Achievement Assembly

This week children have been busy completing their end of term assessments and many classes have been on nature walks. Mrs Churm’s class had a lovely afternoon playing with the children’s toys from home as their BeSMART cup treat.

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week: Mrs King’s class who have been working hard to proofread their writing! I can already see an improvement after just 3 days!

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Miss Hill’s Year 1 class with 99%

KS2 winners are Mr Mcfarland’s class with 98%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Filippos for effort put into editing his writing and Louie for making excellent contributions in class this week.

Year 5 achievers:  Robert for making a great effort at improving your presentation in your books.  Rhys for producing a great Newspaper Report in Literacy.

Year 4 achievers: Angelo for always taking on new challenges and being willing to push himself out of his comfort zone. Eva for working incredibly hard in our assessments and wowing us with her super scores!

Year 3 achievers: Noah for his amazing work during our science week activity. He showed the true makings of a scientist which resulted in creating an extremely accurate timer!

Year 2 achievers:  Elva for her fantastic literacy, work ethic, blossoming confidence and being a wonderful role model. Bertie for his incredible effort! I’m so proud of his work in all his lessons this week. He is trying exceptionally hard in reading.

Year 1 achievers: Sebastian for impressing all of the adults with his reading and Omish for always having a positive attitude and producing some high quality work.

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle:

Year 6 readers: Vincent for consistently reading 5 times a week and writing detailed comments. Gracja for a committed week of reading and interesting comments

Year 5 readers: Filip for always making an effort with his reading and diary comments, which is particularly impressive as English is his second language. Kayson for putting extra effort into his reading comments this week.

Year 4 readers: Georgie for reading with lovely expression and trying her best every week to read by herself! George for great daily summaries of his book and using ‘because’ to explain.

Year 3 readers: Rochae for her enjoyment of reading which lead to her reading multiple books this week. Bella for reading lots this week and answering my questions, well done Bella!

Year 2 readers: Raeya for her super effort! I can see her love of reading growing each week 😊 Miss Lowe’s reader has been chosen for her super effort with home reading.

Year 1 readers: George for great reading at home this week and answering the questions in his diary. Lola for reading 3 times at home this week and sharing her enjoyment of this!

Big Walk & Wheel

On Tuesday 19th March the Road Safety Team will be delivering a whole school assembly linked to the Big Walk and Wheel that Newdale are taking part in.

On this day the Road Safety Team will arrive at school around 8.20am and will stand on the gate to take down the names of those children arriving by foot, bike or scooter. During the assembly they will do a lucky dip draw with lots of spot prizes to be won.

Good luck everyone!

Spring 2 SEND Newsletter

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please click the link to see this half term’s edition of our SEND Newsletter.

As always, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your child’s class teacher or SENDCO if you have any questions or concerns.

Spring 2 Newsletter

Mr Jackson

Dear Parents/Carers,

I am writing to update the wider school community as to the current situation in Year 5.

Unfortunately, Mr Jackson had to undergo a very long and complex operation at the beginning of last half term in order to remove cancer cells. He will also be undergoing specialist radioactive therapy as soon as he is well enough.

He is feeling positive and looks forward to returning to his teaching position just as soon as he is able. We do not yet have a time frame for this as no one is sure as to how quickly he will recover from the next stage of his treatment.

I know you will all join me in wishing Mr Jackson the best of luck as he continues his treatment and recovery.

We will of course update you of any changes as they arise.

Thank you for your understanding and patience at this difficult time.

Miss Cook

 

Achievement Assembly

This week we all loved seeing the children dressed up as their favourite book characters – we really did have such a wonderful day across the school. Happy weekend everyone!  

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week: Mrs Churm’s Year 3 class.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Miss Buckingham’s Year 1 class with a super 99%

KS2 winners are Miss Jones’ Year 6 class with 98%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Orla for consistently working to the best of her ability. AnaLucia for putting 100% effort into all areas of her learning 😊

Year 5 achievers:  Bella for having a great first week at Newdale and settling in so well. Mason for a super effort during assessment week.

Year 4 achievers: Isla for being a kind, caring and enthusiastic member of our class. She always makes school enjoyable for us 😊 Amalia for her positive attitude to learning, endless enthusiasm and for making school enjoyable for everyone.

Year 3 achievers: Nathan for working much more independently in lessons and producing a wonderful Chance to Shine story. Lealand for putting excellent effort into his independent work in class this week.

Year 2 achievers:  Beauty for always trying her best in all that she does and with a lovely, infectious smile. Her confidence has grown too! Jack for putting his best effort in all week! He’s had such a positive attitude to our SATs quizzes, fairytale writing and foundation subjects. I couldn’t be prouder. Keep up the hard work.

Year 1 achievers: Addison for being a great role model and always being positive. River for being a ray of sunshine in our class, following the BeSMART code consistently and being super helpful all the time!

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle:

Year 6 readers: Holly for increased effort with reading at home and managing to read 5 times for the last two weeks. Connor for completing his five reads and keeping me on my toes with an interesting fact a day.

Year 5 readers: Emma – a second award for Emma who continues to challenge herself and impress with her reading diary work. Whitney – This is a second reading award for Whitney – for her amazing book review and character description. Her love of books clearly shows though in the comments.

Year 4 readers:  Cayden for listening carefully in Guided Reading and taking his time to read carefully in his reading NFER. Georgia for showing great enthusiasm with her home reading.

Year 3 readers: Le’Shane for improved effort with reading at home, well done superstar! Ashton for super reading at home this week and reading with great enthusiasm when he read to me this week.

Year 2 readers: Alfie for his improved reading confidence and fluency in RWI.  Elena for trying so hard all the time. We are especially proud of her for her independence and creative questions.

Year 1 readers: Bella for reading more frequently at home with an adult. Udayveer for reading consistently at home.

Easter Raffle 2024

£1 per ticket. All tickets must be purchased through ParentPay. Please note that only one transaction can be made so all tickets you require must be purchased at the same time. The raffle will close on Tuesday 19th March and will be drawn on the afternoon of Wednesday 20th March. Winners will be contacted directly. All money raised will go into school fund to help subsidise school trips/events. Good luck everyone!

First Point Roadshow (drop in session)

Telford & Wrekin Council’s First Point customer service team will be at the Carpenter’s Family Centre, Oak Road, Overdale TF3 5BT Friday 15th March between 10 and 12pm to help residents with queries, accessing services and reporting issues.

More info and other locations: https://orlo.uk/XYmTN

V-Tech watches

Please can we remind parents of the below, this is also relevant for dress up/non uniform days. Children must not be able to access a device during school hours that can take photos/recordings due to our safeguarding policy and permissions for photos/recordings for some children we must follow.

 

The watch itself has a camera on it which means it can record at any given time. The welfare of our children is paramount and therefore, due to the safeguarding risk, these watches will be banned in school. If a child comes into school wearing a VTech watch, it will be taken off them and returned at the end of the day.

VTech KidiZoom Smart Watch DX2 Blue | Smyths Toys UK

 

If you need more support or guidance with online safety, please contact a staff member or send us an email. Email: newdale.primary@taw.org.uk