24th April 2015 - ARK Franklin Primary Academy

ARK Franklin Primary@ARK_FranklinPrimary
NEWSLETTER
24th April 2015
Dear Parents / Carers,
Coral Reef Exhibition!
I hope you are all enjoying the wonderful weather; it’s
great to see so many of the girls in their summer
dresses and the boys in their shorts.
Both KS1 and KS2 Discovery clubs had an amazing time
at the Coral Reef Exhibition on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. They were able to observe
and experience a real life coral reef!
This week the School Council had a visit from Daniel
Upfield, the Headteacher of Ark Atwood. The children
were eager to share with him their plans for our
outdoor learning environment.
Next week, the Council will be playing host to twelve
Tesco Directors from all over the world, who are
visiting us for the day. They will visit KS2 classes and
discuss their roles, then work in the garden area with a
group of children.
I look forward to greeting you at the school gates in
the afternoons.
Warmest regards
Janine Ryan
Interim Headteacher
Headteacher’s thought for the week!
Genius is one per cent inspiration,
ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Reminder - Access to school
The school gates are open from 8.30am until 8.50am.
Children must enter school via the school gates
allocated for their year group and not via the school
office. The only children who are permitted to come
into school via the office during that time, are those
who attend the morning club. If your child arrives after
8.50am, they must come in via the school office to
ensure that they are marked in for the day. Thank you.
In addition to visiting the exhibition, some of the
children had the opportunity to explore the dinosaur
exhibit.
Super Learners are back!
Attendance
The whole school attendance for this week is 94.9%;
we will need to improve our efforts given that our
target is 96%! Classes with the best attendance for the
week are as follows below:
Reception Cambridge 97.5%
Key Stage One (years 1 & 2) Southbank 97.8%
Key Stage Two (years 3, 4, 5 & 6) Bolton 100%
Transition Trophy
Transition trophies were awarded to the classes who
have shown great behaviour when moving round the
school this week:
Mohammed Elmellas in Year 2 Southbank class
has achieved Super Learner for KS1 this week!
Congratulations Mohammed, for sequencing the
events of the Great Fire of London and explaining each
event in detail- well done!
Reception Maynooth
Key Stage One (years 1 & 2) Imperial
Key Stage Two (years 3, 4, 5 & 6) Dublin
PE Classes and Superstars of the
Week !
Mr Duffy has selected the following children and
classes to receive certificates this week:
Reception:
PE Superstar: Nico Pedrazas (Goldsmiths)
PE Class: Maynooth
Key Stage One:
PE Superstar: Nabilla Sheikhabdi (Roehampton)
PE Class: Southbank
Key Stage Two:
Suemair Habane in Year 4 Nottingham class is this
week's KS2 Super Learner!
Suemair is receiving this award for her hard work in
Science. She created a poster of our classes' previous
ideas about plants. Suemair always tries her best with
everything she does and especially loves Art and
Science.
PE Superstar: Vitor Santosanna (Dublin)
PE Class: Victoria
Summer Uniform
Please note that girls in summer dress are not allowed
to wear leggings underneath their dresses. They must
wear either white socks or tights.
Enrichment Clubs:
All of the enrichment clubs are up and running. If your
child is not attending a club, but would like to join one,
please come to the office reception area to put your
child’s name on the waiting list.
Children who are on the waiting lists will be offered
spaces as soon as spaces become available.
'History Explorers' Club for
Year 3 & 4 pupils starting next
Tuesday!
Dinner Money and Club Payments
Please ensure that you keep up with your dinner
money payments. The cost for school meals from
Tuesday 14th April to Friday 22nd May inclusive is
£59.40 per child. If your child is attending one of the
Enrichment Clubs please remember that all payments
must be made by Monday 27th April. Our preferred
method of payment is via Wisepay. If you have
misplaced your username and password for Wisepay,
please email Deanna Jones at
d.jones@arkfranklinprimary.org , including your child’s
name and class. All clubs are £5.00 for the term except
for Ballet and Capoeira which cost £60.00.
Calling all parents, we are running a
free English course for beginners…
Ark Franklin and Brent council have teamed up to
provide the above provision for parents who are
wanting to develop their English speaking skills and
learn more about their child’s school. Please see below
for further information:
Thursday
28th April
Course Starts
1.15-3.15pm for 10 weeks
Important Dates
Achievements Wall
In line with one of our key ARISE values; our
Achievements wall continues to celebrate our
children’s progress across the school. Congratulations
this week to Masuri Forester (Year 3 Sheffield) and
Brook Shewangizaw (Year 4 Bolton)!
Please note that there will be limited, or no access, to
school on the following dates:
Monday 4th
May
Thursday
7th May
May Day Bank Holiday
Polling Day – Only staff and Year
6 pupils must attend school
Saturday 13th June 2015
12.00 noon – 6.00pm
Entrance tickets to this amazing event are available at a special reduced price
of £3.00 per ticket for our parents and siblings instead of £5.00 per ticket
You will only be able to purchase tickets at this reduced price from the school
office from Monday 27th April until Friday 22nd May 2015
If you are purchasing 2 tickets or more these can also be purchased using
Wisepay, which is our preferred method of payment.
Children under 12 get in for free
Book now to avoid disappointment
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Helpers are still needed!
Thank you to all the parents who have already volunteered to help at this
event, however we still need more volunteers. Please complete the form
below. You would not need to help for the whole day a couple of hours would
be great!
Volunteers will be granted free admission to this event
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Volunteer for the World Fete Area of The Franklin Fork to Fork Food Festival
Name: ___________________________________
Mobile number: ___________________
Email: ____________________________
Your Child’s Name ________________________ Child’s Class _________________
How could you help or what could you contribute?