⭐⭐ Achievers of the Week – Friday 17th May ⭐⭐

Friday 17th May 2024

This week Year 6 have been working incredibly hard to complete their SATs. We are so proud of each and every one of them. Year 4 had a marvellous time during their Anglo-Saxon workshop; they blew us away with their knowledge and loved learning about archaeological discoveries. They even had a go at using writing their names in clay, using Anglo-Saxon runes. Year 3 were lucky enough to visit Wroxeter today. They explored what a Roman town in Britain might have looked like – even dressing up as Romans and doing some exercise in the gymnasium.

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week: all of Year 6 for their fantastic resilience and effort shown in SATS this week. We are incredibly proud of each and every one of them 🌟

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 Mrs King’s class with 98%

KS2 winners are Miss Jones’ class with a very impressive 100%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: All of Year 6 for their fantastic effort in SATS this week 😊

Year 5 achievers:  Jonathan for writing a brilliant Chance to Shine this week and Egbert for his fantastic Chance to Shine this week.

Year 4 achievers: Charlie for always being such a kind and considerate friend. He makes us smile everyday – he is a true Newdaler! Henry for his enthusiastic approach to learning in Science and History.

Year 3 achievers: Ollie for great independent reading of our book, Queen of Darkness and Maisie for independently writing a wonderfully creative Roman Chant poem.

Year 2 achievers: Smrithi for her fabulous efforts in literacy this week. It is lovely to see the improvements she is making. We are proud of how confident she is becoming. Rocio for super effort in her writing! She is trying really hard to proof-read her writing to check for spellings. We loved her letter about playtimes.

Year 1 achievers: Libby for working hard in mathematics and showing good halving knowledge. Eli for using his phonics to complete his letter in the role of the Jolly Postman.

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

Year 6 readers: The Year 6 team would like to nominate all of our children as they have shone this week in our SAT’s reading paper!

Year 5 readers: Freddie for his enthusiastic reading at home this week.  Alejandro for regular reading and writing increasingly independent comments.

Year 4 readers: Meadow for reading at after-school club and achieving a Silver this week! Sophie achieving a platinum reading award for great comments, quizzes and illustrations from her book.

Year 3 readers: Theo for showing excellent confidence when reading his Roman chant poem to the class and Erica for being a great reading partner to her friends.

Year 2 readers: Jessica for her amazing effort at home! We love seeing her confidence and fluency improve.

Marie for consistently reading at home and great comments in her diary.

Year 1 readers: Gianpiero for excellent reading at home and writing lengthy comments in his diary. Miss Buckingham’s reader, who won the reading raffle this week, was chosen for working hard and reading lots at home.

Finance and Personnel Governors Involvement Update

The Finance and Personnel Governors met today and held discussions around our Early Years offer, with an update from our fantastic new nursery teacher. Governors were reassured that the standard of provision remains high. The enthusiasm demonstrated from the nursery teacher was very evident and it was great to hear how this is shared across the team. Governors were impressed with the early identification of SEND within the Nursery and could see how this supports children as they move into Reception.

Governors had an update on pupil premium expenditure and the impact of the sports premium. They could see that a lot of thought had gone into expenditure and that impact was evident.

Governors were happy to see that the staffing structure remains solid across all year groups as we plan ahead for the next academic year. The governors had an in depth look at the budget for 2024-2025. They acknowledged that school budgets are tighter than normal and were reassured that any savings that had to be made would be minimal.

Year 2 World Day for Cultural Diversity

On Thursday 23rd May we will be celebrating the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.

As part of these celebrations, we would like to invite your child to share their culture, religion or beliefs with us. This can be in the form of traditional dress, articles of faith, books, some photos, a presentation they have created about a religious event or any other relevant items.

If your child would like to share any such items with their class, please prepare them for sharing by ensuring they know clearly about the item as we are sure there will be plenty of questions as we all will want to know more.

Thank you, Mrs King and Miss Lowe

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

On Tuesday 21st May we will be celebrating the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.

As part of these celebrations, we would like to invite your child to share their culture, religion or beliefs with us. This can be in the form of traditional dress, articles of faith, books or food (please ensure a clear ingredient list is given and speak to your child’s teacher if you are concerned about allergies), a presentation they have created about a religious event or any other relevant items.

