28 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
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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 I hope you all enjoyed a lovely half term. This is a busy half term, so do please check the various key dates at the end of the newsletter. There is some advice in our newsletter this week for any families who have returned to the UK from specific areas affected by COVID-19. 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. The spring term Pupil Progress Reports and Parent Progress Meetings will take place after the Easter break. The Pupil Progress Reports will be sent out to you on Friday 24th April and the Parent Progress Meetings will take place on Tuesday 28th April; school will finish at 12.15pm on this day. To promote staff and pupil well-being across the whole Academy, there will be a ‘Home & Family Week’ next week. There will be no enrichment clubs running during the course of the week however Breakfast and After School Clubs will continue to be available. We ask that you make any payments online using your WisePay account in advance to book your child’s place. 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.
Cover Photo: Playtime! 28 February 2020
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Primary PE
If you have any PE kit that your child has grown out of and is still in good/clean condition, please bring it in to school so we can put items to use for spare PE kit. Ideally the children should have their full kit with them for PE lessons every week but on the odd excusable week when children forget an item we do try our best to let them borrow some spare kit that we keep.
Most needed items: PE Tracksuit Bottoms & Shorts – all ages PE Shirts – all ages PE Sweatshirts Trainers of any size are welcome! Ms Hutson (Primary PE Lead teacher)
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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Colchester castle My name is Shresta, studying at Isaac Newton Academy. I am in Year 3 and this term we are learning about the “reckless Romans�. As part of learning, my school decided to take us on a trip to Colchester castle. On Friday 7th February, we went to Colchester castle on a coach. I sat next to Maida who is in my class and the ride was very bumpy. I read my favourite book called "Summer term at Malory Towers". I took the book, if I got tired, I could read it. Once we reached the castle, I was mesmerised by how immense and sturdy the castle was. We learnt the rules as to how we should behave at the castle which was no running, no shouting and keeping close to the teacher. First, we had some time to explore the whole museum before we did an activity. The activity was to build houses which look like houses for the rich and poor people. At noon we had lunch, I ate two cheese sandwiches, a pear, a packet of raisins and a chocolate chip cookie which was delicious and tasty because I was starving. We went to explore the upstairs and saw a room full of games (which we played and was fun) and a room full of jewels, which were old, very bright and shiny. Right at the end, we went down to the cellar, which was about 15 metres down in the ground. First, the guide told us about how Romans invaded the Celts (people who lived in Britain) and what they wore. In the next room he taught us about different symbols used by Romans. Surprisingly, we got to go to the dungeon! It was so creepy! It was like being trapped in jail. After that, the guide brought us up and said goodbye. We got on the coach. The day had ended so quickly! I mostly stared outside all the way back to school and we reached INA safe and sound. I was picked up by my aunt. During the half term break, Shresta in Year 3 produced this wonderful piece of writing about her trip to Colchester Castle. 28 February 2020
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Literature Week and World Book Day 2020 World Book Day takes place on Thursday 5th March and to celebrate the day we would like everyone to dress up as a book character for the day. This is the time when all those super heroes and princess costumes make their way into the classroom for the day. Small prizes will be given to the most interesting or inventive characters on the day. Pupils and teachers across the whole Academy will be taking part; we ask that every child pays a ÂŁ1 contribution which will go towards the buying of new library and whole-class reading books for the school. The children can wear a bought or home-made costume. Costumes can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish, however we must stress that the costume still needs to be practical enough for your child to participate in their everyday learning. It is important that your child is able to explain their character and who they are meant to be. The Year 1 PE teacher will adapt the lesson on the day so that the children can still take part wearing their costumes, but they must have appropriate PE footwear to change into for the lesson.
In addition to the costumes that pupils will be encouraged to wear, we will also be running two separate competitions in the lead up to World Book Day. Pupils are eligible to enter both competitions or choose one if preferred:
Book-related Design Pupils will be offered the chance to participate in an individual competition to design their own book-related display piece. Pupils could create their own bookmark, front cover design, book review or short story. Prizes will be awarded to a pupil from each year group based on these entries. All entries must be given to class teachers by Tuesday 3rd March. Some examples of our previous competition entries are displayed here:
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‘Get Caught Reading’ Competition This year, we are also organising a new competition for pupils to enter in preparation for World Book Day. Our ‘Get Caught Reading’ competition asks pupils to take a photo (or series of photos) of them reading in different, exciting ways. Pupils might want to take their book away on a half term trip and take a photo or might simply want to capture how they enjoy reading at home. Pupils should bring their ‘Get Caught Reading’ photos to class teachers by Tuesday 3rd March and prizes for the most inventive images will be awarded on World Book Day.
Parent Workshop In addition to our competitions and opportunity to dress up as a book character, this year we would also like to invite parents and carers into school for a workshop based around supporting reading at home. During the session, we will discuss useful strategies for encouraging reading at home; offer recommended reading lists and provide details of how reading is taught at INAP. The same session will take place at 9am and 6pm on Wednesday 4th March. If you would like to attend this, please sign up at the office before Monday 2nd March. Places will be offered on a first-comefirst-serve basis.
