14 February 2020
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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
Important reminders •
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 I hope you all have a lovely half term break and I look forward to seeing everyone back again on Monday 24th February looking smart and ready for more fun and challenging learning. During the break please encourage your child to practise for a short time every day, their reading, writing and maths skills. I would like to remind you all that it is essential that you pick your child up from school on time each day as collecting after the gate has closed will result in your child being taken to the After-School Club for which you will need to pay. It takes a lot of office staff time ringing up and chasing parents at the end of the school day who have not been picked up on time. I appreciate your support with this.
Enrichment New enrichment clubs will start from Monday 24th February, straight after the break.
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 3 conquer Colchester castle! 14 February 2020
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Year 5 Why? Who? What?
Where?
When?
The home learning for Year 5 now includes an additional ‘unseen’ comprehension text for pupils to read and answer questions about. We have incorporated this into home learning to support pupils with the test expectations that we expect for the reading papers in Year 5 and 6. Pupils should aim to read the excerpt of text in 2 minutes or less and then answer the questions in timed conditions of 5-6 minutes. Full sentences are not required for the answers, but it is important that pupils are in the practice of timing themselves to these specifications.
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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Reception Thank you to all the parents that attended the EExAT workshop. It’s great to see so many more families engaging with the programme. This week we would like to say a huge well done to Aleeza in Maxwell class and her parents for sharing the learning that has taken place at home.
Year 1
Please collect any kitchen rolls over the break and send them in with your child on Monday 24th February so we can launch our transport topic by building rockets! We also need any small boxes that you may have at home (margarine tubs, stock cube and tissue boxes etc) for constructing vehicles during our Design and Technology lessons.
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Year 3 visit Colchester Castle
On Friday 7th February, Year 3 went on a trip to Colchester Castle as part of our Spring 1 topic ‘Who were the Romans?’. Whilst at the castle, we explored the museum inside and we were able to see and read about some incredible Roman artefacts. Students were also able to dress themselves up as Romans! As part of the day, we learned about Roman roundhouses and villas, and the children (and parents!) were even able to demonstrate their excellent teamwork skills by building examples of these structures together. We were also taken on a tour underneath Colchester Castle where we learned lots more about the war between the Romans and Boudicca, and the students got to demonstrate their wonderful learning by answering lots of questions! Overall it was a really great day and a fantastic way for the children to consolidate their learning from the past half term.
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Lovely Learning this week!
Year 1 have been engaged in a range of internet safety activities and reading ‘DigiDuck’s Famous Friend’ – a story about what information is safe to share online – and creating their own online profiles remembering not to share personal information.
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Lovely Learning this week!
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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:
Aliyah Landi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing compassion towards other children in the playground when they are upset). Safaa Patel – Scholar of the Week (for finding lots of rhyming words during literacy). Maxwell Class:
Shreyan Yeruva - Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being understanding and caring towards his peers). Aizah Rehman – Scholar of the Week (for being a great partner during maths). Newton Class:
Ariana Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great empathy during independent learning towards her friends). Roman Tayib – Scholar of the Week (for showing great enthusiasm and energy on his trip to the theatre). Britten Class:
Ilyas Mohamed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working collaboratively with his learning partner during talk tasks). Jaiden Benu – Scholar of the Week (for trying so hard to improve his presentation and sentences in his writing). Fitzgerald Class:
Isra Shahid – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing empathy and care for others this week in both the class and in the playground). Shayaan Sham – Scholar of the Week (for excellent counting in 2s, 5s and 10s in maths this week).
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Glennie Class:
Ayat Zahra – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing excellent listening skills and collaboration this week). Gurnoor Kang – Scholar of the Week (for writing an excellent letter full of interesting thoughts and feelings). Al-Kashi Class:
Alisha Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing empathy and understanding to other children and always looking after someone who needs help). Jai Pathak – Scholar of the Week (for creatively describing a setting during English lessons using a variety of similes, adverbs and prepositions). Fibonacci Class:
Jaskaran Dhiman – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his emotional intelligence skills through reflective thinking and showing empathy towards his peers). Saad Bhutawala – Scholar of the Week (for always being focussed and ready for learning in all subjects and sharing his knowledge with his peers). Pythagoras Class:
Aleeza Arshad – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for collaborating with her peers to create and decorate her purse). Anam Shah – Scholar of the Week (for helping others to stitch their wallets). Ellington Class:
Arthi Sivananthan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for helping her peers during art lessons when making a Roman wreath). Rumaysah Bukhari – Scholar of the Week (for always demonstrating excellent empathy and collaboration towards her peers). Nicks Class:
Ryan Charles – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing fantastic collaboration with his partners in class and on school trips). Joshua George – Scholar of the Week (for his enthusiastic contributions in English lessons). 14 February 2020
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Shankar Class:
Anushka Navarajan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating wonderful emotional intelligence by always listening and by being open to feedback). Tanush Handa – Scholar of the Week (for always pushing himself to improve and for using his innovative ideas in class). Lovelace Class
Jaskaran Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for an increased use of active listening allowing for independence in most set tasks). Ekam Bains – Scholar of the Week (for always demonstrating a positive and determined attitude towards her learning). Mirzakhani Class:
Eesa Vali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his emotional intelligence in science when reflecting on the human impact of global warming). Inaaya Islam – Scholar of the Week (for successfully using persuasive features such as superlatives and hyperbole in her advertisement). Ramanujan Class:
Ravi Jethwa – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great empathy to all members of the class in and out of the classroom). Esa Syed – Scholar of the Week (for using a range of persuasive features when creating an advertisement). Rahman Class:
Miguel Genov – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for collaborating well to create a descriptive poem). Rohin Ronson – Scholar of the Week (for writing and performing an impressive descriptive poem about space). Tailleferre Class:
Saif Hossain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always reflecting on his learning and showing great listening skills). Eesa Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for working hard to identify different types of angles and calculate missing angles).
