Friday 6^th December 2024

This week year 5 enjoyed independently following a recipe for potato salad. Most also enjoyed eating their salad but a few were put off by the mustard and mayonnaise combination. Perhaps you may like to teach your families the recipe at home! On Thursday, Year 1 got all snuggled up in pyjamas and enjoyed a magical trip to the polar express. There was snow, singing and a special train journey, with hot chocolate and cookies too!

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:

Miss Hill’s class for outstanding efforts with their Chance to Shine writing this week and working so hard in their nativity rehearsals.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are both Year 1 classes with 97%

KS2 winners are Mr Jackson’s class also with 97%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Erin for having a fantastic attitude to writing this week. Noah for fantastic perseverance with his independent writing in his chance to shine.

Year 5 achievers:  Zac for effort and participation in all lessons but particularly in RE, where he carefully considered what pilgrimage would feel like for a British Muslim. Callum for amazing effort at working independently and producing great Guided Reading answers.

Year 4 achievers: Lily-Mae for independence when planning her next chance to shine and incorporating our Y4 SPAG features and Olivia for excellent use of possessive apostrophes and speech punctuation in Literacy.

Year 3 achievers: Rocio for working incredibly hard to uplevel word choices in her chance to shine along with independent editing and being an amazing friend.  Gracie for her super maths work on shape and trying hard to work independently.

Year 2 achievers: Muhammed for developing his resilience when faced with a challenge and Noah for trying really hard with his Chance to Shine this week; we are so impressed with your super sentences.

Year 1 achievers: Albie for working so hard and independently in all areas of the curriculum and showing good progress across all subjects. We are very proud of you. Ophelia for always giving 100% effort in everything she does and writing some fantastic similes in our Literacy lesson this week.

Year R achievers: Lucas for his wonderful Christmas decoration inspired by the work of Kandinsky – we were blown away by Lucas’ intricate painting skills and Jadon for trying his best in his work and following the BeSMART code.

Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week:

Mrs Stack’s class have been awarded the Times Tables trophy for a second time this week as they have had 93% of their class using TTRS over the past fortnight. Shiah-Rai accepted the trophy on behalf of her class for being one of the highest point scorers for her team. Well done rockstars!

Have a lovely weekend everyone. We look forward to seeing you on Monday 😊

Friday 29^th November

We feel as though the Christmas period has truly begun this week. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our Christmas fayre – the children loved it! Classes are busy practising their Christmas songs and we are all very much looking forward to the coming weeks of Christmas celebrations!

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:

Our Hub Class for showing excellent behaviour around school. They have been noticed by lots of adults for their wonderful, sensible walking in the corridors and for trying so hard with their learning.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

This week, we have two KS2 winners; Mrs Stack and Miss Clay’s class for working hard to improve their attendance to 98% and Miss Watson’s class with an impressive 99%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Filip for outstanding effort in his writing this week. Arush for showing such a passion and enthusiasm for learning and outstanding writing in his chance to shine.

Year 5 achievers:  Georgie for excellent effort with her independent writing. Skylar has worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks; she has written a descriptive Norse myth filled with figurative language.

Year 4 achievers: Eliza for fantastic effort in all her work this week and for being a symmetry superstar in Maths. Daisy for excellent progress within our geometry unit in Maths.

Year 3 achievers: Toby for always following the BeSMART code, always giving 100% in lessons and always being a kind friend. Robyn for being an enthusiastic learner who always follows the BeSMART code.

Year 2 achievers: Eleonora for always being kind, helpful and setting a good example. She’s trying hard in everything. Dola for being an outstanding role model, a kind friend and working consistently every day.

Year 1 achievers: Katie for trying so hard to follow the BeSmart code and showing extra kindness to the younger children. Amelie for being very brave and sensible with her broken arm. She has continued to work as hard as she always does and still has had her big smile on her face every day.

Year R achievers: Liam for his wonderful positive singing in our Christmas rehearsals and amazing effort and progress in phonics this week. Declan for a fantastic week following the BeSMART Code. Declan has been helpful around the classroom, used his Fred Fingers independently for writing and shown resilience when trying something he finds tricky.

