Year 1 Christmas Craft Afternoon

Good afternoon,

Tomorrow children will still need to wear their PE kits tomorrow.

For the craft afternoon children can bring in a Christmas jumper or hat/hair accessory to wear. We will get them to put these on before the event.

Looking forward to seeing you all and to start our festivities!

Year 1 team

Nursery volunteers

Have you ever thought about volunteering in a nursery or wondered what it’s like to work in a nursery setting? Now’s your chance!

Newdale Nursery is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join our fantastic team in our 2-year-old provision.

Volunteering is flexible – whether you can spare just an hour a week or a couple of days, we’d love your support!

If you’re interested, please complete an application form and return it to the school office, or email it to newdale.primary@taw.org.uk by Monday 5th January 2026.

Volunteering Application Form

We look forward to receiving your application.

Miss Cook

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people.  All successful candidates are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This role will be engaging in regulated activity with children. Our child protection and safeguarding policy can be found on our school website or requested via our office. https://www.newdaleschool.org.uk/home/key-info/policies/

We are committed to equality and diversity.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as stated in the person specification.

 

Year 1 Phonics

Mrs Thomas will be checking which phonics sounds our children know over the next 2 weeks. Please can you practise these sounds at home, as these are the ones some of us are finding tricky. We would love for them to be able to read these sounds in words.  Many thanks The Year 1 Team

ea in cup of tea

Oi in spoil the boy

a-e in make a cake

i-e in nice smile

o-e in phone home

u-e in huge brute

Year 1 No Forest School

A reminder there will be no Forest School tomorrow ( Wednesday 3rd December). Regards The Year 1 Team

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas a Newdale!

The Christmas spirit has well and truly arrived here at Newdale!

Our Christmas Fair takes place this Wednesday (3rd) from around 3:30pm, please wait outside the main entrance on arrival.

We have some fantastic raffle prizes up for grabs this year, remaining tickets are available to buy from the school office.

We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday to continue celebrating the festive season.

Safeguarding, Health & Safety Governor Involvement

Health & Safety Governors Update

The Health & Safety Governors met yesterday to review a range of important areas across the school.

Asthma Strategy: Governors were delighted to see that Newdale has been awarded the title of Asthma Friendly School.

Safeguarding Spot Check: As part of their routine checks, governors tested staff understanding of safeguarding linked to training. The staff member selected answered all questions with confidence, demonstrating robust knowledge.

Pupil Voice: Governors always enjoy speaking with pupils about their experiences. This time, children from different year groups were asked about behaviour in school. They agreed that behaviour is mostly good, with occasional over‑excitement. Pupils spoke confidently about the importance of following the BeSMART code and explained the systems in place if children misbehave.

Parent Feedback: Governors are equally keen to hear from parents. At hometime, they spoke with as many parents as possible to gather views on Health & Safety provision. Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts—your feedback will be analysed at the next meeting.

The partnership between school and parents is paramount, and governors are committed to ensuring that Health & Safety remains strong and effective for all.

Y1 Christmas Craft & Sing – tickets

Please be reminded that the deadline for buying tickets for the Y1 Christmas Craft & Sing on Friday 5th December is tomorrow (28th) at 9am.

 

Thank you

Year 1 Christmas Craft and Sing

Tickets for the Year 1 Christmas Craft and Sing on Friday 5th December at 2:15pm will go live on ParentPay today around 7pm. A maximum of x2 tickets per child are available to purchase. Tickets are £2.00 each. Deadline for booking tickets is Friday 28th November.