21 September 2018
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. • • • • • • • •
We expect every child to be in full uniform every day with their top button done up All coats must be plain black Shoes must be plain black – no trainers! If you are not sure about the types of shoes that are part of our uniform policy, please ask. Please label every item of clothing One pair of plain stud earrings can be worn Nail polish is not allowed Jewellery is not permitted Long hair for both boys and girls must be tied back. Hair decorations must be small and plain and match the school uniform
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Schools starts at 8.45am (8.35am for Year 3 & Year 4). It is important that your child arrives on time every day so that the teachers can start the lesson promptly. The school gate will be open from 8.25am and will close at 8.45am.
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School finishes at 3.45pm (3.35pm for Year 3 & Year 4) every day other than Tuesday when we finish at 3.00pm (2.50pm for Year 3 & Year 4).
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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 have enjoyed another busy week of learning and are looking forward to starting our enrichment programme and clubs next week from Monday 24th September. You should all have received notification of your child’s enrichment club. If you have not received notification, please let the office staff know and we can get this sorted out as soon as possible. If your child is participating in a sports activity they will need suitable PE clothing with them.
Coffee Morning
Tuesday 25th September You are all invited to come along to our first Coffee Morning of the academic year on Tuesday 25th September at 9.00am in the primary. Unlike other coffee mornings, on this occasion we will be selling tea, coffee, biscuits and cake in aid to raise money for the MacMillan charity. MacMillan Cancer Support is one of the largest British charities providing health care, information and financial support to those affected by cancer. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible and sharing some great ideas together, don’t forget to bring your wallets and purses along too!
School Photographer The school photographer will be in next week on Thursday 27th September, taking individual pupil photos and siblings, which will then be available for you to purchase. Further details on how to purchase these will be sent in due course. Please ensure that your child is in their full uniform and looking extremely smart!
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Primary European Languages Competition Join the competition! To celebrate European Languages Day – Wednesday 26th September – we would like you to draw or design a postcard about praises in as many languages as you can!
You need to bring your postcard to your Spanish lesson by the 28th September. The best two postcards of each year group will be used to decorate the postcards students receive in Languages when they do well, so parents and students will receive your pictures as a prize! Here are some examples to help you…
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Tapestry Workshop Thank you to those of you who were able to attend the Tapestry Workshop this week. If you need any further assistance going forward, please contact Ms Young or Ms West. Tapestry is an online tool that we use to record stages of your child’s progress and learning development. We are then able to share these stages with you at home. The workshop will show you how you can access Tapestry and how you too can use it at home to record stages of your child’s development towards their learning journey in Reception. We hope to see as many of you as possible. Reception pupils follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. There are 17 areas of learning and development by which we track your child’s progress. It is expected that Reception pupils will reach a Good Level of Development across the 17 Early Learning Goals (ELGs) by the end of the Reception Year. A detailed breakdown of the 17 Early Learning Goals can be found on INA’s website under the ‘Community’ tab – Resources for Parents – Reception Early Learning Goals. For further information regarding Tapestry please visit the following website: http://tapestry.info/
Lovely Learning this Week This week, we identified the key protective features of castles from the Middle Ages. We discussed the reasons why William the Conqueror required protection and then designed our own castles using the features that we had identified. Some pupils also used their creativity disposition to invent their own protective features such as: escape tunnels, signalling flags and detailed moats.
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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: • •
Siddiqa Islam – BRIDGES Habits Award (for remembering to sit to show she is ready for learning). Ahmed Musa – Scholar of the Week (for hearing the initial sound in a word during literacy).
Maxwell Class: • •
Moazan Saraj – BRIDGES Habits Award (for remembering lots of sounds from his phonics learning). Esa Gul – Scholar of the Week (for trying really hard with his handwriting).
Newton Class: • •
Fatima Hussain – BRIDGES Habits (for remembering to use the recycling bin in the classroom). Yusuf Ali – Scholar of the Week (for excellent listening and always trying his best in each lesson).
