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Reception Achievement Awards
A big well done to Ava and Freddie this week. They have been working really hard on their handwriting and forming cursive letters correctly. We’ve noticed a big improvement due to all this hard work… well done both!
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Achievement Awards
Miss Clay’s class- Alisha for always trying her hardest and for being such a lovely member of the class!
Mrs Thomas’ class- Frazer for making such a huge effort with handwriting and persevering! 😊
Mr Banfield’s class- Daniel for being extremely reflective about his learning across the curriculum and finding countless opportunities to impress!
Miss Myler’s class- Logan for being really switched on for our tricky fractions lessons.
Mr Jackson’s class- Lola for always giving 100% effort in class and impeccable behaviour at all times.
Mrs McLaughlin/ Ms Pablos’ class- Izabel for reading at home every night and being a hardworking and lovely member of our class.
Miss Macfarlane’s class- Olly for his improved attitude towards completing homework and reading at home.
Mrs Trevor’s class- Riley for is determination and positive attitude to all areas of learning this week, even at home which is a huge improvement. We have noticed a massive difference in him. Very proud of you Riley.
Miss Newport’s class- Gracja for putting 100% effort into all of her learning.
Miss Jones’ class- T-J for 100% enthusiasm in all areas of his learning and being a fantastic friend to all.
Miss Hailey’s class- Emilio for his enthusiasm and engagement in our new Great Fire of London topic. He has been listening very well!
Miss McCullagh’s class- James for fantastic effort both in and out of school this week. He has been working so hard in all lessons and has even gone the extra mile with his work at home!
Mrs Plimmer’s class- Max for following Smart Code in the Den all week
Year 1,2,3 Star Reader- Tori
Year 4,5,6 Star Reader- Iwan
Year 1 Phonics Assembly
Thank you for the support at the Year 1 Phonics Parents Assembly today. The children worked extremely hard and were so excited to share everything they do with you. We hope you found it useful.
A reminder of some websites we use in school that could also be used at home as a fun way to learn and apply phonics include:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html
and
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate coming to speak to us.
The Year 1 Team.
Farm on the move!
This afternoon, Mrs Curnow and Nursery kindly invited children from the Den to join them with their special visitors- animals from a farm!
The children loved meeting all the animals and could answer lots of questions about them all- well done!
Thank you Mrs Curnow and Nursery!
Farm on Wheels – Ladybugs 🐷🐔🐮🦆
Today we had a visit from the Farm on Wheels. Ladybugs went out in groups, both the morning and afternoon session got to see lots of animals.
We saw a calf, a sheep, some chickens, ducks and a funny named bird called a quail!
We really enjoyed feeding the ducks and being able to stroke the different animals!
Some of the ladybugs even got to hold, very carefully, a very tiny quail egg.
Nursery’s Farm on Wheels visit
All the children got to see and enjoy touching some farm animals today including Helen the calf, daisy the duck, baa baa the sheep and some fluffy chickens. 
Sporting achievement board
Lots of children take part in some wonderful, varied sports outside of school and we would love for them to celebrate their achievements with the other children and staff (no matter how big or small). Mrs Goodwin has been busy creating an achievement board where children can share certificates, pictures or medals with a small write up about the event. If you would like to send anything into school to be included, you can either pass on to the class teacher, or e-mail us at newdale.primary@taw.org.uk
Many thanks
Our first music lesson of 2020 🎵
We really enjoyed our first lesson of the term with Mr Wilcox. This term we are focussing on music from Asia. Today we created different patterns on the chime bars. We are going to be learning a song called ‘Gung Hay Fat Choy’, which means Happy New Year in Chinese. 🇨🇳
