Friday 17th October 2025 

We have had another incredible week at Newdale. The children in Year 2 represented the school brilliantly on their trip to Wild Zoological. They were mesmerised by the stunning bird show and enjoyed feeding the colourful lorikeets.  On Wednesday, Year 1 made all their teachers proud when they did their phonics assembly. Hopefully this will give parents/ carers lots of ideas how they can support with reading at home. Year 3 and 4 enjoyed their first house competition where they played hockey. It was lovely to see so many enthusiastic children.

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

Both Year 1 classes for their brilliant phonics assembly this week. All of the adults were so proud of the children and their effort.  

House Points 

This week, Ironbridge have gained the most points with an impressive 340! They are closely followed by Wenlock with 334, Wrekin with 330 and Severn with 208. Well done! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Isla for her superb effort with her writing in her fantastic Chance to Shine. Harris for great focus and participating well to class discussions.

Year 5 achievers:   Isla for growing in confidence and showing a more positive attitude to learning. .Isabelle for producing an excellent chance to shine this week and showing resilience and determination all week.  

Year 4 achievers: Beauty for always being helpful and is trying hard to ask for help when she needs it in class. Harry for his attention to detail when creating his sculpture in Art and focusing on the presentation of his work.

Year 3 achievers: Dola for always pushing herself and giving 110% in everything she does. Dola is a fabulous role model to others and a delight to have in class. Bella for her fantastic independent Maths work this week writing multiplication and division sentences. Keep up the great work, Bella!

Year 2 achievers: Louie for being enthusiastic and excited about his learning, showing his teachers just how happy he is to be at school! Also, for representing his school excellently whilst on a school trip. Well done, Louie! Albie for always showing kindness to his peers and producing some fantastic pieces of work.

Year 1 achievers: Darcy for having a positive attitude to learning and trying her best. Cody for trying his best in all that he does and setting a good example to his friends.  

Year R achievers: Amias for trying his absolute best this week. Super listening and being a kind friend too. We are so proud 😊. Kara for outstanding Literacy work this week and always showing a fantastic attitude towards her learning. 

Times Tables – 

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest amount of correct answers. This class is Mrs Arthur’s class with an average of 1,406 correct answers per person.  Congratulations Rockstars! Louise received the trophy on behalf of her class as she had the highest number of days active on TTRS.  

Attendance Winners 6th – 10th October 2025

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

Mrs Millington = 100%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Haymour = 99.33%

Friday 3rd October  

It has been another wonderful week here at Newdale. The children in Year 4 had an Ancient Egyptian workshop where they visited Egypt in a virtual reality session and used reed pens and ink to write their names in hieroglyphs. Reception had a lovely session in Forest School making leaf crowns, baked bread and had their very own royal banquet as part of their castle and fairy tale theme. Year 1 have been working hard in all subjects and have made their teachers very proud.  

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

The Be SMART cup winners this week are reception for making their teachers proud when taking part in their royal banquet. They were polite and used their manners well.

House Points 

This week, Wenlock take the lead with a wonderful 517 points. They are followed by Ironbridge with 425, Severn with 383 and Wrekin with 364. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Naomi for her outstanding knowledge and enthusiasm in our studies of World War Two. Ria for beautiful newspaper report writing. 

Year 5 achievers:  Erica for being a consistent, curious learner who always gives her best effort. Mr Jackson’s achiever has been chosen for positive comments from adults in school and great work on our topic of Black History Month in guided reading and literacy. 

Year 4 achievers: Poppy for having a fantastic week in her digital art club and within all of her lessons this week. Toby for excellent vocabulary choices in his Ancient Egyptian setting description and detailed answers in Guided Reading.  

Year 3 achievers: Addison for working hard this week to complete her Maths work independently and not giving up when things get a little tricky! Astrid for her fabulous writing and trying her best to use phonics knowledge to sound out tricky words.  

Year 2 achievers: Shranav for focussing on his work and trying hard in class. Keep it up! Harlee-Grace for having an amazing attitude to school, learning and your friends. Well done Harlee! 

Year 1 achievers: Darcey for always being ready to learn, setting a super example, trying her best and not giving up. She is so determined she has even done extra work at home. So proud of her. Noah Jon for settling well into Year 1, following the school routines confidently and always trying his best.  

