Friday 30 April 2021

Weekly Newsletter 30/04/2021


Dear Parents and Carers,

Below are some awards that we would like to share with you and some important information that you should be aware of.

Bank Holiday - Monday 3rd May
Please don’t come to school on Monday as we are closed! We reopen as usual on Tuesday 4th May.


Chromebooks
Children who have been loaned a school Chromebook should bring them back to school on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday. These were originally issued to support with the enforced full school closure and bubble closures; I hope that the recent weeks of non-bubble closures are here to stay now.


Polling Day - Thursday 6th May
The children do not need to come to school on this day and work will be set on Google Classroom. If either parent is a Key Worker or your child is considered to be vulnerable, places are available for children to come to school to complete their Google Classroom learning. A few key points to note:
Breakfast Club will not open on this day as the school kitchen is closed.
Any child staying at school on this day must have a packed lunch.
Please complete the Google form ASAP to secure a place.


School will reopen to all children on Friday 7th May.

Mystery Friday Phone call!
Starting next week, class teachers will be making a mystery phone call to a parent whose child has enjoyed a great week at school. This may be for an academic or non-academic reason and will be a surprise to both you and your child - they will not be told in advance! We introduced this in Y6 a couple of months ago and the feedback from the children, parents and staff has been really positive.


Bikes and Scooters
We advise that children who bring bikes/scooters to school have a simple locking mechanism they can use to secure their bike/scooter to a school stand. This keeps the bike/scooter safe and also ensures that no one takes home the wrong bike/scooter. This may have been the case in Y4 this week; can I ask Y4 parents to check their child has the correct scooter. Thank you.


Attendance
Attendance for this week is 95.5% which is a little disappointing, especially after last week’s fantastic 97%. However, I would like to congratulate Palau and Malta who both achieved 100% this week. They will both have a cupcake party to celebrate their fantastic achievement.

Star Writers
These children have used a range of powerful vocabulary and techniques to become a Star Writer. Well done to Emilia (Palau),Alannah (Kenya), Izampela (Egypt), Keeley (Madagascar), Anabella and Jeremiah (Barbados), Oguzcan (St Lucia) Min (Antigua), David A (Scotland), Rubi (Australia), Domas (New Zealand), Seiar (Northern Ireland) Jokubas (Wales), Stephanie (Jamaica), Evie (Germany), Tomi (Brazil), Nathan (Greece), Jesse (USA), Wadi(Italy), Jason (Chile), Reuben (Canada), Lena (Mexico) and Wajeeha(Argentina). Look out for examples of their work on the blog!


Congratulations to these children who have demonstrated one of our four learning skills.

Learning Power

Child

Resilience

Frankie, Hazel, Indigo, Joshua and Tyler (Egypt), Ralph (Australia) 

Brooke D, Brooke T, Louisa, Tia, Emily (USA)




Tracker Awards
Congratulations to the latest children who have achieved their Tracker Awards. We are very proud of their achievements!

Bronze

Ty and  Charlotte G (Egypt) Jack (USA)

Silver

Amaliah and Eduard (Kenya)

Teddy and Alesha (Egypt)

Hayden (USA)

Ryan, Francesca and David(Madagascar)

Gold

Paige (Northern Ireland)

Alice(Madagascar)

Platinum

Isabel (Egypt)

Zahi (USA)



Certificate of Presentation
Well done to Ugo, Isabel, Renesmee, Maryam, Izampela, Nicolae and Gracie (Egypt), Nuhaa (Palau)Olivia (Scotland), Logan and Aisha (Australia), Jahshountea (New Zealand), Chloe (Wales) Aiza and Gabriel (Canada) who have presented their work beautifully.


Reading Awards
Reading is one of the most important skills we can teach our children. We are very proud of the children below who have demonstrated a real commitment to their reading. Well done!

10 books read. 

They receive a bookmark.

Krasimir (Kenya) 

Alexa, Dinuki, Emily, Harry, Ian, Jack, Jake, Melisa, Riley, Tyler (USA) Maisie and Thai (Canada))

25 books read. 

They receive a Bronze Reading Award.

Indigo and Anete (Egypt)

Eva-Rae and Nisa (Scotland)

Tejan (Jamaica)

Luka (Northern Ireland)

Benjamin, Jack, Melisa, Zahi (USA)

50 books read.

They receive a Silver Reading Award and a £5 book token.

Elda (Kenya) 

James and David A (Scotland)

Abira, Lenny M and Rayan (St Lucia)

Ryan(Madagascar)

75 books read.

They receive a book of their choice.

Camelia (Barbados)

Matthew (Kenya) 

Oguzcan (St Lucia)

100 books read. 

They receive a Gold Reading Award and a trophy.

Zofia (Barbados)

Abina, Honey and Vlad (Kenya) 

Sophia and Sienna (Scotland)

Evelyn, Oguzcan and Amelia D (St Lucia)

150 books read. 

