Thursday, December 15, 2011

newsletter 15th December 2011

Christmas Concerts Well done to all our pupils who performed wonderfully in this years KS1 performances of ‘Children of the World’ and the KS2 performance of ‘Captain Christmas’.
All 3 performances went very well and were thoroughly enjoyed by all the children, staff, parents and friends.

Christmas Raffle Thank you to all the generous donations from parents and local businesses. Yet again the prizes are fantastic and have helped raise funds for our worthwhile school project developing the outside play areas.
Winners
Barrett and Co Family Photo—James Balaam
Ice Skating at Canary Wharf—Angela Walsh
Odeon Cinema Tickets—Nathaniel Samuels
Meal for 2 at Zizi—Owen Bliss
2 Panto tickets Kenneth More Theatre—Hayley
Family River Boat Cruise—Lorna Sawyer
Vodafone Mobile Phone—Prachi Chopra
4 tickets to Discover in Stratford—Ann M
2 Kenneth More theatre tickets—Aisha Chand
£20 voucher Prezzo restaurant—Rachelle Williams
2xFamily TicketsTumble in the Jungle—Sue Allen
2xTickets Paradise Wildlife Park—Gary Crowther
4xTickets to Old MacDonald’s Farm—Christine Quinn
4Bowling Vouchers—Namita Maharjan
Marsh Farm Family Ticket—Lennon Simpson
Phillips Audio Player—Maisie Dear/Laura Wyke
Manicure at Revive—Mo Patrick-Dunn
£25 Beauty Voucher—Annette Harding
Cooks Kettle—Freya Stevens
WII Toy Story Game—Dean Miller
Riding Lesson—Yousuf Miah
Kids Korner Vouchers—Lucy Inman
Christmas Cake—Anuj Gupta
John Rocha candle set—Imaan Sheikh
Trocadero vouchers—Dean Miller
Prize for selling the most tickets—Leon and Lucia Goodman.

Christmas Disco A Big Thank you for everyone who supported the PAWS Christmas Disco—We raised a fantastic £540. All monies raised will go towards new playground equipment.

Pantomime Trip The children in Years 1 and 2 had a lovely time at the Kenneth More Theatre Pantomime yesterday. If your child has not yet paid for this trip please send the money in to the school office as soon as possible.

School Dinner Increase Please note that from January 2012 school lunch prices will be increasing to £1.99 per day, this is an increase of 4p. Thank you.
After School Club Please note, there will be no After School Club on the last day of term tomorrow—Friday 16th December.

Class 4H Swimming This will commence on Friday 6th January 2012. If you have not yet signed a permission slip and sent in the money please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

Sessions on Home/School Training Please note that these sessions are part of the usual class talks where you will be finding out about what your child will be doing in class next term and will take place during the week of 23rd January 2012.
Early Years Classes RS and RC—Monday 23rd January
KS1 Classes 1O,1J,2P,2M—Tuesday 24th January Lower KS2 Years 3 and 4—Wednesday 25th January
Upper KS2 Years 5 and 6—Thursday 26th January
These meetings will start at 3.40pm in the classrooms. We will be focussing on phonics in EYAS/KS1 and Grammar and Spellings in KS2.

Primary School Applications These forms must be completed and submitted to Lynton House by 15th January. Any received after this date will then be considered as a late applicant.

Unwanted Items/Gifts/Christmas Cracker Toys If you have any unwanted gifts or toys from your Christmas Crackers, etc that you do not need we would be very grateful if they could be donated to school. Examples of items needed are small tongs, old shirts—larger size, plant sprayer, plastic containers, empty toothpaste tubes, jenga, pegs (not plastic), plastic drinking cups, Etch a Sketch, small containers screw top, plastic snap lids,spinning tops, balloon pump and balloons, tweezers (not sharp though). Thank you.

Finally thank you to you all for the lovely gifts received for us all. Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

newsletter 8 dec 2011

Christmas Dinner This was today in school. The children had a lovely lunchtime with each child receiving a Christmas cracker with their lunch.

Shop Online and Raise Funds It is completely FREE to register and you will not pay a penny more for your shopping. If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/gladeptaredbridge and when you register select Glade Primary School—Redbridge. You shop directly with each retailer as you would normally.

Easyfundraising is a shopping directory listing over 600 retailers including Amazon, Play.com, Next, John Lewis, Toys R Us, HMV and many more.
Whenever you shop online and at no extra cost to you each retailer will make a CASHBACK donation to Glade Primary School Parents Association.

Bags2School The response was great last week. Thank you to all of you who brought bags in to school for collection. We raised a fantastic £335.
Money raised will go towards new playground equipment.

Christmas Concerts KS1 Concert will be at 10.00 am on Tuesday 13th December for morning nursery, RC, 10 and 2P. For pm nursery,RS, 1J and 2M the concert will be at 2.00 pm on the 13th December.
KS2 Concert will be on Thursday 8th December at 10.00 am for pupils and parents with toddlers. An evening performance of KS2 concert will be held on Tuesday 13th December at 6.30pm for adults only.

Christmas Disco—9th December Don’t miss out on the fun! Both events will be held in the school halls—KS1 event will be in the main hall and KS2 in Lloyd hall from 3.45-5.15pm. KS1 will have a professional entertainer and KS2 professional disco entertainment.
Tickets are £3.50 per child if purchased in advance or £4 on the door. Refreshments, magic reindeer food, glow sticks, fun photos will be available to purchase at the price of £1.50, not £1 as stated in the original letter.
Please help PAWS by supporting these events to enable us to raise funds for new playground equipment for the children at Glade.

Christmas Raffle This year we have some fabulous prizes—more raffle forms are available from the school office if needed. Remember you have to be in it to win it!
Barrett & Co Family Portrait experience worth £160
Ice skating at Canary Wharf 4 tickets
Odeon Cinema Tickets x4
Meal for 2 at Zizi restaurant—South Woodford
2 Pantomime tickets Kenneth More Theatre
1 Family ticket Red Rover River Boat Cruise
2 tickets Paradise Wildlife Park
Manicure at Revive
Riding lesson
Marsh Farm Family ticket
4 tickets Discover at Stratford

Years 1 and 2 school trips All four classes had a wonderful time last Friday when they were out on school trips. Year 2 visited the Museum of London and the year 1 children went to the Redbridge Museum as part of their topic on old toys!

School Dinner Increase Please note that from January 2012 school lunch prices will be increasing to £1.99 per day, this is an increase of 4p. Thank you.
After School Club Please note, there will be no After School Club on the last day of term—Friday 16th December.

Panto Trip Reminder The children in years 1 and 2 will be going to see the pantomime at the Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford next week (14th December). If your child has not yet returned the permission slip and money please send it in as soon as possible. The children also need a packed lunch on this day as there will not be enough time for a school lunch. Year 2 will be attending the afternoon show and so should be back at Glade at approximately 3.45pm on that afternoon.

Class 4H Swimming This will commence on Friday 6th January 2012. If you have not yet signed a permission slip and sent in the money please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

School Choir A very special Well Done to all the members of our school choir who performed so beautifully this week. They sang Christmas carols to our nursery children on Monday where there was also a grotto and a visit from santa and also at our toddler group yesterday. They were fantastic!

Friday, December 2, 2011

newsletter 1st december

Year 3 held a very successful Victorian Christmas market today raising money for Barnardos.

Christmas Dinner 8th December If you have not returned your slip it is now too late. Please provide your child with a packed lunch or take them home for lunch on 8th as the cook has pre-ordered the food already.

PAWS Tea Towels Have you seen your child’s self portrait on the Glade School tea towel? These make wonderful keepsakes. We will be selling these after school for £3.50 each or 3 for £10. Limited quantities available. All profits will go towards new school playground equipment.

Shop Online and Raise Funds It is completely FREE to register and you will not pay a penny more for your shopping. If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/gladeptaredbridge and when you register select Glade Primary School—Redbridge. You shop directly with each retailer as you would normally.

Easyfundraising is a shopping directory listing over 600 retailers including Amazon, Play.com, Next, John Lewis, Toys R Us, HMV and many more.
Whenever you shop online and at no extra cost to you each retailer will make a CASHBACK donation to Glade Primary School Parents Association.

Christmas Concerts KS1 Concert will be at 10.00 am on Tuesday 13th December for morning nursery, RC, 10 and 2P. For pm nursery,RS, 1J and 2M the concert will be at 2.00 pm on the 13th December.
KS2 Concert will be on Thursday 8th December at 10.00 am for pupils and parents with toddlers. An evening performance of KS2 concert will be held on Tuesday 13th December at 6.30pm for adults only.

BAGS 2 SCHOOL TOMORROW—FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER AT 9.00AM PAWS have organised a textile collection with Bags 2 School in order to raise funds for new playground equipment. Just fill your donation bag with unwanted textiles (this can include clothing, shoes, hats, belts, bags, soft toys, curtains and bedding). The bags will be collected from the school gate on Friday 2nd December at 9.00 am prompt!! Please bring your bag or bags to the cycle shelter and help us have a really good collection.
Because of this we will be unable to use the bike store on 2nd. Please do not let your child bring their bike in on that day.

Christmas Disco—9th December Both events will be held in the school halls—KS1 event will be in the main hall and KS2 in Lloyd hall from 3.45-5.15pm. KS1 will have a professional entertainer and KS2 professional disco entertainment.
Tickets are £3.50 per child if purchased in advance or £4 on the door. Refreshments, magic reindeer food, glow sticks, fun photos will be available to purchase at the price of £1.50, not £1 as stated in the original letter.
LIMITED AMOUNT OF TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE (100 for each key stage).
Please help PAWS by supporting these events to enable us to raise funds for new playground equipment for the children at Glade.

Christmas Raffle This year we have some fabulous prizes—more raffle forms are available from the school office if needed. Remember you have to be in it to win it!

Good Works Assemblies There will be no more Good Works Assemblies until the Spring term. This is because we have lots of things going on during this busy festive time.

Money coming into school We have a lot of money coming in at the moment, trips, Christmas dinner, Raffle, Disco, etc and so the office will only accept money if it is in an envelope with your child’s name, class and what the money is for clearly marked on it.

