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Friday 17th April, 2026

Achievement Assembly

Friday 17th April 2026 

While the events of Tuesday were understandably frightening for many of our children, we continue to be incredibly proud of how calmly and responsibly they responded to the situation. We would also like to thank the local community once again for the kindness, patience, and support shown to us during the evacuation, which was greatly appreciated by staff and pupils alike. Children’s wellbeing remains our priority, and next week we will continue to offer additional support and opportunities for children to talk through their feelings if they need to.  The Newdale Cup this week has gone to everyone in school as they very much deserve a special treat within their classes next week.  

 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Niya’h for her fantastic attitude to learning in every lesson. Aidan for amazing progress in maths and writing :) 

Year 5 achievers:  Jacob for a fantastic effort in Literacy and an overall brilliant attitude towards his learning this week. Ben for his kindness, support and maturity this week, checking in and helping friends.  

Year 4 achievers: Ezra for fantastic attitude to learning this week and being respectful to others. Ted for impressive understanding of time in Maths and an overall positive attitude to learning.  

Year 3 achievers: Emilia for always being wonderful and for outstanding use of persuasive language in writing all week, I have definitely been persuaded to buy your Roman Villa! Noor for always being kind and respectful to others and returning to school with a fantastic attitude to learning.  

Year 2 achievers: Amelie for making positive choices, being kind and respectful. She has had a fantastic attitude to learning and we are so proud of her! Iris for her hard work in literacy with her handwriting and proof-reading. What an improvement this week! 

Year 1 achievers: Miss Lowe’s achiever for super listening, reading and writing. He is making us very proud. Frankie-Leigh for always working hard and trying his best in all his lessons.  

Year R achievers: Elena for super listening, being a sensible, helpful and brave member of the class. Cohan for being ready, respectful, safe and kind. He has made adults really impressed this week. 

 

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

Year 6 readers: Alexey for his interesting review of his current reading book.  Ria for her engaging, detailed comments while reading a series of detective books. 

Year 5 readers: Mr Jackson’s reader for daily, detailed comments about her mystery book.  Nathan for always sharing amazing facts he has learnt from his books and giving detailed descriptions.  

Year 4 readers: Mr Stubbs’ Star reader is Elva for reading regularly throughout the Easter break. Maya for a fantastic VIPERS response and for her detailed comments about her book. 

Year 3 readers: Mayra for going above and beyond in her reading diary with what she writes. Tobias for trying really home to read at home and recording it in his diary.  

Year 2 readers: Gabriella for going above and beyond with her reading at home. Eri for all her hard work and reading at home!  

Year 1 readers: Lucas for his consistent amazing reading at home! Frankie-Leigh for keeping up his reading even when he was unwell and attempting to read some of his sister’s Harry Potter book during the easter holidays.  

 

Attendance Winners 13th – 17th April 2026

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

Mr Banfield = 97.76%

Winner of Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

Mrs Arthurs = 98.92%

Friday 17th April, 2026

Stay & Share – Wednesday 22nd April

We would like to invite you to our Stay and Share session on Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 2:45pm.

Please enter your child’s classroom through their usual drop-off/pick-up route:

Reception, Year 2, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 – enter via the playground classroom doors

Year 1 and Mrs Everall’s class – enter via the decking area

Mr Stubbs’ class – enter via the stairs by the Visitor Car Park

Playground gates will open at 2:45pm.

Due to limited space, we can only accommodate one parent/carer per child. Please confirm your attendance through ParentPay, so staff know how many parents to expect.

For this event, the children will remain in their classrooms. If you have more than one child in school, you will be able to move between classrooms and spend time with each of them individually.

Please book your place via ParentPay, the event is free to attend. Places to be booked by the end of day Tuesday 21st April. 

We look forward to seeing you, and the children are excited to share their learning with you!

 

Friday 17th April, 2026

Y2 Bake Sale – Monday 27th April

Our Year 2 children are preparing for a very special learning experience. As part of their upcoming science and literacy topics, they will be observing real eggs in school and watching them hatch into chicks. This hands‑on project will give pupils the chance to observe, care for, and write about the chicks as they grow, creating a memorable and engaging learning opportunity.

To help fund this exciting project, Year 2 will be holding a Bake Sale on Monday 27th April, taking place after school from 3:10pm to 3:45pm. This will be on the bottom playground. Families from across the school are warmly invited to come along and purchase some delicious treats. All proceeds will go directly towards supporting the chick‑hatching experience.

