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4 years ago
Posted on 08th Apr 2022 by

Year 1 PE days

After the Easter holidays, Year 1 PE days will be as follows:

Tuesday – indoor (gymnastics)

Thursday – outdoor 

On these days your child will need to come to school in their PE kits.

Our forest schools day will be on a Monday. On this day please send your child to school in their uniform and bring their forest school kit in a bag.

Many thanks and have a lovely Easter,

From The Year 1 Team

4 years ago
Posted on 08th Apr 2022 by

Wonderful Wednesday

In Mighty oaks we will be swapping over the children’s groups who go to the forest, please see the list below for the changes.  If your child is due to go to the woods on a Wednesday please can you send them in with named wellies in addition to the shoes they are wearing that day.  They will also need long sleeved tops and trousers/leggings in case of any nettles.

In the morning orange, blue and purple group will be in the woods whilst yellow, green and red group will be cooking.

In the afternoon yellow, green and red group will be in the woods whilst orange, blue and purple will be cooking.

If you are unsure which group your child is in please just ask.

Thank you in advance

Mrs Lisa Curnow

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4 years ago
Posted on 07th Apr 2022 by

Easter Egg Raffle

Thank you to everyone that took part in the Easter Raffle, we raised £512.50. All prizes will be given out today.

All proceeds will go towards further developments to our astro sport facilities. Thank you again to Magna for donating the very large chocolate Easter egg.

A big well done to Harry in year 6 who won the massive Easter egg.

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4 years ago
Posted on 07th Apr 2022 by

Haberdashers Adams Grammar School

“Registration is now open to sit the Entrance test for Haberdashers’ Adams Grammar School this coming September, for 2023 entry . There is more information available on the school’s website as well as free familiarisation materials that will help prepare your son for the test.”

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4 years ago
Posted on 06th Apr 2022 by

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 Information

A notice to parents / carers that as a school our Bug Club subscription is coming to an end. This online book resource was originally sourced to support online learning during the school closures, so will no longer be needed.

We will now continue to send home hard copies of reading books to support reading at home. If you did want to access any online books, the Oxford Owl website continues to offer a selection of levelled books that parents can sign up to for free at home.

Please ask if you have any questions.

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4 years ago
Posted on 05th Apr 2022 by

After school clubs after Easter

The following clubs will be starting after the Easter holidays;

Monday- KS2 Football and Telford Gotta Dance (invite only)

Tuesday- KS1 Football and Gymnastics

Wednesday- Badminton for year 4,5&6

Thursday- Basketball and Top Hat Performing Arts

Friday- Dodgeball and Mini Medics (year 3&4)

 

 

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4 years ago
Posted on 04th Apr 2022 by

Interior playground gate

Dear Parent / Carers,

As many of you will have seen we have had to keep the interior gate closed for a period of time due to the creation of Dudley bear. From today the gate will reopen again but we need you to carefully supervise your children at drop off and pick up times please.

Dudley has got some sharp edges which children need to be careful of. A message has gone out to all classes to talk about Dudley’s rough edges and our Safeguarding Champions are going to be monitoring carefully.

Many thanks

Miss Cook

Headteacher

4 years ago
Posted on 01st Apr 2022 by

Online Safety Top Tip – Google Hangout

Google Hangouts are a way for children and adults to communicate online for free. You can video chat, instant message, and share photos. However, to get the full range of offerings, you must sign up for Google+.

Google Hangouts is not a 100% safe app for kids. Hence, parents should set the privacy guidelines themselves and monitor the kid’s social activities on this app.

Some Safety tips to follow when using Google Hangouts:

  • Ensure that any call made via the app is private or by invite only.
  • Customise who you can receive invites from through the privacy settings to block unwanted contact.
  • Keep all anti-virus software up-to-date and instate a firewall.
  • Always sign out after use to prevent anyone else from accessing your account

If you need more support or guidance with online safety please contact a staff member or send us an email newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

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4 years ago
Posted on 01st Apr 2022 by

Proposal to change the length of the school day

I am writing to inform you of some proposed changes to the structure of the school day here at Newdale. This proposed change is in line with recent Government recommendation.

Currently the official start time in our school is 9 a.m. Anyone arriving after this time is classified as late. As you know, we have encouraged children into school at 8.40 a.m. for many years now.

Schools now have to offer a minimum of 32.5 hours schooling each week and in order to formalise this offer we propose the official start time for all children in school moves to 8.40 am. Anyone arriving after this time would subsequently be classified as late.

Should this change be approved, it will come into force from the first day back after summer half term, Monday 6th June 2022.

I believe that these changes will be beneficial to the school community and will have a positive effect on your child’s education. The best time for children to receive intervention and recap on misconceptions is during the first slot in the morning. Currently some children are missing valuable intervention time that would have a positive impact on their learning.

We do not see that there will be any disruption for the vast majority of our parents or children, as most children are already on site at 8.40 am anyway. The information in this letter has also been sent to the local authority.

I appreciate that these changes may affect a small minority in terms of childcare or working arrangements. For this reason, I would like to invite you to give your feedback by sending your responses to newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

We will release the results of the consultation by Friday 6th May 2022 and let you know of the outcome by Friday 20th May 2022.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Cook

Headteacher

Newdale Primary School and Nursery