Headteacher: Mr Oli de Botton
Head of Primary: Mrs Meg Drummond
Dates For Your Diary
Return Date for Academic Year 2019/2020 - Monday 9th September Monday 1st July - Child of the Term Assembly 2:30pm
(Invited Parents Only)Tuesday 2nd July - Newton trip to Newham City Farm
(9:00am - 2:00pm)
Wednesday 3rd July - Family Cooking Session - Pot Luck Session
(3:00pm - 4:15pm)
Wednesday 3rd July - Year 1 Trip to Southend-on-Sea
(Please see letter for more information) Thursday 4th July - Child of the Term Trip
(Selected Students) Thursday 4th July - New Cohort Reception Welcome Afternoon (3:30pm)
Thursday 4th July - Reception Parents - Arts & Crafts Workshop
(8:40am)Friday 5th July - Summer Fair
(3:30pm - 6:00pm)Monday 8th July - Year 4 Learning Journeys for Obama and Nightingale
(Please sign up to a time slot online)Monday 8th July - Year 2 walking tour
(More information to follow)Tuesday 9th July - INSET day
(School Closed for all Students)Wednesday 10th July - Year 2 Walking Tour
(More information to follow)Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th and Friday 12th July
Year 4 Musical (Aladdin) 5:30pm
Monday 15th July - Year Learning Journeys for Seacole
(Please sign up to a time slot online)Tuesday 16th July - Year 4 Graduation Ceremony
(Please see letter for details) Friday 19th July - School finishes 1:00pm
NOTICES:
Important Notices: Due to the confidential nature of information shared in the front office we ask that parents wait outside if you are collecting from clubs. Parents should not be waiting in the Front Office reception area after 4:30pm without a staff member. Break Time Snacks: All children can bring a snack from home to have at break time. This snack MUST be fruit. If any child brings a snack that is not fruit, they will be asked to put it back in their bags to eat after school. Birthdays - If you wish to celebrate your child's birthday by sharing a cake with the class, can we please ask that it is brought to the classroom the morning of the celebration and that it is already cut up and packaged. Our teachers do not have the time or equipment to be able to cut up
sheet cakes and distribute to the children. We ask that you do not drop birthday cakes or party bags to the front office during the day as they are not always guaranteed to have the time to take them to the classroom, and this can lead to disappointment for your child.
It is important that parents model good behaviour for children. Please do not swear or use insulting language in the playground. If a member of staff hears this you will be asked to leave the premises and may be banned.Please also remember that our staff are always working for the best interests of the children. If you would like to discuss
anything regarding your child please speak to the class teacher, Mrs Drummond or Miss Dilger. Please do not shout or be rude to a member of staff as this makes the situation very difficult.
Slow Down Around SchoolsThere have been a number of incidents around the school of parents parking unsafely during pick up and drop off times. There have also been a number of occasions when parents have been speeding and driving without care. Please can we remind you that Pitchford Street
gets very congested during these times so please watch your speed. We are speaking to both the Police and Newham Council to support us in making sure that all our pupils are safe when entering and leaving the school.
