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Primary Newsletter

18 September 2020

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Important Reminders• If any of your details have changed e.g. your address or phone number

– please ensure you contact the office to inform us, so that we can update our records and contact you in case of an emergency.

• We ask that you avoid visiting the office, please either make an appointment, email or call instead to discuss the matter.

• Please ensure your child attends school every day and on time. If your child is sick or showing any of signs of Covid 19 then you must call the office to let us know by 8.15am. If your child has a medical appointment you must let us know in advance.

Safeguarding ChildrenAs part of their curriculum, the children learn how to keep themselves safe. The following website has been set up by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to offer parents and schools advice on how to raise safeguarding awareness with children. There is a notable section called ‘The Underwear Rule’ which is of particular support and guidance to parents. The website also offers advice regarding ‘online safety’ and how to obtain support or advice regarding the safeguarding of children.

www.nspcc.org.uk

Uniform Information & School Uniform PurchasesThe Primary uniform can be purchased through the Khalsa Schoolwear website or can be bought at Khalsa Schoolwear shop in Bethnal Green. To save on the cost of delivery charges, Khalsa Schoolwear does a school delivery once every month. You can find further details of the delivery dates on their website or you can ask the reception office staff.

• We expect every child to be in full uniform every day with their top button done up and wearing their tie

• All coats must be plain black• Shoes must be plain black – no trainers, plimsolls or boots! • Please label every item of clothing• One pair of plain stud earrings can be worn• Nail polish is not allowed• Jewellery is not permitted• Long hair for both boys and girls must be tied back. Hair decorations must be small

and plain and match the school uniform

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Firstly, thank you to all our parents and carers for supporting us this week with the drop off and picks up times, it has certainly been much smoother and great to have received such positive feedback from you about the changes that have bene put in place to help keep us all safe.

With the news of Covid 19 cases rises in Redbridge it is of paramount importance that everyone does their bit to helping keep socially distanced and supporting the whole school community at this time. As you will have read from the letter sent out on Monday, we sadly had to send some pupils and staff home following a positive test result. Our thoughts have been with the member of staff at this time, wishing them a speedy recovery and also to welcoming the children back to school soon.

If a member of your household tests positive it is very important that you inform the school and keep all children in family at home for 14 days. If you had Covid like symptoms and received a negative test result, you and your children are able to return to normal once you feel well again. You only need to have a test if you are experiencing Covid symptoms, please follow the government guidance if you are unsure.

From Tam Broadway – Primary Headteacher

COVER PHOTO: Reception classes having fun at lunchtime!

Covid 19 symptoms:• a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or

back (you do not need to measure your temperature)

• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)

• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

If your child has any of the listed systems above, please let the office know and they will support you with what to do.


Day to Day Enquiries If you have any questions e.g. to check when your child has PE and needs their kit, you can send any enquiries to your child’s year team via the info@ address on the home learning page.

So for example if your child is in Year 6 you will need to visit the Home Learning page where you find the email addresses listed which will look like: [email protected]. The teachers will aim to answer your questions as speedily as possible.

Notices

Breakfast and Afterschool ClubEvery parent has details and a password, which will enable you to book a place for Breakfast Club or After School Club.

Payments must be made in advance. If you experience any problems, please contact Ms Chaggar who will be happy to help.

Breakfast is available each day from 7.45am and costs just £2.50 per day. The children enjoy a range of cereals, toast and different topping, juice or milk and fruit. Any child attending must be brought to the main reception area by 8.20am at the latest.

After School Club runs from 3.45pm – 6.00pm (3.00pm – 6.00pm on Tuesdays) and costs just £5.50 per hour. The children enjoy a range of snacks each evening and a variety of games and activities.


Start and End Times of the Day

Please help everyone by only being at school for the allocated times, it can mean longer waiting times if you or your child are arriving too early.

Year Group Start Time Finish Time

(via the playground)

Tuesday Finish Time

(via the playground)Reception 8.55am

(via the usual school entrance)3.25pm 2.30pm

Year 1 8.25am(via the usual school entrance)

3.25pm 2.30pm

Year 2 8.35am(via the usual school entrance)

3.35pm 2.40pm

Year 3 8.45am(via the usual school entrance

3.45pm 2.50pm

Year 4 8.35am(via the High Road entrance)

3.45pm 2.50pm


3.55pm 3.00pm


3.35pm 2.40pm

School PhotographerThe school photographer will be in next week on Monday 21st September, taking individual pupil photos and siblings, which will then be available for you to purchase. Further details on how to purchase these will be sent in due course. Please ensure that your child is in their full uniform and looking extremely smart!We will arrange a separate date for Year 1 pupils.


