Year 5&6 Star of the Week

Harvey – for having a great independent work ethic, polite attitude and always trying his best. (Mrs Thomas)
Charna-Mai – for showing an incredible enthusiasm towards both quantity and quality of work! (Mr Banfield)
Amy – for showing amazing improvement of her handwriting and a mature attitude (Mrs Arthurs)
Gabriel – for producing a brilliant piece of writing describing a bomb attack during World War 2 (Miss Clay)

Remembrance Assault Course

Dear Parents/Carers,

In order to remember the hardship faced by the troops during the World Wars, Year 5 will be completing an assault course on Wednesday 11th November. On this day, your child will need to come into school wearing old clothes and footwear which may get muddy depending on the weather. We will be doing the assault course at the end of the school day.

If your child is staying for an after-school club, please could they bring in a change of clothes.

Thanks in advance,

 

Year 5

Reception, Year 1 and Year 3 – Junk Modelling Reminder

Please remember, classes in Reception, Year 1 and Year 3 will have their Junk Modelling Week next week (week beginning: 09.11.20). We would like every pupil to bring in a bag of recycling objects by tomorrow (Friday 6th November). We will not be able to accept any more bags of recycling next week.

Firework fun

Today we have been talking about safety on bonfire night especially about touching hot objects such as sparklers and old fireworks. We also learnt not to touch matches and lighters and listened to the story “Francis the firefly” to help us understand.This story is available on the internet if you would like to watch it at home if you are self isolating. We have also started to make some firework art and would love you to share your bonfire pictures or celebrations with us on parent share.

Music with Mr Wilcox

Reception were very lucky to have their first wonderful music session with our specialist music teacher, Mr Wilcox. They absolutely loved joining in and are looking forward to the next lesson (which they will be having every Wednesday this half term ☺️)

Bonfire Night 🔥 Art in Reception.

Reception have been busy learning about the reasons why people celebrate Bonfire night this week. They then created some beautiful firework pictures using pastels and chalks.
take a look….

Year 1’s Pretend Zoo Day 🐍 🦁 🐯

We weren’t able to visit the zoo so we decided to bring the zoo to Newdale! We planned and designed our very own zoos; thinking carefully about what each type of animal might need in their home.

In the afternoon, we became wild animals and visited the ‘Newdale Jungle’. We each chose an animal mask that we would like to make. In the jungle, we looked for and made different animal footprints. Some of us even built dens that we thought our animal would like to live in. We had lots of fun exploring the Forest, pretending to be animals – the koalas particularly enjoyed climbing the trees.

Remembrance celebrations in school

Dear parents and carers,

Even though we are all having to adjust to a newer way of doing things, here at Newdale we want to continue to take part in events to help our children recognise significant occasions.

As part of Remembrance this year, each year group is going to take part in an 11/11 challenge on Wednesday 11th November 2020. The activities that each year group are planning on doing are –

Nursery Sing 11 Nursery Rhymes / Songs

Reception Take part in 11 Remembrance Activities

Year 1 Complete 11 laps of the bike road on trikes

Year 2 Run / Walk 11 laps of the bottom playground

Year 3 Dance 11 styles of dance

Year 4 Run / Walk 11 laps of the cage or field.

Year 5 Complete 11 obstacles

Year 6 Listen to 11 days of war songs

The Den Run / Walk 11 laps of the bottom playground

To help raise money to be donated to the British legion charity, we are asking that the children are sponsored £1 for their challenge. The children can drop it in the collection pot as they walk into class.

Not only will the children be taking part in the challenge, but they will also be learning more about the significance of remembrance day through lessons in their classes.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Miss Cook