Curriculum Committee Governors Involvement

The Curriculum Governors met this week. They wanted to check that the girls at Newdale have as much opportunity in sport than the boys. Thankfully this was proved to be the case, and they look forward to talking to a cross section of girls about sport next time. They also put a lens over Geography and Science. Children spoke with enthusiasm and knowledge about both subjects. The Governors also spoke to two key workers and their attached children. It was fabulous to see such positive relationships and the impact of this project on children’s well-being.

Safeguarding, Health & Safety Governors Involvement

The Health & Safety Governors met this week and enjoyed a comprehensive update from the E safety lead in school. They also enjoyed asking questions of the SENDco and talking to one of the pupils who receives additional support. The governors randomly selected a child to check that record keeping is robust across the school and also randomly selected a staff personal file to ensure that all checks are robust for our teams. They ended by scrutinising the termly playground inspection report and were reassured that continuous monitoring is happening and that any actions are followed up.

 

Finance & Personnel Committee Governors Involvement

The Finance & Personal Governors met last week in school. They spent some time considering the end of year budget and projections for the following year. Staffing for next year is already being considered with the biggest pressure being on funding around SEND. Governors are pleased that SEND support is taken so seriously across the school. They are keen to see how future development in this area develops over time.

🌟🌟 Friday 7th February – Achievement Assembly 🌟🌟

Friday 7th February 2025

This week, many of our year groups enjoyed a wonderful E-Safety theatre performance called ‘Blast Off’. The show reminded us all about the rules to staying safe online – including being kind to one another and telling a trusted adult if we ever have worries. Today, the whole school have being enjoying celebrating NSPCC Number Day with lots of exciting Maths activities and story books. We hope you hear all about it this weekend 😊 Our Achievement Assembly had a special ‘Number Day’ theme today. 

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

Both Reception classes – for having a wonderful week following the BeSMART Code, being role models to the older children in assembly showing them how to sit smartly, making school enjoyable for all their friends by sharing toys, giving their friends compliments when they spot that their friend has done something brilliantly and including others in their games.

House Points

It looks like Wrekin could be on their way to earning the next House Celebration! The final results will be revealed next Friday!

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Joey for a brilliant contribution to Number Day and a fantastic improvement to his presentation in his Maths book and Harlan for his fantastic work on TTRS – what a Rockstar!!

Year 5 achievers:  Georgia for thinking outside of the box and showing great determination with our Maths challenges today. Charlie for amazing work in Maths day, being the first to solve our perimeter challenge today.

Year 4 achievers: Ezra for amazing progress in her times tables and building independence in Maths lessons and Ashton for fantastic work on fractions and decimal equivalents.

Year 3 achievers: Raeya for outstanding accurate use of column methods and amazing enthusiasm for maths and Lexi-Mae for her fabulous fractions work and enthusiasm on Number Day.

Year 2 achievers: Noah for always showing great resilience in Maths and creating a wonderful collage using only 100 pieces on Number Day. Conor for his daily enthusiasm in maths but especially today creating a wonderful collage using only 100 pieces on Number Day.

Year 1 achievers: Archie for fantastic measuring during number day. He worked accurately and ensured he always started on the 0 when measuring using a ruler. Miss Fisher has chosen Shranav and Hayden for being top mathematicians, completing lots of challenges and helping their peers to compete them too! We are so proud of them!

Year R achievers: Arthur for his amazing addition this week – he has proudly recalled lots of addition number facts using different manipulatives to help him if he needs and has worked hard playing his number games in his intervention. Manreet for excellent number work – Manreet always tried her best! 😊

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week: with an impressive 94% of the class engaging with TTRS every day for the past 2 weeks, the TTRS trophy has been awarded to Miss McCullagh’s (Mrs King’s) class! As one of the most dedicated players in the class, Aidan accepted the trophy on behalf of his team. Well done rockstars – keep up the super work!

Reminder – NSPCC Number Day – this Friday

On Friday 7th February, Newdale will be celebrating NSPCC Number Day again. Over the past few years, our pupils have loved being involved in our maths-themed activities, listening to maths-related stories and participating in TTRS battles during the day. Pupils from Nursery to Year 6 and invited to ‘Dress up for Digits’ on this day. This means having a maths or number themed outfit – it could be a sports top that features a number or something more creative such as decorating your own t-shirt or even dressing up as a domino, dice or calculator!

As this day is organised by the NSPCC, part of the day is about celebrating and supporting all of the amazing work the NSPCC do to keep our children safe. The children will spend some of the day learning about this charity. As we won’t be collecting cash donations for this dress up day, we ask all families to consider making a donation to the NSPCC so that they are able to continue doing their amazing work!  Donations can be made at this link: Donate | NSPCC

Further information can be found here:

Newdale Number Day 2025

If you have any questions about the day, please get in touch with your child’s class teacher or teaching assistant.

