School Council: Congratulations to Zhana, Anu, Esme, Emma, Jasmine, Lola, Aradhya, Aaliyah, Isaac, Lee, Astrid, Caroline, Bubesh, Stevie, Famke, Henry, Jake and Tara who form our new School Council. They will work together on whole school issues, as well as taking on individual roles and responsibilities. 

                                           

Term dates and events - we don't want you to miss anything: Please click the following link to keep fully up-to-date with events and activities at school; new items are added regularly. Click on each link to read further details. 

https://www.newislington.coopacademies.co.uk/calendar/?calid=1&pid=7&viewid=1

Coming up - check the School Calendar: Coffee morning for KS2 parents on 4th October at 9am. Learning alongside workshops on 17th, 18th and 19th. Reading workshop for Year 2–6 parents at 9am on 18th October and Early Reading workshop for parents in EYFS and Year 1 at 9am on 20th October. Please refer to the school calendar for details. 

World Mental Health Awareness Day: We are celebrating National Mental Health Awareness Day on Friday 13th October. We encourage pupils to come to school on this day wearing something yellow. A donation of £1:00 will be gratefully received, with donations being split between Mind and our partner charity Destiny Grace Academy. 

Manchester Central Foodbank: We will be making a harvest collection for Manchester Central Foodbank in the last week of this half-term. Please can all donations be made by Thursday 19th October. If you could pick up one extra item of tinned food each time you go shopping over the next few weeks, your contribution would be greatly appreciated. 

Forest School - as the weather changes, it's really important that all children come to school dressed appropriately. Black jogging bottoms, a warm black hoodie, trainers or wellies are essential, along with a waterproof and warm coat. 

As a reminder, here are the dates for class sessions: 

02/10/23 Miss Carter's class

06/10/23 Miss Oleksak's class

09/10/23 Miss Ballentine's class

13/10/23 Miss Harris' class

16/10/23 Miss Morris' class

20/10/23 Miss Peeks/Ritchie's class

Bike Repairs - Getting ready for Winter: Parents and children can bring your bikes along to school on Thursday 23rd November for a free 'health-check' to get bikes ready and safe for the winter months. Please check the School Calendar for more information.  

https://www.newislington.coopacademies.co.uk/calendar/?calid=1&pid=7&viewid=1

Mental health and well-being workshops for parents: We are offering parents two more opportunities to attend a workshop to understand the way our and our children's minds work. This was held last year and those parents who attended found it both fascinating and very beneficial.

The body and mind represent two of our greatest assets. A healthy lifestyle can optimise the body; but how do you optimise your mind? Are you managing yourself around people and situations in the way that you want to? Why do we sometimes get overwhelmed with emotions, or have thoughts, feelings or do things that we later regret? 

This session uses neuroscience and The Chimp Model, our powerful mind management model, to offer explanations for these questions and to help you develop personal insights and practical approaches to optimise the performance of your mind. 

This session will help you to: 

• Explore how the mind works through The Chimp Model
• Gain insight into your own unique mind
• Understand how to develop emotional skills
• Apply emotional skills to manage your behaviours, thinking and emotions 

Session Structure: 

This session is highly practical and engaging. Participants are introduced to relatable neuroscience through The Chimp Model with each individual exploring and identifying their unique Chimp, Human and what they have stored in their Computers. We explore how this insight impacts our professional and personal lives, in particular around managing emotions. Participants will also learn skills and techniques for managing their unique Chimp – which can have a huge impact on happiness, confidence and success. 

By the end of this session, participants will know how to: 

• Explain the structure and functioning of the mind, through The Chimp Model
• Develop personal insight and skills for optimising their mind
• Form plans to better manage behaviours, thinking and emotions 

The sessions will run from 3:40 to 4:40 on Friday 6th October and repeated on Friday 10th November. It's a better session without children attending. 

 

                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going Global:

There is so much wonderful work going on across the school this half term, with a focus on learning about other cultures. The artwork that has been inspired by different countries across all the continents is outstanding. The determination of all classes to produce meaningful opportunities for families to come into school to raise funds for our partner school in Sierra Leone – Destiny Grace Academy – is heartwarming. Year 3 have already invited parents in to share an Italian Taster menu and have raised over £190!

Parents are invited in for the following events:

Yr 1 – Art Gallery with and original pieces on sale for £1:00 – Parents welcome on Tuesday 11th July  2:45 

Yr 1 –  Showcasing African instruments and music entry tickets £1:00 – Parents welcome on Tuesday 11th July  2:45 

EYFS – Arts and Crafts parent and child session – donations please – Parents welcome on Thursday 13th 9:15

Y6 – We will be selling ice-lollies at Sports Day & Lemonade stand – Friday 14th July – bring your pennies along! 

