All the news and information that parents and carers of children at our school need can be found in this area of our website.
News Flow
A stream of information from all school departments, the latest at the top, can be seen below.
Incredibox Looping Music
Today the children had great fun using looping software to create amazing layered loops.
Our Positive Behaviour Role Models
We have spotted some pupils in Year 3 and and Year 4 who have been showing positive behaviour since returning to school; they have been noticed around school following the Be SMART code and setting a good example to their peers. Our role models for this week have been rewarded with one of our new positive behaviour stickers!šĀ Well done and keep up the super work!
Height, Weight and Vision screening for Reception
This week, your child in reception will come home with information regarding the height, weight and vision screening. The two letters going home are;
- Child vision screening (ages 4 to 5 years)
- Healthy Child Programme (HCP) growth Measurements & National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)
Please click on the links below for more information.
Base Camp reminder
Year 2 will be going to Base Camp tomorrow afternoon. Please could all children bring their kits into school to change into in the afternoon.
Many thanks,
The Year 2 Team
Year 3 – Home learning tasks if isolating
Please see below for ideas for your childās home learning should they receive a positive covid test result and feel well enough to continue learning at home. Please note that online lessons are not running as teachers will be teaching lessons in the classroom to the rest of the class. If your child is isolating at home, please use the tasks below as a guide for their home learning tasks.
-Complete their weekly spellings. Games such as Pictionary, scribble draw and roll and spell are fun ways to practice. These can be found on our year-group page.
-Access Times Table Rock Stars and Bug Club daily.
-Play Hit the Button daily – can they beat their score?Ā https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
(All of these login details can be found in the back of your child’s reading diary)
-Complete activities on BBC BitesizeĀ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
-Create a fact file about Africa. This should include a title page, interesting facts, where it is and the different animals that live there.
-Can you sketch some African animals?
Use the links below to help you;
https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/africa-facts.html
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/earth/continents/africa/
Thank you,
The Year 3 Team.
Year 2 Home Learning Guidance
Please see below for ideas for your child’s home learning should they receive a positive covid test result and feel well enough to continue learning at home. Please note that online lessons are not running as teachers will be teaching lessons in the classroom to the rest of the class.
Complete their weekly spellings. Games such as Pictionary, scribble draw and roll and spell are fun ways to practice. Your children should be experts at these games by now āŗļø
Practice times tables using TopMarks āHit the Buttonā game. This is also a useful game for number bond facts and doubling/halving.
Read daily and record in diaries. Remember your child can read online books on Bug Club which has handy, readym-made comprehension quizzes.
Play āKarate Cats.ā This is a grammar, punctuation and spelling game on the BBC Bitesize website. šā š„
Your childās logins are located in their diary. If you do not have access to this, please send an email to the Y2 email address.
Many thanks,
The Year 2 Team
ā ļø Year 2 Pirate Day ā ļø
Year 2 have had lots of fun today! This morning, we carried out a range of activities including a treasure hunt around school (map reading focus), making our own Pirate Passports and creating our own plot/wanted posters for our pirate characters.
In Science, we carried out an investigation looking at materials. We built pirate ships from cardboard, lollipop sticks, cellophane, paper towels and foil. We discussed which materials we thought would float, sink and/or absorb water.
Update from Miss Cook
10/01/22
Covid update
As predicted, we are seeing numbers of positive cases of Covid increasing. As we broke up for Christmas, we had 4 positive cases. Today we have 16 positive cases (recorded since being back after Christmas).
The Omicron variant is highly transmissible and case numbers in Telford are doubling every 1 Ā½ to 2 days.
Although the rate of transmission is having a significant impact on the NHS in terms of admissions, emerging evidence suggests that overall people are experiencing milder illnesses.
We are gaining feedback from the vast majority of staff and parents, that the impact of Covid on health, is thankfully less than the Delta variant, so that is positive.
As I have stated previously, we take advice from the Health Protection Hub, who in turn take advice from the national guidance which is Government led. The next review is the 26th January so it is likely that we will see yet more change following this.
I just want to clarify for parents some key points currently:
- A day 6 and day 7 negative LFT test is required (24 hours apart) for children to be allowed out of isolation and back to school. Please donāt risk it and send them back unless you are absolutely sure.
- It is now recommended that the response to a single case in a class is to request 7 day LFD testing for the other children in the class. We understand this is not only a pain when looking at testing our youngest children and more nervous children, but also tricky as testing kits are becoming more and more difficult to find. It really would help us keep the transmission rates at a manageable level if you could do this please.
- We will let you know if your child has been identified as a close contact e.g. sits on the same table as the positive case.
- From tomorrow, people who receive positive lateral flow results for COVID-19 following testing when they have no symptoms, will be required to self-isolate immediately and wonāt be required to take a confirmatory PCR test. People with symptoms must continue to book a PCR test.
- Attention to ventilation, face coverings for staff, regular testing for staff, hand washing, hand sanitizing are all continuing as before.
- We are still unable to invite parents into school. Any essential visitors e.g. staff carrying out referral assessments are required to bring proof of a negative LFT on arrival.
- We are still carrying out some trips out of school, again following robust risk assessments. Part of the risk assessment is that anyone travelling on a coach must wear a face covering. If this is an issue, please contact the office for further advice.
- We have produced a detailed risk assessment for e.g. the continuation of part mixing children to carry out phonics teaching. Staff follow this risk assessment so that we can continue to deliver high quality phonics teaching at the correct pitch and pace for all of our children.
We are ever optimistic that we will all be in a much better place with managing Covid come the spring. Until then, we need to continue to work together to keep Newdale open and operational for everyone. I know communication is really important, so will let you know of any changes that arise as soon as we know of them.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Miss Cook
Headteacher
Newdale Primary School and Nursery
Ahoy! Pirate Science
Year 2 had a fantastic afternoon creating pirate ships and testing if they would float or sink. We had some amazing efforts and really enjoyed sailing them on the water.
