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5 years ago
Posted on 02nd Jul 2021 by

Esafety top tip – Conversation starters

How often do you talk to your child about what they are doing online?

Communication with your child is vital for you to build trust and to support them with ways to stay safe online.  Below are some conversation starters you could try.

Esafety conversation starter

If you would like more support with online safety please contact a member of the Newdale staff team.

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5 years ago
Posted on 01st Jul 2021 by

Holiday activities and food programme with EKO

Having recently become a registered charity EKO has been able to secure funding through Shropshire council for the Holiday Activities Food Programme (HAF). HAF is a government initiative set up to provide support during the school holidays for families who have children eligible for benefits related free school meals.

Sessions will be based at our new Outdoor Learning Site in the grounds of Weston Park. Each day will be different but will follow a similar pattern of learning, exploring, creating and playing outdoors, ending with a nutritious lunch cooked by the group over our campfire. Our activities will centre around healthy eating and looking at where our food comes from. There will be challenges and team work, strong friendships form and the laughter is infectious. We plan on having lots of fun!

Please click on the link below to view more details.

https://www.ekolearning.org.uk/holiday-clubs/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-with-eko/

 

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5 years ago
Posted on 25th Jun 2021 by

ART DAY 2021

Art Day 2021

Next Thursday 1st July 2021, we will be holding our annual Art Day in school!

This is a fun day, where we all get creative, learn new techniques, learn about different artists, and create our own wonderful masterpieces.

Our theme for this year’s art day is ‘Maths in Art’. We will be getting arty, using shapes, angles, illusion, perspective, symmetry to name but a few.

For this day, your child is allowed to come to school in clothing that you don’t mind getting messy! Old clothing or providing an old shirt to protect clothing is recommended.

We will be sure to share photos from the day along with the children’s creations afterwards on the website.

Thank you for your support.

 

5 years ago
Posted on 25th Jun 2021 by

ESafety Top Tip – Screen time

At school this week all year groups have been taking part in Healthy Lifestyles Week.  The children have learnt many different ways to keep our bodies and minds healthy.  One way to keep our mind healthy is to reduce the amount of screen time our children have and to use this time to get outside instead.

The World Health Organisation recommendations bear similarity to the The American Academy of Paediatrics Screen Time Guidelines (2016) which recommends:

  • For children younger than 18 months, avoid use of screen media other than video-chatting. Parents of children 18 to 24 months of age who want to introduce digital media should choose high-quality programming, and watch it with their children to help them understand what they’re seeing.
  • For children aged 2 to 5 years, screen use should be limited to 1 hour per day of high-quality programs. Parents should co-view media with children to help them understand what they are seeing and apply it to the world around them.
  • Children aged 6 years and older, consistent limits should be placed on the time spent using media, and on the types of media, and to make sure media does not take the place of adequate sleep, physical activity and other behaviours essential to health.
  • Spend designated media-free time together, such as dinner or driving, as well as media-free locations at home, such as bedrooms.
  • Ongoing communication about online safety, including treating others with respect online and offline.

If you need support to manage the amount of time your child spends online, please speak to a member of the Newdale staff team.

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5 years ago
Posted on 23rd Jun 2021 by

Vision Statement Review

Dear Parents/carers

The school reviews it’s vision statement annually and in doing so takes into consideration the views of parents, children, staff and our governors. Our vision statement can be found here https://www.newdaleschool.org.uk/home/about/aims/ if you have any comments regarding it then please email the office before the end of term.

Regards

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5 years ago
Posted on 23rd Jun 2021 by

Free parent courses

Dear Parents/Carers,

Beam continues to provide emotional well-being support to young people in Shropshire Telford & Wrekin.

Should you have any queries please do get in touch via shropshirebeam@childrenssociety.org.uk.

We felt it could be useful to signpost to some sessions that BEAM is offering over July and August.

All sessions take place on MS Teams, and are open to parents, carers and professionals who are interested in attending.

There is no need to book – just click into the link at the session time.

 

Mental Health & Emotional well-being in children & young people. We will cover:

  • Effective communication.
  • Empathy V Sympathy.
  • Overview of common emotional well-being topics such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation and anger.
 Wednesday 7th July 2021

 

12pm – 1.30pm

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Sleepy Heads.

 

2 session workshop around sleep & common issues.

 

It is advisable to attend both sessions.

 Session 1:

  • Sleep stages.
  • Sleep hygiene.
  • Bedtime routines.
 Wednesday 21st July 2021

 

12pm-1.30pm

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Session 2:

  • Tackling common issues around sleep including:
  • Prolonged night-time awakenings.
  • Bedtime refusal & resisitance.
  • Teen sleep.
 Wednesday 4th August 2021

 

12pm-1.30pm

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Managing anxious behaviours in young people. We will cover:

  • What anxiety is.
  • Science of anxiety.
  • How to support.
 Wednesday 18th August 2021

 

12pm – 1.30pm

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5 years ago
Posted on 18th Jun 2021 by

Headlice in school

Dear Parents/Carers,

We need to inform you that we have reported cases of Headlice in school, particularly in Year 3. If members of the team spot either live lice or eggs they will inform you so that treatment can begin immediately to avoid them spreading across to other children.

It is really important that you treat your children and continue to check for re-infestations. We know that it is only special treatment, tying hair back and time spent combing that will help.  For more information, please see the following guideline from the NHS website.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/ There are pictures to help you to identify what nits look like and great advice to help you to treat your child.

We do have a small collection of nit combs that we are happy to let parents have free of charge and we are happy to supply you with the number for the school nursing team should you wish to talk to them directly. Please ask Mrs Powell or Mrs Huda about either of these offers.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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5 years ago
Posted on 17th Jun 2021 by

Exciting news

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have some exciting news to share with you. Towards the end of term and over the Summer holiday, work will be completed at school to significantly improve our outside areas. Currently, the field is unusable for most of the year as it remains waterlogged, and we really want our children to be able to use it more frequently. An artificial surface (astroturf) is being laid on a section of the field to enable our children to use it all year around. We are also re-surfacing one side of the top playground and putting in another artificial surface in the fenced part of the top playground.  This will make our playground area second to none when looking at sporting fixtures and will also mean it can be used all year round by more children. In addition, we will be opening up a big chunk of our Forest School area for general playtime usage, so that children can spread out more freely.

With work of this kind, there will be a significant amount of disruption. No one will be allowed outside near the building works throughout the entire summer.  Unfortunately this does mean that we are unable to offer any holiday club provision. We have explored the possibility of our own staff running some indoor provision, but as we need a minimum of two staff on site at any time, we cannot make this work: staff have other commitments and are looking forward to their own break after a very difficult year. We are still exploring alternative indoor sports provision. I know it is difficult for parents who work all year round to manage child care and so we will do our best to signpost you to other options.

Kind regards, Miss Cook