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Tuesday 2nd December, 2025

Flu vaccine for nursery age children

Why get your child the nasal spray flu vaccine?

The flu season arrived more than a month earlier than usual, and Australia, which has their flu season earlier than us, have had their worse flu season on record.

Flu is a common infection in babies and children. Children under the age of 5 have one of the highest hospital admission rates for flu compared to other age groups. Flu can be a very unpleasant illness in children, causing fever, extreme tiredness, aching muscles and joints, stuffy nose, dry cough and sore throat. Children usually begin to feel better within about a week.

Complications of flu include acute bronchitis, painful ear infections and pneumonia. Some children may need to go to hospital for treatment, including intensive care.

Annual vaccination of children helps provide protection to each child and reduces the spread of flu to their families and the wider community, protecting others who are at increased risk of becoming seriously ill from flu. The flu vaccine also promotes a healthy working environment in nurseries and childcare settings by reducing the risk of flu being spread to others including staff.

Five reasons for getting your child vaccinated against flu:

1. Protect your child. The vaccine will help protect your child against flu and serious complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia

2. Protect you, your family and friends. Vaccinating your child will help protect more vulnerable friends and family

3. No injection needed. The nasal spray is painless and easy to have

4. It’s better than having flu. The nasal spray helps protect against flu, has been given to millions of children worldwide and has an excellent safety record

5. Avoid costs. If your child gets flu, you may have to take time off work or arrange alternative childcare

Side effects of the nasal vaccine may commonly include a runny or blocked nose, headache, tiredness and some loss of appetite. Serious side effects are uncommon.

When, where, how?

The flu vaccine is free this autumn/winter to all children aged 2 or 3 years old on 31 August 2025, and is available from GPs and some community pharmacies.

It’s a nasal spray which is painless and easy to have.

 

We’d therefore encourage you to get your child vaccinated, and reduce the risk of serious illness, disruption to work, education and social plans, especially leading up to Christmas. More information is available here: https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/child-flu-vaccine/

If you’d like to discuss this further, please speak to your GP or email HealthProtectionHub@telford.gov.uk

 

Health Protection Hub, Telford & Wrekin Council, December 2025

Tuesday 2nd December, 2025

After School Club Collection

Due to the school Fayre tomorrow (Wed 3rd Dec), collection for Tree Tops after school club children years 2-6 will be from the stairs by Miss Cook’s office next to the main school car park.  Reception and year 1 will be from the Mighty Oak’s garden at the rear of the school next to the hall.  This will cover both sessions from 3.10pm – 6pm. There will be no collection from the school office.

Thank you.

Tuesday 2nd December, 2025

KS2 Netball afterschool club – tomorrow

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances KS2 Netball afterschool club will not take place tomorrow (3rd December) parents will be refunded for tomorrow’s session.

Tuesday 2nd December, 2025

Year 3 & Year 4 Christmas Craft & Sing

Tickets for the Year 3 and Year 4 Christmas Craft & Sing taking place on Wednesday 17th 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 3 – 9:15am

Year 4 – 2:15pm

Monday 1st December, 2025

Christmas Support for Families

As the festive season approaches, we are mindful that the ongoing cost of living crisis is making this time of year especially challenging for many families. Please remember that as a school community, we are here to help.

If you feel you may need support this Christmas (whether that’s with food, essentials, or simply someone to talk to) please don’t hesitate to reach out. All requests will be treated with kindness and confidentiality.

You can contact our Pastoral Team directly by email at Newdale.inclusion@taw.org.uk  and they will be happy to support you.

You are not alone, and together we can make sure every child and family enjoys a joyful Christmas.

Monday 1st December, 2025

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas a Newdale!

The Christmas spirit has well and truly arrived here at Newdale!

Our Christmas Fair takes place this Wednesday (3rd) from around 3:30pm, please wait outside the main entrance on arrival.

We have some fantastic raffle prizes up for grabs this year, remaining tickets are available to buy from the school office.

We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday to continue celebrating the festive season.

Friday 28th November, 2025

Achievement Assembly

Friday 28th November 

This week Year 3 took part in their Stone Age workshop where they used wool to spin their own thread, weaved using wool, grinded wheat grains to make flour, made butter and used VR headsets to see Stone Age landscapes. Year 3 and 4 also enjoyed a trip to the cinema to watch Sonic the Hedgehog and the adults were all proud of how well they represented our school. Finally, thank you for all your donations of bottles for our Christmas fayre, we are looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday afternoon. 