Thank you for your continued support. Opportunities like this make a real difference to the children’s learning, and we truly appreciate the enthusiasm of our school community.

The Year 2 Team

Thursday 16th April, 2026

RSHE Parent Consultation

Thank you to the parents and carers who attended our RSHE parent consultation yesterday. As always, we are incredibly grateful for the support shown. We had representation from parents and carers across all year groups, which was greatly appreciated.

Parent Feedback

  • 100% of parents/carers in attendance rated the session as “Very informative” or “Informative”.
  • 100% stated they had no concerns about our RSHE curriculum.
  • When asked how happy they felt about how Newdale is planning to deliver the new RSHE curriculum (on a scale of 1–5, with 5 being very happy):
    • 90% rated it a 5
    • 10% rated it a 4

We received many positive comments about the curriculum and resources shared during the session, including:

“Very appropriate and factual” – Year 2 parent/carer
“It goes into much less detail than I expected and feels very age‑appropriate” – Year 2 parent/carer
“I am pleased my kids can learn this in school properly. I support 100%” – Year 4/6 parent/carer
“Resources are appropriate and very clear” – Year 4 parent/carer
“Vocabulary and resources are age‑appropriate and informative” – Year 6 parent/carer
“Newdale, as usual, have it in hand” – Year 6 parent/carer
“Love that they learn about consent and healthy relationships” – Year 5 parent/carer
“Excellent resources” – Year 5 parent/carer

“No suggestions, just a big thank you for making this easier for parents” Year 3 parent/carer

A small number of additional suggestions were shared via the feedback forms. We would like to reassure parents that some of those areas are already covered within our E‑Safety curriculum and are explored in more depth within the Key Stage 3 curriculum.

For parents and carers who were unable to attend, please be reassured that our RSHE curriculum has been carefully planned in line with government guidance and is delivered in an age‑appropriate way. Our aim is to prepare children for the changes they will experience while supporting their mental health and wellbeing.

RSHE resources have been emailed to parents should you wish to view specific year‑group lessons. Please note that in addition to lesson PowerPoints, there are two video links:

  • One video is included for Year 5 covering puberty
  • One video is included for Year 6 covering conception and reproduction

Thank you once again for your continued support and for trusting that we are working tirelessly to provide the best education for your children—ensuring they are well informed, empowered, and know how to keep themselves safe.

Miss Cook, Miss Macfarlane and Mrs Churm

 

 

Thursday 16th April, 2026

Donations to school fund

As a school, we are committed to ensuring that all our children continue to have a variety of opportunities to engage through a wide range of trips, visits and visitors. We believe that these experiences help to provide meaningful learning opportunities, as well as support children with their personal development.

As many of you may already be aware, as a school we subsidise our school visits using our own funds as well as money raised from school events. Although our budgets are certainly becoming tighter, we still appreciate that the cost of living has caused many families to also have financial concerns. Where we can, we will continue to contribute towards school trips so that parents are still not paying the full cost. However, our levels of subsidy simply cannot remain as high as they have always been in the past due to budget constraints.

We have a had number of parents who have asked if they could contribute extra amounts towards trips to support those in our school community who may be struggling due to the cost-of-living crisis. If you would like to do this,  please contribute via ParentPay. Every penny will go towards the trip costs.

We thankyou for your ongoing support.

Tuesday 14th April, 2026

Message from Miss Cook

Incident Update

Dear Parents and Carers,

I want to express my sincere thanks to the children for remaining as calm as possible and for following adult instructions so well today. I am also incredibly grateful to so many members of our local community who rushed forward to support us as we navigated a very difficult situation.

The teams at Newdale moved straight into emergency mode, acted calmly, and followed our procedures to the letter. The emergency services were outstanding and undoubtedly prevented the situation from becoming far more serious. We are extremely thankful for their swift and professional response.

At this stage, we are unsure whether Rock Road will be open tomorrow. Please consider alternative routes, including Brookes Avenue, and think about parking slightly further away and walking in if necessary.

To support this, we will operate a late register system tomorrow. There is no need for families to rush, as access routes may be limited. Children can arrive any time up until 10am without late marks being recorded.

We will be carrying out reassuring circle times and debriefs with the children, and we would appreciate your support in talking to them at home about the fact that school is safe and that we are very much looking forward to welcoming them back tomorrow.

It is never pleasant to have to put emergency policies and procedures into real-life action, but it is reassuring—for us and, we hope, for you as parents—that everything ran smoothly throughout the event.

Thank you so much for your support and for trusting us with your children.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

Miss Cook

Headteacher