School readiness

You are invited to attend a short meeting on Thursday 22nd June at 8.30.  This will be led by Lynsey Ray from the NHS who is a Healthy Child Programme Practioner.  She has lots of useful information about immunisation, infection control, toileting, sleep, nutrition and dental health.  Lynsey will also be able to signpost you to further websites.  Please feel free to come along, we expect to be finished by 9am.

Lisa Curnow

Cool Cat visit Nursery

Nursery had a special visitor this week😻
Cool Cat has been popping along bright and early everyday, even to breakfast club! I think he smelt the milk.
And the children couldn’t have been more happier to see him with cuddles, high fives and a cheeky little pat on the head well done.

It’s certainly prompted the children to come into school and nursery on time.
One parent said ” she’s ran all the way here today trying to catch this Cool Cat, normally I have to carry her half the way ”

Thank you for getting them to nursery on time we know it’s not always easy to get them up and out the house.

Have a lovely Bank holiday weekend and we’ll see you all bright and early on Tuesday ❤️

The party animal man

What a lovely welcome back treat this was for nursery, a little visit from
‘The party animal man ‘ who was absolutely fantastic !
He talked to the children all about the importance of not being frightened of these animals and insects, how to look after them and where in the world they are from. Most if not all of the children were keen to stroke and handle them, which really impressed Simon. He was very surprised to how eager and caring they were towards the animals he brought along with him, and my did he bring a verity! From cockroaches, chinchillas, bearded dragon, Spiders, frogs and probably the biggest snake I’ve handled, so heavy!

Simon wasn’t the only one impressed this week, our whole team were with our new little starters in Mighty Oaks who have settled right in. We appreciate your patience with us on such a busy week but I do hope by now you have met your child’s key workers. If not please do not hesitate to ask to meet them at the gate if you’re unsure to who this may be.

All relevant information and messages about up coming events and important dates to remember will be posted on here, our main website
( Newdale school ) over text or on our message board outside the entrance.

Thank you again and I can’t wait for a new exciting summer term looking at the over arching theme of
‘ under the sea ‘ 🌊🐬🐠⛴

Tuesday 18th we welcome you back

Tuesday 18th
Tomorrow we will be welcoming our new starters into nursery and saying welcome back to our ladybugs and Mighty Oaks children.
We do hope that you’ve managed to have a lovely Easter break and some quality time together with your little ones.
We would love to hear about any little adventures you got up to whether it be a little walk, a trip away, or family celebrations. Please send us any photos and a brief description on the evidence me app of what you were doing/ going to so that we can share these with your child’s groups.
Hearing them talk about family time and seeing/ sharing photos is so important to us, we value every special moment that is memorable to them.

We are very pleased to welcome back one of our own Miss Chloe Angus into Mighty Oaks where she will be with Orange group who are very lucky to have her she’s a wonderful mommy and a fantastic, valued member of our team!

See you soon from Mrs Giordano and all the nursery team.

Easter celebrations

” No matter what the weather brings,
we play together” ☔️🌈❄️

As we look back at Winter and all that it brought along with it. The elements and the new starters, we start to see growth, not only in the children but the new beginnings of nature.
We’ve welcomed Spring in by planting flowers, vegetables and Celebrated Easter by making Easter nest chocolate cakes, decorating special cards and going on a little hunt around the garden.
Have a lovely Easter break, see you soon. 🐣🍫
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An update from the Newdale Governors 28/3/23

As proud governors of Newdale Primary School and Nursery, we attend regular committee meetings in school – where we look at how the school continues to provide such a high standard of education for your child, and where we have the opportunity to see and discuss school life from the perspective of the staff and the pupils.

Today, as part of one of these Governor committees, we looked at a sample of Literacy books and listened to a group of Year 6 children talk about their learning. All of these children commented on how they felt well prepared for their move to secondary school and excited about their next steps (and even more transition activities will be taking place in the summer term!).

We are continually seeking the views of children to ensure that the decision making has them at the centre. We are pleased that the children can speak so enthusiastically about their school, but we are keen to not only get the views of children and staff but also parents. We look forward to analysing the recent parent survey that many of you kindly filled in during parent consultation week. 

As Governors, we really do want to support our school in ensuring that we educate children to become ‘doers, believers and achievers’. If you would like contact Governors to celebrate something that has happened or make suggestions on what we could do differently,  please do email in on newdale.primary@taw.org.uk and we will make sure we respond.

 On behalf of the governing body,

Mrs Carole Williams, Mrs Beryl Mason and Mrs Karen Rowley

 

Treeific Tuesday

After Easter we will changing our rota for our Treeific Tuesday sessions in Mighty oaks.

In the morning blue, purple and orange groups will be heading to the woods with yellow, red and green group staying in nursery to cook.  We will swap over in the afternoon with red, yellow and green groups going to the woods and orange, purple and blue group cooking.

If you are unsure which group your child is in please just ask at the gate.

Your child will need wellies and a change of shoe if they are heading to the woods.  In addition, please send them in wearing clothes that they can get a bit messy in.  We do still need your child to be wearing either leggings or thin trousers in hotter weather to prevent the children being stung by any nettles they brush past.  On wet and muddy days we will provide them with a waterproof coat and trousers.

Thank you for your support

Lisa Curnow

Stay and play for Mother’s Day and Red Nose Day 2023

What a truly wonderful treat it was to see all of you who were able to attend the Stay and play sessions for Mother’s Day !
We know time is precious with your little ones and work commitments can be hard to juggle such time, so thank you for coming along. The staff and children had a really nice time and all week they’ve been very busy behind the scenes making cards and things for you to come home with, hopefully saved for a very relaxing and treat day on Sunday. ❤️💐

Also today being Red Nose Day we brought out the silly noses and a splash of Red for the occasion. We’ve talked about why we are doing such things raising awareness that not all children are so lucky as ourselves. The day has been filled with colouring, games and dancing. 🔴🕺
Hope you all have a nice weekend and thank you once again for your support on both days!

 

Lost property

Please have a look through the lost property box outside of Mighty Oaks. Below are two teddies looking for their owners.