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2 months ago
Posted on 27th Mar 2026 by

Achievement Assembly

This week’s Achievement Assembly took place yesterday.

Newdale Cup winners who will have a special treat after the holidays:

Mrs Everall’s class for brilliant badminton and awesome art!  

House Points 

Well done to all of the children for collecting lots of house points this half term. Please see the results below: 

1st Place- Wrekin with 1744 points. 

2nd Place- Ironbridge with 1739 points. 

3rd Place- Severn with 1558 points. 

4th Place – Wenlock with 1508 points. 

 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Angelo for his exceptional efforts with his writing and editing in his recent Chance to Shine. Louise for her amazing performance in Newdale’s Got Talent and showing great resilience. 

Year 5 achievers: Ieesa for being a polite, helpful and enthusiastic member of the class who will be greatly missed by everyone when he moves to his new school. Cerys for always trying her hardest in lessons, challenging herself and great ability to explain and justify her answers. 

Year 4 achievers: Mrs Everall’s achiever had been chosen for showing great commitment to securing new methods in Maths and for an outstanding score in his Reading assessment this term. Shivangi for creating fantastic sentences using conjunctions and fronted adverbials in literacy. 

Year 3 achievers: Zorawar for being extra kind today towards not only the children but also staff around school.  

Ava  for doing amazing artwork yesterday and thinking carefully about her choice of design, patterns and colours.  

Year 2 achievers: Katie for showing good listening and being kind to her peers. Miss Squire’s achiever has been chosen for showing resilience during chance to shine and doing some great writing. 

Year 1 achievers: Kobie for always being ‘ready and respectful’ and for working hard in all his lessons. Jadon for improving his reading, he is becoming super speedy.  

Year R achievers: Hukam for being such a hard-working, cheerful member of the class and for always being a kind friend. Amandeep for amazing progress with number bonds to 5. 

Times Tables – 

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest amount of correct answers. This class is Mr Jackson’s class with an average of 7572 coins collected.  Congratulations Rockstars! 

 

Attendance Winners 23rd – 27th March 2026

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

Miss Watson = 98.33%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Haymour = 100%

 

2 months ago
Posted on 25th Mar 2026 by

Easter Raffle

Our Easter Raffle has been drawn this morning.

All prizes have been delivered to class so our winners will bring home their eggs today.

Well done to our lucky winners!

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2 months ago
Posted on 25th Mar 2026 by

Curriculum Governor Involvement

The Curriculum Governors met on 24th March. They spent time speaking with KS2 girls about Life Learning and were heartened to hear that pupils feel safe in school and have a strong sense of belonging at Newdale. Governors then heard an update from the ‘Stronger Foundations’ Associate Governor, who reported on policy developments and monitoring carried out this term.

They also worked with the Maths Lead, talking to KS2 pupils about their maths learning, and were pleased to see clear progress over time. Governors are keen to follow how the focus on ‘STEM Sentences’ develops over the summer term.

They were further reassured by feedback from recent external monitoring undertaken by the School Improvement Partner and two Partnership Heads. All external visitors recognised the calm, respectful learning environments across the school and the strong drive to support inclusion.

2 months ago
Posted on 24th Mar 2026 by

RSHE Year 1-Year 6 Parent Consultation – Wednesday 15th April 2026

Dear Parents and Carers,

We would like to invite you to our upcoming Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) Parent Consultation, which will take place on Wednesday 15th April 2026 at 9:00am in the school hall at Newdale.

As you may be aware, the Government has released updated RSHE curriculum guidance, and we have made a number of changes to our school’s curriculum to ensure we remain fully aligned with these requirements. Because of these updates, we are statutorily obliged to consult with parents, giving you the opportunity to understand the changes, ask questions, and share your views.

How to Confirm Attendance

If you would like to attend the consultation, please confirm your place via Parent Pay.

 Resources and Information

Closer to the consultation date, we will upload these onto Parent Pay for all parents to access:

  • The updated RSHE curriculum resources
  • Lesson objectives and overviews

 After the Consultation

Following the session, we will send out letters summarising key lesson content for parents.

