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2 years ago
Posted on 17th Sep 2024 by

Year 2 Nature Walk

On Wednesday 25th September, Year 2 will be going on their Nature Walk in the afternoon. Please send your child to school in their normal clothes and bring a spare pair of shoes into school with them to change into.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Year 2 Team

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 16th Sep 2024 by

Extra PE tomorrow!

We are incredibly lucky to have been offered an extra PE session with our specialist Crossbar coaches tomorrow afternoon. Our coaches have been wowed by how well reception have thrown themselves into PE outside on our pitches and are really looking forward to the extra session they have chosen to give to us tomorrow!

Please can your child come to school wearing PE kit tomorrow(Tuesday 17th).

See you all in the morning ☺️

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2 years ago
Posted on 13th Sep 2024 by

Reception Message

Another week completed and we couldn’t be prouder of how amazing the children have been.

They have all worked so hard this week. We have been busy practising to write our names, counting and recognising numbers, phonics, drawing self-portraits and pictures of our family, had our first crossbar PE lesson, have been wonderful going down to the hall for our lunch, listening intently to lots of stories at storytime and of course playing with friends! Wow – we are sure everyone will be tired and ready for a well-earned rest at the weekend. Next week is sure to be as packed with fun as we start to learn about stories and castles.

As we also begin forest school on Wednesday afternoon, please remember to bring in some old clothing and waterproof trousers for wet weather, plus wellies in a separate kit bag. All kit needs to be named please.  We would appreciate if over the coming days, you could take the opportunity to practise with your child getting changed independently, so they can dress themselves for forest school. Of course we will help with anything tricky, but this will help enormously.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

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2 years ago
Posted on 13th Sep 2024 by

🌟 Friday Achievement Assembly 🌟

Friday 13th September 2024

As another week draws to a close, we continue to be so impressed by how well the children are settling back into school life. We have been particularly impressed with their behaviour during play times (when it has not been raining!) and how popular the after-school clubs have been. Teachers have been busy planning lots of exciting trips and opportunities for the children which we look forward to sharing with you in due course.

 

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

Year 1 for having a brilliant start to the academic year: working very hard, behaving well and making their teachers very proud! 

Nominations here:  

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 Hill’s class with 97% 

KS2 winners are Mrs King’s class with 99% 

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Kayson for consistently demonstrating fantastic focus/effort in all lessons and a superb attitude to his learning. Isabella for continuing to be a great role model to her peers and always willing to help in whatever way she can. 

Year 5 achievers:  Kalyan for excellent work produced in all subjects to a high quality. Tiana for showing a super attitude towards her work and already achieving her pen licence. 

Year 4 achievers: Archie for excellent work on the importance of the River Nile to the Ancient Egyptians. Clark for enthusiastic participation in class discussions and always doing his best work.  

Year 3 achievers: Seb for his enthusiasm and recall of key facts in History lessons. Kira for always showing great focus in our lessons and having a superb attitude to learning. 

Year 2 achievers: Ted for trying his best to be independent and his enthusiasm when working, achieving and following the Be Smart code. Elizabeth, for trying hard in all subjects and presenting her work neatly   

Year 1 achievers: Natalie for working extremely hard in literacy and maths, always listening in lessons and having a positive attitude to learning. Mrs Evan’s and Mrs Sturrock’s star of the week is Farida for always having a positive attitude to learning and coming into school every day with a beautiful, big smile on her face. 

 

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

Year 6 readers: Toby for making great use of ASC to ensure he read 5 times. Eshaal for listening to the advice to read over the weekend to easily get more than 5 weekly reads in – well done. 

Year 5 readers: Grace for consistently reading at home this week with fantastic questions and detailed answers. Maddy for showing amazing enthusiasm for her reading since starting year 5. 

Year 4 readers: Hannah for excellent use of evidence from the text during Guided Reading sessions. Basit for showing a real love for reading with detailed comments in his diary.  

Year 3 readers: Gracie for reading lots at home this week and being a speedy reader! Well done Gracie. Joe for continuous reading at home and using the text to support his answers in lessons.  

Year 2 readers: Billy for reading daily, answering questions and writing independently in his diary. Muna, for the most detailed summary of what she is reading and often adding a question too! 

