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 😊

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.