Celebrating our pupils:

The following pupils have demonstrated a good understanding of the Ways of being Co-op: Elijah, Aftaab, Destiny and Alissa. Megha, Abdulla and Ayad. Leven and Elsa. Erin and Sanav, Orion and Stefania, Naila, Kofo and Titilayo. Sirah,. Ace, Jasmine, Junior and Kairo. Jane. Tymek and Minnell. 

Music appreciation: 

To coincide with Children’s Mental Health Week, we listened to Pharrell Williams’ ‘Happy’. 

Earthquake support:

To support our Turkish and Syrian community, parents are invited to donate to the relief effort via these links:

https://bagis.ahbap.org/bagis – The most trusted non-governmental organisation in Turkey.

https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/current-emergencies/turkey-and-syria-earthquake-appeal/

Parents might find these links useful when talking to your children about natural disasters:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/13865002

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-04/talking-to-your-children-scary-world-news.pdf

On Friday 17th February, children can come to school in home clothes in return for a £1:00 donation to the Red Cross relief effort. If you bring 50p along at the end of the day, there will be a cake sale organised by four pupils in Year 3. 

Careers Related Learning: 

Our pupils will have bespoke science lessons during British Science Week (Starting on March 13th). In addition, it would be fantastic if parents or relatives who work in the world of STEM could come in to talk to the children about their job. 

We already have Dr Michael Harris coming in to work with children in Years 5&6, and to talk about his job. His area of expertise is plastics and polymers, and how he is developing a way to recycle these into artificial soil. What an opportunity for our pupils to work alongside a scientist and to ask questions about his profession – a great way to raise aspirations!   

Online Safety:

Co-op Academy New Islington is totally committed to the digital safety and wellbeing of our pupils. As part of this we are running a workshop dedicated to helping parents understand the risks their children face in their online lives and the practical things parents can do to help. Please join us for this hour long workshop in which Katherine Howard, Head of Community and Wellbeing at Smoothwall will provide you with lots of valuable insights and tools.

Including:

• Information on the latest apps and games your child may have access to.
• The harmful content your child may be exposed to.
• How you can help your child to safely navigate online risk.
• How to access our brand new and FREE Online Safety Hub with dedicated guidance for parents.
• An introduction to a parental app that allows you to control what your child sees online, if they are at risk, plus other important features.

Workshop Date: Monday 27 February Time: 6.00-7.00pm

To join this special workshop please find below the link for the session:

https://smoothwall.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ivfMbhX9TO-dFgF6y4LPnA

World Book Day Friday 3rd March (revised date):

On Friday 3rd March, children can come to school dressed as a book character, and bring the book with them. No football strips please. 

To support our Careers Related Learning, it would be fantastic if there are any authors/illustrators/publishers in our school community who would like to come in and talk to the children about their job. Whether you are an author in your spare time or if it is your profession, we would love to meet you! 

Please email newislington@coopacademies.co.uk with your details. 

We will also have a Book Swap – children can bring to school a book they have read many times, and then swap it for a new book. This Book Swap will be held in the hall at the end of the day – children should bring in unwanted books to school from Monday 27th February.

Design a Biscuit Competition

Calling all budding cooks and bakers – click here to find out details of a competition to design a new biscuit! https://trim.ee/UIAMc  

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Key dates: 

The following list gives an outline of the term’s events. They are not set in stone! New additions or alterations will be highlighted.

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Monday 13 February – Week A 

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Tuesday 14th February – Year 2 have a visit from the Fire Service, linked to their learning about the Great Fire of London

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Wednesday 15th February – Parent and Child Challenge Event from 1:30 – parents who have been selected will already have been sent an email – if you have not yet had an email confirming your place, then please do not turn up on this date – we will schedule more into our calendar.

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Friday 17th February – Home clothes day in return for £1:00 donation to the Red Cross Turkish Syrian Disaster Relief Fund

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Friday 17 February – Finish for half term

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Monday 27th February –  Week B 

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Monday 27th February – Term starts for all pupils

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Monday 27th February – Please bring good quality unwanted books into school this week for our Book Swap on Friday.

Monday 27th February – Join our Online Safety Parent Workshop with child safety specialist Katherine Howard on Monday 27th February from 6.00-7.00pm. Learn more about how to keep your child safe in their online world. Katherine will also introduce you to free online resources and our parental control app. Click the link to join the webinar https://smoothwall.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ivfMbhX9TO-dFgF6y4LPnA

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Friday 3rd  March – Revised Date – World Book Day. If they wish, pupils are welcome to come to school dressed up as their favourite book character. Please bring the book along too. Pupils can bring in books to swap – we will give children the chance to exchange books. Please see above for more details.  

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Friday 3rd March – Our choir has been invited to perform at a celebratory event at the Science and Industry Museum.

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Monday 6 March – Week A

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Monday 6 March – Book Fair this week – more details to follow

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Monday 13 March – Week B 

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Monday 13th March – British Science Week. Visit from Dr Michael Harris (see details above)

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Friday 17th March: Our Year 5 and 6 pupils will take part in a live-link session with scientist and author Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. This will be an inspiring session, seeing a successful black woman scientist working at the top of her game. Please share this link with your children (whatever their age) to inspire them and encourage them to dream big.