Mrs Millington

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4 years ago
Posted on 17th Jun 2022 by

Sports Day

June 2022

Sports Day

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are delighted to be able to run Sports Day again this year without the disruption of Covid. You will have already been given dates though our ‘Key Dates’ information, but I just want to remind everyone now of the dates again and relay some organisational points.

Year 5/6                     Monday 20th  June             1.15-3.00pm

Reception                Tuesday 21st June             9.00-10.20am

Year 3/4                     Tuesday 21st June             1.15-3:00pm

 

Year 1/2                     Wednesday 22nd June      1.15-3.00pm

We have a few reserve dates up our sleeve, but hope that the weather will be kind. We will update you if we have to pull on our reserve dates.

 

We are running the event in ‘Houses’. The children will run for either Wenlock, Ironbridge, Severn or Wrekin.

Children will undoubtedly tell you which house they are in.

The sports day will be carried out on the new Astro football pitch.  We will open the gate by Mrs Thomas’ classroom 10 minutes before each event starts. Children will be based on the side of the Astro that backs onto the Wrekin Way path. We ask parents to take up a spectator spot on the opposite side (where the Oak tree is) or up on the bank. Staff will direct you! Please make sure you use the toilet before coming to sports day, as we will not be able to offer toilet facilities to parents.

Due to the time the children will be outside, could you please ensure that your child has applied sun cream before coming to school and that they bring a hat with them.  Drinks will be provided for them at various stages but a water bottle on sports day is a must.

It is the first time we have run a sports day on the new Astro so please bear with us. Mr Birch, Miss Jones, and the team have worked hard in making sure it runs smoothly, with of course the main driver being that all children have fun!

Yours sincerely,

Miss Cook

Headteacher

Justina Millington

Office Manager

Newdale Primary School

Marlborough Way

Newdale

Telford

TF3 5HA

Email     justina.millington@taw.org.uk

Phone  01952 387720

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4 years ago
Posted on 16th Jun 2022 by

Ice Pops for sale Friday 17th June

Following on from the successful selling of the ice pops, the children from School Parliament have organised another sale this Friday, 20p per ice pop which we are limited to one ice pop per child.

I would like to thank the School Parliament members  involved, who have taken time to organise these events. The money raised goes towards the Healthy Lifestyle fund, which helps pay towards the wonderful activities the children at  Newdale  have been able to enjoy this week.

Thank you for your support.

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4 years ago
Posted on 15th Jun 2022 by

Sickness Bug

Dear Parent/Carer

I am writing to let you know that a number of children and staff at school have had gastro-enteritis over the last few days.

I have been advised by Public Health England and the local Environmental Health Department that this is a mild illness probably caused by a virus, but that it is very infectious. The most usual symptom is vomiting. Some people may have diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain. Symptoms rarely last for more than 24 – 48 hours. The incubation period (time it takes for the illness to develop) is between 24 and 48 hours.

If your child is affected, please keep him or her off school. He or she should not return until 48 hours after the diarrhoea and vomiting have stopped.

The virus is easily spread from person to person. Good hygiene by everyone in the family reduces the risk. This means washing hands with soap and warm water after going to the toilet and before preparing or eating food.

It is important to clean up carefully when someone has been sick as vomit is very infectious. It is important to clear up spills of vomit or faeces immediately, by thorough washing of the contaminated environment with detergent and hot water. For hard surfaces, (floor, work tops etc., an additional disinfection with a dilute solution of Milton or household bleach (according to manufacturer’s instructions) will reduce the contamination. DO NOT MIX these substances with soap and water. Be sure that each family member uses separate towels and flannels which are changed and washed frequently.

Hand washing after visiting the toilet, cleaning up spillages and before handling food is the most important element of reducing the risk of infection.

We are ensuring the school is thoroughly cleaned to reduce any further risk.

If you need any further advice you can phone Public Health England Tel: 0300 303 8162 or NHS 111

Yours faithfully

Miss Cook

Head Teacher

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4 years ago
Posted on 10th Jun 2022 by

TikTok

TikTok 10.6.22

Dear Parents/Carers of children in Year 6,

It has been brought to our attention that very many of our Year 6 children have opened TikTok accounts. In order to open an account, children need to be 13 years of age and hence no one in primary school should have one. The reasons for this are that it is known that children below the age of 13 have not got the maturity to post appropriately and manage what has been posted.

Unfortunately, we have discovered that someone has opened an account and called it Newdale Primary School. The content of what has been posted demonstrates very clearly why the age limit is 13. Please can you regularly check your child’s phone and the accounts they have open.

We ask you to close TikTok and any other accounts they have that are above their age range please.  We suffer no end of issues as a result of mis use of online platforms, many of which end up coming into school.

Many thanks for your support in this ongoing tricky area.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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4 years ago
Posted on 09th Jun 2022 by

Paternity news!

9.6.22

 Dear Parents/Carers of Year 5 children,

As you may or may not know, Mr Banfield and his wife are expecting a baby over the next month or so. This letter is to let you know that Mr Banfield will commence paternity leave on Friday 8th July.

We are delighted to let you know that we do not have to rely on unfamiliar supply teachers to cover his class for the last couple weeks.

We have managed to arrange for Mrs Arthurs (experienced Year 5 teacher returning from Maternity leave), to teach this class until the end of the summer term.

Mrs Arthurs will work closely with Mr Banfield before his departure and we are very confident that the offer in your child’s class will remain very high.

We all wish Mr Banfield and his family the very best of luck and look forward to welcoming him back in September.

Kind regards,

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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4 years ago
Posted on 25th May 2022 by

Extended School Day

Dear Parents/Carers,

The recently published Department for Education White Paper sets out the governmental expectation that all state funded schools will be offering a minimum of a 32.5 hour week for all children. The expectation is that this will be met as soon as possible.

As you know we put forward a proposal that we are confident would be the least disruptive to parents and of course, the most favoured as far as children’s learning is concerned.

We understand that we are stuck between a rock and a hard place as we cannot put into action something that will please everyone. If we bring forward the start time, some parents will find that tricky and if we extended the end of the day some parents will find that tricky. We have looked carefully at the small number of responses we had and shared those with our Governors. We all know that children learn best when they are fresh in the mornings and less so when perhaps they are tired in the afternoons. As we already open the doors at 840 am and the majority of children are in at this time, we felt this would be the most favoured option for our school.

We are bringing this into action from Monday 6th June straight after half term. We will follow this pattern:

  • 8.30 a.m. Open gates
  • 8.35 a.m. Open classroom doors
  • 8.40 a.m. Take the registers

Teachers already use this 8.40 am until 9.00 am slot to deliver intervention and ‘catch up’ activities. They are planning on developing this use of time from the beginning of the half term, in accordance with having a full class ready to learn at this time.

Like with any change, we are expecting a few teething issues that we will adapt to over time. We are lucky that we have a Breakfast club and After School club in our school that already accommodates a very significant number of children.

Many thanks for your support.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

Newdale Primary School and Nursery

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Tel: 01952 387720

E-mail: newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

Newdale Primary School and Nursery
Newdale,
Marlborough Way,
Newdale,
Telford
TF3 5HA

Headteacher: Miss R Cook B.Ed (Hons) NPQH
School Business Manager: Mrs R Western

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