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We have our parent hotline number 08447 707 576 in place and we will be using this more over the coming months to add school messages regarding adverse weather conditions. When you dial 08447 707 576 you need to then dial our school ID Number: 71486 to hear our school mes- sages. Parent Hotline Message from Mr Woods Newsletter No 43—February 2016 Dear Parents/Carers, As always the short ‘Spring Term’ is extremely busy for every- one in school. We have completed our 10th Annual Citizenship Fortnight with a very important look at issues around “gender equality and the role of women in British Society”. This topic has generated some very good class discussions, debates and research. In the UK, women make up 51% of the population, yet only 29% of the elected MP’s to Westmin- ster are women. Only 6% of engineers are women compared to 89% of nurses. As a school we want (all of our pupils, girls and boys) to aspire to any career choice that they choose. It was pleasing over the past weeks some of our girls wanting to be future leaders and also for our boys to consider alternative options for their own future. This is our role as educators, “to open the minds of our pupils to all possibilities”. Plans for our building programmes are well advanced. As work will commence during the half- term period the gate from Oswald Road into the school grounds will no longer be in use. All pupils will now need to enter through the main school gate on Beaconsfield Road. I know that this closure will be slightly inconvenient for some families over the coming months but it is essential to ensure the safety of everyone as we construct our new building which will benefit all pupils in school. We continue to expect that all pupils engage in reading activities most nights as part of home- work. Reading is an essential skill that all pupils must master. We have been working in school to further develop our classroom reading areas to promote reading. Staff and pupils have been emailing in pictures of themselves reading in different locations. Over the coming months we will have more activities linked to reading. We hope that you will join us at some of these events. We still have some breakfast club places available for just £2.50 a week (FSM eligible price) or £6.00 (non-FSM). Please complete an application form at the school office. Yours sincerely Mr D. Woods Head Teacher Belief, Perseverance, Success BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Beaconsfield Road, Southall UB1 1DR Email: [email protected] Website: www.beaconsfieldprimary.org.uk Tel: 020 8574 3506 Head Teacher: Mr D. Woods Oswald Road entrance –Now Closed.

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Page 1: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

We have our parent hotline number 08447 707 576 in place and we will be using this more over

the coming months to add school messages regarding adverse weather conditions When you dial

08447 707 576 you need to then dial our school ID Number 71486 to hear our school mes-

sages

Parent Hotline

Message from Mr Woods Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Dear ParentsCarers

As always the short lsquoSpring Termrsquo is extremely busy for every-

one in school We have completed our 10th Annual Citizenship

Fortnight with a very important look at issues around ldquogender

equality and the role of women in British Societyrdquo This topic

has generated some very good class discussions debates and

research

In the UK women make up 51 of the population yet only 29 of the elected MPrsquos to Westmin-

ster are women Only 6 of engineers are women compared to 89 of nurses As a school we

want (all of our pupils girls and boys) to aspire to any career choice that they choose It was

pleasing over the past weeks some of our girls wanting to be future leaders and also for our boys

to consider alternative options for their own future This is our role as educators ldquoto open the

minds of our pupils to all possibilitiesrdquo

Plans for our building programmes are well advanced As work will commence during the half-

term period the gate from Oswald Road into the school grounds will no longer be in use All pupils

will now need to enter through the main school gate on Beaconsfield Road

I know that this closure will be slightly inconvenient for some families over the coming months

but it is essential to ensure the safety of everyone as we construct our new building which will

benefit all pupils in school

We continue to expect that all pupils engage in reading activities most nights as part of home-

work Reading is an essential skill that all pupils must master We have been working in school to

further develop our classroom reading areas to promote reading Staff and pupils have been

emailing in pictures of themselves reading in different locations Over the coming months we will

have more activities linked to reading We hope that you will join us at some of these events

We still have some breakfast club places available for just pound250 a week

(FSM eligible price) or pound600 (non-FSM) Please complete an application

form at the school office

Yours sincerely

Mr D Woods

Head Teacher

Belief Perseverance Success

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Beaconsfield Road Southall UB1 1DR Email adminbeaconsfieldealingschuk Website wwwbeaconsfieldprimaryorguk

Tel 020 8574 3506 Head Teacher Mr D Woods

Oswald Road entrance ndashNow Closed

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 2

Premises News

Existing Building

Whilst the new building is constructed the existing building will also undergo considerable modifi-

cationsrsquo particularly to the ground floor during the summer months

Our contractor (ARJ Construction) will begin the initial works from the 15th February 2016 The

first stage will involve sealing the work area with wooden hoarding for safety We will then have

some further ground x-rays to locate all of the drains and water pipes before digging commences

As you can see from the plan above we are changing the main entrance to the building and also

bringing the Year 1 classrooms to the ground floor Once the structural works are completed we

will also look to develop the outdoor play spaces for Year 1

The building has to meet stringent environmental

conditions and as a result it will incorporate many

energy saving devices Work will continue through-

out 2016 with a planned finish date at the end of

November this year

Page 3 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Curriculum News

Citizenship Fortnight Many classes also completed additional lsquoRights Respectingrsquo activities

during the citizenship fortnight EYFS and Key Stage 1 pupil looked at issues around ldquodiversityrdquo

(articles 21429 amp 30) and also ldquoplayrdquo (article 31)

Classes in KS2 worked on specific issues linked to lsquogender equalityrsquo with research work debates

and posters all being completed Other work during this fortnight also covered lsquoHolocaust Memorial

Dayrsquo and lsquoAnti-Bullying Workshopsrsquo

EnglishmdashShakespeare

Pupils in Year 5 and Year 6 spent Thursday 4th February immersed in the world

of lsquoShakespearersquo working with a drama company exploring the play ldquoThe

Twelfth Nightrdquo

Learning about Shakespeare provides pupils with many opportunities to en-

gage in creative writing performance and speaking

Our Year 5 class are taking in an ongoing project to learn and then act out scenes rom lsquoMacbethrsquo

along with other schools for a joint performance later in the school year

As part of the project the class will be working with a specialist drama teacher over the coming

months to develop their speaking acting and performance skills

WE DAYmdashFree the Children

At the end of January we had a presentation during an assembly from Lauren

about lsquoTeam Londonrsquo and lsquoWE Dayrdquo lsquoFree the Childrenrsquo is an international charity

that works with partners to work to overcome causes of poverty and to remove

barriers to learning

lsquoWE Actrsquo and lsquoWE Dayrsquo are programmes to support pupils to become active citizens and compas-

sionate leaders by taking action on different issues This philosophy fits with our school work on

developing the lsquoRights Respecting Agendarsquo and with our ongoing work with key lsquoBritish Valuesrsquo

On Wednesday 10th February we held our first school event We had a non-uniform day to collect

money to support ldquoWater Aidrdquo and we sold a range of cakes biscuits and sweet treats that had

been baked in school to raise money for the ldquoDEC refugee Appealrdquo In total we raised pound45314 from

the day Thank you for your support

Multiplication (Times) Tables

Our updated national curriculum requires all pupils to become very proficient in

knowing lsquoby heartrsquo and being able to recite their multiplication (times) tables A

very good knowledge of tables helps with adding and also dividing

Classes are already rehearsing tables regularly and including tables work as part

of homework To encourage this further we will be holding a ldquoMultiplication

Challengerdquo in May with prizes for pupils in each year group for accuracy and

speed Keep practising tables over the coming weeks

Eco-Schools Committee

The eco committee is continuing to work with Mr Bedi on their action plan so that we can be re-

accredited at lsquoSilver Statusrsquo during this year whilst our building works take place

Their action plan also contains some longer term plans to help us move towards achieving the

lsquoGreen Statusrsquo once all of the building and construction work is finished

