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Wednesday 27th January, 2021

E-Safety Top Tip for Parents – TikTok

TikTok is a social media platform that lets you create, share and discover 60 second videos. You can use music and effects to enhance your videos and you can also browse other people’s videos and interact with them.

Even though the official age rating for this app is 13+, we are aware that there are children in our school using TikTok at home.  Did you know that there is a Family Safety Mode for this app? This allows parents to link their own TikTok account to their child’s and then they are able to manage screen time, turn features on and off and also oversee their child’s digital wellbeing.

For more information on Family Safe Mode and for extra tips, please see the TikTok parent guide below. (click image to enlarge)

Please remember that Newdale staff are very experienced in supporting E Safety and are only happy to help should you need advice and support.

Wednesday 27th January, 2021

New critical worker/vulnerable child form – Monday 1st – Friday 5th February 2021

Please complete the form below if your child is eligible for a school place during the current school closure. All applications will be reviewed and considered once the form has closed at 9.00am on Thursday 28th January.

Please note that the filling in of this form does not guarantee you a place.

A member of school staff will contact you Friday afternoon to inform you if we can safely offer your child/ren a place.  If we are unable to, we will support you in directing you to the remote learning offer we have in place.

All school staff would like to thank you for your unwavering support in these testing times.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2s8TOK9SpUy44yMVeXcKujfWR1zrUJ1JhQgacqv0-RBUNElPNzlKVUNVOVNMU1Q4MUNaODRGRTU2Qy4u

Wednesday 27th January, 2021

Question & Answer Session

Dear Parents, Carers and Children,

Follow the link below to join Mrs Powell and Mrs Huda’s question and answer session every Wednesday at 2pm. We have set aside some time where you can ask any questions you have and also let Mrs Powell and Mrs Huda know how you are feeling and how you are getting on with your online work.

If you are logging in as a guest, please can you use the child’s name so we know who is in our session. There might even be some special guests joining us from time to time. Please click on the link below to join.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTYyY2IyM2MtMWRlYy00ZjlhLTljNmYtM2EyN2Y3MGZlMmVj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223813cfda-52af-4ca5-b8e3-231579770aba%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b7fbccd2-c777-41b6-ba22-f40bcd017bf1%22%7d

Thanks

Mrs Huda
Pastoral Team

Tuesday 26th January, 2021

26.1.21 Update linked to online learning

Dear Parents/Carers,

Firstly I want to say a huge thank you to all those parents who spent the time filling in the Online Learning Survey (127 received). We are delighted with your feedback and have shared your wonderful comments with the whole team and Governors.  We have now read each and every one and here are just some of the highlights and the areas that we are now working on:

 

Highlights

  • You are delighted that children who are working at home are getting the exact same offer as the children who are attending school.
  • The live learning lessons are a hit! Your children are loving seeing their teachers and friends in the same way that the teachers are loving seeing them too!
  • Communication between school staff and you is brilliant: staff are working hard to support you even out of school hours.
  • You have complimented all our staff teams about how hard they are working.

 

Areas we are now working on

  • Ensuring that work is organised (maybe in dated folders) and daily or weekly timetables are shared so that you can see easily what needs to be done and when.
  • Uploading the work the night before, in order for you to prepare if you wish.
  • Offering a wider variety of lessons e.g. topic days or art days.
  • Giving more opportunities for pupils to meet e.g. carrying out ‘show and tell.’
  • Supporting you further in understanding topics and concepts e.g. vocabulary definitions and Maths knowledge organisers.

 

Year group teachers may also feedback specific points to you based on comments that link to their particular year group.

 

We are constantly reviewing our offer and it is wonderful to have this feedback to work on.

 

We appreciate that it is very difficult for children to maintain the level of concentration and motivation needed for home learning and we are so proud of them for keeping going. Our priority is clearly the wellbeing of your children and of course ensuring they continue to make as much progress as they can, so that when this virus is under more control, they will still remain where they should be with their learning.

 

Senior managers met last night and have begun plans to incorporate some sessions that would have been going on in school, that perhaps have less structure than normal. For example, next week on Tuesday afternoon, all children in school will be given the opportunity to see an online pantomime that we have purchased for them.  The team is also planning in more themed days and practical art days which we know the children will enjoy and will potentially give adults who are supporting a bit of relief! Please remember that teachers are conscious that parents at home, may well be working from home, and therefore the sessions are designed for the children to work as independently as possible – don’t let your children trick you into thinking you need to be supporting them through every minute of every session – they would be working independently in the classroom too!

 

It has gone very quiet as far as announcements from the Government about schools are concerned. As soon as we hear what the plan is, we will of course let you know.

 

Thank you for your continued support,

 

Miss Cook

Headteacher

Monday 25th January, 2021

Update- 25.01.2021

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are delighted to have been able to remain open today, despite the conditions on our site.

Luckily the Newdale team managed to clear enough space on the site to allow staff to get on and carry out their jobs.

We are very keen to support children with consistency of our offer and of course working parents.

The arrangements at the end of the day are slightly altered due to where the site is most easily accessible.

Home time pick-ups are at the location listed –

Year 5&6- Collection from the back of the hall (where sports clubs are normally released)

Year 3- Collection from the back of the hall (where sports clubs are normally released)

Year 1&2- Collection from the year 1 decking at the front of the school

Year 4 & Reception- Collection from the steps up to school opposite the visitor car park

Thank you for your continued support.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday 25th January, 2021

Telford Child Sexual Exploitation inquiry

25.1.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

You may be aware that in 2019 Telford & Wrekin Council commissioned an independent inquiry to fully investigate child sexual exploitation in Telford & Wrekin from 1989 to the present day to identify if, and where, public, and other services have failed and where possible, to establish who is accountable for any failure/s and to make recommendations for the future.

At the end of last year, the Chair launched an advertising campaign and made a further call for witnesses to come forward and give evidence to the inquiry. The inquiry is keen to hear from anyone who has relevant information about child sexual exploitation in the Telford area, including:

  • Victims and survivors of child sexual exploitation, and their families
  • Those who work/have worked in child protection, healthcare, education, or the investigation of criminal offences
  • Anyone who has seen something in the community that is helpful for the Inquiry to know

As members of the community, you may have information to share. You can share information with the Inquiry in a safe and supportive environment and independent support services are available to anyone who gives evidence to the Inquiry. Further information can be found at www.iitcse.com and the Inquiry can be contacted on the details set out below.

Regards,

Miss Cook

Headteacher

Monday 25th January, 2021

School is open- 25.01.2021

School is open as normal today. A couple of points to consider when dropping and collecting your child/ children from school;

  • The car park is closed to parents/ carers and visitors, we ask if you can park away from school and walk the rest of your journey.
  • Only the main gate will be open to enter and exit the school.
  • Please dress your child/ children in warm suitable clothing.