24 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 We were very saddened by the events in Seven Kings last weekend and our thoughts are with all of our families who were either directly or indirectly affected by them. Please contact your child’s teacher or a member of the Senior Leadership Team if you have any specific concerns you would like to share. It has been another cold and chilly week, please make sure your child is wrapped up warm with a hat, scarf and gloves so that they can still run around and have fun at break times. Boots are not allowed in school, just a sturdy and sensible pair of black shoes. Please make sure all items of uniform are clearly labelled so that we can return any lost items to their owners as quickly as possible, including water bottles.
Message from the Reception Team Reception parents are invited to attend an EExAT Workshop on Wednesday 29th January. The workshop will run at 9am and then repeat at 6pm for approximately 30 minutes. We aim to support you in sharing your child’s learning using the EExAT programme.
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: Play time! 24 January 2020 Primary Newsletter
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Relationships & Sex Education Information Year 5 Parents Thank you to the Year 5 parents that were able to join us on Wednesday to discuss the RSE resources and materials that will be used in forthcoming lessons in Year 5. The PowerPoint shared can be found on the website under the ‘Community and Careers’ tab and then ‘Resources for Parents’.
A similar workshop for Year 4 parents will be held on Thursday 12th March.
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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SATs Information Workshop Mathematics (Year 2 Parents) Thursday 30th January 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 and again at 6.00pm. 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.
Thursday 6th February 9.00am This is open to all Primary parents. We look forward to seeing you all then! 24 January 2020 Primary Newsletter
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Wonderful Writing Week Week beginning 27th January 2020 In the aim of raising the profile of writing across the school we hold a ‘Wonderful Writing Week’ once each half term. This of course does not mean that we would not expect wonderful writing every week but thought it would be great way to encourage the pupils to really show us what they can do. We ask that you encourage and support your child at home during these weeks and get them to do as much writing as possible, this could be in the form of a shopping list, a letter, story writing or instructions for a recipe or game – anything at all. For the Reception pupils we would like them to practise writing their name and some familiar words if possible, using any sounds they have learned. Year 1, we are looking for neat writing and sentences with capital letters and full stops. Year 2 now need to ensure their writing makes full sense and that they are beginning to use a range of punctuation, trying hard to spell more accurately familiar and unfamiliar words. Year 3 upwards need to ensure they are beginning to use a wide range of punctuation, spelling with increased accurately both familiar and unfamiliar words and ensuring their handwriting is clearly and neatly formed. At the end of the week two children from each class will be awarded a certificate in recognition of their hard work and effort. Thank you for your support!
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Lovely learning this week! The Reception children have continued to enjoy their learning around their current story about Elma the elephant, including a drama session at the Secondary school. A huge thank you to the drama department for organising and leading the sessions over the course of the last few weeks.
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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:
Shauryaveer Tanwar – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being kind to his peers on the playground and inviting them to play). Ibrahim Ibrahim – Scholar of the Week (for using ‘finger spaces’ and full stops in his writing this week). Maxwell Class:
Maryam Sheikh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being kind when playing outside with her peers). Gia Kalia – Scholar of the Week (for sequencing the Tiger Who Came to Tea and writing sentences independently). Newton Class:
Sofia Guntalike – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being kind and caring to her peers). Aariz Zaheer – Scholar of the Week (for trying really hard to write sentences independently). Britten Class:
Nafiz Hossain Jamal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always being a kind and honest member of Britten class). Abeeha Zahir – Scholar of the Week (for excellent wizard word sentences during Whole Class Reading). Fitzgerald Class:
Avreet Kaur – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for consistently making good choices and being a great role model all week). Ekamjot Kaur – Scholar of the Week (for learning her number bonds to 20 excellently and doing really well working out subtraction facts from them).
