Thursday 10th April 2025

This week, we have continued to make the most of the sunshine. We have enjoyed the first two of our inter-house football competitions in Years 3 and 4 but lots of other year groups enjoyed spectating and cheering the teams along too. Year 5 had a wonderful D&T day; using all of their new knowledge to design and build their own bridges. The children are so excited for their Easter break; we wish all of our families a relaxing and happy holiday. We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday 28^th April.

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

Mr Banfield’s Class, they have shown resilience and determination in all aspects of their work. They have been amazing, completing tasks as asked and following the BeSMART code. They have definitely made this week enjoyable. The adults that teach this class have been incredibly impressed with their determination and effort this week.

House Points

After 7 weeks of working hard to win the house point battle, Ironbridge have successfully taken first place! Their hard work both in and out of class has paid off and Year 3 and 4’s contributions in the inter-house competitions this week have helped them to secure the winning place. They will be rewarded with their ‘house celebration’ in the first week back after Easter.

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Archi for his improved focus and effort in all areas of his learning this week. Well done – keep up the great work. Jonathan for writing a fantastic Chance to Shine this week, including an impressive array of grammatical features.

Year 5 achievers:  Isla for always contributing well in class and always having a happy and enthusiastic attitude. Charlie for working excellently in a team through our Design and Technology Bridges task and working hard in all lessons.  Aidan and Amalia for excellent teamwork and thoughtful designing in our Design and Technology project this week!

Year 4 achievers: Isla for giving 100% in Maths and persevering in her work, no matter how hard! Noah for always working hard, making super progress in all areas of his learning and making school enjoyable for everyone!

Year 3 achievers: David for his creative chance to shine write and really focusing on his presentation and punctuation. Alice for her improved handwriting! She is focusing very hard on her joins and presentation in order to get a pen licence and if she carries on, she definitely will!

Year 2 achievers: Bella for her resilience, confidence and determination in her writing to create a twisted tale.  Robbie for following the BeSMART code and showing kindness towards his friends.

Year 1 achievers: Rowan for persevering and becoming speedy in his word reading and also independently competing his handwriting and spelling practice each day. Oscar for having a positive attitude to learning and always trying his best. We are super impressed with the progress you are making Oscar. Well done!

Year R achievers: Everly for consistent hard work everyday and for being a kind friend. Merryn for being an amazing friend and role model, always following the BeSMART Code, growing in confidence lots and for recalling number bonds to 5 speedily!

Friday 4^th April 2025

This week, we have loved enjoying the sunshine during our break and lunchtimes. We certainly hope this weather continues so that you can continue playing outside over the weekend. On Monday, Year 4 were out on another trip – visiting the local library and town park. Year 6 visited The Telford Langley School to enjoy a performance of Matilda and Year 5 made the most of the weather by completing their Spring nature walk. Year 2 have also really impressed this week with their excellent independent writing during Chance to Shine.

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

Mrs Everall’s class for representing Newdale brilliantly on our recent trips and when we have had visitors in school.

House Points

With only one week to go, Ironbridge remain in the lead. However, we have two inter-house sports competitions next week in Years 3 and 4. The winning house in each competition will be awarded 100 house points (following by 75 for third place, 50 for second and 25 for fourth). It is still all to play for!

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Fynn for his superb effort in his writing this week and amazing improvement in his recent SATs practice papers and Lilly for always having a fantastic attitude to learning and being a great helper in the classroom.

Year 5 achievers:  Year 5 were off enjoying their nature walk this afternoon so will be nominating two achievers next week.

Year 4 achievers: Noah for being a fantastic representative of Newdale during trips and competitions and Basit for beautiful presentation of his Maths work and a fantastic character description in Literacy this week.

Year 3 achievers: Alex for his attention to detail and carefully taking his time to complete his African inspired print in Art this week. Eden for his beautiful African inspired printing and working hard on his perseverance in lessons.

Year 2 achievers: Omish for improving his handwriting, working hard on his chance to shine and for following the BeSMART code. Emilia for consistently working hard and having a positive attitude towards all aspects of learning.

Year 1 achievers: Iris for being the best class helper and always doing jobs for the teachers and her friends and Louie for a super attitude this week and working hard in phonics.

Year R achievers: Harper-Faye for her enthusiasm to our learning and for taking pride in our classroom. Alfie for wonderful progress, always working really hard in class and trying his best.

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

Year 6 readers: Freddie for reading regularly and completing several book reviews for our reading wall. Egbert for reading everyday this week and completing his reading task – super work!

