6 December 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 has been a very chilly week this week, so just to remind you that the children will need to have their coats and hats on to enable them to play outside when the weather is dry but cold. Please be reminded that coats must be black for school, and that boots and trainers are not allowed. The uniform policy is available on the school website. The children have continued to enjoy their concert rehearsals this week and are looking forward to sharing their learning with you in the coming weeks. Once again please make sure you check the dates of end of term assemblies for each year group and concert dates and times. The Pupil Progress Reports and Parent Progress Meetings for this term will take place in January. The Pupil Progress Reports will be sent out to you on Friday 10th January and Parent Progress Meetings will take place on Tuesday 14th January. Further details will be shared in due course.
Enrichment Club Bookings The Primary enrichment app will be going live on Friday 13th December at 5pm for you to make choices for clubs after the break and will close on Monday 16th December at 5pm. Please make sure you have signed your child up on time as this alleviates a great deal of time for Ms Chaggar and Ms Begum chasing after the deadline. Thank you in advance.
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 4 Gymnastics. 6 December 2019 Primary Newsletter
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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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Challenge Partners’ Review Report I am delighted to be able to share the headlines from the report from our Challenge Partners Review which took place at the end of October. INA was judged to be ‘LEADING’ in all aspects, including Leadership at all levels and Quality of provision and outcomes. We are pleased that the review affirms our own evaluation of the school & that the areas identified for development are things we are already working on. A copy of the report can be found on the website however, here are some highlights: • Leaders demonstrate an ambitious vision for the delivery of a holistic model of education. Leaders at all levels are committed to ensuring that pupils exceed expectations. • The ‘BRIDGES’ wheel provides a values-based framework for the whole school community. Staff and students demonstrate a clear understanding of the framework and embrace it with enthusiasm. • Development of the ‘Harkness’ initiative is research-informed and represents a significant investment in developing character and emotional health. • Leadership of the ‘Big Band’ curriculum strand is highly effective. • The primary curriculum is framed by a clear intent • Strong relationships with parents and carers play a key role in ensuring the success of the provision. • Governors rigorously hold leaders to account. • Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge and use this to plan appropriate opportunities for recall. • There is some good evidence of teachers using a range of assessment for learning strategies to check for misconceptions and probe pupils’ thinking. • Pupils demonstrate high expectations for presentation of work in books. T • The implementation of positive learning habits ensures that pupils effectively self- regulate and complete tasks in a timely fashion. • In the primary school, teachers expertly use modelling to ensure clarity of understanding and strong engagement amongst pupils. • Pupils demonstrate strong behaviours for learning and build positive relationships, which enable them to make rapid progress. Ms Spencer, Interim Principal 6 December 2019 Primary Newsletter
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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.
Christmas Lunch & Christmas Jumper Day Thursday 12th December
The children and adults are all invited to wear their Christmas jumpers on Thursday 12th December or festive colours of green, red, yellow etc. Since this is a normal school day we do ask that the children wear clothes and shoes that are still comfortable and will allow them to access their usual school curriculum and run around in the playground. No jewellery items!
We will be collecting ÂŁ1 from everyone in non-uniform, all of which will be donated to the Save the Children charity.
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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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Lovely Learning this week! Year 4 pupils have been using a range of apparatus during their gymnastics lessons this half term to show balances, a variety of travelling movements and flight. This week they also started to create individual performances whilst adapting to different apparatus. Well done Year 4!
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This week INA have been celebrating this day through inclusive PE sessions aimed at raising awareness of disability. Pupils in Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 took part in sessions using their teamwork and communication skills to help each other overcome physical and mental challenges. Some Year 5 pupils also took part in a lunch time rounders match in the secondary sports hall.
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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
96.3% 95.0% 97.3%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
94.3% 93.0% 94.1%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
79.0% 98.0% 90.7%
Well done and congratulations to Fibonacci Class who are the winners this week with 98%. I look forward to seeing everyone back in school next week feeling fit and well again!
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
97.7% 94.7% 96.7%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
98% 99.3% 92.7%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
96.7% 95.3% 91.5%
Well done and congratulations to both Mirzakhani Class who are the winners this week with 99.3%.
