Y4 boys – Ironbridge v Wenlock – Ironbridge took the win finishing 5-4

Y4 girls – Wenlock v Wrekin – Wenlock took the win finishing 3-1

Well done to everyone who took part!

Thursday 10th April 2025

This week, we have continued to make the most of the sunshine. We have enjoyed the first two of our inter-house football competitions in Years 3 and 4 but lots of other year groups enjoyed spectating and cheering the teams along too. Year 5 had a wonderful D&T day; using all of their new knowledge to design and build their own bridges. The children are so excited for their Easter break; we wish all of our families a relaxing and happy holiday. We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday 28^th April.

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

Mr Banfield’s Class, they have shown resilience and determination in all aspects of their work. They have been amazing, completing tasks as asked and following the BeSMART code. They have definitely made this week enjoyable. The adults that teach this class have been incredibly impressed with their determination and effort this week.

House Points

After 7 weeks of working hard to win the house point battle, Ironbridge have successfully taken first place! Their hard work both in and out of class has paid off and Year 3 and 4’s contributions in the inter-house competitions this week have helped them to secure the winning place. They will be rewarded with their ‘house celebration’ in the first week back after Easter.

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Archi for his improved focus and effort in all areas of his learning this week. Well done – keep up the great work. Jonathan for writing a fantastic Chance to Shine this week, including an impressive array of grammatical features.

Year 5 achievers:  Isla for always contributing well in class and always having a happy and enthusiastic attitude. Charlie for working excellently in a team through our Design and Technology Bridges task and working hard in all lessons.  Aidan and Amalia for excellent teamwork and thoughtful designing in our Design and Technology project this week!

Year 4 achievers: Isla for giving 100% in Maths and persevering in her work, no matter how hard! Noah for always working hard, making super progress in all areas of his learning and making school enjoyable for everyone!

Year 3 achievers: David for his creative chance to shine write and really focusing on his presentation and punctuation. Alice for her improved handwriting! She is focusing very hard on her joins and presentation in order to get a pen licence and if she carries on, she definitely will!

Year 2 achievers: Bella for her resilience, confidence and determination in her writing to create a twisted tale.  Robbie for following the BeSMART code and showing kindness towards his friends.

Year 1 achievers: Rowan for persevering and becoming speedy in his word reading and also independently competing his handwriting and spelling practice each day. Oscar for having a positive attitude to learning and always trying his best. We are super impressed with the progress you are making Oscar. Well done!

Year R achievers: Everly for consistent hard work everyday and for being a kind friend. Merryn for being an amazing friend and role model, always following the BeSMART Code, growing in confidence lots and for recalling number bonds to 5 speedily!

Newdale held their first interhouse competition yesterday. First place teams (boys and girls) will earn 100 house points for their teams. 1st, 2nd, 3^rd and 4^th places will be announced tomorrow in assembly.

Year 3 boys – Ironbridge won after playing Wenlock in the final with the game finishing 2-2. The game then went to penalties with Ironbridge winning 3-2.

Year 3 girls – Wrekin won after playing Wenlock in the final game finishing 3-2 to the winners Wrekin.

Competitions for other year groups will be taking place in the coming weeks.

Well done to all that took part!

Friday 4^th April 2025

This week, we have loved enjoying the sunshine during our break and lunchtimes. We certainly hope this weather continues so that you can continue playing outside over the weekend. On Monday, Year 4 were out on another trip – visiting the local library and town park. Year 6 visited The Telford Langley School to enjoy a performance of Matilda and Year 5 made the most of the weather by completing their Spring nature walk. Year 2 have also really impressed this week with their excellent independent writing during Chance to Shine.

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

Mrs Everall’s class for representing Newdale brilliantly on our recent trips and when we have had visitors in school.

House Points

With only one week to go, Ironbridge remain in the lead. However, we have two inter-house sports competitions next week in Years 3 and 4. The winning house in each competition will be awarded 100 house points (following by 75 for third place, 50 for second and 25 for fourth). It is still all to play for!

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Fynn for his superb effort in his writing this week and amazing improvement in his recent SATs practice papers and Lilly for always having a fantastic attitude to learning and being a great helper in the classroom.

Year 5 achievers:  Year 5 were off enjoying their nature walk this afternoon so will be nominating two achievers next week.

Year 4 achievers: Noah for being a fantastic representative of Newdale during trips and competitions and Basit for beautiful presentation of his Maths work and a fantastic character description in Literacy this week.

Year 3 achievers: Alex for his attention to detail and carefully taking his time to complete his African inspired print in Art this week. Eden for his beautiful African inspired printing and working hard on his perseverance in lessons.

Year 2 achievers: Omish for improving his handwriting, working hard on his chance to shine and for following the BeSMART code. Emilia for consistently working hard and having a positive attitude towards all aspects of learning.

Year 1 achievers: Iris for being the best class helper and always doing jobs for the teachers and her friends and Louie for a super attitude this week and working hard in phonics.

Year R achievers: Harper-Faye for her enthusiasm to our learning and for taking pride in our classroom. Alfie for wonderful progress, always working really hard in class and trying his best.

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

Year 6 readers: Freddie for reading regularly and completing several book reviews for our reading wall. Egbert for reading everyday this week and completing his reading task – super work!

Year 5 readers: CJ for really impressing me with his reading effort and comments this week.  Aidan who has worked so hard on both his handwriting and comprehension skills, using his Reading Diary to practise both every day.

Year 4 readers: Ezra, who won a new book in our KS2 raffle, was chosen for huge improvement in her number of reads and how well she is reading! Niall for consistently reading each week and writing detailed diary entries.

Year 3 readers: Jessica for her improved number of reads this week. Well done, keep it up! Violet for a fantastic improvement in her reading comments and getting a gold award! Well done Violet!

Year 2 readers: Emily for showing great improvement in her reading at school and at home. Miss Lowe’s reader was chosen for lots of fantastic reading at home.

Year 1 readers: Elsie for independent reading and writing in her diary ally by herself each day. CJ, who won a new book in our KS2 raffle, for reading this week and writing in his communication diary. Keep up the super work CJ.

Have a lovely sunny weekend everyone! ☀️