School Attendance - EVERY DAY MATTERS!The school target for attendance is 97% or better. As a guide the Education Welfare Service advises that if a parent would go to work with the same condition then the student should be in school. We ask that students returning to school following sickness observe good hygiene rules as an adult
would in the workplace.We are keen to support all our students to achieve their best and this must include ensuring that they attend school as often as possible. We will do the following to support students’ attendance:• Write to you if attendance falls below 95% or is we are concerned about a pattern of
absences.• Invite you into school to discuss any concerns/worries with the Attendance Officer, your child’s Coach/ Class Teacher, Key Stage Leader/Head of Year, or Head or Deputy Head of School if attendance continues to fall.• Where sickness absence occurs on 3 consecutive days or 3 different occasions
within a half term, the school will seek medical evidence, such as a letter from GP, an NHS appointment letter, a prescription from GP, prescribed medication labels etc, so that we are able to support your child in school. Additional days of absences may no longer be authorised.• Refer the student to our Education Welfare Officer if attendance falls to 90%.• Please contact the Attendance Officer or Head of School if you feel your child is well enough to be in school, but not well enough to go to all their lessons. We may be able to make special arrangements• If you believe your child is well enough to be in school, but is refusing, it is essential that you talk to the Attendance Officer, or the Safeguarding Leads. We can offer a variety of options to support you in getting your child back to school.• If required, prescribed medicines can be brought to school – including those needing refrigeration, and stored in the Medical Room. A form should accompany any medication, stating that the school has permission to administer it, along with the times that this should happen. This should also be signed off at the front office.What you can do to support your
child:• Never grant days off for birthdays, shopping trips or any other reason other than illness.• Lessons begin at 8.30am prompt. We ask that all students arrive at 8.25am to avoid them starting their first lesson late. Students who are ‘dropped off’ at 8.30am on a daily basis will be
late to their lessons and therefore late for the start of the day.• Please leave a message on each day of absence by 8.30am at the latest - please email attendance@school21.org.uk leaving the name of your child, their Coach or Class Teacher and the reason for absence. It is for school to decide if an absence is authorised or unauthorised. Stating ‘Unwell’ or
‘Poorly’ gives insufficient information for us to make that decision, and the absence could be unauthorised.• Please phone or email daily unless you have made alternative arrangements with school. We do not know if you have sent your child to school and need to know this in order to keep them safe. If we do not hear from you we will endeavour to contact you, but we must have at least two up-to-date emergency contact numbers on record to be able to do this.• Last/First Day of Term, Non-Uniform Days or ‘Off-Timetable’ days are full curriculum days with content that is required by the national curriculum. It is unacceptable, and against the law, to keep students off on such days for any reason other than illness that renders a student too ill to attend. Any absence on days such as these could be unauthorised unless medical evidence is received, or prior agreement has been reached with school.• We have adopted a pragmatic approach towards the authorisation of Leave of Absence for Exceptional Circumstances where other schools have imposed blanket bans. Each Head of School considers every case personally and may ask for additional information. Taking leave of Absence in Term Time without authorisation is against the law, and phoning-in daily stating a student is unwell causes a breakdown in trust between home and school.• We approve up to two days of religious observance over the course of the academic year that fall during term
time.We understand that the majority of parents and carers support us fully in terms of ensuring their children attend school regularly and that you may have received this message on more than one occasion. However, we share this letter with all as it is important that we all understand the responsibilities school has to uphold to avoid any misunderstanding.Attendance Team
ReminderPlease do not allow your child to bring toys or games to school, as this can lead to items being lost or damaged and students getting upset. We have had an influx of pokemon cards which students have been told not to bring in. If they are brought into school, they will be taken by the class teacher/adult on
duty.
Fond FarewellThis year we have a few members of staff who will be leaving us for new adventures around the globe. We would like to thank Ms Cross, Ms Sewell, Ms Shearer and Mr Livingstone for their dedication and hard work with us here at School 21 and wish them the best of luck as they start this new chapter of their
lives.
Mrs Drummond's Challenge We did not have assembly this week due to an event in the hall, so we will celebrate everyone next week! This week's challenge is 'fishy'! Move 3 sticks to make the fish swim right.
Primary Attendance Winners
W.C 21/06/2019 - 27/06/2019Reception - Parks - 99.3%Year 1 - Pankhurst - 97.1%Year 2 - Coleman - 99.1%Year 3 - Einstein - 99.6% - Overall Primary WinnersYear 4 - Nightingale - 99.2%
First Aid UpdateAll First Aid Incidents will now be reported online using Medical Tracker. Parents will be notified by email automatically when a First Aid Incident occurs. Phone calls will only be made for more serious incidents. Please ensure that the School is notified immediately of any change of Personal
Details.If your child comes home wearing a white wrist band this means they have had first aid related to a head bump. You would have been emailed with the information, but this will be a visual reminder for you to check your email. If the incident needed your immediate attention you would have had a call. The wrist band and email process will only be used for non-emergent incidents.
Summer School Fair - 3:30pm - 6:00pmComing up on Friday 5th July is our Annual Summer Fair, organised collaboratively with Primary. We would really love to have as many parents involved as possible in preparing, running and tidying up after the event. If you would like to be involved (even if it is just to donate an hour or two of your time!),
please email Miss Dilger at cdilger@school21.org.uk We will need help throughout the event which will run from 3:30pm to 6:00pm, and also in the weeks leading up to the event. Some of our wonderful parental community have already kicked off booking rides and stalls, so please get in touch if you would like to join them! Come and help us raise money and celebrate the end of the school year. There will be lots to see and do including stalls, games and attractions. There will be a mixture of free and token attractions. Tokens can be purchased from one of the ticket sellers in the playground and these will go sale from Monday 17th June. Raffle tickets will go on sale from Monday 17th June in the playground. You will also be able to purchase a table if you want to sell goods, cakes etc. A table will cost £20.00 and the money is payable to one of the raffle tickets sellers. You will be able to keep any money you raise. We are still looking for help at the event as well as supporting with the tidying up.
