Primary Newsletter - Isaac Newton Academy

Primary Newsletter

30 April 2021

2 Primary Newsletter 30 April 2021

Important Reminders• If any of your details have changed e.g. your address or phone number

– please ensure you contact the office to inform us, so that we can update our records and contact you in case of an emergency.

• We ask that you avoid visiting the office, please either make an appointment, email or call instead to discuss the matter.

• Please ensure your child attends school every day and on time. If your child is sick or showing any of signs of Covid 19 then you must call the office to let us know by 8.15am. If your child has a medical appointment you must let us know in advance.

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

Uniform Information & School Uniform PurchasesThe Primary uniform can be purchased through the Khalsa Schoolwear website or can be bought at Khalsa Schoolwear shop in Bethnal Green. To save on the cost of delivery charges, Khalsa Schoolwear does a school delivery once every month. You can find further details of the delivery dates on their website or you can ask the reception office staff.

• We expect every child to be in full uniform every day with their top button done up and wearing their tie

• All coats must be plain black• Shoes must be plain black – no trainers, plimsolls or boots! • Please label every item of clothing• One pair of plain stud earrings can be worn• Nail polish is not allowed• Jewellery is not permitted• Long hair for both boys and girls must be tied back. Hair decorations must be small

and plain and match the school uniform

http://www.nspcc.org.uk

30 April 2021 Primary Newsletter 3

From Tam Broadway – Primary Headteacher

COVER PHOTO: Maths in action with Year 3.

We have enjoyed another busy week of learning and everyone is working very hard to make sure we address any learning gaps with the young people as quickly as possible. As you will know we are holding our online Parent Progress Meetings next Tuesday 4th May. The purpose of the meetings is to share with you our observations from our formal assessments and to help you understand the focus areas for your child’s leaning over the coming term. We know that children make accelerated progress if there is reinforced support at home.

We hope that you have found the online booking system easy to use, if you have encountered any difficulties, please contact either your class teacher or the main office, who will be happy to help. It is important that we meet with every parent. To help the teachers on the evening, please make sure you log on for your appointment time promptly. We hope that all meetings will go smoothly, but as you will know this is our first time organising parent/carer meetings in this way.

Please be reminded that there is no school on Monday 3rd May due to the Bank Holiday and that school will finish early on Tuesday 4th May to allow for the meetings to take place with your child’s class teacher, timings listed below:

Reception & Year 1 – 12.00pm

Year 6 & Year 2 – 12.10pm

Year 3 & Year 4 – 12.20pm

Year 5 – 12.30pm

It is important that the children are collected promptly at the above times to help the teachers get organised and prepared for the online meetings and to also ensure the children are not in contact with other year groups as they leave the school, hence the staggered finish times.


Start and End Times of the Day

Year Group Start Time Finish Time

(via the playground)

Tuesday Finish Time

(via the playground)Reception 8.55am

(via the usual school entrance)3.25pm 2.30pm

Year 1 8.25am(via the usual school entrance)

3.25pm 2.30pm

Year 2 8.35am(via the usual school entrance)

3.35pm 2.40pm

Year 3 8.45am(via the usual school entrance

3.45pm 2.50pm

Year 4 8.35am(via the High Road entrance)

3.45pm 2.50pm


3.55pm 3.00pm


3.35pm 2.40pm

Every parent/carer when coming to school to drop off/collect their child on site, will be required to wear a face covering. It is also very important that parents and carers socially distance and do not gather in groups.

Notices

Day to Day Enquiries If you have any questions e.g. to check when your child has PE and needs their kit, you can send any enquiries to your child’s year team via the info@ address on the home learning page.


Home Testing Kits Statistically one in three people with Covid are asymptomatic and do not have any symptoms. Unfortunately, this means that any number of people can be transmitting the disease without knowing. All Primary school staff are now required to take two lateral flow tests each week to ensure that if necessary, we isolate as quickly as possible to stop further transmission. Secondary staff and pupils are required to do the same. Whilst this is not required for primary age pupils, as families you are now able to order lateral flow test kits to be taken at home.

Here are the links for ordering as a household:

Link for ordering lateral flow tests at homehttps://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests

Composer/Artist of the Fortnight

For the next few weeks we will be listening to and learning about Carl Orff as our Composer of the Fortnight. As a suggested activity to support at home, you could

gather some facts about Orff in preparation for the coming weeks.

You can find out some facts and hear some of his music on the following links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Orff

Carl Orff

https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Orff


This week’s matches for the INA Times Table Championship trophy fixtures have been released:

Shankar vs EllingtonEinstein vs Al-Kashi

Cartwright vs LovelaceJohnson vs RamanujanRahman vs Mirzakhani

Nicks vs FibonacciVivaldi vs Pythagoras

The matches will start on the 3rd May and finish on the 10th of May. The results for each match will be in the newsletter along with a league table.


