Be SMART Friday

Dear Parents and Carers,

On Friday 26th, Year 3 will be celebrating earning the Be SMART cup for fantastic behaviour on their recent school trip. We invite children to bring comfies in for the afternoon session in a bag. This could be slippers/dressing gowns/oodies/hoodies.

Thanks,

The Year 3 Team

Governors feedback linked to the Curriculum meeting

Governors were delighted to talk to enthusiastic Geographers from Reception to Year 6. Children were very knowledgeable about topics such as volcanoes, earthquakes, Mount Everest, capital cities and details around maps.

Governors could see clearly that the children in our nursery provision have a high-quality offer with exciting resources and stimulating environments.

Governors want to celebrate the swimming offer with you – please see below the report created by Miss Jones our PE lead.

Swimming Update January 2024

Governors had an in depth look at the After School Club provision and were impressed with the overall offer including the carefully thought-out snack menu, planned trips and exciting activities for the children. Governors agreed to release more funding to further resource our After School Club.

 

Message to parents – Birthday photo

In preparation for our RE lesson this Thursday please can parents send a birthday related photo of your child by this Wednesday preferably via the reception email or paper copies are fine too.

 

Thank you

Reception team

Friday 19th January – Achievement Assembly

Proudly Presenting… Newdale’s Presentation Achievers of the week!

This week, Year 3 had a wonderful day at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre learning all about Britain during the Iron Age. They particularly enjoyed visiting the model round house and decorating themselves with blue war paints! Some of our Year 5 mathematicians were lucky enough to participate in a mathematics challenge workshop too. All of our classes have had a presentation focus this week and have been working very hard to improve their handwriting and presentation in all of their work.

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:

All of Year 3 for their outstanding behaviour at Shropshire Hills, they made us very proud. Well done Year 3!

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Mrs King’s class with 99.6%

KS2 winners are Mrs Everall’s class with 99.3%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Yasmin for excellent presentation in all areas. She has developed a beautiful cursive font! 😊 and Chloe for beautiful presentation in all books.

Year 5 achievers:  Harry for excellent presentation in his Maths book this week and  Maddison for fantastic presentation particularly in maths.

Year 4 achievers: Elliott for putting in a huge amount of effort with his presentation and trying exceptionally hard in ALL subjects and Georgia for focusing on beautiful presentation in every subject.

Year 3 achievers: Lily-Mae for massively improving her written presentation since the beginning of Year 3 and Esmae for asking adults about how to improve presentation and acting upon their feedback.

Year 2 achievers: Poppy her improved presentation in all books but also for coming to school with a smiley, enthusiastic attitude. We are proud!  Louie for trying incredibly hard to use new joins in his handwriting and for accurately sticking in his worksheets.

Year 1 achievers:  Miss Buckingham’s achiever was chosen for her excellent independent effort with her writing this week using beautiful handwriting and Gianpiero for working hard on his presentation and letter formation in Literacy.

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle:

Year 6 readers: Daisy for a confident 5 reads this week with great comments and Olivia for regularly reading 5 times and persevering with the Read Theory program.

Year 5 readers: Mr McFarland’s reader was chosen for always completing 5 reads and working hard to answer questions independently and Fianna for reading and commenting on her five reads this week.

Year 4 readers: Miss McCullagh’s reader was chosen for consistently reading at home and writing detailed comments in your diary and Zac for improving his number of home reads this week.

Year 3 readers: Harry for his commitment to reading at home and Tiger-Lily for her amazing effort at home and her fabulous expression when she read to me aloud this week.

Year 2 readers: Hok Hei for writing his own comments in his diary and using newly learned vocabulary.

Year 1 readers: Avash for reading lots throughout the week at home and Mia for reading more frequently at home.

A Busy Week in Year 1!

It has been another busy week in Year 1 this week!

We have been learning about The Great Fire of London in History this week. We’ve imagined we are bakers on Pudding Lane, civilians in London in 1666 trying to stop the fire and Samuel Pepys writing his diary.

