Year 1 Phonics

Mrs Thomas will be checking which phonics sounds our children know over the next 2 weeks. Please can you practise these sounds at home, as these are the ones some of us are finding tricky. We would love for them to be able to read these sounds in words.  Many thanks The Year 1 Team

ea in cup of tea

Oi in spoil the boy

a-e in make a cake

i-e in nice smile

o-e in phone home

u-e in huge brute

Year 1 No Forest School

A reminder there will be no Forest School tomorrow ( Wednesday 3rd December). Regards The Year 1 Team

Year 5 & Year 6 Christmas Craft & Sing

Tickets for the Year 5 and Year 6 Christmas Craft & Sing taking place on Tuesday 16th December will go on sale via ParentPay tomorrow (3rd) around 7pm. x2 tickets per child are available. Tickets are £2. Deadline for buying tickets is Wednesday 10th December at 9am.

Please be reminded of the timings for each year group.

Year 5 – 9:15am

Year 6 – 2:15pm

FAO: Current Year 5 – Haberdashers’ Adams Open Days

Current Year 5 pupils and families are warmly invited to visit Haberdashers’ Adams during our Open Week from 19th-21st January to discover the opportunities that we offer. Enjoy a tour of the school, hear from current pupils and meet the headteacher. Book your visit at https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FPIK . More information about joining us in year 7 can be found at https://www.adamsgs.uk/join-us-year-7/

 

 

Year 3 & Year 4 Christmas Craft & Sing

Tickets for the Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Craft & Sing taking place on Wednesday 17th December will go on sale via ParentPay tomorrow (3rd) around 7pm. x2 tickets per child are available. Tickets are £2. Deadline for buying tickets is Wednesday 10th December at 9am.

Please be reminded of the timings for each year group.

Year 3 – 9:15am

Year 4 – 2:15pm

Year 3 – BeSMART cup treat

Last week, Year 3 won the BeSMART cup treat because the adults were so proud of them on the cinema trip and for their great enthusiasm during our Stone Age day!

The children would like to bring in a teddy and their slippers on Friday 5th December for a cosy film afternoon.

Many thanks,

Year 3 team

Christmas Support for Families

As the festive season approaches, we are mindful that the ongoing cost of living crisis is making this time of year especially challenging for many families. Please remember that as a school community, we are here to help.

If you feel you may need support this Christmas (whether that’s with food, essentials, or simply someone to talk to) please don’t hesitate to reach out. All requests will be treated with kindness and confidentiality.

You can contact our Pastoral Team directly by email at Newdale.inclusion@taw.org.uk  and they will be happy to support you.

You are not alone, and together we can make sure every child and family enjoys a joyful Christmas.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas a Newdale!

The Christmas spirit has well and truly arrived here at Newdale!

Our Christmas Fair takes place this Wednesday (3rd) from around 3:30pm, please wait outside the main entrance on arrival.

We have some fantastic raffle prizes up for grabs this year, remaining tickets are available to buy from the school office.

We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday to continue celebrating the festive season.

Achievement Assembly

Friday 28th November 

This week Year 3 took part in their Stone Age workshop where they used wool to spin their own thread, weaved using wool, grinded wheat grains to make flour, made butter and used VR headsets to see Stone Age landscapes. Year 3 and 4 also enjoyed a trip to the cinema to watch Sonic the Hedgehog and the adults were all proud of how well they represented our school. Finally, thank you for all your donations of bottles for our Christmas fayre, we are looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday afternoon. 

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

Year 3 for their brilliant behaviour on our cinema trip and their enthusiasm to take part in our Stone Age Workshop day. 

House Points 

This week, Severn gained an impressive 403 points, the highest total this week. In second place is Wrekin with 390, Ironbridge is third with 352 and Wenlock closely behind with 349. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Jesse for his super efforts in improving his presentation and handwriting – keep up the great work! Sophie for her concerted effort with presentation and amazing efforts in class. 

Year 5 achievers:  Tylor for a great effort with his reading and homework and trying hard with his focus in the classroom.  Ben for reflective learning and developing writing using a range of skills 

Year 4 achievers: Robyn for fantastic work with our geometry maths work this week. Primrose for superb effort and beautiful presentation in all lessons.   

Year 3 achievers: Mrs Millington’s achiever for being brilliant in Maths, listening well in class, following instructions carefully and making Mrs McLeod really proud! Armish for her increase in confidence contributing in class and for trying really hard in her guided reading lessons.  

Year 2 achievers: Theodore for making positive choices, consistently giving 100% in every lesson and being a kind friend, we are so proud of you! Willow for showing a great example of the BeSmart code everyday and is a great friend to all.

Year 1 achievers: Lucas for always being a super role model, ready to learn, a kind friend and trying his best in all he does. Erin for always following our school’s Be SMART code and being a helpful, kind and hardworking member of our class at all times.  

Year R achievers: Asher for consistently working hard in Reception and being such a kind friend.  

 

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

Year 6 readers: Naomi for continuing her reading comments at home even though she’d broken her collarbone 😊 Riley for interesting fact finding work this week in his reading. 

Year 5 readers: Hannah Howes for always impressing me with her fantastic illustrations and diary comments. Keep up the fantastic work Hannah.  

Year 4 readers: Mr Stubb’s reader for fantastic, detailed entries into her reading diary reaching platinum as well! Jessica for reading daily and doing a fabulous drawing about what she is reading! 

Year 3 readers: Ava-Lilly Powell for reading daily and thoroughly answering her questions in her reading dairy. Well done, Ava-Lilly! Mrs Millington’s reader for always reading regularly with super comments, well done! 

Year 2 readers: Evelyn for reading every day this week and answering her guided reading questions so well. Iris for always reading every day without prompt.  

Year 1 readers: Jadon for his great reading at home. Jayden for reading every night this week. 

Attendance Winners 24th – 28th November 2025

Winner of Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3

Miss Lowe = 98.71%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Haymour = 97%