Reminder Trips The year 1 children will be visiting the Redbridge museum tomorrow and the Year 2 children are going to the Museum of London. Please ensure if your child is in year 2 that they need to be dropped off at South Woodford tube station (George Lane entrance) by 8.45am. Please be prompt as we have a session booked at the museum. Thank you.

School Dinner Increase Please note that from January 2012 school lunch prices will be increasing to £1.99 per day, this is an increase of 4p. Thank you.

Year 6 Trenches Day This was in school last Friday. The children in Year 6 had a wonderful day and really enjoyed the team spirit.

After School Club Please note, there will be no After School Club on the last day of term—Friday 16th December.

Primary Maths Challenge at Ilford County High School Nahiyan, Anjola, Ajay and Swastika took part in the annual Primary Maths Challenge on Monday. Each round this year was based on the Olympics and involved a range of problem solving activities. The team worked well together and we came 3rd out of 9 schools which is a great achievement. Well done team! Mr. Merchant.

Friday, November 25, 2011

newsletter 25th November 2011

Glade Swim Team
Outstanding success at the Redbridge Primary Schools Gala last Thursday 17th November.
Amazing results and personal best times achieved.
Every swimmer making it through to the finals.
Fantastic support from parents, relatives and friends.
Glade taking 3rd place overall with Bancrofts 1st and Woodford Prep 2nd (both private schools with their own pools)
Boys team also won—Boys runners up Champions Award trophy.
Glade once again top state school in the whole borough—third year running!
The swimmers showed great team spirit and the children were a shining example to the school demonstrating excellent behaviour and attitude.
A fantastic achievement!

Children in Need We raised approximately £500 last week for this very worthy cause. Thank you to everyone that contributed.

Christmas Dinner 8th December- Reminder Please return your completed slips as soon as possible and at the latest by Monday 28th November as the cook needs to pre order food. Any slip not returned by then will mean that your child has to have a packed lunch or go home for lunch on 8th.

PAWS Tea Towels Have you seen your child’s self portrait on the Glade School tea towel? These make wonderful keepsakes. We will be selling these after school for £3.50 each or 3 for £10. Limited quantities available. All profits will go towards new school playground equipment.
Shop Online and Raise Funds It is completely FREE to register and you will not pay a penny more for your shopping. If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/gladeptaredbridge and when you register select Glade Primary School—Redbridge. You shop directly with each retailer as you would normally.
Easyfundraising is a shopping directory listing over 600 retailers including Amazon, Play.com, Next, John Lewis, Toys R Us, HMV and many more.
Whenever you shop online and at no extra cost to you each retailer will make a CASHBACK donation to Glade Primary School Parents Association.

Christmas Concerts KS1 Concert will be at 10.00 am on Tuesday 13th December for morning nursery, RC, 10 and 2P. For pm nursery,RS, 1J and 2M the concert will be at 2.00 pm on the 13th December.

KS2 Concert will be on Thursday 8th December at 10.00 am for pupils and parents with toddlers. An evening performance of KS2 concert will be held on Tuesday 13th December at 6.30pm for adults only.

Bags 2 School Friday 2nd December at 9.00am PAWS have organised a textile collection with Bags 2 School in order to raise funds for new playground equipment. Just fill your donation bag with unwanted textiles (this can include clothing, shoes, hats, belts, bags, soft toys, curtains and bedding). The bags will be collected from the school gate on Friday 2nd December at 9.00 am prompt!! Please bring your bag or bags to the cycle shelter and help us have a really good collection. A separate letter about Bags 2 School will be coming home tomorrow.
Many thanks—Tamara—PAWS Chairperson
Because of this we will be unable to use the bike store on 2nd. Please do not let your child bring their bike in on that day.

Money coming into school We have a lot of money coming in at the moment, trips, Christmas dinner, Raffle, Disco, etc and so the office will only accept money if it is in an envelope with your child’s name, class and what the money is for clearly marked on it.

Year 5 Trip The year 5 children thoroughly enjoyed their sessions at the Redbridge Museum this week.

Nut Allergies Please note that if you are bringing treats into school for your child’s birthday or any other occasion we ask you to bear in mind that we have several children in school with nut allergies so please make sure that they do not contain any trace.

School Dinner Increase Please note that from January 2012 school lunch prices will be increasing to £1..99 per day, this is an increase of 4p. Thank you.
Reminder Year 6 Trenches Day This is tomorrow. Please send children in dressed accordingly.

Strike Day School will be closed for children on Wednesday 30th November.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Children in Need Once again we are having a sleepover with Y5 and Y6 pupils to raise money for Children in Need. Pupils should arrive at school from 7.00pm at the Nursery Gate. We are also asking pupils to accesssorise their uniform tomorrow with spots—hairbands, bandanas, socks etc. (it is not a dressing up day). To mark the occasion we will also be collecting money at the school gates.

Remembrance Sunday As mentioned in last weeks letter a group of our year 6 children attended a Remembrance Day service on Sunday and laid a wreath on the memorial at Leyton Orient football ground. The children behaved impeccably and did Glade proud, Thank you.

PAWS Tea Towels Have you seen your child’s self portrait on the Glade School tea towel? These make wonderful keepsakes. We will be selling these after school for £3.50 each or 3 for £10. Limited quantities available. All profits will go towards new school playground equipment.

Shop Online and Raise Funds It is completely FREE to register and you will not pay a penny more for your shopping. If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/gladeptaredbridge and when you register select Glade Primary School—Redbridge.You shop directly with each retailer as you would normally.

Easyfundraising is a shopping directory listing over 600 retailers including Amazon, Play.com, Next, John Lewis, Toys R Us, HMV and many more.
Whenever you shop online and at no extra cost to you each retailer will make a CASHBACK donation to Glade Primary School Parents Association.

Conversation Club This club will be running for anyone who has English as a second language. The club will take place on Tuesday afternoons from 2.15-3.15pm. Speak to Mrs Allen for further details.

Sweatshirts/Coats As the weather is changing please ensure that your child comes to school with a coat/sweatshirt. It is not sufficient for them to be outside with just a polo shirt on. Thank you.

Activities Fair Feedback Prize Draw: Congratulations to Mia and Tiya Lawrence who won the Activities Fair Feedback Prize Draw!

Year 2 Gifted and Talented Workshop at Bancrofts : 8 Year 2 children enjoyed visiting Bancrofts Prep.School on Monday afternoon for a series of workshops in Literacy, Numeracy and thinking skills. The school commented on how well behaved and clever the children from glade were. Well done everyone! Mr Merchant

Gifted and talented Assembly This morning we were treated to a wide range of talents at our termly Gifted and Talented showcase. Well done everyone for your hard work and great performances. You should all be very proud.

Parking A Code of Conduct for Parents/Carers is attached for parents to sign and return. The Governing ody are very concerned about the danger to our pupils caused by reckless and inconsiderate parking of a few parents. Please support us in our efforts to improve this situation.

Christmas Concerts KS1 Concert will be at 10.00 am on Tuesday 13th December for morning nursery, RC, 10 and 2P.For pm nursery,RS, 1J and 2M the concert will be at 2.00 pm on the 13th December.

KS2 Concert will be on Thursday 8th December at 10.00 am for pupils and parents with toddlers. An evening performance of KS2 concert will be held on Tuesday 13th December at 6.30pm for adults only.

Bags 2 School Friday 2nd December at 9.00am PAWS have organised a textile collection with Bags 2 School in order to raise funds for new playground equipment. Just fill your donation bag with unwanted textiles (this can include clothing, shoes, hats, belts, bags, soft toys, curtains and bedding). The bags will be collected from the school gate on Friday 2nd December at 9.00 am prompt!! Please bring your bag or bags to the cycle shelter and help us have a really good collection. A separate letter about Bags 2 School will be coming home tomorrow.
Many thanks—Tamara—PAWS Chairperson

Stranger Danger Please be alerted to a number of incidents in the local area of pupils being approached or followed by strangers. Should your child walk to and from school unescorted please talk to them about the dangers. We will be talking to pupils in school.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

newsletter 10 nov 2011

On Sunday 13th November a group of Y6 pupils will be laying a wreath on the memorial at Leyton Orient football ground followed by a service. This commemorates the lives of footballers who fought in WW1. Y6 pupils have developed a community link with the club and Steve Jenkins will be visiting today to discuss the role of the Footballer’s Battalion.

Poppies These are on sale and are being taken around the classes each day. If your child would like to purchase one please send them in with some change. Thank you.

PAWS On line shopping As last year PAWS are promoting the following website for on line shopping www.easyfundraising.org.uk. Please have a look at this site, as if you order any items Glade will receive a donation. Thank you.

PAWS Forthcoming Events—Bags to School 2nd December and Christmas Disco 9th December. Further details to follow.

PAWS Tea Towels Have you seen your child’s self portrait on the Glade School tea towel? These make wonderful keepsakes. We will be selling these after school for £3.50 each or 3 tea towels for £10. Limited quantities available. All profits will go towards new school playground equipment.

Dissability Week This week we have had a number of visitors in school to discuss a range of disabilities and how those individuals cope with their disability. The children have been learning ways to support others and begin to appreciate the difficulties as disability is no barrier to success.

Anti– bullying next week All classes will explore the theme of bullying during PSHE lessons and ways to tackle this situation. Mrs Maryon will be organising an anti-bullying poster competition.

Eid Mubarak to our families who celebrated Eid last week.

Conversation Club This club will be running for anyone who has English as a second language. The club will start on Tuesday 8th November from 2.15-3.15pm. Speak to Mrs Allen for further details.

Free Access to online Maths material We have signed up to a free trial of an online maths games website. To access the website please go to:
http://www.numbergym.co.uk/ and click ’Online Access’ and then ’Free Trial Login’ and enter our username:trial48 and password:angel. The website has a wealth of great activities to develop your child’s learning in maths. If you find the website useful please let me know and we may be able to look into continuing use in the future. Thank you, Mr Merchant.

Sweatshirts/Coats As the weather is changing please ensure that your child comes to school with a coat/sweatshirt. It is not sufficient for them to be outside with just a polo shirt on. Thank you.

