Reception

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2 weeks ago
Posted on 24th Apr 2026 by

Message for Reception – cress!

Good evening,
We hope you are enjoying growing your little pots of cress at home. Some children sent in a photo of their growing seeds to share in class and everyone loved looking at them. If you haven’t and would like to send in some photos of the cress growth, then children can proudly share these back in class. Please send in via the Evidence Me app.
Thank you.

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2 weeks ago
Posted on 24th Apr 2026 by

Message for Reception

Good evening,
Please can we remind you to ensure you bring in your child’s Read. Write, Inc reading books into school in their plastic packets, along with reading diaries everyday. We change them weekly, but we do take these along to sessions so it is essential that they are in school for when needed.
Thank you for your continued support at home.

Have a lovely weekend.

2 weeks ago
Posted on 24th Apr 2026 by

Parent Survey

Dear Parents and Carers,

At Newdale Primary School and Nursery, we greatly value feedback from our parents and carers. We kindly ask that all families complete our annual parent survey by Friday 5th June 2026 using the link below.

https://forms.gle/8q5MmKxwDGCQXTJH8

If you would like further information about any of the questions before completing the survey, please visit our school website or Facebook page, or speak to a member of our team who will be happy to help.

To say thank you, families who include their child’s name in the survey will be entered into a prize draw for the chance to win one of our fun summer prizes!

All named entries will be entered into the draw, with winners receiving a summer toy for the whole family to enjoy.

Thank you in advance for your time and support.

Kind regards,
Miss Cook

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3 weeks ago
Posted on 20th Apr 2026 by

Healthy Lunches for Little Learners

Today, your child will have brought home a letter with some guidance for Healthy Lunchbox ideas for school. We encourage everyone to take full advantage of the free school lunch or sandwich option over providing a packed lunch, as this is a cost effective and healthy choice right up until the end of Year 2! New menus were handed out last week.

If you do opt to bring in a lunchbox from home, please can we draw your attention in particular to the safety section, in which Parents/Carers are asked to ensure grapes are cut lengthways as a choking hazard prevention method. This is a requirement and they must be cut this way.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

 

3 weeks ago
Posted on 17th Apr 2026 by

Stay & Share – Wednesday 22nd April

We would like to invite you to our Stay and Share session on Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 2:45pm.

Please enter your child’s classroom through their usual drop-off/pick-up route:

Reception, Year 2, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 – enter via the playground classroom doors

Year 1 and Mrs Everall’s class – enter via the decking area

Mr Stubbs’ class – enter via the stairs by the Visitor Car Park

Playground gates will open at 2:45pm.

Due to limited space, we can only accommodate one parent/carer per child. Please confirm your attendance through ParentPay, so staff know how many parents to expect.

For this event, the children will remain in their classrooms. If you have more than one child in school, you will be able to move between classrooms and spend time with each of them individually.

Please book your place via ParentPay, the event is free to attend. Places to be booked by the end of day Tuesday 21st April. 

We look forward to seeing you, and the children are excited to share their learning with you!

 

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3 weeks ago
Posted on 16th Apr 2026 by

Donations to school fund

As a school, we are committed to ensuring that all our children continue to have a variety of opportunities to engage through a wide range of trips, visits and visitors. We believe that these experiences help to provide meaningful learning opportunities, as well as support children with their personal development.

As many of you may already be aware, as a school we subsidise our school visits using our own funds as well as money raised from school events. Although our budgets are certainly becoming tighter, we still appreciate that the cost of living has caused many families to also have financial concerns. Where we can, we will continue to contribute towards school trips so that parents are still not paying the full cost. However, our levels of subsidy simply cannot remain as high as they have always been in the past due to budget constraints.

We have a had number of parents who have asked if they could contribute extra amounts towards trips to support those in our school community who may be struggling due to the cost-of-living crisis. If you would like to do this,  please contribute via ParentPay. Every penny will go towards the trip costs.

We thankyou for your ongoing support.

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3 weeks ago
Posted on 14th Apr 2026 by

Message from Miss Cook

Incident Update

Dear Parents and Carers,

I want to express my sincere thanks to the children for remaining as calm as possible and for following adult instructions so well today. I am also incredibly grateful to so many members of our local community who rushed forward to support us as we navigated a very difficult situation.

The teams at Newdale moved straight into emergency mode, acted calmly, and followed our procedures to the letter. The emergency services were outstanding and undoubtedly prevented the situation from becoming far more serious. We are extremely thankful for their swift and professional response.

At this stage, we are unsure whether Rock Road will be open tomorrow. Please consider alternative routes, including Brookes Avenue, and think about parking slightly further away and walking in if necessary.

To support this, we will operate a late register system tomorrow. There is no need for families to rush, as access routes may be limited. Children can arrive any time up until 10am without late marks being recorded.

We will be carrying out reassuring circle times and debriefs with the children, and we would appreciate your support in talking to them at home about the fact that school is safe and that we are very much looking forward to welcoming them back tomorrow.

It is never pleasant to have to put emergency policies and procedures into real-life action, but it is reassuring—for us and, we hope, for you as parents—that everything ran smoothly throughout the event.

Thank you so much for your support and for trusting us with your children.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

Miss Cook

Headteacher

 

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4 weeks ago
Posted on 12th Apr 2026 by

Welcome Back Reception

Welcome back tomorrow to the Summer Term!  We hope you had a lovely Easter break and are looking forward to seeing you all and hearing about it. We are also looking forward to starting our new topic about ‘Growing’.
Please note the changes to PE days for the Summer Term, which are now on a Thursday and Friday. Come dressed in school uniform PE Kit (no branded logos) on those days please. Forest School remains on a Thursday afternoon, so please bring in wellies and waterproofs in a kit bag on this day.

Thank you.