Y5 – Art Gallery with and original pieces on sale for £1:00 – Parents welcome on Monday 17th July 9am 

Y4 – A taste of Japan: Karaoke & nibbles – donations on the door – Parents welcome on Tuesday 18th July 2:00 – 3:15 

 Come along to support your children, and raise funds for Destiny Grace Academy!

Year 4 pupils are focusing on Japan with their art inspired by Yayoi Kusama. Her artwork is featured in the Manchester International festival – it would be amazing if parents from Year 4 (or any year group) were able to take the children to this event:

https://factoryinternational.org/whats-on/yayoi-kusama-you-me-and-the-balloons/

Musicathon:

We have two fabulous musical events coming up – on Wednesday 12th July (EYFS and KS1) and on Wednesday 19th July (KS2). The pupils, led by the talented Mrs Mirazi, are performing a perfect concert for our families. Please arrive from 9:15 to get the best seat outside! 

Sports Day:

You now have the team colours and we welcome parents on Friday 14th – EYFS and Year 1 at 9:30 and KS2 at 1:30

Free School Meal Holiday Vouchers: 

For families eligible for holiday meal vouchers, physical vouchers will no longer be issued. A barcode will be issued to your personal email address. Please ensure that we have the correct address on our system. 

Key dates and information about events can be found here: https://newislington.coopacademies.co.uk/events/ 

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Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th July – dance workshops for all our classes (free of charge) to fit in with our Going Global project

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Monday 10th July – we will share details of who your child’s new teacher will be today

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Tuesday 11th July – At 2:45 our Year 1 and 2 invite their parents in, to celebrate the children’s work and also raise money for our link school, Destiny Grace Academy in Sierra Leone. 

Year 1 will be showcasing their art in a gallery, and signed pieces will be on sale for £1:00

Year 2 will be showcasing their African instruments and music (£1 a ticket) 

Come along to support your children, and raise funds for Destiny Grace Academy!

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Wednesday 12th July – EYFS and KS1 musicathon 9:30 start – parents welcome

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Thursday 13th July – EYFS – Arts and Crafts parent and child session – donations please – Parents welcome on  9:15

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Friday 14th July – Y6 will be selling ice-lollies at Sports Day & Lemonade stand – bring your pennies along! 

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Friday 14th July – Sports Day (EYFS and KS1 in the morning and KS2 in the afternoon) Families welcome. The events will kick off at 9:30 and 1:30 respectively and will last about 1.5 hours.

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Friday 14th July – Reports will be handed out today, to include Year 1 phonics results, KS1 results and Year 4 times tables test results. Year 6 SATs results will be shared as soon as they are released. 

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Monday 17th July – Open Day from 3:30 to 5:00. Come along and have a look through your child’s work, and chat to the teacher. Our new teachers will be here too, so that you can come and introduce yourselves. 

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Monday 17th July – Y5 – Art Gallery with art on sale for £1:00 – Parents welcome at  9am

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Tuesday 18th July – Rearranged Going Global: a celebration of cultures. Children are invited to come to school wearing the traditional dress of your home country. It would be lovely to come along with interesting facts to share. Parents are welcome to come along at drop off and pick up wearing traditional dress too. 

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Tuesday 18th July – Y4 – A taste of Japan: Karaoke & nibbles – donations on the door – Parents welcome 2:00 – 3:15

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Wednesday 19th July – KS23 musicathon 9:30 start – parents welcome 

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Thursday 20th July – Year 6 water fight and Pizza Party – look out for the details nearer the time!

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Friday 21st July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly – 9:15 This is for our Year 6 parents only.

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Friday 21st July – School closes for the Summer Holiday at 1:00. There will be no Wraparound Club 

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Forest School

Children should come to school on Forest School days in the appropriate clothing and footwear. 

Please refer to letters previously sent home or ask your child’s teacher for clarification. 

Mondays:

• 10/7/23 Year 2 AO
• 17/7/23 Year 4LB

Fridays:

• 7/7/23 Year 4AO

Reception ZI Fridays week A

Reception NE Fridays week B

Advance notice – dates for next term

Wednesday 6th September: School starts for all pupils from Years 1 through to Year 6 on 

Reminder – please arrive at school at 8:45 and the doors will open at 8:50. Late arrival impacts learning and progress. 

Wednesday 6th September: School starts for our new pupils in Reception on  but there will be a phased introduction – details of this will be shared with our new families in July. 

Monday 11th September: our new SENDCo Mrs Topham, will hold ‘drop in’ sessions for parents of children with an EHCP. Invitations have been sent out.

