Friday 6th February 2026 

This week, Year 4 went on a trip to the Black Country Living Museum. They got to experience what life was like for children in the Industrial Revolution and how we mined coal to power homes, factories and trains. They also completed a lesson in a Victorian school and explored a wide range of historical shops. 

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

Year 3 for really taking onboard the new school rules, in class and lunchtimes this week!  

House Points 

This week, Wenlock take the lead with an impressive 315 points. They are very closely followed by Ironbridge with 309 and Severn with 303. Wrekin scored 285 points. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Mrs Stack’s achiever for being a responsible role model in every way; always being kind, ready, respectful and safe. Lawrencia for always looking out for others and looking at ways that people have been safe. 

Year 5 achievers:  Hannah for always demonstrating the school rules, always kind, always ready, always respectful and safe. Jazper for kind playing outside, a consistently impressive reading diary and demonstrating considered drawings in Art. 

Year 4 achievers: Marvin for always listening to instructions, trying his best and being a fantastic role model on our trip this week. Alice for being a great ambassador for Newdale on our trip yesterday – she acted safely, listened carefully and behaved brilliantly all day.  

Year 3 achievers: Alfie for talking to his trusted adults in school about his feelings, helping us to know he is safe and always being careful and considerate on the playground with the equipment and other children. Sofia for always being a kind friend and talking to trusted adults about her feelings. She has also worked so hard to write a beautiful acrostic poem in literacy.  

Year 2 achievers: Miss Squire’s achiever for always being a kind friend. She is so considerate of everyone else’s feelings, often thinking of these feeling before her own. We are so proud of you! Marley for making such fantastic progressive in his reading. Marley is really impressing all of his teachers with his hard work and positive attitude to learning at the moment.  

Year 1 achievers: Liam for showing us his ‘I can and I will’ attitude in his writing, listening and being ready to learn. Niko for showing respect and having beautiful manners at all times. Niko has also worked incredibly hard in his maths lessons this week showing excellent ‘doubling skills.’ 

Year R achievers: Ronnie for following routines, listening carefully to adults and showing kindness in our classroom. Hafsa for always trying her best, especially impressing us with her phonics progress. She is a kind, respectful member of our class 😊  

Times Tables

Mrs Arthur’s class for having the most active players.

Friday 30th January 2026 

This week Year 6 enjoyed a trip to Shrewsbury Prison where they learned about the history of the prison up until its closure, just 13 years ago. Guides explained how punishments changed over time; they were even locked up in the pillories and cells! Did you know that in Victorian times, you could be imprisoned for many years for stealing a handkerchief? 

The Newdale Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Mrs Haymour’s class for really trying to show they are ready for learning and always being respectful to adults 

House Points 

This week, Wenlock lead with 327 points. They are closely followed by Severn with 315, Wrekin with 288 and Ironbridge with 282. Well done, Wrekin!  

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Emilia for showing the utmost respect on our year 6 trip to Shrewsbury Prison. She was a brilliant representative of Newdale. Erin for being consistently respectful to everyone that she works with.  

Year 5 achievers:  Niall for always being kind, respectful, knowledgeable, helpful and showing great resilience in Maths when we are looking at new concepts. Lily for really improving her weekly spelling score. 

Year 4 achievers: Mrs Everall’s achiever for always using lovely manners in the classroom and listening carefully to instructions. Mr Stubb’s achiever for excellent effort in her maths and literacy this week as well as being respectful of others. 

Year 3 achievers: Lennon for showing respect towards his books with beautiful presentation and persisting with his handwriting to earn a pen licence. Gianpiero for showing respect by listening to adults and working hard on his chance to shine write.  

Year 2 achievers: Alisha for working hard in every lesson and persevering with her spellings. Jasper for being so respectful to staff and friends. We’ve noticed such a brilliant change in your attitude to learning. Fantastic job, Jasper! 

Year 1 achievers: Manreet for always trying her best and bringing joy to our classroom. Her smile is infectious. Hilda for always being polite and respectful towards both adults and children. Hilda also completed a fantastic Chance to Shine write remembering all the important things needed for ‘good quality writing’.  

Year R achievers: Amirah for amazing focus in Art this term. Miss Hailey’s achiever for amazing effort with their phonics this week.  

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

Year 6 readers: Amalia for varied and detailed comments every day in her reading diary. Craig for being a brilliant reader. 

Year 5 readers: Damian for reading once or more every day this week and aiming for the platinum award. Hannah always completing her reading tasks with extra effort and detail. 

Year 4 readers: Freddie for a fantastic viper’s question. Ted for reading every day this week and exploring new vocabulary from his book. 

Year 3 readers: Ollie for working so hard at home, it hasn’t gone unnoticed! Libby for trying really hard in her reading and reading every night.  

Year 2 readers: Eve for reading every day and gaining lots of confidence with her reading. Mariyam for trying very hard to read multiple times a week and not giving up! 

Year 1 readers: Darcey for her improved reading at home and being proud of her reading in school. Emily for reading every day this week, trying so hard in Phonics and doing an amazing job in Chance to Shine.   

