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1 year ago
Posted on 06th Dec 2024 by

🌟Achievement Assembly 🌟

Friday 6th December 2024

This week year 5 enjoyed independently following a recipe for potato salad. Most also enjoyed eating their salad but a few were put off by the mustard and mayonnaise combination. Perhaps you may like to teach your families the recipe at home! On Thursday, Year 1 got all snuggled up in pyjamas and enjoyed a magical trip to the polar express. There was snow, singing and a special train journey, with hot chocolate and cookies too!

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

Miss Hill’s class for outstanding efforts with their Chance to Shine writing this week and working so hard in their nativity rehearsals.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are both Year 1 classes with 97%

KS2 winners are Mr Jackson’s class also with 97%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Erin for having a fantastic attitude to writing this week. Noah for fantastic perseverance with his independent writing in his chance to shine.

Year 5 achievers:  Zac for effort and participation in all lessons but particularly in RE, where he carefully considered what pilgrimage would feel like for a British Muslim. Callum for amazing effort at working independently and producing great Guided Reading answers.

Year 4 achievers: Lily-Mae for independence when planning her next chance to shine and incorporating our Y4 SPAG features and Olivia for excellent use of possessive apostrophes and speech punctuation in Literacy.

Year 3 achievers: Rocio for working incredibly hard to uplevel word choices in her chance to shine along with independent editing and being an amazing friend.  Gracie for her super maths work on shape and trying hard to work independently.

Year 2 achievers: Muhammed for developing his resilience when faced with a challenge and Noah for trying really hard with his Chance to Shine this week; we are so impressed with your super sentences.

Year 1 achievers: Albie for working so hard and independently in all areas of the curriculum and showing good progress across all subjects. We are very proud of you. Ophelia for always giving 100% effort in everything she does and writing some fantastic similes in our Literacy lesson this week.

Year R achievers: Lucas for his wonderful Christmas decoration inspired by the work of Kandinsky – we were blown away by Lucas’ intricate painting skills and Jadon for trying his best in his work and following the BeSMART code.

Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week:

Mrs Stack’s class have been awarded the Times Tables trophy for a second time this week as they have had 93% of their class using TTRS over the past fortnight. Shiah-Rai accepted the trophy on behalf of her class for being one of the highest point scorers for her team. Well done rockstars!

Have a lovely weekend everyone. We look forward to seeing you on Monday 😊

1 year ago
Posted on 06th Dec 2024 by

Parent View

Dear Parents/Carers,

As a school we are very proud to deliver the highest quality of education for your child, along with offering them all of the additional experiences that we feel make our school so unique. We never become complacent and are always striving to further improve what we do.

One of the many ways that you can support us is through completing the annual Ofsted questionnaire – ‘Parent View’. This would only take you five-minutes and would be invaluable to us in knowing what we continue to do well and what, if anything needs a tweak!

If you are unsure about any of the questions, rather than clicking the ‘don’t know option’, please visit our school website to find out more information or ask a member of the team before completing the survey. Please also find attached a reminder of our feedback from our Parent Survey from the summer term.

Please let us know if you would prefer to complete this survey in school or if not, follow the link below.

 

https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/login?destination=give-your-views

 

 Parent Survey Feedback For Parents Summer 2024.pdf

Many thanks for your continued support,

 

1 year ago
Posted on 05th Dec 2024 by

Donations

Dear Parents/Carers,

Following the meeting that the Governors held with Breakfast Club/Afterschool club children, it came to light that the children would like more Lego /Minifigures to play with before and after school.

Since this meeting, we have looked and are rather astounded at the cost of such things now.

If you have children that have perhaps grown out of lego/minifigures, we would be happy to take them off your hands!

We are also after ‘small world’ items such as cars, farm animals, dolls, action figures, building blocks and push chair/prams.

If you can donate, please bring them along to the office.

Many thanks

Miss Cook

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1 year ago
Posted on 04th Dec 2024 by

Parent Governor Election Results

We are pleased to announce that Amanda Price has been successful in renewing her role as Parent Governor following the recent parent elections. Amanda’s dedication and commitment to our school community have been invaluable, and we are delighted that she will continue to serve on the governing board for the next four years.

Her new term of office will commence on the 11th March.

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1 year ago
Posted on 04th Dec 2024 by

Finance & Personnel committee school involvement

The Finance and Personnel Committee met on Monday 2nd December. They carefully looked at the financial aspects of our school and supported in prioritising forthcoming necessary expenditure. This included spending linked to special educational needs support. The Governors enjoyed talking to a group of children who attend our Breakfast and Afterschool club provision. They were happy to hear that the children spoke positively about both offers. The children suggested that money should be spent on more lego and minifigures! This will be investigated! Donations are gratefully received!

