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1 month ago
Posted on 22nd Apr 2026 by

School Dinner Menu

We have been informed of a mis-print on the updated school dinner menu.

Please note that on Thursday of Week 3 Vegetable enchiladas will be served, not Quorn dippers.

For Early Years only – Tuesday of Week 2 will be chocolate and pear muffins, not red velvet cake.

Thank you

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1 month ago
Posted on 17th Apr 2026 by

Achievement Assembly

Friday 17th April 2026 

While the events of Tuesday were understandably frightening for many of our children, we continue to be incredibly proud of how calmly and responsibly they responded to the situation. We would also like to thank the local community once again for the kindness, patience, and support shown to us during the evacuation, which was greatly appreciated by staff and pupils alike. Children’s wellbeing remains our priority, and next week we will continue to offer additional support and opportunities for children to talk through their feelings if they need to.  The Newdale Cup this week has gone to everyone in school as they very much deserve a special treat within their classes next week.  

 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Niya’h for her fantastic attitude to learning in every lesson. Aidan for amazing progress in maths and writing :) 

Year 5 achievers:  Jacob for a fantastic effort in Literacy and an overall brilliant attitude towards his learning this week. Ben for his kindness, support and maturity this week, checking in and helping friends.  

Year 4 achievers: Ezra for fantastic attitude to learning this week and being respectful to others. Ted for impressive understanding of time in Maths and an overall positive attitude to learning.  

Year 3 achievers: Emilia for always being wonderful and for outstanding use of persuasive language in writing all week, I have definitely been persuaded to buy your Roman Villa! Noor for always being kind and respectful to others and returning to school with a fantastic attitude to learning.  

Year 2 achievers: Amelie for making positive choices, being kind and respectful. She has had a fantastic attitude to learning and we are so proud of her! Iris for her hard work in literacy with her handwriting and proof-reading. What an improvement this week! 

Year 1 achievers: Miss Lowe’s achiever for super listening, reading and writing. He is making us very proud. Frankie-Leigh for always working hard and trying his best in all his lessons.  

Year R achievers: Elena for super listening, being a sensible, helpful and brave member of the class. Cohan for being ready, respectful, safe and kind. He has made adults really impressed this week. 

 

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

Year 6 readers: Alexey for his interesting review of his current reading book.  Ria for her engaging, detailed comments while reading a series of detective books. 

Year 5 readers: Mr Jackson’s reader for daily, detailed comments about her mystery book.  Nathan for always sharing amazing facts he has learnt from his books and giving detailed descriptions.  

Year 4 readers: Mr Stubbs’ Star reader is Elva for reading regularly throughout the Easter break. Maya for a fantastic VIPERS response and for her detailed comments about her book. 

Year 3 readers: Mayra for going above and beyond in her reading diary with what she writes. Tobias for trying really home to read at home and recording it in his diary.  

Year 2 readers: Gabriella for going above and beyond with her reading at home. Eri for all her hard work and reading at home!  

Year 1 readers: Lucas for his consistent amazing reading at home! Frankie-Leigh for keeping up his reading even when he was unwell and attempting to read some of his sister’s Harry Potter book during the easter holidays.  

 

Attendance Winners 13th – 17th April 2026

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

Mr Banfield = 97.76%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Arthurs = 98.92%

1 month ago
Posted on 17th Apr 2026 by

Stay & Share – Wednesday 22nd April

We would like to invite you to our Stay and Share session on Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 2:45pm.

Please enter your child’s classroom through their usual drop-off/pick-up route:

Reception, Year 2, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 – enter via the playground classroom doors

Year 1 and Mrs Everall’s class – enter via the decking area

Mr Stubbs’ class – enter via the stairs by the Visitor Car Park

Playground gates will open at 2:45pm.

Due to limited space, we can only accommodate one parent/carer per child. Please confirm your attendance through ParentPay, so staff know how many parents to expect.

For this event, the children will remain in their classrooms. If you have more than one child in school, you will be able to move between classrooms and spend time with each of them individually.

Please book your place via ParentPay, the event is free to attend. Places to be booked by the end of day Tuesday 21st April. 

We look forward to seeing you, and the children are excited to share their learning with you!

 

1 month ago
Posted on 17th Apr 2026 by

Y2 Bake Sale – Monday 27th April

Our Year 2 children are preparing for a very special learning experience. As part of their upcoming science and literacy topics, they will be observing real eggs in school and watching them hatch into chicks. This hands‑on project will give pupils the chance to observe, care for, and write about the chicks as they grow, creating a memorable and engaging learning opportunity.

To help fund this exciting project, Year 2 will be holding a Bake Sale on Monday 27th April, taking place after school from 3:10pm to 3:45pm. This will be on the bottom playground. Families from across the school are warmly invited to come along and purchase some delicious treats. All proceeds will go directly towards supporting the chick‑hatching experience.

Thank you for your continued support. Opportunities like this make a real difference to the children’s learning, and we truly appreciate the enthusiasm of our school community.

The Year 2 Team

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1 month ago
Posted on 16th Apr 2026 by

Donations to school fund

As a school, we are committed to ensuring that all our children continue to have a variety of opportunities to engage through a wide range of trips, visits and visitors. We believe that these experiences help to provide meaningful learning opportunities, as well as support children with their personal development.

As many of you may already be aware, as a school we subsidise our school visits using our own funds as well as money raised from school events. Although our budgets are certainly becoming tighter, we still appreciate that the cost of living has caused many families to also have financial concerns. Where we can, we will continue to contribute towards school trips so that parents are still not paying the full cost. However, our levels of subsidy simply cannot remain as high as they have always been in the past due to budget constraints.

We have a had number of parents who have asked if they could contribute extra amounts towards trips to support those in our school community who may be struggling due to the cost-of-living crisis. If you would like to do this,  please contribute via ParentPay. Every penny will go towards the trip costs.

We thankyou for your ongoing support.

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1 month 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

 

1 month 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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2 months 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