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle:

Year 6 readers: Emma for in-depth comments including examples of Year 6 SPAG features. Harlen for his first full week of reading and great comments – very well done!

Year 5 readers: Naomi for showing me how much she loves her Japanese book and now she is learning the language.  Ria for consistently impressing with her thoughtful comments and determination to get the most out of her reading.

Year 4 readers: Jacob for trying hard to improve his number of home reads over the past couple of weeks. April for brilliant descriptions every day, sometimes twice, of books she is reading and answers to questions. Brilliant job!

Year 3 readers: Alfie for really trying hard to extend his answers to his reading diary questions. Well done Alfie! Arya for working incredibly hard at home with her reading and questions.

Year 2 readers: Robbie, who reads every night and is showing resilience even when he finds it tricky- well done. Miss Lowe’s reader was chosen for working hard at home and always trying her best. She has been reading her books and practising her speedy words.

Year 1 readers: Mahya for lots of reading at home and answering all her questions in the diary. Oscar for super reading at home and completing lots of extra homework. Fantastic work Oscar.

Congratulations to all of our superstars. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday 😊

Friday 22nd November 

This week, Years 1, 2 and 5 were lucky enough to visit the cinema as a special treat. Year 4 also visited the Molineux Stadium where they took part in team building exercises and a journalism workshop. The staff were impressed by our school’s listening skills!  On Wednesday, the weather surprised us all as we had an unexpected snow day. Thank you so much for sharing all the lovely activities and tasks you got up to at home! I know many of the pupils were excited to share their learning, snow sculptures and creations with their class when we returned to school.  

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Miss Lowe’s class for excellent engagement and enthusiasm in Maths and Literacy, trying harder to follow the BeSMART code everyday and for being confident with rehearsing their lines for the nativity. We really hope that you enjoy your special treat next week.  

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:  

KS1 winners are Miss Hill’s class with 97% 

KS2 winners are Mr Banfield’s class also with 97% 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Freddie for his excellent work at home during our Snow Day, creating his own science experiment to make blood like we did in school. Demi for a super Chance to Shine and her commitment to making progress in her writing.  

Year 5 achievers:  Mr Jackson’s achiever of the week was chosen for being super helpful and super enthusiastic towards his learning. For making an extra effort with his reading over the last couple of weeks too. Mrs King’s achiever is Eva for showing off her scientific knowledge in our recent experiments.  

Year 4 achievers: Theo for super snow day home learning about symmetry and France. Cerys for outstanding creativity in her snow day Narnia-themed story and impeccable behaviour on our school trip to Molineux. 

Year 3 achievers: Carter for a positive attitude coming into school. Smrithi for being a positive, kind and hardworking member of the class.  

Year 2 achievers: Coby for working hard in class, setting a good example and his brilliant Snow day Diary. Emily for showing daily resilience and trying hard with every lesson  

Year 1 achievers: Caitlyn for being a kind and helpful friend and always working exceptionally hard in all her lessons and Miss Fisher’s  achiever was for always following the BeSmart code, follows instructions well and is responsible as a class helper.  

Year R achievers: Ayda for a wonderful week, with a fantastic positive attitude towards her learning and being a kind friend and James for being independent getting himself properly dressed for fun in the snow every time, taking responsibility for his belongings too! 

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week: 

Last week, we were part of the ‘England Rocks’ TTRS battle. We were so impressed by the number of pupils who tried their best to score points for our teams and we know that this is improving their times tables recall in lessons too. The class with the highest class average, and therefore winning the TTRS trophy this week, was Miss Hill’s class. Congratulations to everyone in this team who took part in the battle!  Aarush receiving the trophy on behalf of his class as he scored the most correct answers in the whole school, closely followed by Mayra in second place and Chimzy in third! Well done rockstars!  

Achievement Assembly 

This week, a few year groups have been off on their Autumn Nature Walk adventures. They have enjoyed looking for signs of Autumn and spotting different elements of nature; from squirrels and ducks, to oak trees and holly. On Friday, Year 6 will be visiting RAF Cosford for a workshop on the Blitz. This will really help bring their History learning to life.

