New Reception Starters September 2026

Thank you for attending our classroom experience and Parent/Carer meeting today.

Here are the links for the ‘5 by 5’ website and ‘Starting Reception’ website as mentioned today in the meeting.

https://5by5.telford.gov.uk/

https://startingreception.co.uk/

If you have any other questions, please do get in touch.

The Reception Team.

Nursery Message for September Starters

Good morning,

A reminder to Parents/Carers of children joining Newdale Reception in September of our transition sessions on July 7th.

You should have received your letter with your time slot for either the morning or afternoon.

During this session you can settle your child in their new classroom and will then have an opportunity to attend a meeting with Miss Cook to learn more about school.

Please can we ask that, where possible, younger siblings do not attend the session due to space in classrooms.

 

Thank you for your support – we look forward to welcoming you all soon.

Family Photos for Reception Starters September 2026

Calling all families of Nursery children who are joining Newdale Reception classes in September…

In Reception, we understand that everyone starts school with differing levels of confidence to separate from home, to form new friendships and cope with change. We aim for all children to quickly develop a sense of belonging at school and find that family photos can really support with this process.

We like to display family photos in class to ensure they can see your faces throughout the day. This can offer a little reassurance.

Please send in a family photo via the reception email address for us to print and add to our class display ready for September.
newdale.yearrteam@taw.org.uk

Thank you for those family photos sent in already. We look forward to meeting you all very soon.

Reception Message

We would like to let Reception and Nursery families know that next week will be the last week for Miss Risk here at Newdale Primary.

 

Miss Risk has been a valued member of our team and has worked so hard to help and support all the children during her time here with us, both in Nursery, Reception and in After-school Club.

Miss Risk will be leaving to take up an exciting new role at another Nursery. While we will be sad to see her go, we wish her every success and happiness in her new position.

Miss Risk’s last day will be on Tuesday 16th June. We have informed the children of her news and would like to reassure parents that as we are fortunate to have a large staff team in Reception, we will be able to continue the same level of support for the children for the rest of the academic year.

Please join us in expressing our thanks and well wishes to Miss Risk on her next adventure!

Year 4, 5 & 6 DISCO Information – Thursday 21st May

Years 4, 5, 6, we hope you are as excited as we are for the upcoming D.I.S.C.O on Thursday! :)  Get those song requests handed in and practise those dance moves!

 

Can all children attending please enter through the main reception doors at 5.30pm.  You will see a member of staff for each year group ready to tick your name off the guest list and let you in, so please look out for your year group line to queue in.

Please note the collection points for each year group are slightly different and will be as follows:

Year 6 at the end of the disco will be taken out of the external door by the year 6 classrooms and will be released to parents/carers collecting from the Y6 gates. 

Year 5 at the end of the disco will be released from the hall exit doors to parents/carers.

Year 4 at the end of the disco to be will be taken back out of the main reception doors to parents/carers. 

The Disco will end at 7pm.

Please can we ask parents and carers dropping off to take their child’s coats with them once they have dropped off at the disco and then bring them back on collection. This will help with storage and ease during the disco. Thank you.

We can’t wait to see you there.

 

A huge welcome to our new Reception Class 26-27! 👋

A huge welcome to our new Reception Class 26-27! 👋

Many of our Mighty Oaks children have secured a space in our reception cohort for September 2026! We will also be welcoming a number of children from other nurseries across the community and can’t wait to meet you all and welcome you into Newdale.

We will be in touch shortly via letter and phone with information about starting school and transition information as we understand everyone will be getting excited about visiting their new classrooms, meeting staff and friends and buying new smart uniform ☺️.

Please keep an eye out for post and/or calls over the next couple of weeks as we organise dates and release information. We will be looking at ringing newcomers soon, visiting both children in Mighty Oaks and visiting community nurseries to meet the children and will offer a classroom experience in July for both children and parents.

We can’t wait to meet you all and are looking forward to starting your big school journey.

Any questions please ask.

See you all soon 👋

Message for Reception – cress!

Good evening,
We hope you are enjoying growing your little pots of cress at home. Some children sent in a photo of their growing seeds to share in class and everyone loved looking at them. If you haven’t and would like to send in some photos of the cress growth, then children can proudly share these back in class. Please send in via the Evidence Me app.
Thank you.

Message for Reception

Good evening,
Please can we remind you to ensure you bring in your child’s Read. Write, Inc reading books into school in their plastic packets, along with reading diaries everyday. We change them weekly, but we do take these along to sessions so it is essential that they are in school for when needed.
Thank you for your continued support at home.

Have a lovely weekend.

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