They receive a Platinum Certificate and a trophy. This is some achievement!

Sebastian (Barbados)

Akhila (St Lucia)



Mathletics Award
Yet more fantastic achievements, this time for Maths. Excellent work!

Bronze certificate

Vlad, Saam, Kaden and Anna (Kenya) Aayan, Zakariya, Lillie and Manha (Antigua), Milena, Olivia Ho, Domas, Zelda, Emilia and Sebastian (Barbados), Jessica B, Nathan K, Matteo and David (Jamaica), Callum, Clovis, Eden, Lenny M and Akhila (St Lucia), Constantine, Samhita and Damira (Australia), Amelia, Izabela, Janvi, Dora, Zuzanna and Ella (New Zealand), Moksha, Nuhaa, Mia-Monroe and Taha (Palau),Layla, Merkhima, Theodora, Majus, Janisha and Daniel R (Madagascar), Isabel, Izampela, Maathumai and Maryam (Egypt), Max, Nisa, Olivia, Sophia, Dev, Sienna, Alexis and Zachary (Scotland), Michael N (Northern Ireland), Maya, Oghomwen, Victoria & Jacob (Wales), Nicole, Lucas, Kevin and Kajus (Germany), Zahi, Melisa, Louisa, Dinuki, Rehan (USA), Irina, Chloe (Chile), Reinaldas (Brazil), Kajus (Greece), Andriana (Canada).

Silver certificate

Victoria (Antigua), Ruby (Barbados), Oguzcan (St Lucia), Aum (Australia),  Olivia (Scotland), Maya (Wales),

Gold certificate

Daniel K (Madagascar), Maya (Wales)


WOW! Award

Child/Children

Reason

Mickey-Ray, Levi, Teddy, Tommy, Ty, Isabel and Diamond (Egypt)

For moving up a book band.

Dennie, Albi, Deja 


Harvey, Ezra 



Zion-Elijah (Barbados)

For working hard to write their name


For completing some independent writing during child-led learning


For working hard in maths

Olivia 

Anna (Kenya) 


For her amazing work in maths this week. 

For completing her google classroom tasks. 

Hollie-Rai 


Damira, Hollie-Rai and Constantine

Andrey (Australia)

For challenging herself to complete extra maths work this week. 

For moving up a book band.

For reading 75 books.

William (New Zealand)

For working really hard with his writing in RWI.

Lenny, Alexa, Brooke D, Shomari (USA)

Developing debating skills

Taylor (USA)

Handwriting Award

David

Riley

Sienna

(Scotland)

For reading 75 books!

For reading 10 books!

For moving up a level in reading!

Matteo  (Jamaica)



Nathan K


David D


Eva

Thought for himself and mended a  school book with sellotape. How kind!


Making the right choices all week.


For his lovely drawing of his dad’s van.


For a super drawing of a minibeast.

Evelyn 


Freddie, Lenny M

Eric, Henry, Charlotte and Ella


Akhila (St Lucia)

For a lovely picture and letters to her dad.


For super writing.

Great independent maths


Independent writing

Rahat, Lexie, Remi, Riddhi, Kajus, Sophia, Tommy R, Tommy C, Evie (Germany)

For completing self-created homework. 

Georgi, Ella, Mohammad, Renaz, Alice (Madagascar)

For moving up a book band

Janisha, Danie K, Majus, Alice(Madagascar)

For completing their Bingo homework.

Nathanuel

For working hard in D&T lesson(using running stitch to join 2 pieces of felt together)

Vansh

Moving up a book band

Kelsie, Ruby (Antigua)

For being super helpful and kind  everyday.

Sulejman

For being a supportive and caring friend

All of Mexico Class

Lunchtime award

For outstanding behaviour in the dinner hall. 




E for Excellence Winners
These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.

Barbados

Kamil

Wales

Summer

Jamaica

Jessica

Scotland

Bentley

St Lucia

Inaya

Germany

Rahat

Antigua

Rayan

Greece

Ashantaye

New Zealand

Amber

Italy

Ordrey

Australia

Visha

U.S.A

Ian

  Palau

Palau

Canada

George

Madagascar

Ella

Mexico

Famata

Egypt

Levi

Chile

Hamit

Kenya

Vlad

Brazil

Lewis

N. Ireland

Chanel

Malta

Jacob

Argentina

Amelia




Key Information and dates

Squid login

Havering Catering Lunch Menu

Monday 3rd May School Closed - Bank Holiday

Thursday 6th May School Closed - Greater London Elections (see P1 of this letter)

Thursday 27th May Final day of the half term (normal hometime)

Monday 7th June Back to School

Thursday 22nd July Final day of the Summer Term (normal hometime)


Have a good Bank Holiday weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

Yours sincerely,


Mr D Denchfield
Executive Headteacher