April Newsletter

Dates for your diary

11th April
Start of the summer term, all children return to school at the usual times

14th April
9:05am – Values assembly for parents in the Infant hall, class 4C will be performing

15th April
9:05am – Values assembly for parents in the Infant hall, class 5B will be performing

20th April
Year One educational Visit to the Tower of London

22nd April
Visit to the school from Dr Bike

2nd May
Bank holiday – school closed

4th May
8:40 to 9:00 – Year One Open classrooms

5th May
The school will be used as a Polling Station today for the London Mayoral elections – please note there will be no classes
9th May
Year Six SATs - scheduled during this week

19th May
9:05am – Values assembly for parents in the Infant hall

20th May
9:05am – Values assembly for parents in the Infant hall

21st May
PTA Summer Fun Day

24th May
8:45am – Year Two Open Classrooms

27th May
Last day of the half term – the school closes at the usual times

30th May
School closed for the whole week – Half term holiday

6th June
Children return to school today after the half term holiday (please note that this date was originally scheduled as an INSET day – this has now been cancelled)
10th June
Class photos

16th June
9:05am – Values assembly for parents in the Infant hall

17th June
8:30 to 9:00am – Year Four Open Classrooms
9:05am – Values assembly for parents in the Infant hall

22nd June
8:15 to 8:45am – Year Five Open Classrooms

23rd June
The school will be used as a Polling Station today for the EU Referendum – please note there will be no classes
29th June
8:30 to 9:00am – Year Three Open Classrooms
10:30 – the Gearies Film Festival at the Stratford Picture House
8th July
8:15 to 8:45am – Year Six Open Classrooms
Year Two Educational Visit to the Tower of London
Annual school reports will be handed out at the end of the day
2:45 to 3:15pm – Reception Open Classrooms
11th July
3:30 to 5:00pm – Summer Parent Consultations held in the classrooms

12th July
Reception year group educational visit to the Thorndon Country Park

20th July
Last day of term – school closes at the usual times

Please note all dates are subject to change: check with the school in advance


Recent News

·       IOE’s Professional Development Quality Mark
We are delighted to announce that our Gants Hill Partnership Teaching Alliance has been awarded the highest level, gold, for the Professional Development Quality Mark (PDQM) by the UCL Institute of Education.
The award is a testament to the quality of the Partnership’s approach to professional development.  In achieving the award, the GHPTA had to demonstrate:
·       a clear vision and strategic approach to professional development;
·       that professional development supported school improvement and outcomes for pupils; and
·       that it effectively evaluated the impact of its professional development.
All schools within the Alliance found the PDQM an extremely useful tool in assessing the quality of their professional development systems. 

·       Recent Charity Collections
We are happy to announce that the school community raised the following totals for the named charities during the recent charity events:
-        Barnado’s £223:61
-        Sport Relief £243:63
Thank you to everyone who supported the collection of these monies, which will now be sent to the charities intended.

·       Governor news
Our Board of Governors has welcomed two new members to the team: Mr Mohammed Absar, our new parent governor, and Mr Jameel Nobeebaccus, our new Staff governor.  They both attended their first meeting on 22nd March.  We still have a vacancy for a co-opted governor and are trying hard to find a candidate with the appropriate skills to complement our current membership.  More details about the Governors can be found on our website.

·       School Choir
We are pleased to confirm that our Choir performed at the bi-annual Redbridge Schools’ Music festival held at the Royal Albert Hall on 15th March.  The children greatly enjoyed themselves and were proud to represent the school at this prestigious venue.

 ·       Pop-up Museum
We were delighted that so many of you joined us to view our first ever Pop-up Museum event after school on 17th March.  Each class made a display for the Museum; we were also joined by the team from the Redbridge Museum and a film exhibit of archives from Redbridge history.


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