Well done to Aryan in Year 5 who spent time over the break helping out at the Welcome Centre, the local support centre for homeless people across Ilford. Great to see Aryan putting his BRIDGES characteristics to good use and helping others.

Last week, Johnson defeated Tailleferre to close the gap to three points at the top of the table. Al-Kashi continue to be the form side with another victory over Cartwright and find themselves in mid table having been bottom at Christmas. Elsewhere there were victories for: Ramanujan, Vivaldi, Rahman, Lovelace and Einstein.


3This week, Year 3 have

been using their noticing skills in maths to read

scales when measuring volume and objects in class. It was important for them to understand

different scales of measurement and

how to work out what each interval is worth along each scale. They have had a great time working in pairs, using

their collaboration skills and comparing volume

when using different sized containers as well.

Excellent work year 3!


Praise and RecognitionEvery week each teacher chooses two children from their class to receive a certificate in assembly; one is 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:

Muqrab Asif – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always being thoughtful of others and working collaboratively).Raees Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for working really hard when writing a sentence).

Maxwell Class:

Mishal Malik – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for being a perfect partner when reading a story with her partner in Phonics).Safaa Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for exploring how to make different amounts using 1p and 2p coins).

Newton Class:

Sameer Muhammad – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always listening and collaborating with his friends during our afternoon provision. He is a team player and involves everyone in his play).Harry Illingworth – Scholar of the Week (for participating in class discussion, using his thinking thumb and trying really hard).

Britten Class:

Dawood Alam – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working collaboratively with his partner and being a great role model for the class).Rayyan Khwaja – Scholar of the Week (for trying his best to remember to use capital letters and full stops in his writing).

Fitzgerald Class:

Dija Vitkaliskaite – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always thinking of others. Whether in the playground or in class, Dija is consistently very thoughtful and kind to her peers).Adam Gharib – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating great enthusiasm and focus during independent learning times this week, producing some excellent work, particularly learning about place value in Maths).


Glennie Class:

Agastya Panchal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working collaboratively with his partner during phonics).Ariana Ali – Scholar of the Week (for showing excellent mathematical skills when working out the challenge using her knowledge of place value).

Al-Kashi Class:

Nafiz Hossain Jamal – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his Emotional Intelligence and sharing resources by taking turns with his peers. Well done Nafiz!).Nusayba Jalil – Scholar of the Week (for being an exceptional role model to her class by working collaboratively with her peers and taking turns).

Fibonacci Class:

Dilonjot Singh – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating emotional intelligence by working collaboratively with his peers during Science lesson).Rushda Hasnat – Scholar of the Week (for showing great enthusiasm for learning, when planning a chronological recount in English).

Pythagoras Class:

Avreet Kaur – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great collaboration skills during her talk task in Maths).Ekamjot Kaur – Scholar of the Week (for identifying important artefacts in Islam and being able to explain why they are important).

Ellington Class:

Zaki Adnan – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for accurately understanding how each interval on a scale is worked out when measuring volume).Araiya Lard – Scholar of the Week (for creating an amazing sword and shield which is related to our current topic about the Anglo Saxons).


Nicks Class:

Zara Ijaz – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing collaboration by helping her partner if they need help).Shanaya Sharma – Scholar of the Week (for modelling a key skill in hockey and showing excellent enthusiasm in computing).

Shankar Class:

Jai Pathak – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his collaboration to generate and share ideas in English with his class).Danish Tahir Sheikh – Scholar of the Week (for regularly showing great enthusiasm to share his ideas during class discussions).

Lovelace Class

Jashandeep Singh Mehmi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for using his collaboration during his talk tasks this week).Soha Zaidi – Scholar of the Week (for doing additional learning at home to help her develop maths strategies).

Mirzakhani Class:

Ijaz Nasir – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for effectively using his collaboration and openness in paired work this week).Alishba Zahoor – Scholar of the Week (for using features of a narrative to retell the picture book story of ‘The Hero of Little Street’).

Ramanujan Class:

Jashanvir Kaur – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing excellent listening and collaboration skills during her first week of school).Eric Vasile – Scholar of the Week (for using proportional lines accurately to practice portrait drawing).

Rahman Class:Abdullah Riaz – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for always listening to his peers and trying his best to understand other people’s opinions. His openness to new ideas and other people’s opinions is admirable).Navneet Matharu – Scholar of the Week (for planning an excellent newspaper report).


Tailleferre Class:Ravi Jethwa – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for demonstrating excellent collaboration with his learning partner).Maya Ahmed – Scholar of the Week (for demonstrating an excellent knowledge of the place value of decimal numbers).

