Primary NewsletterP˜˚˛˝˜˙ ˆˇ˘ ˆ ˆ˜...to keep us safe right now as we battle Covid-19. From Tam Broadway – Primary Headteacher ... Uzair (Al-Kashi) created his own PowerPoint

1 May 2020

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You will have received a call from your child’s teacher this week to discuss their progress report that was emailed to you recently. Albeit a telephone discussion this time rather than a face-to-face meeting. The teachers always enjoy the opportunity to work in partnership with you and discuss your child’s progress and attainment for the term. I hope you managed to discuss how you can help and support your child at home over the coming weeks and what their next steps for learning are. It is very important that everyone continues to complete their home learning as best they can to help us minimise any learning gaps.

Friday 8th May is marked as the Early Bank Holiday and has been moved this year to a Friday to coincide with the Victory in Europe Day (VE day) which marks the 75th anniversary of the formal end of World War II. Although in normal circumstances this would mark a day off from school, we will be continuing to open the doors for those few children whose families continue to need the provision. For everyone else we will ask that you too continue to support your child with their home learning, you may also want to do some research around VE day.

Our BRIDGES focus for next week is bravery. The word made me reflect and think about the brave men and women across the world who fought hard to keep us safe over 75 years ago during World War II and then similarly the vast numbers of front-line key workers who are fighting hard to keep us safe right now as we battle Covid-19.

From Tam Broadway – Primary Headteacher

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In school we demonstrate our bravery through the following dispositions: leadership, optimism, risk-taking, courage and experimentation. Each and every one of those words are important to us right now as we are all learning new ways of doing things and carrying out our day-to-day tasks. It is important that we all use our leadership and ensure we role model good behaviours for those around us. I think most importantly, it is essential that we continue to be optimistic about the future and look forward to a time when we can meet with our family and friends again. I hope everyone continues to be healthy and safe!

On behalf of all the Primary staff we would like to thank you for your continued support!


Some of the children that have been in school this week designed and made cards for the Fire Fighters next door to our school to say a huge thank you for their bravery and all they do

to support our community and keep us all safe!



Lovely Learning this Week Thank you all for once again sending us pictures of some of your lovely learning that has been going on at home. It’s great to see that you are all keeping so busy and smart!!

Remember you can send us examples to the info@ year team address on the home learning page.


More Lovely Learning this Week



and more Lovely Learning this Week


Science WeekDuring the week of 11th May, we are going to all be participating in our annual ‘Science Week’! Now… this year, it will look slightly different as we won’t be in

school. However, that certainly won’t stop us all from delving into the wonderful world of science from the comfort of our own homes!

We want you to continue to explore how the world works by carrying out lots of interesting experiments at home. There are so many different experiments that

you can do using items that you’ll find within your own homes.

Competition time!To encourage you to engage in lots of fun scientific experiments at home – we are running a competition. As always, there will of course be prizes for those who put

in the most effort and are the most innovative!

Your entry needs to be something that you can send to us via email. You may wish to send us a video, or perhaps some pictures, or even a PowerPoint.

Whichever way you choose to present your learning, make sure that it is presented clearly so that we are able to accurately judge the entries!

Please send all entries to the info@year3 address on the website!!

Here are some websites for inspiration on what you can do at home:

https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/category/150-science-experiments/

https://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/collection/science-experiments

We hope that you are all looking forward to Science Week, and we can’t wait to see your brilliant ideas!

A huge well done to all of you for keeping up your amazing learning at home!


Learning in Year 2Here are some lovely pictures we received from parents from Year 2 to show

the learning the children have done over the past few weeks.Here are some lovely pictures we received from parents from Year 2 to show the learning the children have done over the past few weeks.

Aleeza (Al-Kashi) created a self-portrait using the Cubism technique and she also created a poster on how to stay at home.

Eshaan (Pythagoras) has made colourful drawings to match is writing. He is enjoying his home learning.

Aarzo (Al-Kashi) has made a wonderful 3D rocket.

Jasson (Pythagoras) is enjoying doing his home learning in his working environment.

Shanaya (Fibonnaci) is practising her sentences using capital letters and full stops.

