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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 It has been another fun and busy week in the primary with the school disco and plenty of rehearsals in preparation for the concerts and nativity in a few weeks. With a few busy weeks ahead and lots of events happening, I urge you to take time to read over the dates and times. Please ask if you are unsure about of any of the information included.
A Message from Ms West It was lovely looking through all the amazing, creative posters sharing the important message of being kind, caring and respecting each other, which was the theme for Anti-Bullying week this year. I had 77 entries to look through! Firstly, I want to thank everyone who submitted a poster for the competition and I had a really difficult decision to choose the winners. Joint third place Reception: Zaiden Year 1: Edie, Hiba and Qasim Year 2: Jaskaran, Hanan and Danish Year 3: Maria, Amanah and Yasin Year 4: Hanaa C, Mohammadou, Meliah, Shakira, Zara C and Navneet Year 5: Daniyal and Zaara M Joint second place Year 1: Ibrahim N and Armaan Year 3: Shresta and Eshal Year 4: Aariz, Aairah, Safwan and Emilie First place: Year 4: Dua Cover Photo: Tree planting by our Eco-Ambassadors. 29 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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Reception Nativity
Clothing Donations Wanted
Do you have any clothes that were used for previous nativity plays and are no longer needed? If so can you drop them off to Maxwell class so that they can be put to good use. Thank you in advance from the Reception team. It will be a huge help if you can help your child practise their nativity songs and lines at home in preparation for their performance on Thursday 12th December.
Primary Disco
The hall was full of energy and fun as the pupils and staff enjoyed the s disco on Tuesday evening. A big thank you to all the staff for helping o
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On Wednesday morning, our Eco-Ambassadors hopped on the bus to Goodmayes Park to take part in the Mayor of London’s tree planting programme and plant a few saplings under the guidance of Trees for Cities. After a quick demonstration we all got to have a go and managed to plant around 40 trees! We were very lucky with the weather
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Tree planting with the Eco-Amabassadors
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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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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 – Aleeza Khan & Hussain Nawaz Maxwell Class – Oliver Fetrina Jardiel & Arundeep Singh Newton Class – Yaseen Uddin &Ammara Rehman Britten Class – Manav Ahmed & Jaiden Benu Fitzgerald Class – Ekamjot Kaur & Ayub Khan Glennie Class – Aahil Butt & Aqsa Islam Al-Kashi Class – Bola Omotola & Aagia Durhailay Fibonacci Class – Aiza Faheem & Aisha Ali Pythagoras Class – Zaki Adnan & Jasson Maheshwaran Ellington Class – Lariab Ul Haq & Alia Malik Nicks Class – Jawad Imran & Alexandra Bale-Orhorha Shankar Class – Hafsa Mahmood & Nafiu Quddus Lovelace Class – Hamza Chand & Shakira Choudhury Mirzakhani Class – Harneet Kang & Aairah Abid Ramanujan Class – Hadi Raja & Kamiah Reid Rahman Class – Nandini Sharma & Zaina Hussain Tailleferre Class – Zairah Ali & Ibrahim Ijaz Vivaldi Class - Anees Malik & Musa Malik 29 November 2019
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Lovely Learning this week! This week, in Science lessons, Year 5 pupils have been investigating how the mass of objects impacts whether or not it floats on water. Pupils had the opportunity to scientifically test different objects and form conclusions about density in light of their findings. We were fascinated to learn that, in addition to mass and density, the shape of an object can also affect its ability to float on water.
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More Lovely Learning this week! On Monday, Year 1 had a wonderful day! We went to the Kenneth Moore Theatre to enjoy interactive sessions packed with historical content made memorable through drama as well as getting to experience the thrill of rehearsing in a studio and actually going on stage! Our day of acting, singing and dancing culminated in giving a short performance to our parents and teachers of the well-known ‘London’s Burning’ song from the big stage!
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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
98.5% 97.7% 97.0%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
100% 87.0% 96.0%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
93.3% 96.7% 98.7%
Well done and congratulations to Britten Class who are the winners this week with 100% and have earned themselves some extra playtime.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
96.7% 97.7% 96.3%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
96.3% 97% 98.7%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
98.0% 96.3% 94.4%
Well done and congratulations to Ramanujan Class who are the winners this week with 98.7%.
