6 months ago
Posted on 15th Oct 2023 by Miss McCullagh

Year 4 – Autumn Nature Walk

Hi Year 4,

We will be going on our Autumn Nature Walk this Thursday (19th November). As it is a Thursday, you will be wearing PE kit but you will also need to bring a waterproof coat and a change of footwear in a bag (old trainers or wellies) please.

Many thanks,

Year 4 Team 😊

7 months ago
Posted on 27th Sep 2023 by Miss McCullagh

Year 4’s Swiss Afternoon

As part of our European Day of Languages, Year 4 learnt all about Switzerland yesterday. The children really enjoyed exploring some of the main languages spoken in Switzerland; French, Germany and Italian. They also had fun making some art work inspired by the Edelweiss Flower – and listening to some of the best songs from The Sound of Music.

7 months ago
Posted on 19th Sep 2023 by Miss McCullagh

European Languages Day – Year 4

Hello Year 4,

Next Tuesday (26th), Newdale will be celebrating European Languages Day. Each year group has been given a European country to learn a little more about. Year 4 are going to be focussing on Switzerland. As part of our celebrations, pupils are invited to come dressed in the colours of their focus country’s flag. Therefore, Year 4 pupils are invited to wear their own red and white clothes on Tuesday.

7 months ago
Posted on 15th Sep 2023 by Miss McCullagh

Achievers of the Week ⭐

This week we missed year 6 while they spent a wonderful week in Arthog; they all look like they have been having lots of fun and will need a well-earned rest when they get home! Our other year groups have been busy in school, getting stuck into their new topics and becoming more confident with their new year group’s routines! 😊

BeSMART Cup: Winning a special treat organised in class are Mr McFarland’s class for making a real improvement in their independent work and trying their best to present their work neatly, in all books.

Attendance winners this week:

KS1 winners are Mrs King’s class with 99.66%

KS2 winners are Mr McFarland’s class with 100%

Achievers of the week – these children stood out in their first week back:

Year 5 achievers: James for settling really well into Year 5, showing super effort and enthusiasm and Tayla for showing kindness and patience as a great study buddy.

Year 4 achievers: Leo for excellent partner work and for always challenging himself to do a little bit more and Malachi for presenting his work with care in every lesson.

Year 3 achievers: Rosie for working hard on her presentation throughout every lesson and Olivia for impressing adults across the school with exceptional standards of presentation.

Year 2 achievers: Toby for incredible effort during writing today. He wrote brilliant sentences with expanded noun phrases and Gracie Hughes – her fantastic, enthusiastic and extremely smiley attitude and mindset to all her learning.

Year 1 achievers: Finley for always trying his best with his learning and being a role model to his peers.

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

Year 5 readers: Whitney for writing detailed comments and answers to questions and Tyler, who won this week’s raffle draw, for super effort, reading every day and writing his own comments.

Year 4 readers: Riley for reading every night and for detailed entries and Elsa for detailed comments with great description.

Year 3 readers: Iris for writing fantastic comments about her reading and answering her questions and Ryan for his enthusiasm towards reading at home.

Year 2 readers: Daniel for applying his phonics in his reading at home and Marie for fantastic reading this week.

Year 1 readers: Rumana for reading every day with enthusiasm at home and Eli for reading every day and being a star even when mummy has been feeling poorly.

Well done to all of our super stars! ⭐ We hope you all have a lovely weekend. See you on Monday! 😊

10 months ago
Posted on 20th Jun 2023 by Miss McCullagh

Our visit from a Harlem Globetrotter!

On Monday, the whole school were lucky enough to meet Britain’s tallest man and the tallest basketball player in the world; Paul Sturgess. Paul has had a very impressive career playing basketball for Great Britain and for the Harlem Globetrotters, which our pupils loved hearing all about. All classes were also lucky enough to have a basketball workshop with Paul.
However, asides from talking about his career, Paul had one very important message for our school… to embrace our differences and be proud of who we are! If Paul hadn’t embraced his height, he wouldn’t have found his passion for basketball and all of the fantastic experiences that came with it!

10 months ago
Posted on 16th Jun 2023 by Miss McCullagh

Achievement Assembly

This week the children have all impressed up with their commitment to learning – even in such hot temperatures! Years 4, 5 and 6 were lucky enough to have a presentation from visitors from the Telford African and Afro-Carribean Resource Centre. They learned all about Windrush and Jamaican culture. Our visitors commented on how super the behaviour in every class was. Year 4 have also really impressed us with their times table recall this week and all completed their national Multiplication Tables Check. We were very proud to celebrate some impressive sporting achievements this week too; Year 5 and 6 came 2nd in their Athletics competition, Year 2 footballers also placed second and Holly came first in her kickboxing competition and has now qualified to train with Team England! Well done to you all! 😊

BeSMART Cup: Mrs Everall’s Class for outstanding behaviour and being so welcoming to our visitors during the Windrush Presentation.

