Value of the Month – “Honesty: I tell the truth”
Welcome back to the new school year. We hope you all had great summer holidays and are feeling excited about the challenges ahead for the coming school year.
Dates for your diary
1st September – school closed INSET day
2nd September - school closed INSET day
3rd September – First day of new school year, children return at the usual times
4th September – Reception children start
16th September – 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “e-safety”
23rd September - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “PE and Sport in school”
30th September - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Phonics and handwriting”
30th September to 2nd October – Year 5 Residential to Stubbers Adventure Park
8th October – 9.05am - Parents Values assemblies in the Infant hall - class 4D performing
9th October – 9.05am - Parents Values assemblies in the Infant hall - class 2M performing
14th October - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Personalising learning in the Early Years”
14th October – 8:30 to 9:00 – Year Three Open classrooms
16th October – 8:15 to 8:45 – Year Six Open classrooms
20th October - 8:30 to 9:00 – Year Two and Year Four Open classrooms
21st October - 8:15 to 8:45 – Year Five Open classrooms
21st October - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Reciprocal Reading”
21st October – 3:30 to 5:00 – Parent Consultation sessions
23rd October – 8:30 to 9:00 – Year One Open classrooms
23rd October – Last day before half term holiday, school closes at the usual times
Week beginning 26th October – half term holiday
2nd November – school closed INSET day
3rd November – Children return to school at the usual times
3rd November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
4th November – 3:30 to 5:00pm - Parent Consultations
5th November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
9th November - Year Two and Year Four “Bring a parent to school” sessions (all week)
11th November - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Our Big Ideas”
12th November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
16th November - Year Two and Year Four “Bring a parent to school” sessions (all week)
17th November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
18th November - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Governance”
19th and 20th November - 9.05am - Parents Values assemblies in the Infant hall
19th November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
23rd November – Year Six “Bring a parent to school” sessions (all week)
24th November – Individual photos
11th December – 2:45 to 3:15 – Reception Open classrooms
17th and 18th December - 9.05am - Parents Values assemblies in the Infant hall
18th December – last day of term, also Non-uniform day
Class teacher list:
Nursery - Ms Suleiman and Mrs Hinkley
Reception class U - Miss Patel
Reception class T - Mr Truong
Reception class S - Mrs Sharma
Year One class 1O - Mr Wilkes
Year One class 1P - Mrs Waters
Year One class 1V - Mrs Zubair
Year Two class 2L - Mr Ali
Year Two class 2M - Mr Stringer
Year Two class 2N – Miss Kang
Year Three class 3J - Mr Matthews
Year Three class 3K - Mr Felix
Year Three class 3L - Miss O’Reilly
Year Four class 4I - Mrs O’Driscoll
Year Four class 4D - Mr Nobeebaccus
Year Four class 4C - Miss Begum
Year Five class 5B - Mrs Moore
Year Five class 5A - Mr Hession
Year Five class 5H – Mr Ahmad
Year Six class 6G - Miss Fan
Year Six class 6F – Mr Alam
Year Six class 6E - Mrs Matharu
News and events
Our Big Ideas - 2015
How are we going to make the school even better? Our Big Ideas have been chosen to do just this. They are the most important things we will be doing in school over the next year.
Our Big Theme is: Towards Outstanding – raising standards of teaching and learning
We want to achieve the following:
1. We will help teachers understand more about the new National Curriculum
2. Teachers will assess children’s knowledge, skills and understanding our with new records
3. Teachers will all give excellent feedback to children on their learning
4. We will help every child to be a successful learner
5. Each child will make excellent progress in their learning
6. Teachers will teach excellent writing lessons to inspire all children
7. We will write and teach new Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHE) lessons
8. Teachers will teach excellent PE lessons and improve children’s learning by organising more sporting opportunities
9. As a Teaching School, we will provide teacher training for teachers in other schools
We are all a part of our school and all agree to take responsibility for making these Big Ideas happen. We look forward to learning new things together, taking risks and enjoying our learning together.
Head Teacher Vision statement
I believe that the main purpose of our school is to provide challenging learning experiences for each child who attends. These need to be personally relevant for every one of them. In order to achieve this goal I will lead the school with the following foci:
High expectations
I believe we all need to have the highest expectations for each child, in all aspects of their learning, both academic and pastoral.