Page 4 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Curriculum News

Assessment Changes-Assertive Mentoring

We have now completed more than a year with our assessment system Each year group is called

a lsquostagersquo (eg Year 3 = Stage 3)

The key learning for each year group (stage) in reading writing grammar and maths has been

broken into four (4) grading areas These are

i) Emerging - (E)

ii) Developing - (D)

iii) Securing - (S)

iv) Next Stage Ready - (R)

By the end of each academic year when reports are

sent home we expect most pupils (70-80) to be

either lsquoSecuringrsquo or lsquoNext Stage Readyrsquo Those pu-

pils who are receiving some extra support with their

learning will likely be working at the lsquoEmergingrsquo or

Developing Stagersquo

Class teachers from Year 1 to Year 6 conduct long (20-35 minute) individual mentoring sessions

with each pupil in each term to discuss their learning attitudes to work and next step targets The

focus of our assessment changes mean that all pupils are involved and engaged in their own

learning and identifying their own targets

Instead of a short 10 minute meeting with parents we will be sending home information from the

pupilteacher assessment meetings You will then be able to talk directly with your child about

their learning We know from the results of the lsquoAssertive Mentoringrsquo programme across many

schools that this is the best way to proceed to support pupil learning

For a very small number of pupils we will arrange face to face meetings We know that this change

is a bit different for parentscarers but we ask you to work with us to support your child on their

learning journey

Page 5 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

NURSERY

Nursery have had fun learning about the car rescue

service

We have been making models of cars from boxes We learned how to make them strong by

filling them with newspaper and covering the joins with paper and glue We added wipers and

lights

We made a garage for our cars out of Duplo The car had to fit inside

We are role playing working in

a garage and fixing our cars

This term we have been learning about bears

Our favourite book so far has been lsquoWersquore Going

on a Bear Huntrsquo We loved acting out the story

as a whole class We each contributed to our

display that helps us to remember the sequence

of the story and wrote labels for it

We have also been enjoying the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears In our maths lessons we have been

exploring the capacity and weight of porridge oats in different bowls

We loved making and tasting the

porridge in our cooking lesson too

ReceptionmdashBlue

Ranveer This bowl is empty I

need some more

Dev I can help you

Ranveer Itrsquos full now

Bilal Yum this is delicious Itrsquos

so tasty and sweet

Kabeer Huzaifah Asjad

Vanessa Prithamdeep

Page 6 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Receptionndash Yellow

Reception Yellow have had a very busy half term

We have been exploring the topic lsquoBearsrsquo and have taken part in lots of fun activities

When talking about lsquoSpecial Thingsrsquo in RE some

of us chose to bring in teddy bears

Citizenship Week

During citizenship week we learnt about our five basic rights We had to think about what

makes a good shelter and then use a range of materials to make a shelter that would keep us

warm dry and safe We were really good at cooperating

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

We also learnt a bit about British culture and traditions by taking part in a traditional country

dance and baking traditional English scones We ate them with strawberry jam and they were

delicious

ldquoThe leaves are

crunchyrdquo

Asad

We read lsquoWersquore Going on a Bear Huntrsquo

by Michael Rosen and took part in a

sensory trail We had to describe the

texture of the different materials

and we got a bit messy

ldquoI hug my bear at night

when I go to sleeprdquo

Vallen

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 7

YEAR 1

This term has again been filled

with many different activities

which has helped year 1rsquos learning

further

In English Year 1 focused on the

story of lsquoThe Snail and the Whalersquo

which is about the amazing sailing

journey of a snail and a whale Link-

ing this to Art the children used

pastels to create scenes from the

story to write different facts

about snails and whales

In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as

recognising different patterns in numbers

Linking this to Maths and Science Year 1 used different materials to create 3D fos-

sils of dinosaurs this fantastic work is currently on display outside the Year 1 class-

room for all to see

Citizenship Fortnight provided the opportunity to have fun cooking the children

cooked African Banana Cake which was delicious They also took part in a Lego work-

shop creating a Lego City Year 1 named the city as the Colourful City as the town

was full of different buildings of different colours We hope you all have a good break

and the children a well-deserved break ready for next half term

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 8

Year 2

During Citizenship Week Year 2 has learnt about a range of foods to demonstrate that UK

is a diverse country We learnt how to cook Chinese stir fry and British apple crumble Both

the items were yummy We also had fun with the lego workshop where we built different

buildings of a town

Throughout our school we have cele-

brated Citizenship Week from Janu-

ary 25th until February 5th 2016 As a

class we made banners on the topic

ldquoGender Equalityrdquo and why it is im-

portant that both males and females

are treated equal

In our English lessons we have been learning how to write persuasive text and as a result we have written persua-

sive posters on ldquoJOBS FOR WOMEN AND MENrdquo As a class we have debated the topic that different genders

should be able to do the same jobs

This term in Science we have been learning about Magnets and Forces A force is a pull or push action on an object A Force can also make an object start or stop In one of our lessons we did freeze frames to show push and pull forces

Year 3

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 2: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 2

Premises News

Existing Building

Whilst the new building is constructed the existing building will also undergo considerable modifi-

cationsrsquo particularly to the ground floor during the summer months

Our contractor (ARJ Construction) will begin the initial works from the 15th February 2016 The

first stage will involve sealing the work area with wooden hoarding for safety We will then have

some further ground x-rays to locate all of the drains and water pipes before digging commences

As you can see from the plan above we are changing the main entrance to the building and also

bringing the Year 1 classrooms to the ground floor Once the structural works are completed we

will also look to develop the outdoor play spaces for Year 1

The building has to meet stringent environmental

conditions and as a result it will incorporate many

energy saving devices Work will continue through-

out 2016 with a planned finish date at the end of

November this year

Page 3 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Curriculum News

Citizenship Fortnight Many classes also completed additional lsquoRights Respectingrsquo activities

during the citizenship fortnight EYFS and Key Stage 1 pupil looked at issues around ldquodiversityrdquo

(articles 21429 amp 30) and also ldquoplayrdquo (article 31)

Classes in KS2 worked on specific issues linked to lsquogender equalityrsquo with research work debates

and posters all being completed Other work during this fortnight also covered lsquoHolocaust Memorial

Dayrsquo and lsquoAnti-Bullying Workshopsrsquo

EnglishmdashShakespeare

Pupils in Year 5 and Year 6 spent Thursday 4th February immersed in the world

of lsquoShakespearersquo working with a drama company exploring the play ldquoThe

Twelfth Nightrdquo

Learning about Shakespeare provides pupils with many opportunities to en-

gage in creative writing performance and speaking

Our Year 5 class are taking in an ongoing project to learn and then act out scenes rom lsquoMacbethrsquo

along with other schools for a joint performance later in the school year

As part of the project the class will be working with a specialist drama teacher over the coming

months to develop their speaking acting and performance skills

WE DAYmdashFree the Children

At the end of January we had a presentation during an assembly from Lauren

about lsquoTeam Londonrsquo and lsquoWE Dayrdquo lsquoFree the Childrenrsquo is an international charity

that works with partners to work to overcome causes of poverty and to remove

barriers to learning

lsquoWE Actrsquo and lsquoWE Dayrsquo are programmes to support pupils to become active citizens and compas-

sionate leaders by taking action on different issues This philosophy fits with our school work on

developing the lsquoRights Respecting Agendarsquo and with our ongoing work with key lsquoBritish Valuesrsquo

On Wednesday 10th February we held our first school event We had a non-uniform day to collect

money to support ldquoWater Aidrdquo and we sold a range of cakes biscuits and sweet treats that had

been baked in school to raise money for the ldquoDEC refugee Appealrdquo In total we raised pound45314 from

the day Thank you for your support

Multiplication (Times) Tables

Our updated national curriculum requires all pupils to become very proficient in

knowing lsquoby heartrsquo and being able to recite their multiplication (times) tables A

very good knowledge of tables helps with adding and also dividing

Classes are already rehearsing tables regularly and including tables work as part

of homework To encourage this further we will be holding a ldquoMultiplication

Challengerdquo in May with prizes for pupils in each year group for accuracy and

speed Keep practising tables over the coming weeks

Eco-Schools Committee

The eco committee is continuing to work with Mr Bedi on their action plan so that we can be re-

accredited at lsquoSilver Statusrsquo during this year whilst our building works take place

Their action plan also contains some longer term plans to help us move towards achieving the

lsquoGreen Statusrsquo once all of the building and construction work is finished

Page 4 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Curriculum News

Assessment Changes-Assertive Mentoring

We have now completed more than a year with our assessment system Each year group is called

a lsquostagersquo (eg Year 3 = Stage 3)

The key learning for each year group (stage) in reading writing grammar and maths has been

broken into four (4) grading areas These are

i) Emerging - (E)

ii) Developing - (D)

iii) Securing - (S)

iv) Next Stage Ready - (R)

By the end of each academic year when reports are

sent home we expect most pupils (70-80) to be

either lsquoSecuringrsquo or lsquoNext Stage Readyrsquo Those pu-

pils who are receiving some extra support with their

learning will likely be working at the lsquoEmergingrsquo or

Developing Stagersquo

Class teachers from Year 1 to Year 6 conduct long (20-35 minute) individual mentoring sessions

with each pupil in each term to discuss their learning attitudes to work and next step targets The

focus of our assessment changes mean that all pupils are involved and engaged in their own

learning and identifying their own targets

Instead of a short 10 minute meeting with parents we will be sending home information from the

pupilteacher assessment meetings You will then be able to talk directly with your child about

their learning We know from the results of the lsquoAssertive Mentoringrsquo programme across many

schools that this is the best way to proceed to support pupil learning

For a very small number of pupils we will arrange face to face meetings We know that this change

is a bit different for parentscarers but we ask you to work with us to support your child on their

learning journey

Page 5 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

NURSERY

Nursery have had fun learning about the car rescue

service

We have been making models of cars from boxes We learned how to make them strong by

filling them with newspaper and covering the joins with paper and glue We added wipers and

lights

We made a garage for our cars out of Duplo The car had to fit inside

We are role playing working in

a garage and fixing our cars

This term we have been learning about bears

Our favourite book so far has been lsquoWersquore Going

on a Bear Huntrsquo We loved acting out the story

as a whole class We each contributed to our

display that helps us to remember the sequence

of the story and wrote labels for it

We have also been enjoying the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears In our maths lessons we have been

exploring the capacity and weight of porridge oats in different bowls

We loved making and tasting the

porridge in our cooking lesson too

ReceptionmdashBlue

Ranveer This bowl is empty I

need some more

Dev I can help you

Ranveer Itrsquos full now

Bilal Yum this is delicious Itrsquos

so tasty and sweet

Kabeer Huzaifah Asjad

Vanessa Prithamdeep

Page 6 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Receptionndash Yellow

Reception Yellow have had a very busy half term

We have been exploring the topic lsquoBearsrsquo and have taken part in lots of fun activities

When talking about lsquoSpecial Thingsrsquo in RE some

of us chose to bring in teddy bears

Citizenship Week

During citizenship week we learnt about our five basic rights We had to think about what

makes a good shelter and then use a range of materials to make a shelter that would keep us

warm dry and safe We were really good at cooperating

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

We also learnt a bit about British culture and traditions by taking part in a traditional country

dance and baking traditional English scones We ate them with strawberry jam and they were

delicious

ldquoThe leaves are

crunchyrdquo

Asad

We read lsquoWersquore Going on a Bear Huntrsquo

by Michael Rosen and took part in a

sensory trail We had to describe the

texture of the different materials

and we got a bit messy

ldquoI hug my bear at night

when I go to sleeprdquo

Vallen

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 7

YEAR 1

This term has again been filled

with many different activities

which has helped year 1rsquos learning

further

In English Year 1 focused on the

story of lsquoThe Snail and the Whalersquo

which is about the amazing sailing

journey of a snail and a whale Link-

ing this to Art the children used

pastels to create scenes from the

story to write different facts

about snails and whales

In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as

recognising different patterns in numbers

Linking this to Maths and Science Year 1 used different materials to create 3D fos-

sils of dinosaurs this fantastic work is currently on display outside the Year 1 class-

room for all to see

Citizenship Fortnight provided the opportunity to have fun cooking the children

cooked African Banana Cake which was delicious They also took part in a Lego work-

shop creating a Lego City Year 1 named the city as the Colourful City as the town

was full of different buildings of different colours We hope you all have a good break

and the children a well-deserved break ready for next half term

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 8

Year 2

During Citizenship Week Year 2 has learnt about a range of foods to demonstrate that UK

is a diverse country We learnt how to cook Chinese stir fry and British apple crumble Both

the items were yummy We also had fun with the lego workshop where we built different

buildings of a town

Throughout our school we have cele-

brated Citizenship Week from Janu-

ary 25th until February 5th 2016 As a

class we made banners on the topic

ldquoGender Equalityrdquo and why it is im-

portant that both males and females

are treated equal

In our English lessons we have been learning how to write persuasive text and as a result we have written persua-

sive posters on ldquoJOBS FOR WOMEN AND MENrdquo As a class we have debated the topic that different genders

should be able to do the same jobs

This term in Science we have been learning about Magnets and Forces A force is a pull or push action on an object A Force can also make an object start or stop In one of our lessons we did freeze frames to show push and pull forces

Year 3

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 3: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Page 3 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Curriculum News

Citizenship Fortnight Many classes also completed additional lsquoRights Respectingrsquo activities

during the citizenship fortnight EYFS and Key Stage 1 pupil looked at issues around ldquodiversityrdquo

(articles 21429 amp 30) and also ldquoplayrdquo (article 31)

Classes in KS2 worked on specific issues linked to lsquogender equalityrsquo with research work debates

and posters all being completed Other work during this fortnight also covered lsquoHolocaust Memorial

Dayrsquo and lsquoAnti-Bullying Workshopsrsquo

EnglishmdashShakespeare

Pupils in Year 5 and Year 6 spent Thursday 4th February immersed in the world

of lsquoShakespearersquo working with a drama company exploring the play ldquoThe

Twelfth Nightrdquo

Learning about Shakespeare provides pupils with many opportunities to en-

gage in creative writing performance and speaking

Our Year 5 class are taking in an ongoing project to learn and then act out scenes rom lsquoMacbethrsquo

along with other schools for a joint performance later in the school year

As part of the project the class will be working with a specialist drama teacher over the coming

months to develop their speaking acting and performance skills

WE DAYmdashFree the Children

At the end of January we had a presentation during an assembly from Lauren

about lsquoTeam Londonrsquo and lsquoWE Dayrdquo lsquoFree the Childrenrsquo is an international charity

that works with partners to work to overcome causes of poverty and to remove

barriers to learning

lsquoWE Actrsquo and lsquoWE Dayrsquo are programmes to support pupils to become active citizens and compas-

sionate leaders by taking action on different issues This philosophy fits with our school work on

developing the lsquoRights Respecting Agendarsquo and with our ongoing work with key lsquoBritish Valuesrsquo

