22 June 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. • • • •
Please label every item of clothing One pair of plain stud earrings can be worn Nail polish is not allowed Long hair for both boys and girls must be tied back. Hair decorations must be small and plain
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School starts at 8.45am (8.35am for Year 3). 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) every day other than Tuesday when we finish at 3.00pm (2.50pm for Year 3).
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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 Eid Mubarak to those of you who celebrated Eid last week. I hope you enjoyed a festive Eid al-Fitr with family and friends. With only four more weeks left of this half term we advise that you continue to check the key dates at the back of the newsletter. Please be reminded that the school will be closed for pupils on Friday 6th July as this is a staff training day. The Pupil Progress Reports will be sent out this term on Friday 13th July. These will include the SATs scores and converted levels for Year 2 pupils and the Phonics Screening Scores for Year 1. The Parent Progress Meetings will take place on Tuesday 17th July; school will finish at 12.15pm on this day as well as the last day of term on Friday 20th July.
Parents Invited for an INA Lunch A day each week has been set-aside for parents to come along and enjoy a lunch with their child. There are still some spaces available so if you would like to sign up for a lunch over the course of the half term, please given the office staff a call for further details including the dates available and the lunch on offer on particular days. There are limited spaces available so places will be filled on a first come basis.
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Calling all Male Role Models We are inviting any fathers who have some time available to join and help out with our enrichment clubs. If you are available to help out with a particular club every week or can offer a one-off hour over the course of next half term, then please let the office staff know, telling them which day and club you would be available for.
A Message from Ms Palray If you are interested in helping out in any way with the Primary Summer Fayre on Wednesday 18th July, please let Ms Palray know.
A Message from Ms Chaggar Please let the school know in good time if you are sending someone else to collect your child from school. The staff will not send a child home with an adult that has not been authorised by the parents/carers. This is in the interest of safeguarding your children. Thank you for your cooperation.
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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Primary Sports Day 5th July 2018
We are looking forward to seeing you at Cricklefield Place for the Primary Sports Day on Thursday 5th July.
Reception and Year 1 Sports Day - 10:30am - 12:30pm Year 2 and 3 Sports Day - 2:00pm - 4:00pm You will have all received a letter and 2 x spectator tickets. If you require more tickets, please contact reception and we will do our best to see if there are any spare tickets available. The children need to come to school wearing their PE kit on the day. We ask that you provide your child with water, a hat and sun cream if the weather is hot. If we experience bad weather on the day and we have to cancel the event, you will receive a text to this effect on the day and your child will stay at school as per their normal routine. PLEASE NOTE: No photography / no ticket, no entry / spectators must remain in the allocated stands for the duration of the afternoon.
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An encouraging little Potato Harvest Students across the primary can be very proud of having eaten the first fruits of their collaborative horticultural efforts among Wednesday’s roast potatoes this week. Gardening club planted the Rocket and Jersey seed potatoes back in February. Since then they have been watered and weeded by many other children across the school, at Gardening Club at lunchtimes and during After School Club. A mixture of Reception and Year 1 pupils finally enjoyed digging the matured crop up this week and some Year 3 pupils gave invaluable assistance weighing them. The final weights (225g of Jester potatoes and 325g Rocket variety) have been submitted to the ‘Grow Your Own Potato’ national competition for schools run by the Potato Council, so we wait to see whether our little harvest wins a prize. Whether it does or not, our children can be very proud of their teamwork and committed care that has produced this encouraging initial harvest.
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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:
• Fatima Kashif – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being a supportive friend to all). • Ibrahim Mohamed – Scholar of the Week (for using a variety of skills when reading his guided reading book).
Maxwell Class:
• Eshaan Malik – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for listening and following instructions). • Jasnoor Kaur – Scholar of the Week (for writing sentences independently).
Newton Class:
• Musa Syed – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for the Emotional Intelligence shown by listening to instructions and sitting ‘ready to learn’). • Ekampreet Malik – Scholar of the Week (for writing sentences he could read to the class).
Britten Class:
• Shresta Yeruva – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being a kind and caring friend). • Sana Abbas – Scholar of the Week (for fantastic learning of division in maths this week).
Fitzgerald Class:
• Devyani Soni – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for listening very attentively on the carpet to her teachers and talk partner). • Zoya Butt – Scholar of the Week (for some very thoughtful and empathetic writing about life in Victorian times for Chimney Sweeps).
