Year 1 School Council Elections

Today we had a fabulous day writing our own manifestos about how kind we are and how we would be a super school council member. We then listened to the 5 children who opted to take part. Well done you were super brave sharing your ideas and I loved your slogans! Well Done to Hilda and Kobie for being our new school council members and to the children who didn’t get chosen too, you were amazing sports. Well done Year 1!

Safeguarding, Health & Safety Governor Involvement

The Safeguarding and Health & Safety Governors met on 22nd September 2025. They carried out a ‘pupil voice’ activity with some KS 1 children, discussing behaviour around school. The children were very clear about the BeSMART code and could tell the Governors all about why it is good to behave in school and about what happens when something might go wrong.

The Governors reviewed part of a safeguarding audit with the Headteacher and as a result set some new agenda items for next time.

They received information following a ‘spot check’ that was carried out linked to Asthma and Epi Pen use across the school and were happy with how all staff are undergoing the new Tier one Asthma training before Christmas.

Governors are looking forward to spending time around the school site collecting some first-hand parent voice in November.

Harvest Collection

As part of our harvest celebration this year, we will be collecting food for local food banks. If you’re able to, please bring in tinned or dried goods, which have at least a month left on their date. Items to be brought into school on Thursday 9th October.

 

Thank you

 

Reminder – European Day of Languages

On Friday the 26th September, Newdale will be celebrating European Day of Languages.

It is a day to promote awareness of the importance of language learning and protecting the linguistic heritage.

Each year group will be celebrating a different country (please see below).

Nursery – Germany

Reception – Italy

Year 1- Sweden

Year 2 – Poland

Year 3- Denmark

Year 4- Switzerland

Year 5- Greece

Year 6 – Germany

The children are invited to come into school wearing the colours of the flag that they are celebrating.

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

Year 1 Science

Today we have been learning about the 6 different animals groups. We worked together to find out the common characteristics of each animal group. Today our focus was fish, amphibians and reptiles.

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Year 1 week 1 Autumn term

Good afternoon,

What a fun filled, fabulous first week in year 1 we have had!

We have practised our writing, numbers, sang songs, gymnastics, PE and followed the BeSMART Code brilliantly. Our teachers are very impressed at how grown up we are.

We finished the week off with a bit of challenge time!

Looking forward to next week! Have a lovely weekend.

Welcome to Year 1

Hi all. We hope you have all had a lovely summer. We are super excited to welcome you to Year 1 tomorrow. Miss Lowe, Mrs Evans and Mrs Sturrock have been working hard to make sure we are all set to start tomorrow.

Here is some Key Information

PE Days: Tuesday and Friday . This will start in Tuesday 2nd September in full PE kit.

Forest School : We will be starting this later in the term.

Our Topic of the half term is : Terrific Telford.

See you in the morning.

Mrs Evans, Miss Lowe, Mrs Humphries and Mrs Goodwin

Year 1 Autumn 1- What are we learning about this half term