Classrooms

Year 1 Message

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3 years ago
Posted on 26th Oct 2023 by

Finance & Personnel Committee Meeting

On Wednesday, Governors reviewed the staffing structure and the whole school staffing strategy moving forward. Governors carried out a ‘deep dive’ of the induction process by speaking to a new member of staff and were reassured that the process is robust.

Governors were delighted with the Year 3 children’s attitude towards school and the excitement shown about the move to Key Stage 2.

Governors agreed the recent appraisal recommendations and spent time analysing the school finances and future strategic financial planning.

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3 years ago
Posted on 17th Oct 2023 by

Miss Buckingham’s Class are the BeSMART Cup Winners!

I am very proud of my brilliant class for winning the BeSMART Cup on Friday. The children have chosen to watch a film together snuggled up with a snack on Thursday!

For our movie afternoon, the children are allowed to bring in a dressing gown, onesie or blanket to pop over the top of their uniform as well as slippers on Thursday after lunch (19.10.23). The snack will be provided by school.

Keep up the good work following the BeSMART code!

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3 years ago
Posted on 13th Oct 2023 by

Exotic Zoo

Year 1 had a fantastic morning with Exotic Zoo!

The children learned about invertebrates and vertebrates, and looked at classification within these groups. We looked at each animals characteristics including how many legs they have, whether they have warm or cold blood and what their skin is covered in.

We got to meet a hissing cockroach, a whip scorpion, a snake, a white tree frog and a skunk! We even got to stroke the cockroach, the snake and the skunk.

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3 years ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2023 by

Year 1 Nature Walk

Year 1 are heading off on their Nature Walk on Friday 20th October at 1pm. We would love some volunteers to come with us. If you are available between 1pm and 2pm, please can you write a comment in your child’s diary and we will contact you if we need you.

Please can you send your child into school with Wellies and old clothes to get changed into. Forest School Kit is perfect!

Thanks, Year 1 Team

 

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3 years ago
Posted on 04th Oct 2023 by

NOTIFICATION

We are obliged to periodically inform all parents that we have CCTV cameras positioned around our site. These cameras are for surveillance purposes and to support our security measures.

 As you may have seen, we also have signs located at strategic points around our School and Nursery. These signs act as a public notice and hopefully a deterrent against prospective unwarranted intrusion, damage, graffiti, vandalism or theft.

If you spot something suspicious around our site, we would appreciate you reporting this immediately to our office or through our email newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

3 years ago
Posted on 04th Oct 2023 by

Read, Write Inc – Pure Sounds

Dear Parent/Carer,

The video link below explains how to pronounce each single letter sound correctly. These are called ‘pure sounds’ and are important in allowing your child to blend sounds into words.

‘How to say the sounds’: https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/iZqY6LWC/9PMBDFTQ

The most common sounds that children mispronounce are ‘t’, ‘c’, ‘l’, ‘m’, ‘n’, ‘s’, ‘k’, ‘f’, ‘r’, ‘v’ and ‘z’. Children mistakenly put an ‘uh’ sound on the end, making it a longer sound and thereby trickier to blend when reading a word. Please have a look at how to say these sounds in particular.

We hope that you find this helpful,

Newdale Read, Write Inc Team

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3 years ago
Posted on 29th Sep 2023 by

Cool Cats visit to Nursery and School was just purrfect ! 😻

This week Cool Cat had a purrfect time welcoming all children who were on time for Nursery and School each morning! We hope you all managed to get a high five at least once this week!

Thank you to all who arrive on time – our lessons start each morning promptly at 8:30 for nursery and 8:40 for school. The registers are then taken, its such a positive start to the day when the children all start together.  

It was lovely chasing his tail capturing the moments of happy smiling children, rushing to give a quick cat cuddle or high five.
one boy shouted ” Yes mommy i did it ! I love Cool Cat ” ❤️👏🏻

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3 years ago
Posted on 26th Sep 2023 by

Hej from Year 1!

The children have had a lovely day celebrating European Day of Languages! We’ve been greeting each other in Swedish, learnt about the Swedish culture and were inspired to design our own Dola Horses using traditional folk art. We ended the day celebrating all languages and having a dance to ABBA.

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3 years ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2023 by

Safeguarding, Health & Safety Governors Committee

Governors from the Health and Safety committee met last week. They were delighted to hear that the children from Year 3, 4 and 5 talked so confidently about E Safety and what do if they felt uncomfortable about something online.

They were reassured that the Health and Safety policy and procedure across Early Years is robust.

Governors again put a spotlight over the induction procedures and were happy that a newly appointed member of the Newdale team spoke confidently about the process and the impact it has had on her first few weeks at our school.

Governors look forward to talking to more children and staff next half term.