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5 years ago
Posted on 03rd Jan 2021 by

Message from Miss Cook

Despite all of the media confusion, we are still on track for full reopening on Tuesday 5th January.  Teachers are in on Monday 4th January carrying out our pre planned training day and getting ready to welcome back your children.

Please note all procedures concerning preventing the spread of the virus, remain in place until further notice.  See you on Tuesday!

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5 years ago
Posted on 18th Dec 2020 by

Merry Christmas

Well we have come to the end of a very challenging term but your children have exceeded our expectations and risen to every obstacle that has come their way.

We have made sure the children have had every opportunity to celebrate special occasions and kept their learning consistent to which they have amazed us in all areas of learning.

We would like to thank you all for your continued support and kind words through this tricky term.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and happy new year from all the team at Newdale nursery.

5 years ago
Posted on 18th Dec 2020 by

Last letter of 2020

 

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

We would firstly like to thank you for all of the support we have had over this tricky period. It has not been easy and despite our best efforts, we have had to deal with a very small number of cases in school this term. Our number of cases is relatively few in comparison to many other schools and we know that our partnership working with you, the Health Protection Hub, the Local Authority along with our strict procedures have helped to keep this figure so low.

 

Should your child(ren) develop symptoms or have a positive test on either Friday 18th, Saturday 19th or Sunday 20th December then you MUST let us know. Could you please do this by using the following email address newdale.primary@taw.org.uk, this will be monitored over that period by two members of staff who remain on call or alternatively calling the school office on 01952 387720.  The school number will be diverted until 6.00pm on 24th December.  Please only call this number to report symptoms or a positive test and not for general enquiries.

 

If your child(ren) develops symptoms or tests positive outside of this time period (Monday 21st December onwards) then please use the NHS Track and Trace system and you do not need to let us know, unless they are continuing to self-isolate once we return on 5th  January. This is because it will have been longer than 48 hours since they were in school and will therefore, not affect any other staff or students. Please note as of Monday 14th December, the isolation period is only 10 days.

 

Thank you for your continued support with this and I sincerely hope it will not be needed for any family over the festive period. I hope you all have a well-earned rest and have the opportunity to spend it with loved ones.

 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of the staff at Newdale primary School and Nursery. We look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday 5th January 2021.

 

Miss Cook

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5 years ago
Posted on 17th Dec 2020 by

T&W message from Santa

Telford & Wrekin Council have had a special video produced for the children of Telford and Wrekin. It’s a message from Santa himself and we thought you might wish to share this with your classes or perhaps in any emails you send out to parents.

You can view the video on YouTube here https://youtu.be/fgtCkyIcpIk

We hope this brings some joy to those who see it. Please share with everyone you can.

5 years ago
Posted on 14th Dec 2020 by

Christmas singing

The nursery are filming our Christmas songs on Wednesday (no forest school this week) to put on the website for you to enjoy.  We will be wearing special festive hats but in addition to this you are very welcome to send your child in with Christmassy clothes.  Please don’t worry if they don’t have any as we’ll look festive in our hats without them.
If you have previously said that your child cannot be on the website or Facebook but would like to change this permission please let us know so that your child can appear in the video.

Thanks for your support at this festive time🎄

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5 years ago
Posted on 14th Dec 2020 by

Key found

This key was found on Friday 11th December outside the school gates on Marlborough Way. Please call the school office, if you believe it to be yours on 01952 387720.

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5 years ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2020 by

Mighty oaks visit from Santa and Mrs Christmas 🎄🎅🏻🤶🏻

We were very lucky today to have such a wonderful visit from Santa and Mrs Christmas. The children had a story read to them all about the magic of Christmas and saw Mrs Christmas make Santa’s favourite special mince pies 🥧, yummy. We then sang them both ‘Rudolph the red nose reindeer ‘they were very impressed. All the children in nursery will be going home with a little treat from Santa, how lucky are they. Don’t worry if you didn’t come in today Mrs Giordano has kept them very safe ready for you to collect them.

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5 years ago
Posted on 09th Dec 2020 by

Important update for the Christmas holidays

9th December 2020

Dear Parents/Carers,

You may have seen on the news or social media that the Government have given Headteachers the right to close school a day earlier than scheduled. The reason they have done this is outlined here…

‘Education providers are asked to remain contactable so they can assist with contact tracing where necessary. This will allow enough time for positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases to be identified and confirmed by a test and for relevant contacts in the education setting to be traced. We are clear that beyond 6 days after the final day of teaching, school and further education staff are not asked to play a role in any contact tracing. It is also likely that the need to support the tracing process will reduce dramatically over the course of the 6 days as the majority of cases should be identified earlier in the week.’

We have made the decision that we will NOT be closing a day early. We already had our systems in place before this announcement and we really do want to prioritise the time children spend in school catching up on missed learning. We also factored in the disruption this would cause to working parents at such short notice. As ever, we are continuing to do all we possibly can to minimise risk in school and we continue to need your help with this at home. Most importantly, by not sending in your child if they are unwell. Please air on the side of caution.

Please note these important messages concerning the holiday period –

  1. If your child tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), having developed symptoms more than 48 hours since being in school (Monday 21st December onwards), the school should not be contacted. Parents and carers should follow contact tracing instructions provided by NHS Test and Trace.
  2. For the first 6 days after teaching ends, if a pupil tests positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), having developed symptoms within 48 hours of being in school (Saturday 19th December and Sunday 20th December), the school is asked to assist in identifying close contacts and advising self-isolation, as the individual may have been infectious whilst in school.

If you have a situation linked to point 2, here is what you must do immediately please –

Call the main school contact number of 01952 387720 and email  newdale.primary@taw.org.uk and leave a message with the following details, name of child, class teacher and best contact number. 

This number will be manned throughout the Christmas period (up to the 24th December).

We would then contact you for more details and then contact school staff to discover ‘direct contacts’. Following this all ‘direct contacts’ would be notified to self-isolate immediately.

Clearly, we are so hopeful this does not happen, as we want all of our families to have a fantastic Christmas without the restrictions of self-isolating.

Again, we thank you for your support in this important matter.

Miss Cook

Headteacher