10 January 2020
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 Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a fantastic break with family and friends. It was great to see everyone back ready and eager to learn. The new topics for this half term are now underway. 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. Your child’s termly report has been sent home for you to celebrate their progress and achievements. We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 14th January for your child’s Progress Meeting with the teacher. Please remember that school finishes at 12.15pm, it is important that you collect your child on time to give the staff time to set up the classrooms ready for the meetings. Please be advised that by taking your child out of school during term time can lead to you receiving a penalty notice or the possibility of your child losing their school place. It is really important that your child receives a good education by being in school every day. Being absent does impact your child’s overall academic attainment and progress.
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 - Engie workshop 10 January 2020 Primary Newsletter
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SATs Information Workshop – English Year 2 Parents This workshop is aimed at Year 2 parents to offer support and information regarding the end of Key Stage 1 SATs. There will be an opportunity to have a look at past papers, discuss strategies for working questions out and information about supporting your child at home. The same workshop will be run at 9.00am on Thursday 16th January and again at 6.00pm on Wednesday 15th January. To ensure we set out enough space and have enough 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.
Relationships & Sex Education Information Year 5 Parents Year 5 parents are invited to attend an information session on Thursday 23rd January. The session will run at 9.00am and again at 6.00pm. It is aimed at informing you of the schools’ statutory guidance as well as the resources we have chosen to use to teach RSE at Isaac Newton Primary.
Message from Ms Willcox To help harvest our parsnips and continue our gardening adventures in the new year, I am looking for a parent/carer volunteer to help in Gardening Club. If you are free 4:00-4:45pm on Thursdays and would like to get involved, I would love to hear from you! Leave a message for me with the office, speak to me at the start/end of the day. Many thanks.
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Thursday 6th February 9.00am This is open to all Primary parents; we look forward to seeing you all then!
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. 10 January 2020 Primary Newsletter
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Lovely Learning this week! Year 4 pupils had the opportunity to delve in the profession of construction. The pupils took on roles such as project manager and quantity surveyor to recreate a construction of a building they sketched and designed themselves. The pupils loved working collaboratively to make decisions and exchange money for blocks to make their buildings come to life. The pupils used their bravery at the end to present their findings under a time constraint.
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Engie workshop
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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 – Rielle Cummings & Mikail Ambia Maxwell Class – Safwan Mahmood & Zoe Johnson Newton Class – Maysa Saad & Zayaan Malik Britten Class – Siddiqa Islam and Ahmad Musa Fitzgerald Class – Abeera Ahmad & Yusuf Ali Glennie Class – Nikunj Mittal & Edie Morgan Al-Kashi Class – Yuvraj Chaggar & Zunairah Raja Fibonacci Class – Huzaifa Iqbal & Jiya Gill Pythagoras Class – Zadi Adnan & Harveen Rai Ellington Class – Mariyah Ahmed & Hanan Khan Nicks Class – Alexis Burvill & Aydin Landi Shankar Class – Tanush Handa & Anna Jilani Lovelace Class - Zara Daykin & Kareem Al Khouli Mirzakhani Class – Nowmi Touva & Hanad Ali Ramanujan Class - Riya Patel & Muhammad-Hadi Raja Rahman Class – Aqeel Nazir & Nadia Khan Tailleferre Class - Jeevat Palray & Arjun Bihal Vivaldi Class - Ronak Chatha & Tara Rani
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Fractions with Year 5 This week, pupils in Year 5 have been identifying ways of demonstrating parts of a whole using fractions denoted by Cuisenaire rods. We were really impressed to see pupils thinking outside the box to design their ‘fraction walls’ and making comparisons between different fraction sizes using their existing knowledge.
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Well done to the following pupils who were named ‘Winter Winners’ from Maths with Parents for completing all the autumn term activities.