Over 100 children entered our Autumn colouring competition and it was clear to see how much time and effort that went into the final pieces. It was incredibly difficult to choose between them all but some of the winners chosen were Everly, Lillie, Jazper, Hebe and Fynn. Well done to everyone else that entered too! Some of the winners, and the winning masterpieces can be see in today’s achievement photo.

After such a long and busy half-term, we just want to say a big thank you to all of our families for your support and commitment to your children’s learning and ensuring that they have had a wonderful start in their new year groups. We hope you all have a happy and restful half-term and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday 4^th November.

House Points

A big congratulations goes to all members of Severn house, who have won the half-termly house point competition. As a reward for all of their teamwork and effort, they will join a ‘House Celebration’ during the first week back.

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:

Mrs Stack’s class for their fantastic attitude and enthusiasm during their week at Arthog. They supported and encouraged each other both in activities and with life away from home. They were an absolute pleasure to be around and every single one of them applied the BeSMART code outside of the classroom to make the experience an enjoyable one for everyone.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Miss Fisher’s class with an unbeatable 100%! This class appear to have a record-breaking attendance so far! Well done! We have set the rest of KS1 a challenge to try to beat them next half-term.

KS2 winners are Mrs Everall’s class with 97.84%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Maddie for showing such a kind and caring attitude towards all her fellow classmates during their week at Arthog and Harry for demonstrating bravery and resilience throughout the whole week.  

Year 5 achievers:  Leo for preparing so thoroughly to run for Chair of school parliament and getting elected! Mrs King’s achiever of the week was chosen for his outstanding effort and participation in lessons; particularly poetry.

Year 4 achievers: Noah for being a kind and helpful member of our class. Niall for being a kind and caring friend and for his fantastic knowledge about states of matter and the water cycle in Science.

Year 3 achievers: Primrose for her exceptional range of vocabulary in her writing and beautiful presentation across all subjects and Parker for working really hard to follow the BeSmart code and having an amazing sense of humour.

Year 2 achievers: Ollie for always being a kind friend and working hard in class. Miss Lowe’s achiever was chosen for being helpful, kind, hardworking, creative, resilient and always trying her best even if things are tricky.

Year 1 achievers: Ava for excellent enthusiasm in all her lessons especially in Phonics. She always makes fantastic contributions and has some excellent ideas to share. Pranathi for always following the BeSmart code and showing kindness by helping other children complete their work if they are finding it tricky.

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle:

Year 6 readers: Mr Mcfarland’s reader, who won the KS2 raffle,  was chosen for showing great interest in other languages and their different alphabets and Mrs Stack’s reader was chosen for being a great home reader.

Year 5 readers: Ava for showing her enjoyment for her current reading book and consistently reading each night and Georgia for consistently writing thoughtful and high level comments in her reading diary, showing an excellent understanding.

Year 4 readers: Cerys for reading daily and writing superbly detailed comments and Ollie for improving in his number of home reads and sharing some funny poems with me this week.

Year 3 readers: Roccio for her continued effort with reading at home and answering of questions. Freddie, who won the Y1 – Y3 raffle, was chosen for thoughtful responses in his reading diary and making a continued effort to read at home.

Year 2 readers: Kyreese for his reading at home and trying hard in school too and Noah for reading every single night and over the weekends too !

Year 1 readers: Mrs Sturrock and Mrs Evans’ reader was chosen for working hard on his reading at home and answering questions about what he has read and Caden for reading every single day at home and showing incredible speedy reading skills.

Friday 11th October 2024

This week, Year 2 had a wonderful time on their trip to WILD! Despite the down pours of rain, the children loved the animal show and the jaw dropping dinosaur show with an incredibly, huge dinosaur that walked around and came up close to the audience. Year 5 had a lovely time yesterday afternoon on their Nature Walk where they observed many attributes of our local area. They looked at many aspects including: the seasonal changes we could identify, Earth bound features and systems and the variety of settlements in our changing area.