Britten Class: • •
Ayaan Muhammad – BRIDGES Habits Award (for remembering to use his star words during maths lessons). Emaan Haroon – Scholar of the Week (for enthusiastically learning how to halve and double).
Fitzgerald Class: • •
Medina Islam – BRIDGES Habits Award (for remembering all her seating groups for different lessons). Adil Usman – Scholar of the Week (for describing the features of urban and rural settings in detail).
Glennie Class: • •
Jaskaran Dhiman – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always remembering to use good manners). Diya Napal – Scholar of the Week (for being able to halve and double numbers up to 10).
Al-Kashi Class: • •
Aydin Landi – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being resourceful during English lessons and following instructions). Sarah Master – Scholar of the Week (for using amazing conjunctions in her writing).
Fibonacci Class: • •
Alishba Zahoor – BRIDGES Habits Award (for remembering her number bonds to help with her maths learning). Xavier Ambia – Scholar of the Week (for a fantastic piece of information writing all about the 5 senses).
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Pythagoras Class: • •
Ayala Saleem – BRIDGES Habits Award (for remembering to organise her facts under the right subtitles this week and sharing her research with others). Adem Malik – Scholar of the Week (for showing fantastic concentration and trying very hard with his maths learning to improve using his greater than and less than signs to compare numbers).
Ellington Class: • •
Sarrinah Mohammed – BRIDGES Habits Award (for adapting her behaviour to suit the environment especially when she went swimming). Aran Sivananthan – Scholar of the Week (for his dedication to his learning, especially during English lesson when writing his playscript).
Nicks Class: • •
Ibrahim Rahman – BRIDGES Habits Award (for adapting to new Year 3 expectations in his English learning). Katrina Kaur – Scholar of the Week (for making a huge effort to improve her script writing).
Shankar Class: • •
Miriam Mirza – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating ‘adaptability’ by using her feedback in order to improve her learning). Abdullah Shahzad – Scholar of the Week (for trying his best to articulate his answers well when answering questions in class).
Lovelace Class: • •
Mariam Chowdhury – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing flexibility and resourcefulness in English when helping others on her table). Rayaan Vakas – Scholar of the Week (for rounding to the nearest 10,100 and 1000 and proving his reasoning).
Mirzakhani Class: • •
Daniyal Sheikh – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating excellent ‘questioning’ during our topic learning on the ‘Battle of Hasting’). Haider Sheikh – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating excellent commitment to his maths learning on ‘rounding numbers’).
Ramanujan Class: • •
Aariz Khan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for using adaptability and transferring to solve mathematical challenges involving the rounding of numbers). Tay’Shawn Holland – Scholar of the Week (for using fronted adverbials to chronologically order the events of the Battle of Hasting).
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Breakfast & After School Club Every parent has Wisepay details and a password, which will enable you to book a place for ‘Breakfast Club’ or ‘After School Club’. Payments must be made in advance. If you experience any problems, please contact Ms Chaggar who will be happy to help. Breakfast is available each day from 7.45am and costs just £2.50 per day. The children enjoy a range of cereals, toast and different topping, juice or milk and fruit. Any child attending must be brought to the main reception area by 8.20am at the latest. After School Club runs from 3.45pm – 6.00pm (3.00pm – 6.00pm on Tuesdays) and costs just £5.50 per hour. The children enjoy a range of snacks each evening and a variety of games and activities.