Overall Attendance: 94.5% 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 13th December 2019. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Hussain Nawaz - Curie Ekampreet Malik Janani Pradeep Kumar Fibonacci Mirzakhani Jabir Mohammed Maxwell Shad Rahman - Pythagoras Riya Patel - Ramanujan Ammara Rehman - Newton Keira Palmer - Ellington Zakariyah Iqbal Master Rahman Nubaid Ozzul - Britten Rajan Mann - Nicks Lucas Petre - Fitzgerald Hanfil Mohamed Jameel - Fahmid Khan - Tailleferre Shankar Smriti Nakerekanti - Vivaldi Ekaterina Ratkova - Glennie Szymon Gabriel Plaskiewicz Sarrinah Mohammed Lovelace - Al-Kashi
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 6 December 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:
Safa Jannat – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for persevering with her literacy learning this week). Shafaq Tahir – Scholar of the Week (for working hard in her phonics lessons this week). Maxwell Class:
Arundeep Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for not giving up when writing sentences in literacy lessons). Rohita Balachandar – Scholar of the Week (for using her loud voice when sharing her ideas during learning time). Newton Class:
Roman Tayib – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for managing his distractions and staying focussed during independent learning in literacy lessons). Jasleen Kaur – Scholar of the Week (for trying to Fred Talk and write the word ‘cat’ independently during her literacy lessons). Britten Class:
Siddiqa Islam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always showing a great desire to challenge herself in all areas of her learning). Malak Raggai – Scholar of the Week (for trying incredibly hard during literacy lessons to improve both handwriting and sentence structure). Fitzgerald Class:
Ahmed Syed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing some great grit to concentrate and manage his distractions). Zakariya Rahman – Scholar of the Week (for some lovely neat and more quickly written writing this week).
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Glennie Class:
Ayah Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for managing her distractions in all her lessons). Cavin Singh – Scholar of the Week (for writing clear instructions of how to make bread). Al-Kashi Class:
Beetaa Bayrami – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for managing all her distractions during her independent learning). Yuvraj Chaggar – Scholar of the Week (for concentrating really hard during maths and showing a positive attitude towards his learning). Fibonacci Class:
Shanaya Sharma – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating grit when faced with a challenge). Fatiha Majumder – Scholar of the Week (for being able to edit a playscript). Pythagoras Class:
Diya Napal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for having determination to complete challenging equations). Jasson Maheshwaran – Scholar of the Week (for drawing arrays to multiply numbers). Ellington Class:
Manahil Shaukat – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using her grit when answering challenging maths questions on perimeter). Shresta Yeruva – Scholar of the Week (for concentrating and contributing her ideas for a whole class narrative).
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Nicks Class:
Maira Nasir – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great determination as a team player in PE lessons). Joshua George – Scholar of the Week (for creating the best piece of writing he has done all year). Shankar Class:
Eric Vasile – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing excellent determination during his lessons, and for working on any feedback that he is given). Tanush Handa – Scholar of the Week (for being a brilliant role model at all times, and for consistently working hard). Lovelace Class
Imran Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for an increased level of concentration in all lessons). Jaskaran Singh – Scholar of the Week (for independently using a variety of sentence constructions within his diary entry from the perspective of the character Varjak Paw ). Mirzakhani Class:
Adam Ismail – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating patience and kindness towards others). Dua Maisam – Scholar of the Week (for term writing an excellent diary entry including subordinating and coordinating conjunctions). Ramanujan Class:
Husna Abdulkadir – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing perseverance and determination in maths when she found tasks challenging). Riya Patel – Scholar of the Week (for excellent use of subordinating and coordinating conjunctions in her writing this week). Rahman Class:
Kayaan Khan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating grit within all lessons). Zaina Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating how to accurately round numbers to the nearest 1000, 10,000 and 100,000).
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Tailleferre Class:
Aadam Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing resilience and determination in mathematics). Mariam Faheem – Scholar of the Week (for always working hard and doing her best in all areas of learning). Vivaldi Class:
Malaika Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing real grit and determination in all her learning). Sabah Akram – Scholar of the Week (for writing a wonderful piece of persuasive text this week).
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. Kuljit Aytan Ubaid Mueez Qasim Hussain Raya Alam Isa Ijaz Yusuf Ali Vianna Mahendra Kayden Reid Ali Haroon Zainab Khan Joshua George Nicholas Fertrina Jardiel Aariz Chaudhry Prajin Raja
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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 9th December 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. 6 December 2019 Primary Newsletter
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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
Spring Term 2020 Monday 6th January –Friday 3rd April 2020 INSET Days Monday 6th January Monday 3rd February Friday 14th February
Tuesday 7th January
Back to school for students
Thursday 9th January
Reception Information Evening 6.00pm – September 2020 intake
Friday 10th January
Pupils Progress Reports sent home
Tuesday 14th January
Parent Progress Meetings – pupils finish at 12.15pm
Thursday 16th January Thursday 23rd January
English SATs Information – Year 2 Parents - 9.00am & 6.00pm Relationships and Sex Education Workshop – Year 5 Parents - 9.00 & 6.00pm
Friday 24th January
Ramanujan Class Assembly – Year 4 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 24th January
Glennie Class Assembly – Year 1 – 10.20 – 10.40am
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