Y2 residential

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are writing to inform you about an update regarding the trip offer in Year 2. After careful consideration, we have decided that the children in Year 2 are a little young to stay away from home overnight at this stage. As such, the residential will now take place when the children are in Year 4, allowing them to fully enjoy and benefit from the experience at an age where they are more ready for this exciting milestone (this will be the same for all year groups moving forwards).

In place of the residential, we are thrilled to share that we have planned a special Pirate Day for the children on Thursday 5th June! On this day, the students will embark on a fun-filled adventure, which includes walking through our local area, reading maps, and searching for clues to uncover hidden treasures. It promises to be an engaging and educational experience that captures their imaginations while fostering teamwork and problem-solving skills. The children will also be invited to stay for tea that day at school. Please look out for more details soon.

We hope this alternative will be an exciting and enjoyable event for the children, and we look forward to seeing them fully embrace their inner pirates! Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

The Year 2 Team 

School Uniform

Wow! What beautiful weather we have been having recently!

As the weather is getting warmer, please can you ensure that your child has a water bottle, a sun hat and wears sun cream to school. If your child needs to reapply sunscreen during the day, we ask that it’s kept in their bag with their name on, and then applied by the themselves when appropriate.

Just a quick reminder about our uniform policy…

At Newdale our school colours are navy blue, black and grey.

We request children wear a navy jumper or cardigan and grey or black skirts / pinafores or trousers along with a light blue collared shirt. If you would like to order uniform with our school logo on, please do so via Baker and Sons Schoolwear in New Street, Wellington 01952 641897.  This is not compulsory: uniform without a logo is acceptable as long as it matches our chosen colours. In warmer months, blue gingham dresses / black or grey smart shorts can be worn.  Please ensure that these are of an appropriate length and aren’t too high above the knee.

All children need to wear sensible shoes (no heels or trainers please). In the colder weather, girls are permitted to wear black, navy or grey tights.

PE Kit

We have decided that we will continue with allowing children to come to school in their School PE kit on PE days. The reasons for this is linked to the time it takes for some children to get changed often eats significantly into the actual time carrying out PE lessons. It is also much simpler to do this, when looking at the lack of private space for children to get changed, and the unhygienic option of them getting changed in the toilets.

The school PE kit is as follows –

A plain or school logo navy PE top

Plain navy shorts or tracksuit bottoms

A plain or school logo navy sweatshirt/hoodie

Black pumps or trainers

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

Thank you for your continued support.

We hope you continue to enjoy this glorious weather.

 

Year 2 -PE Update

We have updated our timetable for this term. There will be no forest school this half term as it is only four weeks long. Instead, we will do forest school in Summer 2.

PE days will be Thursday and Friday.  However, please note this Thursday (1st May) is class photo day, so for this day only, please can children come dressed in normal school uniform.

NSPCC parent session – Wednesday 7th May

On Wednesday 7th May, the NSPCC will be doing a face-to-face session all about how to keep your child safe online. This session will run at Newdale Primary school from 2:00-3:00pm. Please note this session is only for parents/carers to attend due to the context of the session.

If you would like to attend, please book via Parent Pay. For more details, please see the attached flyer. The session is free to attend.

Thank you for your support.

 

Year 2 – BeSmart Cup treat – tomorrow

Year 2 have their Be SMART cup treat on Friday afternoon. The children have chosen to have a wheelie afternoon. Please ensure all bikes and scooters are placed on the playground by the wooden hut. Children must have a helmet to take part. 

NSPCC Online Safety Workshop

On Tuesday 18th March, the NSPCC will be doing a virtual session all about how to keep your child safe online. For more information, please see the attached flyer.

NSPCC Online Safety Workshop Flyer

Here are the details below for anyone wishing to attend the virtual session.

This session will also run at Newdale Primary school on Wednesday 7th May from 2:00-3:00pm for anyone wishing to attend face to face (please note this date has changed as it previously went out as the 6th May).

 

 

 

Year 2 World Book Day fun!

Today we dressed up as amazing book characters, we had an awesome Masked reader assembly, became illustrators, went on a character hunt to crack the code then we did some other fun world book day activities.

What a wonderful day we had all because we love reading!