Friday 20^th September

Our pupils appear to be completely settled into their new classrooms and routines now. Across the school, children have been enthusiastic and engaged in their learning. Miss McCullagh has been particularly impressed with the quality of the Maths work she has seen in books! Can you show off any of your new Maths learning at home? Rumour has it that Cool Cat may be visiting Newdale next week – be sure to get to school on-time everyday for your chance to see him! 🐾

This week, we have held onto the BeSMART Cup because we want to choose two winners next week! One our of winners will be chosen by Cool Cat and the second winner will be chosen for impeccable behaviour and manners at playtime and lunchtime. 

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 Miss Fisher’s class with a super 99%

KS2 winners are Mrs King’s class, for this third week in row, with and unbeatable 100%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Freddie for showing such a positive attitude in class and an eagerness and enthusiasm to learn in all subjects and Reyhan for always being a supportive peer and producing excellent pieces of work.

Year 5 achievers: Toby for his positive, kind-hearted nature and for being a brilliant team member who always speaks politely and Hebe for an amazing chance to shine which was well presented and well written.

Year 4 achievers: Lila for being a fantastic listener and always working to the highest of standards. Mrs Everall’s achiever of the week was chosen for working independently in Maths, Art and Guided Reading this week.

Year 3 achievers: Maya for being an excellent role model and completing every task with the best attitude and focus. Ezra for showing a positive attitude, contributing well in class and for producing some super literacy homework this week. Well done Ezra!

Year 2 achievers: Aarush for always having a positive attitude and being a good role model. Isabel for working hard independently, setting a good example and always trying to improve her work.

Year 1 achievers: Harry for being a kind and helpful friend to everyone and for completing a fantastic independent write in Literacy this week. He worked super hard to use important things like capital letters, full stops and even adjectives! 😊 Willow for being a super hard worker in all areas and having a lovely positive attitude and smile at all times.

Year R achievers: Jayden for being a wonderful helper all week, keeping our classroom safe and tidy and making all the grownups and his friends smile with his lovely, kind nature 😊 Well done Jayden! Sophie for settling so well into Reception, and especially for being such a kind and supportive friend.

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week:

This year, we will be alternating our ‘Star Reader’ raffle with a brand new ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy which will be issued to a class who have excelled in their efforts to learn and practise their number facts and times tables recall. This week, the trophy went to the class with the highest percentage of pupils using TTRS over the two weeks. This class is Mrs Stack’s class with 83%. Congratulations Rockstars!

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 😊

Friday 13th September 2024

As another week draws to a close, we continue to be so impressed by how well the children are settling back into school life. We have been particularly impressed with their behaviour during play times (when it has not been raining!) and how popular the after-school clubs have been. Teachers have been busy planning lots of exciting trips and opportunities for the children which we look forward to sharing with you in due course.

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

Year 1 for having a brilliant start to the academic year: working very hard, behaving well and making their teachers very proud! 

Nominations here:  

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 Miss Hill’s class with 97% 

KS2 winners are Mrs King’s class with 99% 

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Kayson for consistently demonstrating fantastic focus/effort in all lessons and a superb attitude to his learning. Isabella for continuing to be a great role model to her peers and always willing to help in whatever way she can. 

Year 5 achievers:  Kalyan for excellent work produced in all subjects to a high quality. Tiana for showing a super attitude towards her work and already achieving her pen licence. 

Year 4 achievers: Archie for excellent work on the importance of the River Nile to the Ancient Egyptians. Clark for enthusiastic participation in class discussions and always doing his best work.  

Year 3 achievers: Seb for his enthusiasm and recall of key facts in History lessons. Kira for always showing great focus in our lessons and having a superb attitude to learning. 

Year 2 achievers: Ted for trying his best to be independent and his enthusiasm when working, achieving and following the Be Smart code. Elizabeth, for trying hard in all subjects and presenting her work neatly   

Year 1 achievers: Natalie for working extremely hard in literacy and maths, always listening in lessons and having a positive attitude to learning. Mrs Evan’s and Mrs Sturrock’s star of the week is Farida for always having a positive attitude to learning and coming into school every day with a beautiful, big smile on her face. 

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

Year 6 readers: Toby for making great use of ASC to ensure he read 5 times. Eshaal for listening to the advice to read over the weekend to easily get more than 5 weekly reads in – well done. 

Year 5 readers: Grace for consistently reading at home this week with fantastic questions and detailed answers. Maddy for showing amazing enthusiasm for her reading since starting year 5. 

Year 4 readers: Hannah for excellent use of evidence from the text during Guided Reading sessions. Basit for showing a real love for reading with detailed comments in his diary.  

Year 3 readers: Gracie for reading lots at home this week and being a speedy reader! Well done Gracie. Joe for continuous reading at home and using the text to support his answers in lessons.  

Year 2 readers: Billy for reading daily, answering questions and writing independently in his diary. Muna, for the most detailed summary of what she is reading and often adding a question too! 

Year 1 readers: Harry for completing many reads over the week and writing his own answers to the questions with fantastic extended sentences. Iris for reading every day at home and working so hard to become a fluent reader but to also understand what she is reading!