We are very excited to announce that children in Year 4 will be taking part in a ’Big Fancy Dress Singalong’ in aid of Children in Need to help raise money for child mental health projects. The children will be filmed by the BBC and the video will be on local social media via BBC Radio Shropshire’s Facebook page.
We hope that you will help us to raise money for this worthy cause by following the link below:
https://donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/happyheads
20.7.21
Dear Parents/Carers,
Thank you for all of the support and kind words we have received over the course of this year. It has been a very challenging year for everyone. I am so proud of the Newdale team for doing all they can for our children and community under very difficult circumstances.
If over the next 2 days your children have a positive covid result you need to email the school at newdale.primary@taw.org.uk or ring this school number 07765147868. We need to know in school as it may mean that the Health Hub need to inform direct contacts.
After the 2 day period has lapsed, you need to still report all positive cases, but not to school.
We really do hope this lovely spell of weather continues and allows everyone to get out and about enjoying the summer holiday.
The single most important skill you can develop with your children over the holiday in preparation for returning to school in September is Reading. Whether they read to you, you read to them or they read to a toy or even the dog, reading is the key to all learning. Any time spent on this will really benefit your children and help your teachers next year.
The teams in Newdale have already been spending so much time preparing for next year and they are already fully aware as to the children they will be looking after. We have been busy planning super events for everyone to enjoy during the Autumn and know the children will settle in quickly to their new routines.
I will be updating everyone as to the procedures we will change and retain a week or so before we return. This will be following guidance from the Health professionals and the Local Authority. Rest assured, the decision making will be measured and always have our children and families at the centre.
Stay safe everyone and have a wonderful summer.
Miss Cook
Headteacher
Please find attached information about mental health services available
(Parents Opening Doors) Picnic in the park with your families.
The event will take place on: Monday 2 August 2021
There will be lots of fun activities and workshops available on the day, including:
PODS Befriending Scheme is a network of trained parent volunteers who support other parents of children with special needs at the time of diagnosis or during challenging times related to their child’s disability. Every Befriender is someone whose own child has special needs. They know what it is like to cope with a new diagnosis and the challenges that come with it in the future. This service is free and confidential. We support parents of children with any type of disability or special need.
Become a PODS Telephone Befriender
Are you the Parent Carer of a child or young person with a special need or disability?
Do you have some spare time to spend listening and supporting other parent carers on a 1:1 basis? If so, why not become a PODS Befriender?
The PODS Befriending Scheme offers emotional support, and some practical strategies, to parent carers who have a child with a disability or additional need.
Please see the attached flyer for those families eligible for free school meals. Places are on a first come first served basis so please book quickly.
14.7.21
Dear Parents/Carers,
We have now received headline changes to COVID-19 guidance, from the Department for Education.
Clearly there is a lot of uncertainty and time to pass before we return in September, so I plan on confirming our procedures a week or so before we return. What we do know is what will remain…
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We are not comfortable with stating that all of the recommended changes will happen and are reserving our final confirmed plan until a week or so before we come back in September. We aim to carefully monitor the national and local picture and make informed decisions based on the evidence. |
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Kind regards,
Miss Cook
Headteacher
13th July 2021
Dear Parents/Carers,
I wanted to further update you of some staff changes that will come into place in September.
Kind regards,
Miss Cook
Headteacher
Newdale Primary School and Nursery
Woohoo!!! It’s coming home! (Hopefully!)
To show our support for the team (whether we win or not!), we would like to invite all the children and staff to come to school on Monday 12th July in non uniform – either a football kit, sports kit or wearing something red / white.
Win or lose, it’s time to celebrate! 🏴
Dear Parent/Carers,
Please can you support us in making sure your children are not smuggling fidget toys and slime into school (The image below is just one class collection from this week!).
We are not kill joys, we simply have not got the time to be dealing with the squabbles that come with them! We supply lots of equipment for the children to use at playtimes and are in the middle of developing a giant school fidget toy box for the children to enjoy.
Kind regards,
Miss Cook
Kind regards,
Miss Cook
Dear Parent / Carers,
Uniform is incredibly important to us at Newdale and underpins our ethos, values, and emphasis on how children should approach life at school. We understand there are differing opinions on the need for school uniform, but through my personal experience in many different educational settings, uniform does set the tone for expectations around conduct, behaviour, and attitudes; this in turn impacts on the smooth running of lessons and the atmosphere within the school. We will continue to place a high emphasis on children wearing it correctly and well and your continued support in this respect is very much appreciated.
At Newdale our school colours are navy blue, black and grey.
We request children wear a navy jumper or cardigan and grey or black skirts / pinafores or trousers along with a light blue collared shirt. If you would like to order uniform with our school logo on, please do so via Baker and Sons Schoolwear in New Street, Wellington 01952 641897. This is not compulsory: uniform without a logo is acceptable as long as it matches our chosen colours. In warmer months, blue gingham dresses / black or grey smart shorts can be worn.
All children need to wear sensible shoes (no heels or trainers please). In the colder weather, girls are permitted to wear black, navy or grey tights.
During the last 18 months we have been allowing children to come to school in PE kits on their allocated PE days. This has meant that children have not had to waste time getting changed and also means we do not have the added complication of finding spaces to do this from Year 3 upwards as we usually need to separate the boys and girls at this age. We are going to continue allowing children to come in PE kits on their PE days. If they have an after-school sports club, they will need to bring a separate kit to get changed into.
For P.E. children need plain black or navy shorts or jogging bottoms or plain black or navy leggings (no logos) and a plain, white t-shirt. They also need trainers and a navy blue / black jumper / fleece for outside P.E.
If children forget to wear kit or have incorrect kit on PE days, we will ask them to get changed into one of our clean spare kits. The expectation would be that they bring this home and return the clean kit to school as soon as possible.
Please note we only allow stud earrings and ask that all other jewellery is left at home. Earrings will be taped up just before PE, to ensure safety at all times.
Nail varnish is not permitted in school and the school does not permit children to have extreme haircuts that could serve as a distraction to other children and are not in keeping with the ethos of the school. This includes patterns shaved into the hair, excessive use of hair products and false hair. The definition of an extreme hairstyle is at the discretion of the Headteacher.
School kit
We do not have cloakrooms outside of the classrooms and hence the space available for children to store coats and bags is limited. Please refrain from buying them huge school bags. School supplies everything they need in lessons, so there is no need for pencil cases, notebooks and they certainly will not have time for toys please.
Thank you for your support in this area. We are a ‘SMART’ school and we want all children to feel part of our team whilst wearing our ‘SMART’ uniforms.
Miss Cook
Headteacher
Newdale Primary and Nursery School
Newdale
Marlborough Way
Newdale, Telford
TF3 5HA
Tel: 01952 387720
Headteacher: Miss R Cook B.Ed (Hons) NPQH
School Business Manager: Mr John Griffiths
