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Friday 19th September, 2025

🌟🌟Achievement Assembly 🌟🌟

Friday 19th September 2025 

We have had another wonderful week at Newdale. The children have continued to work hard and follow the Be SMART code, impressing all their teachers.

Be SMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Mrs Everall’s class for working so hard on their first Chance to Shine pieces of Year 4. She was so impressed when she looked at their drafts on Thursday evening- she wanted to bring their books to achievement assembly to show everyone! Well done Mrs Everall’s class.

House Points 

This week, Wenlock house has gained an impressive 488 points! In second place are Severn with 413 points . Wrekin are in third place with 408 points, and they are closely followed by Ironbridge with 393. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Maddy for working independently to complete tasks. Meadow for a fantastic start to Year 6 and her superb efforts in art – both in school and at home! 

Year 5 achievers:  Boden for being amazing in Literacy – really pushing himself, developing his vocabulary and using feedback to get even better. Hilal for amazing effort in his Literacy work and a really positive attitude towards school. 

Year 4 achievers: Sebastian for outstanding effort with his Ancient Egyptian diary entry. Corban  for excellent contributions in his lessons this week and super reasoning in maths. 

Year 3 achievers: Linus for always putting in 110% effort in every lesson and being one of the first to show he is ready to learn! Elizabeth for always trying her best in everything that she does and her independence in our place value topic in maths!  

Year 2 achievers: Caitlyn for always going above and beyond in her learning, showing this with her attitude towards school and her positivity. Jaxon for always working hard in every lesson and having a positive attitude towards his learning.  

Year 1 achievers: Ruby-Skye for consistently being an incredible role model and producing a wonderful first piece of Chance to Shine writing. Thomas for always giving 100% effort and trying his best in everything he does.  

 

Year R achievers: Evie Follows for always trying her best, even when learning is challenging! 

‘Times Tables Rockstars’ of the week: 

This week, our ‘Times Tables Rockstars’ trophy went to the class with the highest percentage of accuracy. This class is Miss Watson’s class with an outstanding 94.1% of questions being answered correctly.  Congratulations Rockstars! Sebastian received the trophy on behalf of his class as he had the highest number of days active on TTRS.    

 

Friday 19th September, 2025

Reminder – Toys from home

Dear Parents/ Carers,

We wanted to kindly remind everyone that children should not be bringing toys from home into school.

While we understand that toys can be comforting and fun, they often cause unnecessary distractions during learning time and can sometimes lead to disagreements or upset if they are lost or damaged. We have plenty of engaging resources and activities available at school to support play and development.

We appreciate your support and cooperation.

The Newdale Team

Thursday 18th September, 2025

Year 2 -Zoological Trip Volunteers

Year 2 will be going to Zoological on Thursday 16th October.

We have had a few people volunteer already for this trip to help out.  If you’re interested in helping out, there’s still time to put your name forward. Please let the class teacher or teaching assistant know.

 

 

Thursday 18th September, 2025

Year 2 -European Day of Languages

Dear Parents/Carers,

On Friday 26th September we will be celebrating European Day of Languages across Newdale. Year 2 have been allocated Poland to explore for the day. We will be completing Polish themed activities in class on that day and children may come into school wearing red and white clothing to signify the Polish flag.

Thanks,

The Year 2 Team

 

Wednesday 17th September, 2025

PODS Information Session

Newdale are excited to be taking part in the PINs project this year.
We will be hosting PODS – the Parent Carer forum for a ‘Cake and Cuppa’ event in our school hall. This will give you the opportunity to learn more about neurodiversity and what support is available for your child, including those without a diagnosis. Mr McFarland (SENDCO) will also be available to discuss the SEND provision in place at Newdale.
Please follow the link below to find out more information about PODS and the services they offer.
The sessions will be held on the following dates and times. Please confirm your attendance via Parent Pay.
Wednesday 24th September 2 – 3pm
Wednesday 19th November 2.30 – 3.30pm
Wednesday 18th February 2.30 – 3.30pm
Friday 12th September, 2025

Achievement Assembly

Friday 12th September  

As week two draws to a close, we have continued to be so impressed with how well the children have settled back into school life. This week, we’ve shared our key dates for the Autumn term—please do take a moment to check them so you’re up to date with all the exciting events ahead. Our teachers are already busy planning the trips and learning experiences for the coming weeks. There is lots to look forward to! 

