55 Coniston Road, Haringey, London, N17 0EX

0208 885 3354

Autumn Term 2017

SUNRISE NEWS

We warmly welcome each new family joining Sunrise Nursery and Primary School this term, and gladly welcome back familiar faces.

We hope that you had an enjoyable holiday together.

May we take this opportunity to remind you that as the weather gets colder all children need gloves (or mittens for the younger ones). If you attach them on an elastic band to thread through their coat sleeves, they will be less likely to lose them. Please also make sure that all clothes are labelled with your child’s name. We have sharpie pens to do this if needed, please ask your child’s class teacher.

IMPORTANT DATES

Autumn Term

Term Began:Tuesday 5th September

Teacher Training:Friday 20th October

Half Term:Monday23rd – 27th October

Term Ends:Thursday 21st December

Spring Term

Term Begins:Tuesday 9th January

Teacher Training:Friday 9th February

Half Term:Monday12th – 16th February

Term Ends:Thursday 29th March

Summer Term

Term Begins: Tuesday 17th April

Teacher Training: Friday 25th May

Half Term: Monday 28th May to Friday 1st June

Term Ends: Thursday 19th July

* The school is closed on Teacher Training and Development days.

There will be a Parents’ Meeting on 2nd October 2017. Please note, we expect the OFSTED report to be published shortly, and it will be shared and discussed at this parents’ meeting. Please be ready to bring your ideas and contributions.

NOTICES & REMINDERS

Shopping

When you shop online with:

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Please do so via our school website sunrise.org.uk, as we receive a small contribution.

Fundraising

Please visit our updated website which now allows for easy donations to be made to Sunrise via the Smart Giving icon, located on the right hand side under our contact details.

If you have any suggestions for fundraising, please bring your ideas to the next parent’s meeting, alternatively contact our school office via e-mail or phone.

SCHOOL LIFE

Home Visit

For new parents settling your child this term, you will be asked to schedule an in-depth meeting with their key person during the first half of the term. This meeting could take place at your home, or at school. As part of Sunrise School’s Neo-Humanist philosophy we would like to give parents the opportunity of a home visit, as it is beneficial for children to see their home and nursery/school working together as one. Talking to your child’s key person brings familiarity and confidence into our relationship together for the benefit of your child. For primary aged children we also promote home-visits to nurture and enhance teacher/child relationships.

Staff Updates

We wish to welcome Hema who joins us as Lower School Teacher (years 1-3), whilst Elly takes a new role as Assistant Head Teacher.Cahit will now be working full time in the Garden Room, with Farzana as the Room Leader.Sureyya and Martha are assisting on a part time basis. As we hope you are all aware, we only have one early years class this term, including nursery and reception. A number of staff from last year have left Sunrise.

Meals

On a temporary basis we have asked all parents to provide a packed lunch. Sunrise is a vegetarian school, therefore all food provided should be vegetarian.

We are trying to teach the children to feed themselves healthily, therefore if you choose to provide a snack for your child, please do not send sweets, crisps or unnatural juices.

Please also avoid sending nuts in case of any allergies.

Uniform

We ask that primary school children wear red tops (shirts, t-shirts, blouses) and black bottoms (shorts, trousers, skirts, jogging bottoms).

These colours promote good concentration and grounding, enhance the vibrant energy of children, and give them a sense of belonging.

Outdoor Play

It is an Early Years Foundation Stage requirement that children play outdoors if they choose to, as it is necessary for their development. Please provide your child with very warm clothing to enable them to go outside in all kinds of weather, and to enjoy the experience!

Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate parents request to keep children indoors if they have a cold, as we recommend children stay home if they are unwell.

Walk in the Woods

Please provide your child with warm clothing including hat, gloves and scarf, wellington boots and raincoats, for use in wet weather. A spare set of clothing including very thick socks as well as a healthy snack is also recommended.

Swimming & Sports Hall

Please ensure that a swimsuit, swimming cap, towel and armbands (if required) are provided for swimming lessons, and that suitable running shoes are provided for the Sports Hall session.

Show & Tell

Your child may use this time to show and tell their class about one smallitem which they have brought from home.

Circle Time

We incorporate Circle Time into each class every day, with a Whole School Circle Time taking place once a week. Circle time is fun with songs, yoga, spiritual singing (kiirtan) and meditation, all of which help to strengthen relationships with each other, give an understanding of the universal family, and also give meaning to our spiritual development.

Early Morning Club

The Club is open from 8:30am-9:00am at a cost of £2 per session, and is available to all children.

The sessions are covered by Ellyfrom Bambi’s (Nursery and Reception). Please book in advance. Can we kindly remind parents that school starts at 9am, so please don’t drop your child/children off earlier unless you have booked Early Morning Club.

Illness

If your child suffers from an attack of vomiting or diarrhoea, they will need to stay home for 48hrs before returning to school.

Also, please remember to let us know if your child will be off sick by calling or texting.

GARDEN ROOM (Nursery Class)

Nursery Teacher Information

Farzana -Nursery Room leaderSureyya- Key Person

Martha-Co-key Person Cahit - Key Person/Learning Support

Curriculum

The Nursery class follows the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. There will shortly be curriculum mapsonnoticeboards in the classroom that parents may wish to view.

Parents can also visit for further information on the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

The monthly YES themes are:The monthly CIRCLE OF LOVE themes are:

September -Respect September - Me and my family

October - Non-harming October - People in the community

November - Cleanliness November - Universal family

December- Benevolent Truthfulness December- Celebrations

Parents please feel free to make any suggestions you may have regarding any aspects of the themes you wish your child to learn about.