This week, we also want to say a huge thank you to all of our families who have been able to donate to our Harvest collection. The photo below shows a few of our Fundraising Committee members with just some of the donations we have received. Our Harvest collection is going to a local food bank next week and we know will be so important in supporting many families in our local area.  Thank you. 

We hope you all have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you back in school on Monday! 😊

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:

Miss Watson’s class for following the BeSMART code and working hard to make the classroom an enjoyable place for everyone to learn.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Miss Lowe’s class with 99%

KS2 winners are Mr Banfield’s class with 98%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Frankie for demonstrating excellent resilience and effort when writing his Chance to Shine this week. Guransh for being such a fantastic role model, who always follows the BeSMART code.

Year 5 achievers:  Emilia for a fantastic attitude towards her learning, being helpful in the classroom and being a good friend to others. Malachi for participating more in lessons during class discussions and for being a good role model to others.

Year 4 achievers: Isabelle for putting in extra effort in Literacy and improved resilience and perseverance in Maths this week. Amat for amazing dedication to Maths and constantly pushing himself to improve.

Year 3 achievers: Jack for always working hard and writing a brilliant description using conjunctions to improve his work and Jake for improved concentration in class leading to some lovely descriptive writing.

Year 2 achievers: Miss Lowe’s achiever was chosen for being an incredible helper to her peers and her smiley, positive attitude on the trip and in school. Lennon for having a positive attitude and being a good role model to his peers.

Year 1 achievers: Arthur for showing a positive attitude to work and making clear progress in maths, writing and reading.  Mrs Evans and Mrs Sturrock’s achiever was chosen for super number bond work and always having a positive attitude to learning and being a kind and caring friend.

Year R achievers: Scarlett for always listening well, working hard and following the BeSmart code. 😊 Frankie-Leigh for always being ready on the carpet with his magnet eyes and trying his best with all of his work.

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle:

Year 6 readers: Shiah for reading every day and writing the most exciting comments and Reyhan for great comments and sporting insights from his reading this week.

Year 5 readers: Teddy, who won our KS2 reading raffle, for reading consistently every week and his fantastic facts about the Romans and Jazmin for regularly writing super book reviews in her Reading Diary.

Year 4 readers: Iris for being a fantastic home reader each week and for using a variety of interesting words in her glossary and Cerys for listening carefully to stories in class to pick out fantastic vocabulary.

Year 3 readers: Elva, who won a book in the Y1 – Y3 reading raffle, for consistently reading at home and Jomi for having the courage to read to the whole class.

Year 2 readers: Sebastian for daily reading and detailed thoughtful comments. Rumana for consistently reading and writing her own comments.

Year 1 readers: Mrs Evans and Mrs Sturrock’s reader was chosen for amazing reading at home and answering her book related questions independently with beautiful handwriting. Natalie for excellent reading every day and for writing a wonderful sentence in her diary each day too.

Our achievement assembly was held a day early this week due to a special assembly taking place tomorrow. This week, Year 4 had a particularly exciting day at their Ancient Egyptian workshop. They learnt all about the process of mummification and the purpose of canopic jars. They were even able to explore some of the Egyptian pyramid using VR. On Thursday afternoon, we school was filled with many princes and princesses as our Reception classes enjoyed their Royal Banquet. We hope they all had a splendid time! 

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Mr Banfield’s class for being incredibly mature and trying their best while Mr Banfield has been away. Miss Marshall and Miss Cooper are so proud of you all! 

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:  

KS1 winners are Miss Fisher’s class with a fantastic 100% and Miss Lowe’s class for increasing their attendance to 98% 

KS2 winners are Mrs Stack and Miss Clay’s class with 98.7% 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Amelia for her dedication, determination and perseverance in every single lesson. Mr McFarland’s achiever of the week was chosen for great effort and creative ideas in her writing this week.  

Year 5 achievers:  William for making a big effort with his handwriting this week and putting in super effort in the classroom. Sophie for her incredible effort in geography, where she used key terms to explain why population and settlements differ across North America.   

