22 November 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, 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 As you will know the school was closed on Wednesday to honour the memory of Ahmed AlKhafiji. It was an opportunity for you to spend the day with your child and think about an out-of- theordinary experience that you could share. It has been great listening to some of the experiences that children have shared with either me or with their class teachers, some of which have included visiting museums, author workshops, visiting exhibitions and trying out ice-skating. The primary staff took the opportunity to visit other outstanding schools both within the Ark network but also more locally. We went to see great practice and share ideas with a particular focus around Year 6 and Primary to Secondary transition as we begin the exciting planning as a whole school for our founding cohort of Primary students who will transition to Secondary in September 2021.
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: Reception children meet a real superhero from ourcommunity, a paramedic. 22 November 2019
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Primary Winter Concerts Year 1 and 2 Primary Winter Concert will be held on Monday 9th December at 3:00pm in the Primary Hall.
Year 3 and 4 Primary Winter Concert will be held on Thursday 12th December at 2:45pm in the Primary Hall.
Year 5 Primary Winter Concert will be held on Wednesday 11th December at 9.00am in the Primary Hall.
All pupils will be performing, and all families will be issued with two tickets per child.
Reception Nativity Play The Reception pupils will be performing the Nativity play on Thursday 12th December at 9.00am. Reception parents are invited to attend. Two tickets will be issued per child in due course.
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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 will choose 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:
Monday 16th December 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)
Wednesday 18th December 8.45–9.15am – Year 5 (All Year 5 parents are invited to attend) 9.30–10.00am – Year 2 (All Year 2 parents are invited to attend)
Thursday 19th December 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)
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Year 3 have taken part in a number of activities as part of Anti-Bullying Week. We have focused on developing our understanding of what bullying is, what we can do to overcome it and prevent it from happening. We have spent time creating pledges that reflect how we can take positive actions to help who have been victims of bullying, and make sure that we are role-modelling how to interact positively with our peers. We made these pledges into a chain that we can display to constantly remind us. We also created our own badges to spread the antibullying message.
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Learning in Year 5 this week This week, during English lessons, Year 5 pupils have been finishing the final write-up of their non-fiction texts about forces. They have had the opportunity to try out our brand-new school laptops and publish their writing using Microsoft Word. Pupils have learned how to: create bold titles, use subheadings and sections to divide up information texts and add images and captions to their published pieces. They also displayed excellent collaboration by working together to create a piece with the best parts from thier learning and their partner’s learning.
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Wildlife Area Clearing Day! We are hoping to turn this patch of ground by our bike sheds into a wildlife friendly area with long grass, fruit bushes and a bug hotel. To help get us started with this, please come and join in some fun pulling up plants to clear this area on Saturday 14th December. Parents and children all welcome! Spades and trowels and gloves will be available or you are welcome to bring your own equipment too! We will be digging stuff up 9:00am–12:00pm followed by enjoying some warming pizza after. Please let the office or Ms Willcox know if you are able to help. Thank 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.
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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 are now on sale at Reception Tickets are now on sale for our annual INA Disco 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. Disco 1 – 3.15-4.15pm
Disco 2 – 4.30-5.30pm
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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Lovely Learning this week! The Reception children have been learning about Superheroes both fictional and real. This week they were lucky enough to meet a real hero from our community, a paramedic. He talked to the children about the important role and offered some advice on what to do in the case of a medical emergency.
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Lovely Learning this week!
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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
96.7% 98.7% 98.7%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
97.5% 100% 94.6%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
99.2% 96.7% 98.7%
Well done and congratulations to Fitzgerald Class who are the winners this week with 100% and have earned themselves some extra playtime.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
96.7% 94.6% 97.5%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
96.2% 97.1% 98.3%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
95.8% 97.5% 96.2%
Well done and congratulations to Ramanujan Class who are the winners this week with 98.3%.
Overall Attendance: 97.3% 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 22nd November 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Safaa Patel - Curie Wasif Mohammed Rohan Sharma - Mirzakhani Fibonacci Zahra Natha - Maxwell Muhammad-Hadi Raja Hessan Raja Bibi Ramanujan Jeevan Sehmi - Newton Pythagoras Ava-Lily PembertonMalak Raggai - Britten Manahil Shaukat - Ellington Mardenborough - Rahman Abdul-Qadir Rajput Ijaz Nazir - Nicks Muhammad Aadam Natha Fitzgerald - Tailleferre Smaran Nakerekanti Brandon Sagar - Glennie Shankar Naniyah Owusu - Vivaldi Hannah Rebhi - Al-Kashi Aishah Musa - Lovelace
Composer of the Week Gabriel Faure
For the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about Gabriel Faure as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Faure 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/Gabriel_Fauré http://www.classicfm.com/composers/faure/ 22 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:
Kyron Grant – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being fair and sharing resources during afternoon exploration time). Aliyah Landi – Scholar of the Week (for working really hard to improve her reading during phonics). Maxwell Class:
Zoe Johnson – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being kind to her peers when they are feeling sad). Annas Hossain – Scholar of the Week (for trying to complete his learning independently). Newton Class:
Riqbah Islam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always being kind and thoughtful to her peers). Ariana Ali – Scholar of the Week (for trying hard in all areas of her learning). Britten Class:
Elsa Matilda – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always making the right choices and being an excellent role model for her peers). Ilyas Mohamed – Scholar of the Week (for some excellent contributions to class discussions). Fitzgerald Class:
Taheem Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing humanity in the playground and playing very fairly and with a view to including everyone who wants to join in). Sumayya Jamil – Scholar of the Week (for excellent focussed application in maths this week).