Friday 12th December 

As the end of term approaches, the school has been buzzing with festive cheer and activity. On Monday, Year 3 enjoyed an exciting trip to Southwater, while Nursery delighted families with their Christmas celebrations in the hall. Midweek brought a splash of colour as children proudly wore their Christmas jumpers and gathered for a delicious festive lunch. The week concluded on Friday with Year 2’s wonderful nativity performance. We are incredibly proud of the children’s dedication with learning their lines and songs to create such a memorable performance and a big thank you to the year two team for putting it all together. 

House Points 

This week, Severn have taken the lead with an impressive 423 points – well done Severn! They are followed by Ironbridge with 375 points in second place and Wenlock closely behind with 364. In fourth place is Wrekin with 310 points. Next week, all the totals will be added to decide which house will have the house celebration next.  

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: William for his superb effort, focus and attitude to learning.
Georgia for always listening carefully and being super helpful!  

Year 5 achievers:  Rochae for a real noticeable improvement in effort and enjoyment of learning. Jacob for a positive attitude towards your learning and trying very hard with your handwriting and presentation. Well done! 

Year 4 achievers: Lucas for following the BeSmart Code and being ready to learn, as well as trying hard in his learning this week! Maya for great focus and perseverance with symmetry this week.  

Year 3 achievers: Mrs Millington’s achiever for her consistently super handwriting joins –she is almost ready for a pen license, keep it up Arla! Noor for her lovely biography writing on Mary Anning and being a polite and respectful member of the class.  

Year 2 achievers: Archie for being an outstanding King Herod. You have had such amazing resilience and confidence. We are so proud of you! River for being brave and preserving in the Nativity. We are all so proud! 

Year 1 achievers: Milo for his fantastic Chance to Shine writing using his own ideas. He took care with his handwriting. Very proud. Finley for always working hard and trying his best. He has produced some super work to be proud of.  

Year R achievers: Hunter for showing great kindness to others and sharing our toys this week. Miss Hailey’s achiever for showing positivity and being a kind friend.  

Attendance Winners 8th – 12th December 2025

Winner of Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3

Mrs Evans & Mrs Sturrock = 98.62%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mr Stubbs = 98.62%

Friday 28th November 

This week Year 3 took part in their Stone Age workshop where they used wool to spin their own thread, weaved using wool, grinded wheat grains to make flour, made butter and used VR headsets to see Stone Age landscapes. Year 3 and 4 also enjoyed a trip to the cinema to watch Sonic the Hedgehog and the adults were all proud of how well they represented our school. Finally, thank you for all your donations of bottles for our Christmas fayre, we are looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday afternoon. 

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

Year 3 for their brilliant behaviour on our cinema trip and their enthusiasm to take part in our Stone Age Workshop day. 

House Points 

This week, Severn gained an impressive 403 points, the highest total this week. In second place is Wrekin with 390, Ironbridge is third with 352 and Wenlock closely behind with 349. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Jesse for his super efforts in improving his presentation and handwriting – keep up the great work! Sophie for her concerted effort with presentation and amazing efforts in class. 

Year 5 achievers:  Tylor for a great effort with his reading and homework and trying hard with his focus in the classroom.  Ben for reflective learning and developing writing using a range of skills 

Year 4 achievers: Robyn for fantastic work with our geometry maths work this week. Primrose for superb effort and beautiful presentation in all lessons.   

Year 3 achievers: Mrs Millington’s achiever for being brilliant in Maths, listening well in class, following instructions carefully and making Mrs McLeod really proud! Armish for her increase in confidence contributing in class and for trying really hard in her guided reading lessons.  

Year 2 achievers: Theodore for making positive choices, consistently giving 100% in every lesson and being a kind friend, we are so proud of you! Willow for showing a great example of the BeSmart code everyday and is a great friend to all.

Year 1 achievers: Lucas for always being a super role model, ready to learn, a kind friend and trying his best in all he does. Erin for always following our school’s Be SMART code and being a helpful, kind and hardworking member of our class at all times.  

Year R achievers: Asher for consistently working hard in Reception and being such a kind friend.  

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

Year 6 readers: Naomi for continuing her reading comments at home even though she’d broken her collarbone 😊 Riley for interesting fact finding work this week in his reading. 

Year 5 readers: Hannah Howes for always impressing me with her fantastic illustrations and diary comments. Keep up the fantastic work Hannah.  

Year 4 readers: Mr Stubb’s reader for fantastic, detailed entries into her reading diary reaching platinum as well! Jessica for reading daily and doing a fabulous drawing about what she is reading! 

Year 3 readers: Ava-Lilly Powell for reading daily and thoroughly answering her questions in her reading dairy. Well done, Ava-Lilly! Mrs Millington’s reader for always reading regularly with super comments, well done! 

Year 2 readers: Evelyn for reading every day this week and answering her guided reading questions so well. Iris for always reading every day without prompt.  

Year 1 readers: Jadon for his great reading at home. Jayden for reading every night this week. 

Attendance Winners 24th – 28th November 2025

Friday 21st November 

This week has been filled with visits to the cinema and further afield. Year 6 debaters went to HLC to have a debate with other schools. They heard lots of interesting topics and contributed very maturely. They even won their debate; well done year 6 team!  

