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Today
Posted on October 1, 2020 by Mrs Silman

Covid 19 update

Dear Parents/Carers,

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-parents-and-guardians-when-you-should-book-a-coronavirus-test-for-your-child/letter-to-parents-and-guardians-when-you-should-book-a-coronavirus-test-for-your-child

We have sent this document out before, but wanted to make sure it reached everyone. We are trying so hard to prevent any positive cases in our school, but we need your help…

Please follow all of the guidelines and in particular –

Making sure you are not sending your child/children into school if they are unwell.
Making sure they wash their hands before coming in to school and on arrival home.
Ensuring your children and you yourselves are socially distancing at the key times of drop off and pick up.

Clearly we can not control what goes on out of school, but ask that everyone does ‘their bit’ in trying to keep the virus out of our community and therefore lowering the risk of it getting into our school.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

Today
Posted on October 1, 2020 by Miss Thorneycroft

Value of the Month- October

Yesterday
Posted on September 30, 2020 by Miss Thorneycroft

The importance of breakfast

Morning routines can be frantic and rushed, trying to locate book bags and coats but one aspect which is important not to forget is breakfast.

Research shows that, on average, 2 pupils in every class in England and Wales will arrive at school hungry at least once a week. If a child arrives at school hungry, they lose one hour of learning time a day. Thinking about that over a longer term, if a child arrived at school hungry once a week they would almost 9 weeks of learning time (70 per cent of a term) over the whole of their primary school life.

It is so important that children have a nutritional breakfast before they come to school. A healthy and balanced breakfast can provide the refuelling your child needs to make the most of the day ahead. Where possible, please try and avoid overly sugary cereals (easier said than done we know!). Breakfast foods such as cereals with added iron, wholegrain breads, eggs and raisins are all good sources of iron.

Please encourage your children to have breakfast before coming to school – it really is important!

2 days ago
Posted on September 29, 2020 by Mrs Plimmer

Harvest celebrations in the Den!

Over the last two days we have been very busy in the Den celebrating Harvest.

On Monday, we found lots of the vegetables from the story Oliver’s vegetables.

On Tuesday, we used the home grown carrots and potatoes to make carrot soup and healthy baked chips- they were delicious just as Oliver said in the story!

Next week, the children have asked to make rhubarb pie- watch this space!

2 days ago
Posted on September 29, 2020 by Miss Thorneycroft

Harvest Collection 2020

A message from Newdale Rotakids all about our harvest collection this year, in aid of Telford Crisis Support.

6 days ago
Posted on September 25, 2020 by Miss Thorneycroft

Year 1&2 Star of the Week

Marco from Miss Plimmer’s class- for always trying his best.

Charlie W from Miss McCullagh’s class – for ALWAYS trying his very best – in school and at home!

Elliot from Miss Broadhurst’s class- for having a great start to year 1 and for trying hard in all lessons.

Freddie from Miss Jones’ class- for fantastic enthusiasm to all areas of his learning and never failing to make me smile 🙂

Seb from Miss Newport’s class- for showing impressive number bond knowledge in Maths. Well done!

6 days ago
Posted on September 25, 2020 by Mrs Plimmer

Best bits of the Den this week!

Wow, another busy week!
This week we have been learning about Oliver’s Vegetables in preparation for our Virtual Harvest work next week- more photos to follow!

We made star biscuits!

We enjoyed Forest School with Miss Taylor and Base Camp with our year group classes.

Today after snack we made sure Mrs Powell’s guinea pigs had a healthy snack!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Miss Plimmer, Mrs McLeod, Mrs Fullerton and Miss Hammond.

6 days ago
Posted on September 25, 2020 by Mrs Silman

Keeping safe at the school gates

Please watch the following video about keeping safe at the school gates.

6 days ago
Posted on September 25, 2020 by Miss Thorneycroft

Autumn Parents’ Evening online appointment booking

I would like to invite you to attend our Parents’ Evening which will take place as follows:

Reception: Tuesday 6th October 2020 – Friday 9th October 2020
Years 1, 2 & 3: Monday 12th October 2020 – Friday 16th October 2020
Years 4, 5 & 6: Monday 19th October 2020 – Thursday 22nd October 2020

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic all meetings will take place via phone call. When booking your slot please leave the name of the person to be contacted and phone number as a message for the teacher. Each allocated slot is 10 minutes long and teachers will need to adhere to the timings. The incoming call to your phone may show as a withheld number or one of the school numbers.

The school will again use the online appointment booking system. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and you will receive an email confirming your appointments. Appointments can be made from Friday 25th September 2020.

Please visit https://newdale.parentseveningsystem.co.uk to book your appointments. A short guide on how to add appointments is attached with this letter. Login with the following information:
Student’s First Name:
Student’s surname:
Date of Birth:

If you do not have access to the internet please contact the school office who will be happy to add appointments on your behalf.

Please click on the links below to view the full letter and parent guide.

Parents Evening invite letter Autumn 2020

Parent Guide – Autumn 2020 Parents’ Evening

One week ago
Posted on September 24, 2020 by Mrs Silman

Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) update

Dear Parents and Carers,

Due to the current Covid 19 restrictions we are sadly unable to host our termly SEND parent and carer ‘drop in’ sessions. Usually Parents and Carers are invited to come to The Den to speak to Miss Plimmer (our SENDCO) and Mrs Powell (Inclusion Manager) about their child’s needs and progress.

This term we are proposing that following your Parents Evening telephone call with class teachers in the coming weeks, you can request a telephone call from Miss Plimmer and Mrs Powell to talk specifically about SEND needs.

To request a phone call between 3pm-4pm or 4:30pm-5:30pm on Thursday 22nd October, please send an email requesting a time slot to Miss Plimmer’s SEND email address: newdalesendco@taw.org.uk or ring the office and ask them to pass on the message 01952 387720.

Kind regards,

Miss Plimmer