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being” – Johann W. van Goethe
Successful learning
My focus for improving school standards even further is to develop the quality of class teaching. This is the most powerful agent of change in the school. Even better teaching will support even more successful learning.
I understand the importance of meeting individuals’ learning needs. In order to do this we have to identify and remove barriers to learning, develop enabling strategies through creative and innovative teaching, and see the child in the context of his/her family and related community.
Each child must see themselves as a member of our local and British community and accept the challenge of growing up to become a socially responsible citizen, who uses their gifts and talents to improve the world around them.
Staying connected
In order to keep abreast of the changing educational landscape, we need to develop our existing partnerships with other schools, universities and professional bodies. We need to keep looking outwards and avoid the trap of provincialism. We need to look beyond the school to reference other examples of best practice and challenge ourselves regularly. We need to be restless in our aim to improve and refine our considerable achievements in order to make further gains. We need to acknowledge our place in the wider professional community to share our practices and step up to the challenge of meeting our responsibilities as an outstanding school.
I invite each and every member of the school community to join me to achieve this vision.
Governing Body Vision statement
We will provide a happy, secure and stimulating learning environment where everyone will be inspired to do their best, to achieve their potential.
We will have high expectations for all. Children will be encouraged to become lifelong learners.
We are committed to achieving the highest standards of teaching required for outstanding attainment and progress. We will support our staff in delivering this through continuous professional development, outstanding leadership, appropriate initiatives and the effective deployment of resources.
We will provide a broad and balanced yet challenging curriculum that is relevant to children’s interests and responsive to their learning needs. Our core priorities are to our “Key Skills”, English and mathematics.
We will encourage each child to be confident, independent and well-rounded citizens who will be able to make a positive contribution to the world around them.
We are committed to ensuring that every child achieves their full potential in an inclusive, caring environment which respects our diverse, multi-ethnic community and the individual needs of all learners.
Our Achievements in 2014 – 2015
Details of our performance against agreed school targets has been published on the school noticeboards.
Gearies Primary School
• Outstanding grade in the Ofsted school inspection in October 2014
• Silver Award in the Primary Science Quality Mark scheme
• Team London Schools Award – “My Community” category
• Silver Award in August 2014, followed by the Gold award in July 2015 – Transport for London’s School Travel Accreditation scheme (STARS)
• “Scooter school of the year” in the Redbridge Travel Scheme
• Award of the Nora Dinmore Trophy for children’s participation in the Redbridge libraries’ summer reading challenge
• Ranked 14 out of 48 in our first year taking part in the Redbridge Schools Sport League
• The school netball team were group winners in the Redbridge region competition
• The school football team were runners up in the Gants Hill Partnership football tournament
• The school tag rugby team were awarded a trophy for success in the Regional Rugby tournament at Eton Manor
• School choir Merit award in the Stratford East Choral competition
• 14 children were awarded full-attendance certificates for the entire school year
• The school was nominated for a UEL mentor award for its mentoring expertise
Staff achievements
• Miss Holmes gained HLTA status
• Mrs Khokhar was awarded the NCFE level Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning
• Mrs Conway received a long service award for her 25 years service to Redbridge
• Mrs Moore was nominated for a UEL mentor award for her mentoring expertise
• Mr Drew was designated as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University College London Institute of Education
• Mrs Sandhu and Mrs Chaudhry were recognised as Level 1 netball coaches
• Mr Bhatti achieved the level 3 award for “ICT Support in Education for Practitioners”
• Miss Yerosimou passed her GCSE science
Playground notices
Reminder – children are not allowed to play on the climbing frame in the playground before or after school. Please respect this rule and keep your children from playing on this.
Football – children are not allowed to play football in either playground before or after school. There is a risk of other people being struck by the ball. Also, playing this game before school does not help the children focus for their learning in the first lesson.
Bicycles – we would encourage children to cycle to school. If your child wants to do this, he/she is recommended to wear a safety helmet. If the bicycle is parked in our cycle shed, it needs to be secured with a chain. Helmets can also be added to the chain or kept on the coat peg inside school. Please do not allow your child to ride their bike around the playground before or after school. This may be dangerous and contribute to an accident in the playground.
Before school starts children should line up in the playground in their class lines. Parents are reminded to supervise their children and make sure when they arrive that they are lined up ready for collection. Children should not be left unattended in the playground before school starts.
