Friday, October 2, 2009

No.4 - 1st October 2009

Parents Yoga
I am sad to inform you that for the time being we have had to cancel the Parents Yoga classes that took place on Tuesday afternoons. This is due to the falling number of parents who were attending. If you are interested in these classes still please write in to the school office as soon as possible and if we get a firm number of parents who are interested we may be able to re start the classes.

Parents Evening - 20th October from 3.45-7.45pm
Accompanying this is a letter regarding Open Evening appointments. There will be a separate letter for Year 6 as we shall be arranging appointments for them during the morning of the 20th October or daytime appointments on the 22nd.

Redbridge Summer Reading Challenge 2009
The following children took part in this scheme during the Summer holidays. Children had to read 6 books to be successful at this challenge and received a medal and a Quest Seekers certificate. Very Well done to you all!
Samuel Seyoum Christopher Elliott Gemma Elliott
Faizah Ahmed Zaid Ahmed Daniel Seyoum
Qasim Khan Maryam Muhammad Maryam Khan
Muhammad Muhammad

Long Boat
You will probably have noticed that the long boat in our school playground is out of use as it is broken. We have contacted the company concerned and hopefully this repair will be carried out soon.

Year 6 Teambuilding
Our year 6 children had a very exciting time on Monday when they took part in a variety of team building exercises. The children really enjoyed themselves and I am sure they will all benefit from this bonding experience.

Year 5 Drama Centre
Year 5 also had an exciting time on Tuesday of this week when they were joined by a member of the Drama Centre at Redbridge. The children were given part of a script from Homers Odyssey and they had to act it out. There were different parts to play including the parts of a 6 headed monster and a giant whirlpool. Birkan told of how the children enjoyed the time and about the warm up game they had before starting the main task. Anisha said" It was really good, I liked Oscar, Danyaal and Kane’s whirlpool.”

School Council
I would like to congratulate all those children who have presented such excellent manifestos during assemblies this week and last. I am very impressed with the very creative posters that have been displayed around school. Officer positions will be announced next week.

Holiday Dates
Please make a note of the holiday dates displayed on the next page to ensure that no holidays are taken during term time as these will be deemed as unauthorised and the local authority will be administering fines accordingly.

Activities Fair
We had a great turnout for this on Tuesday. Feedback from parents was very positive indeed. We will aim to do this on an annual basis in future.