Glennie Class:
• Preeti Caldeira – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating great listening during carpet time). • Maria Mohamed Faiz – Scholar of the Week (for writing a great comparison about Victorian and INA teachers).
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Al-Kashi Class:
• Khadijah Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working hard at developing strong friendships within the class by listening to and collaborating well with her friends and fellow classmates). • Aliyah Khan – Scholar of the Week (for working hard at developing her understanding of times tables through use of arrays).
Fibonacci Class:
• Srisakthi Velmurugan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for reflecting on her learning and finding ways to improve). • Kamiah Reid – Scholar of the Week (for excellent learning drawing arrays to match equations).
Pythagoras Class:
• Azmain Islam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for lovely partner work, through listening and showing good sharing). • Abdul Wahab – Scholar of the Week (for spotting patterns in the 4 times table and writing his own word problems).
Ellington Class:
• Fahmid Khan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working collaboratively with his partner to come up with some great emotive language). • Janeefa Khezar – Scholar of the Week (for being able to multiply multiples of 10 and showing evidence of this).
Nicks Class:
• Maryam Umarji – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always showing wonderful empathy towards her peers). • Rafaida Hasnat – Scholar of the Week (for identifying some wonderful examples of emotive language).
Shankar Class:
• Kisa Fatima – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing excellent empathy skills when conversing with her peers during partner work). • Avneet Chaggar – Scholar of the Week (for persevering with her maths learning when multiplying and diving by 100).
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Merits The following pupil has received 75 merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic achievement. A special ‘gold’ certificate will be presented during the Celebration and Awards Assembly. Emaan Adeel
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. Innaya Islam
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. Daniyal Sheikh
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Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils that have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch on Friday 29th June, an invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly:
Rayan Zeeshan - Curie Hamza Dakri - Maxwell Wasif Mohammed - Newton Tariq Hamed - Britten Alisha Ali - Britten Jubaer Hossain - Fitzgerald Jashandeep Mehmi - Glennie Adam Ismail - Al-Kashi Hannah Nakhuda - Fibonacci Dua Maisam - Pythagoras Faheem Ahmedabadi - Ellington Ali Ullah - Ellington Ceylan Warner - Nicks Tara Rani Kaur - Shankar
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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 25th June 2018
Self Discipline
Self Discipline comprises nine dispositions: Organisation Prudence Hard Work
Absorption Motivation Independence
Revising Practising Self-Regulation
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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. 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. 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. 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. 22 June 2018
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Composer of the Fortnight Johann Sebastian Bach
For the next fortnight we will be listening to and learning about Johann Sebastian Bach as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Bach 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/Johann_Sebastian_Bach http://www.biography.com/people/johann-sebastian-bach-9194289
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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 at the end of every week is awarded the attendance trophy during Friday’s Award & Recognition assembly.
Lower School Curie
85.6%
Britten
83.7%
Maxwell
87%
Fitzgerald
86.7%
Newton
83.1%
Glennie
82.2%
Well done and congratulations to Maxwell class who are the winners this week with 87%.
Upper School Al-Kashi
88.1%
Ellington
81.5%
Fibonacci
81.5%
Nicks
85.6%
Pythagoras
82.8%
Shankar
85.6%
Well done and congratulations to Al-Kashi who are the winners this week with 88.1%.
Overall Attendance: 84.4% 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. We always strive for 100%.
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Key Dates Summer Term Dates: 16th April 2018 - 20th July 2018
Wednesday 27th June
Reception Visit to Barleylands
Friday 29th June
Pythagoras Class Assembly – Year 2 - 9.00 – 9.20am
Friday 29th June
Maxwell Class Assembly – Year R – 10.25 – 10.45am
Monday 2nd July
Wonderful Handwriting Week
Tuesday 3rd July
Coffee Morning 9.00am
Tuesday 3rd & Thursday 9th July
Year 1 visit to the Ragged School Museum
Thursday 5th July
Primary Sports Day
Friday 6th July
Staff Inset Day - no school for students
Friday 13th July
Pupil Progress Reports Sent Home
Tuesday 17th July
Parent Progress Meetings – School Finishes at 12.15pm
Wednesday 18th July
Summer Fayre 4.00pm
Friday 20th July
End of Term Awards Assemblies - Term Ends at 12.15pm
Tuesday 24th July
Primary Uniform Sales
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