Friday 12th April 2024 

What a wonderful first week to start the summer term – even the sunshine made an appearance! Newdale has been buzzing with enthusiasm as all the children came back to their classes ready to learn and keen to discover their new topics.  

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week: Miss Lowe’s class for coming back to school with excellent attitudes towards their learning. They have been renamed ‘Team Awesome’ for the wonderful effort and work this week.  

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

KS1/YR winners are Mrs Sturrock and Miss Fisher’s class with an amazing 99%!

KS2 winners are McFarland’s class with 98%. Well done to all of you!

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Ksawery for some super chance to shine work and Lacey for fantastic effort across the curriculum this week 😊  

Year 5 achievers:  Freddie for being an excellent study-buddy and Amelia for her fantastic work with improper fractions this week.  

Year 4 achievers: Rosie for coming back to school with a focused attitude and producing beautiful work that she is proud of and Riley for working hard to include a variety of Year 4 SPaG features in his writing this week. 

Year 3 achievers: Maisie for coming into school with a big smile on her face this week and concentrating on her handwriting and spelling thus improving it greatly, Mason for being such an enthusiastic learner who is confident when sharing his excellent ideas and Blake for joining in all class activities and listening well to instructions 

Year 2 achievers:  Primrose for her enthusiasm and participation in lessons! She is confident in voicing her wonderful ideas which helps all learners. Freddie for continuing to improve his handwriting and presentation in all subjects whilst being an all round super role model to his peers.  

Year 1 achievers: Sofia for returning to school with a fantastic attitude to her learning and working extremely hard at orientating her letters and numbers correctly! Oscar for always working hard and being a great role model to his peers.  

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

Year 6 readers: Zachary for great effort reading longer texts and Rossi for hard work reading at home with mom. 

Year 5 readers: Eshaal for showing great enthusiasm with her reading at home and Sebastian for reading more regularly and writing impressive comments in his diary. 

Year 4 readers: Hebe for consistently reading at home and completing her VIPERS question and Ria for continuing to read over the Easter holidays. 

Year 3 readers: Lila for continuous reading and Mason for super illustrations of characters in his reading diary. 

Year 2 readers: Jessica for her super effort at home and in class. Her fluency and speedy reading is definitely improving as a result! Elva, who won this week’s raffle, was nominated for reading everyday in the Easter holidays.  We hope you enjoy your new book!

Year 1 readers: Aiyla for working super hard at home with Mummy and Addison for reading more frequently and writing comments into her reading diary.  

This week, Year 1 had a fantastic visit from an accredited therapy dog called Ernie. They learnt how to look after a dog and loved giving him lots of fuss! Year 3 went off on their nature walks and spent some time sketching elements of nature they had collected. We have been very lucky to have Cool Cat visiting us in school this week to check we are all arriving at school on time. Cool Cat has headed off to another school now but has promised to be back soon!

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

Mrs Everall’s class for super focus and effort during their Chance to Shine when retelling the story of Masha and the Firebird this 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 Mrs King class with an amazing 100%

KS2 winners are Mr Banfield’s class with 98%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Zachary for excellent ideas in descriptive writing and Kieran for great effort with his writing around Skellig 😊   

Year 5 achievers:  Jasper for always displaying the BeSMART code at all times. Miss Clay’s achiever was chosen for his amazing story writing in his chance to shine.

Year 4 achievers: Meadow for always following the BeSMART code and being an excellent partner and Toby for incredible focus, concentration and effort in all lessons and for always being helpful, kind and polite.

Year 3 achievers: Le’Shane for working hard at home and school! Ieesa for confidently sharing his knowledge about Islam in RE and Life Learning lessons.

Year 2 achievers: Bryony for her impeccable attitude towards all her learning. We are so impressed with her everyday and we are so happy to see her head stuck in a book any moment she gets. Her confidence to talk in front of others this week has made us proud too. Carter for working more independently! He has loved our traditional tale and is working hard to retell it using punctuation and past tense accurately.

Year 1 achievers: Noah for great independent maths and trying hard with his handwriting this week. Phoebe for having a fantastic week and working hard to follow the Be SMART code.

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

Year 6 readers: David for an extra effort to complete five reads and Oliver for his interesting diary comments

Year 5 readers: Reyhan for excelling even his usual high standard of diary entries! Harlan for his extra effort with his reading and reading question this week. Keep it up!

Year 4 readers: Grace for working so hard with her reading at home and achieving a Platinum! Antoni for always impressing with his number of reads and detailed comments.

Year 3 readers: Ben for always reading whenever he can! Isabelle for reading consistently and drawing lovely pictures of her favourite characters.

Year 2 readers: Chimzy for her enthusiasm when reading at home. She always leaves Ms Marshall a tricky question or interesting information! Corban’s consistent reading at home and his enthusiasm towards reading.

Year 1 readers: Ted for starting to read more independently at home. Arla for all her fantastic work at home, wanting to read everything she comes across!