On Wednesday 10th February we held our first school event We had a non-uniform day to collect

money to support ldquoWater Aidrdquo and we sold a range of cakes biscuits and sweet treats that had

been baked in school to raise money for the ldquoDEC refugee Appealrdquo In total we raised pound45314 from

the day Thank you for your support

Multiplication (Times) Tables

Our updated national curriculum requires all pupils to become very proficient in

knowing lsquoby heartrsquo and being able to recite their multiplication (times) tables A

very good knowledge of tables helps with adding and also dividing

Classes are already rehearsing tables regularly and including tables work as part

of homework To encourage this further we will be holding a ldquoMultiplication

Challengerdquo in May with prizes for pupils in each year group for accuracy and

speed Keep practising tables over the coming weeks

Eco-Schools Committee

The eco committee is continuing to work with Mr Bedi on their action plan so that we can be re-

accredited at lsquoSilver Statusrsquo during this year whilst our building works take place

Their action plan also contains some longer term plans to help us move towards achieving the

lsquoGreen Statusrsquo once all of the building and construction work is finished

Page 4 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Curriculum News

Assessment Changes-Assertive Mentoring

We have now completed more than a year with our assessment system Each year group is called

a lsquostagersquo (eg Year 3 = Stage 3)

The key learning for each year group (stage) in reading writing grammar and maths has been

broken into four (4) grading areas These are

i) Emerging - (E)

ii) Developing - (D)

iii) Securing - (S)

iv) Next Stage Ready - (R)

By the end of each academic year when reports are

sent home we expect most pupils (70-80) to be

either lsquoSecuringrsquo or lsquoNext Stage Readyrsquo Those pu-

pils who are receiving some extra support with their

learning will likely be working at the lsquoEmergingrsquo or

Developing Stagersquo

Class teachers from Year 1 to Year 6 conduct long (20-35 minute) individual mentoring sessions

with each pupil in each term to discuss their learning attitudes to work and next step targets The

focus of our assessment changes mean that all pupils are involved and engaged in their own

learning and identifying their own targets

Instead of a short 10 minute meeting with parents we will be sending home information from the

pupilteacher assessment meetings You will then be able to talk directly with your child about

their learning We know from the results of the lsquoAssertive Mentoringrsquo programme across many

schools that this is the best way to proceed to support pupil learning

For a very small number of pupils we will arrange face to face meetings We know that this change

is a bit different for parentscarers but we ask you to work with us to support your child on their

learning journey

Page 5 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

NURSERY

Nursery have had fun learning about the car rescue

service

We have been making models of cars from boxes We learned how to make them strong by

filling them with newspaper and covering the joins with paper and glue We added wipers and

lights

We made a garage for our cars out of Duplo The car had to fit inside

We are role playing working in

a garage and fixing our cars

This term we have been learning about bears

Our favourite book so far has been lsquoWersquore Going

on a Bear Huntrsquo We loved acting out the story

as a whole class We each contributed to our

display that helps us to remember the sequence

of the story and wrote labels for it

We have also been enjoying the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears In our maths lessons we have been

exploring the capacity and weight of porridge oats in different bowls

We loved making and tasting the

porridge in our cooking lesson too

ReceptionmdashBlue

Ranveer This bowl is empty I

need some more

Dev I can help you

Ranveer Itrsquos full now

Bilal Yum this is delicious Itrsquos

so tasty and sweet

Kabeer Huzaifah Asjad

Vanessa Prithamdeep

Page 6 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Receptionndash Yellow

Reception Yellow have had a very busy half term

We have been exploring the topic lsquoBearsrsquo and have taken part in lots of fun activities

When talking about lsquoSpecial Thingsrsquo in RE some

of us chose to bring in teddy bears

Citizenship Week

During citizenship week we learnt about our five basic rights We had to think about what

makes a good shelter and then use a range of materials to make a shelter that would keep us

warm dry and safe We were really good at cooperating

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

We also learnt a bit about British culture and traditions by taking part in a traditional country

dance and baking traditional English scones We ate them with strawberry jam and they were

delicious

ldquoThe leaves are

crunchyrdquo

Asad

We read lsquoWersquore Going on a Bear Huntrsquo

by Michael Rosen and took part in a

sensory trail We had to describe the

texture of the different materials

and we got a bit messy

ldquoI hug my bear at night

when I go to sleeprdquo

Vallen

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 7

YEAR 1

This term has again been filled

with many different activities

which has helped year 1rsquos learning

further

In English Year 1 focused on the

story of lsquoThe Snail and the Whalersquo

which is about the amazing sailing

journey of a snail and a whale Link-

ing this to Art the children used

pastels to create scenes from the

story to write different facts

about snails and whales

In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as

recognising different patterns in numbers

Linking this to Maths and Science Year 1 used different materials to create 3D fos-

sils of dinosaurs this fantastic work is currently on display outside the Year 1 class-

room for all to see

Citizenship Fortnight provided the opportunity to have fun cooking the children

cooked African Banana Cake which was delicious They also took part in a Lego work-

shop creating a Lego City Year 1 named the city as the Colourful City as the town

was full of different buildings of different colours We hope you all have a good break

and the children a well-deserved break ready for next half term

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 8

Year 2

During Citizenship Week Year 2 has learnt about a range of foods to demonstrate that UK

is a diverse country We learnt how to cook Chinese stir fry and British apple crumble Both

the items were yummy We also had fun with the lego workshop where we built different

buildings of a town

Throughout our school we have cele-

brated Citizenship Week from Janu-

ary 25th until February 5th 2016 As a

class we made banners on the topic

ldquoGender Equalityrdquo and why it is im-

portant that both males and females

are treated equal

In our English lessons we have been learning how to write persuasive text and as a result we have written persua-

sive posters on ldquoJOBS FOR WOMEN AND MENrdquo As a class we have debated the topic that different genders

should be able to do the same jobs

This term in Science we have been learning about Magnets and Forces A force is a pull or push action on an object A Force can also make an object start or stop In one of our lessons we did freeze frames to show push and pull forces

Year 3

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 4: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Page 4 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Curriculum News

Assessment Changes-Assertive Mentoring

We have now completed more than a year with our assessment system Each year group is called

a lsquostagersquo (eg Year 3 = Stage 3)

The key learning for each year group (stage) in reading writing grammar and maths has been

broken into four (4) grading areas These are

i) Emerging - (E)

ii) Developing - (D)

iii) Securing - (S)

iv) Next Stage Ready - (R)

By the end of each academic year when reports are

sent home we expect most pupils (70-80) to be

either lsquoSecuringrsquo or lsquoNext Stage Readyrsquo Those pu-

pils who are receiving some extra support with their

learning will likely be working at the lsquoEmergingrsquo or

Developing Stagersquo

Class teachers from Year 1 to Year 6 conduct long (20-35 minute) individual mentoring sessions

with each pupil in each term to discuss their learning attitudes to work and next step targets The

focus of our assessment changes mean that all pupils are involved and engaged in their own

learning and identifying their own targets

Instead of a short 10 minute meeting with parents we will be sending home information from the

pupilteacher assessment meetings You will then be able to talk directly with your child about

their learning We know from the results of the lsquoAssertive Mentoringrsquo programme across many

schools that this is the best way to proceed to support pupil learning

For a very small number of pupils we will arrange face to face meetings We know that this change

is a bit different for parentscarers but we ask you to work with us to support your child on their

learning journey

Page 5 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

NURSERY

Nursery have had fun learning about the car rescue

service

We have been making models of cars from boxes We learned how to make them strong by

filling them with newspaper and covering the joins with paper and glue We added wipers and

lights

We made a garage for our cars out of Duplo The car had to fit inside

We are role playing working in

a garage and fixing our cars

This term we have been learning about bears

Our favourite book so far has been lsquoWersquore Going

on a Bear Huntrsquo We loved acting out the story

as a whole class We each contributed to our

display that helps us to remember the sequence

of the story and wrote labels for it

We have also been enjoying the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears In our maths lessons we have been

exploring the capacity and weight of porridge oats in different bowls

We loved making and tasting the

porridge in our cooking lesson too

ReceptionmdashBlue

Ranveer This bowl is empty I

need some more

Dev I can help you

Ranveer Itrsquos full now

Bilal Yum this is delicious Itrsquos

so tasty and sweet

Kabeer Huzaifah Asjad

Vanessa Prithamdeep

Page 6 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Receptionndash Yellow

