Healthy Lifestyle Week – A visit from Paul Sturgess

We had the best day in Reception to kick off HLW. We had a special visit from Paul Sturgess, former Harlem Globe Trotter.

After an inspirational talk, we got to learn some amazing basketball tricks. We can’t wait to see what sporty things you get up to this week. Please either email or post onto EvidenceMe to keep us updated.

Launch of new PE kit September 2023

19th June 2023

Dear Parent/Carer

We are launching a new PE kit for September 2023

 

This new navy PE top is made of fast drying material, looks cleaner and will stay smarter for longer than the current white option we have. It will also have our Newdale logo on it. Parents have told us that the white option very quickly gets stained and must be replaced more frequently and is therefore not necessarily a cheaper option.

We have worked hard to achieve the best price option possible from our uniform supplier at Baker and Sons. As it is a totally new item of PE kit complete with Newdale logo, school is going to subsidise some of the cost for the first top for every child in school.

You will be issued with a voucher from school before the end of term to take to Baker and Sons which will mean you can purchase your child’s top for just £5 instead of the normal price which will be £8.95. Tops will be available to purchase from Baker and Sons towards the end of July 2023.

When your child grows out of their first top, you have three options:

  1. Purchase another logo top for £8.95.
  2. Purchase a non-logo top for £7.50.
  3. Purchase your own plain navy top from elsewhere.

We do ask that no sport logo kit is used as school PE kit please- they must be either plain or with the Newdale logo.

Please note the rest of our PE kit consists of the following:

  • A plain navy hoodie or jumper
  • Plain navy shorts or tracksuit bottoms
  • Trainers or pumps

It is important that everyone abides by our uniform rules as we know how important is it that children feel part of our Newdale team.

We hope you agree that this is a positive update to our uniform. Vouchers will be issued by the office in due course.

Kind regards,

Miss Cook

Family Tree – Yr R

A quick reminder that we will be discussing different types of families and looking at our family tree tomorrow. If you have done any work with your child on this, or have made your own family tree, please can you bring it in, in the morning for your child to share.

Dino Day tomorrow!

REMINDER IT IS DINO DAY TOMORROW (25th May) COSTUMES WELCOME.

NO FOREST SCHOOL KIT IS NEEDED TOMORROW. WE WILL STILL VISIT THE FOREST BUT THE FORECAST IS DRY.

PLEASE ENSURE SUITABLE FOOTWEAR IS WORN.

Thank you

Reception Team

Reception Update

We would like to update with you with staffing in Reception after half term.  Mrs Stevens, teaching assistant based in Miss Hailey’s class, will be moving from the Reception team to support in another year group for the remainder of this academic year. We would like to thank Mrs Stevens for all her hard work supporting the Reception children in their first year at school.

Reception DINO-DAY!

On Thursday 25th May Reception will be having a Dinosaur Celebration Day to mark the end of our fun topic and the end of another half term.

Please come dressed up! Perhaps you might like to come as a Dinosaur or even a Caveman or Cavewoman! This can be as full on or as low key as you like—it is all just for fun!

Many Thanks

The Reception Team

Coronation Celebrations in Reception 🇬🇧

 

 

This week we have embraced the opportunity to learn about our King and the upcoming coronation, a moment in History.
We have read a variety of books about the King and the coronation.
We took part in our own democracy, thinking about the qualities a King or Queen might need and then holding a ballot to vote for our own class King and Queen, which were revealed this afternoon as part of the celebrations.
We got creative and each completed a portrait of the King, which will be turned into a masterpiece for a whole school monarchy timeline. We also made our very own golden crowns, complete with jewels for the party and to take home to wear. The week was completed with a class coronation party. We played games and had a jewel hunt. We also listened to the National Anthem.
We would love to see your own experiences of celebrating the coronation if you choose to do so over the weekend. We hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday weekend.

Yr R – Reading at home

Please could we remind you to read regularly with your child and write in the diary if your child has read at home or if you are reading to your child. We are sure you are reading at home but our reading diaries are not being written in. Thanks so much, Reception Team.

 

Reception’s Special Visitors

Over the last two days in Reception we have had some very special visitors. Mrs Sturrock brought in her stick insects for us to see.

We learnt some interesting facts about the stick insects and then were able to hold them, if we wanted to too. We were all so brave and all decided we wanted a hold.

We think the stick insects thought we were trees, they were very good at climbing up us and held on very tight too.

It was lots of fun!

 

Summer Term Information

We hope you had a wonderful Easter break and are looking forward to welcoming you back for the final term in Reception! We can’t wait to hear about your exciting and relaxing days.

There have been some changes to PE and Forest School lessons for this term. These will now be as follows:

Monday PE (Please come dressed in PE Uniform Kit with no branded logos)

Tuesday PE (Please come dressed in PE Uniform Kit with no branded logos)

Thursday Forest School (Please bring Forest School Kit and wellies in a separate bag to change into in the afternoon)

Thank you, The Reception Team ☺️