This guidance for educational settings indicates who can get a test, local test sites, and how to book your test. It is vital that educational settings only recommend children to get a test if they develop coronavirus symptoms. These are:

• a high temperature • a new, continuous cough • a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste

Should children require a test there are two local testing sites, as well as those situated in our neighbouring boroughs.

• Mildmay Road Car Park, open 8am-8pm 7 days a week. • A Mobile Testing Unit routinely visits Gants Hill. The next dates are 15, 18, 21,

24, 26 and 30 September.

All test sites are government run and appointment only. They can be booked through the online national system.

Book your test here: https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test. If you are a member of staff you are an essential worker and can indicate that when booking. This will prioritise your appointment. onlinedoctor.lloydspharmacy.com/coronavirus/test

Accessing coronavirus tests for schools


Dear Parents and Carers,

This year to increase the children’s interest and intrigue in their times tables, INAP will be having a Times Table Championship. Each class from Year 2 to Year 6 will compete against one another in a head-to-head with the overall winners, winning the inaugural INAP Times Table Championship trophy. Over the course of the competition, each class will play each other twice and points accrued by answering times tables correctly. Any platform can be used to access the website and earn the children points, be it studio, garage, arena, festival, soundcheck or rockslam.

To ensure fairness, Year 2 pupils will only be allocated and expected to answer questions on the times tables that they are expected to know from the National Curriculum, this will apply to each year group to ensure that matches are fair. Each match will last one week, and children will be able to view their progress on the Times Table Rockstars website. As there are 15 classes involved in the competition, on some weeks your child’s class will not be involved but please ensure you are aware of when they are expected to compete to avoid any disappointment.

Three points will be awarded for a win and in the unlikely event of a draw one point will be allocated. If at the end of the season teams are level on points, points difference will separate the classes. Your child will be given a username and a login by the teachers in the coming few weeks to enable them to access the website. If you are having any issues login onto the platform, please can you tell your class teacher and we will try and sort any technical difficulties before the competition commences.

The competition will commence on the 28th September and fixtures released in next week’s newsletter.

To access the website please follow this link:

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Let the games begin!


Class AmbassadorsEvery half term we award two children from each class the honour of being the class ambassador. Each class teacher has chosen two children from their class to represent them over the course of the half term. Their role includes helping children in the playground, welcoming visitors to their class and explaining some of their learning to them, along with helping the staff with other special jobs. A purple pin badge will be presented to the children in assembly next week which will need to be worn on their uniform every day.

Well done and congratulations to the following pupils for this half term:

Curie Class – Japatjot Kaur & Raees Ahmed Maxwell Class – Aayah Master & Raees Malik

Newton Class – Zakiyyah Ahmedabadi & Muhammad Rayaan Nasir Britten Class – Rayan Chauhan-Patel & Zahra Natha Fitzgerald Class – Diya Vitkaliskaite & Roman Tayib

Glennie Class – Zaidan Dhansay & Aisha Ali Al-Kashi Class – Malak Raggai & Manav AhmedFibonacci Class – Monira Miah & Brandon Sagar

Pythagoras Class – Raya Islam & Ahmed Syed Ellington Class – Azhan Ishaque & Mariam Shaikh

Nicks Class – Liyana Mubarak & Khalid Ahmed Shankar Class – David Bros & Jasnoor Kaur

Lovelace Class – Aamina Akram & Jashandeep Singh MehmiMirzakhani Class – Kiana Benjamin & Ryan Charles

Ramanujan Class – Sarah Master & Hanfil Mohammed Jameel Rahman Class – Musa Ali & Jaskaran Singh

Tailleferre Class – Nicholas Fertrina Jardiel & Raheema AliVivaldi Class – Dua Maisam & Adam Ismail

Cartwright Class – Kaysha Reid & Khadijah Bukhari Einstein Class – Aqeel Nazir & Raisha IslamJohnson Class – Kisa Fatima & Said Hossain


Maths with ParentsWe have continued to buy into the Maths with Parents platform again this year. Your child’s teacher will add topics that are covered in class as they teach them.

Once a topic has been added you will receive a notification. You will then be able to watch videos to help you understand the teaching of the topic in more depth as

well as play some games to support your child’s learning around the topic.

To register your child, then please visit the following website:

www.mathswithparents.comOnce you are on the main page you will need to click to ‘log in’ you will be asked

to click on the ‘new parent’ tab.