Reception Yellow have had a very busy half term

We have been exploring the topic lsquoBearsrsquo and have taken part in lots of fun activities

When talking about lsquoSpecial Thingsrsquo in RE some

of us chose to bring in teddy bears

Citizenship Week

During citizenship week we learnt about our five basic rights We had to think about what

makes a good shelter and then use a range of materials to make a shelter that would keep us

warm dry and safe We were really good at cooperating

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

We also learnt a bit about British culture and traditions by taking part in a traditional country

dance and baking traditional English scones We ate them with strawberry jam and they were

delicious

ldquoThe leaves are

crunchyrdquo

Asad

We read lsquoWersquore Going on a Bear Huntrsquo

by Michael Rosen and took part in a

sensory trail We had to describe the

texture of the different materials

and we got a bit messy

ldquoI hug my bear at night

when I go to sleeprdquo

Vallen

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 7

YEAR 1

This term has again been filled

with many different activities

which has helped year 1rsquos learning

further

In English Year 1 focused on the

story of lsquoThe Snail and the Whalersquo

which is about the amazing sailing

journey of a snail and a whale Link-

ing this to Art the children used

pastels to create scenes from the

story to write different facts

about snails and whales

In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as

recognising different patterns in numbers

Linking this to Maths and Science Year 1 used different materials to create 3D fos-

sils of dinosaurs this fantastic work is currently on display outside the Year 1 class-

room for all to see

Citizenship Fortnight provided the opportunity to have fun cooking the children

cooked African Banana Cake which was delicious They also took part in a Lego work-

shop creating a Lego City Year 1 named the city as the Colourful City as the town

was full of different buildings of different colours We hope you all have a good break

and the children a well-deserved break ready for next half term

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 8

Year 2

During Citizenship Week Year 2 has learnt about a range of foods to demonstrate that UK

is a diverse country We learnt how to cook Chinese stir fry and British apple crumble Both

the items were yummy We also had fun with the lego workshop where we built different

buildings of a town

Throughout our school we have cele-

brated Citizenship Week from Janu-

ary 25th until February 5th 2016 As a

class we made banners on the topic

ldquoGender Equalityrdquo and why it is im-

portant that both males and females

are treated equal

In our English lessons we have been learning how to write persuasive text and as a result we have written persua-

sive posters on ldquoJOBS FOR WOMEN AND MENrdquo As a class we have debated the topic that different genders

should be able to do the same jobs

This term in Science we have been learning about Magnets and Forces A force is a pull or push action on an object A Force can also make an object start or stop In one of our lessons we did freeze frames to show push and pull forces

Year 3

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 5: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Page 5 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

NURSERY

Nursery have had fun learning about the car rescue

service

We have been making models of cars from boxes We learned how to make them strong by

filling them with newspaper and covering the joins with paper and glue We added wipers and

lights

We made a garage for our cars out of Duplo The car had to fit inside

We are role playing working in

a garage and fixing our cars

This term we have been learning about bears

Our favourite book so far has been lsquoWersquore Going

on a Bear Huntrsquo We loved acting out the story

as a whole class We each contributed to our

display that helps us to remember the sequence

of the story and wrote labels for it

We have also been enjoying the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears In our maths lessons we have been

exploring the capacity and weight of porridge oats in different bowls

We loved making and tasting the

porridge in our cooking lesson too

ReceptionmdashBlue

Ranveer This bowl is empty I

need some more

Dev I can help you

Ranveer Itrsquos full now

Bilal Yum this is delicious Itrsquos

so tasty and sweet

Kabeer Huzaifah Asjad

Vanessa Prithamdeep

Page 6 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Receptionndash Yellow

Reception Yellow have had a very busy half term

We have been exploring the topic lsquoBearsrsquo and have taken part in lots of fun activities

When talking about lsquoSpecial Thingsrsquo in RE some

of us chose to bring in teddy bears

Citizenship Week

During citizenship week we learnt about our five basic rights We had to think about what

makes a good shelter and then use a range of materials to make a shelter that would keep us

warm dry and safe We were really good at cooperating

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

We also learnt a bit about British culture and traditions by taking part in a traditional country

dance and baking traditional English scones We ate them with strawberry jam and they were

delicious

ldquoThe leaves are

crunchyrdquo

Asad

We read lsquoWersquore Going on a Bear Huntrsquo

by Michael Rosen and took part in a

sensory trail We had to describe the

texture of the different materials

and we got a bit messy

ldquoI hug my bear at night

when I go to sleeprdquo

Vallen

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 7

YEAR 1

This term has again been filled

with many different activities

which has helped year 1rsquos learning

further

In English Year 1 focused on the

story of lsquoThe Snail and the Whalersquo

which is about the amazing sailing

journey of a snail and a whale Link-

ing this to Art the children used

pastels to create scenes from the

story to write different facts

about snails and whales

In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as

recognising different patterns in numbers

Linking this to Maths and Science Year 1 used different materials to create 3D fos-

sils of dinosaurs this fantastic work is currently on display outside the Year 1 class-

room for all to see

Citizenship Fortnight provided the opportunity to have fun cooking the children

cooked African Banana Cake which was delicious They also took part in a Lego work-

shop creating a Lego City Year 1 named the city as the Colourful City as the town

was full of different buildings of different colours We hope you all have a good break

and the children a well-deserved break ready for next half term

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 8

Year 2

During Citizenship Week Year 2 has learnt about a range of foods to demonstrate that UK

is a diverse country We learnt how to cook Chinese stir fry and British apple crumble Both

the items were yummy We also had fun with the lego workshop where we built different

buildings of a town

Throughout our school we have cele-

brated Citizenship Week from Janu-

ary 25th until February 5th 2016 As a

class we made banners on the topic

ldquoGender Equalityrdquo and why it is im-

portant that both males and females

are treated equal

In our English lessons we have been learning how to write persuasive text and as a result we have written persua-

sive posters on ldquoJOBS FOR WOMEN AND MENrdquo As a class we have debated the topic that different genders

should be able to do the same jobs

This term in Science we have been learning about Magnets and Forces A force is a pull or push action on an object A Force can also make an object start or stop In one of our lessons we did freeze frames to show push and pull forces

Year 3

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 6: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Page 6 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

Receptionndash Yellow

Reception Yellow have had a very busy half term

We have been exploring the topic lsquoBearsrsquo and have taken part in lots of fun activities

