahir Fitzgerald Class – Aadam Dakri & Amna Nusrat Glennie Class – Qasim Hussain & Rushda Hasnat Al-Kashi Class – Aagia Durhailay & Hamza Ahmed Fibonacci Class – Arshia Khan & Ibrahim Mohamed Pythagoras Class – Farasat Heron & Simran Islam Ellington Class – Hanaa Choudhury & Youssef Abir Nicks Class – Maisha Hossain & Maya Bumbuc Shankar Class - Eric Vasile & Avni Kamothi Lovelace Class – Aisha Musa & Musa Ali Mirzakhani Class – Inaaya Muhammad & Ubaid Mueez Ramanujan Class – Marqelo Rama & Tanmanjot Sandhu Rahman Class – Kashan Shahzad & Lara Burvill Tailleferre Class – Swara Kinhikar & Ali Ullah Vivaldi Class – Ceylan Warner & Anees Malik
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Primary Disco Tuesday 26 th November Disco 1 – 3.15–4.15pm Disco 2 – 4.30–5.30pm
£2.50 includes disco, popcorn and drink
Tickets will be sale from Monday 4th November at Reception Due to the huge success of last year, we will be hosting our annual INA Disco this year on Tuesday 26th November. The tickets are £2.50 which includes entrance to the disco and a popcorn snack and drink. There will be choice of two disco times which will be sold on a first come, first served basis. So if you have a preferred time, we suggest you purchase your tickets as soon as possible to save disappointment. If you purchase a ticket for Disco 1, the children will be taken straight to the disco after school and will need to be picked up promptly from the playground at 4.15pm. If you purchase a ticket for Disco 2 the children will need to be collected from school promptly at 2.50pm/3.00pm and then arrive back on time to start their disco at 4.30pm.
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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
97.0% 90.0% 97.0%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
99.3% 97.3% 96.7%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
95.3% 98.7% 99.3%
Well done and congratulations to both Britten Class & Pythagoras Class who are the winners this week with 99.3%!
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
99.3% 99.3% 99%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
98.7% 94.7% 99.7%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
96.7% 97.8% 99.2%
Well done and congratulations to Ramanujan Class who are the winners this week with 99.7%.
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 8th November 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Aditya Soma - Curie Ekamjot Singh - Al-Kashi Abdullah Riaz - Lovelace Aizah Rehman - Maxwell Mehjabin Orpah - Fibonacci Aryan Singh - Mirzakhani Hafsa Tehseen - Newton Mariam Sheikh Kamiah Reid - Ramanujan Pythagoras Abdul Sheikh - Britten Kashan Shahzad - Rahman Anmeek Sood - Ellington Bushra Rahman - Tailleferre Khubaib Shahzad Fitzgerald Kayden Reid - Nicks Daniyal Sheikh - Vivaldi Aarav Singh - Glennie Nafiu Quddus - Shankar
Composer of the Week A R Rahman
For the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about A R Rahman as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Rahman 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/A._R._Rahman http://www.arrahman.com/ 1 November 2019
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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:
Rielle Cummings – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for increasing her independence during learning activities). Numair Muhammad – Scholar of the Week (for working very hard to understand the concept of more and fewer). Maxwell Class:
Taran Napal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for making good choices even when the teacher is not looking). Oliver Fertrina Jardiel – Scholar of the Week (for practising his handwriting during independent exploration time). Newton Class:
Lamaisah Zahir – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working really hard during maths to explore one more and one fewer within six). Johan George – Scholar of the Week (for using his ‘Fred Fingers’ to write three letter words). Britten Class:
Ahmad Musa – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working hard in all areas of his learning). Mihrimah Tanvir – Scholar of the Week (for using star words to describe the properties of 2D and 3D shapes). Fitzgerald Class:
Hiba Rehan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for consistently demonstrating great self regulation and always checking her learning carefully). Ayub Khan – Scholar of the Week (for a working on a particularly impressive London landmark model for home learning).
