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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. • • • • • • • • •
We expect every child to be in full uniform every day with their top button done up All coats must be plain black Shoes must be plain black – no trainers! 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 Please provide your child with a water bottle every day and make sure it is labelled with their name (water only, no fruit juice).
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School starts at 8.45am (8.35am for Year 3). 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 8.45am.
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School finishes at 3.45pm (3.35pm for Year 3) every day other than Tuesday when we finish at 3.00pm (2.50pm for Year 3).
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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 had a fantastic break with family and friends. We have enjoyed a fun-filled first week back and the children are showing their excitement in starting their new topics and enrichment clubs this week. Topic information sheets have been put into your child’s book bag and are also available online under the Home Learning tab and Parent Information. These sheets are designed to help inform you about your child’s learning for the half term as well as give you information regarding any texts they will be using and suggest some ideas on how to support your child at home. The Pupil Progress Reports have been sent out to you in your child’s bag. A reminder that the Parent Progress Meetings take place on Tuesday 24th April; school will finish at 12.15pm on this day. Please contact the office if you still need to arrange an appointment time. The new menus for the term are available online for you to view. The School Council worked very hard last term to ask every class for ideas to input into the new menu. Once all the ideas had been put forward, the School Council then met with Ms Gilley, our chef, to make sure the meals were nutritionally balanced across the fortnight. We are all delighted with the new menu, a huge thank you to the School Council for their suggestions and ideas.
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope that you enjoyed a really good Easter break! I am delighted to be taking on the role of Interim Principal at INA. I joined the academy as Vice Principal prior to it opening and over the past six years I have helped shape its vision, write the key policies and appoint our staff. I am committed to providing an inspirational and life-enhancing educational experience for all the young people who attend our academy. I very much look forward to working with you in my new capacity as Principal and to meeting you at the primary events this term. With all best wishes, Jo Spencer 20 April 2018
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A Message from Ms Chaggar Please let the school know in good time if you are sending someone else to collect your child from school. The staff will not send a child home with an adult who has not been authorised by the parents/carers. This is in the interests of safeguarding your children. Thank you for your cooperation.
A Message from the Reception Team As part of your child’s learning and demonstrating a ‘good level of development’ for their age, they must be able to dress and undress themselves. This will also help them as they move up to Year 1 in September. Every Friday, the children are expected to come to school in their normal school uniform and will need to bring their PE kit with them to change in to for their afternoon lesson. They will remain in their PE kit for the rest of the day, bringing their school uniform home in their bag. Can you please ensure that every item of clothing is clearly labelled with your child’s name? There is a lost property box in the main reception area for any items found around the school, or for you to drop off any items that your child may have taken home by mistake. In preparation for this transition we suggest that you start getting your child to practise getting dressed and undressed more independently, giving lots of practice to undoing buttons etc. If you have any big cardboard boxes, old wellies, pyjamas or dressing gowns please drop them into the Reception classes who will need them for their learning from the week after the break. Many thanks in advance!
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Breakfast & After School 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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Easter Bonnet Parade We were all fully entertained by a parade of amazing bonnets this year! It really does get tougher every year to choose the winners! Well done to all the participants and the winners.
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Spring Concert What a delight it was to enjoy the spectacular concert where both Primary and Secondary students were able to come together to demonstrate and celebrate their learning in music over the last term. A huge thank you to the music department for their hard work and support with the organisation of the event! Thank you to those parents that were able to attend; your support is always valued by all the staff and children.
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Lunch Ambassadors Tea Party After a term of cleaning tables, clearing away plates and setting the space up for the Year 1 and Reception pupils to enter the dining hall for the second sitting of lunch, the hard working Lunch Ambassadors were treated to a well-earned Tea Party. With an Easter theme, the children enjoyed a party of cakes, chocolate fruit dips and sandwiches. Thank you to Mr Marshall-Jones for organising the event and thank you Ms Gilley for such a beautiful spread as always.
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Exciting Learning This term in Geography the children will be using their discovery to find out more about the world! This week they thoroughly enjoyed using atlases to locate the continents and oceans of the world. They also located the continent of Africa to help prepare them for their exciting ‘Out of Africa’ topic for this half term!
