Al-Ashraf Primary School, Gloucester
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Al-Ashraf Primary School, Gloucester
Newsletter Term 4 – March 2015 Al-Ashraf Primary School Dear Parents, Alham……., we have completed another exciting term here at Al-Ashraf. Full Attendance in terms 3 and 4 Congratulations to the following children who managed 100% attendance in terms 3&4: Reception: Aamina Bulbul, Husnaa Veshmia, Jumaimah Bhaimia, Mehjabeen Ahmed, Muhammad Bhaiyat, Ruqayya Begum, Yusairah Patel. Year 1: Ahmad Patel, Rahath Ahmed, Saira Waseem, Yaseen Salehbhai, Zainub Lasa Patel Year 2: Hussein Ahmed, Hanfaa Anez, Rumaeesa Piperdy Year 3: Adel Eladl, Ahmad Veshmia, Eshal Piperdy, Hafsa Iqbal, Muhammad Veshmia Upcoming Events March 28 School closes for spring holidays April 13 School Re-opens April 23, 24 Parents Evening May 4 Bank Holiday May 11 - 15 SATS – Yr 2 & May 22 Half day Inset – school closes at 12.30 pm. Year 4 : Haleemah Girach, Ilsa Ilyas, Ibrahim Jabbar, Inaaya Zarqa, Yusuf Ali Ahmed Year 5: Aaisha Garda, Adam Ismail, Esmail Salehbhai, Mohammed Patel, Musab Patel Year 6: Abid Sedoo, Asra Bala, Ahmena Patel, Barakah Patel, Hajra Nanabawa, Ruqayya Girach, Talhah Shaikh, Page 1 of 6 Safiyyah Vaid, Saudah Patel, Umme-Salamah Patel Important Announcement House Points Please ensure that you close the school gates at all times, when entering and leaving the school premises. Congratulations to this term’s winning house which is team Umar (RA). Well done to all the houses for evading penalty points! MA keep up the good work! Workshops for Parents Thanks to all who attended the parent workshops, for which the feedback was very positive, with many finding them useful and worthwhile. The primary goal of these workshops is to increase your understanding of literacy and numeracy concepts taught in school and to equip you with resources and skills that will help you support your child at home. For those of you that could not attend the sessions, resources have been uploaded on to the website under the curriculum support tab on your child’s year group category. Next year we will endeavour to keep them earlier on in the year, as per feedback received. Quran Support Sessions In response to suggestions made by mothers, we will be holding a basic tajweed session for reception mothers. This will enable mothers to support their children with the Arabic alphabet at home. Further information will be provided after the holidays. Page 2 of 6 Respect for other faiths In line with Ofsted’s requirement to actively promote cultural diversity and respect for other faiths, we would like to inform you that from time to time, the school will be taking effective action to create a learning environment to enable awareness, tolerance and due regard for other faiths. Schools are required to further tolerance and harmony between different cultural traditions by enabling pupils to acquire an appreciation of and respect for their own and other cultures. Standard 5(b) (v) – ISS Ofsted Visit Following the HMI visit in January 2015, OFSTED have instructed the school to conduct a parental survey to see how many parents would be happy to attend joint assemblies and sessions in school. This means both mums and dads would be attending at the same time without segregation. Please see attached questionnaire. It is very important that you respond to this survey as findings will be submitted to the Department of Education as evidence. The school is entitled to promote its Islamic ethos as long as an overwhelming number of parents are happy with this arrangement. The purpose of the survey is to show we have consulted parents and thereby fulfilled its duty of promoting British values of democracy. Mums and Munchies MA, we raised a grand total of £8018.84 this year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank mums, dads, volunteers, donors, local businesses and well-wishers, who all came together to make this day a great success. Page 3 of 6 A we hope e to use some of this mone ey towardss SEN IA ressources and d re-paintin ng the scho ool. Re Nose Red e Day We ell done to everyone who w joined in i with the fun and tu urned up in red and white to support the e Comic Rellief; M A we w raised £167.20 0 Children crossing g Strattton Roa ad It has been noticed thatt some chilldren are being b very careless c wh hen crossing occ curring. Stratton road resulting in near misses P Parents are e advised to t teach their childrren the ‘go olden’ rule: STO OP! LOOK! AND LIST TEN! Thiss is the nu umber one rule when n crossing the t road. Always A reme ember to stop, look both wayys and liste en for onc coming trafffic. Never attempt to o cross a ro oad withou ut first loo oking in both h direction ns. It is im mportant no ot only to look for moving vehiicles but also pay atte ention to parked p vehicles on onc coming bike es and moto orcycles. As A much ass is possible, parents should prac ctice the crrossing of roads r with their t child//children. A Attendan nce Poliicy On nce again I would like to dra aw your attention a t our to atttendance policy. Th he Governm ment has ma ade clear th hat parentss do NOT have h an auttomatic enttitlement to t time off during sch hool time to o go on holiday. Any authorisatiion for abssence durin ng term tim me is at the e discretion n of the Head teache er and the request wiill need to be made in advance e in writing g. Please do d not ma ake any boo okings befo ore leave is granted. We e will NOT agree leave e during te erm time un nder the following cirrcumstance es: Page 4 of 6 • • • When a pupil is just starting the school. This is a very important time as your child needs to settle into their new environment as quickly as possible. Immediately before and during assessment periods. When a pupil’s attendance rate is already below the school’s target of 95% or will fall below that level as a result of taking leave. If the child is in year 2 or year 6, as during this year they are preparing and taking SATS assessments. In summary requests for leave will ONLY be granted in exceptional circumstances on a case-by-case basis. If parents fail to comply with the above and take unauthorised leave or extend their leave beyond the authorised limit: • • Each child will be charged an unauthorised leave fine of £100 and an additional £10 p/day for every day late past the approval period, except in unforeseen circumstances. The pupil will be removed from the school enrolment register and dropped to the bottom of the waiting list, thereby risk losing their space at the school and incurring an additional admission fee. The school also has the right to drop the child down a year if teachers feel they are not capable of continuing in their enrolled year group due to the work missed. Please refer to our attendance policy for more details. http://primary.al-ashraf.org.uk/policies/AttendancePolicy Safeguarding Policy The school’s safeguarding policy has been updated. Please refer to it on our website: http://primary.al-ashraf.org.uk/policies/SafeguardingPolicy.pdf Mother’s Committee Coordinator I would like to introduce you to Zaynab Patel who is now the school’s Mother’s Committee Coordinator. Please feel free to Page 5 of 6 approach her with any queries or suggestions you may have, she is happy to enable liaison between mothers and school. We hope that you and your family have a restful spring Holiday. We thank you for your continued support. It is very much appreciated by all. We will see you bright and early on Monday 13th April, I A with some spring sunshine. Happy Holidays !!! Page 6 of 6