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1 year ago
Posted on 04th Jul 2025 by

Achievement Assemby

Friday 4th July 2025 

This week the children have had a fantastique day celebrating France and French culture. The children have fully immersed themselves in a range of different activities ranging from sampling delicious French treats, exploring the language, playing pétanque and participating with traditional French dancing. It has been formidable jour! We could not end the day without celebrating Mrs Lefroy, who will be retiring from Newdale next week after 16 wonderful years. She was treated to a surprise assembly, complete with mystery food tasting, a sing-along, and a poem performed by a group of Year 6 children.

Goodbye, Mrs Lefroy—we’ll all miss you dearly and wish you a long, happy, and well-deserved retirement!”

 

House Points

This week, Severn continue to take the lead with a huge 1646 points! They are closely followed by Wrekin, with 1427. Ironbridge have 1384 points, while Wenlock have 1191. With only one week left to go, who will be the next winners of the house celebration? 

 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Isabella for demonstrating great skill when playing petanque and handball. She also showed a lot of enthusiasm when trying some of the French delicacies. Robert for working hard to learn a french poem and speaking with a fantastic french accent. Shiah for her impressive performance and fantastic teamwork in petanque! 

Year 5 achievers:  George for amazing crepe making skills! Cayden for fantastic crepe making and great knowledge and effort on French Day.  

Year 4 achievers: Ieesa for his love of learning languages and his brilliant French vocabulary. Ezra for her amazing confidence in overcoming the Go Ape zipline and fantastic artwork throughout the week. 

Year 3 achievers: Violet for her beautiful Impressionism drawing of The Wrekin and for being helpful and engaged when making some delicious French Sable biscuits. Alice for her best efforts to describe animals in French and for her beautiful Impressionist drawing of the Wrekin. 

Year 2 achievers: Coby for his amazing efforts to speak French by answering questions and having a simple conversation. Sofia for full embracing the French culture and being confident to speak French in front of her peers. 

Year 1 achievers: Pranathi for her continued commitment to learning especially on French day today where she created an amazing piece of artwork inspired by a French artist. I am proud of you. Theo for his enthusiasm and hard work during our ‘French Day’ today. Theo created a fantastic piece of artwork of the Eiffel Tower inspired by a French artist. Well done Theo 😊  

Year R achievers: Isla for a wonderful week and especially working hard during French day. We all loved your French coloured rainbow. James for immersing himself in all of our French Day activities. He built an impressive Eiffel Tower challenging himself to keep extending the height of it. 

1 year ago
Posted on 03rd Jul 2025 by

French Day – Friday 4th July

We are excited to announce our upcoming whole-school French day which will be on Friday 4th July  for pupils from Nursery to Year 6. This event has been designed to immerse pupils in the French language and culture through fun and engaging activities.

Pupils can come into school dressed in red, white and blue or even create a costume inspired by a famous French landmark. Throughout the day there will be various activities for the children to participate with including, cooking, handball, pétanque, Farandole (a traditional Provence dance) and much more.

Learning a language goes beyond vocabulary- it opens minds, builds confidence and encourages global awareness. By celebrating France, we help children develop a deeper appreciation for diversity and strengthen their language skills in an enjoyable way.

There will also be the option to have a French themed dinner which consists of quiche, ratatouille, and chocolate mousse, alongside the normal fish and chips which will be served.

If you would like to make a voluntary contribution of £2.00 to support the resources on the day, please log into parent pay.

Thank you for your continued support.

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1 year ago
Posted on 30th Jun 2025 by

After School Club/Nursery Late Collection

 

Dear Parent/Carer,

After School Club

Occasionally we struggle with a few parents who are not arriving on site to collect children before the cut off times.

Your child must be collected at or before the time you have booked in. Please allow time for a handover.

We must work out staff ratios based on numbers and therefore it is paramount that everyone is collected on time. If you have booked up until 4.30pm then 4.30pm is the cut off please. If you child is booked in until 6pm then it is crucial that you work to this time.

From September 2025 we will be changing our terms and conditions for both the school and nursery After School Clubs.  This will also apply to late collection for morning and afternoon session times in nursery. The late fee of £6 will remain, however it will change from 15 minutes to 10 minutes.  If you are late more than twice collecting your child/ren we may revoke their place.

Failure to collect your child by 6pm will result in a late collection fee of £6 for every 10 minutes.  This charge will apply even if a phone call notifying the club of late arrival is made and will be payable from 6.01pm onwards. Staff are only paid up until this time and the premises are closed shortly after this.

We appreciate that there can be occasional, extenuating circumstances where you may be late collecting your child.  Time should always be factored in to accommodate this in your journey.

As you are aware if you have not made any contact with the After School Club and your child is not collected within half an hour of closing then we will have to contact the relevant authority, i.e. Social Services and Police.

Contact number:   01952 837720   after 4.30pm  07765147868

We work very hard to keep this club operational, as we really do want to support working parents.

 

Kind regards.

 

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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1 year ago
Posted on 27th Jun 2025 by

Curriculum Governors Involvement

The Curriculum Governors met this week and thoroughly enjoyed listening to a group of Mighty Oaks Nursery children talk about their experience in setting. They also gained a detailed insight into the planning, the training, the team and the challenges from the Nursery teacher, Mrs Pablos. The Governors can clearly see that the dedication of staff is ensuring the provision is continuing to operate at a high level. They are keen to support the increasing number of SEND that is apparent in the setting.

The Governors also had a focus on the curriculum area of Geography. Year 1 children came to show off their books and talk about all they had been studying. Governors believe that talking to children and staff is the best way to be assured about quality of provision and they look forward to carrying out more of this next year.

1 year ago
Posted on 27th Jun 2025 by

Reminder – French Day – Friday 4th July

We are excited to announce our upcoming whole-school French day which will be on Friday 4th July  for pupils from Nursery to Year 6. This event has been designed to immerse pupils in the French language and culture through fun and engaging activities.

Pupils can come into school dressed in red, white and blue or even create a costume inspired by a famous French landmark. Throughout the day there will be various activities for the children to participate with including, cooking, handball, pétanque, Farandole (a traditional Provence dance) and much more.

Learning a language goes beyond vocabulary- it opens minds, builds confidence and encourages global awareness. By celebrating France, we help children develop a deeper appreciation for diversity and strengthen their language skills in an enjoyable way.

There will also be the option to have a French themed dinner which consists of quiche, ratatouille, and chocolate mousse, alongside the normal fish and chips which will be served.

If you would like to make a voluntary contribution of £2.00 to support the resources on the day, please log into parent pay.

Thank you for your continued support.

1 year ago
Posted on 26th Jun 2025 by

Reminder – Parent Survery

At Newdale, we very much value feedback from our parents and carers. We kindly ask for all parents and carers to complete our online annual parent survey by Friday 27th June 2025.

 

https://forms.gle/y2bNQA4bbZCdVvdj6

 

If you would like your child to be in with the chance of winning one of our fun summer prizes, please record their name in this survey.

 

Thank you for your support

Miss Cook