When talking about lsquoSpecial Thingsrsquo in RE some

of us chose to bring in teddy bears

Citizenship Week

During citizenship week we learnt about our five basic rights We had to think about what

makes a good shelter and then use a range of materials to make a shelter that would keep us

warm dry and safe We were really good at cooperating

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

We also learnt a bit about British culture and traditions by taking part in a traditional country

dance and baking traditional English scones We ate them with strawberry jam and they were

delicious

ldquoThe leaves are

crunchyrdquo

Asad

We read lsquoWersquore Going on a Bear Huntrsquo

by Michael Rosen and took part in a

sensory trail We had to describe the

texture of the different materials

and we got a bit messy

ldquoI hug my bear at night

when I go to sleeprdquo

Vallen

Our 5 Basic Rights

Food

Water

Home

Family

Play

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 7

YEAR 1

This term has again been filled

with many different activities

which has helped year 1rsquos learning

further

In English Year 1 focused on the

story of lsquoThe Snail and the Whalersquo

which is about the amazing sailing

journey of a snail and a whale Link-

ing this to Art the children used

pastels to create scenes from the

story to write different facts

about snails and whales

In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as

recognising different patterns in numbers

Linking this to Maths and Science Year 1 used different materials to create 3D fos-

sils of dinosaurs this fantastic work is currently on display outside the Year 1 class-

room for all to see

Citizenship Fortnight provided the opportunity to have fun cooking the children

cooked African Banana Cake which was delicious They also took part in a Lego work-

shop creating a Lego City Year 1 named the city as the Colourful City as the town

was full of different buildings of different colours We hope you all have a good break

and the children a well-deserved break ready for next half term

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 8

Year 2

During Citizenship Week Year 2 has learnt about a range of foods to demonstrate that UK

is a diverse country We learnt how to cook Chinese stir fry and British apple crumble Both

the items were yummy We also had fun with the lego workshop where we built different

buildings of a town

Throughout our school we have cele-

brated Citizenship Week from Janu-

ary 25th until February 5th 2016 As a

class we made banners on the topic

ldquoGender Equalityrdquo and why it is im-

portant that both males and females

are treated equal

In our English lessons we have been learning how to write persuasive text and as a result we have written persua-

sive posters on ldquoJOBS FOR WOMEN AND MENrdquo As a class we have debated the topic that different genders

should be able to do the same jobs

This term in Science we have been learning about Magnets and Forces A force is a pull or push action on an object A Force can also make an object start or stop In one of our lessons we did freeze frames to show push and pull forces

Year 3

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 7: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 7

YEAR 1

This term has again been filled

with many different activities

which has helped year 1rsquos learning

further

In English Year 1 focused on the

story of lsquoThe Snail and the Whalersquo

which is about the amazing sailing

journey of a snail and a whale Link-

ing this to Art the children used

pastels to create scenes from the

story to write different facts

about snails and whales

In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as

recognising different patterns in numbers

Linking this to Maths and Science Year 1 used different materials to create 3D fos-

sils of dinosaurs this fantastic work is currently on display outside the Year 1 class-

room for all to see

Citizenship Fortnight provided the opportunity to have fun cooking the children

cooked African Banana Cake which was delicious They also took part in a Lego work-

shop creating a Lego City Year 1 named the city as the Colourful City as the town

was full of different buildings of different colours We hope you all have a good break

and the children a well-deserved break ready for next half term

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 8

Year 2

During Citizenship Week Year 2 has learnt about a range of foods to demonstrate that UK

is a diverse country We learnt how to cook Chinese stir fry and British apple crumble Both

the items were yummy We also had fun with the lego workshop where we built different

buildings of a town

Throughout our school we have cele-

brated Citizenship Week from Janu-

ary 25th until February 5th 2016 As a

class we made banners on the topic

ldquoGender Equalityrdquo and why it is im-

portant that both males and females

are treated equal

In our English lessons we have been learning how to write persuasive text and as a result we have written persua-

sive posters on ldquoJOBS FOR WOMEN AND MENrdquo As a class we have debated the topic that different genders

should be able to do the same jobs

This term in Science we have been learning about Magnets and Forces A force is a pull or push action on an object A Force can also make an object start or stop In one of our lessons we did freeze frames to show push and pull forces

Year 3

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 8: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 8

Year 2

During Citizenship Week Year 2 has learnt about a range of foods to demonstrate that UK

is a diverse country We learnt how to cook Chinese stir fry and British apple crumble Both

the items were yummy We also had fun with the lego workshop where we built different

buildings of a town

Throughout our school we have cele-

brated Citizenship Week from Janu-

ary 25th until February 5th 2016 As a

class we made banners on the topic

ldquoGender Equalityrdquo and why it is im-

portant that both males and females

are treated equal

In our English lessons we have been learning how to write persuasive text and as a result we have written persua-

sive posters on ldquoJOBS FOR WOMEN AND MENrdquo As a class we have debated the topic that different genders

should be able to do the same jobs

This term in Science we have been learning about Magnets and Forces A force is a pull or push action on an object A Force can also make an object start or stop In one of our lessons we did freeze frames to show push and pull forces

Year 3

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 9: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Year 4

Page 9 Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016

We covered a lot this term specially worked hard at our Assembly based on Chinese New Year We found

that it is the year of the monkey Here is the poem from Mushfik which you might enjoy very much

Look at the dragonrsquos dance

Yoursquoll have a great chance

To see whatrsquos inside

With your exhausted throat which is dried

Look at the way they move

Yoursquoll get use to the groove

Keep your confidence up

In case you have breakup

Itrsquos the year of the monkey

Silly as a donkey

This year therersquos bad luck

That doesnrsquot mean you should stop eating delicious duck

ldquoKhung hai fat choyrdquo

Says the little boy

With his toy

Whorsquos name is Loy

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Remember not to waste any precious tears

By Mushfik

We have realised that we have some upcoming poets in our midst

For our Citizenship week we discussed about gender equality and learnt that menwomen should have equal

rights and opportunities

We did wonderful posters based on different types of jobs men and women can do around us We found that

both genders work equally hard and do the jobs very well At home men should definitely help with child car-

ing cooking cleaning and washing

Our debate was based on whether single or mixed gender school is appropriate for us Most of us pre-

ferred mixed gender school

Science was based on sound and found that sound travels under water when we went swimming Sound also

travels in the air and in solids

Our English Book lsquoKrindle Kraxrsquo which we studied was excellent we linked it mostly to our lsquoAnti bullyingrsquo top-

icsrsquo Mathematics was based on measurements Did you know that we measure everything from the time we

get up until we go to sleep Do you know the different things that we measure

Rabia

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 10: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 10

Year 5

During this term Year 5 undertook many fun and exciting activities

In English we have been reading a new book called lsquoVarjak Pawrsquo This amazing book contains lot of action

description and interesting dialogues Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten He lives high up in an old

house on a hill Hes never left home but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret mar-

tial art for cats Varjak must use lsquoThe Wayrsquo to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs cat gangs and

strangest of all the mysterious lsquovanishingsrsquo

In Mathematics we studied fractions Did you know that a fraction is a part of a whole We learnt how

to find equivalent fractions how to order them in correct way and how to add and subtract fractions

with different denominators I need to admit that it was quite challenging but fun at the same time I

feel much more confident now

In Computing Mr Bocian introduced us a new website called LGFL (London Grid for Learning) This web-

site is designed for blogging Everyone had a go at to writing their own blog entry such as persuasive

speeches and significant woman fact files What is more we were able to post different comments on

each otherrsquos work It was very entertaining

In RE we studied the new religion called Sikhism In the first lesson we learnt how Sikhism was created

and where it originated from Then we learnt the key beliefs of Sikhism These beliefs are there to

guide a Sikh how to live a good life Our last lesson (so far) was about the 10 Gurus of Sikhism We had

to identify each Guru with a given fact

This term our topic in History was Vikings We learnt

how the Vikings invaded Britain They came to attack

Britain by sea in long fast ships called lsquoDragon shipsrsquo A

dragon ship had space for 50-60 men The Vikings set-

tled in Britain for nearly 300 years and changed our lives

During Citizenship Week Year 5 researched important

information about lsquoHolocaustrsquo and created a PowerPoint

presentation about the UN Convention of Rights We fo-

cused on Article 2 (All children have rights no matter

who they are where they live what their parents do

what language they speak what their religion is) and Article 13 (Every

child must be free to say what they think and to seek and receive all

kinds of information as long as it is within the law)