Reminder The school day ends at 3.30 pm and this is the time you should be collecting your child/children. An increasing number of parents are arriving after this time. The office closes at 3.45pm and are unable to care for children that are collected late.

Dinner Arrears The amount outstanding for school dinners is now at an unacceptable level. Please ensure you pay for dinners either in advance or on the day required.

Reminder Year 2 trip to Museum London 2nd December Parents remember to complete the consent slip and include £3 for a goody bag if you wish for your child to go on this exciting trip.

Friday, November 4, 2011

newsletter 3rd November 2011

PAWS On line shopping As last year PAWS are promoting the following website for on line shopping www.easyfundraising.org.uk. Please have a look at this site, as if you order any items Glade will receive a donation. Thank you.

Activities Fair This is after school tonight. Please come along to see what local activities are available for your child.

Poppies These are on sale and are being taken around the classes each day. If your child would like to purchase one please send them in with some change. Thank you.

PAWS News A ‘Big’ Thank you for the money raised at our non-uniform day on Friday 21st October, £289 which will be used for new playground equipment.

Forthcoming Events—Bags to School 2nd December and Christmas Disco 9th December. Further details to follow.

Conversation Club This club will be running for anyone who has English as a second language. The club will start on Tuesday 8th November from 2.15-3.15pm. Speak to Mrs Allen for further details.

Maths Challenge Day This is tomorrow (4th November). Maths Challenge Days will now take place termly. Children will be involved in a range of practical number and calculation based activities in classes. Parents are welcome to come along to a special Maths themed Good Works assembly tomorrow at the usual time of 10am for classes IJ,2P,3C,4L,5F,6R Please note that there will be some parental involvement, so get your number heads on ready!

Free Access to online Maths material We have signed up to a free trial of an online maths games website. To access the website please go to http://www.numbergym.co.uk/ and click ’Online Access’ and then ’Free Trial Login’ and enter our username:trial48 and password:angel. The website has a wealth of great activities to develop your child’s learning in maths. If you find the website useful please let me know and we may be able to look into continuing use in the future. Thank you, Mr Merchant.
Maths Challenge Corner Key Stage 1—Jade bought a toy car. It cost 6p. She paid for it exactly. Which coins did she use? There are 5 different ways to do it. Find as many as you can.

Key Stage 2– Rosie spent £2 on 10p and 20p stamps. She bought three times as many 10p stamps as 20p stamps.
How many of each stamp did she buy?
First 3 correct answers to Mr. Merchant get a small prize!

Sweatshirts/Coats As the weather is changing please ensure that your child comes to school with a coat/sweatshirt. It is not sufficient for them to be outside with just a polo shirt on. Thank you.

Friday, October 21, 2011

newsletter no 7 20th october 2011

One World Week We have had a lovely week in school celebrating One World Week with drumming and special assemblies, food tasting is tonight after school and tomorrow International Dressing up for non uniform day.
Non Uniform Day
TOMORROW—INTERNATIONAL THEME
A DONATION OF £1 PER CHILD TO PAWS TO GO TOWARDS NEW OUTDOOR PLAY EQUIPMENT.
PAWS On line shopping As last year PAWS are promoting the following website for on line shopping www.easyfundraising.org.uk. Please have a look at this site, as if you order any items Glade will receive a donation. Thank you.

Activities Fair We will be having our annual activities fair on Wednesday 3rd November from 3pm. Please come along to the school hall to find out about various local activities/clubs that you can take your child to.

Lunchboxes Please make sure your child brings their lunch box in with them in the morning if they are a packed lunch. We have had an increasing amount of lunches being brought in during the morning session lately and the office staff do not always have the time to take them around to class. Thank you for your co operation.

Harvest Assembly On Wednesday of this week we had a wonderful Harvest assembly in school led by Neil Poole. Thank you to everyone who sent in donations which will be going to the Redbridge Food Bank.

Reminder Year 5 Trip This trip is tomorrow. Please ensure your child wears school uniform. The children need to be in school for 8am as the coach will be leaving at 8.15am prompt.

Parking As always, I am having to ask some parents to be more considerate when they park around the school area. We have had complaints from one of our neighbours about car registration AJ55 FWO. Please do not park over driveways!

Stranger/Danger As the dark nights are approaching and next week is the half term holiday please be aware of Stranger/Danger when your children are out and about. Thank you.

School Photographs You should have received your child’s photograph yesterday. Please note all completed orders must reach the school office by Monday 31st October. Late orders will have to be sent off directly after this date as otherwise orders will not be received back in time at school.

Lost Property The lost property bin is overflowing again. Please come in and check in case your child has lost any items.

Friday, October 14, 2011

newsletter 13th October 2011

One World Week We will be celebrating “ One World Week” next week. This is a culmination of work and activities that have been going on in classes linked to Black History Month.
We also have whole school activities including:
Monday—Djembe drumming and steel pan drums
Wednesday—Harvest Assembly Neil Poole
Thursday—International Food Tasting event at 3.40-4.30pm
Friday—Heritage Day—non uniform donation of £1 to PAWS to go towards outdoor play equipment.

PAWS On line shopping As last year PAWS are promoting the following website for on line shopping www.easyfundraising.org.uk. Please have a look at this site, as if you order any items Glade will receive a donation. Thank you.

Activities Fair We will be having our annual activities fair on Wednesday 3rd November from 3pm. Please come along to the school hall to find out about various local activities/clubs that you can take your child to. In response to last years feedback we have new sporting clubs attending.

Years 1 and 2 Pantomime Trip Just to remind you that this trip will take place on 14th December. If you have not already done so please send in the permission slip and payment as soon as possible. Because of timings we have now decided that the children will need to bring a packed lunch on this day in case we are late back and also because the afternoon group will need to leave early to get to the theatre for the afternoon show. Thank you.

Reminder Parents Evening tonight It is parents evening tonight for children in Reception to Year 5. You should have received your appointment times please make sure you arrive promptly for your allocated time slot.

Football Team Well done to our football team for their performance in our match against Aldersbrook last Friday. We drew 7-7 but lost on penalties. Man of the match goes to Harry Swan for an excellent first match as captain.

Tag Rugby On Tuesday some of our year 6 pupils took part in a tag rugby competition at Eton Manor Rugby club. We were lucky enough to have Wanstead and Woodford Rugby club come in to school the week before to provide some training. Well done to Blaise Swan, Harry Swan, Jayda Phipps-Brumant,Christopher Agyeman, Nahiyan Pasha, Kaya Reilly, Lorraine Fadahunsi, Gurinder Bassi, Tommy Ioannou, Krystian Tomalski, George Green and Daanish Gull. The team showed excellent spirit and effort.

Glade Choir Some children took part in the community harvest festival event last Sunday. It was a lovely day and the children sang fantastically!

Reminder Year 5 Trip This trip takes place on Friday 21st October. Please ensure that your child wears school uniform for this trip and if you have not yet paid the £6 please do so as soon as possible. The children need to be in school for 8am as the coach will leave at 8.15am. Thank you.

Harvest Festival We will be celebrating Harvest Festival on Wednesday 19th October. Neil Poole will be leading an assembly with the children. This year donations of food will go to the Redbridge Food Bank. Please bring in donations of tinned and dried foods such as rice, pasta and cartons of fruit juice and tins of fruit and vegetables. Thank you.

Transfer to Secondary School 2012 Completed forms and any other documents to be handed in to the Headteacher by Friday 21st October 2011 at the latest before school closes for half term. Late applications usually receive lower priority and will only be considered after those received by the deadline.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

newsletter no 5 5th october 2011

Library Opening We are extremely proud to announce the opening of our new library named the “Mathias Room” in recognition of the work of Paul Mathias, Chair of Governors at Glade. We are very grateful to Paul for all his time, commitment and dedication to the school.
This is a valuable resource for our pupils and we thank everyone who contributed to this great achievement.

Incidents Should you have any concerns about your child or other children please notify the class teacher initially. If this is not appropriate, then report to the school office who will forward the information to be dealt with by:
Miss Porter—Early Years
Mr Merchant—KS1
Miss Hartwell—Years 3 and 4
Miss Willers—Years 5 and 6
Depending on the nature of the information/concern this will be passed on to Mr Miller or Mrs Walsh.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD PARENTS APPROACH OTHER CHILDREN.

Security at Playtimes Please do not talk to your child or other children through the school fence at playtimes. Although we know that this is mostly innocent conversations staff have been asked to be vigilant when on duty and will move children away.

PAWS On line shopping As last year PAWS are promoting the following website for on line shopping www.easyfundraising.org.uk. Please have a look at this site, as if you order any items Glade will receive a donation. Thank you.

Dinner Money As we have a new cash collector for the school dinner money, please ensure your child’s dinner money is in an envelope clearly marked with child’s name and class.

Activities Fair We will be having our annual activities fair on Wednesday 3rd November from 3pm. Please come along to the school hall to find out about various local activities/clubs that you can take your child to.

Teambuilding Year 6 The children in Year 6 had a great afternoon on Monday of this week when they took part in teambuilding games on our school field. They also visited the Gurdwara Temple yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed their time there.

Friday, September 30, 2011

newsletter no 4 29th sept 2011

We have all been enjoying the unexpected sunshine this week. Thankfully we had glorious weather for our inflatable day last Friday.
PAWS Mega Fun Inflatable Day -
A Big thank you to everyone who helped and donated cakes or who supported this event by coming along on the day. As well as having fantastic fun we also managed to raise an outstanding £845. Thank you.

Vacancies for Brass Tuition There are a few vacancies for children in KS2 wishing to learn to play a brass instrument within school. The cost of this is £4 per lesson plus hire of the instrument. If your child is interested please write in to the school office.

Panto Workshops The children thoroughly enjoyed the workshop that was in school on Tuesday of this week. If you have not yet paid a £1 please do so as soon as possible. The children in years 1 and 2 will also be going to see the pantomime at the Kenneth More theatre in December, so please also send in the money for this trip.

Good Attendance—is important because:
Statistics show a direct link between under-achievement and poor attendance.
Regular attenders make better progress, both socially and academically.
Regular attenders find school routines and school work easier to cope with.
Regular attenders find learning more satisfying.
Regular attenders have an easier transfer to secondary school.
Please therefore ensure that your child attends school regularly and on time.

