Parents' Area

Updates

Tuesday 11th November, 2025

Play Leaders

Our School Parliament ‘Play Leaders’ are busy settling into their new role out on our playground.

They are enjoying supporting all children with eg. Giving them ideas on what games they could play & helping younger children sort out minor friendship squabbles.

They completed their first training session with our Pastoral team on Monday.

Well done to them all!

Monday 10th November, 2025

Text messages

We have recently upgraded our MIS system to Arbor of which we use to send out text messages to parents.

We believe that messages are coming through to parents showing from a mobile number rather than stating Newdale.

Please can we ask for you to save this mobile number as Newdale in your contacts to ensure you are receiving communication from us.

Many thanks

Newdale Team

Monday 10th November, 2025

Newdale Primary School & Nursery Playground Donation Request

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope this message finds you well and that your children are reporting that they are enjoying this half term so far.

At Newdale we are committed to enriching our children’s playtime with imaginative, active, and collaborative outdoor experiences. To help us enhance our playground, we are kindly asking for donations of specific items that will support creative and physical play.

We would be grateful for donations of the following items (new or gently used):

  • Sandpit tools (spades, buckets, moulds, etc.)

Balance bikes

  • Push along construction vehicles: diggers, dumper trucks,
  •  Brooms, dustpans, and brushes
  •  Thick long ropes (for tug-of-war or creative play)

Long skipping ropes

  •  Clean tyres (car or bike, suitable for safe play)
  • Traffic cones
  • Scramble nets
  •  Smoothed-off planks of wood (no splinters or nails)
  •  Plastic or part metal wheelbarrows
  •  Plastic snow shovels
  •  Large metal or plastic kitchen utensils (e.g., fish slices, serving spoons)

These materials will help us create a more dynamic and engaging outdoor space where children can explore, build, and play safely.

To donate:

 Please call the school office on 01952 387720 to discuss your donation and arrange a suitable drop-off time.

Every contribution, big or small, makes a difference and is appreciated.

Thank you for your continued support in helping us make our playground a place of joy, creativity, and adventure.

Kind regards,

Miss Cook

Friday 7th November, 2025

🌟🌟Achievement Assembly 🌟🌟

Friday 7th November 2025 

This week the children took part in a PANTS assembly and had a visit from Pantosaurus. They were able to sing the Pantosaurus song and explain what the PANTS rules mean. Children in Wenlock had a wonderful afternoon yesterday celebrating winning the House Cup for Autumn 1. Year 4 children had a fantastic visit on Friday morning to Redhill Primary Academy, taking part in a French story telling workshop. It has been a brilliant week all round.

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

Year 4 for following the BeSMART Code during the French Storytelling Trip this morning. The actor who taught the workshop said they were a credit to their teachers and to Newdale!

House Points 

This week, Wenlock have gained the most points with an impressive 358! They are closely followed by Severn with 339. Wrekin with 323 and Ironbridge with 296. Well done! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Denis for making a concerted effort to complete work to the best of his ability in class and focussing well. Callum for his superb reading at home and his perseverance with long division. Well done! 

Year 5 achievers:  Bella for fantastic descriptive writing in our Literacy lesson looking at the different Norse worlds. Maisie – for having a week filled with super effort 

Year 4 achievers: Elva for working really hard this week in maths (scoring full marks on her arithmetic)! Carter-James for a super start to every day.  

Year 3 achievers: Lucy for always trying her hardest in all lessons and taking on board feedback to improve her work. Emily for her fabulous attitude to learning and always trying her hardest.  

Year 2 achievers: Mariyam for always trying her hardest in every lesson, it is so impressive to see that she is always looking, listening and learning. Well done, we are so proud of you! Rowan for always trying hard in every lesson. Keep up the good work! 

Year 1 achievers: Xander for his impressive listening, focus and amazing improvement in writing and working a little bit more independently especially in maths. We are so proud of him. Arthur because this week he has been listening carefully, completing all his work and was super at classifying the animals in science. 

Year R achievers: 

Mr Banfield’s achiever for being so kind and helpful to others around school. 

 

Times Tables – 

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the most amount of time active on TTRS. This class is Mrs Everall’s class. Congratulations Rockstars! Toby received the trophy on behalf of his class as he had the highest number of days active on TTRS.  