Our bird feeders had set, so we went and placed them on the trees around Base Camp to feed the birds during the cold weather.

In Forest School, we created our own sculptures using natural materials inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.

In Computing, we worked collaboratively and practised programming commands to move a BeeBot around a map.

In Science, we sorted different items into groups based on the material that they were. We also used a range of adjectives to describe the properties of each material.

In Maths, we have been learning to count in our 2’s and our 10’s. Please ask your child to keep chanting these around the house, practice makes perfect! The Counting by Twos Song | Counting Songs | Scratch Garden (youtube.com) Count Together by 10’s | Counting Workout for Kids | Jack Hartmann Counting by 10s (youtube.com)

In Literacy, we have been reading Paddington and using exciting vocabulary to retell the story of him at the palace. Here is another Paddington story you might like to listen to. 🐻 Paddington at the Circus | Paddington Bear Kids Book Read Aloud (youtube.com)

Height & Weight Checks for Reception pupils

Please see attached information regarding the upcoming height & weight checks for reception pupils taking place in school on Monday 26th February.

A letter regarding the checks will go home with pupils today, including a withdrawal form if you do not wish for your child to have the check, this form must be returned to school by Friday 9th February. If you are happy for your child to have the check, you do not need to do anything.

 

NCMP Parents pre-measurement guidance letter 2023 FINAL

Eye screening letter for reception 2024

E02780184 DHSC PRE Measuring Leaflet HR_Print

 

Year 5 – Harry Potter Trip

Dear Parents/Carers,

The Year 5 trip to Harry Potter studios is fast approaching – please see the key details below about timings. Further reminders will be sent closer to the date.

Tuesday 6th February 2024.

-Children to arrive from 6.45am. The bus will be parked at the bus stop on Rock Road, when adults are present, the children will be able to board the bus.

-Adults will be present at school to direct you there if needed.

-We will be leaving at 7am sharp, so please ensure your child is on time as the earlier we arrive, the more time the children have to explore the studios.

-We will not be able to stop on our journey, so please ensure your child has had their breakfast and been to the toilet.

-The children will be given a snack on arrival and we hope to have at least 4 hours at the studios and we will update you with pictures from the trip via social media.

-Children will need to bring a packed lunch on the day. We will be leaving the studios by 2.30pm and hope to be back in Telford between 5 – 5.30pm depending on traffic. Miss Cook will send updates regarding our arrival.

-All children should wear school uniform with comfortable trainers.

-Children are not to take spending money as time constraints and costs of items in the shop mean that this will not be possible.

Please note if your child suffers from travel sickness, please ensure they have taken medication for this prior to the trip.

Thank you for your continued support. If there are any further questions, please email newdale.year5team@taw.org.uk

The Year 5 team.

Attendance

Dear Parents/Carers,

We recognise the importance of good attendance and have this as a central part of the school’s vision, values, ethos and day to day life.

We also recognise the interplay between attendance and the wider school impact this has on our children. This impact could include attainment, behaviour,  special education needs support, supporting pupils with medical conditions or disabilities, safeguarding, wellbeing and support for disadvantaged children.

As part of our clear vision for attendance, we evaluate and monitor expectations, processes and data very regularly.

Across the Autumn term our attendance for the whole school was 95.18% (This is below our target of 96.5%)

The Early Years children attendance figure ended at 92.98%.

Special Educational Needs (SEND) registered children attendance was 95.22%   verses non-SEND at 95.17%  

Pupil premium registered children was 94.05% verses non pupil premium at 95.51%  

We will continue to have a careful focus on attendance as we know it is not only important to your child’s progress and attainment, but also their wellbeing and wider development.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Cook

 

Our Wonderful Winter Walk!

This morning, Year 1 went on a wonderful, wintery Nature Walk looking for signs of winter and spotting different wildlife and habitats.

We observed lots of different birds, so when we returned to school, we worked as a team to create lots of bird feeders to hang around Newdale’s outdoor areas.