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Monday 8th December, 2025

Grapes and Young Children: A Safety Tip for Parents

Why Grapes Can Be Risky

Grapes are delicious and healthy, but their size and smooth shape mean they can block a child’s airway if swallowed whole. Because they are slippery, they are also hard to remove with first aid techniques.

Why Little Ones Are More Vulnerable

  • Toddlers don not yet have all their teeth and are still learning to chew well
  • Their swallow reflex is still developing
  • Their airways are smaller, so blockages happen more easily

That is why it is safest to cut grapes lengthways into halves or, even better, quarters before serving them.

How Long Should Grapes Be Cut

Children under five are at the highest risk, but even older children may still have small airways. While school‑age children are usually better at chewing and swallowing, there is not a set age when grapes suddenly stop being a hazard.

A Simple Habit That Helps

If you are packing grapes for nursery or school, always chop them into quarters. It is a quick step that makes snack time safer — and lets children enjoy grapes without worry.

Friday 5th December, 2025

🌟🌟Achievement Assembly 🌟🌟

Friday 5th December  

Wow, we have had another wonderful week here at Newdale. The children have all been working hard and Newdale is starting to look a lot more festive. A massive thank you to all that came to our Christmas Fair on Wednesday. 

This week, Year 4 prepared and enjoyed a healthy, vegetarian curry together to create their very own in-class langar experience. Well done Year 4! 

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Mrs Haymour’s class for always trying to improve their learning and behaviour and as a class have made super progress since September. 

House Points 

This week, Wrekin gained an impressive 397 points, the highest total this week. In second place is Ironbridge 375. Wenlock is third with 358 and Severn closely behind with 320. Well done everyone! 

 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Skylar for beautiful figurative language within her writing. Lacey-Mae for her fabulous effort in drafting and editing her C2S.

Year 5 achievers:  Paisley for being a superstar everyday, always putting in 100% effort, always contributing in class and creating beautiful pieces of work. Ryan for always asking for support to enhance his learning 

Year 4 achievers: Lianna for a fantastic science investigation and brilliant teamworking skills. Arya for being a brilliant chef in DT and for excellent progress with her times table facts.  

Year 3 achievers: Stefanie for her improvement in her handwriting this week and pushing herself more in lessons. Keep it up, Stefanie! McCauley for listening carefully to adults, trying hard in all subjects and contributing in class.  

Year 2 achievers: Miss Hill’s achiever has been chosen for always being a ray of sunshine. She always works hard, listens carefully and challenges herself in every lesson. Daria for learning her lines and giving an excellent performance in all the rehearsals, we are so proud of you! 

Year 1 achievers: Miss Lowe’s achiever has been chosen for being a good role model and taking care with her presentation in her work. Declan for completing an excellent Chance to Shine and having beautiful handwriting and presentation.  

Year R achievers: 

Avyaan for excellent commitment and focus on his learning this week. 

Times Tables –  

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest amount of correct answers. This class is Miss Watson’s class with an average of 8932 coins collected.  Congratulations Rockstars! The trophy was delivered to the classroom due to there being no whole school assembly.

Attendance Winners 1st – 5th December 2025

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

Miss Hailey = 99.32%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Haymour = 98.67%

 

Thursday 4th December, 2025

Year 1 Christmas Craft Afternoon

Good afternoon,

Tomorrow children will still need to wear their PE kits tomorrow.

For the craft afternoon children can bring in a Christmas jumper or hat/hair accessory to wear. We will get them to put these on before the event.

Looking forward to seeing you all and to start our festivities!

Year 1 team

Thursday 4th December, 2025

REMINDER – Y2 Nativity costumes

Please remember that costumes with names are needed in class by tomorrow (5th). Please also remember to send your children in their pyjamas tomorrow too!

Thanks,

Team Year 2

Thursday 4th December, 2025

Nursery volunteers

Have you ever thought about volunteering in a nursery or wondered what it’s like to work in a nursery setting? Now’s your chance!

Newdale Nursery is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our fantastic team in our 2-year-old provision.

Volunteering is flexible – whether you can spare just an hour a week or a couple of days, we’d love your support!

If you’re interested, please complete an application form and return it to the school office, or email it to newdale.primary@taw.org.uk by Monday 5th January 2026.

Volunteering Application Form

We look forward to receiving your application.

Miss Cook

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people.  All successful candidates are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This role will be engaging in regulated activity with children. Our child protection and safeguarding policy can be found on our school website or requested via our office. https://www.newdaleschool.org.uk/home/key-info/policies/

We are committed to equality and diversity.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as stated in the person specification.

 

Wednesday 3rd December, 2025

After school clubs today

The following clubs will not take place today due to the Christmas Fair.

KS2 Badminton

KS2 Netball

Hockey Club

KS2 Girl’s Football

 

EKO club will take place as normal.

Tuesday 2nd December, 2025

Year 5 & Year 6 Christmas Craft & Sing

Tickets for the Year 5 and Year 6 Christmas Craft & Sing taking place on Tuesday 16th December will go on sale via ParentPay tomorrow (3rd) around 7pm. x2 tickets per child are available. Tickets are £2. Deadline for buying tickets is Wednesday 10th December at 9am.

Please be reminded of the timings for each year group.

Year 5 – 9:15am

Year 6 – 2:15pm