Healthy Lifestyles
We are committed to supporting children achieve a healthy lifestyle. We wish to encourage the following and invite you to support this important message:
• Children should, whenever possible, walk or cycle to school
• Children should try to eat 5 portions of fruit or vegetable each day
• Children should take part in daily exercise
• Children should brush their teeth twice a day
• Children should eat a well-balanced diet, avoiding regular treats
• Children should drink plenty of water each day
To support this, we will remind you of some current school policies:
• Children are encouraged to bring a personal water bottle to school
• We are a no-nut school – this includes peanut butter and chocolate spread
• Children are not allowed to bring sweets, crisps, cakes and carton drinks in their packed lunches
• Children will take part in all PE lessons even if they have forgotten their PE kit
General reminders
Please make sure your child is always brought to school on time. This means he/she should be lined up in the playground five minutes before the start of the school day (by 8.45am in the Juniors and 8.55am in the Infants). Please help your child to get the best start to the school day by always being punctual.
Sickness – if your child is not well and unable to come to school please contact the school office on the day to let us know what is happening. If your child is off for more than 2 days we would expect your child to visit the doctor to receive appropriate advice. On return to school following an absence of more than 2 days you will need to bring with you evidence that you have been to the doctor’s (an appointment card or copy of a prescription). Failure to do this may result in a fine for unauthorised absence.
Assemblies
These classes attend the following Values assemblies, which begin at 9.05am:
Thursdays – T, U (both attending from the spring term), 1P, 2N, 4C, 4D, 5H, 6G, 6F and 6E
Fridays – S (attending from the spring term), 1O, 1V, 2L, 2M, 3J, 3K, 3L, 4I, 5B and 5A
Personal Property
Children should not bring their own playthings into school. This includes balls, pencil cases, loom bands, trading cards and toys. Please help us to maintain an orderly school by ensuring your child does not bring any of these items in.
Agreed Uniform policy
Details of our agreed policy can be found on the school's website. All school uniform can be ordered via the Tesco website (details from our school office). Please note also that:
White shirts are NOT school uniform! Children should wear white polo shirts with the school logo.
Each child is expected to come to school wearing the correct uniform. Please help us to maintain our high standards and comply with this policy!
Welcome back to the new school year. We hope you all had great summer holidays and are feeling excited about the challenges ahead for the coming school year.
Dates for your diary
1st September – school closed INSET day
2nd September - school closed INSET day
3rd September – First day of new school year, children return at the usual times
4th September – Reception children start
16th September – 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “e-safety”
23rd September - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “PE and Sport in school”
30th September - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Phonics and handwriting”
30th September to 2nd October – Year 5 Residential to Stubbers Adventure Park
8th October – 9.05am - Parents Values assemblies in the Infant hall - class 4D performing
9th October – 9.05am - Parents Values assemblies in the Infant hall - class 2M performing
14th October - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Personalising learning in the Early Years”
14th October – 8:30 to 9:00 – Year Three Open classrooms
16th October – 8:15 to 8:45 – Year Six Open classrooms
20th October - 8:30 to 9:00 – Year Two and Year Four Open classrooms
21st October - 8:15 to 8:45 – Year Five Open classrooms
21st October - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Reciprocal Reading”
21st October – 3:30 to 5:00 – Parent Consultation sessions
23rd October – 8:30 to 9:00 – Year One Open classrooms
23rd October – Last day before half term holiday, school closes at the usual times
Week beginning 26th October – half term holiday
2nd November – school closed INSET day
3rd November – Children return to school at the usual times
3rd November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
4th November – 3:30 to 5:00pm - Parent Consultations
5th November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
9th November - Year Two and Year Four “Bring a parent to school” sessions (all week)
11th November - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Our Big Ideas”
12th November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
16th November - Year Two and Year Four “Bring a parent to school” sessions (all week)
17th November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
18th November - 9:00am Meeting for parents in the Infant hall – “Governance”
19th and 20th November - 9.05am - Parents Values assemblies in the Infant hall
19th November – Year Five “Bring a parent to school” sessions
23rd November – Year Six “Bring a parent to school” sessions (all week)
24th November – Individual photos
11th December – 2:45 to 3:15 – Reception Open classrooms
17th and 18th December - 9.05am - Parents Values assemblies in the Infant hall
18th December – last day of term, also Non-uniform day
Class teacher list:
Nursery - Ms Suleiman and Mrs Hinkley
Reception class U - Miss Patel
Reception class T - Mr Truong
Reception class S - Mrs Sharma
Year One class 1O - Mr Wilkes
Year One class 1P - Mrs Waters
Year One class 1V - Mrs Zubair
Year Two class 2L - Mr Ali
Year Two class 2M - Mr Stringer
Year Two class 2N – Miss Kang
Year Three class 3J - Mr Matthews
Year Three class 3K - Mr Felix
Year Three class 3L - Miss O’Reilly
Year Four class 4I - Mrs O’Driscoll
Year Four class 4D - Mr Nobeebaccus
Year Four class 4C - Miss Begum
Year Five class 5B - Mrs Moore
Year Five class 5A - Mr Hession
Year Five class 5H – Mr Ahmad
Year Six class 6G - Miss Fan
Year Six class 6F – Mr Alam
Year Six class 6E - Mrs Matharu
News and events
Our Big Ideas - 2015
How are we going to make the school even better? Our Big Ideas have been chosen to do just this. They are the most important things we will be doing in school over the next year.
