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3 days ago
Posted on 06th Jul 2026 by

Reminder – Transition Information

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please see below for a reminder about the upcoming transition activities and dates for your child (current Reception to Year 5)

Please be reminded Y6 reports will now go out to parents slightly later on Thursday 16th July. 

 

2 weeks ago
Posted on 26th Jun 2026 by

Reminder – What’s App Issues

Dear Parents and Carers,

We would like to draw your attention to some ongoing concerns regarding children’s use of digital devices outside of school. Recently, we have become aware of large WhatsApp groups involving our pupils. This has unfortunately led to issues such as inappropriate language being used and a high number of disagreements.

As you may know, WhatsApp has a minimum age requirement of 13. Children in primary school are often not yet ready to use such apps responsibly, which is why these restrictions are in place. Despite our Year 6 teams speaking with pupils about online safety and the age limits for apps like WhatsApp, the problem continues.

We kindly ask that you regularly review your child’s online activity and talk with them about how they are using digital platforms. Your support in reinforcing these messages at home is invaluable.

When issues arise outside of school, they can take up significant time during the school day, time that should be focused on learning. By working together, we can help ensure that children remain safe online and fully engaged whilst in school.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Cook

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4 weeks ago
Posted on 11th Jun 2026 by

Yr2 message

Dear Parents/Carers,

As we come to the end of Key Stage 1, we sometimes need to mix classes to help ensure we can continue to meet the needs of all children as they move into Year 3.

Over the next few weeks, we will be trialling some class mixes to see whether this is the best way to support everyone. If it is decided that any permanent class changes will be made for Year 3, your child’s current Year 2 teacher will let you know.
Thank you for your patience and support as we begin this process. Please be assured that any decisions are made carefully, with the best interests of all our pupils in mind.
Many thanks,
The Year 2 Team
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1 month ago
Posted on 03rd Jun 2026 by

Discovering Darwin

Today in year 6, we enjoyed a workshop  about Charles Darwin. We learned about his early childhood and how he was fascinated with nature and science from a young age, later travelling around the world on HMS Beagle as a naturalist researching animals. Examining various objects: rocks, shells, beetles, fossils and insects, we discussed how we could classify them based on their characteristics. Becoming Darwinians, we observed the characteristics of different animals, drawing them with ink and a quill; we considered how they had adapted and evolved to survive in their environment . Finally, we created our own creature from a combination of different animals, labelling the features that would help it to survive.

 

Workshop

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3 months ago
Posted on 12th Apr 2026 by

Change to PE Days

We hope you and your family enjoyed a lovely Easter break. Year 4 have another busy half term ahead of us with lots of exciting activities planned including EKO days, creating (very messy!) digestive systems, using VR headsets and a special Anglo-Saxon history day. PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the Summer term. Please remember to send your child with a water bottle every day. See you back in class on Monday 13th April!

5 months ago
Posted on 10th Feb 2026 by

Arbor

Please can we remind any parents that have not yet signed up to the Arbor app to please do so to ensure you are receiving regular communication from school. The app has replaced our previous text message service so is therefore being used to share any updates and important information with parents.

An email was sent at the start of this half term with instructions on how to set up the app. If you require this email to be sent again, please get in touch with the school office.

Thank you

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6 months ago
Posted on 09th Jan 2026 by

Outdoor Learning – January

Linked to our Industrial Revolution topic, we explored the work of Lowry in our EKO session this week. Children made their own matchstick figures using twigs, wool, wire and scraps of fabric. They also found logs to represent factories with huge chimneys. Our next EKO day will be on Wednesday 4th February 2026.

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6 months ago
Posted on 09th Jan 2026 by

Snow Day Activities!

Good morning Year 6,

How exciting to wake up to all of the lovely snow; we do hope that you enjoy playing in it and making lots of fantastic snowmen – this could be your PE lesson for the day! We would love to see pictures of your snowy adventures so do send them to the year 6 inbox: newdale.year6team@taw.org.uk.

Here are some suggested activities that you may wish to do today while enjoying a hot chocolate :-)

Read Theory – use your login details to access your reading comprehension questions and write a comment in your reading diary.

Go on TTRS or Hit the Button to practise your multiplication facts. Have a go at creating your own long multiplication questions as an extension.

Arithmetic – the arithmetic paper that we were going to complete in class this morning is now live on Google Classroom. How many can you complete in 30 minutes?

Tell your adult all about our first lesson on how Crime and Punishment has changed through the ages and make a fact file recording our learning on this topic so far. If you wish to, you could begin to research further on crime and punishment during Roman times, as we will be focussing on this next lesson.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zq36qfr#zngbbqt

You will also see a link in relation to Aretha Franklin on Google Classroom. In music, we are going to be learning about inspirational women in music and Aretha Franklin is the first artist we will focus on. If you would like to, you can follow the link and make a fact file all about Aretha Franklin.

These are optional tasks and we will be covering them in lessons when we return to school so do not worry if you are not able to complete them.

We know life and work continues for parents so complete what you can with no pressure.

Most importantly, stay safe and enjoy the snow.

Have a great weekend,
Mrs Arthurs and Mrs Stack

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6 months ago
Posted on 09th Jan 2026 by

School and nursery closed

School closed.
Reluctantly I am having to close our school today. Assessments have shown that despite the roads potentially clearing shortly, the paths and school site are not safe. Staff would be putting themselves at risk getting in from near and far afield. Aswell as parents and children. Made the call as early as possible. Teachers will be communicating by 9am with learning suggestions. Sorry everyone. We really do not like closing 😔

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7 months ago
Posted on 17th Dec 2025 by

Mrs Stack’s Quizmas winner!

Well done to Meadow and her family, who were the Quizmas winners in Mrs Stack’s class. It was an extremely close run contest which was decided on the correct wording of the film “A Boy Called Christmas”.

Enjoy your biscuits Meadow!

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