If your child would like to share any such items with their class, please prepare them for sharing by ensuring they know clearly about the item as we are sure there will be plenty of questions as we all will want to know more.

Thank you, Mrs Churm.

Diversity Day

For diversity day on Tuesday, we are looking at different hair types.

Please can you send any pictures of people’s hair in your family, so we can create a collage to show to the children and help us celebrate all hair.

Please send to newdale.yearrteam@taw.org.uk by Monday.

Kind regards,

Miss Hailey and Miss Fisher

Stamps Needed!

This half term, we have read the story ‘The Jolly Postman’ by Janet and Allan Alhberg. The children have loved learning all about the life of a postman and are working so hard with their writing in literacy.

To finish the unit, we would love for the children to write a postcard to post home about their trip to Dudley Zoo and Castle. Please can you provide your child with a stamp to attach to their postcard so that we can take the children to the post box to post. Please can you send the stamp into school with your child by Wednesday 22nd May.

We know the children will relish the opportunity to write to you and to post their own postcard home – it will give them a real, exciting purpose to their writing.

Thank you so much for your continued support,

Year 1 Team

Year 2 TT Rockstars Day

To celebrate the end of our SATs next week, we have decided to give children a ‘rock’tastic day!

We are inviting Year 2 children to come into school dressed as a rockstar on Friday 24th May. We will be making music, competing in electrifying TTRS games, performing powerful poetry and much more.

An easy dress up idea is bright clothing and crazy hair.

Families – Times Tables Rock Stars

We cannot wait to see our rockstars!

Year 2 team

 

 

Friday 10th May – Achievers of the Week ⭐

This week we have been so lucky to enjoy the lovely weather! Many of the children have enjoying having their picnic lunches on the grass and we have even been able to have some outdoor lessons to make the most of the sunshine! We hope you all manage to play outside and have lots of fun in the sun over the weekend! Please remember to drink lots of water and wear sun cream and sun hats to keep yourselves safe!

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week: Both of our Reception classes this week were chosen for their first BeSMART Cup treat! They have been working so hard to impress all the adults around school with their efforts in lessons and walking smartly in the corridors. Keep it up Reception!

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

KS1/YR winners are Miss Lowe’s class with 98%.

KS2 winners are Mr McFarland’s class with an amazing 100%. Well done to you all!

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Bella for the hard work and effort that she has put into her maths learning 😊 Mrs Arthurs’ achiever of the week was chosen for demonstrating great progress in PE lessons.

Year 5 achievers:  Oisin for continuously working hard in all subjects and for always following the BeSMART code and Toby for really impressing with his effort to do his best in all lessons this week.

Year 4 achievers: Zac for fantastic commitment to learning his times table facts and Teddy for an outstanding independent write and pushing himself to improve in every lesson.

Year 3 achievers: Harry for slowing down and taking the time to edit and rewrite his draft to really make it shine! Ashton for making amazing progress this year in reading and writing. We are so proud!

Year 2 achievers:  Arya for her super effort and growing independence. We are so proud of her hard work. Her positive, cheerful attitude to learning is help her overcome challenges. Shivangi for always working hard, improving her writing and being a wonderful, kind friend.

Year 1 achievers: Miss Buckingham’s achiever of the week was chosen for being a kind and caring member of the class, always looking out for her friends and making her teachers smile. Astrid for always trying hard during lessons and showing good resilience when faced with a challenge.

 

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

Year 6 readers: Zachary for keeping up with his reading even when ill. Lucas for his amazing reading at home.

Year 5 readers: Oliver for his increased effort with reading at home. Erin for challenging herself with her wide range of reading this week.

Year 4 readers: Harris for fantastic entries and detailed descriptions in his reading diary. Emilia for consistently reading at home and showing great enthusiasm in our poetry Guided Reading this week.

Year 3 readers: Nathan because he has started writing his own comments about his writing and Olivia for wonderful comments about her reading at home.

Year 2 readers: Coby for writing his own comments and putting in lots of effort to read at home. Keep it up!

Year 1 readers: Ollie, who won this week’s raffle and chose a new book, was chosen for working hard on his speedy reading and Omish for reading more frequently at home and writing in his diary.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!