Friday 18th September 2026
As week three comes to an end, we continue to be really proud of how well the children are settling back into school. The children are very much enjoying earning their Class Dojo points which they will be able to spend at the end of this half term.
Looking ahead to next week, the SEND and Pastoral team are holding a ‘Meet the Inclusion team’ session on Thursday 24th September at 2pm. The session will be led by our SENDCo, Mr McFarland and our Pastoral Team, Mrs Byrne Corbett and Miss Hudson. During the session, we will discuss the SEND and pastoral support available across the school, including key updates, interventions and the different ways we support our children and families. There will also be a range of resources available for parents and carers to look at and explore.
Finally, a huge congratulations to Maeve in reception for growing the tallest sunflower and therefore winning the sunflower competition. Well done!
Achievers of the week:
Year 6 achievers: April for always being ready to learn, giving her absolute best in every single lesson and being a fantastic year 6 role model. Theo for always being ready, respectful and an all-round superstar!
Year 5 achievers: Mrs Shayes and Miss White’s achiever for working hard, particularly in Literacy, contributing to class discussions and using what he has learned outside school in his writing. Poppy M for excellent effort in all lessons and always trying to challenge herself.
Year 4 achievers: Eleonora for supporting the teaching of our RE lessons by sharing her wealth of knowledge with the class. Mr Jackson’s achiever is Zaidan for an excellent effort this week listening and being ready to learn. For also having a really positive attitude towards his learning.
Year 3 achievers: Mrs Churm’s achiever for always being ready to learn and helping her peers too. Jasper for great work on our rocks topic in Science. We love your enthusiasm!
Year 2 achievers: Hilda for working exceptionally hard in Maths this week, well done Hilda! Ruby-Skye for always showing the Newdale rules and being respectful all the time. Ruby is such a wonderful role model!
Year 1 achievers: Hunter – for showing he is ready to learn and always wants to work hard. Asher for being an excellent role model and always showing he is ready to learn and trying his best.
Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle:
Year 6 readers: Hannah for her super reading diary comments. Paisley, for her fantastic summaries, predictions and illustrations and sharing her real joy of reading!
Year 5 readers: Jessica for producing detailed, daily reads in her diary. Keep it up Jessica! Marvin for brilliant and detailed diary entries every day! I always look forward to reading those fun facts
Year 4 readers: Arla for consistently reading every evening. Elizabeth for amazing reading and comments this week in her reading diary.
Year 3 readers: Eve for amazing work ethic at home. Caitlyn for reading every day at home.
Year 2 readers: Sam for reading every single day without fail! Everly for reading consistently every day.
Year 1 readers: Kiara for working hard on her reading at home and not giving up. Oghalezino for reading every night at home. Wow!
Newdale Cup winners nominated by adults in school – Year 3 for having an amazing week by demonstrating excellent classroom routines including lining up, sitting in assembly and moving around school.