Friday 1st May 2026 

This week Year 2 had a really successful cake sale and raised enough money to get our chicks! We also worked hard writing letters about how fantastic playtimes and lunchtimes have been recently.  

 The Newdale Cup winners this week – Mrs Haymour’s class for putting so much effort into their Chance to Shine and really engaging with their texts and taking on the role of the character. 

 Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Toby for his excellent work ethic :) Mrs Stack’s achiever for her beautiful presentation in all lessons.  

Year 5 achievers:  Paisley for always putting 100% effort into every single piece of work and showing a fantastic attitude to learning.  Isla for putting in great effort this week with her published chance to shine and becoming more independent with class work.  

Year 4 achievers: Jack for showing an excellent understanding of place value in Maths this week. Lucas for always being polite and helpful to others around school. 

Year 3 achievers: Eli for demonstrating great ready to learn behaviours and for his amazing volcano with great texture. Charlie for the amazing improvement in his handwriting and trying his hardest with his writing in literacy.  

Year 2 achievers: Bella for trying her best in Literacy lessons and writing super sentences. We are so proud of you! Dominik for his super effort in art and computing this week in the afternoons. Well done Dominik!  

Year 1 achievers: Delilah for always being a fantastic role model, kind friend and a helpful member of the class. Zach for working hard in his intervention groups and trying his best.  

Year R achievers: Maggie for a wonderful week. Maggie always tries her best, listening well and giving her best every day. Well done Maggie 😊 Azka for showing excellent focus in class and being resilient during Maths lessons. 

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

Year 6 readers: Kian – for his consistent home reading and clear diary comments. Malachi for his dedication to a particular series of books and his detailed comments. 

Year 5 readers: Mason for demonstrating a passionate commitment to daily reading, selecting a wide range of engaging books to reflect on. Theo for completing more than 5 reads and adding lots of detail to his responses.  

Year 4 readers: Retal for sharing lots of interesting facts from her book in her diary every day and producing a great VIPERS response. Smrithi for a fantastic week of reading, engaging with her texts well.  

Year 3 readers: Mrs Churm’s reader for her enthusiasm with reading.  Ava-Lilly for her efforts with reading everyday this week and enjoying the books she is reading.   

Year 2 readers: Princess Kimberley for the amount of reading she is doing at home. Caitlyn for being such a great and consistent reader all year, well done! 

Year 1 readers: Lucas for practising his phonics at home and attempting to read more often.

Attendance Winners 27th April – 1st May 2026

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

Mrs Churm = 99%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mr Stubbs = 98.67%

Friday 24th April 2026 

It has been another busy week at Newdale. On Monday, we had a visit from the police and fire teams who supported us during the evacuation. The children asked some thoughtful questions and were congratulated on how well they handled the situation. 

On Wednesday, we welcomed lots of parents and carers into school for our next Stay and Share session – thank you to all who attended. 

On Thursday, Year 4 enjoyed an Anglo-Saxon–themed workshop with Shrewsbury Museum, learning about archaeology, writing their names in runes, and making clay pots.  

Finally, on Thursday evening, we were all blown away by the fantastic acts who performed in Newdale’s Got Talent. Thank you for supporting this event and a huge thank you to the children for their hard work, resilience and bravery in performing in front of an audience. We are all very proud! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Louise and Amalia for amazing performances at NGT! Barnaby for a superb effort in his Chance to Shine draft. 

Year 5 achievers:  Rochae for really focusing this week on all her learning, making great progress with her arithmetic and writing a well-developed diary. Oliver for great focus in both Maths looking at fractions and Literacy with your diary entry.  

Year 4 achievers: Lewis for working hard and showing a fantastic effort in his lessons. Jacob for showing great resilience and a positive attitude to change.  

Year 3 achievers: Ollie-Leighton for adding some amazing vocabulary and description into his Chance to Shine! Jenson for his increased confidence and for being brave and trying something new! 

Year 2 achievers: Lucia for working independently and trying her best in every single lesson. We’re so proud of you! Mrs King’s achiever for her incredible effort and growing resilience in Maths. We were blown away by your confidence in finding fractions of amounts this week!  

Year 1 achievers: Freddie for trying really hard in literacy. Keep it up! For also bringing an infectious smile to the class. Aldo for giving 100% effort in all his lessons. Aldo always has a big smile on his face and a positive attitude to learning.  

Year R achievers: Daniel for being kind and respectful to everyone in class. Mateo for a wonderful week, working hard and being especially helpful at tidy up time. 

Times Tables  

 This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class who have scored the highest accuracy over the last 14 days – well done to Mr Jackson’s class with an impressive 95%. 

House Points 

Lots of house points have been gathered over the last two weeks. Wrekin are in the lead for Summer 1 with 623 points. They are closely followed by Wenlock with 621. Ironbridge are in third with 589 and Severn in 4th with 537. Well done, everyone!