We look forward to meeting our fantastic book characters on Thursday 5th March and seeing some wonderful competition entries!
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Lovely Learning this week! In Design & Technology Year 2 have been designing and making their own money bag by using different sewing methods such as tacking and hemming to practice their sewing skills. We combined a variety of materials such as denim, felt, fabric, net etc. The children have had a fantastic time producing their money bags and pitching them to Year 3 pupils. This was an excellent insight to our overall topic theme young entrepreneurs.
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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 – Safa Ali & Numair Muhammad Maxwell Class – Gia Kalia & Aamir Haroon Newton Class – Lamaisah Zahir & Jeevan Sehmi Britten Class – Nihara Jay & Armaan Khan Fitzgerald Class – Ibrahim Muhammad & Mahi Ghundiyal Glennie Class – Ibrahim Yasin & Gurnoor Kang Al-Kashi Class – Annika Taheem & Szymon Plaskiewicz Fibonacci Class – Fatiha Majumder & Bilal Hussain Pythagoras Class – Khadija Jamil & Zander Benjamin Ellington Class – Laraib Ul-Haq & Tahsin Abul Salam Nicks Class – Jawad Imran & Kiana Benjamin Shankar Class – Ayaan Aqeel & Vianna Mahendra Lovelace Class – Sasha Lard & Akbar Hussain Mirzakhani Class – Harneet Kang & Ryan Abraham Ramanujan Class - Maya Ahmed & Prajin Raja Rahman Class – Zahraa Aamanee & Keerat Teja Tailleferre Class – Mariam Faheem & Aadam Ali Vivaldi Class – Hashim Kamil & Anum Imran
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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:
Elijah Jahedi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working hard to increase his independence during literacy lessons). Mikail Ambia – Scholar of the Week (for quickly understanding the concept of doubling). Maxwell Class:
Henry Singh-Josan - Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being independent during learning and exploration time). Jude Richards – Scholar of the Week (for exploring the concept of doubles). Newton Class:
Jeevan Sehmi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working really hard in all areas of his learning). Dawood Alam – Scholar of the Week (for using full sentences during ‘Talk Task’ activities). Britten Class:
Malak Raggai – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working independently during English lessons and writing amazing sentences with adjectives). Nihara Jay – Scholar of the Week (for writing great sentences including adjectives and using a whole range of conjunctions). Fitzgerald Class:
Raya Alam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being very organised and always remembering to bring in her home learning, reading book and PE kit). Ahmed Syed – Scholar of the Week (for some super descriptive sentences in literacy and excellent learning in maths finding the difference between two numbers).
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Glennie Class:
Dilanjot Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working hard at making good choices). Rajveer Sawali – Scholar of the Week (for writing some fantastic similes in his writing). Al-Kashi Class:
Beetaa Bayrami – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for planning a fantastic design for her money bag and independently sewing on her chosen materials). Amrit Kaur – Scholar of the Week (for confidently adding near multiples of 10). Fibonacci Class:
Aisha Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always being motivated to do her best in all areas of her learning). Sophia Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for trying really hard and persevering in maths lessons). Pythagoras Class:
Ayaan Muhammad – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always being motivated to complete all his learning). Aliza Ferdous – Scholar of the Week (for describing a character’s feelings and explaining why they felt that way). Ellington Class:
Alia Malik – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always showing incredible self discipline when following a teacher’s instructions). Avani Tathgar – Scholar of the Week (for consistently being a fantastic role model and for showing great commitment to her learning). Nicks Class:
Alexandra Bale-Orhorha – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing fantastic self discipline in all of her lessons). Maisha Hossain – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating excellent explanations of methods in maths lessons). 28 February 2020
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Shankar Class:
Nafiu Quddus – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great motivation when talking about forces). Zainab Khan – Scholar of the Week (for creating an innovative forces project to demonstrate her research). Lovelace Class
Shakira Choudhry – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working hard even when faced with challenges). Kallum Bihal – Scholar of the Week (for great use of inference skills during reading lessons). Mirzakhani Class:
Rohan Taheem – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating excellent self discipline by always making positive behaviour choices). Dua Maisam – Scholar of the Week (for articulating the relationship between tenths, hundredths and thousandths and applying this knowledge to reasoning problems). Ramanujan Class:
Ayoola Yekini – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing hard work and motivation during challenging maths learning this week). Marqelo Rama – Scholar of the Week (for challenging himself during maths this week). Rahman Class:
Aqeel Nazir – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using excellent self-discipline while playing football on the MUGA recently). Siya Kamothi – Scholar of the Week (for succinctly explaining how to find a percentage of an amount). Tailleferre Class:
Zairah Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always working hard to present her work to a high standard in all areas of the learning). Ria Jethwa – Scholar of the Week (for her determination and focus during assessments).
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Vivaldi Class:
Naniyah Owusu – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being meticulously organised and motivated to succeed). Rohan Taheem – Scholar of the Week (for solving complicated mathematical problems involving percentages).