Curie
Amaris-Eliza Aidoo-Annan Mikail Ambia Rayan Chauhan-Patel Elijah Jahedi Aleeza Khan Numair Muhammad Aditya Soma
Maxwell
Amelia Ali Annas Hossain Hashim Janjua Jabir Mohammed Taran Napal Fatimah-Zahra Natha Agastya Panchal Shreyan Yeruva
Britten
Alvina Adeel Nafiz Hossain Aneesh. Saravana Saravanan Abeeha Zahir
Fitzgerald
Sufyan Ali Aadam Dakri Mahi Ghundiyal Ekamjot Kaur Ayub Khan Taranveer Matharu Hiba Rehan Shayaan Aamir Sham
Newton
Aafiq Ahamed Mohamed Fahmy Nihal Muhammad Hafsa Tehseen Yaseen Uddin Aariz Zaheer
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Glennie
Haniah Bilal Rushda Hasnat Edie Morgan Ayah Singh Ayat Zahra
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Al-Kashi
Ellington
Hamza Ahmed Alizah Bhatti David Bros Aarzoo Ilyas Fatima Kashif Robert Opincaru Affan Rasool Hong Yip
Fibonacci
Jaskaran Dhiman Divyam Gohil Bilal Hussain Zara Ijaz
Pythagoras
Aleeza Arshad Hamza Dakri Emaan Haroon Ayaan Muhammad Diya Napal Elis Richardson Jasson Sivapalan
Sana Abbas Mariyah Ahmed Yasin Alom Tasnia Anis Keira Palmer Shresta Yeruva
Nicks
Maisha Hossain Isa Ijaz Ijaz Nazir Ekamjot singh Pandher
Shankar
Alisha Ali Xavier Ambia Avni Kamothi Vianna Mahendra Hanfil Mohammed jameel Saismaran Nakerekanti Nafiu Quddus Devyani Soni
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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:
Sukhnoor Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being brave and performing the Elmer story in front of his peers). Anshdeep Thind – Scholar of the Week (for challenging himself to write sentences during literacy). Maxwell Class:
Jude Richardson – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being brave and trying new food at lunch). Zahra Natha – Scholar of the Week (for using adjectives to describe Elmer the elephant). Newton Class:
Sakinah Ahmed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing courage and being brave even when learning is challenging). Safayet Tasbeer – Scholar of the Week (for identifying and ordering numbers to 10). Britten Class:
Inayah Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using her bravery to share ideas during class discussions). Armaan Khan – Scholar of the Week (for remembering to include adjectives and conjunctions in his writing). Fitzgerald Class:
Abdul Qadir Rajput – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for making efforts to be brave in the dinner hall and trying new food). Nabiha Khan – Scholar of the Week (for some excellent ‘wizard word’ sentences during Whole Class Reading).
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Glennie Class:
Ibrahim Yasin – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being brave by answering questions in class). Aqsa Islam – Scholar of the Week (for being able to explain o’clock and half past in maths). Al-Kashi Class:
Raihan Alom – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his bravery and taking risks when completing learning about time in maths). Silha Omer – Scholar of the Week (for showing great understanding and interest when sorting out natural and man-made materials). Fibonacci Class:
Fatiha Majumder – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being brave, offering ideas and suggestions during whole class discussions). Jaskaran Dhiman – Scholar of the Week (for answering comprehension questions in reading with detailed reasons). Pythagoras Class:
Leja Vitkauskaite – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being brave during her swimming lesson). Halima Chand – Scholar of the Week (for quickly identifying o’clock and half past on a clock). Ellington Class:
Hanaa Choudhury – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great leadership skills by providing accurate sentence starters with her talk partner). Keira Palmer – Scholar of the Week (for showing a great improvement in her handwriting).
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Nicks Class:
Jawad Imran – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great bravery when swimming). Eshaal Khan – Scholar of the Week (for making a fantastic start to the term in all of her lessons). Shankar Class:
Muhaimin Islam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great leadership when answering questions in class and sharing his innovative ideas). Zara Khan – Scholar of the Week (for an excellent start to her spring term. Well done for concentrating well and working hard). Lovelace Class
Yusuf Ahmed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing courage through an increased willingness to share answers in class discussions). Aran Sivananthan – Scholar of the Week (for being able to elicit character emotion during Whole Class Reading). Mirzakhani Class:
Rohan Sharma – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating bravery by answering questions in class even when he is unsure). Shahed Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for making accurate inferences, providing evidence from the text to support his answers). Ramanujan Class:
Prajin Raja – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great leadership during the Engie workshop). Marqelo Rama – Scholar of the Week (for using a wide variety of fronted adverbials in his instructional text). Rahman Class:
Osman Dean – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for coming into school with a positive and optimistic approach). Arsal Anjum – Scholar of the Week (for using a creative approach to organise and compare fractions).
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Tailleferre Class:
Emaan Hassan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing bravery when demonstrating new skills in PE). Jeevat Palray – Scholar of the Week (for producing a creative and informative home learning project on the solar system). Vivaldi Class:
Daniyal Sheikh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being kind and caring to his peers). Mariam Chowdhury – Scholar of the Week (for a beautiful and imaginative home learning project).
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. Cameron Palmer Marqelo Rama Maya Kimborowicz Yusuf Ahmed Riya Patel Ravi Jethwa Maryam Nawaz Ibrahim Nasiri Ali Ullah Adam Chowdhury Eshaal Khan Ryan Charles Anna Kiseleva
Tanush Handa Hiba Rehan Sufyan Ali Abeera Ahmad Robert Opincaru Uzair Ahmed Aarzoo Ilyas Szymon Plaskiewicz Zunairah Raja Danish Sheikh Hong Yip Bola Omotola Hamza Ahmed
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Naniyah Owusu Zaina Hussain Avneet Chaggar Keerat Teja Imani Salim Abdullah Riaz Zaki Adnan Jaskaran Dhiman Oliver Fertrina Jardiel Jairaj Chaggar Amaris Eliza Aidoo-Annan Safa Ali Mikail Ambia
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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
96.2% 89.5% 89.5%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
99.0% 92.4% 86.7%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
93.3% 87.4% 98.1%
Well done and congratulations to Britten Class who are the winners this week with 99%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
89.0% 93.8% 94.3%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
95.2% 89.5% 98.1%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
96.7% 95.0% 96.7%
Well done and congratulations to Ramanujan Class who are the winners this week with 98.1%. The attendance is overall is very disappointing for the start of a new term, I am sure you will ensure the children are back to school next week and ready for their learning and that the attendance across the school will be a much brighter picture!
