Friday, March 30, 2012

newsletter 29th march 2012

Bags2School 10th May now—details to follow.
PAWS On line shopping Please don’t forget this website if you shop on line www.easyfundraising.org.uk. We can raise funds for the school without costing you a penny!
Please also find accompanying letter redarding recycling.

Good Works Assembly-tomorrow Classes RC, 1O, 2M, 3M, 4H, 5E and 6W at 10am.

Reminder School Lunch Arrears School dinners need to be paid for unless your child
receives free school meals. If you cannot pay weekly please provide a packed lunch.

Year 3 Claybury Forest Visit The children in Year 3 had a wonderful day on Monday when they spent the day at Claybury Forest.

Year 2 Claybury Forest Visit Year 2 also visited Claybury Forest on Tuesday morning. The weather was great and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Year 5 Concert We were treated to a wonderful performance on Tuesday of this week . The children in year 5 did us proud, they sang, danced and acted brilliantly!

Glasbury Trip Our year 6 children arrived back safely last Saturday after having a good time on their residential trip.

Queen’s Visit The competition winning children and members of staff went along to see the Queen today as she visited Valentines Mansions in Ilford. They were very excited and the atmosphere was fantastic.

Royal Albert Hall Last Thursday evening several children from Glade went along to participate in the Redbridge Choral Festival at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a wonderful evening enjoyed by all who attended. A big thank you to Mrs Robinson, Mrs Hartley and Mr Crouch and a very big Well Done to all the children!

Scooter Skills Wednesday 27th June 2012.
For children in years 1-5, children must have their own scooter. Limited spaces, please let the office know if you would like your child to take part. More details will be given to those attending nearer the time. Mr. Merchant

Family Literacy These sessions begin on Friday 27th April from 12noon-3pm and run for a total of 11 weeks. They are for parents of reception and year 1 pupils with the idea of being able to help out more with Reading and Writing with your child at home. If you are interested in joining these classes please come to the office and let us know.

Easter Assembly We had a lovely Easter Assembly this morning led by Rob from the Christian Education Project.

Guitar Performance Our year 5 children gave us another treat this week when they did a guitar performance showing us what they have been learning during their lessons in school.

Music Tuition Vacancies We have vacancies for violin and brass tuition. If your child would be interested in having lessons they are £4 please write into school expressing your interest. Thank you.

Finally may I wish you all a lovely Easter Break and look forward to seeing you on 16th April at 9am.

Friday, March 23, 2012

newsletter 22nd march 2012

NUT STRIKE Wednesday 28th March. As part of the fight against pension cuts the NUT are calling members of the union to participate in strike action.
Unfortunately the school will have to close on this day due to the number of teachers participating in this action. We apologise for the short notice and the inconvenience this will cause. We will be sending out a letter with further information.

WARNING-Jequirity Bean Bracelets The school has received an alert about the above bracelets which have been on sale. They are red and black and made from the jequirity bean. They contain poisonous toxins which are very dangerous. If your child has purchased one from somewhere please bag it , wash your hands and avoid touching your eyes.
If you are unsure about what these bracelets look like please come into the school office where we have a picture displaying one. Thank you.

Easter Fair Thank you to everyone who helped, baked cakes or came along to support our Easter Fair last Friday. We raised a fantastic £1000! Thank you, Tamara– PAWS Chairperson.

Glade School 100 Club By joining Glade 100 club you can help our school as well as having the chance to win cash prizes every month!
Glade 100 club is a private lottery and is open to all parents, staff and friends of Glade Primary (anyone aged 16 or over can join). Your child would have brought home a letter about this last week. If you are interested please return the completed form and payment in a clearly marked envelope to the school office by tomorrow– Friday 23rd March.

Bags2School 10th May now—details to follow.

PAWS On line shopping Please don’t forget this website if you shop on line www.easyfundraising.org.uk. We can raise funds for the school without costing you a penny!

Good Works Assembly-tomorrow Classes RS, 1J, 2P, 3C, 4L, and 5F at 10am.

Reminder School Lunch Arrears School dinners need to be paid for unless your child receives free school meals. If you cannot pay weekly please provide a packed lunch.

Year 4 Barbican Trip The children had a wonderful time yesterday on their trip. They watched a performance by The London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican.

Olympic Week We had a great Olympic week last week with children taking part in a wide range of activities including Karate, Capoeira, Speedstacking, Nintendo Wii, Hockey and Parachute Games. It ended with a teacher’s challenge in Good Works assembly on Friday. We raised a terrific £145.50 for the Sports Relief fund so a big thank you for all your support. Mr. Merchant.
Throughout the week children were asked to choose two children from their class who were best at displaying the Olympic values. All these children received a special medal. Well done!
RC Devonyaye and Sydney RS Tahir and Sobia
1J Marcus and Maryam 10 Kingsley and Angel
2M Shaamil and Kayleigh 2P Varoon and Christy
3C Kevin and Laibah 3M Adarssh and Liana
4L James and Hannah 4H Ashton and Alys
5F Anu and Kulvinder 5E Megan and Adam
Year 6 will be announced after they return from Glasbury.