Main Gate Opening at End of Day Please note that the main gates to school will not be opened until 3.20pm in the afternoons, this is for the safety and security of all our children and staff at Glade.

Redbridge Ability Challenge Some of our children took part in this event yesterday. They all had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Drumming Assembly Well done to those drummers who took part in the wonderful assembly on Wednesday.

PAWS On line shopping As last year PAWS are promoting the following website for on line shopping www.easyfundraising.org.uk. Please have a look at this site, as if you order any items Glade will receive a donation. Thank you.

Friday, September 23, 2011

newsletter 3 22nd september

PAWS Mega Fun Inflatable Day - Friday 23rd September 3.45-6pm. £5 for a wristband for each child which allows 2 hours of unlimited bounces! There will be a Super Mega slide, 35ft square maze, fun runs, assault course, bouncy castles and much more.
Facepainting, temporary tattoos, geo rocks and refreshments will be available. All children must be accompanied by an adult , we need to pre-sell 200 wristbands to ensure that this event goes ahead.
Cake Donations As always PAWS events would not be possible without the generosity of parents and we are asking for cake donations for our inflatable day. All donations need to be delivered to the school office on Friday morning, 23rd September. Thank you in advance. We are raising money for outdoor play equipment for the children.
As last year PAWS are promoting the following website for on line shopping www.easyfundraising.org.uk . Please have a look at this site, as if you order any items Glade will receive a donation.

Vacancies for Brass Tuition There are a few vacancies for children in KS2 wishing to learn to play a brass instrument within school. The cost of this is £4 per lesson plus hire of the instrument. If your child is interested please write in to the school office.

Panto Workshops These letters went home this week. The workshop takes place in school on 27th September. If you have not yet sent in a donation of £1 please do so as soon as possible.

Friday, September 16, 2011

newsletter no 2 15th September 2011

The OFSTED team inspection on 18th and 19th July 2011 judged Glade Primary to be a Good School with outstanding features :
The extent to which pupils feel safe
The effectiveness of care and guidance and support and
The effectiveness of the schools engagement with parents and carers
‘The new headteacher, deputy headteacher and senior leaders are keeping staff focused on driving forward further improvement. They are supported well by increasingly effective middle leaders and a supportive, yet challenging, governing body. Thorough monitoring and accurate self-evaluation provide a firm basis from which leaders plan for the future. As a result of strong improvements in the quality of provision, in particular the successful changes made to the curriculum, school leaders have ensured that the pupils’ attainment remains above average. This coupled with effective self-evaluation, provides the school with good capacity for further improvement.’
The full report will be available for parents to read on our website. Paper copies are available for any parents who do not have computer access.
Letters will be going home to pupils tonight.
We are very proud of our achievements and wish to thank all our parents for their continued support.

Activities Fair—Thursday 3rd November We are planning another activities fair later this term. If you know of any sports or performing arts classes/clubs that you would recommend please leave contact details of the club leader in the office for the attention of Miss Boak. Thank you

Scholastic Books Leaflets are coming out tomorrow. If you would like to place an order please do so directly with the company. However, if you mention ‘GLADE’ on your order the school will get 20% discount.

Haven Fun Fitness Scheme Thank you for your support. Last year we were able to receive some lovely sports equipment with the Haven Fun Fitness Scheme. We have joined the scheme again this year and hope to do the same!
Please visit www.havenfunfitness.com enter our postcode IG5 0PF, click register your support to register. Thank you in advance, Mr Merchant.

Maths Corner A maths puzzle for you to solve for a bit of fun! If you have a puzzle of your own that you would like to appear in the newsletter please pass to me, Mr Merchant
The toy shop stocks tricycles and go-carts. The tricycles have 3 wheels. The go-carts have 5 wheels. Suna counted the wheels. He counted 37altogether. How many tricycles are there?
How many go-carts?

Uniform We have a new system for buying school uniform. Please fill in a form from the office and attach payment with it. The uniform orders will then be got ready and sent around to your child’s class.

Dinner Money If your child brings home a letter for school dinner arrears please do not ignore it. We cannot provide meals unless they have been paid for.

PAWS Mega Fun Inflatable Day - Friday 23rd September 3.45-6pm. £5 for a wristband for each child which allows 2 hours of unlimited bounces! There will be a Super Mega slide, 35ft square maze, fun runs, assault course, bouncy castles and much more.
Facepainting, temporary tattoos, geo rocks and refreshments will be available. All children must be accompanied by an adult , we need to pre-sell 200 wristbands to ensure that this event goes ahead.
Cake Donations As always PAWS events would not be possible without the generosity of parents and we are asking for cake donations for our inflatable day. All donations need to be delivered to the school office on Friday morning, 23rd September. Thank you in advance. We are raising money for outdoor play equipment for the children.
As last year PAWS are promoting the following website for on line shopping www.easyfundraising.org.uk . Please have a look at this site, as if you order any items Glade will receive a donation.

Friday, September 9, 2011

newsletter 1 8th September 2011

Welcome back to you all . I hope you had a great Summer holiday and are back refreshed and ready for work!
Welcome to all our new pupils and their families—we know that your child will have a happy and productive time at Glade Primary. Please do not hesitate to contact the office staff and class teachers if you have any concerns.

Photos We frequently take photographs of our pupils working and participating in a variety of activities. We like to use these in displays and to load them on FRONTER. If you have any objection to your child being on school photographs please inform the school office.

School Dinner Money Please note that school dinners MUST be paid for in advance. They are priced at £1.95 per day and cheques should be payable to London Borough of Redbridge. Thank you.

Swimming Reminder—Class 4L Just to remind you that swimming lessons for Class 4L start tomorrow afternoon. Please ensure that your child has their swimming kit with them every Friday. If you have not yet paid or returned a permission slip please do so tomorrow morning or else your child will be unable to attend.

Punctuality and Attendance Please let us get the term off to a good start with all pupils in the playground at 8.50am each day ready for the bell at 8.55am. Our Education Welfare Officer will be monitoring punctuality and attendance this term and meeting with parents of pupils who are regularly late and poor attenders. Please also collect your children on time at the end of the day at 3.30pm.

Class Talks Please come along to your child’s class talk and meet other parents in your child’s year group. The dates for these are as follows:
Monday 19th September 3.45-4.15pm Years 1 and 2
Tuesday 20th September 3.45-4.15pm Years 3 and 4
Wednesday 21st September 3.45-4.15pm Years 5 and 6

Welcome We have a number of new staff that we wish to welcome to Glade.
Muna Brown—Ethnic Minority Support Teacher
Miss O’Reilly - Classteacher in 1O
Miss Seker—Classteacher in RS

Good Works Assembly We are changing these assemblies so that they will take place on alternate weeks for your child’s class. There will now only be one assembly in the morning at 10am. The first assembly will take place on Friday 16th September for classes 1J, 2P, 3C, 4L, 5F and 6R.
The following week Friday 23rd September for classes 1O, 2M, 3M, 4H, 5D and 6W.
When you log onto your child’s Fronter page there will be information about future assemblies.

Sailing This activity starts next Thursday 15th for children in Year 6. If you have not yet done so please pay as soon as possible.

Recorder Lessons Recorder lessons will take place on Tuesdays for children in year 3and Thursdays for children in year 4. Please make sure that your child has their own recorder for these lessons which can be purchased from the school office at £4.60 each.

Friday, July 22, 2011

newsletter 21 july 2011

Our Achievements 2010-2011 This year has been a great year with many achievements that we should be proud of.
Fantastic SAT’s results for our year 6 and year 2 pupils.
The opening of the new Reception classes.
The development of the Early Years playground.
The new library.
The book fair—with Glade raising more money this year than in previous years.
A great Summer fair with our PAWS group raising over £3000.
The many successful events including activities fair, International food evening, exhibition evening.
The specialist weeks ncluding:
China, Science, Disability and Arts weeks.
Not to forget all the special days and trips enjoyed by our pupils.
We look forward to new challenges in the new school year and wish to thank all our pupils, parents, staff, PAWS and Governors for their support and contribution to our successes.

OFSTED The school was inspected on Monday 18th July and Tuesday 19th July. Thank you to all our parents who filled in the questionnaires for the Ofsted team. The inspectors were very impressed with the school and our pupils. We are pleased with the outcome and once we have the final report in September we will be able to share the findings with parents.

SAT’’s Results Well done to our Year 6 pupils. Their results this year are fantastic. We achieved 95% in English and 85% in Maths. We are incredibly proud of the personal achievements of all our pupils.

Stranger/Danger As the holidays approach please make your children aware of Stranger/Danger.

After School Club Please note there will be no after school club tomorrow evening as it is the last day of term. Thank you.

School Uniform We are selling off the older style school uniform, sweatshirts and polo shirts priced at £5 each. We also have the new school embroidered badges on sale for £2 each which can then be sewn over the old printed emblems. Please note the badges are for sweatshirts use only.

Year 6 Performance Year 6 produced a wonderful performance of ‘Jungle Book’ for parents and classes on Tuesday. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Year 6 Leavers Disco Tonight at 6.30-8pm. Please drop off and collect from the Harewood Drive entrance to Lloyd Hall.

Year 6 Final Assembly and Parents Lunch Year 6 leavers assembly at 10.30am tomorrow morning. Parents are invited to stay for lunch and then take their child home by 2pm.
Good Works Assembly Because of the above events with Year 6 there will be no Good Works assemblies tomorrow.

Reminder Sailing Just to remind those children going into year 6 and who expressed an interest in sailing that the first session will be on 15th September. If you have not yet done so please send payment in to the school office. Thank you.

Year 4 Swimming It will be the turn of class 4L in September (currently 3S) to have their intense swimming sessions every Friday afternoon. The first session will be on 9th September, please send the money into the school office as soon as possible. The other year 4 class will be going after Christmas and so a letter will go out nearer the time about their details. Thank you.