Stay and Share session – tomorrow

We are really looking forward to our ‘Stay and Share’ session this Wednesday at 2:30pm. Please enter your child’s classroom from their usual drop off/pick up location (Years R, 2, 3, 5 and 6 parents should enter from the playground classroom doors, Year 1 and Mrs Everall’s classes’ can be accessed from the decking and Mr Banfield’s class from the stairs by the Visitor Car Park). Playground gates will open at 2:30pm.  For this event, the children will remain in their classrooms so if you are visiting more than one child you will be able to move between the classrooms and spend some time with them individually. We look forward to seeing you all and the children can’t wait to share their learning with you. 

Achievement Assembly

Friday 31st January 2025  

This week we have welcomed our governors into school to speak to children about the work they have been completing this half term. Each child brought with them the work they felt most proud of and discussed what they have learned from their current topics.  We look forward to sharing the children’s work with you during our ‘Stay and Share’ event on Wednesday 5th February at 2.30pm. 

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

Miss Hill’s class for having a positive attitude to learning and working very hard to produce excellent pieces of writing this week. 

House Points 

This week, Wrekin continue to lead with 1452 points, followed by Wenlock with 1324 points.

 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Mr McFarland’s achiever for working very hard in Literacy lessons and making great progress, especially in his Chance to Shines! Whitney for her beautiful presentation, mature attitude and always trying her absolute best in every lesson. 

Year 5 achievers: Jake for being a science superstar! He knows lots about our topic on space and has shared some brilliant facts and theories with the class. Mr Jackson’s achiever for always asking inquisitive questions and consistently contributing thoughtful input to class discussions.  

Year 4 achievers: Vlad for incredibly ambitious vocabulary and sentence structure in his Narrative Chance to Shine.  Damian for being an absolute Maths whizz and always pushing himself further to complete as many challenges as possible.  

Year 3 achievers: Elva for always giving 110% and producing a fabulous and creative chance to shine write- well done Elva. Coby for sharing his love of reading with us all and working really hard on his Chance to Shine this week.  

Year 2 achievers: Kamila for showing outstanding teamwork during literacy lessons this week. Tobias for always putting 100% into everything he does and being a fantastic role model everyday.  

Year 1 achievers: Gabriella for making excellent progress in her writing and showing great enthusiasm in her work. She is always on task and trying her very best!  Nelly for being a model learner; always contributing to lessons with her hand up and concentrating hard to remember new concepts. 

Year R achievers: Sara for a wonderful week as always. Sara works hard every single day and always follows our BeSMART code. Sam for being ready to learn all the time, being a kind friend to others and bringing a smile to his teachers and friends! 

 

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

Year 6 readers: Jessica for a great week of home reads and recording these in her diary. Katie for showing an increased love of reading and recording well in her diary. 

Year 5 readers: Riley – it has been great to see his passion for reading grow with more detailed descriptions in his diary. Grace for writing detailed comments in her reading diary. You are clearly enjoying the book you are reading. Well done.  

Year 4 readers: Le’Shane for making an amazing effort to read more at home and earning himself his first platinum award of Year 4! What a superstar, keep it up! Mason for reading consistently every week and completing his diary questions promptly. 

Year 3 readers: Freddie for super reading and engaging well with questions in his reading diary. Well done Freddie! Ted for consistent reading at home.  

Year 2 readers: Udayveer for making consistent efforts with his reading at home   

Coby for improving the quantity of reading at home! Keep it up!  

Year 1 readers: Katie for reading her books, practicing flashcards and writing in her diary every day! What a super hard worker you are Katie! Farida for amazing reading both at home and in afterschool club. Farida has answered all of her story book questions and shows great enthusiasm towards her reading. Great job Farida! 

Online Safety subscription: Parent/Carer information session LINK

Please find below the link to access the parent/carer session scheduled for Wednesday 29th January 2025 – 9.30am – 10.15am.  Please share as required. This session is a repeat session (last delivered September 2024) so if parents/carers attended that session, then they don’t need to attend again.

 

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Attendees do not need to register, they simply click on the link at the above time to access the session.  Cameras and voice/audio will be switched off for all attendees.  Attendees can ask questions by typing in the Q&A box, but this will be explained during the session.

 

The event will be streamed using Teams.  Attendees can watch the live event in:

  • Teams app—desktop (Windows or Mac) or mobile. (The Teams app is free to download if attendees would like to do that beforehand).
  • If they don’t have Teams they can access it via one of the following browsers – Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.