Friday 20th September
Our pupils appear to be completely settled into their new classrooms and routines now. Across the school, children have been enthusiastic and engaged in their learning. Miss McCullagh has been particularly impressed with the quality of the Maths work she has seen in books! Can you show off any of your new Maths learning at home? Rumour has it that Cool Cat may be visiting Newdale next week – be sure to get to school on-time everyday for your chance to see him! 🐾
This week, we have held onto the BeSMART Cup because we want to choose two winners next week! One our of winners will be chosen by Cool Cat and the second winner will be chosen for impeccable behaviour and manners at playtime and lunchtime.
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 Fisher’s class with a super 99%
KS2 winners are Mrs King’s class, for this third week in row, with and unbeatable 100%
Achievers of the week:
Year 6 achievers: Freddie for showing such a positive attitude in class and an eagerness and enthusiasm to learn in all subjects and Reyhan for always being a supportive peer and producing excellent pieces of work.
Year 5 achievers: Toby for his positive, kind-hearted nature and for being a brilliant team member who always speaks politely and Hebe for an amazing chance to shine which was well presented and well written.
Year 4 achievers: Lila for being a fantastic listener and always working to the highest of standards. Mrs Everall’s achiever of the week was chosen for working independently in Maths, Art and Guided Reading this week.
Year 3 achievers: Maya for being an excellent role model and completing every task with the best attitude and focus. Ezra for showing a positive attitude, contributing well in class and for producing some super literacy homework this week. Well done Ezra!
Year 2 achievers: Aarush for always having a positive attitude and being a good role model. Isabel for working hard independently, setting a good example and always trying to improve her work.
Year 1 achievers: Harry for being a kind and helpful friend to everyone and for completing a fantastic independent write in Literacy this week. He worked super hard to use important things like capital letters, full stops and even adjectives! 😊 Willow for being a super hard worker in all areas and having a lovely positive attitude and smile at all times.
Year R achievers: Jayden for being a wonderful helper all week, keeping our classroom safe and tidy and making all the grownups and his friends smile with his lovely, kind nature 😊 Well done Jayden! Sophie for settling so well into Reception, and especially for being such a kind and supportive friend.
‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week:
This year, we will be alternating our ‘Star Reader’ raffle with a brand new ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy which will be issued to a class who have excelled in their efforts to learn and practise their number facts and times tables recall. This week, the trophy went to the class with the highest percentage of pupils using TTRS over the two weeks. This class is Mrs Stack’s class with 83%. Congratulations Rockstars!
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 😊