Farewell and Good Luck to all our Year 6 pupils who will be moving onto their new schools,, we are sure they will do wonderfully! Thank you also to our year 6 parents for all their support to the school over the years.
Finally, may I just take this opportunity to thank you for the lovely gifts that the staff and myself have received. Have a lovely Summer break and look forward to seeing you on 7th September at 9am.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

newsletter 14th july 2011

Parent Questionnaires Please complete this years questionnaires, we really value your input. The ICT suite will be available to parents this evening after school.
Art Exhibition Following on from our fantastic Arts Week we have a wonderful exhibition after school tonight in the main hall at 3.30pm. We hope to see many of you there!

Reminder—tomorrow INSET Day
Just to remind you that we are closed tomorrow for pupils as it is a staff INSET day. Next week is our last week at school before the Summer holidays although our Nursery children finish today as the Nursery teachers need to do their home visits ready for the new children to start in September.

Girls Just Love to Have Fun! Why not come and join the Rainbow Guides (girls aged 5-7 yrs) on Wednesdays from 6-7pm at St Cedds Church, Marston Road, Clayhall. Places available from September 2011. Please contact Snowy Owl, Mal Harridge on 0208 550 8559 for further information.

Summer Cycle Days in the Park. During the Summer holidays various parks in Redbridge are having cycling days. Bring your own bike of if over 6 years old you can borrow a bike (booking is essential). All sessions are free and run between 10am and 8pm on various days. For further information or to request a booking form please phone 0208 708 3577 or 0208 708 3925.

Absence during Term Time It is the policy of Redbridge Local Authority to refuse applications for leave of absence during term time. Parents are encouraged to book all holidays and trips abroad during the school holiday period, otherwise they may face a fine or lose their child’s place. I have had applications for leave during term time for 12 Glade pupils during the last two weeks! I cannot emphasise enough the importance of full attendance.PLEASE DO NOT BOOK FAMILY TRIPS DURING TERM TIME!

Year 2 Year 2 had a fantastic ‘Bring the Beach to Glade’ day on Tuesday. They enjoyed playing some traditional beach games, taking part in some seaside competitions and creating a beach area in our outdoor space.

Drum Assembly Congratulations to all the children who took part in the wonderful drumming performance assembly yesterday. It was fantastic!

New Classes Your child has visited their new classrooms today and met with their new teachers for September.
Nursery—Miss Porter
RC—Miss Craggs
RS—Miss Sekar
1O—Miss O’Reilly (RC)
1J—Mrs Jones (RB)
2M—Mr Merchant (1M)
2P—Miss Porter (1J)
3M—Mrs Maryon (2M)
3C—Mrs Currey (2P)
4L—Mr Langtry (3S)
4H—Miss Hartwell (3P)
5D—Mrs Dhadwal (4L)
5F—Mr Fraser (4N)
6R—Ms Robbens (5F)
6W—Ms Willers (5N)
Staff Changes We have some members of staff leaving us in the Summer. Ms Nwichi, Mrs Sheikh and Mr Nicholson. We thank them all for their hard work and contribution to Glade primary and wish them luck in their new jobs. We welcome to Glade some new members of staff for September, Miss O’Reilly, Miss Sekar and Ms Brown.

Sports Kit Amnesty Please return all Glade sports kits as soon as possible for competition use next year. Thank you.

No Smoking Please note that all of the Glade school site is a NON SMOKING ZONE. This includes the playground! Thank you for your support.

Monday, July 11, 2011

newsletter 7th july 2011

CGP Books These are now on sale from the school office for children in Year 5 going into Year 6. They are priced at £15 for the set of 6 or £5 for the levelled maths books.

Year 3 trip Yesterday our Year 3 children visited the ‘Britain at War’ Experience . They had a wonderful time finding out about this terms History topic.

Musical Afternoon Our musicians impressed us on Monday with a performance for the school and parents. We wish to thank teachers from the music service, Mr Newman, Mr Hyman, Mr Eaton and Mr Robson for their support this year.
Thank you to Mrs Robinson for co ordinating the event and Mr Crouch for his work with the guitar players.

Parking The school received a complaint from a local resident regarding Glade parents parking across her drive. This has caused considerable inconvenience as she was unable to drop her own child off at another school due to the driveway being blocked. Please show consideration to our neighbours.

Reception “Grand Opening” - Thank you to Mrs Currey and the Reception team for organising a successful event. It was very well attended and many parents commented positively on the information and discussion that took place. Everyone is delighted with the progress in our Early Years Playground.

Parent Questionairres As part of our usual annual review we would like all our parents to complete a survey. We value your views on the Glade’s successes this year and our areas for development. The questionnaire can be found on the school website. The feedback will be analysised and incorporated into an action plan for the academic year 2011-2012.

Arts Week We have had Arts Week in school all this week. The children have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in various art activities.

Guitar Performance The children in Year 5 put on a wonderful performance for us this week showing us the skills they have learnt.

Friday, July 1, 2011

newsletter 35 1st july 2011

Sports Day Well done to everyone for Sports Day on Tuesday of this week. Thank you to all the parents who came along to support. The winning team was Blue team with 253 points, 2nd were Yellow with 246 points, 3rd were Green with 239 points and 4th Red team with 215 points.
Brandon Bryan-Waugh in Year 1 was the fastest boy and Jeremiah Browne-Safarlie was the fastest boy in Year 2 . The fastest girl in Year 1 was Faith Dosunmu and Mia Lawrence in Year 2.
KS2—Year 3 winning boy—James Swan, girl—Alys Swan
Year 4—winning boy— Danny Plunger, girl—Anu Sofuyi
Year 5—winning boy—Christopher Agyeman.
The Year 5 girls race, Year 6 race and fastest in KS2 races will take place at a later date due to the sudden hault because of the weather.
A BIG thank you to PAWS for buying the ice lollies that the children had after sports day.

Summer Fair The PAWS Summer Fair is a fantastic family and community event which raises extra funds for school to put towards projects which enrich the children’s education and experience at Glade. Last Saturday we raised an outstanding £3,040! It was a lovely day and everyone enjoyed the wide range of stalls, games, rides, raffle and light entertainment.

Thank you very much to all the children and parents who supported the event by bringing cakes. Thank you to everyone who came on the day. A really Big Thank you as well to all the parents, teachers and PAWS members who came and helped to make the day really special.
Tamara Peggs—Chairperson PAWS
Winners
Guess how many balloons in the Spicer McColl car—Mrs Irene Willis, won a boy’s bike.
Summer Fair programme winner—Mrs Lundquist—2 tickets to Kids Korner.
Cake Raffle winner—Jas Leverton
Treasure Map winner—Daniel Rivas and Naseem Year 1
The Lord Mayor, Mr Chris Cummins and Councillor Ann Candy visited our summer fair and formally introduced our school choir. They met many parents and were impressed with the variety of performances throughout the day.

Reminder—Music Recital Please ensure that children participating in our music recital bring in their instruments on Monday 4th July (this coming Monday). All pupils having tuition must also return letters about next years music tuition fees as soon as possible please.

Redbridge Mini Games at Crystal Palace A huge Well Done and Good Luck to two of our pupils—Oscar Simpson and Mark Linehan who have been chosen to represent Glade in the swimming at this very special event. The boys will make up 50% of the team, what a fantastic achievement!

Year 1and Year 4 Trips On Monday of this week our Year 1 children visited Colchester Zoo. They had a wonderful time and the weather was glorious. The Year 4 children also went out on Monday, they went to Eastbury Manor and spent a day experiencing Tudor times.

Year 3 Trip On Wednesday 6th July our Year 3 children will visit the ’Britain at War’ experience in London Bridge. If you have not yet returned the permission slips please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

newsletter no 34 23rd june 2011

PAWS News
Summer Fair 25th June 12-3.30pm— This is our main fundraising event. This years events include many new attractions which we hope you will enjoy as well as some of the old favourites. We hope to see you on Saturday for a fun and enjoyable afternoon with us.

Summer Fair Raffle—Tickets £1 each or 6 for £5—lots of fantastic prizes!
London Eye tickets, Colchester Zoo tickets, Barleylands, Horse Riding lessons, Ice Skating, Paradise Wildlife Park, Adventure Island, Cinema tickets and many many more prizes.

Volunteers Needed—We still need volunteers on the day, to set up, or help run a stall or tidy up at the end. Even half an hour would be great.

Cake donations—we would love some home made cakes for our stall, donations to be received on 24th June (tomorrow) via the school office please.

Good Works Assemblies—There will be none on Friday 24th (tomorrow) due to hall being set up for Summer Fair.

Barleylands Trip Yesterday our Reception children visited Barleylands farm. They had a wonderful time looking around at all the animals and they also had a class based activity where they made pizza!

Evening of Song Last week we mentioned the wonderful ‘Evening of Song’ that happened in school on 9th June. We did not mention the fact however, that we also actually raised £235 during the evening, so a Big Thank you to all.

Parents of Year 5 Pupils Reminder the Transition meeting is ton
ight at 5.30pm. You can bring your child with you but they must remain seated alongside you.

Year 3/4 Athletics at Cricklefields Playing Fields Our teams did really well with Year 3 coming 5th and Year 4 coming 6th.
Particular congratulations go to Hannah Sullivan who won the 50m sprint and Alys and Carmel who came 2nd. Also to Danny who came 1st in the 400m distance run. To view detailed results and photographs please go to the Clubs>Sports page of Fronter. Mr Merchant.

Sainsbury’s Vouchers Thank you to everyone who helped to collect these for us. We collected approximately 9500 vouchers which is a great figure. These will be used to order sports equipment for the school and also some workshops for the children to enjoy next year.

Sports Day - 28th June
This is next week KS1 at 9.30am start and KS2 at 1.30pm start. Please ensure that your child is dressed in their team colours and is wearing the appropriate footwear. Please apply sun cream before school and ensure your child has a cap. There will be sufficient drink stops for the children. You may move around the course with your child’s class to enjoy the event,

Gifted and Talented Assembly This took place today. As always our pupils shone. Thank you to Mr. Merchant for organising this event. Marc Preston, one of our Governors attends this event regularly and has commented on the skills and talents of our pupils and the warm and supportive atmosphere is generated by staff and pupils alike.

Reminder for Year 6 from TFL Oyster card forms for free travel need to be done before we break up as they need the school stamp on them.