 

Friday 7th November, 2025

Early Help

At Newdale, we value the importance of building and maintaining good communication and relationships with parents and families in our school. We understand the importance of this to ensure that all children maintain the ability to thrive and learn. We also understand that challenges and difficulties can arise, and there may be times where further support is needed for our families.

We encourage our families to communicate any issues, worries or changes in family circumstance with us, so we can help support them quickly and appropriately. Early Help means providing support as soon as an issue emerges, at any point in a child’s life. Through Newdale’s early help offer, there are a variety of ways we can do this.

We have members of the senior management team and inclusion team available on the school gates and playground in the mornings and afternoons, should you wish to approach us about anything. If you would like a more in-depth discussion, you can make an appointment to talk to someone from our inclusion team by calling in to the school office and asking to speak to Mrs Byrne Corbett or Miss Hudson, or alternatively you can contact the inclusion email at Newdale.Inclusion@taw.org.uk

Here are just some ways we can help and how you can access this support.

You can find more information in the Parent’s Area on the school website.

Friday 7th November, 2025

PODS Parent & Carer Session

Newdale are excited to be taking part in the PINs project this year and to welcome back PODS – the Parent Carer forum – for a follow up ‘Cake and Cuppa’ event in our school hall.

This is an informal opportunity to meet with the team and ask any questions about how PODS may be able to help you. The team can discuss neurodiversity and what support is available for your child, even without a diagnosis. Mr McFarland, SENDCO, will also be available to answer any questions.

This will take place in the school hall and you are then welcome to leave by 3.10pm to collect your child from their classes.

Please follow the link below to find out more information about PODS and the services they offer.

Home – Together We Can Make a Difference

The session will be held on the following date and time. Please confirm your attendance via Parent Pay.

Wednesday 19th November 2.30 – 3.30pm.

We will also be organising an after school information session linked to Autism and ADHD for parents in the Spring term.

Friday 7th November, 2025

Children in Need – Friday 14th November

Children in Need Day will be on Friday 14th November.

Children will be able to come to school wearing spots/dress down clothing and are asked to make a voluntary contribution. All donations will be via Parent Pay.

The donation page will be available shortly before the day.

 

Tuesday 4th November, 2025

Reminder – NSPCC PANTS workshop

We’re excited to let you know that our school will be hosting a PANTS workshop for parents/carers delivered by the NSPCC on Thursday 6th November from 2:30-3:00pm. This important session helps children understand the PANTS rules, which teaches them how to stay safe from abuse in a simple, age-appropriate way. Please note, this workshop is for parents/carers only. 

Before the workshop, children will take part in a PANTS-themed assembly, introducing them to the key messages in a fun and engaging way. Then, they’ll receive a very special visit from Pantosaurus, the NSPCC’s friendly dinosaur who helps make learning about safety memorable and enjoyable.

We’re also pleased to share that we’ll be launching more PANTS activities in January, continuing to build on the children’s understanding and confidence around this vital topic.

The workshop and follow-up activities are part of our ongoing commitment to safeguarding and empowering our pupils with knowledge that helps keep them safe both in and out of school.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the PANTS campaign, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with school.

Please see below flyer attached for details regarding the workshop. If you would like to attend, please book a free place via ParentPay.

Monday 3rd November, 2025

NSPCC PANTS Assembly

This week, (03.11.25), children from Reception to Year 6 will be discussing the NSPCC’s PANTS rule as part of a class assembly, led by the class teacher.  During the assemblies, we will aim to teach our pupils the following important safety skills without giving explicit information.

We will be teaching our pupils the NSPCC’s underwear rule, using the ‘PANTS’ acrostic.

PANTS stands for:

  • Privates are private
  • Always remember your body belongs to you
  • No means no
  • Talk about secrets that upset you
  • Speak up, someone can help

The content of the session will be delivered in a way that is fully age appropriate.  The children will then complete additional class sessions in January as part of our ‘Share Aware’ week.

If you would like to know more about the NSPCC’s campaign, please feel free to book onto the parent/ carer workshop hosted by the NSPCC, taking place at Newdale Primary school on 06.11.25 (2:30-3:00pm). This can be booked via Parent Pay. Alternatively, if you have any questions, please speak to the class teacher.

Thank you for your continued support.