Year 5 readers: CJ for really impressing me with his reading effort and comments this week.  Aidan who has worked so hard on both his handwriting and comprehension skills, using his Reading Diary to practise both every day.

Year 4 readers: Ezra, who won a new book in our KS2 raffle, was chosen for huge improvement in her number of reads and how well she is reading! Niall for consistently reading each week and writing detailed diary entries.

Year 3 readers: Jessica for her improved number of reads this week. Well done, keep it up! Violet for a fantastic improvement in her reading comments and getting a gold award! Well done Violet!

Year 2 readers: Emily for showing great improvement in her reading at school and at home. Miss Lowe’s reader was chosen for lots of fantastic reading at home.

Year 1 readers: Elsie for independent reading and writing in her diary ally by herself each day. CJ, who won a new book in our KS2 raffle, for reading this week and writing in his communication diary. Keep up the super work CJ.

Have a lovely sunny weekend everyone! ☀️

Friday 14th March 2025

This week, Newdale has celebrated British Science Week with a flurry of activities linked to the theme of “Change and Adaptation.” Classes have explored animal habitats by designing zoos on Minecraft, researched adaptation in different biomes and even explored what is suitable to flush down the loo! Children of all ages have worked scientifically to research and present their own posters. They explored topics as broad as technological change, ocean currents and organism growth. We are so proud of all those who completed extra Science investigations at home too. Well done Newdale!

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

Both Year 2 classes for their incredible independent writing in Chance to Shine books this week – even Miss Cook was blown away!

House Points

Ironbridge have stormed into the lead this week  – will they keep it up with 4 weeks to go?

‘Scientists’ of the week:

To further celebrate British Science Week, we celebrated our super ‘scientists’ from each class:

Year 6 achievers: Toby for his enthusiasm during our science lessons this week and the effort he put in to creating a poster all about animals and how they have adapted to their environments. Oisin for his improved focus and concentration during lessons this week, especially science.

Year 5 achievers:  Kian for working hard through our Science lessons this week and being an all-round pleasure to have in the classroom. Riley for excellent understanding and presentation of results during our science experiment this week.

Year 4 achievers: Mr Banfield’s scientist was chosen for enthusiasm and curiosity throughout British Science Week. He impressed by asking questions and proposing tests before sharing his results with the class confidently. Iris for a super Science investigation (rain cloud in a jar) at home and excellent work on classification of living things this half term.

Year 3 achievers: Louie for fantastic research into animal adaptations during science week and linking it to his learning during the animal man visit. Marie for her fabulous research into animal adaptations, and producing a lovely poster on how Bees have adapted to survive.

Year 2 achievers: Daniel for improving across all areas of his learning, his fantastic attitude to learning and his wonderful kindness to others during science week. He gave fantastic explanations and support to his peers.  Muna for demonstrating great scientific knowledge throughout the week and creating a wonderful poster about how plants change over time.

Year 1 achievers: Miss Fisher’s achiever was chosen for her wonderful seasons poster for Spring. She put lots of effort into it and we are very proud! Daria for super Science week activities and making a fantastic Springtime seasons poster.

Year R achievers: Emily for her independent creation of a creature inspired by the Mixed-Up Chameleon. Lucas for a wonderful week, creating a fantastic model for science week and for being helpful.

Wishing all of our scientists a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday! 🌟

Friday 28^th February 2025

What a wonderful start to the new half-term – the sunshine has even made an appearance! It has been brilliant to see so many happy, smiley faces back in school. This week, Year 3 children were able to build on their British Values understanding by learning about Sikh faith at a Gurdwara. They had hands-on experiences such as exploring the articles of faith, engaging in Sikh practices and even tasting some delicious food in the Langar. On Friday, Year 2 enjoyed their visit to the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham and were able to learn all about plant growth.

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

Mrs Evans and Mrs Sturrock’s class for being such a smart, helpful, kind class and always trying their very best. They could have it most weeks! The adults that work in this class are very impressed with them and their super attitude to learning.

House Points

There isn’t a huge amount of difference in each house’s points yet but Wenlock have taken an early lead!

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Egbert for a fantastic piece of persuasive writing in his literacy lesson. Clara for always following the BeSMART code and setting the right example.

Year 5 achievers:  Skyla-Paige for excellent effort in Literacy this week and showing a super positive attitude within school. Miss McCullagh’s achiever was chosen for outstanding effort and enthusiasm in Maths this week

Year 4 achievers: Sienna for bringing excellent energy and enthusiasm to her Maths learning this week. Logan for always following the BeSMART code and working hard to improve his Literacy.