Year 2 Claybury Forest Visit Year 2 will be visiting Claybury Forest on Tuesday morning.Please ensure that you return your child’s reply slip by tomorrow if you have not yet done so. Children need to come to school dressed in old clothes and wellies on this day and bring their uniform in a bag to change into upon our return. Children who are not in old clothes/wellies will unfortunately be unable to attend as it will be muddy.

Friday, March 16, 2012

newsletter 15th March 2012

Queen’s Visit to Redbridge –Competition Results
Overall Winner Maryam Khan (4L)
Second place Rebecca Welch (6R)
Am Nursery Harry Elia Pm Nursery Noor Baig
RS Ammarah Vohra RC Maryam Vohra
10 Judah Martin 1J Ayra Malak
2M Caitlin Pickering 2P Gerard Kasprzycki
3M Meerab Mokal 3C Imaan Jobe
4H Manraj Bansal 4L Samah Moughal
5F Swastika Surendran 5E William Hughes
6R Lucia Goodman 6W Jada Phipps-Brumant
Well done children!

Eggtastic Easter Fair-tomorrow-Friday 16th March 3.45-5.30pm
Join us tomorrow for this year’s Easter Fair!
We have lots of eggtastic activities planned for you to enjoy, so don’t miss out on the fun.
Easter egg hunt, Easter egg tombola, Face painting, Nail painting, Temporary tattoos, Buzzer game, Crafts, Badge making, Refreshments, Home made cakes and lots more.
Cake Donations All cake donations for our Easter Fair greatly appreciated. They need to be delivered to the school office tomorrow morning . Thank you.
Bags2School 3rd May—details to follow.
PAWS On line shopping Please don’t forget this website if you shop on line www.easyfundraising.org.uk. We can raise funds for the school without costing you a penny!

Good Works Assembly-tomorrow Classes RC, 1O, 2M, 3M, 4H, 5E and 6W at 10am.
Olympic Week The children have had a fun filled week in school this week and tomorrow they are invited to bring in a £1 to come dressed as a sporting hero. The Good Works assembly will also have a sporting theme—parents invited as per the relevant classes above.

Reminder School Lunch Arrears School dinners need to be paid for unless your child receives free school meals. If you cannot pay weekly please provide a packed lunch.

Year 4 Barbican Trip This trip will take place on 21st March. Your child should have brought home a second letter giving details about the trip. Even if you have already signed the first letter we need a signed copy back of the second one as soon as possible. If we do not get this your child will be unable to attend the trip as we need it to sort the transport arrangements. Your child must also wear school uniform and have a packed lunch. We are meeting at South Woodford tube station, Sainsbury’s side at 8.45am on 21st March and the children must also be collected from this point at 2.30pm in the afternoon Thank you.

Optician Appointments The school nurse would like to advise parents that if they have concerns about their child’s sight they can make an appointment to see a local optician as this is a free service for children and more comprehensive than the eye test she would be able to do. If you have concerns about your child’s hearing please let the school office know as soon as possible and the nurse will arrange a test for your child sometime in the next two weeks.

Year 6 Hargreaves Scout Camp Reminder that this trip is tomorrow. The children will be picked up from school at 8.40am promptly so please make sure they are in school at 8.30am for registration. They will be brought back to school at lunchtime.

Glasbury We hope those children in Year 6 going to Glasbury on Sunday have a wonderful time and look forward to receiving updates from their visit during the course of the week!

Friday, March 9, 2012

newsletter 22 8th march 2012

Queen’s Visit to Redbridge Reminder competition entries must be in by tomorrow Friday 9th March Good Luck!

Non-uniform Day Tomorrow- 9th March, a donation of £1 per child please. Pupils to dress up as a character from a book.

Cake Donations As always PAWS events would not be possible without the generosity of parents and we are asking for cake donations for our Easter fair. All donations need to be delivered to the school office on Friday morning 16th March. Thank you in advance.

Easter Fair-Friday 16th March 3.45-5.30pm
We have lots of fantastic activities planned for you, so don’t miss out on the fun.
Easter egg tombola, Face painting, Treasure hunt, Nailpainting, Temporary tattoos, Buzzer game, Crafts, Badge making, Refreshments, Home made cakes and lots more.

Bags2School 3rd May—details to follow.

PAWS On line shopping Please don’t forget this website if you shop on line www.easyfundraising.org.uk. We can raise funds for the school without costing you a penny!

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers We are once again collecting these vouchers for sports equipment for the school . Last year we were able to collect a large amount of sports equipment with them and it would be great to be able to do the same this year. They will be available at Sainsbury’s from Wednesday 15th February so please remember to collect them when you do your shopping and send them into school. Thank you!

Good Works Assembly-tomorrow Classes RS, 1J, 2P, 3C, 4L, 5F and 6R at 10am.

Spare Clothing We are in particular need of some small sized underwear and socks. If you have any to donate to school please send them into the school office. Thank you.
Olympic Week Just a reminder about Olympic Week taking place week beginning 12th March. Please ensure that your child has their P.E. kit in school each day. On Friday 16th March children are invited to bring in a £1 to come dressed as a sporting hero. The Good Works assembly on 16th will have a sporting theme—parents invited as per the relevant classes.

Reminder School Lunch Arrears School dinners need to be paid for unless your child receives free school meals. If you cannot pay weekly please provide a packed lunch.
Year 4 Barbican Trip This trip will take place on 21st March. Your child should have brought home a second letter giving details about the trip. Even if you have already signed the first letter we need a signed copy back of the second one as soon as possible. If we do not get this your child will be unable to attend the trip as we need it to sort the transport arrangements. Thank you.

Year 2 Trip to Sea life Centre Please note the letter that went out should have read Monday 25th June, not Tuesday. Apologies!

Redbridge Mini Games Well done done to all the children who took part in the mini games on Wed 7th March (yesterday). Even though it was very wet all children showed great team spirit. A huge thank you to all the parents who came to support and help out. Mr Merchant


Drama Centre Visit Year 3 were treated to a visit from the Redbridge Drama Centre on Tuesday of this week. They had a great time.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

newsletter 1st March 2012

Queen’s Visit to Redbridge As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations the Queen will be visiting areas around the U.K. and she will be visiting Redbridge at the end of March. We have been invited to participate in this event and will be selecting 5 pupils as well as our Chair of the School Council-Lauren Samuels to take part. We have decided to have a competition ‘if you could spend a day with the Queen what would you do?’ We are inviting entries from Nursery,Reception, KS1 and KS2. The children can choose how they present their ideas in writing, picture, model, poem, powerpoint,etc.
Deadline for entries Friday 9th March Good Luck!

Cake Donations As always PAWS events would not be possible without the generosity of parents and we are asking for cake donations for our Easter fair. All donations need to be delivered to the school office on Friday morning 16th March. Thank you in advance.
Easter Fair-Friday 16th March 3.45-5.30pm
We have lots of fantastic activities planned for you, so don’t miss out on the fun.
Easter egg tombola, Face painting, Treasure hunt, Nail painting, Temporary tattoos, Buzzer game, Crafts, Badge making, Refreshments, Home made cakes and lots more.
Non-uniform Day Friday 9th March, a donation of £1 per child please. Pupils to dress up as a character from a book.
Bags2School 3rd May—details to follow.
PAWS On line shopping Please don’t forget this website if you shop on line www.easyfundraising.org.uk. We can raise funds for the school without costing you a penny!

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers We are once again collecting these vouchers for sports equipment for the school . Last year we were able to collect a large amount of sports equipment with them and it would be great to be able to do the same this year. They will be available at Sainsbury’s from Wednesday 15th February so please remember to collect them when you do your shopping and send them into school. Thank you!

Year 6 Trips Unfortunately we have cancelled the two alternative trips that were planned for those children in Year 6 who are not going to Glasbury. This is because we did not get enough response and so cannot therefore continue with these bookings. If you had paid for these trips please come into the school office for your refund.

Good Works Assembly-tomorrow Classes RC, 1O, 2M, 3M, 4H, 5E and 6W at 10am.

Year 3 Trip The children in Year 3 visited Epping Forest Conservation Centre on Tuesday of this week. They had a wonderful day and the weather was kind so they were able to work outside as well as in the classrooms.

Spare Clothing We are in particular need of some small sized underwear and socks. If you have any to donate to school please send them into the school office. Thank you.

Drumming Assembly Last week we were treated to a lovely drumming assembly in school. The children showed off their talents to us all!

Olympic Week Just a reminder about Olympic Week taking place week beginning 12th March. Please ensure that your child has their P.E. kit in school each day. On Friday 16th March children are invited to bring in a £1 to come dressed as a sporting hero. The Good Works assembly on 16th will have a sporting theme—parents invited as per the relevant classes.

Reminder Glasbury Meeting Tonight at 5pm for those children in Year 6 going on the residential trip.