Cultural and Religious Celebrations / International Links

We had a fantastic day with lots of different languages being taught across the school. Children were able to learn languages spoken by some of our families, such as Arabic, Latvian, Urdu, French, Pashto, Turkish and Farsi.

A big thank you to all the parents who supported us with these lessons. It was great to learn another language through various games and activities.

 Have a look at the photos below and please leave a comment, telling us what you really enjoyed on Language day.

What words have you learnt?

Language Day on PhotoPeach

The year 5 Bollywood dance group did some fantastic stick dancing

Dandia (stick) Dance on PhotoPeach

In January we celebrated Chinese New Year with some special assemblies. This year is the year of the dragon and some of the children in Year 3 did dragon dance performances in assembly.

A big thank you to all the families and staff who supported this wonderful event. We hope you enjoyed all the different activities. If you celebrated Diwali, we hope you had a great celebration.

Thanks again for all your contributions to the Mela which helped to make the event such a success. We raised £156.35 which we plan to spend on increasing our range of exciting books in school.

Click here to learn more about Diwali.
Diwali Mela 2011 on PhotoPeach
What did you like most about the Diwali Mela?

Black Olympian Athletes was the theme of our Black History Month assembly for Key Stage 2.

Sam Kalubowila from the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre delivered the assembly and also did workshops for Year 5 on Jesse Owens, an American athlete, who specialized in the sprints and the long jump.

Our school has also been invited to take part in a Black British Olympians Book Project with other schools in Manchester. Our Year 6 pupils are researching and writing interesting biographies about athletes which they hope will be included in the book when it is published. We will keep you informed

We awarded certificates in assembly to parents and lunchtime organisers who delivered Urdu Language Lessons in school. Keep an eye on the key stage 1 hall for a display of Urdu Language Day! Urdu Day Certificates on PhotoPeach

We had a fantastic day with Urdu language lessons taking place in every class across the school! These sessions were led by parents, teaching assistants and lunchtime organisers and were supported by some of our Urdu speaking children in Key Stage 2. We all learnt lots of Urdu words/phrases. Can you remember what shukriya means?

To learn more Urdu words and phrases go to the website www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/

Some parents have already told us that their children are using Urdu more at home now. This is great to hear as the more proficient children are in their first language the better their English language development will be.

Parents can help their children at home by:
*Giving them the opportunity to read a range of texts in their first language.
*Making some time every evening to discuss with their children, in their first language, what they have done in school that day e.g. ask your child to talk about a science experiment they have done, explain how they solved a maths problem etc. Urdu language day on PhotoPeach

Rachel Muter, came into school for the day to talk to classes about her amazing experiences in Uganda. she showed photos of her visit as well as a typical meal eaten everyday by Ugandan children, families and teachers. Uganda talk with Rachel Muter on PhotoPeach

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

The year 3 dance group did some exciting dragon dance parades to celebrate Chinese New Year. The EMA art group enjoyed sharing their red kites and beaded promise decorations in the key stage assemblies. Chinese New Year Celebrations on PhotoPeach

There were wigs and fancy bobbles plus gelled and coloured hair and even a bird’s nest! Funky hair day raised £196.24 towards building projects in Uganda.Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun. There is a display of funky hair outside B2.
Funky Hair Day on PhotoPeach
Funky Hair Day on PhotoPeach