How we prepare children for life in modern Britain

Dear parents / carers,

We wanted to remind you of some of the ways that you can keep in touch with us, and we can keep in touch with you! We very much value your support to ensure your child enjoys every moment at Newdale.

• Staff are always available for you to informally chat with at the beginning and end of the day outside school.
• Appointments can be made with your child’s teacher in addition to our parents’ evenings (next one just after half term). Please use the office, email directly, or message in the home/school communication book.
• Look out soon for our regular update as to how your child is progressing – by sending these out before parent’s evening, you can be fully informed.
• Our pastoral team are on hand to support families as well as children in school.
• Our SENDCo, Mrs. Poole is always keen to ensure children with SEND have the best support – please contact her should you need anything at all.
• Before and After School Club staff are available should you need to discuss anything with them.
• We look forward to meeting Grandparents at this year’s harvest event – a great opportunity for them to see the wonderful work your child is doing in school.
• The next Fish and Chip family lunch is coming up very soon – we hope to see you there – again, a chance for informal parent/teacher meetings should you need.
• We hope you find our newsletters and other digital communications useful and informative, especially our Top Tips for e-safety.
• Please remember that all the information you need about what your child is learning is on our website – but do ask if you need any further information at all.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Miss Cook

Children in Need Day will be on Friday 18th November

Children will be able to come wearing spots/dress down clothing and are asked to bring in a voluntary contribution.

All donations will be via Parent Pay

Earth Day Letter

Dear Parents/Carers,

We will be holding a free Halloween School Event on Monday 31^st October after lunch.  Children are welcome to change into their Halloween outfits or simply dress down after lunch (please label all items). Staff will be running a disco in the hall and carrying out Halloween fun events in the classroom. Children will go home in their outfits.

We appreciate that not all parents want their children to take part in Halloween events. If that is the case, please do let your child’s teacher know through the home school communication book. We will prepare something non-Halloween themed for them to enjoy.

Kind regards

Miss Cook

Dear parents/carers,

At Newdale, we value your input as parents. One of the best ways to capture your opinions is through questionnaires. Once we have analysed parent questionnaires, we use the information gathered to make our school even better. For those of you who are not aware, we were inspected by Ofsted in 2017, where we were graded ‘Outstanding’.

We are overdue an Ofsted inspection which means our next inspection is looming. Before an inspection, inspectors visit Parent View (which is an online questionnaire which gives parents the chance to tell Ofsted what they think of their child’s school). As we have just started this academic year, we do not have any entries from parents. We kindly ask that you take five minutes out of your time to complete the short questionnaire. Our aim as a school has always been to provide high-quality education and school experience to all children, and by having lots of parents completing this survey, will enable us to continue to grow.

If you do not have access to a device to complete this, please let a member of our team know and we will arrange a time for you to complete it in school.

https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/parent-view-results/survey/result/21427/13

Many thanks

Miss Cook