1 year ago
Posted on 04th Dec 2024 by

Personal Development

Soon, we look forward to welcoming Buddy Bear back to Newdale for a Christmas visit! He likes to check that all the children are feeling safe and happy in school. Some of the ways we ensure this happens are below:

  • The best way to find out how the children feel is to ask them! We carry out regular pupil voice sessions using a wide cross section of pupils, and ensuring they are different every time. We might ask about what they like or would like to improve about their learning or what ideas they have to further improve the school.
  • Safeguarding Champions- their role is to be ambassadors for the pupils: children of their own age who they can go to with worries, problems or solutions!
  • Our BeSMART code promotes positive behaviour –we are so proud of all children’s excellent behaviour in school, we wanted to celebrate the Be of Behaviour! Alongside the positivity of all teaching staff, our pastoral team do an excellent job in supporting with this and ensuring everyone feels listened to.
  • Our weekly Achievement Assembly gives every pupil the opportunity to strive to be the best they can be, as well as the time to come together as a whole school team, recognising the contributions made by everyone in school.
  • Daily assemblies include two based solely on the BeSMART code and Safeguarding… these are valuable opportunities to discuss kind friendships, road safety, e-safety to name a few. Our safeguarding champions and school parliament are often involved in these assemblies too.
  • We also celebrate British Values every Wednesday and Thursday (and regularly in class), looking at current affairs and how it impacts all our lives. We want to help you to grow your children into citizens for the future. Alongside this, our extra-curricular opportunities such as residential trips, cinema and theatre experiences, regular visitors to the school, walks around the local area, family events and so much more ensure we support your child’s wider development.

 

We hope you can let us know if you have any further ideas to develop our school even more.

 

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1 year ago
Posted on 29th Nov 2024 by

🌟 Achievement Assembly 🌟

Friday 29th November

We feel as though the Christmas period has truly begun this week. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our Christmas fayre – the children loved it! Classes are busy practising their Christmas songs and we are all very much looking forward to the coming weeks of Christmas celebrations!

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

Our Hub Class for showing excellent behaviour around school. They have been noticed by lots of adults for their wonderful, sensible walking in the corridors and for trying so hard with their learning.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

This week, we have two KS2 winners; Mrs Stack and Miss Clay’s class for working hard to improve their attendance to 98% and Miss Watson’s class with an impressive 99%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Filip for outstanding effort in his writing this week. Arush for showing such a passion and enthusiasm for learning and outstanding writing in his chance to shine.

Year 5 achievers:  Georgie for excellent effort with her independent writing. Skylar has worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks; she has written a descriptive Norse myth filled with figurative language.

Year 4 achievers: Eliza for fantastic effort in all her work this week and for being a symmetry superstar in Maths. Daisy for excellent progress within our geometry unit in Maths.

Year 3 achievers: Toby for always following the BeSMART code, always giving 100% in lessons and always being a kind friend. Robyn for being an enthusiastic learner who always follows the BeSMART code.

Year 2 achievers: Eleonora for always being kind, helpful and setting a good example. She’s trying hard in everything. Dola for being an outstanding role model, a kind friend and working consistently every day.

Year 1 achievers: Katie for trying so hard to follow the BeSmart code and showing extra kindness to the younger children. Amelie for being very brave and sensible with her broken arm. She has continued to work as hard as she always does and still has had her big smile on her face every day.

Year R achievers: Liam for his wonderful positive singing in our Christmas rehearsals and amazing effort and progress in phonics this week. Declan for a fantastic week following the BeSMART Code. Declan has been helpful around the classroom, used his Fred Fingers independently for writing and shown resilience when trying something he finds tricky.

 

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

Year 6 readers: Emma for in-depth comments including examples of Year 6 SPAG features. Harlen for his first full week of reading and great comments – very well done!

Year 5 readers: Naomi for showing me how much she loves her Japanese book and now she is learning the language.  Ria for consistently impressing with her thoughtful comments and determination to get the most out of her reading.

Year 4 readers: Jacob for trying hard to improve his number of home reads over the past couple of weeks. April for brilliant descriptions every day, sometimes twice, of books she is reading and answers to questions. Brilliant job!

Year 3 readers: Alfie for really trying hard to extend his answers to his reading diary questions. Well done Alfie! Arya for working incredibly hard at home with her reading and questions.

Year 2 readers: Robbie, who reads every night and is showing resilience even when he finds it tricky- well done. Miss Lowe’s reader was chosen for working hard at home and always trying her best. She has been reading her books and practising her speedy words.

Year 1 readers: Mahya for lots of reading at home and answering all her questions in the diary. Oscar for super reading at home and completing lots of extra homework. Fantastic work Oscar.

Congratulations to all of our superstars. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend! See you on Monday 😊