Year 3 achievers: Jomi for outstanding behaviour on our trip to the Gurdwara and reflecting so well on what he had learnt when we were back at school. Nyla for her respectful attitude and excellent behaviour on our trip to the Gurdwara. She fully immersed herself in the experience and shared her reflections when back at school.

Year 2 achievers: Year 2 were out of school on a very exciting trip today so will be choosing two achievers next week.

Year 1 achievers: Bella for excellent effort in her Literacy and Maths work this week and showing great progress when working independently. Erioluwa for her hard work in maths and recalling her subtraction facts from 10.

Year R achievers: Darcy for her independent letter and number formation this week. Darcy has worked incredibly hard this year with her writing, and we are very proud of her.  Miss Hailey’s achiever was chosen for always brightening everyone’s day. She is such a kind friend and always works hard. Well done!

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week:

Mrs Churm’s class are our rockstars this week! With every child scoring an average of 146 correct answers over the past two weeks. Keep up the super work!

Wishing all of our families a wonderful weekend! See you all on Monday 😊

Because of their outstanding behaviour and effort last half-term, Wrekin house won the most house points. Yesterday, they were awarded with their house celebration. All pupils and staff in Wrekin enjoyed some time off-timetable playing party games and sports – they even had their very own disco! Congratulations to our Wonderful Wrekin team. The challenge is now re-open for the second Spring half-term…which house will be celebrating next?

Friday 7^th February 2025

This week, many of our year groups enjoyed a wonderful E-Safety theatre performance called ‘Blast Off’. The show reminded us all about the rules to staying safe online – including being kind to one another and telling a trusted adult if we ever have worries. Today, the whole school have being enjoying celebrating NSPCC Number Day with lots of exciting Maths activities and story books. We hope you hear all about it this weekend 😊 Our Achievement Assembly had a special ‘Number Day’ theme today. 

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

Both Reception classes – for having a wonderful week following the BeSMART Code, being role models to the older children in assembly showing them how to sit smartly, making school enjoyable for all their friends by sharing toys, giving their friends compliments when they spot that their friend has done something brilliantly and including others in their games.

House Points

It looks like Wrekin could be on their way to earning the next House Celebration! The final results will be revealed next Friday!

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Joey for a brilliant contribution to Number Day and a fantastic improvement to his presentation in his Maths book and Harlan for his fantastic work on TTRS – what a Rockstar!!

Year 5 achievers:  Georgia for thinking outside of the box and showing great determination with our Maths challenges today. Charlie for amazing work in Maths day, being the first to solve our perimeter challenge today.

Year 4 achievers: Ezra for amazing progress in her times tables and building independence in Maths lessons and Ashton for fantastic work on fractions and decimal equivalents.

Year 3 achievers: Raeya for outstanding accurate use of column methods and amazing enthusiasm for maths and Lexi-Mae for her fabulous fractions work and enthusiasm on Number Day.

Year 2 achievers: Noah for always showing great resilience in Maths and creating a wonderful collage using only 100 pieces on Number Day. Conor for his daily enthusiasm in maths but especially today creating a wonderful collage using only 100 pieces on Number Day.

Year 1 achievers: Archie for fantastic measuring during number day. He worked accurately and ensured he always started on the 0 when measuring using a ruler. Miss Fisher has chosen Shranav and Hayden for being top mathematicians, completing lots of challenges and helping their peers to compete them too! We are so proud of them!

Year R achievers: Arthur for his amazing addition this week – he has proudly recalled lots of addition number facts using different manipulatives to help him if he needs and has worked hard playing his number games in his intervention. Manreet for excellent number work – Manreet always tried her best! 😊

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week: with an impressive 94% of the class engaging with TTRS every day for the past 2 weeks, the TTRS trophy has been awarded to Miss McCullagh’s (Mrs King’s) class! As one of the most dedicated players in the class, Aidan accepted the trophy on behalf of his team. Well done rockstars – keep up the super work!

Friday 24^th January 2025

This week, Year 6 had a fantastic trip to Shrewsbury Prison where they learned how crime and punishment has changed over the years. They even experienced what it was like to be shut in the cells! We have also had lots of fantastic sporting achievements over the past in basketball, football and hockey! The behaviour of our Newdale pupils when representing our school at sports events makes us all incredibly proud!

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

After being nominated for two weeks in a row, Year 5 have been awarded the BeSMART cup for outstanding behaviour on their trip to Harry Potter world and for the quality and presentation of their Harry Potter leaflets. They are showing growing accuracy in using relative clauses and language for effect. Their recent Harry Potter trip must have been the inspiration they needed!

