INAPrimaryNewsletter

15 April 2016

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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

Tapestry Please continue to upload and share any great learning moments with your child at home; it is important that your child’s work includes learning steps from home and school to demonstrate their understanding and development. To gain a better understanding of the Early Learning Goals they are available for you to view on the school website under the Community Tab and Parents Resources

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you al l had a fantastic break with family and friends. We have enjoyed a fun-f i l led f irst week back and the children are showing their excitement in starting their new topics and enrichment clubs this week. Topic information

sheets have been put into your child ’s book bag to help you with ideas on how to support this half term, a long with information about the topic and what wil l be covered. Reception pupils wil l be working on a topic cal led ‘Splendid Superheroes’ and Year 1 a topic about Africa.11th April.

Tam Broadway

Reception ChildrenAs part of your child’s learning and demonstrating a ‘good level of development’ for their age', they must be able to dress and undress themselves. This will also help them as they move up to Year 1 in September. This term, on Mondays, the children are expected to come to school in their normal school uniform and will need to bring their PE kit with them to change in to for their afternoon lesson. They will remain in their PE kit for the rest of the day, bringing their school uniform home in their bag. Can you please ensure that every item of clothing is clearly labelled with your child’s name. There is now a lost property box in the main reception area for any items found around the school, or for you to drop off any items that your child may have taken home by mistake.

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>>> NewsComposer of the FortnightIn recognition of Shakespeare’s 400th birthday on 23rd April, we will be listening to and learning about Felix Mendelssohn as our Composer of the Fortnight. Mendelssohn composed music for the William Shakespeare play ‘A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream’. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could gather some facts about Mendelssohn in preparation for the coming weeks. Information can also be found on the following youtube links

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dreamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqOY-02XAFk

The Best of Mendelssohnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWiCHa9DFOY

Uniform Reminders

The Primary uniform policy is on the website under the primary tab and ‘policies’.

• Weexpecteverychildtobeinfulluniformeverydaywiththeirtopbuttondoneup• Shoesmustbeplainblack–notrainers!Ifyouarenotsureaboutthetypesofshoesthatarepart ofouruniformpolicy,pleaseask!• Onepairofplainstudearringscanbeworn• Nailpolishisnotallowed• Jewelleryisnotpermitted• Longhairforbothboysandgirlsmustbetiedback.Hairdecorationsmustbesmallandplain.

Praise and Recognition

Class Ambassadors

Every 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 to welcome visitors to their class and explain 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 which will need to be worn on their uniform every day. Certificates will be given to the children who have represented their class last half term and we thank them for their work in their

role

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

Curie Class – Inaaya Muhammad & Yusuf Ahmed

Maxwell Class – Ali Haroon & Harneet Kang

Newton Class – Kareem Al Khouli & Lazzaton Lazza

Britten Class – Klaudia Peichlova & Avneet Chaggar

Fitzgerald Class – Emaan Hassan & Casian Toaca

Glennie Class – Rohan Taheem & Milan Richards

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Exciting Learning this Week

Breakfast and Afterschool Club TimesBreakfast is available each day from 7.45am and costs just £2 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.

AfterSchoolClubrunsfrom3.45pm–6.00pm(3.00pm–6.00pmonTuesdays)andcostsjust£5per hour. The children enjoy a range of snacks each evening and a variety of games and activities

PupilsinReceptionenjoyingthe‘QualityTime’enrichmentwiththeirparents!

Enjoying making masks in the ‘Arts and Crafts’ enrichment.

Year 1 making Gingerbread Men in Maths this week to practise their weighing and measuring skills.

Year 1 working in groups to practise their performance poems.

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Every week each teacher chooses two children from their class to receive a certificate in assembly, one 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: Deepshika Ravi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing Grit and not giving up on a tricky maths problem.) Kamiah Reid – Scholar of the Week (for forming an imaginative sentence using sounds and red words.)Maxwell Class:Gulle-Jannat Zahir – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating excellent listening on the carpet and avoiding distractions.)Shahed Hussain – Scholar of the Week (for trying his best and writing sentences using finger spaces.) Newton Class:Abdul Wahab – Headteacher’ Habits Award (for showing Grit during maths and concentrating on his counting.)Khadijah Ali – Scholar of the Week (for the great effort she made when writing in a speech bubble.)Britten Class:Kuljit Aytan – Headteacher’ Habits Award (for working really hard and concentrating when weighing different ingredients.)Hamza Omer – Headteacher’ Habits Award (for trying really hard in English and remembering to use punctuation correctly and neat handwriting.)Fitzgerald Class:Jeneefa Khezar – Headteacher’ Habits Award (for showing great determination and making good choices.) Zahraa Aamanee – Scholar of the Week (for great measuring whilst making gingerbread men in maths.)Glennie Class:Charan Chaggar – Headteacher’ Habits Award (for showing great patience when working in a group to rehearse a performance poem.)Hammad Siddique – Scholar of the Week (for excellent participation during discussion times with great answers.)

The following pupils have received 25 or more merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic achievement. A special ‘bronze’ certificate will be presented during the Celebration and Awards Assembly

Ceylan Warner Britten Class

Headteacher’s LunchWell done to the following pupils that have

been nominated for the Headteacher’s Lunch next week on Friday 22nd. An

invitation will be given to the children during our Celebration and Awards Assembly:

Sohana Hoque MaxwellShahed Hussain MaxwellMuhammad Aahil Mubarak NewtonKayaan Khan BrittenOsman Dean FitzgeraldCharan Chaggar GlennieGhiyas Elahi Britten

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Regular attendance is a crucial factor in students’ educational development and ability to achieve their full potential.

At Isaac Newton Academy every student is set the target of 100% attendance.

The class with the highest attendance at the end of every week is awarded the attendance trophy during Friday’s Award & Recognition assembly.

Curie 93.8%

Maxwell 93.3%

Newton 96.2%

Overall Attendance: 95.9%

Congratulations to Britten class, who are the winners for this week with 100%; what a great way to start a new term! Can they keep it going?

National average attendance for primary schools is 96.1%

It is important that the children attend school every day and do not miss any learning. Thank you for your support in ensuring your child is at school every day. We always strive for 100%.

Britten 100%

Fitzgerald 95.2%

Glennie 96.7%

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"We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” Isaac Newton BRIDGES are habits of mind or learning characteristics that develop a pupil's character and learning power and enable him/her to grow into a well-rounded individual and resilient learner.

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

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

Week commencing 18th April –Emotional Intelligence At School:

• Atschoolwealwaysremindthechildrentotreatothersinthewaythattheywouldliketobe treated in return. • Wetalkabouthavinggoodlisteningskillsandthatwemustlookatthepersonwhoistalking to us to show respect for them, demonstrating that we are listening to them properly.• Duringeverylessonthechildrenareencouragedtodeveloptheirsociabilitybytalkingto their talk partner. When some children find this hard to do, an adult will sit and help facilitatepairedtalk.Duringthecourseoftheyearthechildrenwillbemovedaroundand willbeencouragedtohavedifferentreadingpartners,mathspartnersetc.• Wediscusstheimportanceofworkingtogetherasonebigteamorfamilyatschoolandthat weneedtotakecareofeverybody–weusethephrase‘kindhands,kindfeet’toremind children that we do not hurt others.• Whenachildhurtssomeoneormakesapoorbehaviourchoice,itisimportantthatthey reflectontheirbehaviourand,ifanotherpersonisinvolved,thatthey apologise to them.• Throughwiderreadingandresearch,thechildrenareabletoextendtheirunderstandingof theworldaroundthem,reflectingonwhatmakesthingsdifferentandwhatarethe common threads through life. • Thoughreadingstoriesthechildrencandeveloptheirskillsofempathythroughtheir comprehensionofthecharacters,theirmotivationsetc.

At Home:

Havingconsistentboundariesathomeandschoolisveryimportant.Talktoyourchildabouttheimportanceofnothurtingorhittingotherchildrenandthatweneedtotreateveryonekindlyandrespectfully.Weknowthatyouhaveequallyhighexpectationsofyourchildathomeaswedoatschool and working in partnership has great strength in supporting your child to make good choices each day.

Tam Broadway, Head of Primary

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Key Dates for the Summer Term 2016: Primary

Future Key Dates for Summer TermMaxwellClassAssembly(MaxwellClassParentsInvited)–Friday13thMay3.00pm

Bank Holiday – Monday 2nd May

CoffeeMorningwiththeHeadofPrimary–Friday20thMay9.00-10.00am

Half Term Break – Friday 27th May

Back to School – Monday 6th June

NewtonClassAssembly(NewtonClassParentsInvited)–Friday17thJune3.00pm

StaffInsetDays–SchoolClosedThursday23rdandFriday24thJune

StaffInsetDay–Friday8thJuly

CoffeeMorningwiththeHeadofPrimary–Tuesday12thJuly9.00-10.00am

Reports Sent Home – Friday 15th July

Parent Progress Meetings – Tuesday 19th July

Celebration and Awards Assembly – Wednesday20th July – Times TBC

Last Day of Term – Wednesday 20th July – 12.15pm Finish

Selling of School Uniform – Friday 22nd July