Vivaldi Class:Dua Maisum – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for collaborating with her partner during talk tasks, taking tuns and working in teams really well, leading where necessary).Saim Rehman – Scholar of the Week (for always responding well to questions and always explaining his points during talk tasks).

Cartwright Class:Naniyah Owusu – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing ‘emotional intelligence’ for listening to her peers’ ideas and for consistently reflecting on your learning).Ishaan Mutha – Scholar of the Week (for being a great ‘INA Scholar’ for the past 7 years – best of luck on your future scholarly endeavours!).

Einstein Class:Faheem Ahmedabadi – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for showing great collaboration during partner talk time in all our lessons).Janeefa Khezar – Scholar of the Week (for showing perseverance in maths when problem solving with ratio).

Johnson Class:Eesa Hussain – Headteacher’s Habits Award (for working hard to improve his listening skills in class).Aadam Ali – Scholar of the Week (for worked really hard to improve his understanding in mathematics and has solved some complicated ratio questions).


Merits

The following pupils have received 25 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.

Halima ChandFarasat Heron

Anam ShahAnita Uddin

Abdullah RiazAishah Musa

Akbar HussainAsher Shah

Azmain IslamEkam BainsKeira ChanaSasha Lard

Shakira Choudhry Zara Daykin

Inshirah Nabeel

Priyajanani Pradeep Kumar

Gurkirpa HunjanIbrahim Ijaz

Mariam FaheemSwara Kinhikar

Zairah AliSafa Ali

Sukhnoor SinghZaidan Dhansay

Anna JilaniHafsa Mahmood

Iman HafeezParmveer Singh

Ekamjot Pandher

Rajan MannHamza AhmedUzair AhmedJasnoor Kaur

Robert Opincaru Jai PathakHong Yip

Abdul Sheikh Panth Singh

Alayna UddinKhubaib Shahzad

Amna NusratAnoop Tilk

Nabiha Khan

BRONZE

The following pupils have received 50 merits since September for making good choices and moving up to gold on the class ‘good choice chart’ – this is fantastic

achievement. A special ‘silver’ certificate will be presented during the Celebration and Awards Assembly.

Vianna Mahendra

SILVER


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 would all like to see the children develop the habits listed above, as they

are all essential lifelong skills that are needed for us to successfully manage our way through school, college, and university and certainly throughout our work careers. It is really important that whilst the children are young that we help them develop these habits as quickly as possible – especially organisation, independence and hard work.

• At school we ensure the pupils understand that every action has a consequence and that when we work hard it can often reap satisfaction and reward. Our pupils work hard day to day to earn their merits for making good choices and demonstrate their efforts.

• To help the children understand the structure of each day and become better organised, we always start with a visual timetable in Reception. A picture represents each part of the day; this helps the children to understand the daily routines.

• It is important that that we teach the young people to become more organised and check that they have all of their belongings with them each day..

At Home• At home the children need to practise getting dressed and undressed, managing

buttons on shirts and coats etc. and generally become more independent. • Helping your child to get organised the night before will help to ensure they

have everything they need for their day. It may help to create a visual/pictorial timetable at home to help your child become more organised and to think about when they need their PE kit, home learning, guided reading book etc. This could be displayed in your child’s room or in a central place like the kitchen where you can both check what is needed the night before, ready for the following day. This will allow your child to become more involved in preparing for their learning each day and gaining independence.

• It is also good to remind your child, as we do in school, to check regularly that they have all of the belongings with them.

• Congratulate your child’s effort when you see them working hard and for showing an increased motivation with their home learning or reading.

• Talk to your child about how your own effort to practise and work hard at something led to success and a good feeling of achievement.

OrganisationPrudence

Hard Work

AbsorptionMotivation

Independence

Revising Practising

Self-Regulation

Week commencing 3rd May 2021

Self DisciplineSelf Discipline comprises nine dispositions:


Summer Term 2021Monday 19th April –

Wednesday 21st July 2021

Key DatesMonday 3rd May Bank Holiday – No School

Tuesday 4th May Parent Progress Meeting Online – Early School finish

Wednesday 5th May Reception Parents Meeting 2021 Intake – 6pm online

Friday 28th May Half Term – Usual End of Day Timings

Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June HALF TERM

Monday 7th June Pupils return to school

Thursday 10th June Year 7 Parent Information Evening

Monday 14th – Wednesday 16th June Year 6 Residential at Stubbers

Friday 18st June INSET – no school for students

Mondy 21st June Science Week

Friday 2nd July INSET – no school for students

Thursday 8th July Primary Sports Day

Wednesday 21st July End of Term – Early Finish

Thursday 22nd July Uniform Sale (tbc)

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