Classrooms

4 years ago
Posted on 22nd Jun 2022 by Mrs Western

Safer, Stronger Overdale

Dear parents/Carers,

Telford & Wrekin Council has launched a project to help residents feel safer in their homes and communities by reducing anti-social behaviour.

The Safer and Stronger Communities investment will address community priorities and create tangible measures to address them. The project also builds and supports both new and current initiatives, such as youth groups, community projects, activity and social groups and openings for volunteers to get involved.

In response to the Safer & Stronger questionnaire our school circulated, several concerns and suggestions have been addressed. Firstly, a new CCTV camera is being shortly installed which will monitor the Overdale MUGA and field area. The lighting on the MUGA has also now been repaired.

In regards activities for older children (11-16) several new free multi sports sessions will be offered during the summer school holidays – delivered in conjunction with AFC Telford. These free sessions will be on the 27^th July, 8^th August, 17^th Aug and 31^st Aug. All sessions will be from 3.30pm – 5.30pm.

The Safer, Stronger Communities team are officially launching in Overdale on the 25^th June at the newly refurbished hall at the Carpenter Family Centre. They look forward to seeing you there.

4 years ago
Posted on 21st Jun 2022 by Mrs Western

Reception Sports Day

4 years ago
Posted on 20th Jun 2022 by Mrs Western

Reception sports day

Reception’s sport day is tomorrow starting at 9.00am. Please could all spectators wait outside the phase 3 gate (year 6 classrooms) once dropping children into school. A member of staff will meet you once everything is set up. Many thanks for your support.

4 years ago
Posted on 20th Jun 2022 by Mrs Western

Art Day- Friday 1st July

We are excited to be holding another whole school Art day next week, on Friday 1^st July. The theme this year is ‘Art around the world’, whereby the children will create pieces of art centred on their classes chosen country and artist. They will be focussing on a particular art style and using a range of mediums including paints, printing, and drawing.

This year, we would love the children to ‘dress to express’ in their most creative clothing, but as you can imagine, this may get messy, so please send your child to school wearing old clothing, or a large t-shirt or apron to wear over these clothes!

It looks to be a very exciting day for everyone involved and we cannot wait to see what everyone creates!

Kind regards,

Mr McFarland

Art Leader

4 years ago
Posted on 20th Jun 2022 by Mrs Western

Sports Day

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are delighted to be able to run Sports Day again this year without the disruption of Covid. You will have already been given dates though our ‘Key Dates’ information, but I just want to remind everyone now of the dates again and relay some organisational points.

Year 5/6 Monday 20^th June 1.15-3.00pm

Reception Tuesday 21^st June 9.00-10.20am

Year 3/4 Tuesday 21^st June 1.15-3:00pm

Year 1/2 Wednesday 22^nd June 1.15-3.00pm

We have a few reserve dates up our sleeve, but hope that the weather will be kind. We will update you if we have to pull on our reserve dates.

We are running the event in ‘Houses’. The children will run for either Wenlock, Ironbridge, Severn or Wrekin.

Children will undoubtedly tell you which house they are in.

The sports day will be carried out on the new Astro football pitch. We will open the gate by Mrs Thomas’ classroom 10 minutes before each event starts. Children will be based on the side of the Astro that backs onto the Wrekin Way path. We ask parents to take up a spectator spot on the opposite side (where the Oak tree is) or up on the bank. Staff will direct you! Please make sure you use the toilet before coming to sports day, as we will not be able to offer toilet facilities to parents.

Due to the time the children will be outside, could you please ensure that your child has applied sun cream before coming to school and that they bring a hat with them. Drinks will be provided for them at various stages but a water bottle on sports day is a must.

It is the first time we have run a sports day on the new Astro so please bear with us. Mr Birch, Miss Jones, and the team have worked hard in making sure it runs smoothly, with of course the main driver being that all children have fun!

Yours sincerely,

Miss Cook

4 years ago
Posted on 18th Jun 2022 by Mrs Sturrock

Meeting Newdale’s Chicks 🐣

On Friday Reception were lucky enough to go and meet our school chicks. We all had a hold of the chicks (they were so soft and fluffy) and we learnt some chick facts. One interesting fact we found out was that the boy chicks were yellow and the girl chicks were brown!

4 years ago
Posted on 18th Jun 2022 by Mrs Sturrock

Reception Star of the Week

Congratulations Leo who is Mrs Evans’ and Mrs Sturrock’s ‘Healthy Lifestyles and Sports Star of the Week’ this week.

4 years ago
Posted on 17th Jun 2022 by Miss Hailey

Reception meet the Chicks 🐥

Today we met the baby chicks visiting school at the moment.

We each took turns to hold the chicks, stroking them very gently. We talked about how their fluff will soon turn into feathers and how they will grow and change.

4 years ago
Posted on 17th Jun 2022 by Miss Hailey

HLW healthy minds in Reception

To complete our week of Healthy Lifestyles, today we focussed on a healthy mind!

We completed mindful colouring listening to calm music, practised deep breathing exercises (ask us about the smelling the flower and blowing the leaf technique), and we also went to relax and watch the clouds pass by, looking at the shapes they make.

Such a relaxing day in this glorious weather.

4 years ago
Posted on 16th Jun 2022 by Mrs Sturrock

Healthy Lifestyles Week in Reception

This week has been healthy lifestyles week in school.

Today Reception had a great time completing a range of activities all about how to keep our body healthy.

We looked at a balanced diet and the importance of eating healthily. We then designed our own healthy meal plate.

We spoke about how regular exercise is important as one of the ways to keep our bodies healthy. We then completed a yoga session, carried out a 1Km run around our playground, joined in a Zumba session with Mrs Trevor and used our outdoor gym to exercise our bodies. It was hot, tiring work but great fun! After the exercise we discussed how our bodies had changed thinking about how our body felt before, during and after exercise. Well done Reception!