Friday 6th March 2026 

Year 3 Spotlight 

This week in Year 3, the children visited the local Gurdwara to immerse themselves in the Sikh religion. They were lucky enough to have a delicious meal and learn about their way of life. They also had a great World Book Day with a maths theme where they designed their own supervillain and used smarties to help them learn fractions.

Please see previous posts on our fabulous World Book Day activities across the school – thank you to everyone for taking part and we can’t wait to do it again next year! 

The Newdale Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

With two nominations, both Year 3 classes will be enjoying a special treat next week. They represented our school brilliantly by showing mutual respect to other religions while on the trip to the Gurwara.  

House Points 

This week, Wrekin lead the way with an impressive 400 points. Well done, Wrekin! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Tiana for some amazing “estate agent speak” within her chance to shine writing. Charlie for his excellent estate agent speech in our talk for writing lesson.  

Year 5 achievers: Tiger-Lily for really inventive and enthusiastic writing at home and creating an excellent World Book Day potato scene. April for always working so hard and engaging in all lessons.  

Year 4 achievers: Jack for having a fantastic attitude to learning and working really hard on his Chance to Shine. Louie for working hard on his descriptive narrative about the Firebird and for a mature and positive attitude.  

Year 3 achievers: Yasmin for always trying her best in every lesson and showing lovely manners! Noah for trying his very best this week in all his lessons and being super on our class trip.  

Year 2 achievers: Eve Millward for her incredible effort in maths and literacy his week. She used lots of adjectives and exciting vocabulary in her Chance to Shine about the Outback. Harry Davies for being so kind to his friends, a mature role model and being such a pleasure to have in class. 

Year 1 achievers: Oscar for his amazing progress in writing. Not just the quality of his work but the quantity, presentation and use of phonics. Very proud of his independence. Ana for working hard in all her lessons and completing work to the best of her ability. Ana completed an excellent Chance to Shine and remembered all the things needed for ‘good quality writing’.  

Year R achievers: Thanos for an absolutely wonderful week, working hard, listening and for having kind hands. Oliver for amazing independent work this week and listening carefully to adult instructions. 

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

Year 6 readers: Jesse for a wonderful reading week filled with facts. Toby for a concerted effort to read more and making good use of his time in ASC to ensure 5 reads. 

Year 5 readers: Matilda and for role-modelling a week of detailed, descriptive reads. 

Year 4 readers: Marvin for a fantastic vipers question this week. Kaiden Bosson-Taylor for reading with great expression. 

Year 3 readers: Bella for showing a great improvement in her completion of homework.  

Astrid for completing her phonics programme and always having an ‘I can do attitude’. Well, done.  

Year 2 readers: Harriet for fantastic reading over half term! It is clear you have a love for reading. Theodore for reading 3 times this week and showing a renewed commitment to reading at home. 

Year 1 readers: Freddie for consistent reading every night. James for reading every night this week.