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Glennie Class:
Aarav Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing excellent self regulation by helping others and looking after our environment). Nikunj Mittal – Scholar of the Week (for writing exciting adjectives in his literacy this week). Al-Kashi Class:
Hamza Ahmed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for independently finishing his English learning and also helping other children on his table to use a thesaurus). Amina Sheikh – Scholar of the Week (for working really hard in school and practising extra home-learning). Fibonacci Class:
Adrian Kvaraciejus – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for increasing his independence when writing sentences). Sheryar Javed – Scholar of the Week (for being able to use a thesaurus to find synonyms). Pythagoras Class:
Anita Uddin – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being independent and hard working in all subjects). Simran Islam – Scholar of the Week (for using expanded noun phrases when describing characters from a story). Ellington Class:
Tariq Hamid – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working extremely hard during his English lesson). Avani Tathgar – Scholar of the Week (for being very organised when following the steps to success in English).
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Nicks Class:
Ekamjot Pandher – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing bravery when trying new foods). Aydin Landi – Scholar of the Week (for making a huge effort to improve his handwriting). Shankar Class:
Sarah Master – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating excellent independence with her learning by ‘thinking outside the box’ to answer questions). Rida Alam – Scholar of the Week (for consistently being a fantastic role model and for showing great commitment to her learning). Lovelace Class
Musa Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for managing his distractions, absorbing and transferring new information). Keira Chana – Scholar of the Week (for contributing more in all lessons, showing excellent progress in her questioning and debating skills). Mirzakhani Class:
Adam Ismail – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always showing incredible self discipline when following a teacher’s instructions). Aahil Mubarak – Scholar of the Week (for asking pertinent questions regarding what he would like to discover during the science topic this half term).
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Ramanujan Class:
Riya Patel – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating self discipline through excellent organisation skills and hard work). Ibrahim Nasiri – Scholar of the Week (for superb vocabulary exploration during the spelling and grammar lessons). Rahman Class:
Faheem Ahmedabadi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating practising and hard work in his learning). Janeefa Khezar – Scholar of the Week (for creating a dynamic project representing forces). Tailleferre Class:
Kuljit Aytan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for his hard work and organisation in all areas of learning). Bushra Rahman – Scholar of the Week (for showing excellent understanding in her science lesson and using scientific vocabulary). Vivaldi Class:
Ishaan Mutha – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for consistently being motivated to better himself). Naniyah Owusu – Scholar of the Week (for consistently producing top quality learning since the start of term in September).
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. 1 November 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 4th November 2019
Bravery
Bravery comprises five dispositions: Leadership Risk-taking Courage Optimism Experimentation At School
• We encourage the children to try new things and experiment every day whether it is a food that they have not tried before or new activities that they may not normally choose during the afternoon sessions. For Year 1 and 2 we would encourage the children to try different reading books or authors/topics they might not normally consider reading or to experiment with the paint during art – trying to create different effects etc. • We always encourage the children to have courage when they fall over and hurt themselves and to remain as calm as possible while we help them. • We aim for all pupils to demonstrate their leadership skills by helping others, being smart in their appearance, being kind, having good manners and generally demonstrating all their BRIDGES characteristics. • We encourage some of the quieter pupils to have the courage to share their ideas in class and to have work with optimism and develop a real ‘can do’ attitude.
At Home
• Encourage your child to try as many different things as possible – whether it is food, different enrichment clubs, books etc. Support your child to develop their own mind and not just follow what everyone else is doing. It is important that the pupils are able to try things without worrying about getting it wrong or worrying about what other people think. • Celebrate the fact that by making mistakes we are always learning. Give examples of times when you have had to be brave and try something for the first time, or when something did not go so well the first time but you learned from the mistakes you made and got better. • Help remind your child at home about being smart in their appearance and role-modelling good behaviour through their leadership skills. Allow your child to help with jobs and roles at home, taking on the responsibility for cleaning their room, keeping their books or toys organised etc. 1 November 2019
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Key Dates for
Autumn Term 2019 Monday 2nd September–Friday 20thDecember 2019 INSET - Wednesday 20th November 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 26th 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
Friday 20th December
Awards Assemblies (TBC) & Term Ends at 12.15pm
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