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Exciting Learning Here are some examples of the lovely Easter diaries that pupils in Curie have completed over the holidays.
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The Reception pupils have been reading the book ‘Whatever Next’ and acting out the story as the characters.
n Year 3 this week, we have started our topic on angles. On Wednesday, the pupils had the opportunity to create their own angle measurers using card and split pins. They were able to ascertain which angles were greater than others using their angle measurer as a comparison tool.
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Exciting Learning Year 3 have been preparing for their drama workshop on Friday 4th May by creating papier mache shields in class this week. The students have designed their own shields and started the process of making the shields 3-Dimensional. Next week, we will be painting our shields using our inspiration from our Anglo Saxon research.
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In Guided Reading this week, pupils have started a new group activity called ‘Close Reading’. This involves reading a text as a whole class and discussing fact retrieval and inference based questions. The pupils also used their peer-editing skills to assess and improve their partners’ answers.
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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:
• Liyana Mubarak Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for having great resilience and always taking on board feedback). • Aaron Kitaure – Scholar of the Week (for a fantastic illustrated Easter diary. Aaron wrote in his every day).
Maxwell Class:
• Sheryar Javed– Headteacher’s Habits Award (for trying really hard to write sentences independently). • Jiya Gill – Scholar of the Week (for being a perfect partner during maths lessons this week).
Newton Class:
• Ayaan Muhammad – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for the grit shown by his confident role-playing of Baby Bear when the class were reading the book ‘Whatever Next’). • Beeta Bayrami – Scholar of the Week (for counting in 5s during maths lessons this week).
Britten Class: • Aadya Bhandari – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for consistently working independently in all lessons throughout the week). • Maya Bumbuc – Scholar of the Week (for a fantastic start at Isaac Newton Academy and for trying hard with all her learning).
Fitzgerald Class:
• Soha Zaidi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing extraordinary resilience this week to bounce back from a foot injury and keep giving her best in class). • Amina Ali – Scholar of the Week (for some super descriptive writing full of alliteration and similes).
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Glennie Class:
• Isa Ijaz – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating great resilience during PE lessons). • Sarah Master – Scholar of the Week (for showing great concentration during maths lessons this week).
Al-Kashi Class:
• Imran Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for persevering with developing his handwriting and the presentation of his work). • Navneet Matharu – Scholar of the Week (for beginning this term with a determined, positive attitude which displayed in Navneet’s great attitude to learning).
Fibonacci Class:
• Innaya Islam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing perseverance at all times in her learning, being the best she can be). • Zayn Miah – Scholar of the Week (for showing a big improvement in his handwriting).
Pythagoras Class:
• Aariz Chaudhry – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing good concentration during his assessments this week and persevering to complete and check his questions). • Hanad Ali – Scholar of the Week (for trying exceptionally hard with his learning this week, despite having injured his hand. Hanad still tried hard to do lots of writing with his left hand to not miss out).
Ellington Class:
• Rohin Ronson – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for displaying amazing grit in swimming. He was determined to put his head in the water even when he found it very challenging). • Gurkirpa Hunjan – Scholar of the Week (for continuously reflecting on her learning and challenging herself to always improve).