Here are some pictures of activities we took part in this term

by Jessica

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 11: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 11

Year 6 This half-term Year 6 has been very busy During Citizenship Fort-

night we took part in a wide range of fun activities and workshops

where we learnt many new skills We took part in a Shakespeare

workshop with Year 5 during which we learnt all about the play

lsquoTwelfth Nightrsquo Some of us had the opportunity to perform in the

play (Eklavya made a wonderful Malvolio) and then we all worked in

small groups to develop our acting skills We also participated in a

workshop called the lsquoWE

Dayrsquo In this workshop we

discussed what we can do as

community to make positive

changes to help others Our

school councillors are now

going to work hard to put

some of these ideas into practice Some actors also visit-

ed the school to perform a play called lsquoSticks and Stonesrsquo

in which we learnt about the different types of bullying

and how we can work together to put a stop to it Finally

Year 6 took part in a Transport for London workshop

about how to keep safe on public transport

Our focus for Citizenship Week was lsquoGender

Equalityrsquo We enjoyed learning about the history

of womenrsquos rights in our country and how things

have gradually improved over time We also learnt

about the womenrsquos suffrage movement and how

many women including Emmeline Pankhurst pro-

tested and sacrificed a lot in order to get women

the right to vote in our country We have been

working hard to produce our own PowerPoint

presentations about gender equality in education

and freedom of speech The past two weeks have

really made us think about gender stereotypes and

how we all have a part to play in ensuring true

equality for boys and girls

By Malaika and Sabrina

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 12: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 12

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

Dolphin Class

Starfish Class

This half term Dolphin Class has started the ARP-

BUCKS Cafe We are lucky to have a fantastic bread

maker and coffee machine to develop our cooking and

life skills We sell the black coffee and delicious school

baked cakes It was nice to see adults from Beacons-

field Primary School coming to our cafeacute and enjoying

the slice of cake and coffee We enjoyed doing differ-

ent jobs like being barista waiter or waitress cooking

stuff and cashier

If you havenrsquot been to ARPBUCKS yet please come eve-

ry Thursday between 1030 and 1130 do Dolphin Class

All welcome

We went out for historical walks to learn

more about local history Our first visit was

to Manor House in Southall and two weeks

later we went for a walk along the Grand Un-

ion Canal to find out what was the purpose of

it We know now that it was built to improve

the communication between Birmingham

and London There was plenty to see

along the way

Starfish Class have been very busy

learning about plants We labelled the

parts of a plant and planted some

grass seeds to make grass heads We

also got creative and made some leaf

print patterns

In history we have been

learning about the Great

Fire of London We enjoyed

making a display of the

houses in Pudding Lane and how they caught fire We also

learned about Samuel Pepys and the role of the Fire Ser-

vice

We also enjoyed reading the Bear Ht Story We all partici-

pated in a sensory story with pretend snow and porridge

oats Have a happy and safe holiday

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 13: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

School Meals

All meals are cooked from lsquofreshrsquo

on ndashsite each day We grow many

of our vegetable and salad items

on site

Meals are provided by ldquoHarrisons

Cateringrsquorsquo The Menu has hot items

daily along with the salad bar op-

tion

There is a choice of either lsquohalalrsquo or

lsquonon-halalrsquo meats everyday (Mon-

Thur) in addition to the daily vege-

tarian option and a vegetarian op-

tion only on Friday

Free School Meals

All Pupils in Reception Year 1 and Year 2 are enti-

tled a ldquoschool lunchrsquorsquo each day If you have not reg-

istered for this please take a form from the school

office This saves you pound437 a year

Pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 may be entitled to lsquoFree

School Mealsrsquo if you receive certain benefits or job

seekers allowance Please enquire at the school of-

fice

For every successful free meal application the

school receives up to pound1400 of extra funding that we

can use to help and support learning for pupils

There is no harm in completing an application form

and potentially many benefits for all pupils

Please apply for lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo today

Uniform All pupils are expected to wear the full and correct uniform at all times Our uniform includes lsquoblack shoesrsquo for all boys and girls (NOT trainers and NOT boots) As it is now winter it is espe-cially important to ensure that extra items such as hats gloves scarves coats all have a lsquoclearly written namersquo on each item

School InformationProcedures

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 13

Lost Property

The lsquoLost Property Boxrsquo is locat-

ed near the exit door to the

playground at the lsquo nursery

endrsquo of the building

Please do check for any miss-

ing and lost items as we have to

clear the box regularly

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 14: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Our ldquoStay and Playrdquo toddler group runs 5 days a week from 900-1100am in the dining room Please pop along for a cup of tea and some fun activities for young toddlers All afternoon nursery children are also welcome to come along This is an opportunity for you to play with your child and support their early learning skills

All parents must stay during these sessions as parents remain responsible for

their children

Page 14 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Packed Lunch

If your child is having a packed lunch we expect this to be a healthy lunch Items such as crisps biscuits and small choco-late bar etc can be included on a Friday only (as a treat) Pupils must bring their packed lunch to school with them in the morning at the start of the school day Pupils who forget their lunch will be given a school meal and you will be charged pound230

Activities include free play sand play music making arts and crafts Every week we have singing and story time with fruit biscuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents We do ask for a 50p contribution each session to help with costs of snacks tea amp coffee and to update and replace toys and games

lsquoStay and Playrsquo Toddler Group

The 50p contribution towards costs is im-

portant to help us in maintaining quality

equipment for the lsquoStay and Play grouprsquo

School Dinner Costs

Meals cost pound230 per day (pound1150

per week)

The cost for the next half ndashterm is

pound5290 (23 days)

All meals need to be paid for in

advance

Payments should be made via

Phone 020 8280 0318

or

Webndash wwwealingmealscom

Cash payment for meals via the

drop-box will soon end Please

use the website or phone number

for payments

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 15: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Page 15 Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club runs every morning that school is open

starting at 745am in the school dining room We do

have some places available in breakfast club

(Registration forms from the office)

The cost for the breakfast club for the next half term is

The lsquopre-pay discount is only for payments made

in full before 29th February 2016

There is a large discount available for pupils enti-

tled to lsquoFree School Mealsrsquo Application forms for

FSM and Breakfast Club can be collected from

the school office

Daily Weekly Half- Term (paid in advance till 24032016)

Child Eligible for Free School Meals

50p

pound250

pound1035

Child not Eligible for Free School Meals

pound120

pound600

pound2485 (includes pre-pay dis-count of pound275

E-Safety Tips

E-Safety Tip

Wide search engines can often gernerate inappro-priate content Here are some child-friendly search engines to keep you safer when using the internet wwwkidrexorg wwwsafesearchkidscom wwwaskkidscom wwwkidsclickorg

Did you know

Most games consoles (Xbox PS4 etc) allow

your child to access the internet and cha-

trooms

Always supervise your children when they

are using any devices with internet access

Discuss lsquoE-safetyrsquo and lsquoCyber-Bullyingrsquo

with your children regularly

All lsquoFacebookrsquo users should be aged

over 13 That means that no primary

school pupils should have Facebook

accounts

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 16: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 16

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance at school is the key to achieving excellent learning results Pupils cannot learn effectively if they con-

tinue to miss school days We expect all pupils to attend school for a minimum of 96 of all sessions This allows enough time for the usual coughs colds fevers etc that all pupils will have from time to time