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

Year 3 for their brilliant behaviour on our cinema trip and their enthusiasm to take part in our Stone Age Workshop day. 

House Points 

This week, Severn gained an impressive 403 points, the highest total this week. In second place is Wrekin with 390, Ironbridge is third with 352 and Wenlock closely behind with 349. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Jesse for his super efforts in improving his presentation and handwriting – keep up the great work! Sophie for her concerted effort with presentation and amazing efforts in class. 

Year 5 achievers:  Tylor for a great effort with his reading and homework and trying hard with his focus in the classroom.  Ben for reflective learning and developing writing using a range of skills 

Year 4 achievers: Robyn for fantastic work with our geometry maths work this week. Primrose for superb effort and beautiful presentation in all lessons.   

Year 3 achievers: Mrs Millington’s achiever for being brilliant in Maths, listening well in class, following instructions carefully and making Mrs McLeod really proud! Armish for her increase in confidence contributing in class and for trying really hard in her guided reading lessons.  

Year 2 achievers: Theodore for making positive choices, consistently giving 100% in every lesson and being a kind friend, we are so proud of you! Willow for showing a great example of the BeSmart code everyday and is a great friend to all.

Year 1 achievers: Lucas for always being a super role model, ready to learn, a kind friend and trying his best in all he does. Erin for always following our school’s Be SMART code and being a helpful, kind and hardworking member of our class at all times.  

Year R achievers: Asher for consistently working hard in Reception and being such a kind friend.  

 

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

Year 6 readers: Naomi for continuing her reading comments at home even though she’d broken her collarbone 😊 Riley for interesting fact finding work this week in his reading. 

Year 5 readers: Hannah Howes for always impressing me with her fantastic illustrations and diary comments. Keep up the fantastic work Hannah.  

Year 4 readers: Mr Stubb’s reader for fantastic, detailed entries into her reading diary reaching platinum as well! Jessica for reading daily and doing a fabulous drawing about what she is reading! 

Year 3 readers: Ava-Lilly Powell for reading daily and thoroughly answering her questions in her reading dairy. Well done, Ava-Lilly! Mrs Millington’s reader for always reading regularly with super comments, well done! 

Year 2 readers: Evelyn for reading every day this week and answering her guided reading questions so well. Iris for always reading every day without prompt.  

Year 1 readers: Jadon for his great reading at home. Jayden for reading every night this week. 

Attendance Winners 24th – 28th November 2025

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

Miss Lowe = 98.71%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Haymour = 97%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 28th November, 2025

Safeguarding, Health & Safety Governor Involvement

Health & Safety Governors Update

The Health & Safety Governors met yesterday to review a range of important areas across the school.

Asthma Strategy: Governors were delighted to see that Newdale has been awarded the title of Asthma Friendly School.

Safeguarding Spot Check: As part of their routine checks, governors tested staff understanding of safeguarding linked to training. The staff member selected answered all questions with confidence, demonstrating robust knowledge.

Pupil Voice: Governors always enjoy speaking with pupils about their experiences. This time, children from different year groups were asked about behaviour in school. They agreed that behaviour is mostly good, with occasional over‑excitement. Pupils spoke confidently about the importance of following the BeSMART code and explained the systems in place if children misbehave.

Parent Feedback: Governors are equally keen to hear from parents. At hometime, they spoke with as many parents as possible to gather views on Health & Safety provision. Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts—your feedback will be analysed at the next meeting.

The partnership between school and parents is paramount, and governors are committed to ensuring that Health & Safety remains strong and effective for all.

Friday 28th November, 2025

School Parliament Visit to Rock Road Lidl

Yesterday, members of our school parliament joined Mrs Morrow, Mrs Pablos, Mrs Millington, and myself at the grand opening of the new Rock Road Lidl. Alongside the Mayor and our local MP, the children proudly represented our school at this special event. They enjoyed a guided tour of the new store and were delighted to receive a Lidl goodie bag to take home. A wonderful experience of community engagement for our young leaders!

Thursday 27th November, 2025

Year 2 Nativity – Friday 12th December

Tickets for the Year 2 Nativity will go on sale on ParentPay tomorrow around 7pm. Deadline for booking tickets is Friday 5th December at 9am. x2 tickets per child are available.

 

Thank you