Industrial Action Thursday 30th June You may have heard through the media about large scale industrial action by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) regarding pensions. Many of our staff belong to the NUT and will be taking part in this action. We will be sending out a letter this week regarding the impact at Glade. Please be prepared for the possibility of school closure for your child’s class.

Friday, June 17, 2011

newsletter no 33 16th June 2011

Book Fair We have raised a staggering £1,500 worth of books for our library. Thank you to all our staff and parents who have donated books.

School Dinner Arrears If your child brings home a letter about dinner arrears please do not ignore it. Payment should be made the following day.

Photographs Please note that Braiswick will be in school to collect any photo orders on Thursday of next week—23rd June. Any orders received after this date may mean that the photographs are not back in time for the end of term. Thank you.

Evening of Song Last Thursday evening four choirs came together for a magical performance. KS1, KS2 and our staff choir as well as the Kantori Khorus. We would like to thank Davida Robinson for all her hard work organising this event.
KS1 Choir at Churchfields Our choir did us proud last Friday when they sang at Churchfields school. What a lovely afternoon!

Dirty Nappies Please refrain from disposing of your child’s dirty nappies in the outside bins as it is not very hygienic for the rest of our children when out to play.

WOW Badge Design Competition Congratulations to Maryam Azhar-Yusuf, Adam Mirza and Jamima Begum for reaching the final of the WOW badge design competition. Well done to everyone who took part.

Active Kids Vouchers We will soon be placing an order with the vouchers that we have collected so please bring in any that you may still have at home.

Riding Bikes to School Please ensure that if you are riding a bike to school you wear a helmet. Please dismount your bike before you enter the school gates.

Winners of Science Quiz
Last week we had Science Week in school which was a fantastic week for all concerned. Winners of teams from each year group as follows:
6WA—Jyothi Sadeh, Husnain Ramzan, Uzzaam Asim, Farriah Riaz, Whitney Ile, Vishnuga Uthayamohan,Ayo Salami, Yaw Debrah, Jeffrey Satchi.
5NB—Mahima Khan, Nahiyan Pasha, Tamzin Freedman, Hanaa Azhar-Yusuf, Lucy Ramoo, Taybah Bibi, Sadri Hasi, Oviyan Sivantham.
4NB—Veishnavan Paramesvaran, Laura Voronkova, Domonic Louis, Khushi Kotecha, Rajan Nandrha, Izn Mokal, Jamila Kasoma, Anu Sofuyi, Thivian Kuganathan.
Overall Winners Year 6 Well Done to all!

Wellgate Farm visited our Nursery on Tuesday
of this week. The children thoroughly enjoyed meeting the animals that came along. If you have not yet paid your money for this event please send it in to the school office as soon as possible.

Sealife Centre Year 2 visited the Sealife Centre on Tuesday this week. The weather was great and all the children had a wonderful day.

PAWS News
Summer Fair 25th June 12-3.30pm—we still desperately need volunteers to help on the day , to set up , or help run a stall or to tidy up at the end . Even half an hour’s help would be great!
Non-Uniform Day—tomorrow
Donations of filled bottles or £1 per child please, no water bottles
Summer Fair Raffle—Tickets £1 each or 6 for £5—lots of fantastic prizes!
Cake donations—we would love some home made cakes for our stall, donations to be received on 24th June via the school office please.
Good Works Assemblies—There will be none on Friday 24th due to hall being set up for Summer Fair.

Barleylands Trip Next Wednesday, 22nd. If you have not yet paid please do so as soon as possible.

Reception Good Works Assemblies There will be none tomorrow for Reception because of the Open Morning.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Newsletter 32 - 9th June 2011

Welcome back, hope you all had a good half-term break and are ready now for the final half-term of this academic year!

Scholastic Book Fair
Book Week next week , books are on sale in our new library from tonight after school until next Wednesday 3.30-4.15pm. Buy a book and donate it to our new library and for every book bought the school will get commission and you will be entered into our prize draw that will be drawn every day in assembly.


PAWS Information

Summer Fair—Saturday 25th June 12-3.30pm
The Glade Summer Fair is fast approaching and we have been working hard to put together a fantastic event for you. This year we have some new attractions as well as some of the old favourites.
We still need volunteers to help on the day, to set up, or help run a stall or to help tidy at the end of the day. Even if you can only spare half an hour it would be very much appreciated.

Summer Fair Raffle
This year we have a wide range of fantastic prizes. Tickets are priced at £1 each or 6 for £5.
Rent a Stall at the Summer Fair
Would you like to rent or hire a stall at the Summer Fair? The cost will be £15 if you are a parent of a child at Glade school, if not £20 for the day.
No food or drink stalls please. Please leave your details with the school office if you are interested.

Non-Uniform Day PAWS
Friday 17th June
Donations of filled bottles please for our bottle tombola or £1 donation per child. No water bottles please. Thank you

An Evening of Song
This is tonight at 6.30pm. Tickets priced at £2 adults and 50p for children.

Team Superschools
The children were very excited to meet Olympian, Larry Achieke on Wednesday and see him perform his Triple Jump in our hall! Please bring in your sponsorship money in the envelope as soon as possible. Thank you, Mr Merchant.

Good Works Assembly
Please note there will be no good works assemblies on Friday 10th June due to the Science Fair and Friday 24th June as PAWS will be setting up for the Summer Fair.

Fronter
Your Fronter usernames and passwords will be given to the children throughout this week. Please go to the Glade Primary School website (www.glade.redbridge.sch.uk) to log in.

Nursery
Please note the last day for Nursery this academic year will be Thursday 14th July.

Instrument Tuition
If you have a child in years 3-6 who is interested in learning to play the trumpet, cornet or trombone at Glade through Redbridge Music Service, a few spaces have become available. Please let the school office know, there is a charge for this service.

Morning and After School Clubs
If you make a booking for either of these clubs and then realise that you do not need the place please let us know beforehand otherwise you may still be charged. Thank you.

Science Week
Please bring in donations of £3 towards our science show this week also on FRIDAY 10th JUNE you are invited in to the main hall to look at our science work. There is a £2 competition entry charge proceeds will go towards science books for our new library.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

newsletter 26th May no. 31

INSET Day Reminder that we have an INSET day tomorrow Friday 27th May so school will be closed to pupils. Next week is half-term so we re-open on Monday 6th June at 9am.
Recorder Festival Well done to all the children who represented Glade in the Redbridge Recorder Festival on Tuesday of this week. They all played wonderfully.
Hayley Bowyer Elizabeth Folorunso
Lauren Condon Zaynah Mahmood
Alisha Kaur Whitney Ile
Ony Obudulu Ebube Obudulu
Anjola Sofuyi Lorraine Fadahunsi
Luxa Mahenthiran
Thank you to Mrs Robinson for all her hard work preparing the children.

Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office.

Year 6 trip to Epping Forest The children in Year 6 had a great time last Friday when they visited Epping Forest. The weather was kind and the children thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Year 5 Trip to British Museum The Year 5 children went to the British Museum on Monday of this week. They focussed on their topic of Greek myths and legends and all had a very enjoyable day.

Cycle Helmets We are very pleased that more pupils are now cycling to school and getting fitter. We are, however, extremely concerned that not all our pupils are wearing a helmet. Also, if your child cycles to school please discuss the route they take to ensure the journey is safe and meets your approval.

School Uniform We have uniform on sale with the new school logo.
· Summer dresses
· PE top/shorts/bag
· Caps
· Girls cardigans
The children held a fashion show last week to show off our new uniform, including items that will be on sale in the Autumn term.

Mobile Library Please note that the mobile library will be in again on 29th June. All books need to be returned to school on this day as this will be the last visit before the end of the academic year. Thank you

Calling all Scientists Science week starts on Monday 6th June. We have a great Science performance booked. We ask for a contribution of £3 towards this worthwhile experience. Please send the money into school in a clearly marked envelope.

PAWS Events
Summer Fair Saturday 25th June 12-3.30pm, volunteers needed please.
Stalls available for hire, £15 for parents of children at the school and £20 for outsiders. No food stalls please.
Advertising in brochure available, £12 for full A5 page, £6 for half page.
Estate Agent Boards—We still need more boards, a local Estate Agent has agreed to give a donation to the school for every board put up advertising the Glade Summer Fair. The board will only be advertising the fair and there will be no reference to For Sale/Sold. It will be erected for a maximum of 3 weeks. If you are able to assist us by having a board put up outside your home please hand in your name and address to the school office as soon as possible.
Non-Uniform Day—Friday 17th June, donations of filled bottles please for the bottle tombola at the Summer Fair or £1 per child.
No water bottles please.

Friday, May 20, 2011

newsletter 19th may

FRONTER Thank you to all parents who attended the class talks on Tuesday. We were able to show you FRONTER our on-line learning environment. There has been lots of excitement about this and after half term we will be sending out log-in details for all pupils so that it can be accessed at home.

Team Superschools—Team Superschools is a company that arrange for a ‘Sporting celebrity’ to visit the school for one day to work with all children. To prepare us for this special event Team Superschools will be coming in to talk to all children on the morning of Friday 20th May. Therefore there will no Goods Works assembly on this day.

Scooter Skills Sessions - These sessions will be taking place on Thursday 26th May for children whose parents have expressed an interest. There are still some places left so please let me know if your child is interested. Mr Merchant

Hire of School Hall -The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office.

PAWS forthcoming events
Fun Family Event 20th May 2011 3.45 - 5pm.
Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled due lack of support.
Non Uniform Day 20th May
Theme Bad Hair Day donations of £1 please.
Summer Fair 25th June 12—3.30pm
Volunteers are needed for the day please leave your details in the school office. Table/stalls available to hire, £15 for parents of children at the school and £20 for outsiders. No food stalls please.

Advertising in brochure available, £12 for full page, £6 for half page.

School Lunch Arrears School lunches should be paid for in advance or on the day. They should not be paid for once they have been eaten!

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers Please keep collecting the Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers when you do your shopping. The scheme ends on the 31st May so it would be great to get as many as we can before this time.

An Evening of Song Please come along and support the school and staff choir on 9th June as they will be displaying their vocal talents. Tickets on sale £2 adults and 50p children. This will start at 6.45pm.

