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2 weeks ago
Posted on 14th Apr 2026 by

Message from Miss Cook

Incident Update

Dear Parents and Carers,

I want to express my sincere thanks to the children for remaining as calm as possible and for following adult instructions so well today. I am also incredibly grateful to so many members of our local community who rushed forward to support us as we navigated a very difficult situation.

The teams at Newdale moved straight into emergency mode, acted calmly, and followed our procedures to the letter. The emergency services were outstanding and undoubtedly prevented the situation from becoming far more serious. We are extremely thankful for their swift and professional response.

At this stage, we are unsure whether Rock Road will be open tomorrow. Please consider alternative routes, including Brookes Avenue, and think about parking slightly further away and walking in if necessary.

To support this, we will operate a late register system tomorrow. There is no need for families to rush, as access routes may be limited. Children can arrive any time up until 10am without late marks being recorded.

We will be carrying out reassuring circle times and debriefs with the children, and we would appreciate your support in talking to them at home about the fact that school is safe and that we are very much looking forward to welcoming them back tomorrow.

It is never pleasant to have to put emergency policies and procedures into real-life action, but it is reassuring—for us and, we hope, for you as parents—that everything ran smoothly throughout the event.

Thank you so much for your support and for trusting us with your children.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

 

2 weeks ago
Posted on 13th Apr 2026 by

May Is Get Caught Reading Month!

Throughout May, we are celebrating Get Caught Reading Month — a wonderful chance to shine a spotlight on the joy of reading!

We would love your help in capturing our children in the act of reading. Please send in a photo of your child enjoying a book. This could be:

  • Reading in their favourite cosy spot
  • Reading outdoors in the sunshine
  • Reading to a sibling, pet or teddy
  • Reading something unusual or fun (comics, magazines, recipes, signs, etc.)
  • Reading in an unexpected place — creativity encouraged!

You can either:
– Print the photo and send it into school, or
– Email it to your child’s year group email address

We will be creating a lovely display to celebrate all the wonderful readers in our school.

 

Thank you for helping us promote a lifelong love of reading! 📖💛

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4 weeks ago
Posted on 01st Apr 2026 by

Garden Volunteer

Newdale Primary School- Garden Volunteer Opportunity – 🌱

We’re looking for a friendly and reliable volunteer to help look after our small school garden between 1-2 hrs a week.

🪴 Tasks include:

  • Planting, weeding & watering
  • General garden upkeep
  • Helping keep the space safe and enjoyable for our pupils

This is a great opportunity to support our school community and work alongside staff and children. 🌼

Enhanced DBS check required

📧 Interested? Get in touch for more details by emailing Newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

1 month ago
Posted on 27th Mar 2026 by

Achievement Assembly

This week’s Achievement Assembly took place yesterday.

Newdale Cup winners who will have a special treat after the holidays:

Mrs Everall’s class for brilliant badminton and awesome art!  

House Points 

Well done to all of the children for collecting lots of house points this half term. Please see the results below: 

1st Place- Wrekin with 1744 points. 

2nd Place- Ironbridge with 1739 points. 

3rd Place- Severn with 1558 points. 

4th Place – Wenlock with 1508 points. 

 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Angelo for his exceptional efforts with his writing and editing in his recent Chance to Shine. Louise for her amazing performance in Newdale’s Got Talent and showing great resilience. 

Year 5 achievers: Ieesa for being a polite, helpful and enthusiastic member of the class who will be greatly missed by everyone when he moves to his new school. Cerys for always trying her hardest in lessons, challenging herself and great ability to explain and justify her answers. 

Year 4 achievers: Mrs Everall’s achiever had been chosen for showing great commitment to securing new methods in Maths and for an outstanding score in his Reading assessment this term. Shivangi for creating fantastic sentences using conjunctions and fronted adverbials in literacy. 

Year 3 achievers: Zorawar for being extra kind today towards not only the children but also staff around school.  

Ava  for doing amazing artwork yesterday and thinking carefully about her choice of design, patterns and colours.  

Year 2 achievers: Katie for showing good listening and being kind to her peers. Miss Squire’s achiever has been chosen for showing resilience during chance to shine and doing some great writing. 

Year 1 achievers: Kobie for always being ‘ready and respectful’ and for working hard in all his lessons. Jadon for improving his reading, he is becoming super speedy.  

Year R achievers: Hukam for being such a hard-working, cheerful member of the class and for always being a kind friend. Amandeep for amazing progress with number bonds to 5. 

Times Tables – 

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest amount of correct answers. This class is Mr Jackson’s class with an average of 7572 coins collected.  Congratulations Rockstars! 

 

Attendance Winners 23rd – 27th March 2026

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

Miss Watson = 98.33%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Haymour = 100%

 

1 month ago
Posted on 25th Mar 2026 by

Easter Raffle

Our Easter Raffle has been drawn this morning.

All prizes have been delivered to class so our winners will bring home their eggs today.

Well done to our lucky winners!

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1 month ago
Posted on 25th Mar 2026 by

Curriculum Governor Involvement

The Curriculum Governors met on 24th March. They spent time speaking with KS2 girls about Life Learning and were heartened to hear that pupils feel safe in school and have a strong sense of belonging at Newdale. Governors then heard an update from the ‘Stronger Foundations’ Associate Governor, who reported on policy developments and monitoring carried out this term.

They also worked with the Maths Lead, talking to KS2 pupils about their maths learning, and were pleased to see clear progress over time. Governors are keen to follow how the focus on ‘STEM Sentences’ develops over the summer term.

They were further reassured by feedback from recent external monitoring undertaken by the School Improvement Partner and two Partnership Heads. All external visitors recognised the calm, respectful learning environments across the school and the strong drive to support inclusion.

1 month ago
Posted on 24th Mar 2026 by

RSHE Year 1-Year 6 Parent Consultation – Wednesday 15th April 2026

Dear Parents and Carers,

We would like to invite you to our upcoming Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) Parent Consultation, which will take place on Wednesday 15th April 2026 at 9:00am in the school hall at Newdale.

As you may be aware, the Government has released updated RSHE curriculum guidance, and we have made a number of changes to our school’s curriculum to ensure we remain fully aligned with these requirements. Because of these updates, we are statutorily obliged to consult with parents, giving you the opportunity to understand the changes, ask questions, and share your views.

How to Confirm Attendance

If you would like to attend the consultation, please confirm your place via Parent Pay.

 Resources and Information

Closer to the consultation date, we will upload these onto Parent Pay for all parents to access:

  • The updated RSHE curriculum resources
  • Lesson objectives and overviews

 After the Consultation

Following the session, we will send out letters summarising key lesson content for parents.

We look forward to welcoming you and working together to support our pupils with a safe, age-appropriate and informative RSHE curriculum.

 

Kind Regards

Miss Cook