We will hold ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions for parents to come into the classroom, and have a briefing from the class teacher. This is a chance to see the classroom, and to be given useful information about the forthcoming year. Please don’t worry if you cannot attend; we will share the PowerPoints afterwards. 

Years 1 and 2 Meet the Teacher sessions will be on Tuesday 12th September at 9:10

Year 3 and 4 Meet the Teacher sessions will be on Wednesday 13th September at 9:10

Year 5 and 6 Meet the Teacher sessions will be on Thursday 14th September at 9:10

Friday 15th September: The office team will hold ‘drop in’ information sessions for our new parents (from Reception and across school) at 9:15 and 2:45 . This is a chance to ask any questions about payments, bookings, and general information about anything and everything. 

We held an amazing Careers Fair here at New Islington.

We had a packed schedule of visitors who talked to pupils, brought in items to try and explore, and answered their questions.

It was a great day – huge thanks to all of our visitors who gave up their time for us!

Here is the list of professions:

Autotrader

Property Investor /Managing Director of football development programme

Financial Services

AI consultant

Transport analyst

Game Design and AI

Property developer

Creative director- music industry

IT/software developer

external audit/ accounting

Finance professional or business owner/farmer

Software engineer- google cloud

chartered surveyor

Medicine

Medicine

Clinical Psychologist with premier league football teams

AEC, architecture, engineering and construction

Former GB karate and former GB Taekwondo professional athlete

Nuclear safety engineering

software engineer

Data analyst

Linguist

Here are some of the things the pupils said about our visitors:

Farmer

We learnt about the different plants and animals and he told us funny stories about the sheep escaping. 

Clinical Psychologist with premier league football teams

I liked learning about how the brain gets full and how Lewis helps to empty it. 

I liked how Lewis explained how the brain works using a jar and water. 

Enjoyed hearing from the clinical psychologist as we didn’t realise you could work with football teams like that

Former GB karate and former GB Taekwondo professional athlete

I liked that we met a world champion and he was very funny.

I liked that he has been in some Marvel films. 

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GCHQ

They cannot tell people about their work because they are spies. 

I enjoyed learning about all the different jobs that they did.

We enjoyed coding and interacting with the robots

Using computers and having the opportunity to try part of the job role in the GCHQ presentation was really fun and engaging

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Autotrader

She showed us lots of good pictures about her job. 

I liked the horse drawn tram, it looked very exciting.

Creative director- music industry

It was so cool to learn he has worked with Ed Sheeran. 

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Nuclear engineer

We found listening to the nuclear engineer really interesting as we didn’t know anything about that job role

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Financial services

Found it really interesting to find out the money you could earn for a range of different jobs and the training needed to do it

Check out the photos

Celebrating our children:

This week, the following children have been recognised for showing a good understanding of the Ways of Being Co-op: Basit, James and Stevie, Esme, Naci, Iker and Olivia, Abhay and Ege, Riley, Harvey, Morgan, Eliza and Austin, Evie, Nico and Kendal, George W and Quynh.

We welcomed our EYFS children into our assemblies, as part of their transition to year 1 programme. 

Going Global Fundraising: 

On Friday 30th June, the Year 3 team invite their parents in to experience a three course Italian meal, all part of their learning about Italian Cuisine in the Going Global topic. Come along at 2:30 to join us for this feast!  As you know, we are fundraising to support The Destiny Grace Academy in Sierra Leone. We would appreciate a donation on the day to support this cause. 

On Tuesday 11th July at 2:45 our Year 1 and 2 invite their parents in, to celebrate the children’s work and also raise money for our link school, Destiny Grace Academy in Sierra Leone. 

Year 1 will be showcasing their art in a gallery, and signed pieces will be on sale for £1:00

Year 2 will be showcasing their African instruments and music (£1 a ticket) 

Come along to support your children, and raise funds for Destiny Grace Academy!

Strike Action:

Further Strike Action is planned for Wednesday 5th July and Friday 7th July. Details of which classes are open and which are closed will be sent separately to this newsletter. 

However, the knock on effect is that our Year 6 pupils who would have had their Transition Day to their High School on Wednesday 5th July will now have this Transition Day on Thursday 6th July. Families should look out for information from the High Schools as this is organised independently from us. 

Secondly, our wonderful Going Global Day when children and parents come to school wearing the traditional dress of your home country – scheduled for Friday 7th – now needs to be moved to Tuesday 18th July.

Sports Day:

Our EYFS and Key Stage One classes will have their Sports day on Friday 14th in the morning – starting at 9:30. Our Key Stage Two classes will have their event in the afternoon, starting at 1:30. (Please note this is a change in running order) Parents will be notified of the team colours next week, to give plenty of time to find / borrow a coloured t-shirt. Parents are very welcome to come along and support the teams.  