Year 1 readers: Harry for completing many reads over the week and writing his own answers to the questions with fantastic extended sentences. Iris for reading every day at home and working so hard to become a fluent reader but to also understand what she is reading!  

2 years ago
Posted on 13th Sep 2024 by

Staffing news

Dear Parents/Carers of Year 5 children,

Mrs King is very pleased to announce that she is expecting her first bundle of joy.

We all hope that Mrs King will be teaching her class until close to February half term, at which point she will begin her maternity leave.

We will inform you of our plans to cover this maternity leave closer to the time. Rest assured we will be looking very carefully at the cohort and staffing we have, in order to ensure the continued high quality provision over the rest of the year.

We all wish Mrs King and her family the very best of luck.

Kind regards,

 

2 years ago
Posted on 11th Sep 2024 by

Macmillan Grandparents’ Tea Party – Friday 27th September 2024

We are pleased to share more details about our final fundraising event linked to our hugely successful ‘Climb against Cancer’ last term. We are inviting all of our wonderful grandparents whose children attend the nursery on a Friday afternoon to our Macmillan Grandparents’ Tea Party ☺. All profits from our Grandparents’ Tea Party will be added to the money already raised for Macmillan.  The week after our Tea Party we will be able to reveal the total amount we have raised with the support of our wider school community; we know the children are going to feel so proud to have been a part of such a big event!

The attached leaflet contains key information about this special event.

Newdale Coffee Morning – 27.09.24

Further details

All details for how to purchase tickets will be on Parent Pay from Thursday 12th September 2024. Access to the event will be via the school office. Grandparents can take their grandchild/children home afterwards; however, parents will need to give their permission via Parent Pay to do so. Teachers will have a class list to tick off children going home early and grandparents will then be asked to sign them out as they walk out of the office at the end of the event.

To try and reduce overcrowding, there will be two sittings.

As it states on the leaflet, the Nursery for children who attend on a Friday afternoon only, Reception, Y1 and Y2 grandparents’ slot is 1:15-2:15pm.

Y3-Y6 grandparents is 2:15-3pm. If a grandparent is visiting a Y3-6 child as well as one from Nursery, Reception or Y1/2, please can they attend the second slot. e.g. a grandparent with a Y4 and Y1 grandchild would attend at 2:15pm.

All baked goods will be sold for £1. This will be cash only and please note, we will not be able to give change at this event.

During the afternoon, we are excited to announce that BBC Radio Shropshire may be at Newdale speaking to grandparents’ and children as well potentially creating photograph and/or video footage to share via their and our social media platforms.

We are all really looking forward to celebrating this event with you and hopefully reaching our target amount for Macmillan! We will announce the total sum raised the following week where we will present a cheque to Macmillan. The Shropshire Star will be in attendance so that all of our efforts are recognised across the whole of our town.

Many thanks

Miss Cook

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 10th Sep 2024 by

Year 1 Nature Walk

Tomorrow we will be going on our Nature Walk. Please can children come in wearing their school uniform and a sensible pair of flat shoes that are comfortable to walk in. Please make sure they have a waterproof coat. If the weather is not kind to us then we will arrange for another time but we will notify you tomorrow morning if this is the case.

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2 years ago
Posted on 10th Sep 2024 by

Free School Meals

Free School Meal Applications

Dear Parents/Carers,

We already have many families who enjoy the benefits after applying for Free School Meals and we urge you to reconsider if you meet the criteria listed below.

By applying for Free School Meals, very often parents think it is all directly linked to school dinners- it isn’t! If you qualify for Free School Meals, it also means that you are entitled to significantly reduced prices for school trips, breakfast clubs and after school clubs. There are many other benefits that your child could directly receive to potentially support them at home and if needed, with their learning at school.

Families with children in years Reception up to Year 6 can apply for Free School Meals if they are entitled to certain benefits and have an annual income of £16,190 or below.

Please follow the below link as this will take you to the Telford & Wrekin website where you are able to access more information and download an application form which will be sent directly to the team. Or alternatively, speak to a member of staff in the school office for support in applying.

How do I apply? – Free School Meals – Telford & Wrekin Council