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February Edition 2016
Manor School Newsletter Don’t forget to
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pupils and their school!
@M
anorSchBrent
Dear Parents,
We have had a fantastic
start to the New Year.
Our new class, Orchid
Class, opened for 8 new
pupils and they have all
settled extremely well.
Last week we were so
pleased to have been reac-
credited with the Primary
Quality Mark (PQM). The
PQM identifies us as a
school that provides
excellent communication,
literacy and numeracy
teaching and support for
our pupils to ensure
excellent pupil outcomes.
We are also pleased to
announce that our 2014/15
pupil assessment data
demonstrates that the vast
majority of our pupils
across the school are mak-
ing outstanding progress;
well done to all our teach-
ers who have worked
tirelessly towards these
fantastic outcomes for our
pupils.
I hope you all have a
happy, peaceful half term.
Best wishes,
Jayne
New School Proposal
The Head Teachers and governors of
Manor School, The Village School and
Woodfield School, with the support of
Brent Council, are putting a proposal to
the Department of Education to open a
new Special Free School in September
2017. There is a need for special school
places in Brent and the new school
would offer 100 places for pupils between 4 and 18, adopting the ethos and
practices that have worked successfully at the three supporting schools. The
school would be called The Avenue, for more information please visit the web-
site www.theavenueschool.london where you can complete a questionnaire to
show your support for the proposal.
Swimming Gala
We have had a wonderful start to the Spring Term and our new pupils in Orchid
Class are settling in well. There is a new lost property box located outside the school
office, please make sure all clothing items sent into the school are clearly labelled
with your child’s name so that we can make sure they are promptly returned.
We have a new Parent Governor, Anna Vaxevanidou, who will be joining our board
of School Governors in maintaining high standards within the school.
We would love for our parents/carers and friends of Manor School to donate any
spare children's’ books to the school for use at playtime.
Some of our pupils competed in a swimming gala at the Richmond Pools in the
Park and showed great sportsmanship by cheering their team mates and other
competing schools. They all displayed fantastic swimming skills and Fuad, Jamie,
Terrell, Haben, T’Yarni, Terrell and Sabina all came within the top three in their
events. Sabihah, Leo and T’Yarni won Bronze medals and Ayub won a Gold medal!
Parent’s engagements and one-to-one sessions are being arranged by school for parents who
would like more advice and help with their children’s tooth brushing, mouth care, different
brushing aids etc.
We are working with the Brent Local Authority on planning to carry out tooth brushing program on
brushing once a day in classrooms with fluoride toothpaste from the spring/summer term.
As a part of the HEALTHY SCHOOL PROGRAMME Sapna Mandalia (Oral Health Promoter/coordinator)
will be working with our pupils, supported by school staff, on fun tooth brushing sessions. She will be
using a giant mouth model with a huge tooth brush, small mouth models and toothbrushes for the
children to practice brushing on, singing brushing songs and sharing experiences on dental visits. Each
child will be given a brushing pack (with a tooth brush, fluoride toothpaste, a 2 minute timer and a
leaflet) at the end of the session to keep in school for brushing teeth in class or to take home and carry
on with the good tooth brushing.
www.manorschoolbrent.co.uk
Spring Dates 2016
Spring Half Term — 15th
- 19th
February
Spring Term Ends — 24th
March (Bank Holiday 25th
March)
Dental Health Activities in Manor
Class Trips to Borough Market
As part of our Life Skills Healthy Eating Programme our pupils visited Borough Market. On their journey
they took a Thames Clipper and were able to experience lots of interesting foods from around the world.
Please remember to complete your online shopping via our School Angel
account found on our website homepage. You pay the same prices and we
receive a donation whenever you click on the link to your desired shop and
complete a transaction.