Our Big Theme is: Towards Outstanding – raising standards of teaching and learning
We want to achieve the following:
1. We will help teachers understand more about the new National Curriculum
2. Teachers will assess children’s knowledge, skills and understanding our with new records
3. Teachers will all give excellent feedback to children on their learning
4. We will help every child to be a successful learner
5. Each child will make excellent progress in their learning
6. Teachers will teach excellent writing lessons to inspire all children
7. We will write and teach new Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHE) lessons
8. Teachers will teach excellent PE lessons and improve children’s learning by organising more sporting opportunities
9. As a Teaching School, we will provide teacher training for teachers in other schools
We are all a part of our school and all agree to take responsibility for making these Big Ideas happen. We look forward to learning new things together, taking risks and enjoying our learning together.
Head Teacher Vision statement
I believe that the main purpose of our school is to provide challenging learning experiences for each child who attends. These need to be personally relevant for every one of them. In order to achieve this goal I will lead the school with the following foci:
High expectations
I believe we all need to have the highest expectations for each child, in all aspects of their learning, both academic and pastoral.
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being” – Johann W. van Goethe
Successful learning
My focus for improving school standards even further is to develop the quality of class teaching. This is the most powerful agent of change in the school. Even better teaching will support even more successful learning.
I understand the importance of meeting individuals’ learning needs. In order to do this we have to identify and remove barriers to learning, develop enabling strategies through creative and innovative teaching, and see the child in the context of his/her family and related community.
Each child must see themselves as a member of our local and British community and accept the challenge of growing up to become a socially responsible citizen, who uses their gifts and talents to improve the world around them.
Staying connected
In order to keep abreast of the changing educational landscape, we need to develop our existing partnerships with other schools, universities and professional bodies. We need to keep looking outwards and avoid the trap of provincialism. We need to look beyond the school to reference other examples of best practice and challenge ourselves regularly. We need to be restless in our aim to improve and refine our considerable achievements in order to make further gains. We need to acknowledge our place in the wider professional community to share our practices and step up to the challenge of meeting our responsibilities as an outstanding school.
I invite each and every member of the school community to join me to achieve this vision.
Governing Body Vision statement
We will provide a happy, secure and stimulating learning environment where everyone will be inspired to do their best, to achieve their potential.
We will have high expectations for all. Children will be encouraged to become lifelong learners.
We are committed to achieving the highest standards of teaching required for outstanding attainment and progress. We will support our staff in delivering this through continuous professional development, outstanding leadership, appropriate initiatives and the effective deployment of resources.
We will provide a broad and balanced yet challenging curriculum that is relevant to children’s interests and responsive to their learning needs. Our core priorities are to our “Key Skills”, English and mathematics.
We will encourage each child to be confident, independent and well-rounded citizens who will be able to make a positive contribution to the world around them.
We are committed to ensuring that every child achieves their full potential in an inclusive, caring environment which respects our diverse, multi-ethnic community and the individual needs of all learners.
Our Achievements in 2014 – 2015
Details of our performance against agreed school targets has been published on the school noticeboards.