Attendance is monitored by the school on a daily weekly and half-termly basis If attendance is below 96 or there are lsquounauthorised absencesrsquo you should expect to receive letters phone calls and even a visit from the LA

attendance officer The Local Authority (LA) does issue pound120 fines for non-attendance

If your child is absent due to illnesssickness we ask that you phone the school by

945am to leave a message using lsquoOption 1rsquo of the answering machine and providing

Your childrsquos name

Your childrsquos class

Reason for absence

When your child returns to school you will need to provide the school office

with a written note explaining the reason for the absence (Please note A written

note is required even if you have phoned the office)

Punctuality

The school day starts at 850am Pupils are late if they are not in their class line at this time We expect that

pupils will be in the playground by 845am to avoid being late

In January we will be conducting some lsquogate checksrsquo at 850am and recording as lsquorsquolatersquorsquo all pupils who enter the

school grounds after 850am

Attendance Rewards and Prizes

We always want to lsquoencouragersquo and lsquorewardrsquo pupils who maintain excellent attendance

levels In addition to our termly lsquoBike Rafflersquo we have had our lsquorsquo100rsquorsquo Draw where pupils who achieve 100 attendance for a term are able to enter a draw for a pound20 gift voucher

From January we are going to start the lsquorsquo96rsquorsquo Club as a group reward available to every pupil who keeps their attendance above 96 for the term Unlike our other rewards which

require a drawing system to get a winner the 96 Club will reward every single pupil who

achieves attendance above this level We would hope to achieve over 170 winners of this

award by the end of March

Leave During Term Time

Please be aware that there is no automatic right for leave from school The Department for Education (DFE)

has instructed schools that leave may only be granted in lsquorsquoexceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo

We do expect that all leave holidays are taken during 13 weeks of the year when school is closed Any re-

quests for leave must be made in advance using the school leave form

ldquoExceptional circumstancesrsquorsquo does not include holidays attending weddings cheap flights religious festivals

visiting sick relatives engagements or grandparent requests to see children Reasons such as these will not be

authorised This kind of absence will be referred to the local authority for issuing fines and possible prosecu-

tions

Sadly because there have been instances where families have lied to the school about deaths in a family we

now have to ask for evidence to support such leave requests

All parentcarers need to be aware that taking ldquounauthorised leaversquorsquo is an offence under section 444 of the

Education Act (1996) Such an offence can be subject to prosecution or liable for a penalty notice (pound120 per

child)

Pupils who take unauthorised leave may be removed from the school and will have to re-apply to Ealing Admis-

sions upon return to the UK During the last half-term we have removed pupils from the school roll for unauthor-

ised absence

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 17: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 17

Date Event

Friday 12th February 2016 School closes for end of 1st half Spring term

Monday 15th February 2016 Construction begins for new building

(continues until November 2016)

Monday 22nd February 2016 INSET Dayndash School closed for pupils

(Beaconsfield Road Entrance only)

Tuesday 23rd February 2016 Pupils return for 2nd half of Spring Term

Thursday 25th February 2016 Year 1 Class Assembly

Tuesday 1st March 2016 St Davidrsquos DaymdashNational Day in Wales

(Assembly Topic)

Tuesday 1st March 2016 Reception amp Yr 6 ndash Height amp Weight Screening

Thursday 3rd March 2016 World ldquoBook Dayrdquo ActivitiesCelebration

(Assembly Topic)

Friday 4th March 2016 ldquoClean-Up for the Queenrdquo Event

Monday 7th March 2016 Start of ldquoBook Weekrdquo

Tuesday 8th March 2016 International Womenrsquos Day

(Assembly Topic)

Wednesday 9th March 2016 WE day at Wembley

Thursday 10th March 2016 Book Week Sharing Assembly

Monday 14th March 2016 Assessment MeetingCoffee Morning

For parentscarers

Thursday 17th March 2016 Year 3 Class Assembly

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 Attendance 96 Club-Reward Event

Thursday 24th March 2016 Year 2 ldquoEasterrdquo Assembly

at 130pm

Thursday 24th March 2016 Attendance Rewards Assembly

Thursday 24th March 2016 School Closes for end of Spring Term

Monday 11th April 2016 Pupils return for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April 2016 Class group photos (date to be confirmed)

Monday 2nd May 2016 MAY DAY Bank Holidayndash School Closed

Monday 9th May 2016 Key Stage 2 SATrsquos Tests Start

Dates Assemblies Celebrations

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 18: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43mdashFebruary 2016

Below are our approved school holiday dates through until March 2017 Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Page 18

1

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April 2016

Friday 27th May 2016

BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 2nd May 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016-

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tuesday 7th June 2016-

Thursday 14th July 2016

INSET DAYmdashMonday 6th June

2016

2

Autumn Term 2016

Monday 12th September 2016

Friday 21st October 2016

INSET DAYS

Thursday 8th September 2016

Friday 9th September 2016

Half Term

Monday 24th October 2016-

Friday 28th October 2016

Tuesday 1st November 2016ndash

Wednesday 21st December 2016

INSET DAY

Monday 31st October 2016

3

Spring Term 2017

Wednesday 4th January 2017mdash

Friday 10th February 2017

Half Term

Monday 13th FebruarymdashFriday

17th February 2017

Monday 20th February 2017ndash

Friday 31st March 2017

INSET DAYmdashTuesday 3rd Jan-

uary 2017

4

Summer Term 2017

Tuesday 18th April 2017-

Friday 26th May 2017

May Day Bank Holiday ndash1st May

2017

Half Term

Monday 29th May -

Friday 2nd June 2017

Tuesday 6th June 2017-

Tuesday 18th July 2017

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016

Page 19: Belief, Perseverance, Success - Beaconsfield Primary · about snails and whales. In maths the children have been learning about different 2D and 3D shapes as well as recognising different

Newsletter No 43 mdash February 2016 Page 19

CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Miss Sana Mohammed

Reception Yellow Mrs Philippa Stubbs (SLT Member)

Miss Kayleigh Morrissey Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Reception Blue Miss Rosa Sanders Ms Vicklin Chase Mrs Kulwinder Singh (Rec float TA)

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi (SLT Member) Ms Asha Jassi (Additional Teacher)

Mrs Bhupinder Bhachu

Year 2 Mrs Punam Sharma (Lower Phase Leader)

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mr Anthony Chambers Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Ms Suad Jama Mrs Zakira Haling (SEN Pupil Support)

Year 5 Mr Jakub Bocian Mrs Devi Bhachu (Mon-Thurs) Suman Mohan (Friday)

Year 6 Mrs Helen Tonge (Upper Phase Leader)

Mrs Amrit Grewal

Starfish Class (Reception KS1)

Ms Carol Sparks Mrs Shaheen Bhatti (Mon-Thurs) Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur Mrs Iqra Shafique (Friday) Ms Natasha Orsquo Connor

Dolphin Class (KS2)

Ms Tanya Lefort (ARP Leader)

Mr David Nermut Mrs Surinder Panesar

Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher) - InclusionSENCO Mrs Seema Pun - SEN Support Teacher (PT)

Mrs Smita Moezzimdash(lsquoNumbers Counts Teacherrsquo + SLT Member)

Additional Support Staff Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Suman Mohan -Senior Teaching Assistant Mrs Fouzia Butt - Play Worker (Creche) + Lunchtime Play Leader

Miss Rachel Saunders - EYFS Float Teaching Assistant Miss Keeley Ward (Apprentice) Miss Zina Revesz (Apprentice)

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill - School Business Manager

Mrs J Johal - School Administrator

Mrs R Sandhu - Administrative Assistant

Site Manager

Mr D BurmanmdashSite amp Activities Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF LIST 20152016