28 September 2018
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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. • • • • • • • •
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 It was great to see so many of you at the coffee morning this week, especially new parents from Reception. We had a good number from each year group represented. Ms Chaggar and Ms Gilley had done a fantastic job of dressing the tables and preparing the teas and cakes for our special MacMillan event. A big thank you to all the Primary staff who donated the delicious cakes! I spent time talking through some of the events that will be taking place over the coming term and how parents/carers can get involved and support. We raised a fantastic £135.05 for MacMillan Cancer Support. Thank you so much for your generosity and support. Following discussions with parents it was lovely to hear that you feel happy about how well the children have settled into the new term, especially the Reception children. There have been a number of parents asking over the last week about lost or misplaced blazers. Can I ask you all to check if your child does in fact have the correct blazer and hasn’t mistakenly taken some else’s? It is also important that you label blazers and other items of uniform on a regular basis to help us get items back to the owner. We also have the lost property box in the reception office area. A reminder that school starts and finishes 10 minutes earlier for Year 3 and 4 pupils to help with the number of children in the playground at any given time. It is important therefore that, if you have picked your Year 3 or 4 children up and do not have other younger children to collect, you leave the playground as promptly as possible at the end of the day. If you do have younger children to collect, it is important that your older children stay with you and not run freely around the playground at this busy time. It is also important that all children do not ride bikes or scooters in the playground at the start and end of the day. Thank you for your support and understanding in helping to keep the playground safe for all.
School Photographs Photograph proofs will be sent home by the end of next week. If you wish to purchase the photos they will need to be ordered online. Full details can be found on the photographs including prices and the deadline to make orders. 28 September 2018
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Lovely Learning this Week Year 4 pupils have been enjoying their music lessons this week.
I am the Music Man , I come from down your way, what do you play, what do you play... We play the trombone!!!... Oom pah oom pah, oom pah pah, ...... Well done Year 4, a fabulous start! (Mr Mansell)
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This week in year 1 the children have enjoyed designing and creating textured woodland animal masks! We used a wide range of materials to give our masks texture, including sand, cotton wool, feathers and spaghetti!
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Lovely Learning this Week Reception pupils enjoyed developing their ‘resourceful’ habit by making junk models.
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Year 3 had a great time visiting the Natural History Museum to investigate the existence of dinosaurs. Thank you so much for all the parent volunteer support, without which we would not be able to have such fabulous trips and experiences for our children.
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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: • •
Nusayba Jalil – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always being kind to her peers in the classroom and on the playground). Tabin Hasan – Scholar of the Week (for always working hard in all his lessons).
Maxwell Class: • •
Nafiz Hossain Jamal – BRIDGES Habits Award (for sharing and being considerate towards others when playing). Nikunj Mittal - Scholar of the Week (for drawing and writing who lives in his house).
Newton Class: • •
Tripatjit Kaur – BRIDGES Habits (for being kind to others). Khubaib Shahzad - Scholar of the Week (for remembering rhymes to help him form sounds learned in Literacy).
Britten Class: • •
Shanaya Sharma – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being fair by taking turns during the maths talk tasks). Szymon Plaskiewicz – Scholar of the Week (for writing a fantastic riddle during her English lesson).
Fitzgerald Class: • •
Rayan Zeeshan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for taking turns well during maths ‘Talk Tasks’ and sharing resources fairly when making animal masks). Ekamjot Singh – Scholar of the Week (for some fantastic riddle writing in English).
Glennie Class: • •
Huzaifah Iqbal – BRIDGES Habits Award (for always being fair and take turns during talk task). Silha Omer – Scholar of the Week (for Fantastic effort on writing a riddle using her sounds).
Al-Kashi Class: • •
Maidah Hussain Riaz – BRIDGES Habits Award (for showing honesty in her speech for school council and being a super role model). Kiana Benjamin - Scholar of the Week (for using some amazing expanded noun phrases in English).
Fibonacci Class: • •
Adam Chowdhury – BRIDGES Habits Award (for sharing food and serving nicely during lunchtimes). Avni Kamothi – Scholar of the Week (for excellent use of adverbs in her writing).
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Pythagoras Class: • •
Maya Bumbuc – BRIDGES Habits Award (for being honest in class and learning from mistakes to become a good role model). Maisha Hossain – Scholar of the Week (for trying very hard with her maths learning this week to offer answers during class discussions and correcting any errors to improve her learning).