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. Dua Maisam Medina Islam Nidhi Jogia Giorgio Nicosia Aliyah Landi Maysa Saad Zaiden Dhansay Humza Anwar Daniyal Sheikh Zaynul Bagwan Anmeek Sood
Rumaysah Bukhari Manahil Shaukat Soha Zaidi Siddiqa Islam Jaiden Benu Abdul Sheikh Fadil Baig Nafiz Hossain Jamal Malak Raggai Ilyas Mohamed Nubaid Ozzul
Haniya Shaikh Nusayba Jalil Elsa Matilda Armaan Khan Nabeeha Ozzul Zayaan Ali Safa Ahmed Rajveer Sawali Rushda Hasnat Tripat Kaur Aahil Butt
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. Amanah 28 February 2020
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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
93.0% 97.3% 95.7%
Britten Fitzgerald Glennie
95.3% 99.3% 93.0%
Al-Kashi Fibonacci Pythagoras
99.3% 93.3% 96.7%
Well done and congratulations to both Fitzgerald Class & Al-Kashi Class who are the joint winners this week with 99.3%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington Nicks Shankar
97.7% 97.6% 97.3%
Lovelace Mirzakhani Ramanujan
98.3% 99.3% 98.7%
Rahman Tailleferre Vivaldi
96.0% 96.3% 98.7%
Well done and congratulations to Mirzakhani Class who are the winners again this week with 99.3%.
Overall Attendance: 96.8% 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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Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Friday 6th March 2020. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Elijah Jahedi - Curie Amrit Kaur - Al-Kashi Aysha Islam - Lovelace Zoe Johnson - Maxwell Huzaifah Iqbal - Fibonacci Dua Maisam - Mirzakhani Sahil Malik - Newton Khadija Jamil - Pythagoras Safwan Khan - Ramanujan Armaan Khan - Britten Nobin Chowdhury Raisha Islam - Rahman Ellington Ekamjot Kaur - Fitzgerald Saif Hossain - Tailleferre Maisha Hossain Nicks Gurnoor Kang - Glennie Anum Imran - Vivaldi Zainab Khan - Shankar
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/ 28 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 2nd March 2020
Bravery
Bravery comprises five dispositions: Leadership Risk-taking Courage Optimism Experimentation At School •
We encourage the children to try new things and experiment every day whether it is a food that they have not tried before or new activities that they may not normally choose during the afternoon sessions. For Year 1 and 2 we would encourage the children to try different reading books or authors/topics they might not normally consider reading or to experiment with the paint during art – trying to create different effects etc.
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We always encourage the children to have courage when they fall over and hurt themselves and to remain as calm as possible while we help them.
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We aim for all pupils to demonstrate their leadership skills by helping others, being smart in their appearance, being kind, having good manners and generally demonstrating all their BRIDGES characteristics.
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We encourage some of the quieter pupils to have the courage to share their ideas in class and to have work with optimism and develop a real ‘can do’ attitude..
At Home • Encourage your child to try as many different things as possible – whether it is food, different enrichment clubs, books etc. • Support your child to develop their own mind and not just follow what everyone else is doing. It is important that the pupils are able to try things without worrying about getting it wrong or worrying about what other people think. • Celebrate the fact that by making mistakes we are always learning. Give examples of times when you have had to be brave and try something for the first time, or when something did not go so well the first time but you learned from the mistakes you made and got better. • Help remind your child at home about being smart in their appearance and role-modelling good behaviour through their leadership skills. Allow your child to help with jobs and roles at home, taking on the responsibility for cleaning their room, keeping their books or toys organised etc.
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Update on Coronavirus We would like to keep you updated on the government’s response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Public Health England advises that the risk to individuals in the UK remains low. Public Health England will be issuing updates on the following blog: https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2020/01/23/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-what-youneed-to-know/
Advice for those who have travelled recently The Chief Medical Advisor for England, Chris Whitty updated advice for travellers returning to the UK from specific areas affected by COVID-19, which you can find at: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus If you have returned from the following specific areas since 19th February, you should call NHS 111 and stay indoors and avoid contact with other people even if you do not have symptoms: • • • •
Iran Specific lockdown areas in Northern Italy Special care zones in South Korea Hubei province (returned in the past 14 days )
If you have returned from the following areas since 19 February and develop symptoms, however mild, you should stay indoors at home and avoid contact with other people immediately and call NHS 111: • • • • •
Northern Italy (defined by a line above, and not including, Pisa, Florence and Rimini) Vietnam Cambodia Laos Myanmar
If you have a cough, or fever or shortness of breath and have visited any of the following areas in the last 14 days, stay indoors and call NHS 111 informing them of your recent travel: • • • • • • • • •
China, apart from Hubei province Thailand Japan Republic of Korea, apart from special care zones Hong Kong Taiwan Singapore Malaysia Macau
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Spring Term 2020 Monday 6th January –Friday 3rd April 2020 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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