Year R achievers: 

Aidan for always following the BeSMART code and showing excellent focus and independence in class activities. Harlen for working so hard in phonics everyday and for being a kind friend.  

Times tables:

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest percentage of accuracy. This class is Mrs Millington’s class with an outstanding 93.51% of questions being answered correctly.  Congratulations Rockstars! Aarush received the trophy on behalf of his class as he had the highest number of days active on TTRS.    

Friday 19th September 2025 

We have had another wonderful week at Newdale. The children have continued to work hard and follow the Be SMART code, impressing all their teachers.

Be SMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Mrs Everall’s class for working so hard on their first Chance to Shine pieces of Year 4. She was so impressed when she looked at their drafts on Thursday evening- she wanted to bring their books to achievement assembly to show everyone! Well done Mrs Everall’s class.

House Points 

This week, Wenlock house has gained an impressive 488 points! In second place are Severn with 413 points . Wrekin are in third place with 408 points, and they are closely followed by Ironbridge with 393. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Maddy for working independently to complete tasks. Meadow for a fantastic start to Year 6 and her superb efforts in art – both in school and at home! 

Year 5 achievers:  Boden for being amazing in Literacy – really pushing himself, developing his vocabulary and using feedback to get even better. Hilal for amazing effort in his Literacy work and a really positive attitude towards school. 

Year 4 achievers: Sebastian for outstanding effort with his Ancient Egyptian diary entry. Corban  for excellent contributions in his lessons this week and super reasoning in maths. 

Year 3 achievers: Linus for always putting in 110% effort in every lesson and being one of the first to show he is ready to learn! Elizabeth for always trying her best in everything that she does and her independence in our place value topic in maths!  

Year 2 achievers: Caitlyn for always going above and beyond in her learning, showing this with her attitude towards school and her positivity. Jaxon for always working hard in every lesson and having a positive attitude towards his learning.  

Year 1 achievers: Ruby-Skye for consistently being an incredible role model and producing a wonderful first piece of Chance to Shine writing. Thomas for always giving 100% effort and trying his best in everything he does.  

Year R achievers: Evie Follows for always trying her best, even when learning is challenging! 

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week: 

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest percentage of accuracy. This class is Miss Watson’s class with an outstanding 94.1% of questions being answered correctly.  Congratulations Rockstars! Sebastian received the trophy on behalf of his class as he had the highest number of days active on TTRS.    

Friday 5th September 2025 

We have all had a wonderful first week back at Newdale. All the staff are proud of how the children have returned back to school, enthusiastic and ready to learn.  It has been so lovely to see our pupils looking so smart wearing their uniform in their new classes. The pupils completed lots of ‘getting to know you’ activities and have launched their new topics! We hope you have heard all about it at home!

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

Mrs Stack’s class for starting year 6 with an outstanding attitude towards their learning, working extremely hard in lessons and for being an absolute pleasure to have in the classroom. What a fantastic first week!! Well done!

House Points 

This week, Wrekin gained the most house points with 192 points – the other houses were very close behind!

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Jake for a very mature attitude to working and being helpful and considerate all week. Charlie for an outstanding attitude and superb effort towards his learning both in school and at home.  

Year 5 achievers:  Olivia for a being great example to others, being polite and giving lovely answers in lessons. Hannah for great enthusiasm, manners and effort this week in all lessons. 

Year 4 achievers: Parker for having a fantastic work ethic and producing excellent work throughout the week. Jomi for always being ready to learn and sharing his ideas in class discussions.   

Year 3 achievers: Isabel for showing all aspects of the BeSMART code the first week back. She has demonstrated what a great team member she is and is always ready to learn. Robbie for a brilliant start in Year 3! He has been polite, listened carefully and been a fabulous role model to his peers in assembly.  

Year 2 achievers: Elsie for creating a wonderful fact file about herself, using capital letters and full stops in her sentences. Macey-Grace for creating fabulous sentences using capital letters, full stops and nouns. 

Year 1 achievers: Alfie for his fabulous first smiley week in Year 1. He has tried his best in all the activities and been a super role model to everyone.  Jayden for being such a positive and helpful member of the class and working super hard on his maths and literacy work this week. What a great start to year 1! 😊