 

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

Miss Hill’s class for their excellent behaviour this week, following the BeSMART code and working really hard.

 

House Points 

This week, Severn house has gained an impressive 325 points! In second place are Ironbridge with 252 points. Wenlock are in third place with 244 points and they are closely followed by Wrekin with 222. Well done everyone! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Henry for listening well and trying his best in lessons. Elliott for his amazing effort and fantastic independent work during maths.  

Year 5 achievers:  Lila for listening well and always completing tasks to the best of her abilities. Mason for fantastic contributions on a variety of subjects in class. For also being a great example to others following the BSMART code. 

Year 4 achievers: Mrs Everall’s achiever for being a kind friend to other children and helpful to the adults in her class. Kira for always being ready to learn and working really hard in her lessons this week. 

Year 3 achievers: Oscar for showing great perseverance, resilience and recognising techniques and tools that can help him when he is feeling frustrated. Keep up the super work, Oscar! Munachimso for her hard work and enthusiasm. She has been a pleasure to have in class and I wish her all the best at her new school.  

Year 2 achievers: Gabriella for having such a resilient attitude in her Maths learning. From ‘I can’t do this’, to ‘I did it!’ Molly for being a wonderful role model to her peers and always trying hard with her learning.  

Year 1 achievers: Miss Lowe’s achiever for always being ready to learn, following instructions, working hard and sharing his infectious smile. Samuel for completing some fabulous sentences in Literacy and working super hard in all his lessons.  

Year R achievers: Tallulah for an amazing start to school, showing kindness and working hard everyday. 

 

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

Year 6 readers: Hebe – an exceptional start to reading at home in yr 6. Lawrencia for great comments in her diary and writing her own poems. 

Year 5 readers: Ben for his amazing effort with his home reading this week. Keep it up Ben.  Matilda for super reading to star off Year 5! Great comments every day  

Year 4 readers: Ezra has impressed with his reading this week. Completing his reding at home and producing a super answer to his Vipers question this week. Zoey for reading every night this week and writing super summaries.   

Year 3 readers: Sebastian has really impressed me with his detailed comments about the book he has read this week, a super start to reading in year 3!. Mayra has been fantastic with her reading, she has read daily, done summaries of the books read and created her own questions to answer about the book, Super star! An amazing start to reading in Year 3. 

Year 2 readers: Eve has put in lots of effort into her home reading this week. She has read everyday this week. Well done, superstar! Miss Squire’s achiever has put so much effort into her reading this week by reading every single day. Well done, what an amazing start to reading in Year 2! 

Year 1 readers: Milo for reading everyday at home! Rheya for reading every day at home and writing some of her own comments in her reading diary. 

Friday 12th September, 2025

Grandparents’ Stay and Share Event

On Thursday 25th September, we will be inviting Grandparent’s in for a ‘Stay and Share’ session with their grandchild/children. The drop in will be a lovely opportunity for children to share their learning so far and spend time with their grandparent/s in school.

We will have two sittings:

Reception to Year 2 children – 1:15 – 2:15pm

Year 3 – Year 6 children – 2:15pm

Where grandparents have grandchildren in more than one year group, please attend the time of the older child (e.g. a grandparent visiting children in Year 2 and Year 4 should come at 2:15pm).

If you would like your child/children’s grandparent/s to take your child/children home after the stay and share then please state this on the ‘notes’ section on Parent Pay. Class teachers will have class lists of who has consent and who doesn’t. When they are ready to leave, grandparents must let class teachers know so that they can tick them off their list.

Tickets will begin at 2 per family however this may open up to extra tickets nearer the event depending on the numbers. Tickets cost £1.50 which includes a hot drink and biscuit for the grandparent. Money raised will go towards subsiding trips and visits at Newdale for all children.

Deadline for booking tickets is midday on Wednesday 17th September. If we have extra tickets these will go on sale shortly after this date.

We kindly ask that if a grandparent would like a hot drink, that they bring their own mug to help reduce waste/costs rather than the school purchasing single use cups.

With regards to parking on school site, this will be on a first come first served basis for blue badge holders.

Please note, this is an event for Grandparent’s only.

We look forward to welcoming everyone!

Many thanks

Miss Cook