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Glennie Class:
Gurnoor Kang – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always being an excellent role model). Yunus Ashraf – Scholar of the Week (for writing an excellent diary entry full of thought and emotions). Al-Kashi Class:
Jai Pathak – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always being fair and honest to his peers and teacher. Jai is a great model for Al-Kashi class). Danish Sheikh – Scholar of the Week (for carefully interpreting a pictogram and answering questions accurately). Fibonacci Class:
Khalid Ahmed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating his honesty at all times throughout the school day). Adrian Kvaraciejus – Scholar of the Week (for independently writing sentences in a range of lessons). Pythagoras Class:
Sartaj Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being honest at all times). Aleeza Arshad – Scholar of the Week (for writing an interesting fact file on Charles Dickens). Ellington Class:
Jashendeep Mehmi Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing integrity when trying to solve a playground matter). Sana Abbas – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating a really positive attitude to her learning and presentation).
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Nicks Class:
Isa Ijaz – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always showing a great desire to challenge himself in maths lessons). Leja Kolyciute – Scholar of the Week (for always being a role model by showing honesty). Shankar Class:
Anna Jilani – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great integrity by making sure her learning is of a high standard before submitting it). Hafsa Mahmood – Scholar of the Week (for trying incredibly hard during literacy lessons to improve both her handwriting and sentence structure). Lovelace Class
Aysha Islam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating citizenship and humanity, making her peers feel included and valued). Imran Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating independence and enthusiasm in all lessons). Mirzakhani Class:
Aryan Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing humility by always being kind to others). Ryan Abraham – Scholar of the Week (for using the rules for direct speech accurately and being able to explain this clearly and confidently).
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Ramanujan Class:
Nabeeha Ozzul – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being honest and doing the right thing when no one is watching). Yusuf Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for great interpreting of time graphs in maths). Rahman Class:
Siya Kamothi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing integrity by doing the right thing and making morally commendable choices). Avneet Chaggar – Scholar of the Week (for writing an informative and engaging non-fiction text about forces). Tailleferre Class:
Ria Jethwa – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always using her initiative to help her peers and class teacher). Ali Ullah – Scholar of the Week (for producing a well-written information text about forces). Vivaldi Class:
Mariam Chowdhury – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being thoughtful, kind and considerate to all of her peers). Zahra Abbas – Scholar of the Week (for using her computing skills to create a fantastic non-fiction text).
Merits The following pupil has 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. Inaaya Ijaz 22 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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Discovery
Discovery comprises seven dispositions: Energy Noticing Imagining Enthusiasm Open-Mindedness Creativity Curiosity At School •
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We make our lessons as fun and interactive every day so that every child loves learning and have a sense of enthusiasm with everything they do. Our lessons are very hands on and we ask the children to share their learning with the ‘talk partners’. We talk to the children about looking out for the details on things around them, to look closely at the bugs and the leaves in the playground and what happens to everything as the seasons change. We encourage the children to check their work and try to spot any errors they may have made. Through our topic approach we engender a sense of curiosity and wonder in the children where they are keen to go home and find out more. We talk about human characteristics and traits and what makes us all the same but equally what makes us different and that it is good to have differences and to appreciate them with an open mind. Every area of the curriculum helps the children to become more creative –either through role-play, stories, music and PE – helping the children to use their imaginations.
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• Encourage your child to use their imagination by making up stories together, or suggesting ways in which they could change parts of a story they know well, either by changing the gender of the characters, or have them go on a different adventure etc. Pupils love to role play different characters and it is often even more fun when the adults join in too. Play along and have fun! • Play games with your child like ‘I spy’ where you can see how many things they can notice beginning with a certain sound or letter they may already know or ask your child to think about an object and describe it using powerful adjectives. Ask questions like ‘I wonder what would happen if…?’ or ‘what do you think might happen if?’ or ‘why do you think…? These types of deeper questions will encourage the children to use their creativity and imagination more fully. • Either independently or with help, encourage your child to read or research more information around the topics they have been studying in class. The children could also spend time researching our current composer.
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Key Dates for
Autumn Term 2019 Monday 2nd September–Friday 20thDecember 2019 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
Term Ends at 12.15pm
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