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 10th - Friday 14th June - Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
Wednesday 12th June - Create a Display Family Workshop
(3:00pm - 4:00pm)Monday 17th - Friday 21st June - Bring a Parent to School Week
(More information to follow) Tuesday 18th June - De Coubertin Trip to Newham City Farm
(9:00am - 2:00pm) Tuesday 25th June - Parks Trip to Newham City Farm
(9:00am - 2:00pm)
Wednesday 26th June - Storytelling Session - Listen to stories by Judith Kerr (Tiger came to Tea, Mog and Mare) Read to you
(3:00pm - 4:00pm)
Thursday 27th June - Parent Attribute Workshop
(2 sessions 8:40am - 9:00am & 4:00pm - 4:30pm)
Thursday 27th June - Coffee & Cake Morning
(8:30am - 9:30am)
Friday 28th June - Primary Sports Day
(Letter to follow with more information)Monday 1st July - Child of the Term Assembly 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)Tuesday 9th July - INSET day
(School Closed for all Students)
NOTICES:
Important Notices: From Monday 12th November, the Primary gates will not be opened until 2:55pm ready for a 3:00pm collection. This is due to the fact that many lessons are still taking place at this time and children may be working in the playground. Thank you for your co-operation and understanding.
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. Reminder: Football shoes are not to be worn to school, they are dangerous as they do not allow the students to have a good grip when running on hard surfaces and could lead to an accident. Any student who wears them to school will not be allowed to participate in PE lessons or use the playground at break and
lunch times. 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. Lost Property - We currently have an abundance of lost property in the front office, including winter coats.
Can all parents please come and check if any of the items belong to your children. We will be donating all remaining goods to a local charity before half term due to space restrictions.
Parking and Crossing the Road - Can all adults please be careful when crossing the road with their children as vehicles are often reversing!
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.
Mrs Drummond's Challenge Well done to William, Leo and Hannah who created magical potions to turn me into a Frog! Hope you all "Tri" this week's challenge!
Before Half Term Winners
Friday 17/05/19 - Thursday 23/05/19Reception - De Coubertin 98.8%Year 1 - Mandela 98.3%Year 2 - Edison and Monet 96.0%Year 3 - Shakespeare - 98.0%Year 4 - Seacole - 99.2% - Overall Primary WinnersPrimary Attendance Winners
W.C 24/05/2019 - 06/06/19Reception - De Coubertin - 90.8%Year 1 - Mandela - 88.8%Year 2 - Edison - 93.6% - Overall Primary WinnersYear 3 - Da Vinci - 89.2%Year 4 - Obama - 92.4%
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 FairComing 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! Some of the areas we would love some help with are:- Planning the event- Setting up for the event (throughout the day on the 5th July)- Selling tickets running up to the event- Packing away and tidying at the end of the event- Preparing food
and drinks- Visiting / canvassing businesses to collect prizes for the raffles- Supporting on stalls- Running games / activities
Exploration and Investigations!This week in Reception, we took part in Maths and Science week by creating our own materials investigation in our garden. We used grass, sandpaper and bubble wrap to find out which made the best road for our vehicles and measured how far each vehicle could travel. Also this week, we have been exploring natural objects and making transient art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. Look at some of our beautiful creations!
Wild with WaterThis week Year 1 have been exploring volume and capacity. We learnt that we can't always tell the capacity of a container just by looking at it, as a tall and thin container might have a smaller capacity than a shorter and wider container. We had a lot of fun investigating the capacity of different sized containers using a
variety of units of measure such as a cup, a water cap and a bottle.
Drama and Dialogue!This week Year 2 have continued reading our novel 'I Was a Rat' by Philip Pullman. This week we were introduced to a new a character - the mysterious and suspicious Mr Tapscrew! We imagined what Mr Tapscrew and Roger's first conversation might be like and we created a piece of drama about it. We thought about how they would
talk to each other, what they might say and what gestures they might use. We then wrote a conversation between Mr Tapscrew and Roger, thinking carefully about using inverted commas and exciting verbs and adverbs.
It is Rocket Science!This week, as part of Maths and science week, Year 3 learned how to get moving with rockets. They investigated how forces help a rocket move before setting up an investigation using effervescent tablets in film canisters. The children had to decide which variable to
change to see if the rocket would launch quicker. They then had to draw a graph presenting their results. The children had a lot of fun and learned to use Maths and Science to find out something new.
Poet Pioneers In Storytelling, this week in Year 4, we closely analysed a section from our text, Kensuke's Kingdom, which described a storm that our main character had to navigate. Paying close attention to the language that describes the storm, we thought carefully about the author's intentions. We then studied a range of free verse poems so that we could use them as a mode for our very own poem. Using the storm scene as inspiration we spent two days manipulating words to create the strongest images. Ask us what our favourite line from our poem is!
Eloquence Celebrations AssemblyThis week we celebrated the attribute of Eloquence - students who speak fluently and confidently, learning through talk. This week we recognised Vincent, Zayd, Isabella-Rose, Anashe, Antoni, Erdi, Sarah, Kostya, Ermal, Adan, Ethan, Daniyal, Zara and Aaria.
Raising Money for Cancer Research Hi, I'm Zain in Year 5 and I am holding a bake sale on Tuesday 18th June
to raise money for this incredible charity with the help of Helen; Luke's (year 6) and Eve's (reception) mum.
My Aunty Jo lost her battle with cancer two years ago leaving behind her 8 and 3 year old. We want to beat Cancer and find a cure.
Please bring along any donated cakes (don't forget we're a nut fee school) or your change and a hungry tummy on the day. I am also running the race for life on July 6th at Victoria Park with my mum and some friends , so, please feel free to join my mini army of runners or bring a picnic and cheer us on. If you'd like to donate or join the run, please follow the link. Any little way you can support us would be great.
Why not sponsor us by donating to Cancer Research UK on the page https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/zains-army
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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