Look Who Came to TeaOn Wednesday we had our first Reading for Enjoyment Club Session. Parents and children listened to The Tiger who Came to Tea and then took part in art activities based on the book.
Parks at the farm!This week it was Parks class' turn to visit Newham city farm. We loved meeting all of the animals and talking about their life cycles but our favourite animal was definitely the pigs because we loved the cute little piglets!In other Reception news this week, there has been some amazing writing about the life cycle of a dog and we have also begun making our final products - beautiful animal mosaics to be displayed in the garden permanently.
Tiny Travel AgentsFor bring a parent to school week we wanted to show off all the amazing knowledge we have learnt about Sri Lanka, Australia and Poland. To do this Year 1 transformed into travel agents, customers and talk detectives. The travel agents had to convince the customers to go to their chosen country using persuasive language and
their knowledge of the country. Customers had to ask a lot of probing questions and it was the talk detectives job to spot who was speaking eloquently, listening closely, using detailed language and asking questions.
Wonderful Workshop!On Monday Year 2 had a workshop with the company 'History off the Page.' The workshop transformed our school hall in a Victorian home, complete with masters, mistresses and, crucially, servants! We had the opportunity to experience a Victorian Dining Room, a Victorian Kitchen and Victorian Laundry Room. We also had a go at
Victorian craft activities and played with Victorian toys! In the afternoon, we split into groups to practice a piece of Victorian entertainment. We had acrobats, strong-men and a flea circus! A huge thank you to all the parents who came to help on the day!
Authors, Artists and ExpertsThis week, the Year 3 children have worked hard to edit and improve their stories and their illustrations ready to be published. They have given each other feedback and set thoughtful targets for themselves, which require grit as they encouraged themselves and each other to try again. In one lesson, they gave each
other motivational stickers to help each other keep going! They have all made astonishing progress and should be really proud of what they have achieved.
Busy BeaversThis week Year 4 have been starting their preparations for their learning journey, a short presentation that each student will give reflecting on their time in primary school. These will take place in school from 1:30pm - 5:30pm on the 8th July (Nightingale and Obama class) and
15th July (Seacole class). In project we are looking more closely at the scientific skill of evaluating experiments and results, as we professionally write up reports for the experiments we have done in this project. This work will continue into next week in preparation for exhibition at the end of term. Next
week we will have a big Aladdin push in preparation for our performances, we are all so excited to share this with you. Please do keep a look out for any correspondence from Mr Start with details of the show day as well as a call to arms for makeup artists!
Bright SpotSarah has just returned from Bratislava, where she represented England competing in Karate. She was selected to perform with other young children and at the age of 6 we are so impressed with her professionalism, grit and determination. Sarah has said that it was
exciting and that it made her happy to go for the first time to take part in the world championships. In our eyes Sarah is a true champion! Please follow the link below to watch the video:
Missing ScooterDescription - Adult Size Scooter, silver colour with black details has gone missing from the Primary bike shed, if anyone has seen this scooter please let the Front Office know.
Overdue Library BooksPlease return your overdue library books! We currently have over 700 books overdue. This means that students are unable to borrow popular books. Students are allowed to borrow up to three books for a loan period of one month and can be renewed after this period should the need arise.Any books that are lost or damaged must be replaced. Mrs Fisher
Librarian
The Lunch Menu this Week is Week 1!
Please see below Primary After School Club Timetable
Camp Horizons - Kids summer camp in the Olympic ParkCamp Horizons is an Ofsted-registered kids (ages 6-14) summer activity camp provider, who will be running their 4th summer camp programme at Mossbourne Riverside Academy between 22 July - 09 August 2019.Camp Horizons offers kids an action-packed summer filled with sports, drama, arts & crafts, dance, inter-camp competition and theme days! All staff are qualified childcare professionals (coaches/teachers), and are all have enhanced DBS checked. Camp Horizons can accept childcare vouchers and weekly rates start from £95.00.
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