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Headteacher’s Lunch
Well done to the following pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Friday 28th September. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly:
Raya Alam - Curie Aahil Butt - Curie Hiba Rehan - Maxwell Moazan Siraj - Maxwell Khadeeja Nadir Khan - Newton Abraiz Dar - Newton Fatima Ali - Britten Muhammed Eisa Ali - Fitzgerald Saad Bhutawala - Glennie Maira Nasir - Pythagoras Emaan Adeel - Fibonacci Shahina Haleem - Al-Kashi Imran Hussain - Shankar Kareem Al Khouli - Ellington Asiyah Ali - Nicks Aayan Hussain - Lovelace Naniyah Owusu - Mirzakhani Ali Ullah - Ramanujan
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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 September 2018
Integrity Integrity comprises six dispositions: Citizenship Honesty
Justice Fairness
Humility Humanity
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At school we encourage the pupils to make sure they play in a kind and thoughtful way and ensure that they include others in their games. Games where ‘turn-taking’ is needed are great at helping the children to understand that everyone has fair turn. It is also important that the children learn how to win and lose a game graciously and show humility when they win or congratulate the winner and say well done if they lose. The children need to learn and understand the importance of telling the truth even when it feels uncomfortable when we have to admit that we have done something wrong. They also need to learn to take responsibility for their actions and not get into a habit of blaming others. It is important that the children have a moral sense of right and wrong. Each half term the class teacher chooses two ambassadors to help the pupils develop their citizenship skills and by helping with jobs in their class or at lunchtimes. We encourage every child to help keep the school environment clean by clearing away plates or cups after lunch or tidying up their own table place after activities in class.
At Home Talk to your child about how they can be a good citizen within their community, by not dropping litter etc. Talk about what is fair and encourage your child to help out at home with tidying their room or books away so that they develop a sense of responsibility and respect towards theirs and others’ property. Reinforce the message about always telling the truth and why this is important. When you are reading stories together with your child, discuss characters, their behaviour and moral decision and whether they are good or bad characters and why. What should the character have done instead etc.
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Composer of the Fortnight Georges Bizet
For the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about Georges Bizet as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Bizet 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/Georges_Bizet http://www.roh.org.uk/people/georges-bizet
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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
95.3%
Britten
96.4%
Al-Kashi
97.7%
Maxwell
99.6%
Fitzgerald
99.3%
Fibonacci
98.3%
Newton
98.3%
Glennie
97%
Pythagoras
97.2%
Well done and congratulations to Maxwell class who are the winners this week with 99.6%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington
100%
Lovelace
97.3%
Nicks
98%
Mirzakhani
96.2%
Shankar
98.7%
Ramanujan
97.3%
Well done and congratulations to once again to Ellington class who are the winners this week with 100% and will receive extra play next week.
Overall Attendance: 97.8% 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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Key Dates Autumn Term Dates: 3rd September 2018 - 20th December 2018 Monday 24th September
Enrichment Clubs Begin – 4.00 -5.00pm
Tuesday 25th September
Parent Coffee Moring 9.00 – 10.00am
Wednesday 26th September Thursday 27th September Monday 1st October Monday 1st October
European Languages Day School Photographer Start of Black History Month Wonderful Handwriting Week RWI Parent Workshop 9.00am & 6.00pm (Reception Wednesday 10th October and Year 1 Parents only) Friday 12th October Ramanujan Class Assembly – Year 4 - 9.00 – 9.20am Friday 12th October Fibonacci Class Assembly – Year 2 – 10.20 – 10.40am Friday 19th October Multicultural Food Fayre & Traditional Costume Friday 19th October Break up 3.45pm Monday 22nd – Friday 26th October HALF TERM Wednesday 1st November BRIDGES workshop for Parents – 6.00pm Monday 5th November
Maths Week
Wednesday 7th November
Diwali Reception Information Evening 6.00pm (For September 2019 Intake) Maths Mastery Parent Workshop 9.00am & 6.00pm Home and Family Week (No enrichment clubs) Mirzakhani Class Assembly Year 4 - 9.00 – 9.20am Pythagoras Class Assembly Year 2 – 10.20 – 10.40am Wonderful Handwriting Week INSET Day: no school for students INSET Day: no school for students Reception Information Session 2.00pm (For September 2019 Intake)
Wednesday 7th November Thursday 8th November Monday 12th November Friday 16th November Friday 16th November Monday 19th November Wednesday 21st November Monday 26th November Wednesday 28th November
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