Gearies Primary School
• Outstanding grade in the Ofsted school inspection in October 2014
• Silver Award in the Primary Science Quality Mark scheme
• Team London Schools Award – “My Community” category
• Silver Award in August 2014, followed by the Gold award in July 2015 – Transport for London’s School Travel Accreditation scheme (STARS)
• “Scooter school of the year” in the Redbridge Travel Scheme
• Award of the Nora Dinmore Trophy for children’s participation in the Redbridge libraries’ summer reading challenge
• Ranked 14 out of 48 in our first year taking part in the Redbridge Schools Sport League
• The school netball team were group winners in the Redbridge region competition
• The school football team were runners up in the Gants Hill Partnership football tournament
• The school tag rugby team were awarded a trophy for success in the Regional Rugby tournament at Eton Manor
• School choir Merit award in the Stratford East Choral competition
• 14 children were awarded full-attendance certificates for the entire school year
• The school was nominated for a UEL mentor award for its mentoring expertise
Staff achievements
• Miss Holmes gained HLTA status
• Mrs Khokhar was awarded the NCFE level Diploma in Specialist Support for Teaching and Learning
• Mrs Conway received a long service award for her 25 years service to Redbridge
• Mrs Moore was nominated for a UEL mentor award for her mentoring expertise
• Mr Drew was designated as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University College London Institute of Education
• Mrs Sandhu and Mrs Chaudhry were recognised as Level 1 netball coaches
• Mr Bhatti achieved the level 3 award for “ICT Support in Education for Practitioners”
• Miss Yerosimou passed her GCSE science
Playground notices
Reminder – children are not allowed to play on the climbing frame in the playground before or after school. Please respect this rule and keep your children from playing on this.
Football – children are not allowed to play football in either playground before or after school. There is a risk of other people being struck by the ball. Also, playing this game before school does not help the children focus for their learning in the first lesson.
Bicycles – we would encourage children to cycle to school. If your child wants to do this, he/she is recommended to wear a safety helmet. If the bicycle is parked in our cycle shed, it needs to be secured with a chain. Helmets can also be added to the chain or kept on the coat peg inside school. Please do not allow your child to ride their bike around the playground before or after school. This may be dangerous and contribute to an accident in the playground.
Before school starts children should line up in the playground in their class lines. Parents are reminded to supervise their children and make sure when they arrive that they are lined up ready for collection. Children should not be left unattended in the playground before school starts.
Healthy Lifestyles
We are committed to supporting children achieve a healthy lifestyle. We wish to encourage the following and invite you to support this important message:
• Children should, whenever possible, walk or cycle to school
• Children should try to eat 5 portions of fruit or vegetable each day
• Children should take part in daily exercise
• Children should brush their teeth twice a day
• Children should eat a well-balanced diet, avoiding regular treats
• Children should drink plenty of water each day
To support this, we will remind you of some current school policies:
• Children are encouraged to bring a personal water bottle to school
• We are a no-nut school – this includes peanut butter and chocolate spread
• Children are not allowed to bring sweets, crisps, cakes and carton drinks in their packed lunches
• Children will take part in all PE lessons even if they have forgotten their PE kit
General reminders
Please make sure your child is always brought to school on time. This means he/she should be lined up in the playground five minutes before the start of the school day (by 8.45am in the Juniors and 8.55am in the Infants). Please help your child to get the best start to the school day by always being punctual.
Sickness – if your child is not well and unable to come to school please contact the school office on the day to let us know what is happening. If your child is off for more than 2 days we would expect your child to visit the doctor to receive appropriate advice. On return to school following an absence of more than 2 days you will need to bring with you evidence that you have been to the doctor’s (an appointment card or copy of a prescription). Failure to do this may result in a fine for unauthorised absence.
Assemblies
These classes attend the following Values assemblies, which begin at 9.05am:
Thursdays – T, U (both attending from the spring term), 1P, 2N, 4C, 4D, 5H, 6G, 6F and 6E
Fridays – S (attending from the spring term), 1O, 1V, 2L, 2M, 3J, 3K, 3L, 4I, 5B and 5A
Personal Property
Children should not bring their own playthings into school. This includes balls, pencil cases, loom bands, trading cards and toys. Please help us to maintain an orderly school by ensuring your child does not bring any of these items in.
Agreed Uniform policy
Details of our agreed policy can be found on the school's website. All school uniform can be ordered via the Tesco website (details from our school office). Please note also that:
White shirts are NOT school uniform! Children should wear white polo shirts with the school logo.
Each child is expected to come to school wearing the correct uniform. Please help us to maintain our high standards and comply with this policy!
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