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Vivaldi Class:
Anees Malik – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for practising to improve his handwriting). Malaika Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for using a range of figurative devices in an excellent poem).
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. Dija Vitkaliskaite Nowmi Touva Iman Hafeez Aditya Soma Hanad Ali Eric Vasile Anshdeep Thind Mariam Shaikh Smaran Nakerekanti Rohita Balachandar Simi Islam Tahsin Salam Smriti Nakerekanti Hamza Dakri Mohammad-Hadi Raja Malaika Hussain Zenia Zaidi Kamiah Reid Anoop Tilk Raihan Alom Safwan Khan Amber Carless Kisa Fatima Nabeeha Ozzul Nadia Khan Keira Palmer Ijaz Noor Maryam Thava Nyla Moses Philips Noor Asghar Nafiu Quddus
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. Kuljit Aytan
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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
96.0% 96.7% 90.3%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
97.3% 96.7% 95.7%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
98.7% 91.3% 95.7%
Well done and congratulations to Al-Kashi Class who are the winners this week with 98.7%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
96.7% 93.1% 98.0%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
96.3% 99% 94.7%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
97.7% 95.7% 95.9%
Well done and congratulations to Mirzakhani Class who are the winners this week with 99.0%.
Overall Attendance: 95.9% 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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Thursday 26th March 9.00am This is open to all Primary parents. We look forward to seeing you all then!
Composer of the Fortnight John Williams
For the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about John Williams 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 Williams 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/John_Williams http://johnwilliams.org/ 14 February 2020
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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 February 2020
Self Discipline
Self Discipline comprises nine dispositions: Organisation Absorption Revising Prudence Motivation Practising Hard Work Independence Self-Regulation At School •
We would all like to see the children develop the habits listed above, as they are all essential lifelong skills that are needed for us to successfully manage our way through school, college, and university and certainly throughout our work careers. It is really important that whilst the children are young that we help them develop these habits as quickly as possible – especially organisation, independence and hard work.
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At school we ensure the pupils understand that every action has a consequence and that when we work hard it can often reap satisfaction and reward. Our pupils work hard day to day to earn their merits for making good choices and demonstrate their efforts.
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To help the children understand the structure of each day and become better organised, we always start with a visual timetable in Reception. A picture represents each part of the day; this helps the children to understand the daily routines.
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It is important that that we teach the young people to become more organised and check that they have all of their belongings with them each day.
At Home • At home the children need to practise getting dressed and undressed, managing buttons on shirts and coats etc. and generally become more independent. Helping your child to get organised the night before will help to ensure they have everything they need for their day. It may help to create a visual/pictorial timetable at home to help your child become more organised and to think about when they need their PE kit, home learning, guided reading book etc. This could be displayed in your child’s room or in a central place like the kitchen where you can both check what is needed the night before, ready for the following day. This will allow your child to become more involved in preparing for their learning each day and gaining independence. It is also good to remind your child, as we do in school, to check regularly that they have all of the belongings with them. • Congratulate your child’s effort when you see them working hard and for showing an increased motivation with their home learning or reading. Talk to your child about how your own effort to practise and work hard at something led to success and a good feeling of achievement. 14• February 2020
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2019 2020 2020
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18
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Ark inset days
School inset days
Bank holidays
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CORONAVIRUS: PUBLIC INFORMATION The Government and NHS are well prepared to deal with this virus. You can help too. Germs can live on some surfaces for hours. To protect yourself and others: • Always carry tissues with you and use them
to catch your cough or sneeze. • Bin the tissue, and to kill the germs, wash your
hands with soap and water, or use a sanitiser gel. • If you have arrived back from China within 14 days
follow the specific advice for returning travellers. This is the best way to slow the spread of almost any germs, including Coronavirus. Find out more at gov.uk/coronavirus
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Spring Term 2020 Monday 6th January –Friday 3rd April 2020 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
Monday 30th March
Easter Egg Hunts
Monday 30th March
End of Term Assemblies – TBC
Wednesday 1st April
Easter Bonnet Parade
Friday 3rd April
Pupils finish at 12.15pm
Summer Term 2020 Monday 20th April –Friday 17th July 2020 INSET Days Friday 19th June Friday 3rd july
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