Friday 3rd October  

It has been another wonderful week here at Newdale. The children in Year 4 had an Ancient Egyptian workshop where they visited Egypt in a virtual reality session and used reed pens and ink to write their names in hieroglyphs. Reception had a lovely session in Forest School making leaf crowns, baked bread and had their very own royal banquet as part of their castle and fairy tale theme. Year 1 have been working hard in all subjects and have made their teachers very proud.  

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

The Be SMART cup winners this week are reception for making their teachers proud when taking part in their royal banquet. They were polite and used their manners well.

House Points 

This week, Wenlock take the lead with a wonderful 517 points. They are followed by Ironbridge with 425, Severn with 383 and Wrekin with 364. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Naomi for her outstanding knowledge and enthusiasm in our studies of World War Two. Ria for beautiful newspaper report writing. 

Year 5 achievers:  Erica for being a consistent, curious learner who always gives her best effort. Mr Jackson’s achiever has been chosen for positive comments from adults in school and great work on our topic of Black History Month in guided reading and literacy. 

Year 4 achievers: Poppy for having a fantastic week in her digital art club and within all of her lessons this week. Toby for excellent vocabulary choices in his Ancient Egyptian setting description and detailed answers in Guided Reading.  

Year 3 achievers: Addison for working hard this week to complete her Maths work independently and not giving up when things get a little tricky! Astrid for her fabulous writing and trying her best to use phonics knowledge to sound out tricky words.  

Year 2 achievers: Shranav for focussing on his work and trying hard in class. Keep it up! Harlee-Grace for having an amazing attitude to school, learning and your friends. Well done Harlee! 

Year 1 achievers: Darcey for always being ready to learn, setting a super example, trying her best and not giving up. She is so determined she has even done extra work at home. So proud of her. Noah Jon for settling well into Year 1, following the school routines confidently and always trying his best.  

Year R achievers: 

Aidan for always following the BeSMART code and showing excellent focus and independence in class activities. Harlen for working so hard in phonics everyday and for being a kind friend.  

Times tables:

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest percentage of accuracy. This class is Mrs Millington’s class with an outstanding 93.51% of questions being answered correctly.  Congratulations Rockstars! Aarush received the trophy on behalf of his class as he had the highest number of days active on TTRS.