Behaviour

At Newdale, we pride ourselves on our calm and orderly environment which enables our pupils to learn effectively. Our ‘BeSMART code’ is the backbone to our behaviour system and we believe that a positive approach is the key to good behaviour. We want to support our pupils in developing a sense of pride in their efforts; both with their learning and with their behaviour.  We reward positive behaviour, for example with stickers, house points and gold cards. Please ask your children about this at home so that you can further celebrate this together. Please see the attached document for more information about Newdale’s behaviour system and how you can use our systems to support behaviour at home too!

Behaviour-at-Newdale

Parent’s Evening – Year 1 – 6

The map below shows the entry and exit points for parents’ evening for the week beginning Monday 2nd December 2024. Please note that if your appointment is after 5:30pm on Monday or Tuesday, that you will need to enter and exit the school via the school office.

 

After school clubs this week

The following clubs will not take place this week due to Parent’s evening. Parents were charged accordingly when booking the clubs.

Young voices

Dance Club

Coding Club

Recorder Club

Y1 and Y4 Christmas Craft/Activities Club

Well-being Club

After school clubs – next week

The following clubs will not take place next week due to Parent’s evening. Parents were charged accordingly when booking the clubs.

Dance Club

Coding Club

Recorder Club

Y1, Y2 and Y4 Christmas Craft/Activities Club

Well-being Club

 

Parents’ Evening

Whilst you wait in the corridor for your parents’ evening appointment next week, please feel free to look through your child’s books. You will notice some questions have been printed for you to ask your child about their learning. A great way of getting children to remember their learning is to regularly revisit past knowledge. We are planning in lots of time for children to do this and felt parents evening was an opportunity not to be missed. Please spend a few minutes with your child talking about their learning this half term and you never know you might learn something new too!

We look forward to welcoming parents and carers into the school next week.

Miss Cook

Flu vaccinations – Reception – Year 6

Please see attached letter regarding flu vaccinations that was sent out last week, this includes a link on the back page to use as well as the QR code.

Flu immunisation – letter – Dec 2024

Y1-6 Parents’ Evenings w/c Monday 2nd December 2024

Y1-6 Parents’ Evenings Week Beginning Monday 2nd December 2024

To give parents and carers plenty of notice to book their child’s appointment, we will be sending out letters next week. Your child will be given a letter by their class teacher. Please fill out and return promptly. Please note that we are no longer using the online system and have reverted back to having paper letters. Our School Cloud subscription was over £1000 a year for a service we only used twice a year. Instead, we will use this money to continue to subsidise for trips and visits.

After School Sports clubs – next half term (Y1-6)

After school clubs for next half term will go live tomorrow at around 7pm. Please note, we will once again be running an additional KS2 football club. The following clubs will take place:

Monday – Basketball & Netball

Tuesday – Gymnastics & KS1 Football

Wednesday – Badminton

Thursday – KS2 Football & Top Hat

Friday – Dodgeball & KS2 Football

Parents Evenings

Reception’s parents’ evening is the week beginning Monday 11th November. Paper letters were sent home last week with the children. If you haven’t filled in the form please do so and return to your child’s teacher.

Y1-6 parent’s evenings will be during the week beginning Monday 2nd December. Please note that we have reverted back to our old system for arranging appointments. For the last couple of years, we have used an online booking system. This system came with an annual subscription of £1,000, which was used only twice a year. Due to tighter budgets this year, we have decided to move back to our old system (paper letters) and put the £1,000 towards subsidising for trips and visits.

 

Many thanks