Reminder Trips Year 6 trip to Epping Forest is tomorrow . Please ensure that your child is dropped off at the bus stop inside Tescos, Barkingside at 8.45am. Next week Year 5 will be visiting the British Museum on 23rd and Year 6 the National Gallery on 26th!

Archery Club Y4/Y5 Pupils have the opportunity to attend archery club, a letter will go home and children will be selected randomly.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Newsletter 29

SATS
Well done to all Y6 pupils who have worked incredibly hard this week.

Parent Talks
This term we are going to try out a new approach to our usual class talks in an attempt to increase attendance. On Tuesday 17th May at 3.30pm, each year group will hold a meeting for parents to discuss this term’s topics. We will supervise the children in one of the classes while the meeting takes place in the other room. At our parents talks we will be demonstrating Fronter which is a safe web based virtual learning environment that can only be accessed by our school. It is an on-line system that your child will be able to access from home to help them with their learning. All classes will be using this in ICT lessons and before half term we will be sending home a login so that this site can be accessed at home.

Bike to school week
Just a reminder that Bike to school week which had been scheduled for next week has been postponed.

Team Superschools
Team Superschools is a company that arrange for a ‘Sporting celebrity’ to visit the school for one day to work with all children. To prepare us for this special event Team Superschools will be coming in to talk to all children on the morning of Friday 20th May. Therefore there will no Goods Works assembly on this day.

Scooter Skills Sessions
These sessions will be taking place on Thursday 26th May for children whose parents have expressed an interest. There are still some places left so please let me know if your child is interested. Mr Merchant

Sainsbury Active Kids vouchers
Please keep collecting the Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers when you do your shopping. The scheme ends on the 31st May so it would be great to get as many as we can before this time.

Hire of School Hall
The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office.

Cello lessons
There are spaces for cello lessons for year 2 children. If your child is interested please let the office know.

PAWS forthcoming events
Fun Family Event 20th May 2011 3.45 - 5pm.
This will be on the field, drinks and refreshments will be available as well as temporary tattoos, face and nail painting.
Non Uniform Day 20th May
Theme Bad Hair Day donations of £1 please.
Summer Fair 25th June 12—3.30pm


Message from the Chair of Governors
Parking at or near the School.

May I thank the many parents and carers who responded to our recent request for more considerate and safer parking of motor vehicles at the school when depositing or collecting children. There has been an improvement with less cars parked over the driveways of residents who live in the roads surrounding the school. There fortunately are fewer cars stopping dangerously in the middle of the road and rear doors opening to let a young child run across the road or appear from behind or in front of a badly parked car and cross the road.
However the correction by many further exposes the careless and blatant dangerous parking of a few who continue to allow their children to appear in the road of an unexpected passing vehicle.
This week a driver turned into a driveway, partially stopped and then reversed into the road as children and adults were crossing. They showed no respect to other road users as they continued a six point turn rather than just drive and turn naturally into a nearby road.

I continue to liaise with the local Police Community Safety Team requesting that they continue to target these drivers so that they may be reported and prosecuted. We need to act on this now to prevent having to report the tragedy of a serious accident on these pages because of the willful acts of parents and carers who persist in parking dangerously or stopping and letting children run from or to the vehicle.

Thank you to those who have listened and reduced the risk to Glade children and be warned those who want to act irresponsibly.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

newsletter 7th april

No Good Works Assembly There will be no good works assembly tomorrow due to end of term activities. Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office. Redbridge Mini Games Kit Please return any mini games kits from last Wednesday as soon as possible. It is great for us to be in Glade kit when we attend sporting events but this is not possible if the kits are not returned. Thank you. Bike to School Week W/B 16th May. During this week children are encouraged to bring their bike to school on their specified day below to take part in some fun bike related activities. Please ensure that they bring a helmet with them. Year 1—Monday 16th May Year 2—Monday 16th May Year 3—Tuesday 17th May Year 4—Wednesday 18th May Year 5—Thursday 19th May Year 6—Friday 20th May Haven Fun Fitness Scheme Thank you for all your support with the scheme. I am pleased to announce that we have reached our 100% target and our sports equipment is on its way to us! Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers Please continue to collect these for us when you do your shopping. Thank you. New School Uniform We have the new PE kits available for sale at £9.25 for top, shorts and bag. Yellow/green summer dresses for Reception/Year 1, priced at £7.50, up to aged 7 years. 8 years and above £8.50 and green cardigans £9 with the new school logo. Older children can still wear the old uniform and we will phase the new styles in over the next few terms. Easter Fair Thank you to everyone who supported this event. There was a lovely atmosphere and we raised a whopping £801, which we will use to pay for the Year 6 leavers party, dictionary and parents event. Non-uniform day raised £325– which will be used to fund the Summer fair. Winners from Easter Fair Raffle—Mrs Khan in school office Guess the number of the eggs—Halil Ibrahim 3P Parent questionnaire—Sumaira Ahmed Dar The next PAWS meeting will take place on Tuesday 26th April at 2pm. Year 2 Athletics Well done to all the year 2 children who represented Glade at this event yesterday! Gardening Club Donations of Decent Good Quality gardening tools needed for Mrs Robben’s club Thank you. Weather Precautions As we are moving into the warmer weather, can you make sure that your child is protected with a school sun hat/cap, and that sun cream is applied to exposed skin before school. Your child may also bring in a water bottle labelled with their name please. Finally, may I wish you all a very happy holiday and look forward to seeing you at 9am on 26th April!

Thursday, March 31, 2011

newsletter 31st March

Scooter Sessions We still have spaces for scooter skills sessions which have now been confirmed for 26th May—please see Mr Merchant if your child is interested.

Dinner Arrears Please pay all arrears by tomorrow. Payment should be made in advance for dinners and not after the meals have been taken.

Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office.

Redbridge Mini Games Event Lots of our children took part in this event yesterday, they had a lovely morning but unfortunately were rained off in the afternoon. Well done to them all!

Year 5 Guitar Showcase Yet again this term the year 5 children have excelled themselves with their guitar performance. Thank you to Mr Crouch, Mrs Robinson and Mr Spooner from the music service for all their support teaching our pupils.

Reminder Easter Fair Please support our Easter Fair after school at 3.45-5.15pm tomorrow. We have many fun filled activities. Any donations of home made cakes would be welcome for sale on the refreshments stall. Also any spring rolls, samosas etc gratefully received. All donations to school office by 1pm please.

Non-Uniform Day Tomorrow is a non-uniform day—PAWS will be collecting a £1 at the gate, the theme is April Fools Day , so please dress in something silly.

Bags2School We raised a fantastic £302. Thank you to all that contributed in this scheme. Money will go towards buying leaving gifts for the Year 6 children (as is Glade tradition).

Good Works Assembly—Tomorrow Please note there will be no good works assemblies tomorrow as it is the Easter Fair.

Friday, March 25, 2011

newsletter 24th March

Climate Change This week Year 4 have participated in a climate change project “To develop a Green idea to save or make money”. They enjoyed working together on 10 different projects that they presented to each year. The winning group was Glades Green Goodies Emma Conteh, Jamima Begum, Kulvinder Bhaker, Thivian Kuganathan, Tiyah Brown.

Marie Curie Mini Pots of Care We are very pleased to report that Reception parents have raised an amazing £312 for Marie Curie. A big thank you to all from the Reception Team

Donations for Non-Uniform Day Thank you to all who donated last Friday for our non-uniform sporting day. We managed to raise a grand total of £197.09.

PAWS Colouring Competition Winners Well Done to all the children who took part in this competition. We had lots of lovely pictures to choose from and the winners are as follows:
Nursery—Sydney Hildreth
Reception—Tomi Salami
Year 1—Emma King
Year 2—Jathusha Kamalarajan
Year 3—Asad Saeed
Year 4—Layla Stevens
Year 5—Bilal Butt
Year 6—Iman Hafeez
And overall winner Khadijah Muhammed in Class 1J!

Bags2School Thank you for the fantastic response to this scheme. Bags were collected on Tuesday morning and PAWS will receive money for each bag collected which will then go back into funds for the children at Glade. We have now sent out collection envelopes for any unwanted jewellery items and these need to be handed into school by 30th March. Thank you.

Easter Fair This will take place on Friday 1st April from 3.45-5.15pm. Please support this event featuring food/refreshment stalls, egg tombola and various arts and crafts. All money raised will go to fund the Year 6 leaving party and the new library.

Cable Collection Any un needed cables. Please hand in to school office to be collected on 30th March.

Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost,etc, can be obtained from the school office.

Year 5 Production This is today. The children have two performances, one at 2pm this afternoon and the second performance at 6.30pm this evening. Please note that this evenings performance is totally sold out so only those people who already have the tickets will be able to attend.

Year 5 Guitar Performance This will take place next Thursday. Children should have brought home a letter about this already, but we look forward to seeing many of the Year 5 parents there to support their children.

Year 1 Multi Sports Well done to all the children who took part in this event. They did very well and represented Glade excellently.

Healthy Food Workshops These took place in school this week for parents and classes. The sessions were both fun and informative.

Last week at our Olympic week we were very proud of the Year 6 children that were in school as they helped tremendously with all the other classes to act as sports leaders at the various activities. We also had winners from each class selected as the children that showed the true values of the Olympic theme. Please see over for names.

Friday, March 18, 2011

newsletter 17th march 2011

Olympic Week We have had a great week in school with our Olympic theme . The children have taken part in many activities including speed skating, aerobics, hockey, tag games, Wii challenge, yoga and parachute games. Years 1,2 and 5 have had workshop sessions of Capoeira and Karate.
Remember that tomorrow is our Olympic Challenge Day and children are invited to come to school dressed as a sporting hero, donations of £1 please. Money raised will be donated to the ‘Japan’ disaster fund.

We would like to thank Mr Merchant for all his hard work putting together all the activities for this week.

We are also very proud to announce that Glade Primary is part of the Get Set Network. This means that as a school we have demonstrated the Olympic values and can now officially use the 2012 London Olympic logo out on our letterheads and will be given an Olympic’s plaque to display.

Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost etc, can be obtained from the school office.

Residential Trip to Glasebury—Year 6 The children and staff at Glasbury are having a fantastic time and we have been updated daily via our school blog. To follow the updates go to ’blogs’ on the school website.