When asked for the six-digit class please add as follows and complete the registration details:

Curie 767158

Maxwell 411987

Newton 529808

Britten 179736

Fitzgerald 609482

Glennie 315368

Al-Kashi 708917

Fibonacci 965243

Pythagoras 868671

Ellington 151903

Nicks 640750

Shankar 623599If your child had an account in the previous year group and class, you will

need to register them again in their new class using the codes above.


Lovely LearningThere has been some great learning going on around the school this week. We have all be super impressed by how calm and responsive the children have been to the new routines and especially the eagerness they show in wanting to learn.

The Reception children have settled well into their new classes and have enjoyed learning new phonics sounds.


Lovely Learning in Year 6This term Year 6 have been studying light, focusing on how light travels and dif-ferent types of lights both natural and man-made. On Wednesday, Johnson class learnt about the history of the periscope. They also had the opportunity to make their own and investigate how they work.


Year 1 learning @ home


Absences immediately before or after a school holiday

If your child is absent before or after a school holiday we must see evidence for the absence. This may be medical evidence if your child is unwell, or evidence of flight delays or circumstances beyond your control. We cannot authorise any absences before or after a holiday without this evidence and you risk being issued with a penalty notice.

Music of the FortnightLudovico Einaudi

For the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about Ludovico Einaudi as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you

could gather some facts about Einaudi in preparation for the coming weeks. You can find out some facts and hear some of his music on the following links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_Einaudi

http://ludovicoeinaudi.com/discography/


Praise and RecognitionEvery week each teacher chooses two children from their class to receive a certificate in assembly; one is in recognition of a child demonstrating our BRIDGES habit of the week, and the other in recognition of a pupil’s academic effort throughout the week.Well done to the following children, who have been recognised this week:

Curie Class:

Zoha Baig – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great adaptability during learning time).Aaminah Musa – Scholar of the Week (for being a great scholar and supporting her numeracy partners learning).

Maxwell Class:

Aadam Daula – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using kind hands when playing with his peers).Zara Most Irin – Scholar of the Week (for counting and recognising numerals to 10).

Newton Class:

Abdul Ruban – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for reminding his peers to put their milk carton in the recycling bin).Nur Singh – Scholar of the Week (for independently engaging in ‘Numeracy’ activities during afternoon exploration time).

Britten Class:

Jasleen Kaur – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being resourceful and using a sound mat in phonics to help herself).Aleeza Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for excellent contributions during class discussions).

Fitzgerald Class:

Oliver Fertrina-Jardiel – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating excellent adaptability in the lunch hall, playground and classroom and consistently being a role model for other children).Pradhyun Jaganathan – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating excellent focus on Monday and producing some very high-quality learning).


Glennie Class:

Zaidan Dhansay – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for writing sentences with capital letters correctly and working so hard in all his learning).Aliza Ahmad – Scholar of the Week (for using all the learning prompts around the room to help her count in 5s).

Al-Kashi Class:

Jaiden Benu – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for adapting to the classroom routines and settling into Al-Kashi. Well done Jaiden).Abeeha Zahir – Scholar of the Week (for writing an excellent non-chronological report plan about the human body).

Fibonacci Class:

Gurnoor Kang – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for confidently adapting her behaviour to different situations).Aahil Butt – Scholar of the Week (for using mathematical vocabulary to explain the value of digits when partitioning).

Pythagoras Class:

Raya Alam – Scholar of the Week (for writing a non-chronological report using her best handwriting).Muhammed Ibrahim – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his reasoning skills to explain why some numbers are greater than others).

Ellington Class:

Khadija Jamil – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for remembering the exact features needed when writing a 5-part story).Elis Richardson – Scholar of the Week (for creating an innovative and informative 3-D dinosaur project. Well done).


Nicks Class:

Bilal Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for adapting grammatical devices in order to produce an excellent piece of creative writing).Khalid Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for listening, remembering and sharing his understanding so well in maths lessons this week).

Shankar Class:

Hong Yip – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his adaptability when approaching new routines and expectations in year 3).Alizah Bhatti – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating outstanding effort and care in all her written work).

Lovelace Class

Nobin Chowdhury – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for developing his reasoning skills within his learning).Tariq Hamed – Scholar of the Week (for making an incredible effort in his learning this week and improving his wiritng).

Mirzakhani Class:

Alexis Burvill – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing grit and determination when working on her handwriting).Jawad Imran – Scholar of the Week (for writing an amazing explanatory text on 1066).

