Nursery volunteers

Have you ever thought about volunteering in a nursery or wondered what it’s like to work in a nursery setting? Now’s your chance!

Newdale Nursery is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our fantastic team in our 2-year-old provision.

Volunteering is flexible – whether you can spare just an hour a week or a couple of days, we’d love your support!

If you’re interested, please complete an application form and return it to the school office, or email it to newdale.primary@taw.org.uk by Monday 5th January 2026.

Volunteering Application Form

We look forward to receiving your application.

Miss Cook

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people.  All successful candidates are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This role will be engaging in regulated activity with children. Our child protection and safeguarding policy can be found on our school website or requested via our office. https://www.newdaleschool.org.uk/home/key-info/policies/

We are committed to equality and diversity.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as stated in the person specification.

 

After school clubs today

The following clubs will not take place today due to the Christmas Fair.

KS2 Badminton

KS2 Netball

Hockey Club

KS2 Girl’s Football

 

EKO club will take place as normal.

Christmas Support for Families

As the festive season approaches, we are mindful that the ongoing cost of living crisis is making this time of year especially challenging for many families. Please remember that as a school community, we are here to help.

If you feel you may need support this Christmas (whether that’s with food, essentials, or simply someone to talk to) please don’t hesitate to reach out. All requests will be treated with kindness and confidentiality.

You can contact our Pastoral Team directly by email at Newdale.inclusion@taw.org.uk  and they will be happy to support you.

You are not alone, and together we can make sure every child and family enjoys a joyful Christmas.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas a Newdale!

The Christmas spirit has well and truly arrived here at Newdale!

Our Christmas Fair takes place this Wednesday (3rd) from around 3:30pm, please wait outside the main entrance on arrival.

We have some fantastic raffle prizes up for grabs this year, remaining tickets are available to buy from the school office.

We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday to continue celebrating the festive season.

Achievement Assembly

Friday 28th November 

This week Year 3 took part in their Stone Age workshop where they used wool to spin their own thread, weaved using wool, grinded wheat grains to make flour, made butter and used VR headsets to see Stone Age landscapes. Year 3 and 4 also enjoyed a trip to the cinema to watch Sonic the Hedgehog and the adults were all proud of how well they represented our school. Finally, thank you for all your donations of bottles for our Christmas fayre, we are looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday afternoon. 

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

Year 3 for their brilliant behaviour on our cinema trip and their enthusiasm to take part in our Stone Age Workshop day. 

House Points 

This week, Severn gained an impressive 403 points, the highest total this week. In second place is Wrekin with 390, Ironbridge is third with 352 and Wenlock closely behind with 349. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Jesse for his super efforts in improving his presentation and handwriting – keep up the great work! Sophie for her concerted effort with presentation and amazing efforts in class. 

Year 5 achievers:  Tylor for a great effort with his reading and homework and trying hard with his focus in the classroom.  Ben for reflective learning and developing writing using a range of skills 

Year 4 achievers: Robyn for fantastic work with our geometry maths work this week. Primrose for superb effort and beautiful presentation in all lessons.   

Year 3 achievers: Mrs Millington’s achiever for being brilliant in Maths, listening well in class, following instructions carefully and making Mrs McLeod really proud! Armish for her increase in confidence contributing in class and for trying really hard in her guided reading lessons.  

Year 2 achievers: Theodore for making positive choices, consistently giving 100% in every lesson and being a kind friend, we are so proud of you! Willow for showing a great example of the BeSmart code everyday and is a great friend to all.

Year 1 achievers: Lucas for always being a super role model, ready to learn, a kind friend and trying his best in all he does. Erin for always following our school’s Be SMART code and being a helpful, kind and hardworking member of our class at all times.  

Year R achievers: Asher for consistently working hard in Reception and being such a kind friend.  

 

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

Year 6 readers: Naomi for continuing her reading comments at home even though she’d broken her collarbone 😊 Riley for interesting fact finding work this week in his reading. 

Year 5 readers: Hannah Howes for always impressing me with her fantastic illustrations and diary comments. Keep up the fantastic work Hannah.  

Year 4 readers: Mr Stubb’s reader for fantastic, detailed entries into her reading diary reaching platinum as well! Jessica for reading daily and doing a fabulous drawing about what she is reading! 

Year 3 readers: Ava-Lilly Powell for reading daily and thoroughly answering her questions in her reading dairy. Well done, Ava-Lilly! Mrs Millington’s reader for always reading regularly with super comments, well done! 

Year 2 readers: Evelyn for reading every day this week and answering her guided reading questions so well. Iris for always reading every day without prompt.  

Year 1 readers: Jadon for his great reading at home. Jayden for reading every night this week. 

Attendance Winners 24th – 28th November 2025

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

Miss Lowe = 98.71%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Haymour = 97%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safeguarding, Health & Safety Governor Involvement

Health & Safety Governors Update

The Health & Safety Governors met yesterday to review a range of important areas across the school.

Asthma Strategy: Governors were delighted to see that Newdale has been awarded the title of Asthma Friendly School.

Safeguarding Spot Check: As part of their routine checks, governors tested staff understanding of safeguarding linked to training. The staff member selected answered all questions with confidence, demonstrating robust knowledge.

Pupil Voice: Governors always enjoy speaking with pupils about their experiences. This time, children from different year groups were asked about behaviour in school. They agreed that behaviour is mostly good, with occasional over‑excitement. Pupils spoke confidently about the importance of following the BeSMART code and explained the systems in place if children misbehave.

Parent Feedback: Governors are equally keen to hear from parents. At hometime, they spoke with as many parents as possible to gather views on Health & Safety provision. Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts—your feedback will be analysed at the next meeting.

The partnership between school and parents is paramount, and governors are committed to ensuring that Health & Safety remains strong and effective for all.

School Parliament Visit to Rock Road Lidl

Yesterday, members of our school parliament joined Mrs Morrow, Mrs Pablos, Mrs Millington, and myself at the grand opening of the new Rock Road Lidl. Alongside the Mayor and our local MP, the children proudly represented our school at this special event. They enjoyed a guided tour of the new store and were delighted to receive a Lidl goodie bag to take home. A wonderful experience of community engagement for our young leaders!

🎄 Christmas Fayre Prize Appeal 🎄

We’re looking for parents who run their own business or work for a company that might be willing to donate a prize for our Christmas Fayre on Wednesday 3rd December.

Examples could include:

  • A beauty voucher (e.g. manicure or treatment)
  • A bottle of wine or spirits from a local shop
  • Sporting event / or vouchers

If you’re able to contribute, please contact the school office on 01952 387720 or email newdale.primary@taw.org.uk.

Your support will help make our Fayre a wonderful event for everyone and raise much needed funds to support the children —thank you!

Food Waste Recycling assembly

Dear Parents and Carers,

Our wonderful School Parliament members — with the support of the equally wonderful Mrs Morrow — have been busy creating a special Food Recycling Waste video to share across the school.

We premiered the video in assembly today and are excited to begin using our new recycling bins from tomorrow. The aim is to produce our own compost, which will soon be put to good use by our upcoming Gardening Club as they grow their own vegetables.

The video was so clear and engaging that we wanted to share it with you as well. We encourage you to ask your children about what they learned in assembly — you may be surprised by how much they remember!

SP food waste recycling.mp4