Year 4 went on a trip to Molineux stadium this week. They learnt what makes a good match report from a press officer at the club. They got to have a look at the stadium and learn some facts about Wolverhampton Wanderers.  

Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful Guy Fawkes workshop on Tuesday where they learnt all about the Gunpowder plot. They made a fire work picture with the Houses of Parliament, role-played as different characters and even had to crack the secret code.  The children learnt lots of new knowledge to help support with their history unit of work. 

Finally, Year 5 went to Shrewsbury Museum where the children took part in a printing class and a Viking workshop. The children were able to learn about the town of Shrewsbury in more detail and explore games, crafts, clothing and pottery from the Viking era.  

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

Year 2 for following the Be-Smart code and listening carefully during their Guy Fawkes Workshop.  

House Points 

This week, Wrekin have gained the most points with an impressive 383! In second place is Ironbridge with 319, Wenlock is third with 298 points and Severn with 283. Well done Wrekin! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Toni for always listening attentively and working so hard in every lesson. Craig for his superb effort this week both in class and with his home learning – he has made me very proud.  

Year 5 achievers:  Ashton for showing a committed and positive attitude towards his learning and demonstrating the rewards of following the Be-Smart code. Daisy for actively trying to use a range of skills and vocab in her chance to shine 

Year 4 achievers: Alfie for following the Be-Smart code and showing super resilience in his learning. Sebastian for great focus and effort and for participating enthusiastically in discussions in class and on our trip.  

Year 3 achievers: Rumana Shafiq – for always having a smiley, positive presence in our class, being a great role model for the BeSMART code and take care with her presentation in her books. Miss Watson’s achiever for trying really hard in her maths work and increasing her independence.   

Year 2 achievers: Juman who is a delight to teach. She is always smiling, offering to help others and shows kindness every day. A great role model to her peers. Ella for joining in with her peers during the Guy Fawkes workshop – she created a wonderful firework picture that was set over the Houses of Parliament, well done! 

Year 1 achievers: Sophie – for being a kind friend, a super role model, a resilient and determined, hardworking reader with an ‘I can and I will’ mindset. Ivy for super effort sounding out the words she needed in her Chance to Shine work and for coming into school with a big smile on her face.   

Year R achievers: Oliver for always working hard and trying his best. He is a role model to others.  Elisa – for amazing independence in writing this week. We loved to see you challenging yourself! 

Times Tables – This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest amount of correct answers. This class is Mrs Stack’s class with an average of 6583 coins collected.  Congratulations Rockstars! Edward Jefferson received the trophy on behalf of his class as he had the highest number of days active on TTRS.    

Thursday 23rd October 

As this half term draws to a close, we have been so proud of all the children’s resilience and efforts, both in class and when representing the school during trips and competitions, including the football, hockey and cross-country competitions this week alone. On Tuesday, we had our final movie night for KS1 – a massive thank you to Mrs Morrow for organising and the valuable funds this raised for Healthy Lifestyles week. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation and we wish you all an enjoyable half term break.  

House Points 

This week, Wenlock gained an impressive 369 points, giving them 2074 points in total and therefore the winner of the house competition for Autumn 1. Children in Wenlock will receive a special treat after half term. In second place was Severn house with 1967 points, Ironbridge in third with 1928 points and Wrekin closely behind with 1812 points. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Hebe for her fabulous lighthouse clay tile which demonstrated her fantastic art skills. Malachi for amazing effort in all lessons and writing a fantastic newspaper report about the Blitz.  

Year 5 achievers:  Harry for fantastic ideas in poetry using a range of techniques. CJ for fantastic work in Literacy working on his Autumnal poetry and confidently sharing this with others. For also having an amazing attitude towards his learning this week in all areas. 

Year 4 achievers: Poppy for showing great resilience this week and doing a fantastic job in our EKO session. Kaiden for sharing his knowledge and skills with others during our EKO sessions and for following instructions in class.  

Year 3 achievers: Noah for working hard all week, producing a fabulous chance to shine and being a super scientist. You have wowed all the adults this week Noah! Phoebe for being a superstar this week – she has listened well in lessons, completed all her work and been a great helper. Keep it up! 

Year 2 achievers: Jesse for showing care, respect and kindness to all of his friends. Well done Jesse, we are so proud of you! Eriluwowa for always working hard and having a positive attitude. Erioluwa Lucas always has a positive attitude towards her learning and always try’s hard in her work.  

Year 1 achievers: Everly for always following the BeSMART code and showing kindness to everyone and being a great friend. Eesha for always following our school’s Be SMART Code and being an excellent role model to everyone. Mr McFarland would like to add an extra achiever for Arthur because he is so proud of his resilience to join in with new things, kindness towards his new friends and great progress in phonics.  

Year R achievers: Harry for an amazing start to Newdale. What a great first half term working so hard every single day. Theodore for working so hard to create magnificent castles and creations this half term. 

Attendance Winners 20th – 23rd October 2025

Winner of Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3

Miss Hill = 99.58%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Arthur = 99.19%