Saad (Fibonnaci) created a RE poster focussing on different names of Allah.

Elis (Pythagoras) created a PowerPoint presentation about how to plant a Zinnia.


Uzair (Al-Kashi) created a RE poster focussing on different names of Allah.

Abeera (Fibonnaci) practised her spellings and joined up handwriting.

Anya (Al-Kashi) was testing out capacity of water using different amounts.

Aleeza (Pythagoras) created an Easter egg using different paints.

Jiya (Fibonacci) created her own mini garden using items she found!

Hamza (Pythagoras) is keeping active whilst enjoying a bike ride with his brother. Emaan (Pythagoras) is making

sure she eats healthy fruits!


Araiya (Pythagoras) created her own mini garden using paper and created a wonderful drawing.

Amrit (Al-Kashi) created a presentation about Marigold plants.

Hong (Al-Kashi) created a presentation about sunflowers and gave lots of information about it and how he planted his sunflower.

Halima (Pythagoras) is measuring different capacities using water.

Zenia (Pythagoras) created her PowerPoint presentation about how to plant a sunflower.

Uzair (Al-Kashi) created his own PowerPoint presentation on peppers.


Creative WritingIn a forest there lived Grumpy Grendel,

he hated laughter,

if you ever laughed in front of him it may be the end of you,

his eyes were as active as clowns,

his ears were as awake as wolfs,

his nose was as bruised as a unpumped basketball,

One day he heard warrior’s laughter,

he went out and defeated them all,

Again, he heard laughter and defeated all the warriors,

soon he got weaker and weaker,

later he was defeated,

and that was the end of him.

by Maidah



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 • We encourage the children to try new things and experiment every day whether

it is a food that they have not tried before or new activities that they may not normally choose during the afternoon sessions. For Year 1 and 2 we would encourage the children to try different reading books or authors/topics they might not normally consider reading or to experiment with the paint during art – trying to create different effects etc.

• We always encourage the children to have courage when they fall over and hurt themselves and to remain as calm as possible while we help them.

• We aim for all pupils to demonstrate their leadership skills by helping others, being smart in their appearance, being kind, having good manners and generally demonstrating all their BRIDGES characteristics.

• We encourage some of the quieter pupils to have the courage to share their ideas in class and to have work with optimism and develop a real ‘can do’ attitude.

At Home• Encourage your child to try as many different things as possible – whether it is

food, different enrichment clubs, books etc. • Support your child to develop their own mind and not just follow what everyone

else is doing. It is important that the pupils are able to try things without worrying about getting it wrong or worrying about what other people think.

• Celebrate the fact that by making mistakes we are always learning. • Give examples of times when you have had to be brave and try something

for the first time, or when something did not go so well the first time but you learned from the mistakes you made and got better.

• Help remind your child at home about being smart in their appearance and role-modelling good behaviour through their leadership skills. Allow your child to help with jobs and roles at home, taking on the responsibility for cleaning their room, keeping their books or toys organised etc.

LeadershipOptimism

Risk-taking CourageExperimentation

Week commencing 4th May 2020

BraveryBravery comprises five dispositions:


Composers for SpringTry to listen to some of the following composers for Spring:

Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No.5 Op. 24 ‘Spring’

Edvard Greig – ‘To Spring’

http://www.classical-music.com/article/best-classical-music-spring

to the following children who have celebrated their birthday between 27th April – 3rd May:

Aairah Abid, Haniya Shaikh, Maryam Nawaz,

Orpah Haque, Maysa Saad, Ishaan Mutha,

Khadeja Nadir Khan, Rielle Cummings,

Mariyah Ahmed, Rayan Chauhan Patel



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

Do we have your correct contact details? It is vital that we have correct, up-to-date

contact details for all parents and carers. Please contact [email protected] or

[email protected] if you have recently changed your telephone number, address or email.

Thank you

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Primary NewsletterP˜˚˛˝˜˙ ˆˇ˘ ˆ ˆ˜...to keep us safe right now as we battle Covid-19. From Tam Broadway – Primary Headteacher ... Uzair (Al-Kashi) created his own PowerPoint