NSPCC Number Day – Friday 2nd February

NSPCC Number Day 2024 Information

Don’t forget, Newdale are taking part in this year’s NSPCC Number Day!  All of our pupils, from Nursery up to Year 6, will enjoy a variety of Maths activities, maths stories and competitions on Friday. Years 2 – 6 will be involved in a Times Tables Rockstars Battle too.

To raise money for the NSPCC and support all of the important work that they do, we are inviting all children  to dress down in number-themed outfits on Friday. The donation for this can be made on ParentPay. Thank you in advance for your support.

Safeguarding, Heath & Safety Governors Committee

The Safeguarding, Health & Safety governors met last Thursday and really enjoyed listening to the views of girls from reception, Year 2, 4 and 6. Governors asked many questions about lunchtime and break time activities. Children responded confidently about what there is to do both indoors and outdoors. They knew what to do should a ‘dangerous situation’ arise and what to do should they come across damaged resources. Year 6 are going to report back to Miss Cook about ideas for interactive games that they could use in their outdoor area. Governors reviewed the food standards documentation and look forward to pupil voice and menu analysis as part of the next committee meeting.

Governors feedback linked to the Curriculum meeting

Governors were delighted to talk to enthusiastic Geographers from Reception to Year 6. Children were very knowledgeable about topics such as volcanoes, earthquakes, Mount Everest, capital cities and details around maps.

Governors could see clearly that the children in our nursery provision have a high-quality offer with exciting resources and stimulating environments.

Governors want to celebrate the swimming offer with you – please see below the report created by Miss Jones our PE lead.

Swimming Update January 2024

Governors had an in depth look at the After School Club provision and were impressed with the overall offer including the carefully thought-out snack menu, planned trips and exciting activities for the children. Governors agreed to release more funding to further resource our After School Club.

 

Friday 19th January – Achievement Assembly

Proudly Presenting… Newdale’s Presentation Achievers of the week!

This week, Year 3 had a wonderful day at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre learning all about Britain during the Iron Age. They particularly enjoyed visiting the model round house and decorating themselves with blue war paints! Some of our Year 5 mathematicians were lucky enough to participate in a mathematics challenge workshop too. All of our classes have had a presentation focus this week and have been working very hard to improve their handwriting and presentation in all of their work.

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

All of Year 3 for their outstanding behaviour at Shropshire Hills, they made us very proud. Well done Year 3!

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 Mrs King’s class with 99.6%

KS2 winners are Mrs Everall’s class with 99.3%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Yasmin for excellent presentation in all areas. She has developed a beautiful cursive font! 😊 and Chloe for beautiful presentation in all books.

Year 5 achievers:  Harry for excellent presentation in his Maths book this week and  Maddison for fantastic presentation particularly in maths.

Year 4 achievers: Elliott for putting in a huge amount of effort with his presentation and trying exceptionally hard in ALL subjects and Georgia for focusing on beautiful presentation in every subject.

Year 3 achievers: Lily-Mae for massively improving her written presentation since the beginning of Year 3 and Esmae for asking adults about how to improve presentation and acting upon their feedback.

Year 2 achievers: Poppy her improved presentation in all books but also for coming to school with a smiley, enthusiastic attitude. We are proud!  Louie for trying incredibly hard to use new joins in his handwriting and for accurately sticking in his worksheets.

Year 1 achievers:  Miss Buckingham’s achiever was chosen for her excellent independent effort with her writing this week using beautiful handwriting and Gianpiero for working hard on his presentation and letter formation in Literacy.

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

Year 6 readers: Daisy for a confident 5 reads this week with great comments and Olivia for regularly reading 5 times and persevering with the Read Theory program.

Year 5 readers: Mr McFarland’s reader was chosen for always completing 5 reads and working hard to answer questions independently and Fianna for reading and commenting on her five reads this week.

Year 4 readers: Miss McCullagh’s reader was chosen for consistently reading at home and writing detailed comments in your diary and Zac for improving his number of home reads this week.

Year 3 readers: Harry for his commitment to reading at home and Tiger-Lily for her amazing effort at home and her fabulous expression when she read to me aloud this week.

Year 2 readers: Hok Hei for writing his own comments in his diary and using newly learned vocabulary.

Year 1 readers: Avash for reading lots throughout the week at home and Mia for reading more frequently at home.

Attendance

Dear Parents/Carers,

We recognise the importance of good attendance and have this as a central part of the school’s vision, values, ethos and day to day life.

We also recognise the interplay between attendance and the wider school impact this has on our children. This impact could include attainment, behaviour,  special education needs support, supporting pupils with medical conditions or disabilities, safeguarding, wellbeing and support for disadvantaged children.

As part of our clear vision for attendance, we evaluate and monitor expectations, processes and data very regularly.

Across the Autumn term our attendance for the whole school was 95.18% (This is below our target of 96.5%)

The Early Years children attendance figure ended at 92.98%.

Special Educational Needs (SEND) registered children attendance was 95.22%   verses non-SEND at 95.17%  

Pupil premium registered children was 94.05% verses non pupil premium at 95.51%  

We will continue to have a careful focus on attendance as we know it is not only important to your child’s progress and attainment, but also their wellbeing and wider development.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Cook