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! ☀️

Friday 28TH March 2025 

This week brought an exciting highlight as our Year 5 and 6 pupils from Newdale faced off against Lawley in a thrilling football match on Wednesday afternoon. Their hard work, determination, and exceptional teamwork shone through, securing an impressive 6-5 victory in extra time. A huge well done to everyone involved! Looking ahead, we are excited to welcome parents into school next week to discuss your child’s progress and celebrate their achievements from this term. 

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

Mrs Stack’s class for showing a positive attitude towards their learning, following the BeSMART code and making the classroom a truly enjoyable place for everyone to be. Mrs Stack and Miss B are extremely proud of you.

House Points 

This week, all houses gained an impressive amount of house, but Ironbridge remain in the lead with 2128 points. Well done Ironbridge! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Seb for consistently producing high quality work and taking pride in his pieces of writing. Oliver for his super focus, pace and effort in maths this week – well done! 

Year 5 achievers:  Angelo for continually pushing himself in all subject areas, contributing well in class. Jake for being a super role model for the smart code this week and making a great effort in all his class work. 

Year 4 achievers: Kaius for outstanding progress in reading this term. Hilal for fantastic, independent work in Maths.  

Year 3 achievers: Arya for persevering in all subjects, being more independent and having a positive attitude to learning. Miss Watson’s achiever for his hard work and effort in improving his handwriting and for being a helpful and polite member of the class.  

Year 2 achievers: Rumana for always being a super Newdaler. She is a great role model, friend and hardworking pupil. Sebastian for always working hard and showing great enthusiasm towards all aspects of the curriculum.  

Year 1 achievers: Mrs Sturrock’s achiever for working hard in her lessons and persevering with tasks she finds more difficult. Elsie for being a kind helper to her friends in the classroom. She always follows the Be-SMART Code and is a fantastic role model.  

Year R achievers: Finley for always showing great enthusiasm towards his learning and striving to do his best. Delilah for consistently working hard all year! She is a role model for all her classmates.  

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week: 

Winning the trophy this week are Mr Jackson’s class! They are both the most improved class and have had the highest participation of any class in school, over the past two weeks! 100% of the children in Mr Jackson’s class have been accessing Times Tables Rockstars to practise recalling multiplication facts. Hebe received the trophy on behalf of her class, as she has been one of the most committed players. Keep up the super work rockstars!