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Glennie Class:
Edie Morgan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for having a positive attitude towards her learning). Moazan Saraj – Scholar of the Week (for writing imaginative sentences using the prefix ‘un’). Al-Kashi Class:
Aarzoo Ilyas – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always showing fairness and honesty to her peers and teachers). Robert Opincaru – Scholar of the Week (for independently collecting information about the Wright brothers to use in his learning). Fibonacci Class:
Medina Islam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using her integrity at all times even in a tricky situation). Bilal Hus – Scholar of the Week (for great learning and finding ¼ and ¾ of a number). Pythagoras Class:
Mariam Sheikh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using her fairness in group activities). Azhan Ishaque – Scholar of the Week (for researching and collecting ideas about Wilbur and Orville Wright). Ellington Class:
Gurjas Dhanjal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being fair when turn taking during his intervention lessons). Shresta Yeruva – Scholar of the Week (for always being a great support to her peers when they need help). Nicks Class:
Emaan Adeel – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great humanity to all of her classmates). Alexis Burvill – Scholar of the Week (for trying hard to remember to use finger spaces in all of her learning). 24 January 2020 Primary Newsletter
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Shankar Class:
Hafsa Mahmood – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great citizenship by always thinking of others and helping those around her). Alisha Ali – Scholar of the Week (for showing excellent focus and determination in her aim to improve her writing). Lovelace Class
Shakira Choudhry – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always caring for her peers and demonstrating humanity). Asher Shah – Scholar of the Week (for being able to articulate and seek patterns between mixed numbers and improper fractions). Mirzakhani Class:
Zayn Miah – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating humility by making significant improvements to his behaviour choices). Zara Choudhry – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating an excellent understanding of how to convert improper fractions to mixed number fractions). Ramanujan Class:
Raheema Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing fairness during group work to ensure all participants are heard). Mohid Asif – Scholar of the Week (for excellent use of emotive language during English lessons). Rahman Class:
Tulsi Jogia – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using integrity by identifying innovative ways of helping a school in Indonesia). Zahraa Aamanee – Scholar of the Week (for taking a positive approach to reading at home this week). Tailleferre Class:
Rebecca Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always treating her peers with kindness and respect). Rhea Thirumal – Scholar of the Week (for writing a vivid setting description of the moon).
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Vivaldi Class:
Raina Islam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for continuing to better herself in all subject areas). Daniyal Sheikh – Scholar of the Week (for conducting impressive research on Tim Peake).
Merits 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. Silha Omer Swara Kinhikar Kallum Bihal Amina Ali Inaaya Islam Kareem Al Khouli Jasnoor Kaur J’Shawn Holland Keira Chand Jai Pathak Avneet Chaggar Marwa Benaziza Amrit Kaur Raisha Islam Aran Sivananthan Inayah Hussain Siya Kamothi Asher Shah Sahajdeep Kaur Zahraa Aamanee Hamza Chand Panth Singh Halima Chand Mariam Chowdhury Yayha Palejwala Maidah Hussain Riaz Hashim Janjua Tahsin Chakma Jashandeep Singh Safwan Mahmood Manav Ahmed Rida Alam Gia Kalia Aneesh Saravanan Shaan Bilal Lamaisah Ali Zairah Ali Saad Bhutawala Zahra Natha Mariam Faheem Imran Hussain
The following pupil has 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. Adam Ismail 24 January 2020 Primary Newsletter
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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
98.3% 93.0% 95.3%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
98.3% 99.3% 95.3%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
98.7% 99.7% 97.0%
Well done and congratulations to Fibonacci Class who are the winners this week with 99.7%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
97.7% 97.7% 98.7%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
98.7% 97.0% 99.3%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
95.7% 98.0% 98.0%
Well done and congratulations to Ramanujan Class who are the winners this week with 99.3%.
Overall Attendance: 97.5% 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.
We always strive for 100%.
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Primary Newsletter
24 January 2020
Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Friday 31st January 2020. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Navina Kaur - Curie Yousuf Javed - Fibonacci Sasha Lard - Lovelace Zaiden Khan - Maxwell Jasson Maheshwaran - Aahil Mubarak - Mirzakhani Pythagoras Safiyah Motin - Newton Ibrahim Nasiri - Ramanujan Maidah Hussain Riaz Elsa Matilda - Britten Aariz Khan - Rahman Ellington Nabiha Khan - Fitzgerald Eesa Hussain - Tailleferre Eshaal Khan - Nicks Monira Miah - Glennie Anees Malik - Vivaldi Vianna Mahendra Silha Omer - Al-Kashi Shankar
Composer of the Fortnight Joseph Koo Kar Fai In recongnition of the Chinese New Year, for the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about Joseph Koo Kar Fai as our Composer of the Fortnight as well as listening to other Chinese folk songs for Children. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Koo in preparation for the coming weeks. You can find out some facts and hear some of his music on the following links. A big thank you to Ms Yip for helping me source a suitable composer! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Koo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KsXG5UCAOc 24 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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Week commencing 27th January 2020
Discovery
Discovery comprises seven dispositions: Energy Noticing Imagining Enthusiasm Open-Mindedness Creativity Curiosity At School • 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.
At Home • 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 change the gender of the characters, 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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Spring Term 2020 Monday 6th January –Friday 3rd April 2020 INSET Days Monday 3rd February Friday 14th February
Monday 27th January
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Thursday 30th January
Maths SATs Information – Year 2 Parents - 9.00am & 6.00pm
Monday 3rd February
INSET day - no school for pupils
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
Friday 14th February
INSET day - no school for pupils
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
Thursday 12th March
Relationships and Sex Education Workshop – Year 4 Parents - 9.00 & 6.00pm
Friday 20th March
Vivaldi Class Assembly – Year 5 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 20th March
Al-Kashi Class Assembly – Year 2 – 10.20 – 10.40am
Wednesday 25th March
PE Spring Spectacular
Thursday 26th March
Parent Coffee Morning – 9.00am
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