Friday 12th September  

As week two draws to a close, we have continued to be so impressed with how well the children have settled back into school life. This week, we’ve shared our key dates for the Autumn term—please do take a moment to check them so you’re up to date with all the exciting events ahead. Our teachers are already busy planning the trips and learning experiences for the coming weeks. There is lots to look forward to! 

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

Miss Hill’s class for their excellent behaviour this week, following the BeSMART code and working really hard.

House Points 

This week, Severn house has gained an impressive 325 points! In second place are Ironbridge with 252 points. Wenlock are in third place with 244 points and they are closely followed by Wrekin with 222. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Henry for listening well and trying his best in lessons. Elliott for his amazing effort and fantastic independent work during maths.  

Year 5 achievers:  Lila for listening well and always completing tasks to the best of her abilities. Mason for fantastic contributions on a variety of subjects in class. For also being a great example to others following the BSMART code. 

Year 4 achievers: Mrs Everall’s achiever for being a kind friend to other children and helpful to the adults in her class. Kira for always being ready to learn and working really hard in her lessons this week. 

Year 3 achievers: Oscar for showing great perseverance, resilience and recognising techniques and tools that can help him when he is feeling frustrated. Keep up the super work, Oscar! Munachimso for her hard work and enthusiasm. She has been a pleasure to have in class and I wish her all the best at her new school.  

Year 2 achievers: Gabriella for having such a resilient attitude in her Maths learning. From ‘I can’t do this’, to ‘I did it!’ Molly for being a wonderful role model to her peers and always trying hard with her learning.  

Year 1 achievers: Miss Lowe’s achiever for always being ready to learn, following instructions, working hard and sharing his infectious smile. Samuel for completing some fabulous sentences in Literacy and working super hard in all his lessons.  

Year R achievers: Tallulah for an amazing start to school, showing kindness and working hard everyday. 

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

Year 6 readers: Hebe – an exceptional start to reading at home in yr 6. Lawrencia for great comments in her diary and writing her own poems. 

Year 5 readers: Ben for his amazing effort with his home reading this week. Keep it up Ben.  Matilda for super reading to star off Year 5! Great comments every day  

Year 4 readers: Ezra has impressed with his reading this week. Completing his reding at home and producing a super answer to his Vipers question this week. Zoey for reading every night this week and writing super summaries.   

Year 3 readers: Sebastian has really impressed me with his detailed comments about the book he has read this week, a super start to reading in year 3!. Mayra has been fantastic with her reading, she has read daily, done summaries of the books read and created her own questions to answer about the book, Super star! An amazing start to reading in Year 3. 

Year 2 readers: Eve has put in lots of effort into her home reading this week. She has read everyday this week. Well done, superstar! Miss Squire’s achiever has put so much effort into her reading this week by reading every single day. Well done, what an amazing start to reading in Year 2! 

Year 1 readers: Milo for reading everyday at home! Rheya for reading every day at home and writing some of her own comments in her reading diary. 

Friday 11th July 

This week, years 3 and 4 held an art exhibition in the school hall. It was lovely to see their fantastic pieces of art and we hope you did too! Year 6 enjoyed a trip to Telford Town Park where they went bowling, enjoyed a three-course meal at Pizza Express and finished the day with time in the park. With the warm weather set to continue into next week, please ensure your child comes to school with sun cream on and suitable outdoor clothing.  

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

Year 1 both classes for their impeccable behaviour at Dudley Zoo. They made all the grown ups proud and represented Newdale so well.  

House Points 

This week was the final chance for the children to gather their house points before the last house celebration of the year. It was very close, but Severn House have won with an impressive 1990 points. Well done Severn and enjoy your treat next week! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Owen for his fantastic effort when performing our leavers song. Mrs Stack’s achiever for being such a responsible and sensible line leader on our trip to the Town Park; he represented Newdale brilliantly. 

Year 5 achievers:  Mrs Arthur’s achiever for amazing creativity and perseverance. Charlie for an excellently designed and created moving toy including independent work at home prior to the lesson in preparation. 