We look forward to welcoming you and working together to support our pupils with a safe, age-appropriate and informative RSHE curriculum.

 

Kind Regards

Miss Cook

 

2 months ago
Posted on 24th Mar 2026 by

Popcorn Sale!

There will be a popcorn sale after school Wednesday 25th March.

We have very limited supply, once it’s gone it’s gone!

Stall will be on the back playground only.

£1.00 a cone, CASH only please.

Thank you for your support.

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2 months ago
Posted on 24th Mar 2026 by

Finance and Personnel Governors Involvement

Governors who are part of the Finance and Personnel Committee met on 23 March 2026. They spent considerable time analysing the staff wellbeing audit results and identifying any actions required in response to the findings. Governors were very pleased to note that both teaching and support staff feel happy and safe working at Newdale.

The committee reviewed the draft staffing structure for the next academic year and agreed that the inclusion agenda should drive staffing decisions. Governors also approved a budget of £3–£5k to support the development of the newly established SEND provision for the coming year.

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2 months ago
Posted on 20th Mar 2026 by

Achievement Assembly

Friday 20th March 2026 

As we come to the end of Week 5, it has been wonderful to enjoy some much‑needed sunshine. The children have loved spending time outdoors, making the most of our new play equipment and music. This week, Year 4 enjoyed a visit to Telford Minster and on Friday, the school was filled with red as we celebrated Red Nose Day. 

 

House Points 

This week, Wrekin have gained the most points with an impressive 326. Only 9 points behind is Wenlock with 315. Severn are in third place with 288 and finally Ironbridge are only 5 points behind with 283. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: George for some lovely gothic writing and using supports effectively to help. Cayden for being such a kind and helpful member in the classroom to both staff and peers alike.  

Year 5 achievers:  Lila for always being a fantastic learner and always giving 100% and making great progress this school year. Eliza for her amazing effort in all her work this week and finishing it off with a great Chance to Shine plan! Well done, Eliza!  

Year 4 achievers: Joshua for working really hard on his handwriting this week showing a fantastic attitude to his learning. Jake for encouraging a love of reading in others and representing Newdale brilliantly on our trip to the library.  

Year 3 achievers: Avash for super independent learning using word mats to support his writing and increased maturity during the school day. Kamila for doing two fantastic chance to shine pieces, well done you should be so proud.  

Year 2 achievers: May for always being ready to learn and trying her best to complete work independently. Nelly for amazing effort in maths this week. She has blown me away with her speedy recall of addition facts like number bonds to help her add big numbers! 

Year 1 achievers: Scarlett for improving her independence when working. Her writing is neat and she always tries her best. Cody for always working hard and giving 100% effort in all lessons.  

Year R achievers: Uzma Khaksar for showing excellent enthusiasm for learning and superb progress with her Maths. Kayla for her effort in listening skills and learning this week. 

 

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

Year 6 readers: Cayden – for trying hard with his diary comments and handwriting. Mrs Arthur’s reader for increasing the amount she reads each week and writing entertaining comments in her diary. 

Year 5 readers: Hilal for making excellent progress in his reading and as a result, progressing up a book band. Parker – for excellent, detailed comments about his text and wonderful illustrations throughout his reading diary all week.  

Year 4 readers: Jomi for reading consistently and producing a great VIPERS response and predicting what will happen next in his book. Kira for a fantastic week of readers and a super VIPERS question. 

Year 3 readers: Lucy for consistent home reading. Miss Watson’s reader for always reading and giving great description and illustrations in her reading diary of the books she is reading.   

Year 2 readers: Bella for increasing her reading at home and trying so hard. Mrs King’s achiever for reading every week and leaving wonderful comments about the book he is reading.  

Year 1 readers: Merryn for reading every night this week and writing her own comments. Jadon for always doing a fabulous job of reading at home. 

Attendance Winners 16th – 20th March 2026

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

Miss Hill & Mrs King = 97.24%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Arthurs = 98.39%