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1 year ago
Posted on 06th Jan 2025 by

Arriving Ready for School

Dear Parents/Carers,

Thankfully the snow is slowly melting and we hope for a trouble free start to the term tomorrow. Do take care near our site though, as we are unsure as to what the temperatures will do.

We thought it would be useful to share the slide below with you. We will be dedicating some assembly time to this tomorrow.

If you are struggling with getting your children into school or struggling to get uniform, please do talk to us as we might be able to help.

Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

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1 year ago
Posted on 06th Jan 2025 by

Welcome Back!

We are looking forward to welcoming you back tomorrow morning and hope you all had a fantastic Christmas break.

A reminder that tomorrow (Tuesday), children in Reception are invited to bring in 1 toy, clearly named (please no electronics or toys with small parts that could get easily lost) for a show and tell session in the afternoon.

Here is some information for the Spring Term:

Wednesday and Thursday – PE. Please can children come dressed in their PE uniforms on these days.

Wednesday – Forest school. Please bring named forest kits in a bag to change into in the afternoon.

Due to the cold weather, we recommend hats, gloves and scarves to wrap up warm at playtime. Please can we ask that all these items are clearly named, along with cardigans, jumpers and coats so that they can be reunited with the correct owner should they become misplaced. We will remind children to look after their things and pop them on their pegs if not on their body, but if you could support this at home with a little reminder to try their best to keep their belongings with them, then this would be really helpful.

 

Thank you for your support.

Reception :)

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1 year ago
Posted on 06th Jan 2025 by

Extra PE Session Year 1

On Tuesday 14th January, we have been allocated an extra PE session in addition to their normal Monday and Friday PE sessions. This is just for this week only.  Please can children come into school wearing their PE Kit on this day. Many thanks The Year 1 Team

1 year ago
Posted on 06th Jan 2025 by

Parent View Survey – final call!

Dear Parent/Carers,

 

Happy New Year! I trust you all had a great holiday.

As I hope you all know, we very much take on board the views of all our children and parents. These views are regularly shared with the Newdale teams.

We consult with pupils through every Governor meeting, and phase leaders/subject leaders also carry out additional pupil voice regularly over the year.

We believe that school and home very much need to work in partnership, with children being at the centre. There simply must be a two-way feeling of trust between school and home, along with open, honest lines of communication.

I have always prioritised having a school ‘open door’ policy where we offer many different ways of communication for parents to use, including a class email address, many staff on duty am and pm (including senior managers), office staff and home school communication books to name a few of these. The hope is always that if parents do want to relay any messages, that they can easily and rapidly.

Thank you to the 47 parents that have already filled in our request to complete Parent View this academic year.

We would very much appreciate it if many more parents would complete this survey so we can gain a fuller picture of your opinions of Newdale.

https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/login?destination=give-your-views

We have already begun looking carefully at the small number of responses. A significant majority of our parents continue to be really happy with the Newdale offer – thankyou. I understand that we cannot please everyone, but I can reassure you that all teams certainly try so hard to do just that. I am lucky enough to visit very many other schools, and I know as fact that Newdale goes above and beyond in its offer for the children we have. This is regularly verified by external visitors including our School Improvement Advisor, Local Authority quality assurance visits, safeguarding audits and of course our Ofsted visits. We are incredibly proud of the Outstanding Ofsted result which we gained in May 2023. There are only a very small number of schools across the entire country that manage the ‘double outstanding’ judgement.  I hope this is external reassurance that our school continues to be operating at a very high level.

As stated, I am under no illusion that we cannot please everyone, however, that does not stop us from trying to.  We are all on the same side and should be focussed on working together to support children to be the best they can be.

Thank you for your support in ensuring our school continues to grow in a positive way for all of our children.

Miss Cook

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1 year ago
Posted on 05th Jan 2025 by

Swimming reminder – Mrs Stack’s class

Hi everyone,

I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas break and have been enjoying the snow today! This is just a reminder that my class has swimming on the first day back (Tuesday 7th January 2024) so please remember to bring swimming kits. Children are welcome to come to school in PE kit on swimming days for ease of changing. Please ensure that parental consent to attend swimming has been given on Parentpay as without this children are unable to participate.

Our second weekly PE session will be on a Friday of each week.

Many thanks,

Mrs Stack

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1 year ago
Posted on 20th Dec 2024 by

Merry Christmas and Well Done

Wow what a term Year 1. We are so proud of you all for your hard work this term. We also hope you have a fantastic Christmas with your families and would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. Mrs E, Mrs S and Mrs W

 

 

 

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1 year ago
Posted on 20th Dec 2024 by

Achievement Assembly

Friday 20th December 2024

It has been a very busy final week of the Autumn term with our Christmas festivities in full swing. We have loved welcoming so many parents into school this week for our Christmas events, including the sing-along and crafts with our reception children, the year 3 and 4 carol concert and the year 5 and 6 Christmas quiz. The children also visited the Telford International Centre for the pantomime ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears.’ There were lots of laughs and surprises along the way and the children really impressed us with their excellent behaviour.

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

Mr McFarland’s class for their excellent behaviour on the pantomime trip and their resilience this week when learning a new skill to sew their own Christmas stockings.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Miss Lowe’s class with 97%

KS2 winners are Mrs Churm’s class with 98.9%

A big congratulations to Wenlock house who have gained the most house points for this half term. Children in this house will enjoy a special treat after the Christmas break.

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Finley for always setting the right example and being a fantastic role model to your peers. Fianna for her superb effort in creating her own fabulous Christmas stocking and going on to help others who were finding it tricky.

Year 5 achievers:  Barnaby for real effort and enthusiasm towards his learning this week and for really focusing on his handwriting in his literacy book. Jake for having a brilliant start to year 5 including getting his pen licence and improving his independence this year.

Year 4 achievers: Lealand for impressive food preparation skills when we made and then shared a vegetable curry in the style of a Sikh langar.  Hannah for maintaining such high levels of energy and achievement throughout the term.

Year 3 achievers: Ted for a continuous effort in every lesson in the lead up to Christmas and for having the courage to perform his own musical creation in recorder club. Bryony for always trying her hardest and going above and beyond in her work.

Year 2 achievers: Lolo-Rose for trying so hard in every lesson and being a kind member of our class. Phoebe for being very enthusiastic in maths this week and having a super week following the be smart code. You have really impressed us Phoebe.

Year 1 achievers: Miss Fisher’s achiever for all of her extra hard work at home and therefore getting amazing results in her spelling test. May for being a wonderful role model to all her peers and for always trying her best.

Year R achievers: Miss Hailey’s achiever for a wonderful week in Reception, fantastic behaviour and being so caring on our trip to the Panto. Nikolas for spreading happiness and Christmas cheer through our classroom with his enthusiasm for all our learning this week.