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Friday 19th December, 2025

End of Term Letter – December 2025

Dear Parents and Carers,

As we come to the end of this long term, I want to say a big thank you for all of your support. It makes such a difference to the children and to the school, and we really appreciate your involvement.

I would also like to thank our wonderful staff for their hard work and commitment. They have given so much time and energy in making sure the children have had a positive and successful term. They are already busy planning next term!

It was fantastic to see so many parents and grandparents joining us at the various Christmas events. Your presence made the celebrations even more special for the children. We are planning a Spring ‘Newdale’s got talent’ event, so it might be a time where you can start working on something with your children. They do not even know about this yet, but I am sure very many of them will be super excited! Details for this event are not confirmed just yet, but I wanted to give you the heads up.

Today, staff will be taking part in training to get ready for the new term. The office staff have asked that if you have any outstanding balances linked to school dinners or breakfast club, please can they be cleared before the end of play today.

We are already looking forward to welcoming the children back on Monday, 5th January 2026.

On behalf of everyone here, I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Warm regards,

Miss Cook

 

 

Thursday 18th December, 2025

🌟🌟Achievement Assembly 🌟🌟

Thursday 18th December  

This week Year 1 were wonderfully well behaved and had the most incredible time on their trip to the North Pole aboard the Polar Express. There was lots of singing, dancing, Christmas magic, yummy hot chocolate with a cookie and a visit from Santa himself.  Year 4 finished reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and then enjoyed watching the film on the last day of term. Year 6 have made AMAZING Christmas stockings and used blanket and running stitch –  there was lots of perseverance.

From the whole team at Newdale, we wish you a very Merry Christmas. We hope you have a restful break and we look forward to seeing you in 2026.

House Points:

This week, we have counted the total amount of house points for this half term. In the lead with an amazing 2239 we have Severn. In second place is Wrekin with 2151, in third is Wenlock with 2142 and in last place we have Ironbridge with 2132. A big well done to all the children for collecting lots of house points this half term. Severn will receive their house celebration in January.  

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Oscar for putting in lots of effort into every lesson! Mrs’ Stacks achiever  has been chosen for always being so kind and helpful and putting 100% into all areas of his learning.  

Year 5 achievers:  Iris for working hard in all subjects, especially in Maths and in Literacy. 

Year 4 achievers: Violet for fantastic work with her sound poem, using effective onomatopoeias. Hok Hei for great enthusiasm and energy in our Christmassy singing practice this week.  

Year 3 achievers: Aarush for consistently lovely manners and behaviour, always following the Smart Code and working hard in all lessons. Billy for his fabulous Mary Anning biography and working so hard on his handwriting.  

Year 2 achievers: Harley-Rai for being a super role model and working so hard every single day, what an amazing first term you have had! Rowan for being a super mathematician and working hard in class. 

Year 1 achievers: Lucas for always being an incredible help to everyone in the class and a lovely friend. Merryn for always being a super role model and trying her best in everything she does.  

Year R achievers:  

Louis for an amazing term at Newdale. He works so hard every single day and is a role model to others.  Malaya showing good listening on the carpet and being ready to learn. 

 

Attendance Winners 15th – 18th December 2025

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

Mrs Evans & Mrs Sturrock = 96.98%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mr Stubbs = 99.14%

Wednesday 17th December, 2025

Sports After School Clubs – next half term (Year 1- Year 6)

The following after school clubs will take place next half term. All clubs will go live on ParentPay around 3pm this Friday (19th)

Monday – Golf

Monday – KS2 Dance Club

Monday – KS1 Hockey

Tuesday – KS1 Football

Tuesday – Gymnastics

Wednesday – KS2 Girl’s Football

Wednesday – KS2 Netball

Wednesday – Badminton

Thursday – KS2 Football

Friday – Dodgeball

Friday – KS2 Football

 

Tuesday 16th December, 2025

Y5 EKO day – tomorrow

Tomorrow (17th) is our EKO day. Children can come to school in their own clothes and a warm/waterproof coat. They will also need a spare pair of shoes as it will be muddy and MUST wear two pairs of socks if they are planning on wearing wellies.

Sunday 14th December, 2025

Year 6 Christmas event

As you know, on Tuesday 16th December it will be the Year 6 Christmas event. Entrance is through the office from 2pm and the event will begin at 2.15pm. Tickets are still available directly from the office (this event is no longer on Parentpay). Please can children (and adults if they wish to!) wear their Christmas jumpers on this day, along with their school uniform. Santa hats etc are welcome – the more Christmassy the better!

We look forward to seeing you there.

The Year 6 team