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Monday 2nd March, 2020

Department for Education- Coronavirus update

We are continuing to keep you updated on the government’s response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

Department for Education Coronavirus helpline
Today, we have launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline as follows:
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)

The importance of hygiene
Personal hygiene is the most important way we can tackle COVID-19. Please help us in sharing simple and effective hand hygiene messages.
Public Health England has a dedicated webpage with a range of posters and digital materials at:
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/101-coronavirus-/resources
Sign up is quick, free and means you will be alerted as more resources are made available.

Guidance for educational settings:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19
Travel advice for those travelling and living overseas:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus

Monday 2nd March, 2020

Easter Raffle 2020

 We are holding an Easter Egg Raffle on Friday 3rd April 2020, £1 per strip.  Please go to the school office to buy tickets, all proceeds will go towards purchasing a fire shelter for the base camp area in school.

Thank you to Magna for donating the very large chocolate Easter egg. If you would like to donate an Easter egg, please hand into the school office.

Monday 2nd March, 2020

Value of the Month- March

Thank you for all your support with the value of the month for February, which was Caring. At Newdale it is wonderful to watch the children display their caring sides whilst in class and out on the playground.

Our value of the month for March is Belief

What are beliefs?
Trust, faith, or confidence in (someone or something)

Our focus on Beliefs has three strands:

· Believing in our own abilities and encouraging the abilities of others.
· Being able to understand that not everyone shares the same belief.
· Being able discuss reasons why we believe in the things we do

Suggestions for parents to work with children at home:

Discuss what the word means:
– Accepting that something is true/exists
– Having trust, faith or confidence in someone/something
– Self-belief – trust in your own abilities

Discuss with your child who they trust the most and why. Explain that this means they have belief in their abilities to care and look out for them.
Explore different religions; explain that people have different beliefs and that we should respect them even if their beliefs are different to their own.
Self-belief- discuss with your child how they feel about their learning and other skills and attributes. Talk about what they could do when faced with a challenge. It’s important that children learn the importance of perseverance even when faced with difficulties.
One of our British Values is Democracy. You could talk to your child about the purpose of Parliament. Discuss the importance of voting, and the fact that individuals vote for parties they believe will do an effective job in government.

Please let your child’s teacher know if we can celebrate any work from home, in school.
Feedback on the values and what you do at home is really valuable to us and we really appreciate all your support.
If you can support us in any way, please get in touch via the school office.

Friday 28th February, 2020

Achievement Awards

Miss Clay’s class- Jacob for working hard towards SATs at home and in school.

Mrs Thomas’ class- Milly for producing some fantastic writing- a future estate agent…!

Mr Banfield’s class- Olaf for following the SMART code and making school enjoyable for visitors to our classroom.

Miss Myler’s class- Sophie for always bringing a smile to everyone’s face!

Mr Jackson’s class- Roland for impeccable behaviour, always being beautifully polite and caring to others in the class.

Miss Macfarlane’s class- Matthew of working really hard with his reading at home.

Mrs Pablos/ Mrs McLaughlin’s class- Erica for brilliant analogue time telling.

Mrs Trevor’s class- Gabriella for progressing in class with the quality and quantity of her work but most importantly her enthusiasm towards reading at home. Keep it up, we are proud of you!

Miss Newport’s class- Sophie for fantastic attitude towards all of her learning and for always smiling.

Miss Jones’ class- Alfie for great effort in his handwriting and for being polite to everyone!

Miss Hailey’s class- Karlie for having a fantastic week, working really hard in all subjects.

Miss McCullagh’s class- Noah for having a brilliant attitude towards your learning and producing a fantastic piece of independent writing.

Mrs Plimmer’s class- Max for Dot Dash Robot work.

Adult achievement awards

Evie in year 3 would like to nominate Mrs Trevor, ‘for always making lessons fun’.

Miss Hailey would like to nominate Mrs Huda, as she has been really supportive in year 1. She is calm and welcoming to everyone, and she has endless patience!

Smart cup winners

Miss Myler’s class as they have approached some really tricky concepts positively and they have had a great first week back because of it.

Star reader year 1,2,3- Megan from year 3 for reading well at home and for always being really keen to read with adults in school.

Star reader year 4,5,6- Adan from year 5 for reading eight times over half term and has also read four times this week. Amazing dedication and hard work.

Thursday 27th February, 2020

Year 2 School Sandwiches

As of Monday 2nd March 2020 children in Year 2 who order a school sandwich will be making their own sandwich at lunch.

KS2 (Year 3 to Year 6) have been making their own sandwich for a while and it has proved very successful.

We hope the children enjoy preparing and eating their lunch.

Thursday 27th February, 2020

Grandparents Tea Party

We are looking forward to welcoming Grandparents into school for our annual tea party on Friday 6th March. If you are wanting Grandparents to take children home at the end of the afternoon, teachers need to know in advance please.

Many thanks.

 

Wednesday 26th February, 2020

RSE – Drop In Session for Parents Monday 30th March 2020

We are holding an RSE drop- in session for parents on 30th March 2020 from 3.20pm.

This will be an opportunity for teachers to share information which will be taught to your child.

Parents are welcome to drop school age children into the school hall via the main office. All classes will be open from 3.20pm for you to see the topics that will be covered in your child’s year group.

 

Tuesday 25th February, 2020

E-Safety Top Tip! You Tube

YouTube: Restricted mode

Does your child use YouTube? Have you set up the restricted mode?

Restricted Mode (available on the website and app) allows the user to restrict access to mature or objectionable content. Childnet have produced a parent’s guide to YouTube Restricted Mode, which illustrates how it works and what you should be aware of:

https://www.childnet.com/blo g/a-parents-guide-to-youtuberestricted-mode

Remember that this mode may not be 100% effective. YouTube Kids may be a safer option for your family as it provides additional settings such as a content filter by age as well as providing a more contained environment.