Ready Set Read:

Look out for the poster that has been shared with our families, giving details of this summer’s Reading Challenge. This is a free event run by local libraries and we encourage families to go along and sign up! 

More information here: https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/

Key dates and information about events can be found here: https://newislington.coopacademies.co.uk/events/ 

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Tuesday 27th June – Stepping Stones Meet the Teacher morning. This is for our new Reception pupils and their parents who will be with us in September

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Wednesday 28th June – Year 6 (half the class) to Manchester City Art Gallery for a workshop (free of charge)

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Thursday 29th June – Year 3JM trip to Rudy’s to experience life in a real restaurant

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Friday 30th June – The Halle are bringing instruments and musicians to our school! This will be a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to experience professional musicians playing music from around the world. 

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Friday 30th June – Invitation to our Italian Food Tasting Experience

The Year 3 team have been learning all about Italian Cuisine in our recent topic Going Global. As part of this we are hosting an Italian Food Tasting Experience for parents on Friday 30th June from 2:30pm The children will be making a 3 course tasting menu and would love it if you could join us for this feast!  As you know, we are fundraising to support The Destiny Grace Academy in Sierra Leone. We would appreciate a donation on the day to support this cause. 

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Wednesday 5th July – Strike Day. Please refer to the letter sent out separately

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Friday 7th July – Strike Day. Please refer to the letter sent out separately

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Friday 7th July – Going Global: a celebration of cultures. Postponed to Tuesday 18th July

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Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th July – dance workshops for all our classes (free of charge) to fit in with our Going Global project

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Tuesday 11th July – At 2:45 our Year 1 and 2 invite their parents in, to celebrate the children’s work and also raise money for our link school, Destiny Grace Academy in Sierra Leone.  Year 1 will be showcasing their art in a gallery, and signed pieces will be on sale for £1:00 Year 2 will be showcasing their African instruments and music (£1 a ticket)  Come along to support your children, and raise funds for Destiny Grace Academy!

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Wednesday 12th July – EYFS and KS1 musicathon 9:30 start – parents welcome – arrive for 9:30

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Friday 14th July – Sports Day (EYFS and KS1 in the morning and KS2 in the afternoon) Families welcome. The events will kick off at 9:30 and 1:30 respectively and will last about 1.5 hours. Please note the running order has changed.

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Monday 17th July – Open Day from 3:30 to 5:00. Come along and have a look through your child’s work, and chat to the teacher. Our new teachers will be here too, so that you can come and introduce yourselves.

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Tuesday 18th July – Rearranged Going Global: a celebration of cultures. Children are invited to come to school wearing the traditional dress of your home country. It would be lovely to come along with interesting facts to share. Parents are welcome to come along at drop off and pick up wearing traditional dress too.

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Wednesday 19th July – KS23 musicathon 9:30 start – parents welcome – arrive for 9:30

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Friday 21st July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly – 9:15 This is for our Year 6 parents only.

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Friday 21st July – School closes for the Summer Holiday at 1:00. There will be no Wraparound Club

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Forest School

Children should come to school on Forest School days in the appropriate clothing and footwear. 

Please refer to letters previously sent home or ask your child’s teacher for clarification. 

Mondays:

• 26/6/23 Year 2JJ
• 3/7/23 Year 5LB
• 10/7/23 Year 2 AO
• 17/7/23 Year 4LB

Fridays:

• 7/7/23 Year 4AO

Reception ZI Fridays week A

Reception NE Fridays week B

Safeguarding concerns should be directed to Karen Reveley who is our Designated Safeguarding Lead (karen.reveley@coopacademies.co.uk)  or to Tabitha Smith (tabitha.smith@coopacademies.co.uk) who is our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Outside of school hours, phone 999 with urgent welfare concerns, or call Advice and Guidance on 0161 234 5001.

You can also report a concern via our website: https://newislington.coopacademies.co.uk/report-a-concern/

Our Hallé Music and Heritage workshop was a fantastic experience. We learned a lot about famous Sir Charles Hallé, the founder of the orchestra.

We looked at original music notation and concert programmes from the Hallé archive, as they were used by the orchestra back in the early 1900’s.

We got to know about famous conductors who worked with the Hallé orchestra over the last century.

And we had our own go, being a conductor in a fun team game of musical statues along with another original recording of a Hallé Orchestra performance.

What a lovely way to learn about local music history!

Studying River features in Little Crowden Brook. We explored flora, fauna and river habitats. We measured depth, width and water speed in various places. Rock-pooling was a real winner! We found so many water creatures to look at in our trays. What an amazing day!

Check out the gallery below: