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Tuesday 12th May, 2026

Finance and Personnel Committee Governors Involvement

The Finance and Personnel Governors convened on Thursday 7th May to review several important areas relating to the school’s ongoing development and future planning.

Governors examined the provisional staffing structure for the next academic year, giving particular attention to how it aligns with the increasing number of pupils with complex needs across the school. They also reviewed the financial implications of the proposed structure. As is the case for many schools nationally, Governors noted the growing challenge of delivering fully inclusive provision within budgets that do not reflect the true cost of meeting these needs.

The meeting continued with a review of the Headteacher’s appraisal targets and the progress made towards achieving them. Governors then spent time exploring the new Ofsted Toolkit, considering the guidance available and identifying the preparation required over the next 12 months.

 

Finally, Governors agreed that a small increase in fees for Nursery, Breakfast Club and After School Club was necessary in order to keep pace with rising inflationary costs

 
Monday 11th May, 2026

Year 1, 2 & 3 DISCO Information – Thursday 14th May

Years 1, 2, 3, we hope you are as excited as we are for the upcoming D.I.S.C.O on Thursday! :)  Get those song requests handed in and practise those dance moves!

 

Can all children attending please enter through the main reception doors at 5.30pm.  You will see a member of staff for each year group ready to tick your name off the guest list and let you in, so please look out for your year group line to queue in.

Please note the collection points for each year group are slightly different and will be as follows:

Year 3 at the end of the disco will be taken out of the external door by the year 6 classrooms and will be released to parents/carers collecting from the Y6 gates. 

Year 2 at the end of the disco will be released from the hall exit doors to parents/carers.

Year 1 at the end of the disco to be will be taken back out of the main reception doors to parents/carers. 

The Disco will end at 7pm.

We can’t wait to see you there.

 

Monday 11th May, 2026

Reminder – Y5 EKO day – Wednesday 13th May

REMINDER – Year 5 – EKO day on Wednesday this week (13th May) Pupils need to wear their own clothes (outdoor clothing) that must be long sleeved regardless of the weather, please bring a change of shoes and a waterproof coat in case it rains. Thank you

Friday 8th May, 2026

Achievement Assembly

Friday 8th May 2026 

This week Year 2 took part in a Florence Nightingale workshop where they learnt about artefacts related to her, learnt how to make herbal medicines and even how to bandage each other! The children represented Newdale brilliantly. 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Alexey for his hard work in SATs revision sessions. Riley for excellent attitude to learning.  

Year 5 achievers:  Matilda for beautiful presentation and paying close attention to detail in her literacy and geography work.  

Year 4 achievers: Hansini for accurate speech punctuation and using a variety of interesting speech verbs in her writing. Mr Stubb’s achiever for fantastic effort in her literacy this week, working really hard on her handwriting. 

Year 3 achievers: Mrs Churm’s achiever for showing off amazing ukulele skills and being brave enough to show the whole class! Miss Watson’s achiever for settling into class quickly and showing he is ready to learn.  

Year 2 achievers: Evelyn for being a super role model to her friends during the Florence Nightingale workshop and representing Newdale amazingly. Caden for his incredible knowledge for our Florence Nightingale workshop yesterday.  

Year 1 achievers: Mattias for being polite and caring to others.  Lucas for working hard on his ‘Chance to Shine’ and remembering the important things needed in a sentence.  

Year R achievers: Safa for excellent progress in phonics and handwriting. Freya for a wonderful week, working so hard in phonics and in her writing. Well done 😊  

Times Tables  

Mrs Everall’s class win the TTRS trophy this week for the most daily minutes per active player. Well done! 

 

House Points 

Ironbridge are now in the lead with an impressive 647 house points gained in weeks 3 and 4. They are followed by Wenlock with 574 points, Wrekin with 545 and Severn with 397. Well done, everyone! 

Attendance Winners 5th – 8th May 2026

Winner of Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3

Mrs Churm = 100%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mr Stubbs = 99.17%

Tuesday 5th May, 2026

Gymnastics After School Club – today

Unfortunately due to a staffing issue with Airborne who provide our coaches, today’s Gymnastics after school club will not take place. Parents will be refunded for today’s session. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Friday 1st May, 2026

Achievement Assembly

Friday 1st May 2026 

This week Year 2 had a really successful cake sale and raised enough money to get our chicks! We also worked hard writing letters about how fantastic playtimes and lunchtimes have been recently.  

 The Newdale Cup winners this week – Mrs Haymour’s class for putting so much effort into their Chance to Shine and really engaging with their texts and taking on the role of the character. 

 Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Toby for his excellent work ethic :) Mrs Stack’s achiever for her beautiful presentation in all lessons.  

Year 5 achievers:  Paisley for always putting 100% effort into every single piece of work and showing a fantastic attitude to learning.  Isla for putting in great effort this week with her published chance to shine and becoming more independent with class work.  

Year 4 achievers: Jack for showing an excellent understanding of place value in Maths this week. Lucas for always being polite and helpful to others around school. 

Year 3 achievers: Eli for demonstrating great ready to learn behaviours and for his amazing volcano with great texture. Charlie for the amazing improvement in his handwriting and trying his hardest with his writing in literacy.  

Year 2 achievers: Bella for trying her best in Literacy lessons and writing super sentences. We are so proud of you! Dominik for his super effort in art and computing this week in the afternoons. Well done Dominik!  

Year 1 achievers: Delilah for always being a fantastic role model, kind friend and a helpful member of the class. Zach for working hard in his intervention groups and trying his best.  

Year R achievers: Maggie for a wonderful week. Maggie always tries her best, listening well and giving her best every day. Well done Maggie 😊 Azka for showing excellent focus in class and being resilient during Maths lessons. 

 

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle: 

Year 6 readers: Kian – for his consistent home reading and clear diary comments. Malachi for his dedication to a particular series of books and his detailed comments. 

Year 5 readers: Mason for demonstrating a passionate commitment to daily reading, selecting a wide range of engaging books to reflect on. Theo for completing more than 5 reads and adding lots of detail to his responses.  

Year 4 readers: Retal for sharing lots of interesting facts from her book in her diary every day and producing a great VIPERS response. Smrithi for a fantastic week of reading, engaging with her texts well.  

Year 3 readers: Mrs Churm’s reader for her enthusiasm with reading.  Ava-Lilly for her efforts with reading everyday this week and enjoying the books she is reading.   

Year 2 readers: Princess Kimberley for the amount of reading she is doing at home. Caitlyn for being such a great and consistent reader all year, well done! 

Year 1 readers: Lucas for practising his phonics at home and attempting to read more often.

Attendance Winners 27th April – 1st May 2026

Winner of Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3

Mrs Churm = 99%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mr Stubbs = 98.67%