Ramanujan Class:

Nafiu Quddus – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for excellent questioning in class and making connections between History, Art and English lessons when learning about the Bayeux Tapestry).Anna Kiseleva – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating excellent collaboration with her peers and asking for help when she needs help but also a challenge in her learning).


Rahman Class:

Navneet Mathuru – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for displaying adaptability during a few tricky situations this week).Azmain Islam – Scholar of the Week (for always pushing himself in his learning and asking lots of interesting questions).

Tailleferre Class:

Isra Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using excellent remembering and recalling key facts about her learning despite being absent from school).Maya Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for asking pertinent questions to develop her learning).

Vivaldi Class:

Aahil Mubarak – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for adapting to all the new changes to routines very quickly).Yusha Master – Scholar of the Week (for excellent knowledge on Ancient Egypt and sharing some good points with the class).

Cartwright Class:

Zaara Mubarack Ali – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing the most incredible ‘adaptability’ when faced with any new situation in class. Well done Zaara!).Hari Virdee – Scholar of the Week (for always giving things a go in class, and for ensuring that he always tries his best).

Einstein Class:

Aqeel Nazir – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using reasoning during all class discussions).Zahraa Aamani – Scholar of the Week (for her neat handwriting and presentation in all her books).

Johnson Class:

Tay Shawn – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for settling well in Year 6 life. He has been resourceful by working hard outside of the classroom and using his time wisely).Swara Kinhikar – Scholar of the Week (for working exceptionally hard in class and her attitude towards her learning has been exemplary).


BRIDGES in the Primary Phase“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”

Isaac Newton

BRIDGES are habits of mind or learning characteristics that develop a pupil's character and learning power and enable him/her to grow into a well-rounded individual and resilient learner.

There are seven BRIDGES habits that we will be working on, which will rotate on a weekly cycle throughout the year. The BRIDGES habit of the week will always be in-troduced at the beginning of the week during the Monday assembly and reinforced throughout the week across the curriculum. Each class teacher will award a certifi-cate to a pupil that they feel has demonstrated the BRIDGES focus for the week.

Each week we will update you on the BRIDGES habit that will be introduced in the coming week and offer some top tips on how to reinforce the habit at home too. Please also refer to the Primary BRIDGES wheel below.


At School • At school we encourage the pupils to make sure they play in a kind and

thoughtful way and ensure that they include others in their games. Games where ‘turn-taking’ is needed are great at helping the children to understand that everyone has fair turn.

• It is also important that the children learn how to win and lose a game graciously and show humility when they win or congratulate the winner and say well done if they lose.

• The children need to learn and understand the importance of telling the truth even when it feels uncomfortable when we have to admit that we have done something wrong. They also need to learn to take responsibility for their actions and not get into a habit of blaming others. It is important that the children have a moral sense of right and wrong.

• Each half term the class teacher chooses two ambassadors to help the pupils develop their citizenship skills and by helping with jobs in their class or at lunchtimes.

• We encourage every child to help keep the school environment clean by clearing away plates or cups after lunch or tidying up their own table place after activities in class.

At Home• Talk to your child about how they can be a good citizen within their community,

by not dropping litter etc. • Talk about what is fair and encourage your child to help out at home with tidying

their room or books away so that they develop a sense of responsibility and respect towards theirs and others’ property.

• Reinforce the message about always telling the truth and why this is important. • When you are reading stories together with your child, discuss characters, their

behaviour and moral decision and whether they are good or bad characters and why. What should the character have done instead etc.

CitizenshipCitizenshipHonestyHonesty

Justice Justice FairnessFairness

Humility Humility HumanityHumanity

Week commencing 21st September 2020

IntegrityIntegrityIntegrity comprises six dispositions:Integrity comprises six dispositions:


Autumn Term 2020Tuesday 1st September –

Friday 18th December 2020

Key Dates

Monday 21st September School Photographer

Tuesday 1st October Start of Black History Month

Tuesday 6th October INA Secondary Open Evening 5.45 – 8.30pm (Y6 – Y7)

Friday 16th October INA Primary Ark INSET Day – Primary School Closed

Friday 23rd October Multicultural Day

Friday 23rd October Break up 3.45pm

Monday 26th - Friday 30th October HALF TERM

Monday 2nd November Home and Family Week

Monday 2nd November Mathemagical Week

Wednesday 18th November INSET Day: no school for students

Friday 11th December Christmas Lunch & Christmas Jumper Day

Friday 18th December Break up 12.00pm

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