Movie Nights

To raise money towards activities for the Healthy Lifestyles Week (held in June), members of School Parliament have once again organised fundraising film nights. Movie Nights will take place on the below dates from 3:10pm – 5pm.

Year 1,2 & 3 – Tuesday 21st October

Year 4, 5 & 6 – Tuesday 14th October

The children will be watching Despicable Me 4 (PG) At the end of the film, please collect children from their own classrooms as usual.

All details on ParentPay. Places should also be booked through ParentPay.

Thank you

Reception to Year 5 Stay and Share for Parents/Carers

We are really looking forward to our ‘Stay and Share’ session (Reception to Y5) on Thursday 9th October at 2:45pm. Please enter your child’s classroom from their usual drop off/pick up location (Years R, 2, 3, and 5 parents should enter from the playground classroom doors, Year 1 and Mrs Everall’s classes’ can be accessed from the decking and Mr Stubbs’ class from the stairs by the Visitor Car Park). Playground gates will open at 2:45pm. Due to space constraints, we are only able to accommodate one parent/carer per child. Attendance must be confirmed through ParentPay so staff are aware of expected numbers on the day.  For this event, the children will remain in their classrooms, so if you are visiting more than one child, you will be able to move between the classrooms and spend some time with them individually. We look forward to seeing you all and the children can’t wait to share their learning with you.

Year 1 Phonics Assembly

Good evening. We would like to invite you to our Year 1 Phonics Assembly. We will be sharing what we do in a Read Write Inc Phonics Session and with the help of the children we will be teaching you how to read and spell  tricky words. The assembly will be held at 2.30 on Wednesday 15th October. If you are not able to attend please do not worry , we will be emailing out some relevant resources.

Many thanks

The Year 1 Team

Reminder – Grandparent’s Stay & Share Event – tomorrow

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).

Class teachers will have class lists of who has consent and who doesn’t to leave with Grandparents. When they are ready to leave, grandparents must let class teachers know so that they can tick them off their list. If you have not specified on ParentPay if your child/children can leave with their grandparents, please add a note in their reading diary this evening.

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

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.