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3 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2023 by

E- Safety Top Tip – Online Scam #deets #square

Have you ever noticed the hashtags #deets or #square?

“deets” is slang for bank details and a “square” is a credit or debit card. Young people are becoming victims by handing over their bank details online to fraudsters in exchange for money.

Here are some top tips below to avoid your child from becoming a victim to the above scam.

  1. Check Children’s bank statements with them regularly ensuring every transaction can be accounted for.
  2. Make sure they know not to give anyone their PIN, passcode, or password, even to someone claiming to be from their bank or the Police.
  3. If a child comes home with new clothes, trainers, electronic devices or other items that cannot be accounted for, ask them how they got the money to purchase them.
  4. Explain that allowing someone else to use their bank details, regardless of how attractive or plausible the offer is a potentially a serious criminal offence that could damage their financial future.
  5. Teach them the simple rule that if it looks to good to be true, then it probably is.

If you need more support or guidance with online safety, please contact a staff member or send us an email.

Email: newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

3 years ago
Posted on 26th Jan 2023 by

Strike Action information

Dear Parents/Carers,

You will have heard that the National Education Union (NEU) have confirmed that their teaching members have voted for strike action.

The NEU trade union are inviting their teaching members to strike for a number of days following national ballots on the issue on pay and funding.

Individual members have a choice to strike or not and they cannot be forced to strike.

The strike action does not include support staff or teachers from any other trade union.

At Newdale we do have a significant number of NEU members, however we are able to remain fully operational.

If this situation changes for further strike action, I will give you as much notice as possible so as to arrange alternative childcare.

Kind regards,

Miss Cook

3 years ago
Posted on 26th Jan 2023 by

Crimestoppers

Last week, children at Newdale took part in Share Aware Week. They learnt about how to keep themselves safe in school, in their community and online.

Not only do we want to ensure our children are safe, we also want to make sure our Newdale families and individuals within our community are provided with the support to help to keep them safe.

Crimestoppers is a charity that gives people the power to speak up to stop crime, by phone and online, 24/7, 365 days a year.

They’ve been around since 1988. They’re independent. Everyone who gives them information stays 100% anonymous.

They won’t ask your name. Won’t judge. They just listen to what you know. When you hang up the phone or click ‘send’ on our anonymous online form, you’re done.

  • No police contact
  • No witness statements
  • No courts.

Every year, Crimestoppers help stop thousands of crimes. Speak up. Stay safe.

For more information, please visit the Crimestoppers’ website: Personal safety | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org)

 

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3 years ago
Posted on 13th Jan 2023 by

Celebration Assembly ⭐

What a super week we have had! Year 6 have had a very busy week with a visit to Redhill to watch an e-safety performance called ‘The Snap Trap’. They have also had an exciting trip to Shrewsbury Prison – fortunately, no-one was locked in! Our school choir are today at the Young Voices concert in Birmingham. A big well done to Mr McFarland’s class who won our BeSMART cup this week for their outstanding behaviour both in and out of school. 

Attendance winners this week: In KS1, Miss Hill’s Year 2 class, and in KS2, Mrs Pablos’ Year 3 class both with a whopping 99% attendance. They will enjoy an additional playtime this week. 😊

Achievers this week: 

Year 6: Jaxon for fantastic arithmetic work in maths this week and Amaara for always trying her best in Maths lessons and never giving up 

Year 5: Luke for going the extra mile when completing homework and Harry for trying hard with his handwriting and working well with his Study Buddy/Literacy Partner. 

Year 4: Diya for being a fantastic addition to our Year 4 team and trying her very best in all lessons and Freddie for working exceptionally hard in Maths. 

Year 3: Rosie for producing excellent quantities of work and Georgia for making excellent progress in her Maths calculation and astounding us with the amount of work she has been producing. 

Year 2: Mason for excellent contributions and effort within all lessons and Harry for his enthusiasm, effort and independence in literacy. 

Year 1: Maya for always trying her best and independently writing sentences using adjectives to describe a setting and Lianna for showing our value of the month – independence! She used her own ambitious adjectives for descriptive writing. 

Reception: Lola-Rose for excellent Maths work subitising to 5 and Phoebe for making good choices and listening carefully. 

This week’s Star Readers: earning 5 house points each are Kyron, Travis, Horatio, Archie, Hugo, Finley, Malachi, Iris, Noah, Bertie, Freddie, Ollie and Tobias. These children were all entered into our reading raffle for their superb reading comments, regular reading and all-round love of books. Winning a brand-new book this week was Finley from year 4 – Well done and enjoy your new book! Keep reading everyone for your chance next week! 📚 

3 years ago
Posted on 12th Jan 2023 by

Lost Property

Dear Parents/Carers,

This is where we are at with lost property at the moment. Mrs Byrne Corbett and Mrs Powell are doing their best to sort it out this morning. It will be out this afternoon for parents to claim. After this point it will be disposed of.

It is so important to have names on all school items. Most of the items shown in the image did not have any form of identification.

Regards

Miss Cook

3 years ago
Posted on 11th Jan 2023 by

Gate access into school

Please note that the gate adjacent to the Reception classrooms will no longer be used as an exit or entry point onto the school site at the start of the day and at home time. If you usually enter or exit through this point, then please use the gate a little further along (via the quiet area, past the carved Bear) instead. This is to ensure that the equipment in the Reception classroom outside area remains set up and accessed by Reception children only. This will take effect as of Thursday morning.

Thank you for your support.

Newdale Team