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8 months ago
Posted on 19th Sep 2025 by

Reminder – Toys from home

Dear Parents/ Carers,

We wanted to kindly remind everyone that children should not be bringing toys from home into school.

While we understand that toys can be comforting and fun, they often cause unnecessary distractions during learning time and can sometimes lead to disagreements or upset if they are lost or damaged. We have plenty of engaging resources and activities available at school to support play and development.

We appreciate your support and cooperation.

The Newdale Team

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8 months ago
Posted on 18th Sep 2025 by

Year 2 -Zoological Trip Volunteers

Year 2 will be going to Zoological on Thursday 16th October.

We have had a few people volunteer already for this trip to help out.  If you’re interested in helping out, there’s still time to put your name forward. Please let the class teacher or teaching assistant know.

 

 

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8 months ago
Posted on 18th Sep 2025 by

Year 2 -European Day of Languages

Dear Parents/Carers,

On Friday 26th September we will be celebrating European Day of Languages across Newdale. Year 2 have been allocated Poland to explore for the day. We will be completing Polish themed activities in class on that day and children may come into school wearing red and white clothing to signify the Polish flag.

Thanks,

The Year 2 Team

 

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8 months ago
Posted on 17th Sep 2025 by

PODS Information Session

Newdale are excited to be taking part in the PINs project this year.
We will be hosting PODS – the Parent Carer forum for a ‘Cake and Cuppa’ event in our school hall. This will give you the opportunity to learn more about neurodiversity and what support is available for your child, including those without a diagnosis. Mr McFarland (SENDCO) will also be available to discuss the SEND provision in place at Newdale.
Please follow the link below to find out more information about PODS and the services they offer.
The sessions will be held on the following dates and times. Please confirm your attendance via Parent Pay.
Wednesday 24th September 2 – 3pm
Wednesday 19th November 2.30 – 3.30pm
Wednesday 18th February 2.30 – 3.30pm
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8 months ago
Posted on 16th Sep 2025 by

Reception Message – Home School Books and Book Bags

Please can we ask for the blue Home/School communication books to be sent into school everyday.
A reminder that you can record your reading of the ‘share a story’ books we change and send home in there along with any other stories you may have enjoyed at home.
These books were sent in a clear, plastic book bag to help protect the books sent home. Please can we ask that these are also used and sent in daily.
We provided one each child and so have a limited number left to replace any that get lost.

Please can we also ask that you only send one bag in with your child, preferably a school book bag as we are limited on storage space in the classroom.

Thank you for your support at home. We have loved seeing all the reading you have done so far :)
The Reception team.

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8 months ago
Posted on 16th Sep 2025 by

Reception Message – lost property

Good evening,
As you can see, now Autumn is in full swing, we are experiencing both warm and wet weather. Because of this, the children are taking coats, jumpers and cardigans on and off more frequently whilst playing outside at break and lunchtimes. Please can you help us by ensuring that their uniform and coats are labelled with their full name so that we can easily and quickly partner up clothes again with the right person.
It can be quite a challenge to man the doors at home time and search for lost belongings at the same time, and we need to ensure that each child returns to the correct person collecting them.
We would like to reassure you that we always encourage the children to hang their jumpers on their peg when they take them off, and also to bring them in from the playground. Unfortunately despite reminders, the children can get easily distracted when they are busy playing or having fun so getting mixed up with other uniform is inevitable. We would appreciate if you would remind your child to do their best at bringing in their belongings too as they are learning the ropes.
Many thanks,

The Reception Team.

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8 months ago
Posted on 12th Sep 2025 by

Achievement Assembly

Friday 12th September  

As week two draws to a close, we have continued to be so impressed with how well the children have settled back into school life. This week, we’ve shared our key dates for the Autumn term—please do take a moment to check them so you’re up to date with all the exciting events ahead. Our teachers are already busy planning the trips and learning experiences for the coming weeks. There is lots to look forward to! 

 

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

Miss Hill’s class for their excellent behaviour this week, following the BeSMART code and working really hard.

 

House Points 

This week, Severn house has gained an impressive 325 points! In second place are Ironbridge with 252 points. Wenlock are in third place with 244 points and they are closely followed by Wrekin with 222. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Henry for listening well and trying his best in lessons. Elliott for his amazing effort and fantastic independent work during maths.  

Year 5 achievers:  Lila for listening well and always completing tasks to the best of her abilities. Mason for fantastic contributions on a variety of subjects in class. For also being a great example to others following the BSMART code. 

Year 4 achievers: Mrs Everall’s achiever for being a kind friend to other children and helpful to the adults in her class. Kira for always being ready to learn and working really hard in her lessons this week. 

Year 3 achievers: Oscar for showing great perseverance, resilience and recognising techniques and tools that can help him when he is feeling frustrated. Keep up the super work, Oscar! Munachimso for her hard work and enthusiasm. She has been a pleasure to have in class and I wish her all the best at her new school.  

Year 2 achievers: Gabriella for having such a resilient attitude in her Maths learning. From ‘I can’t do this’, to ‘I did it!’ Molly for being a wonderful role model to her peers and always trying hard with her learning.  

Year 1 achievers: Miss Lowe’s achiever for always being ready to learn, following instructions, working hard and sharing his infectious smile. Samuel for completing some fabulous sentences in Literacy and working super hard in all his lessons.  

Year R achievers: Tallulah for an amazing start to school, showing kindness and working hard everyday. 

 

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

Year 6 readers: Hebe – an exceptional start to reading at home in yr 6. Lawrencia for great comments in her diary and writing her own poems. 

Year 5 readers: Ben for his amazing effort with his home reading this week. Keep it up Ben.  Matilda for super reading to star off Year 5! Great comments every day  

Year 4 readers: Ezra has impressed with his reading this week. Completing his reding at home and producing a super answer to his Vipers question this week. Zoey for reading every night this week and writing super summaries.   

Year 3 readers: Sebastian has really impressed me with his detailed comments about the book he has read this week, a super start to reading in year 3!. Mayra has been fantastic with her reading, she has read daily, done summaries of the books read and created her own questions to answer about the book, Super star! An amazing start to reading in Year 3. 

Year 2 readers: Eve has put in lots of effort into her home reading this week. She has read everyday this week. Well done, superstar! Miss Squire’s achiever has put so much effort into her reading this week by reading every single day. Well done, what an amazing start to reading in Year 2! 

Year 1 readers: Milo for reading everyday at home! Rheya for reading every day at home and writing some of her own comments in her reading diary. 

8 months ago
Posted on 12th Sep 2025 by

Application for Thomas Telford

Year 7 admission documentation for September 2026 is now available for parents to download from the website www.ttsonline.net

 

The closing date for completed application forms is Monday 22nd September 2025 at 4pm.