Attendance winners this week: KS1 winners are Miss Harrison’s year 1 class with 98%; KS2 winners are Mrs Everall’s year 4 class with almost 100% (99.67!). They will enjoy an additional playtime and look after Gertie or Omar in the first week back after half term. Well done to you all.

Achievers this week:

Year 6: Yaya for fantastic help with production props 😊

Year 5: Arran for contributing in class discussion consistently for the whole year and Daniel For settling in so well to Newdale. Welcome to Newdale! 😊

Year 4: Freddie for trying his best to slow down and include our SPaG focuses in his writing and Gracie-Mae for fantastic improvement in her recall of times table facts.

Year 3: Zac for amazing enthusiasm across all subjects the week and Kalyan for super effort in class and always contributing to class discussions.

Year 2: Benjamin for his fantastic, enthusiastic ideas in literacy. He is always wanting to make his writing better and Ashton for his wonderful enthusiasm towards writing and working hard on his presentation.

Year 1: Jacob for super focus and effort in class and for being a great friend Lewis because he’s been working really hard at school and at home with his phonics and amazed all his teachers with his fantastic achievement!

Reception: Isabel for being extremely helpful and always trying her best and River for producing amazing work in both Maths and Literacy.

This week’s Star Readers: each earning 5 house points are James, Sophie, Luke, Fynn, Sebastian, Teddy, Ria, Mason, Amat, Marie and Oscar. These children all entered our reading raffle for their superb reading comments, regular reading and all-round love of books.

Winning a brand-new book this week was Fynn for superb enthusiasm and concentration in Guided Reading lessons. A big well done and I hope you enjoy your new book! Keep reading everyone for your chance next week! 📚

11 months ago
Posted on 24th May 2023 by Miss McCullagh

Year 4 Half-Term Times Table Practise

Year 4 – Half-Term Times Table Practise

As you will all be aware, all Year 4s complete a Multiplication Times Table Check to ensure that they can recall their times tables facts accurately and at speed. We are so proud of our Year 4 pupils because they have all made excellent progress and the adults at school sometimes struggle to keep up with the speed at which they can recall their times tables!

The Multiplication Times Table Check is shortly after the half-term break (week commencing Monday 13th June). To ensure that our pupils keep up with their speedy recall, we have set an Ultimate Battle of the Bands between the two Year 4 classes. The winning class will receive a prize in the first week back!

In addition to this, please encourage times table games within your household (this may be testing each other on a mixture of times table questions, writing the multiples of a number out on paper and racing to splat the correct answer to a question etc.). Please speak to your child’s class teachers if you would like some more inspiration for fun times table practise.

Please also use the following website to practise recall and experience what the real Multiplication check will feel like.

Multiplication Tables Check – Mathsframe

Many thanks for your continued support,

Year 4 Team

1 year ago
Posted on 16th Apr 2023 by Miss McCullagh

Year 4 Summer Term – Key Days

Hi Year 4,

We hope you have all had a lovely Easter break and are excited to get back to school on Tuesday! We can’t wait to see you all!

Here is some key information about the Summer term:

Monday

Miss McCullagh’s Class – Wear school uniform and bring swimming kit in a separate bag.

Mrs Everall’s Class – Wear outdoor PE kit (Outdoor fitness unit)

Tuesday

Both classes – Times table test (times table homework must be completed by Tuesdays)

Wednesday

Both classes – Reading at home will be checked today. All pupils should have completed and recorded at least 1 read by Wednesdays.

Thursday

Both classes – Wear indoor PE kit (Dodgeball unit)

Friday

Both classes – Spelling test (spellings homework must be completed by Fridays).

If you have any questions, please speak to a member of the Year 4 team 😊

1 year ago
Posted on 10th Mar 2023 by Miss McCullagh

NSPCC Number Day 2023 🔢

Hi everyone,

A few weeks ago, Newdale Primary and Nursery School took part in the NSPCC Number Day 2023. Every pupil in school had a fun-filled Maths day and enjoyed lots of Maths stories as a spark for their learning. We raised £273 to support the wonderful work that the NSPCC does. Thank you for all of your donations and efforts with the exciting, number-themed costumes that the children were able to show off at school!

Please enjoy this video, show-casing some of the wonderful work that happened across the school 😊

1 year ago
Posted on 10th Mar 2023 by Miss McCullagh

Snow Day – Year 4 ❄️☃️

Good Morning Year 4,

As you will have seen, school will not be open today. Instead, Mrs Everall and I will be putting some activities onto Google Classroom to keep you busy today! 🙂 Please try to get yourselves logged on, and go to ‘Classwork’, then look for the topic ‘Snow Day’. We will post more information for you there today.
If you have any issues or problems, please contact newdale.year4team@taw.org.uk

You can also use this email address to send any work you want to share with us today – especially any pictures of snowmen and snow angels! The competition for the largest snow ball is on Year 4!

Stay warm and stay safe!

Miss McCullagh