Dates For Your Diary
 

Return Date for Academic Year 2019/2020 - Monday 9th September 

Monday 8th July - Year 4 Learning Journeys for Obama and Nightingale 
(Please sign up to a time slot online)

https://thesource.school21.org.uk/LearningJourney/Booking/Code?Length=15

Monday 8th July - Last Week of Clubs

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)
https://thesource.school21.org.uk/LearningJourney/Booking/Code?Length=15

Tuesday 16th July - Year 4 Graduation Ceremony
(Please see letter for details) 

Friday 19th July - School finishes 1:00pm 

Dehydration in Hot Weather

Dehydration occurs when there isn’t enough fluid in the body to keep it working properly. The body needs water to help maintain body temperature, make bodily fluids and for day-to-day functioning.

Young children and babies are at greater risk of becoming dehydrated than adults. Keeping your child hydrated is important at all times, but especially when they are unwell and in hot weather.

If your child is very thirsty, they are probably already dehydrated. The effects of severe dehydration can be serious.

Signs and Symptoms of Dehydration

If your child is mildly dehydrated, they may have:

• dizziness or light-headedness 

• nausea or headaches 

• dark yellow or brown urine (wee) – urine should be pale yellow 

• fewer wet nappies or nappies not as wet as usual; or older children will not go to the toilet as much 

• dry lips, tongue, mouth or throat.

If your child has severe dehydration, they may be:

• extremely thirsty 

• irritable, drowsy or confused.

• breathing faster than usual and have a fast heart rate 

• cold – especially their hands or feet 

• pale and have sunken eyes, tears may be absent when crying 

• lethargic or less active than usual 

What Causes Dehydration?

Children are more likely to become dehydrated:

• after lots of physical activity or exercise 

• with severe vomiting or diarrhoea 

• if they have a fever 

• if they take certain medications, such as diuretics 

• if they don’t drink enough, especially during times of illness 

• if they are younger than six months of age 

• in hot weather.

Making sure your child drinks enough water each day can help prevent dehydration. Providing extra drinks of water in hot weather, during and after exercise and during illness is particularly important.

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 Schools

There 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

Reminder

Please 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. 

Primary Attendance Winners
W.C 28/06/2019 - 04/07/2019

Reception - Newton - 98.5%

Year 1 - Kadinsky - 99.2%

Year 2 - Coleman - 99.2% - Joint Primary Winners

Year 3 - Da Vinci - 99.2% 

Year 4 - Seacole - 96.8%

First Aid Update

All 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.

Year 2 SRE Curriculum to be covered next week

Next week Year 2 will be covering the Year 2 curriculum for SRE. 

The classes will be watching 3 short videos, holding class discussions and completing some work based on what they have watched. 

The children look at how male and female animals and people look different and the similarities they have. 

Through video clips, stories and discussion the children are taught to appreciate and accept the differences they have. We then move on to babies and baby animals. 

Again, through video clips and discussion and looking at ‘mummy animals’ the children will understand that it is the female in all species that have the babies! 

As a class they will talk about how parts of their bodies may have a different name from the one they use at home, such as tummy and stomach, this then leads on to the children knowing the correct terms for all parts of their body including penis and vagina.

The children are reminded that it is the female that carries a baby. Through cartoon images the children look at how a baby develops in the womb and throughout pregnancy. We also discuss their own experiences as many of the children will have seen members of their families who are pregnant.

If you would like to discuss any part of this further, please speak to Miss Dilger

Marvelous Mosaics Take Shape 

Here in Reception we have begun making our beautiful mosaics for the playground. We voted in each class for the creature that we wanted to mosaic, we sorted the tiles in to colour groups and now we have started placing the pieces together with care to create our masterpieces.

This week was also Newton class’s turn to visit Newham City Farm. We met some very friendly goats and a happy pig called Angel. The children also loved seeing some new little piglets with their mother.

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!

On Wednesday Year 1 went on an exciting trip to Southend-on-Sea. We had a wonderful day building sandcastles, skimming rocks and paddling in the sea. The sun shone all day and we even had a delicious ice cream, we had to eat it quickly though. For some of us it was our first time visiting the seaside and we will definitely be back!

Multiple Measures

This week in Year 2 for Maths we have been using scales to weigh and compare objects in kilograms, comparing the mass of objects in grams and have been applying addition and subtraction in the context of mass. 

Year 3 Gets Published!

This week the children have made the finishing touches to their stories and illustrations, ready to be published into a book. They have shown amazing perseverance and craft, taking time to write in their neatest handwriting, and avoid any tricky spelling errors. The books will surely be literary and artistic masterpieces thanks to the children's hard work!

Art Adventure!

This week some very lucky students were able to attend the Art Matters Exhibition at UEL for a workshop, all about the amazing artwork which has been submitted by children from all over Newham! We did some fashion design, observational drawings and made our own sketchbooks with what inspired us. Our own work, which was part of our Equality Project earlier this year, is exhibited there too so please do go and check it out at Art Matters, University of East London Docklands Campus in Cyprus.

A Whole New World

This week we had our first visit into middle school to meet the middle school leaders and get our first chance to ask questions and hear information about year 5. There were plenty of cheers and under the breath 'yesss'-es happening as students learned about how middle school is structured, the art lessons were particularly popular! Thank you to all the parents who attended the parent workshop. Transition work will begin to be more of a focus for teachers as the year comes to an end, and students will have the chance to meet some of their new teachers.

In class, year 4 have been putting a lot of time into preparing and practicing their learning journeys (8th July - Nightingale/Obama, 15th July - Seacole). We have also been spending a lot of time practicing for our Aladdin show next week, which is looking great. Please do review the videos sent by Mr Start and encourage practice over the weekend! 

Child of The Term Winners Assembly

This week we celebrated our 'Child of the term' winners, who on Thursday had a special trip to the Discover Centre for KS1 and to Zap Space for KS2. Well done to all the students who embodied our school attributes, went above and beyond and were role models to others - we are very proud of you! 

Primary Sports Day

Thank you everyone for supporting another Primary sports day.

I Hope everyone enjoyed the day and looks forward to the next one.

Kind regards,

School 21

PE Teachers

Missing Scooter

Description - 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 Books

Please 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 2!

Please see below Primary After School Club Timetable

Camp Horizons - Kids summer camp in the Olympic Park

Camp 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.

For more information about the summer camp programme, please visit www.camphorizons.co.uk or get into touch via enquiries@camphorizons.co.uk.