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Newsletter sent Sunday 10th of February 2019
The Importance of Breakfast
As you know, it is important that children be in a fit state to learn from the very start of the day. Having a loving/supportive home, a good night’s sleep and monitored screen time are all important, but in addition to this, ensuring that children have a good breakfast either before coming to school or at our breakfast club is key. When a child feels hungry, their concentration levels are undoubtedly affected.
We have recently carried out some research and it was interesting to find that, across the school, 10% of children (which is equal to 27 children – nearly a whole class) are not having breakfast before coming to school. It was also interesting to find that 54% of all children (which equates to 207 children) say they are hungry at the start of the first lesson in the morning despite having had something to eat.
It may well be that at the time of getting up, children state that they are not hungry. It may be linked to what they are actually having for breakfast. Porridge for example is proven to ‘keep them full’ for much longer than many other breakfast options. We are hoping you can support us by encouraging them to have something to eat before they come to school. You could link it to the fact that studies prove that the feeling of hunger distracts from the ability to concentrate in lessons.
As a school, we try our very best by offering excellent breakfast club provision and by offering toast and free KS 1 fruit as an option at playtime (KS 2 children are allowed to bring in fruit from home). We are aware however, that children who do not eat breakfast or cannot wait for break-time, are telling us they are hungry and it is those children who we need to ensure are having something to eat before school.
Thank you for your support and if you are struggling with getting your child to eat before school, do please ask us to support you, we have many ideas!
Miss Cook
Girls Football After School Club
Crossbar Coaching will be running a Girls Football (Year 1-6) afterschool club for girls at Newdale this half term. Our goal at crossbar is to help players progress through fun! The club will run from Thursday 28th February to Thursday 11th April from 3.15pm to 4.15pm and will cost £24.50 for the 7 weeks.
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Streetdance After School Club
Crossbar Coaching will be running a Streetdance afterschool club for both boys and girls at Newdale this half term. Our goal at crossbar is to help players progress through fun! The club will run from Wednesday 27th February to Wednesday 10th April from 3.15pm to 4.15pm and will cost £24.50 for the 7 weeks.
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Year 2-6 Dodgeball After School Club
Crossbar Coaching will be running a Dodgeball (Year 2-6) afterschool club for both boys and girls at Newdale this half term. Our goal at crossbar is to help players progress through fun! The club will run from Friday 1st March to Friday 12th April from 3.15pm to 4.15pm and will cost £24.50 for the 7 weeks.
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Year 2-6 Hockey After School Club
Crossbar Coaching will be running a Year 2-6 Hockey afterschool club for both boys and girls at Newdale this half term. Our goal at crossbar is to help players progress through fun! The club will run from Wednesday 27th February to Wednesday 10th April from 3.15pm to 4.15pm and will cost £24.50 for the 7 weeks.
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KS2 Football After School Club
Crossbar Coaching will be running an afterschool club for both boys and girls at Newdale. Our goal at crossbar is to help player’s progress through fun! The club will run from Tuesday 26th February to Tuesday 9th April from 3.15pm to 4.15pm and will cost £24.50 for the 7 weeks.
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Gymnastics After School Club
With the support of Airborne Gymnastics Club and Newdale Primary School, Airborne Gymnastics Club will be running a series of after school gymnastics sessions at the School this half term. The sessions are being run by British Gymnastics qualified coaches (CRB cleared) and the Gym Club is fully insured to run the sessions at the School.
The sessions for the pupils will take place from Tuesday 25th February to Tuesday 9th April.
SEVEN inclusive sessions.
The sessions will run between 15:10 and 16:10 hours on a TUESDAY afternoon.
Each session will cost £3.50 and it is requested that payment for all sessions (£24.50) is made IN ADVANCE by cash or cheque made payable to AIRBORNE GYMNASTICS CLUB.
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KS1 Football After School Club
Crossbar Coaching will be running an afterschool club for both boys and girls at Newdale. Our goal at crossbar is to help player’s progress through fun! The club will run from Monday 25th February to Monday 8th April from 3.15pm to 4.15pm and will cost £24.50 for the 7 weeks.
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Crossbar KS1 Football Spring 2nd Half Term 2019.docx
Year 6 Easter School 2019
Please find attached letter regarding Easter School for our Y6 children.
EYFS Spring Sing Nursery & Reception
We will be holding two spring and sing assemblies on 3rd April 2019. One at 9.15am and the second at 2.30pm. Parents/Carer’s are welcome to attend, no tickets necessary.
KS2 Cross Country Club
Mrs Goodwin has kindly offered to run a Key Stage 2 Cross Country afterschool club for both boys and girls this half term. The club will run on a Wednesday from 3.15pm to 4.15pm, starting on Wednesday 27th February 2019 and ending on Wednesday 20th March 2019. There will be 3 cross-country fixtures after this date, with more information to follow.
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