House Points

At this half-way point in the term, Wrekin continue to be in the lead with 1,213 points. Severn are only just behind with 1,112 points. It is all still to play for!

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Holly for a superb Chance to Shine based on The Highwayman. It showed fantastic Year 6 writing Holly – well done! Emma for carefully considering the success criteria to produce a wonderful Chance to Shine. I really enjoyed reading it!

Year 5 achievers:  Ava for writing a fantastic Harry Potter leaflet and excellent answers in Guided Reading. Henry for showing perseverance and determination in all lessons but particularly maths, where he is becoming more accurate with written methods.

Year 4 achievers: Parker for making excellent progress in Literacy and Maths. Mrs Everall’s achiever was chosen for outstanding effort in Literacy to include Year 4 SPaG features and wow words.

Year 3 achievers: Pixie- Belle for always giving 110% in every lesson. Corban for persevering in his maths and having a great attitude to learning.

Year 2 achievers: Sofia for consistently working hard in all lessons and having a positive attitude to all aspects of learning and Astrid for a wonderful chance to shine this week and her positive attitude towards her learning.

Year 1 achievers: Lucia for working hard both at school and home. Lucia has really impressed us with the extra homework she has chosen to do. Theodore for always having his hand up to contribute to lessons and showing off all of his knowledge. He’s working SO hard and making amazing progress because of it.

Year R achievers: Noah for his improved independence this week, growing in confidence each day to express his needs to an adult. Junior for an amazing week; being in school everyday with a positive attitude to learning 😊.

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week: we have had a mighty battle of the houses this week on TTRS. Severn claimed first place, earning 100 points for their house. Close behind in second place were Wenlock earning 75 points, followed by Ironbridge (50 points) and Wrekin (25 points).  Kayson accepted the trophy on behalf of Severn team as he was the highest point scorer in the school! Great job super Severn!

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday 😊

Friday 17^th January 2025

This week has been a very busy and tiring week for many as we had two very exciting trips. Year 5 really impressed us with their outstanding behaviour on Tuesday when we visited Harry Potter World. Although the drive was long, the children said the studio tour was definitely worth it – especially as we all got to have a go on a broomstick! We hope you enjoyed their magical photos. On Wednesday, we were equally impressed with all the pupils who attended the Young Voices concert. They had a fantastic time and represented our school incredibly well. We are sure there is lots of sleep to catch up on this weekend!

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

Mrs Churm’s class for listening well in class to our new rhymes for being ready and showing super BeSMART behaviours around school.

House Points

So far, Wrekin are taking the lead with 705 house points!

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Bella for her fantastic efforts in maths this week, particularly with her presentation and positive attitude and Rhys for his impeccable manners and helpful attitude.

Year 5 achievers:  Alexey for excellent effort in both his Guided Reading and Literacy work. Louise for going above and beyond in her literacy and guided reading work; always trying to include ambitious vocabulary and grammar and Harris for displaying thoughtfulness and great kindness to another classmate.

Year 4 achievers: Rosie-Anne for producing an outstandingly detailed Chance To Shine about Victorian Mining and Bella for fantastic concentration and focus. Amat for being such a wonderful Newdaler and making school so enjoyable. We will miss him greatly!

Year 3 achievers: Kaiden for fantastic behaviour in every aspect of school this week. He has made Mrs Churm and Mrs Horler incredibly proud. Leo for always having an amazing attitude to learning and being a positive and kind member of the class.

Year 2 achievers: Armish for showing such resilience and always trying her best and Lola-Rose for always having a positive attitude to learning and following the Be SMART Code. Muhammed for being a brilliant pupil at Newdale- we wish you the best of luck at your new school.

Year 1 achievers: Riley for his excellent independent work across the curriculum (especially in history) and also for working hard in Numbots to complete lots of games. Amazing work Riley 😊. Harley- Rai for great progress when working independently and always trying her best. She has been very focussed and passionate in her Literacy lessons too which is great to see.

Year R achievers: Rowan for her thoughtful comments during Share Aware, beautiful manners throughout the week and her hard work in phonics. Xander for a wonderful week; working hard in maths and phonics! 😊

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week:

This week, both Year 1 classes received the trophy for a fantastic start to using Numbots this week. They have persevered with learning how to log onto the programme and have spent lots of time practising their maths facts! Keep up the super work Year 1!

Next week, Years 2 – 6 will be competing in an inter-house TTRS competition! Wenlock vs. Severn vs. Wrekin vs. Ironbridge… who will claim first place and earn 100 house points? Results will be revealed in next week’s Friday assembly.

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday 😊

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 😊