Ellington Class: • •
Riya Patel – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating humanity by teaching everyone equally). Esa Syed – Scholar of the Week (for reading with expression during whole class reading).
Nicks Class: • •
Aysha Islam – BRIDGES Habits Award (for offering to share her playtime with a student who didn’t have anyone to play with). Sasha Lard - Scholar of the Week (for sharing her fantastic mathematical reasoning skills with the whole class).
Shankar Class: • •
Saim Rehman – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating ‘humility’ by always aiming to help his peers as much as he can). Navneet Matharu – Scholar of the Week (for trying incredibly hard to improve his handwriting).
Lovelace Class: • •
Arjun Bihal – BRIDGES Habits Award (for persistently showing respect towards the other children in the class and showing good citizenship). Maryam Umarji - Scholar of the Week (for confidently using the column addition method with four digit numbers).
Mirzakhani Class: • •
Nadia Khan – BRIDGES Habits Award (for demonstrating ‘humanity’ in her interactions with other pupils by always being kind and courteous). Malaika Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating excellent reasoning skills during maths learning around addition).
Ramanujan Class: • •
Zahraa Aamanee – BRIDGES Habits Award (for consistently demonstrating humanity by putting others’ needs before her own). Ishaan Mutha – Scholar of the Week (for generating challenge for himself during maths lessons this week).
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Harvest Festival ISAAC NEWTON ACADEMY
We will be having our Harvest Festival Assembly for the pupils on Thursday 11th October.
We would appreciate donations of the following items: We will be offering our donations to The Redbridge Welcome Centre. If you would like to make a contribution to this local worthy cause, then please send in your donation on Tuesday 9th October or Wednesday 10th October in preparation for the children’s Harvest Festival Assembly on Thursday 13th October.
• Tinned fruit • Tinned Fish • Tinned vegetables • Tinned meat • Pasta
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• Rice • Squash • Long Life Milk • Sugar • Coffee
• Tea • Washing up liquid • Shower Gel • Shaving Foam • Washing Powder
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Wonderful Writing Week Week beginning 1st October 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 children 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!
Headteacher’s Lunch Well done to the following pupils who have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch for next Friday 5th October. An invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly: Marquece Horne - Curie Inderpreet Singh - Curie Rajveer Sawali - Maxwell Ayub Khan - Maxwell Dilanjot Singh - Newton Abeeha Zahir - Newton
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Hamza Ahmed - Britten Muahid Ahmad - Fitzgerald Sophia Ahmed - Glennie Alisha Ali - Pythagoras Nobin Chowdhury - Fibonacci Rida Alam - Al-Kashi
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Safwan Khan - Shankar Zara Daykin - Ellington Harneet Kang - Nicks Aadam Ali - Lovelace Zahra Abbas - Mirzakhani Zahraa Aamanee 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 1st October 2018
Discovery Discovery comprises seven dispositions: Energy Enthusiasm
Noticing Open-Mindedness
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Curiosity Imagining Creativity
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. 28 September 2018
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Black Composer of the Fortnight Samuel Coleridge Taylor
In recognition and to celebrate Black History Month we will be listening to the music of a different black composer each week. A huge thank you goes to our Black History Month working party of parents who suggested some great composers for us. Next week we will be listening to and learning about Samuel Coleridge Taylor. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Coleridge Taylor in preparation for the coming week. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor http://www.blackmahler.com
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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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
96.9%
Britten
91.4%
Al-Kashi
96.7%
Maxwell
98.4%
Fitzgerald
97.4%
Fibonacci
97.7%
Newton
99.2%
Glennie
98%
Pythagoras
98%
Well done and congratulations to Newton class who are the winners this week with 99.6%.
Key Stage 2 Ellington
99.6%
Lovelace
99.3%
Nicks
99.6%
Mirzakhani
98.6%
Shankar
97.4%
Ramanujan
97.7%
Well done and congratulations to both Ellington and Nicks classes who are the joint winners this week with 99.6%.
Overall Attendance: 97.7% 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 1st October Monday 1st October
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 Wednesday 5th December
Parent Quiz Night – 7.00pm
Wednesday 12th December Friday 14th December Wednesday 19th December Thursday 20th December
Reception Nativity Play - 9.00am Christmas Lunch & Christmas Jumper Day Primary Winter Concert Awards Assemblies (TBC) & Term Ends at 12.15pm
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