Nicks Class:
• Eesa Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating excellent perseverance when faced with learning challenges this week). • Rohan Taheem – Scholar of the Week (for noticing mathematical patterns when finding equivalent fractions in maths). Shankar Class: • Ghiyas Elahi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing grit and perseverance when improving his work during English lessons). • Swara Kinhikar – Scholar of the Week (for producing a wonderful piece of descriptive writing, using excellent time conjunctions). 20 April 2018
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Merits The following pupil has received 75 merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic achievement. A special ‘gold’ certificate will be presented during the Celebration and Awards Assembly. Natalia Duran Rodrigo Abdullah Riaz
The following pupils have received 50 merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic achievement. A special ‘silver’ certificate will be presented during the Celebration and Awards Assembly. Giorgio Nicosia Keira Palmer Maria Tanase Hanad Ali Ali Haroon Harneet Kang
Nabeeha Ozzul Aashvi Gohil Trinethra Keyan Zara Ijaz Aagia Durhailay Shakira Choudhry
Isra Hussain Navneet Matharu Aryan Singh Eshaal Khan Zara Daykin
The following pupils have 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. Aleeza Arshad Fatima Kashif Yasin Alom Airah Abid Maya Ahmed Akbar Hussain Aahil Mubarak Mahammadou Sillah
Marega Rhea Thirumal Arjun Bihal Szymon Plaskiewicz Sophia Ahmed Yuvraj Chaggar Aiza Faheem Amrit Kaur
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Eshaan Malik Anya Mirza Harveen Kaur Saad Bhutawala Huzaifa Iqbal Safwan Khan Khadijah Ali Zayn Miah
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Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils that have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch on Friday 27th April, an invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly:
Yousuf Javed - Curie Nidhi Jogia - Maxwell Hessan Raja Bibi - Maxwell Beeta Bayrami - Newton Guillermo Duran-Rodrigo - Britten Alexis Burvill - Fitzgerald Rasim Balaj - Glennie Zahir Khan - Al-Kashi Sohana Hoque - Fibonacci Ubaid Mueez - Fibonacci Jaskaran Singh - Pythagoras Kaysha Reid - Ellington Riyen Shah - Nicks Zaynul Bagwan- Shankar
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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 – Rohith Pradeep Kumar & Alisha Ali Maxwell Class – Saad Bhutawala & Nidhi Jogia Newton Class – Bilal Hussain & Halima Chand Britten Class – Amanah Ali & Rajan Mann Fitzgerald Class – Anmeek Sood & Zara Khan Glennie Class – Rumaysah Bukhari & Maria Mohamed Faiz Al-Kashi Class – Abdullah Riaz & Shakira Choudhry Fibonacci Class – Esa Syed & Marwa Benaziza Pythagoras Class – Azmain Islam & Yusuf Mahmud Ellington Class – Ishaan Mutha & Aizah Nawaz Nicks Class – Nassim Rebhi & Nuhitu Hasan Shankar Class – Zaynul Bagwan & Amber Carless
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Composer of the Fortnight
Ravi Shankar
For the fortnight after the break we will be listening to and learning about Ravi Shankar as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Shankar 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/Ravi_Shankar http://www.ravishankar.org/
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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 24th April 2018
Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence comprises seven dispositions: Empathy Listening Sociability
Collaboration Openness
Reflectiveness Understanding
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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.
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Key Dates Summer Term Dates: 16th April 2018 - 20th July 2018 Tuesday 24th April
Parent Progress Meeting – School Finishes at 12.15pm
Monday 30th April
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Friday 4th May
Year 1 Visit to Colchester Zoo
Monday 7th May
Bank Holiday – No School
Thursday 10th May
Coffee Morning 9am
Monday 14th May
Home and Family Week (No enrichment clubs)
Friday 19th May
Fibonacci Class Assembly – Year 2 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 19th May
Maxwell Class Assembly – Year R – 10.25 – 10.45am
Thursday 24th May
Movie Evening – 4.00-5.30pm (Further Information to follow)
Friday 25th May
Half Term Monday 28th – Friday 1st June
HALF TERM
Monday 4th June
Pupils return to school
Thursday 21st June
Year 2 visit to Southend
Friday 22nd June
Staff Inset Day – no school for students
Wednesday 27th June
Reception Visit to Barleylands
Friday 29th June
Pythagoras Class Assembly – Year 2 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 29th June
Curie Class Assembly – Year R – 10.25 – 10.45am
Monday 2nd July
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Tuesday 3rd July
Coffee Morning 9.00am
Tuesday 3rd & Thursday 9th July
Year 1 visit to the Ragged School Museum
Thursday 5th July
Primary Sports Day
Friday 6th July
Staff Inset Day - no school for students
Friday 13th July
Pupil Progress Reports Sent Home
Tuesday 17th July
Parent Progress Meetings – School Finishes at 12.15pm
Wednesday 18th July
Summer Fayre 4.00pm
Friday 20th July
End of Term Awards Assemblies - Term Ends at 12.15pm
Tuesday 24th July
Primary Uniform Sales
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