Year 6 children—not at Glasebury On Tuesday of this week our remaining Year 6 children were treated to an exciting afternoon of team building games. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Year 5 Production Date Change Please note that the Year 5 production will now take place on 24th March. The performance for parents and toddlers will take place at 2pm and for Adults Only at 6.30pm. Year 5 parents please ensure your child is at school by 5.45 for the evening performance.

CGP SAT’s Revision books and practice books for English, Maths and Science, 6 books in total are on sale in the school office at £15—shop price £30.
Extra Maths—Levels 3,4 or 5 also available at £5.
We recommend these books to year 5 and 6 pupils.

Climate Change Week Year 4 will be participating in a climate change challenge next week as part of their topic “footprints”. We will also be supporting this theme with a big push on recycling. Please bring in your “Bag2School” bags of unwanted clothing and textiles on Tuesday 22nd March to the bicycle shed at the main entrance. Please note because of this there will be no bike storage available in the shed on this day.

Sign2Sing Glade Primary is now a Guinness World Record Breaker by taking part in Sign healths World Record Breaking attempt to have the most people signing and singing simultaneously in multiple venues.

Good Works Assembly Please note there will be no good works assembly on Friday 1st April due to the PAWS Easter Fair on that afternoon.

Goodbye to Mrs Patel We are very sad to say goodbye to Mrs Patel at the end of this term. She will be working closer to her home and family at Cranbrook Primary. We wish Mrs Patel luck in her new job and thank her for all her dedication and commitment to Glade Primary during the last 8 years.

KS1 Multi Sports Club There will be no KS1 Multi Sports club until further notice due to staff absence. Sorry for any inconvenience.

PAWS EVENTS
Colouring Competition Thank you to all of you who have supported this event.The competition will be judged tomorrow. Winners will be informed on Monday 21st March.
Easter Fair This will take place on Friday 1st April 3.45—5.15
Please support this event featuring food/refreshment stalls, egg tombola and various arts and crafts. All monies raised will go to fund the year 6 leaving party and the new library.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

newsletter 10th march

Olympic Week Just a reminder that next week, W/B 14th March is Olympic week in school. On Friday 18th March the children are invited to come to school dressed as a sporting hero , donations of £1 please.

Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office.

Relief MDA If you have taken a form from the school office for a relief Mid– day position the closing date is next Wednesday 16th March, so all forms must be returned to us by then. Thank you.

Year 3 Trip Yesterday our children in Year 3 attended a trip to the Epping Forest Conservation Centre. They had a lovely day and the weather greatly helped with their outdoor activities.

Year 6 Citizenship Day On Tuesday of this week the Year 6 children visited Hargreaves Scout camp and were taken through practical life scenarios with the help of the emergency services. They thoroughly enjoyed this time.

Year 5 Basketball All the children that participated in this competition yesterday did extremely well and did the school proud! Well done to all.

Anthony Glenn Shakespeare Performance and Workshops The children in Years 4,5 and 6 had a great treat last Friday when they were joined by Anthony Glenn who did Macbeth workshops and performances with them. It was a fantastic day for all concerned.

Open Evening Just to remind you that tonight is Open evening for children in classes 1M, 3S and 4N. Please arrive for your appointments on time so that the evening can run smoothly.

Residential Trip to Glasebury—Year 6 We wish all our children and staff who are going on the residential trip this Sunday a wonderful time and look forward to the updates daily about the activities that they will be doing. To follow the updates go to ’blogs’ on the school website.

Year 5 Production Date Change Please note that the Year 5 production will now take place on 24th March. The performance for parents and toddlers will take place at 2pm and for adults only at 6.30pm. Thank you.

PAWS Colouring Competition The closing date has been extended until 14th March . Extra copies are available from the school office, £1 per entry!

Scooter Sessions We have 5 places left for the scooter training sessions. If you would like your child to take part please come in to the school office and let us know.

Bag2School Fundraising Collection Your child will be bringing home a bag on Friday for the collection of clothes, bedding, curtains, soft toys, belts, handbags and shoes (please tie shoes together). All donations will be greatly appreciated and help towards fundraising for the PAWS team and the children at Glade. Bags will be collected from Glade on 22nd March at 9am. Please do not send them in before this date and place the bags in the bike shed just inside the main gate on the 22nd. Thank you!

CGP SAT’s Revision books and practice books for English, Maths and Science, 6 books in total are on sale in the school office at £15—shop price £30.
Extra Maths—Levels 3,4 or 5 also available at £5.
We recommend these books to year 5 and 6 pupils.

Advance Warning – PAWS Easter Fayre There will be an Easter Fayre on 1st April from 3.45-5.15pm. Further details will follow later, please come along and support us, we look forward to seeing many of you there!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

newsletter 3rd march

Plea from Year 2! This term in DesignTechnology we are creating explorer vehicles from junk materials. If you could bring in any old food packaging, cereal boxes, cardboard rolls etc for us to use we would be most grateful. Thank you!

Year 2 Explorer Day On Thursday 24th March Year 2 will be having a day full of exploration! Children are invited to come to school dressed as an explorer. There will be a small prize for the two best dressed children from 2M and 2P. Happy creating!

Haven Fun Fitness—www.havenfunfitness.com A big thank you to everyone who supported this scheme. We have now reached our first target of 70% and our FREE sporting equipment is on the way. We can now aim for our bonus equipment by reaching 100%! Please note that you must confirm your email address in order for your support to be registered, so once you have signed to support please check your inbox! Thank you.

Gifted and Talented Assembly A big well done to everyone who took part in this term’s Gifted and Talented assembly. As usual there was a wide range of acts and it really showed the range of talents that we have here at Glade. You should all be very proud!

School Lunch Menu Your child will be bringing home a new school lunch menu which the caterers have been providing since Monday of this week. This menu will run until we break up for the Summer holidays in July.

Good Works Assembly Please note there will be no good works assembly tomorrow (4th March). This is for one week only as we have workshops going on in the hall. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office.

Year 4 Science Museum Visit The children had a lovely day out when they visited the Science museum yesterday.

Road Safety Talks On Tuesday of this week the children in KS1 were given a talk by a member of the Redbridge Road Safety team about safety whilst out and about. The children thoroughly enjoyed the session and learnt about keeping safe.

Reminder—Parents Evening This is tonight for all classes except year 6, classes 3S , 1M and 4N. Please ensure that you arrive on time for your individual appointment slots so that the evening can run smoothly and to time. Thank you.

Classes 3S and 4N Parents Evening Unfortunately, due to Mrs Sheikh and Mr Nicholson being unwell we have had to cancel parents evening for classes 3S and 4N tonight. Appointments will now take place on 10th March at the same appointment times that you were given already, had it been tonight. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Healthy Food Workshop — for parents on Thursday 23rd March at 9.15am Sue Brown from the healthy schools team will be in school on this day to work with parents on healthy eating. She will be leading workshops and there will be a whole school assembly on the same theme. If you would like to attend please let the school office know.

Parking Once again dangerous parking on double yellow lines car registration number LC54 WPL.

Height and Weight Checks On 10th March the children in Reception and Year 6 will be having their height and weight checked in school by the community health advisors. If you do not wish your child to take part in this please write in to the school office to let us know beforehand.
Scooter Skills Sessions If your child uses a scooter and would be interested in taking part in some scooter sessions during school time please let the office know. Spaces are limited to 40 children so will be given on a first come, first served basis.

World Book Day Each child will be bringing a voucher home tonight for World Book Day. This entitles them to a £1 off of the price of a book.

Friday, February 18, 2011

newsletter 17 feb 2011

Haven Fun Fitness FREE Equipment Scheme Thank you to all parents who have signed up to support this scheme. We are currently at 67% so very close to our 70% target so please support if you have not yet done so and encourage friends and family to do the same. Simply visit www.havenfunfitness.com and enter our postcode IG5 0PF. Then click Register your support, enter your details and you are done. With your help we can reach our target and beyond and continue to keep Glade children healthy and active!

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers Please collect these vouchers when you do your shopping to help us get lots of great equipment for our school. Last year we managed to purchase lots of new sporting equipment and I’m sure that with your help, this year we can receive even more! Thank you.

Olympic Week This year we will be holding Olympic week on Monday 14th—Friday 18th March. We have lots of exciting events planned for the week including Karate and Capoeira workshops (see if you can find out what that is!). The popular Nintendo Wii challenge will also be back by demand! Please ensure that your child has their PE kit in school each day so that they don’t miss out on any opportunities. On Friday 18th March we will be holding a non-uniform day with the theme—’Sporting Heroes!’ Children will be invited to bring in a £1 on this day which will go towards Comic Relief . Mr. Merchant

Good Works Assembly Please note there will be no good works assembly on Friday 4th March. This is for one week only as we have workshops going on in the hall. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Redbridge Dance Festival This took place yesterday and all the children involved did extremely well and did the school proud! Danny,Aidan,Bolu,Kwame,Georgia and Annabelle all in 4L.

Non-Uniform Day PAWs collected a grand total of £283.40 last Friday for our ‘Red’ themed non-uniform day. This money will go towards purchasing sports kits for children at Glade. Thank you.

Dinner Money Arrears Please pay any outstanding dinner arrears by tomorrow afternoon as we have to clear all debts before half term. If you owe for lunches and do not pay by tomorrow we will ask you to provide your child with a packed lunch after the holidays.

School Logo George Green and Zaynah Mahmood’s designs have jointly been chosen for the schools new logo. We are now asking a school uniform manufacturer to stitch these designs on to the new uniforms ready for sale in the Spring. As soon as they become available we will display these in the office.

Staying in School at Playtimes We have no facilities in school for the children to stay indoors during play and lunchtimes unless it is wet play. Children that are unwell or injured will stay in at the discretion of the headteacher only. Lately, we have had lots of children in the building at break times when they shouldn’t be. Thank you.

Hire of School Hall The school hall is available for hire for functions. Details of cost, etc can be obtained from the school office.

PAWs Colouring Competition Look out for details on Friday!

Dangerous Parking Reported for parking across Nursery entrance V880 KJN.

Homework
Well done year one for working really hard on your numeracy and literacy homework this half term.
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