Overall Attendance: 93.4%
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 17th January 2020. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Aliyah Landi - Curie Adrian Kvaraciejus Inaaya Muhammad Fibonacci Mirzakhani Aleena Khatun - Maxwell Ayaan Muhammad Nabeeha Ozzul Nihal Muhammad Pythagoras Ramanujan Newton Hanan Khan - Ellington Nadia Khan - Rahman Ahmad Musa - Britten Aydin Landi - Nicks Arissa Isha-Butt - Tailleferre Khadeeja Nadir Khan Fitzgerald Sarah Master - Shankar Zaara Mubarack Ali Vivaldi Edie Morgan - Glennie Navneet Matharu Lovelace Robert Opincaru - Al-Kashi
Composer of the Fortnight Florence Beatrice Price
For the first few weeks after the break we will be listening to and learning about Florence Beatrice Price as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Price in preparation for the coming weeks. You can find out some facts and hear some of her music on the following links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Price http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/b8f27069-283c-4a2d-979a-7ee9e0b49c75 10 January 2020 Primary Newsletter
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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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Resourcefulness
Resourcefulness comprises ten dispositions: Questioning Making Connections Reasoning Remembering Transferring Scavenging Imitating Adaptability Recycling Flexibility At School •
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It is important that the pupils are able to use and remember their vast phonics, spelling and vocabulary knowledge and apply this information when beginning to write independently. The children imitate familiar stories and characters they know and apply these to their own stories. As adults we are acutely aware that we model behaviours for the pupils every day during lunchtime when we eat with our knife and fork or avoid talking when our mouth is full, wash our hands, consider how we dress and present ourselves, how we speak to each other; knowing that the children will imitate the behaviour they see. As well as being able to read the sounds and words on pages, the pupils now need to be able to question, reason and comprehend the text they read and explain what is happening and explain their ideas. In Maths the children need to apply and transfer their knowledge to different problems and also give reason for the way they have worked out the answers. Every classroom has a recycling bin which we encourage the children to use and we also look at how we can use materials around us to incorporate them in pieces of art or other areas of our work before we throw things away.
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Encourage your child to use items around the house to create a piece of art or make junk models and re-cycle as many items as possible. Ask questions: What could we use this box for instead of throwing it away? Do you think we could make a car, boat or castle from this large box we have? How can we use some of the things we have around the home and turn them into something more useful? When your child finds reading a word difficult or a maths question challenging, ask them to remember and use the things they do know and apply it to the new word or challenge. Ask your child lots of questions when you listening to them read at home – some obvious to find answers but also so more tricky questions e.g. Why do you think …? Why did the character …? How do you know…? Encourage your child to use their spelling and vocabulary knowledge to extend the level of interest in their writing. Get them to use familiar story characters, settings or plots to base their own stories upon. Perhaps they could scavenge interesting words from stories they read and create their own ‘interesting word dictionary’ to use whenever they are writing independently at home. Remind your child that it is important to adapt their behaviour according to the occasion or place, as parents you will of course role-model how to behave and encourage imitation.
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Spring Term 2020 Monday 6th January –Friday 3rd April 2020 INSET Days Monday 3rd February Friday 14th February
Tuesday 14th January
Parent Progress Meetings – pupils finish at 12.15pm
Wednesday 15th January
English SATs Information – Year 2 Parents - 9.00am
Thursday 16th January
English SATs Information – Year 2 Parents - 6.00pm
Thursday 23rd January
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
Monday 27th January
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Thursday 30st January
Maths SATs Information – Year 2 Parents - 9.00am & 6.00pm
Thursday 6th February
Parent Coffee Morning – 9.00am
Friday 7th February
Rahman Class Assembly – Year 5 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 7th February
Fibonacci Class Assembly – Year 2 – 10.20 – 10.40am
Thursday 13th February
Break Up for Half Term – 3.45pm
Monday 17th – Friday 21st February
HALF TERM
Thursday 27th February
High Attainers Parent Workshop - 9.00am & 6.00pm
Monday 2nd March
Home & Family Week – No enrichment clubs
Monday 2nd March
Literature & Wonderful Handwriting Week
Thursday 5th March
World Book Day – (Dress up as a book character)
Friday 6th March
Tailleferre Class Assembly – Year 5 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 6th March
Pythagoras Class Assembly – Year 2 – 10.20 – 10.40am
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