Year 4 achievers: Benjamin for superbly expressive and engaging writing in his dog care leaflet. Paisley-Violet for outstanding effort in all subjects all the time, but especially her Chance to Shine and Music composition this week.   

Year 3 achievers: Rocio for always trying her hardest and persevering when she finds task a little tricky. Kira for always setting a great example for others, by working hard and behaving exceptionally.  

Year 2 achievers: Miss Lowe’s achiever for just being absolutely amazing in every way. You are a true Newdaler! Mayra for always working exceptionally hard and challenging herself in all aspects of learning.  

Year 1 achievers: Caden for being a brilliant helper to the grown ups and for incredible writing with lots of amazing adjectives and even using commas and exclamation marks- in Year 1! Mariyam for being a fantastic role model, a kind and helpful friend to both pupils and adults in the class and for always giving 100% in everything she does.  

Year R achievers: Oscar for always trying his best everyday. He has produced excellent work in phonics and made massive improvements. Kobie for a fantastic week; lots of different adults around school have been super impressed with Kobie’s sensible nature and have seen him following the BeSMART Code. 

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

Year 6 readers: Eshaal – super reading over the weekend and this week. Jasper for continuing to read 5 times despite coming to the end of the year. 

Year 5 readers: Mr Jackson’s reader for achieving the most Platinum awards during her time in Year 5. Reading every week with her detailed comments. Well done 😊 Layla for showing that she is Yr6 ready as she is beginning to read more regularly and complete her reading diary. 

Year 4 readers: Rosie-Anne for outstanding reading throughout Year 4! Super comments every week and fantastic questions in response to what she has read. Hilal for reading fluently and moving onto pink books.  

Year 3 readers: Ezra for super reading 5 times this week! Jessica for achieving a gold reading reward for 5 weeks in a row.  

Year 2 readers: Kyresse for reading every single day and even writing amazing sentences in his book!  

Year 1 readers: May for amazing reading over the last two weeks and reading a fantastic range of books at home. Hayden for getting a platinum award for reading and writing loads in his diary every single day.   

Friday 4th July 2025 

This week the children have had a fantastique day celebrating France and French culture. The children have fully immersed themselves in a range of different activities ranging from sampling delicious French treats, exploring the language, playing pétanque and participating with traditional French dancing. It has been formidable jour! We could not end the day without celebrating Mrs Lefroy, who will be retiring from Newdale next week after 16 wonderful years. She was treated to a surprise assembly, complete with mystery food tasting, a sing-along, and a poem performed by a group of Year 6 children.

Goodbye, Mrs Lefroy—we’ll all miss you dearly and wish you a long, happy, and well-deserved retirement!”

House Points

This week, Severn continue to take the lead with a huge 1646 points! They are closely followed by Wrekin, with 1427. Ironbridge have 1384 points, while Wenlock have 1191. With only one week left to go, who will be the next winners of the house celebration? 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Isabella for demonstrating great skill when playing petanque and handball. She also showed a lot of enthusiasm when trying some of the French delicacies. Robert for working hard to learn a french poem and speaking with a fantastic french accent. Shiah for her impressive performance and fantastic teamwork in petanque! 

Year 5 achievers:  George for amazing crepe making skills! Cayden for fantastic crepe making and great knowledge and effort on French Day.  

Year 4 achievers: Ieesa for his love of learning languages and his brilliant French vocabulary. Ezra for her amazing confidence in overcoming the Go Ape zipline and fantastic artwork throughout the week. 

Year 3 achievers: Violet for her beautiful Impressionism drawing of The Wrekin and for being helpful and engaged when making some delicious French Sable biscuits. Alice for her best efforts to describe animals in French and for her beautiful Impressionist drawing of the Wrekin. 

Year 2 achievers: Coby for his amazing efforts to speak French by answering questions and having a simple conversation. Sofia for full embracing the French culture and being confident to speak French in front of her peers. 