Proudly Presenting… Newdale’s Presentation Achievers of the week!

This week, Year 3 had a wonderful day at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre learning all about Britain during the Iron Age. They particularly enjoyed visiting the model round house and decorating themselves with blue war paints! Some of our Year 5 mathematicians were lucky enough to participate in a mathematics challenge workshop too. All of our classes have had a presentation focus this week and have been working very hard to improve their handwriting and presentation in all of their work.

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

All of Year 3 for their outstanding behaviour at Shropshire Hills, they made us very proud. Well done Year 3!

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 Mrs King’s class with 99.6%

KS2 winners are Mrs Everall’s class with 99.3%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Yasmin for excellent presentation in all areas. She has developed a beautiful cursive font! 😊 and Chloe for beautiful presentation in all books.

Year 5 achievers:  Harry for excellent presentation in his Maths book this week and  Maddison for fantastic presentation particularly in maths.

Year 4 achievers: Elliott for putting in a huge amount of effort with his presentation and trying exceptionally hard in ALL subjects and Georgia for focusing on beautiful presentation in every subject.

Year 3 achievers: Lily-Mae for massively improving her written presentation since the beginning of Year 3 and Esmae for asking adults about how to improve presentation and acting upon their feedback.

Year 2 achievers: Poppy her improved presentation in all books but also for coming to school with a smiley, enthusiastic attitude. We are proud!  Louie for trying incredibly hard to use new joins in his handwriting and for accurately sticking in his worksheets.

Year 1 achievers:  Miss Buckingham’s achiever was chosen for her excellent independent effort with her writing this week using beautiful handwriting and Gianpiero for working hard on his presentation and letter formation in Literacy.

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

Year 6 readers: Daisy for a confident 5 reads this week with great comments and Olivia for regularly reading 5 times and persevering with the Read Theory program.

Year 5 readers: Mr McFarland’s reader was chosen for always completing 5 reads and working hard to answer questions independently and Fianna for reading and commenting on her five reads this week.

Year 4 readers: Miss McCullagh’s reader was chosen for consistently reading at home and writing detailed comments in your diary and Zac for improving his number of home reads this week.

Year 3 readers: Harry for his commitment to reading at home and Tiger-Lily for her amazing effort at home and her fabulous expression when she read to me aloud this week.

Year 2 readers: Hok Hei for writing his own comments in his diary and using newly learned vocabulary.

Year 1 readers: Avash for reading lots throughout the week at home and Mia for reading more frequently at home.

This week, Year 5 were lucky enough to visit the Shrewsbury museum to develop their sketching skills and learn more about the Vikings. Year 2 had wonderful adventures in nature, as part of their Science lesson. They collected the materials they needed to build their very own wormeries back in class. We can’t wait to see what they look like after the weekend.  

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

Miss McCullagh’s class (Year 4) for a huge improvement in independence and behaviour over the past 2 weeks! Well done! 

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 Year 2 class with 97% 

KS2 winners are Mr Jackson’s Year 5 class with an amazing 99%  

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Jamie for fantastic watercolour work in Art 😊 and James for having a brilliant week 😊  

Year 5 achievers: Reyhan for settling in so well to life at Newdale and Mr Jackson’s star was chosen for always contributing in Maths and challenging himself to learn new Maths methods. 

Year 4 achievers: Grace for fantastic effort and creativity in making our art sculptures this week. Mrs Everall’s class had to choose two achievers for brilliant team-work in Maths! 

Year 3 achievers: Lila for always working hard and following the BeSMART code every day and Niall for making a huge improvement in independent writing and  an excellent set of instructions. 

Year 2 achievers: Alice for her progress in multiplication. She is working hard at home to remember her multiplication facts and it is showing in her problem solving! Robyn for her progress with writing, presentation  and handwriting. She is very proud of her work.  

Year 1 achievers: Muna for her incredible effort with her handwriting and presentation this week and Miss Hill’s achiever was chosen for working hard and trying hard with her writing.  

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

Year 6 readers: Miss Jones’ reader was chosen for the effort put into Monday’s reading task and Alfie for working hard to ensure he has five reads every week. 

Year 5 readers: Oisin for impressing us with his reading comments and the facts he has learnt this week. And Clara for always challenging herself with her reading. 

Year 4 readers: William for achieving Platinum by writing his own comments every day this week! Mrs Everall’s reader was chosen for improving her number of home reads with detailed summaries and drawings.  

Year 3 readers: April for the extra effort she puts into reading at home and her own time at school. Mason for great comments and drawings in his reading diary. 

Year 2 readers: Chimzy for her exceptional effort in reading and for writing her own lengthy comments about what she has read and Smrithi, who won our reading raffle,  for answering all the questions and going above and beyond. 

Year 1 readers: Harry for completing lots of work at home, putting in extra effort with his reading and presentation. 

Well done to everyone! ⭐ Have a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday!