Many thanks to all of the parents who took the time to complete and return a parent survey.  Your child’s name was recorded on the surveys as they were given back to school and three winners were chosen at random.  The winners are:

Mila – Nursery

Logan – Year 5

Kira – Reception

Congratulations! A £50 Asda voucher will be handed to you by your child’s class teacher this week.

The surveys are still being read and analysed by our staff team. Please keep your eyes peeled on the website for a response over the next few weeks.

As Christmas comes increasingly closer, your child may be preparing for the annual Christmas card writing session! As in previous years, we will be isolating cards before we send them out. In order for us to do this, the last date that classes will accept cards will be Friday 10th December – no cards will be accepted in after this date. This is to allow the Newdale elves time to sort and send the cards to the correct people!

Friday 26th November is the last day to return any parent/carer surveys and the winners of the Asda vouchers will be drawn on Monday 29^th November and announced on the school website/Facebook.

Regards

Please only use the visitor car park via the main entrance. The staff car park is only for staff and operates on a one way system, as in no one dives out onto the Rock Road. We have noticed some parents cutting through. Many thanks.

Dear parents / carers,

We are now on the Christmas countdown, and we wanted to let you know of how we intend to celebrate Christmas this year. It has been a while since we were able to plan anything and even though we are unsure of what the situation with Covid will be by the end of term, we wanted to share with you our plans.

Our Basecamp at the area at the front of school will be turned into a ‘Winter Wonderland’ experience. We have asked the elves to start planning this wonderful event!

We will be inviting one class at a time to visit the Winter Wonderland experience and each child will be allowed to invite one adult to accompany them – this may be any adult you would like to attend. We know that some parents will be disappointed as only one adult can attend per child, but we have to play it as safely as we can in order to protect children and staff as we approach the Christmas holiday. Please can we ask that you stick to one adult so that we can manage numbers safely.  The experience will last approximately one hour, with the exception of our Nursery classes, which will be approximately half an hour.  Activities will include carol singing and an activity which you and your child can share. There will be a small gift for every child in the class. We will be offering hot chocolate and a festive treat to all who attend and only ask that you bring your own mug for your and your child (we are doing our bit for the environment!) and make a donation which this year is going towards purchases for the All Nations Community Grocery  communitygrocery.org.uk/telford 

On the day of the experience, children will be invited to come to school in their Christmas jumpers / hats – you are more than welcome to get into the spirit too!

The dates and times for each class are as follows –

Reception Mrs Evans and Mrs Sturrock – Monday 6th December at 9.15am

Reception Miss Hailey – Monday 6th December at 11am

Year 1 Miss Newport –  Wednesday 8th December at 9.15am

Year 1 Miss Broadhurst – Monday 6th December at 2pm

Year 2 Mrs Trevor – Tuesday 7th December at 11am

Year 2 Miss Jones – Friday 10th 2pm

Year 3 Miss Mccullagh –  Wednesday 8th December at 11am

Year 3 Mrs Pablos / Mrs McLaughlin –  Wednesday 8th December at 2pm

Year 3 Mr McFarland –  Thursday 9th December at 9.15am

Year 4 Mr Jackson – Thursday 9th December at 11am

Year 4 Mrs Fenn – Thursday 9th December at 2pm

Year 5 Mr Banfield – Friday 10th December at 9.15am

Year 5 Miss Harrison –  Friday 10th December at 11am

Year 6 Miss Clay – Tuesday 14th December at 9.15am

Year 6 Mrs Thomas – Tuesday 14th December at 11am

Nursery will be taking part in this event along with the school, but dates and times will be advertised separately on the nursery website page.

We will be watching the weather forecast closely and we hope that the weather is on our side! Likewise, we will be monitoring the situation with regards to covid and following all recommended guidance. Should we need to make any changes, we will try to let you know as soon as possible.

We hope that you will be able to join us in celebrating Christmas this year.

Kind regards

Miss Cook