Year 4 achievers: Ieesa for always following the BeSMART code and striving to do his best work in every lesson and Rochae for focusing in class, always moving on to the extension and making a huge effort in her homework and reading at home. 

Year 3 achievers: Lillie for her outstanding independent use of resources and hard work during Maths. Miss Watson’s achiever was chosen for her creative description using adventurous vocabulary. 

Year 2 achievers: Kyresse for impressing us with his resilience and efforts in writing this week. Harry for trying hard with his presentation and making a big effort with his handwriting.  

Year 1 achievers: Jaxon for always trying his best and having an amazing attitude to learning. He is a super helper whenever needed! CJ for having a positive attitude and a big smile on his face each morning. CJ has also worked super hard on his number bonds to 10 this week too!  

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week: 

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest percentage of pupils using TTRS over the last two weeks. The pupils in this class have spent an average of 8 minutes per day practising their times tables recall.  This class is Mrs King’s class with an outstanding 100% pupils using TTRS! Congratulations Rockstars! Aidan received the trophy on behalf of his class as he had the highest number of days active on TTRS.  

At Newdale, one of the ways our pupils are rewarded for their efforts, in work and behaviour, is house points. Each pupil belongs to 1 of 4 houses; Wenlock, Wrekin, Severn and Ironbridge. This year, the house team with the highest number of house points at the end of each half-term, will earn a special house celebration (full of lots of fun games and activities). Each week, we share the running totals in assembly but as we are now half way through the half-term, we thought we would share them with our wider community too. 3 more weeks to go and there’s only 10 house points between first and fourth… it is still all to play for!

Will you earn a house point for your team next week?

Friday 20^th September

Our pupils appear to be completely settled into their new classrooms and routines now. Across the school, children have been enthusiastic and engaged in their learning. Miss McCullagh has been particularly impressed with the quality of the Maths work she has seen in books! Can you show off any of your new Maths learning at home? Rumour has it that Cool Cat may be visiting Newdale next week – be sure to get to school on-time everyday for your chance to see him! 🐾

This week, we have held onto the BeSMART Cup because we want to choose two winners next week! One our of winners will be chosen by Cool Cat and the second winner will be chosen for impeccable behaviour and manners at playtime and lunchtime. 

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Miss Fisher’s class with a super 99%

KS2 winners are Mrs King’s class, for this third week in row, with and unbeatable 100%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Freddie for showing such a positive attitude in class and an eagerness and enthusiasm to learn in all subjects and Reyhan for always being a supportive peer and producing excellent pieces of work.

Year 5 achievers: Toby for his positive, kind-hearted nature and for being a brilliant team member who always speaks politely and Hebe for an amazing chance to shine which was well presented and well written.

Year 4 achievers: Lila for being a fantastic listener and always working to the highest of standards. Mrs Everall’s achiever of the week was chosen for working independently in Maths, Art and Guided Reading this week.

Year 3 achievers: Maya for being an excellent role model and completing every task with the best attitude and focus. Ezra for showing a positive attitude, contributing well in class and for producing some super literacy homework this week. Well done Ezra!

Year 2 achievers: Aarush for always having a positive attitude and being a good role model. Isabel for working hard independently, setting a good example and always trying to improve her work.

Year 1 achievers: Harry for being a kind and helpful friend to everyone and for completing a fantastic independent write in Literacy this week. He worked super hard to use important things like capital letters, full stops and even adjectives! 😊 Willow for being a super hard worker in all areas and having a lovely positive attitude and smile at all times.

Year R achievers: Jayden for being a wonderful helper all week, keeping our classroom safe and tidy and making all the grownups and his friends smile with his lovely, kind nature 😊 Well done Jayden! Sophie for settling so well into Reception, and especially for being such a kind and supportive friend.

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week:

This year, we will be alternating our ‘Star Reader’ raffle with a brand new ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy which will be issued to a class who have excelled in their efforts to learn and practise their number facts and times tables recall. This week, the trophy went to the class with the highest percentage of pupils using TTRS over the two weeks. This class is Mrs Stack’s class with 83%. Congratulations Rockstars!

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 😊