Overall Attendance: 96.5% 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 6th December 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Ibrahim Ibrahim - Curie Zunairah Raja - Al-Kashi Emilie Morgan - Lovelace Taran Napal - Maxwell Ibrahim Mohamed Saim Rehman - Mirzakhani Fibonacci Maysa Saad - Newton Jawad Raggai - Ramanujan Harveen Rai Pythagoras Yahya Palejwala - Britten Aqeel Nazir - Rahman Tahsin Salam Ellington Zakkariya Rahman Swara Kinhikar - Tailleferre Fitzgerald Maira Nasir - Nicks Aizah Nawaz - Vivaldi Nyla Moses-Phillips Abdul Rehan - Glennie Shankar
Composer of the Fortnight Erik Satie
For the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about Erik Satie as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Satie 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/Erik_Satie http://www.britannica.com/biography/Erik-Satie 29 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:
Adam Gharb – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing curiosity and asking questions to deepen his understanding about the seasons of the year). Dani Bayrami – Scholar of the Week (for managing his distractions and trying hard in all his learning). Maxwell Class:
Zayan Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing enthusiasm when it is learning time). Aizah Rehman – Scholar of the Week (for trying to read three letter words independently). Newton Class:
Sofia Gunatilake – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing enthusiasm when learning ‘one greater than’ and ‘one less than’). Jarjis Islam – Scholar of the Week (for attempting to practise his phonics sounds independently during exploration time). Britten Class:
Mihrimah Tanvir – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always demonstrating a really positive attitude to her learning). Muhammed Ali Butt – Scholar of the Week (for trying hard in all areas of his learning). Fitzgerald Class:
Inayah Kashif – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great imagination and creativity on our trip when discovering things about the Great Fire of London through drama). Mahi Ghundiyal – Scholar of the Week (for putting in her best effort like a true scholar many times this week).
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Glennie Class:
Shaan Bihal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being enthusiastic in lessons this week). Ayat Zahra – Scholar of the Week (for trying really hard in calculating our subtraction equations this week). Al-Kashi Class:
Musa Syed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his creativity and imagination skills when completing his art work). Alisha Ali – Scholar of the Week (for retrieving facts from a non-fiction text independently and correctly). Fibonacci Class:
Abeera Qazi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using her creativity when designing art inspired by L S Lowry). Jiya Gill – Scholar of the Week (for being an expert at maths reasoning problems). Pythagoras Class:
Ayaan Muhammad – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for discovering new information about Thomas Edison). Zenia Zaidi – Scholar of the Week (for creating a non-chronological report on three Victorians). Ellington Class:
Gurjas Dhanjal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for exploring new vocabulary and using it in his writing). Laraib Ul Haq – Scholar of the Week (for using her mathematical knowledge when solving arithmetic problems).
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Nicks Class:
Adam Chowdhury – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing creativity when using Scratch to code in computing). Ayala Saleem – Scholar of the Week (for creating an entertaining set of instructions). Shankar Class:
Max Jagdev – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using discovery by being really curious about the world around him). Shahina Haleem – Scholar of the Week (for putting in lots of effort with her handwriting and for trying to improve her sentence structure). Lovelace Class
Ekam Bains – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing curiosity and openmindedness in all lessons). Aran Sivananthan – Scholar of the Week (for using his grit and growth mindset to complete all his assessments indpendently). Mirzakhani Class:
Aariz Chaudhry – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing enthusiasm in his approach to inferential analysis during Whole Class Reading). Nowmi Touva – Scholar of the Week (for making a massive improvement in her arithmetic since last term). Ramanujan Class:
Mohid Asif – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating his enthusiasm during his science learning this week). Kamiah Reid – Scholar of the Week (for remembering and explaining different types of conjunctions in English). Rahman Class:
Zahraa Aamanee – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always using creativity within art and design lessons). Rohin Ronson – Scholar of the Week (for maintaining focus during his assessments this week).
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Tailleferre Class:
Sayef Ahmed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for displaying great curiosity and enthusiasm in a science investigation). Ria Jethwa – Scholar of the Week (for working hard to improve in her assessments). Vivaldi Class:
Ishaan Mutha – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great enthusiasm in his learning and determination to better himself). Rohan Taheem – Scholar of the Week (for making huge progress in all areas of the curriculum).
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. Nihara Jay Ahmed Khan Emile Morgan Anabia Nawab Aahil Mubarak Azmain Islam Musa Malik Amanah Ali Aisha Musa Tabinul Hasan Shakira Choudhry Aysha Islam Ibrahim Muhammad Sanam Shah Faheem Ahmedabadi
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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 2nd December 2019
Grit
Grit comprises seven dispositions: Perseverance Distractions Concentration Managing Resilience Determination Patience At School • At part of our 6 pillars we continuously stress the importance to the children about managing distractions and concentrating during their learning time. • It is essential that from Reception upwards that the children become better at managing distractions and demonstrate that they can work on a task for a sustained period of time. • We always encourage a ‘can do’ resilient attitude and talk to the children about the importance of not giving up on a task too easily, even when it presents as a challenge, learning that ‘practice makes perfect’. • We discuss that having patience and trying something again, even though we may find it difficult, will lead to success. We also explain that patient can also mean not having what we want instantly and that sometimes we have to wait our turn.
At Home • Encourage your child to try and complete things more independently – when they say they can’t do something – tell your child to have a go and to try a little harder. If then they are still completely stuck with a task, then offer a small amount of help to get them started. Offer encouragement and praise your child’s effort. • Talk to your child about how you learned to do things and how hard some things were for you too but through not giving up, being determined and practising you got better.
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Key Dates for
Autumn Term 2019 Monday 2nd September–Friday 20thDecember 2019 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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