Special Activities

Tuesday 10-11.30am Library

Wednesday 10.55-12.30pm Swimming

Wednesday 2-2.30pm Music

Thursday 9.30-12pm Walk in the Woods

Friday 2-3pm Cooking

If you would like to volunteer in the Garden Roomor accompany us on outings please talk to Farzana.

Daily Routine

8:30 - 9:00 / Breakfast club
9:00 - 11:00 / Free play and Learning activities indoors and outdoors
11:00 - 11:30 / Inside Time / Tidy Up / Circle Time
11:30 - 12:00 / Free play indoors and outdoors
12:00 / Lunch
12:30 - 2:00 / Garden Time (some children may sleep from 12:30)
2:00 - 4:00 / Free play and Learning activities indoors and outdoors
4:00 / Home Time

Parent Information

It is essential that you complete the daily ‘signing in’ sheets each time you bring and collect your child.

Nursery times are 9am-4pm, with 12pm or 2pm being the collection time for morning only children and 4pm being the latest collection time, or an alternative time has been agreed upon. Picking up a child after 12pm, 2pm, 4:10pmwill incur an £8 fine.

Please provide 2 pieces of fruit, and a packed lunch; please be mindful of Sunrise dietary requirements. Fruit and snacks will be offered between 9-11 and 2-4.

Please provide your child with 2 complete changes of clothing in cloth bags, alongside a set of waterproofsin order to allow your child to play in wet weather. Please include several plastic bags to store soiled items.

PRIMARY CLASS YEARS 1, 2 and 3 (Key Stage 1)

Teacher Information

Hema-Class Teacher Maria-French Teacher

Hildegard-Music TeacherKarmeshana-Art TeacherNatali - Drama Teacher

Curriculum

SUBJECT / Years 1, 2 and 3
English / Focus – Punctuation
Poetry – Acrastic poems and write poems using our senses to describe Autumn
Years 1 and 2–Writing stories from personal experiences
Grammar – nouns, adjectives, verbs
Spelling – High frequency words & spelling with initial/final blended words
Year 3–Writing, punctuation, full-stops, capital letters, question marks, exclamation marks
Grammar – revise nouns, verbs, adjectives, introduce articles, interjections, prepositions and conjunctions
Maths / Year 1 and 2 – Addition/subtraction, money, measurements
Year 3 – Number and place value, measurements, addition/subtraction/multiplications/division, statistics: bar charts and pictograms
Science / Living processes
Geography / Oceans/continents of our world, The Water Cycle
Arts & Crafts / Exploring different mediums to produce theme related artwork.

Timetable

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
9:00 / Literacy
& numeracy / 9:15 Yoga with
Natali / Science / 9:15 Circle time / 9:30 Singing workshop
10:00 / 10:15 French / Work cycle / Circle time and snack / Geography / Work cycles
10:45 / Break/snack / Break/snack / 10:30 Swimming / Break/snack / Break/snack
11:00 / Work cycle / Work cycle / Science Activity / Literacy/library and numeracy / Literacy & numeracy
12:45 / Circle time
and lunch / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch
2:00 / History/creative writing
2:45 YES (Yoga Education for Schools) / 2:00 Singing
2:30 Literacy & numeracy
3:00 Art / Goegraphy
2:45 Reading and spelling / Athletics
4:00 / Home time / Home time / Home time / Home time / Home time

NB. Work cycle in the main refers to literacy and numeracy, but at this time children may also pursue their own self-directed learning with support from Hema.

PRIMARY CLASS YEARS 4-6 (Key Stage 2)

Teacher Information

Meeta-Class Teacher Maria- French Helene - ICT Dotan - Ukulele

Hildegaard- Music/Piano/Recorder Karmeshana- Art Natali - Drama

Curriculum

SUBJECT / Years 4, 5 & 6
English –Grammar
-Literacy
-Literature / Clauses – main and subordinate, synonyms and antonyms, formal and informal English,
Punctuation – semicolon and colon
Creative writing and Biography, suspense writing
The Suitcase Kid and The London Eye Mystery, Siobhan Dowd, ISBN 978-0-522-57231-6
Maths / Emphasis on Multiplication / Division / Fractions / Decimals, geometry
Science / Mixtures – reversible & irreversible changes, soluble/insoluble, keeping healthy
Geography / The weather, rivers and settlements
History / Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Medieval times
Arts & Crafts / A variety of activities giving access to different materials, including clay and weaving

Assessment

All areas of the curriculum are assessed using National Curriculum Attainment Targets.

Assessment of spiritual & character development is recognised through positive behaviour rewards.

Timetable

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
9:00 / Show & tell
9:15 French / Ukelele
Individual maths & literacy / Yoga
9:15 French / Yoga and circle time
9:45 Literacy / Circle time
9:30 Singing workshop
10:00 / Literacy & creative writing
ICT / 10:30 Geography / Circle time/snack
10:30 Swimming / Literacy
ICT / New spellings and derivations
Literacy
11:00 / Break/snack
11:20 Maths / Break/snack
11:20 Cooking / Swimming / Break/snack
11:20 Maths / Break/snack
11:20 Maths
12:00 / 12:20 Circle time
12:30 Lunch / Lunch / Lunch / 12:30 Lunch / Lunch
1:00 / Forest school / 1:45 Guided reading
2:15 History / 1:30 Recorder / Break / Break
2:00 / Forest school / 2:45 Art / Guided reading & spelling
2:45 Art / Science / Athletics

AUTUMN TERM STORY

Baby Lion and the Lion King

The Lion King was always very angry. And because everybody was scared of him he didn’t have any friends. Only Baby Lion was not scared of him. Baby Lion always sang: