Welcome back to Nanaksar Primary School Welcome back to Nanaksar Primary School. Our pupils have been working extremely hard this half term. A big well done to our pupils for their excellent behavior and hard work. Not only have pupils been working very hard they have had a great deal of fun participating in a range of exciting activities and performances this half term. We would like to thank all parents for your continued support and participation in everything that we do.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all Nanaksar Staff, we look forward to seeing you all after the Christmas holidays.

Café reading Nanaksar Primary are excited to announce the launch of a new reading scheme, called CAFÉ. CAFÉ teaches the four key skills needed to become fantastic readers. Each classroom has its own CAFÉ reading board, CAFÉ is broken down into four components which are listed below. C-Comprehension (I can understand what I read) A-Accuracy ( I can carefully read the words) F-Fluency (I can read fluently, and add expression when I read) E-Expanding Vocabulary (I enjoy finding new words and discovering what they mean) Every time we read in class we look at our CAFÉ board and talk about the reading skills which we are developing. The children find it very helpful and enjoy using it.

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All dressed up in Year 1

This half term Year 1 studied the topic ‘All dressed up’. Pupils got a great deal out of this topic, they learnt about clothing from different countries, different types of materials and how Victorians dressed . For their ‘entry point’ pupils dressed up their own plush toys in different garments. They had so much fun doing this whilst learning about a range of fabrics and materials and the same time.

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Year 2 Art meets English This half term Year 2 have been working extremely hard in all areas of the curriculum especially in Art and English. During Art, the pupils created a Snowman Christmas decoration using clay. They took a lot of care for attention and detail to cut out the clay shapes and then add the facial features on their Snowman. They continued this fantastic work in English lessons during the topic of Poetry. The pupils worked in small groups to prepare a poetry reciting performance using different actions to help their audience understand the poem. This was followed by whole class performances in which pupils had the opportunity to develop their speaking and listening skills to watch the poems come to life! The Year 2 teachers were very impressed and proud.

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Children in Need On 13th November we had a fun filled day to raise money for ‘Children in Need’. The total amount raised across the MAT was £2872.33. As always, this was only possible with your support. Everyone had lots of fun at the Children in Need fair from face painting to photo booth! The cakes and biscuits parents made and sent were a huge success in the cake sale. The ‘Jazzy Jars’ were full of delicious sweet treats. The children made a huge effort in their choice of costume for the theme ‘what I want to be when I grow up’ from artists to archaeologists. Thank you to all the children for their ‘creative masterpieces’ for a ‘Children in Need’ decoration.

Thank you for raising £2872.33

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Gurpurab Celebrations Well done to all the children for their amazing performance in our Gurpurab assembly on the 27 th November. Throughout the week Gurpurab celebrations were taking place, such as an assembly by ‘Basics of Sikhi’ and Langar . Thank you to all the parents and family members who were able to attend, it makes the children immensely proud to perform in front of their families.

Matheletics As you are all aware, we started a new interactive programme called Mathletics to develop children’s knowledge and skills in maths. On Monday the 14th of December 2015, all children participated in our Mathletics launch day. I am pleased to inform you that the children had a very successful day! All the children thoroughly enjoyed becoming maths wizards and have had the opportunity to use the programme in school. Children showed great enthusiasm for Mathletics and we hope that it continues that way to develop all children’s skills and knowledge of mathematics, at school and at home.

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Beauty and the Beast On Monday 7th December Year 1 and 2 had the opportunity to watch the Beauty and the Beast pantomime in school. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the twist on the classic story of Bella and the Beast. Pupils could not stop talking about the show and were toppling over with laughter throughout the show and could not stop talking about it. Pupils loved interacting with the actors and were fully engaged in this amazing panto.

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Christmas concert Pupils were so excited to have friends, parents and family members watch them perform. Year 1 delivered a fantastic performance and Year 2 wowed us with their singing performances and poetry. Well done to all the pupils for their effort and hard work and thank you to all NPS stuff who made this a Christmas concert to remember!

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Gym and dance show During this term, some of our Year 2 children took part in a Gym and Dance show with the Multi Academy Trust. 8 children from Year 2 took to the stage to perform a spectacular bhangra dance in front of a huge crowd. They really wowed the crowd and did a fantastic job. Well

done! Thank you to Mrs Narwal for organising an amazing dance.

Book Fair On the week beginning 12th December Nanaksar Primary and their very own Book fair. The book fair was a huge hit with the pupils. Pupils were very keen about purchasing new books. The school managed to raise £512.00. Some of which will go towards new books for our school. Thank you to the pupils and parents for making this possible.

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Superstar Award

All Notices Playground Award Congratulations to the children who have received the award this term for their positive behaviour in the playground.

Congratulations to all the children who have received the ‘Super Star Award’ for always working hard at school and being great role models. Keep up the amazing work! 2JP Antika Juneja 2SW Arvin Jhand 2BH: Harsimar Kaur 2PR: Kiranjot Kaler 1JM: Rohniee Coornaden 1KJ:Agamjot Pahuja 1SS: Manreet Boparai 1DP: Birraj Bains

Writer of the Week Congratulations to all children for trying hard with their writing and receiving the ‘Writer of the Week’ award. VIP We are proud of all of those children who became ‘VIP’ (very important person) this term. We hope that you continue to keep up the good work.

Independence Well done to all classes for coming into school by themselves in the morning and thank you to parents for encouraging your child to be independent each day.

Handwriting Competition Well done to all the children who have received certificates for their wonderfully neat cursive handwriting and for those that have made a great improvement with their handwriting.

Uniform Please continue to make sure your child is wearing the correct uniform which is clearly labelled. Please ask your child’s class teacher if you have any further questions.

Diary dates

Coats Please make sure that your child comes to school with a coat every single day, as the weather is getting very cold. Children are able to bring scarves, hats and gloves to school also to stay nice and warm. Please make sure it is clearly labelled with their name and class.

Thursday 7th & Friday 8th January ’A’ life healthy workshops January 2016—Watch this space! Parent reading workshop Monday 15th– 19th February Half term holidays

Well Done Well done to all pupils for all their efforts throughout this busy term. Thank you to all parents and carers for your continuous support. We look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year. We hope you have a lovely holiday! Miss Chatur Deputy Headteacher 9