Nursery

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5 years ago
Posted on 25th May 2021 by

Life in Modern Britain Survey Feedback

After analysing the parent surveys about how Newdale prepares children for life in modern Britain, one of the main trends was that parents wanted more information on how and when these topics are taught in school. Please find below an information guide to support parents with their understanding of how and when these topics are taught during your child’s time at Newdale as well as discussions you can have at home with your child.

How we prepare children for life in modern Britain

After you have read the guide, we would appreciate it if you could complete a short survey on how useful you have found this information- it should only take a couple of minutes.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2s8TOK9SpUy44yMVeXcKugepXUAD1EBDoCLGkZq2Id5URTE3Rk1KS0NNNkc4VDkzSk9UR1dNSlA1QS4u

For further information and year group specific objectives, please visit our school website.

Many thanks

Mrs Fenn

5 years ago
Posted on 24th May 2021 by

Miss Sophie Fenn

We would like to wish Miss Sophie Fenn all the best for the future as she is moving on to pastures new.  Nursery will miss her as we have loved having her here at Newdale for the last two years.  Her group in Mighty oaks will be taken over on the 10th June by the fantastic Mrs Ali Bissell, who the children know really well already. I’m sure you’ll all join me in wishing her good luck for the future.

Mrs Lisa Curnow

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5 years ago
Posted on 21st May 2021 by

Parent Information from Monday 24th May 2021

Dear Parents/Carers,

From Monday 24th May wearing a mask on site will not be compulsory.

Adults and children will still be required to follow the one way system when dropping off and collecting their children.

Many thanks

 

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5 years ago
Posted on 19th May 2021 by

Careers Week

Dear Parents and Carers,

At Newdale, dreams and aspirations are harnessed and nurtured. This is the vision for all of our pupils. We teach all children to become self-confident and to take control of their own lives and create their own futures.

To support our pupils to have dreams and aspirations, we plan a careers programme to help inspire them to work towards the jobs of their dreams.

Our school is a place where everyone gets excited about their next steps and futures. We would like to invite you to share your occupations with our children.

Our careers programme has successfully run in school previously and we are looking for willing volunteers to lead activities with pupils or participate in talks, either in person or via teams.

Careers week will take place week commencing 5th July.

We are looking for people who want to share their experience of their own job – The more varied the occupations the greater the learning experience we can provide.

If you are interested, please email the office and we will get back in contact with you.

Many thanks

Miss Broadhurst

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5 years ago
Posted on 18th May 2021 by

Job Opportunity at Newdale

Dear Parents/Carers,

A  job opportunity has come up working at our school. We are looking for a lunchtime supervisor to work specifically with our nursery children. The successful candidate would need to be available each day from 1130 – 1230.

If would like more details then please do contact our office on 01952 387720.

Regards

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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5 years ago
Posted on 18th May 2021 by

Life in Modern Britain Parent Survey

Life in Modern Britain Parent Survey.

We were blown away by the amount of responses we have received (over 200). We have carried out the draw and the 3 lucky winners will receive a text messaging congratulating them on winning. Now we have all the surveys in, we will spend quality time analysing them and will share feedback with you soon. Thank you again for continuing to support our school and be part of how we make it even better.

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5 years ago
Posted on 17th May 2021 by

The importance of play

When we talk about play, people naturally think about young children, however all children and young people should have the opportunity to play every day. Play is important for the early stages of brain development and playing with your child can help build relationships for later life. But no matter what age we are, play helps to develop important skills for learning, life and work. Encouraging play is one of the best things you can do for your child, whatever their age, and it’s free.

Free play is what happens when children and young people follow their own ideas and interests in their own way, and for their own reasons. They can do this on their own or with others. It can happen inside or outside. Children and young people should be given the choice of how and when they play. There is lots of information available about the health and wellbeing benefits of play. Active play helps to build strong bones and muscles. Children and young people explore their feelings through play, and this can help them build resilience and cope with stress. Play is how young children make sense of the world. There is also evidence to show that play in early childhood can influence the way your child’s brain develops, helping to co-ordinate their mental and physical capabilities. Through play, children and young people of all ages develop problem-solving skills, imagination and creativity, language and observation skills, and memory and concentration. Children and young people use play to test their theories about the world and their place in it.

So here at Mighty Oaks we present to you the evidence of your children enjoying themselves, exploring, making new friendships, testing their ideas and most importantly having fun while playing .

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5 years ago
Posted on 14th May 2021 by

Update on air quality

Update on air quality 14.5.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have been given information about air quality around the site of the fire and around our school site.

The monitoring station has been placed on our site and therefore it really does give us a clear picture as to what is going on.

The station was only set up for reassurance reasons. We have always been clear that although the smoke is unpleasant, it is not harmful.

As expected, initial results from tests on air quality around the site have shown that levels of pollutants are ‘low’ and therefore the risks to health are ‘low’. The Fire Service have also confirmed that no asbestos has been found to date at the site. There was only a slightly higher reading on one day whenever there was increased activity on the site.

 

AIR POLLUTION BANDING VALUE ACCOMPANYING HEALTH MESSAGES FOR AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS* ACCOMPANYING HEALTH MESSAGE FOR GENERAL POPULATION
Low 1 – 3 Enjoy your usual outdoor activities. Enjoy your usual outdoor activities.

Health advice for these levels is minimal and the health advice from Telford & Wrekin Council and Public Health England remains unchanged, to avoid the smoke if possible and keep windows and doors closed as a precautionary measure.

We are continually monitoring the situation in school and closing windows and doors for periods of time if the smoke levels increase. Clearly we are conscious of the ventilation needed to reduce risk of the virus and making sure we manage both effectively.

I felt it important to pass on this useful information to you.

Have a great weekend.

Miss Cook

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5 years ago
Posted on 14th May 2021 by

Update from Miss Cook

Update 14.5.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

As you know, we keep our eye on any guidance that is coming out from the health experts and the local authority. Yesterday more guidance came out about face coverings. As a reaction to this, we are altering our risk assessment. From Monday 24th May (a week on Monday) you will be allowed on site without a face covering. Staff will still have to wear face coverings in communal areas in school, but not in the classrooms. The rest of our procedures remain unchanged at the moment and as we wait to see what happens next with the Indian variant of the virus.

To reassure you, every adult in school continues to test at least twice a week.

It is still really important that you are overly sensitive when looking at your child’s health. If they have any of the three main symptoms, it is important that they have a full PCR Covid test (the link to book one is below) –

  1.   High temperature
  2.   Continuous cough
  3.   Loss of taste and smell

Link: https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

We are ever hopeful that as time goes on, more and more restrictions can be lifted. The figures for Telford are encouraging and therefore the route to normality still remains firmly in place.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Miss Cook