Year 1 achievers: Pranathi for her continued commitment to learning especially on French day today where she created an amazing piece of artwork inspired by a French artist. I am proud of you. Theo for his enthusiasm and hard work during our ‘French Day’ today. Theo created a fantastic piece of artwork of the Eiffel Tower inspired by a French artist. Well done Theo 😊  

Year R achievers: Isla for a wonderful week and especially working hard during French day. We all loved your French coloured rainbow. James for immersing himself in all of our French Day activities. He built an impressive Eiffel Tower challenging himself to keep extending the height of it. 

Friday 13th June 2025 

For Art Day on Wednesday, children spent the day taking part in a wide range of creative activities inspired by the poems, songs and stories that they are learning off by heart in school. We were also lucky enough to welcome author and illustrator Steve Smallman into school to lead some illustration masterclasses for KS2 and assemblies for Reception and KS1.  Also on Wednesday, Year 6 children took part in workshops linked to Charles Darwin and Ancient Greece and they look forward to celebrating their Art Day next week.

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

Mrs Evan’s/Mrs Sturrocks class for behaving brilliantly when walking through school this week and for following the BeSMART code when in assembly.  

House Points 

As week 2 comes to an end, Wrekin have gained the most points this week, with an impressive 587! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Arush for producing some amazing depictions of arachnids in our Charles Darwin workshop, using a quill and ink. Shanel for showing fantastic enthusiasm and for producing a brilliant piece of art during the workshop with the illustrator. 

Year 5 achievers:  Lacey-Mae for excellent effort in our water colour lesson this week. Going above and beyond in producing work for our display. Well Done! Layla for taking her time with her watercolour pieces and thinking creatively in her group. Well done Layla! 

Year 4 achievers: Rosie-Anne for producing an excellent dragon’s eye sketch and carefully printing using polystyrene tiles. Isabelle for fantastic effort in all subjects this week and for her beautiful, detailed drawings of a dragon eye.  

Year 3 achievers: Gabi for her brilliant artwork throughout the day! She took her time to carefully create a mosaic heart, and she produced a realistic sketch of a Roman soldier! Nyla for experimenting with different mediums to create a beautiful and realistic Roman villa and for her infectious enthusiasm throughout art day.  

Year 2 achievers: Udayveer for his detail, precision, and creativity whilst sketching.  He took his time and produced a wonderful self- portrait. Isabel for always taking her time and care during art to create a variety of art pieces.  

Year 1 achievers: Mia for phenomenal artwork this week and for blowing all of the adults away with her concentration and dedication to each task. Caden for showing his creativity and skill on Art day. He is a wonderful artist and I am super proud of all he has produced.  

Year R achievers: Noah for a super week, trying hard everyday, especially in his wonderful chance to shine writing this week. David for his fantastic contributions to our class collage of the Gruffalo and resilience with cutting around different heart shapes.  

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

Year 6 readers:  Clara for continued great effort with her reading and diary comments. Arush for outstanding reading diary comments, I’m learning so much! 

Year 5 readers: Oscar for making a huge effort to get Yr6 ready with more regular reading and super comments. Mr Jackson’s reader for consistently reading at home every week.  

Year 4 readers: Erica-Jean  for amazing improvement on her reads at home over the last few weeks and comments she has made! Super effort.  Eliza for continued effort with her home reading and weekly diary question. Keep up the brilliant work. 

Year 3 readers: Joshua for a fantastic improvement-reading 5 times this week and writing super comments in his reading diary. Keep it up Joshua. Joe for regular reading at home and in ASC. Super Star!! 

Year 2 readers: Miss Hill’s reader for consistent in reading and homework every single night of every single week. Well done! Astrid for amazing phonics and fabulous reading! What great progress! 

Year 1 readers: Archie for doing fantastic reading in after school club and then additional reading at home. Great work Archie, keep it up. 😊 Pranathi for consistent reading at home and writing in her diary. Very proud of you Pranathi and all the work you do!