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2 years ago
Posted on 17th Mar 2024 by

My Green Day and Red Nose Day

This weeks focus learning was all about looking after our planet 🌍 with the book of the week being ‘ My Green Day ‘

The children in Mighty oaks explored this topic with a sensory tuff tray that had recycling ♻️ materials in there to sort out, plastics, paper, card and wood set on a mini street road to a recycling centre.
🚶🏽‍♀️They went on a walk to base camp with the litter pickers and bin bags to see how much rubbish they could find, sadly lots on the school ground.

Our walk to the Dingle was a fine day to look for the early signs of spring 🌸 with the buds starting to show and the wild flowers coming up. We walked all around the Dingle pools talking about being safe around the waters and visited the local Lawley park. So much fun seeing them having fun while learning.

Cooking club copied the book and made some yummy muffins, teaching the children about where the ingredients came from and weighing them out for the mixture. 🧁

Our art classes involved painting daffodils 🌼 teaching the children how the flower grows and growth and decay.
Thank you to those that brought in old socks for the sock puppets, the children really enjoyed their socks being turned into something they could play with. 🧦 others used different colour felts, wool and buttons to create their very own puppet.

Ending the week by joining in with the great charity Red Nose Day to raise awareness around poverty, learning about children that are not as lucky as they are.
After School club played some fun games for this and did some great colouring on their design sheets. 🔴

Thank to to every one that donated to the Charity 🙏

Next weeks book will be ‘ Dear Zoo ‘

And I’m very excited to see the animal man with the children. 🕷️🦎 on the 20th
join in with our lessons this week by sending in photos of your pets via the evidence me app. We would love to share these with the children’s groups.

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2 years ago
Posted on 11th Mar 2024 by

Red Nose Day Reminder this 15th of March

It is Red Nose Day this Friday 15th March ! Dress Down Day ! Children are welcome to wear red and wear their red nose, that can be purchased from Sainsburys, Tk Max, the comic relief Amazon store, the Red Cross charity shops and many more places.

If you wish to make a donation, please use the link below:

https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=14070

 

 

2 years ago
Posted on 07th Mar 2024 by

Easter Raffle 2024

£1 per ticket. All tickets must be purchased through ParentPay. Please note that only one transaction can be made so all tickets you require must be purchased at the same time. The raffle will close on Tuesday 19th March and will be drawn on the afternoon of Wednesday 20th March. Winners will be contacted directly. All money raised will go into school fund to help subsidise school trips/events. Good luck everyone!

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2 years ago
Posted on 04th Mar 2024 by

Health & Safety governors update

The Health & Safety Governors met last week and focussed on many important agenda items including the quality of our wraparound care offer, site security and staff training. It was lovely to talk to children who often attend Breakfast club and Afterschool club. They enjoy attending these clubs and could talk confidently about what they get to eat and the range of activities on offer.

Governors were reassured that the site is continually monitored for safety. Governors enjoyed reading comments from parents following the recent site security survey.

Very often, during this committee Governors spot check staff to check levels of understanding linked to safeguarding. They questioned a teaching assistant this time and were impressed with the confidence of the staff member when it came to answering a range of questions.

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2 years ago
Posted on 01st Mar 2024 by

Our very own open art gallery

Here at Newdale nursery we believe every child can be an artist!
Because art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas, themselves, and to explore what is possible.

What a creative week we’ve had, that all started with our book of the week, ‘ The Dot ‘ which was all about a child who didn’t think they could ever draw until they was asked by the teacher to draw a dot. So that’s exactly what we did. Yes every child, all 69 of them was there to make a mark boy was it worth it!
The children explored and used many different media’s and textiles, even in the woods by making water marks on the bark.
Their work was displayed in our open art gallery today opened by our special visitor from school Mr McFarland the art coordinator.
He was delighted to see the children’s work being celebrated and put on show for all parents to see and so were we 👏
We hope you enjoyed it all and we do hope to see many more events like this taking place where the children can show off many more of their talents to you.

Next week the art work created will be going home for you all to share and enjoy.
I think you’ll join me in saying Bravo to every little Picasso 👏❤️
https://youtu.be/sg-aGFsOk1I?feature=shared Book of the week video.

2 years ago
Posted on 01st Mar 2024 by

Site Security

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have noticed some issues around attempted access to our site after school via the top gate leading to the Wrekin Way. We even had to stop a lady with a shopping trolley yesterday who wanted to use it as a cut through.

There have also been issues with teenagers, who keep coming back and attempting to ride bikes etc on our site.

As a result of this we are going to lock this gate at 3.30pm to unsure continued safety for our Afterschool Club children.

Thank you for your understanding.

Miss Cook

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 01st Mar 2024 by

Curriculum Governors Involvement Update

During the Curriculum committee this week, Governors reviewed the art curriculum offer across the school and enjoyed listening to the children share their artistic ideas and sketch books. Governors were impressed with their enthusiasm for this subject and the clear enjoyment they link to art trips out of school. Governors recognised that the subject leader had a robust knowledge of his subject and was instrumental in supporting staff in the delivery of this curriculum area.

Governors also focused on the curriculum offer for pupil premium and SEND children across year 1 and 2. It was reassuring for Governors to hear and see that teachers are skilfully adapting the learning to meet the children’s specific needs.