Year 2

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3 years ago
Posted on 14th Jun 2023 by

Governors involvement from the Curriculum committee

The Curriculum committee meets every half term and yesterday governors thoroughly enjoyed listening to a group of year 3 children sharing French songs and confidently sharing their extensive knowledge on the geography and culture of France.

Governors were also super impressed with how articulately another group of children from across the school, could talk about physical and human geography. They explained how they use their skills and equipment to carry out tasks. Governors were happy to hear them talk about trips they had been on and the use of such technical vocabulary. Children were proud to share their geography books with governors, which clearly show progression from year 1 to year 6. Governors look forward next time to talking to mathematicians across the school.

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3 years ago
Posted on 13th Jun 2023 by

Ofsted Report

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are delighted to be able to share with you our Ofsted report. Following our recent inspection, we are so proud to now be able to tell you that we have retained our Outstanding judgement. It was recognised that the Newdale teams work continually hard to ensure the highest standard of education for your children. We hope you will agree after reading the report, that the essence of Newdale shines through.

From the quality of education and personal development to behaviour and attitudes and safeguarding we have excelled in all of these areas right from our Nursery provision through to Year 6. Though the report cites no points for development, we will continually work to remain at the forefront of educational thinking and challenge ourselves.

We are especially proud of our whole school community: your children truly shine and all our dedicated teams play such a significant part in this ongoing success, which you will read within the report.

Every single child matters in this school and this report highlights this fact. Rest assured, we will continue to work as hard for your families as we always have.

Please click on the link below to view the full report.

Newdale Primary School Nursery – Final Report

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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3 years ago
Posted on 06th Jun 2023 by

Year 2 Residential UPDATE infromation

PLEASE READ!

We hope you are as excited as us for our residential trip.

A few reminders –

  • Children to wear uniform and trainers on Thursday for Enginuity (no need to pack an additional pair of shoes)
  • Please ensure the bag they bring with their overnight items is small enough so the children are able to carry it themselves.
  • If your child has toileting needs at night, please can you email or speak to the class teacher.
  • Any medication should have been handed into the school office
  • Please provide your child with a refillable water bottle to stay hydrated on both days of our trip
  • Your child DOES NOT need to bring any food/snacks with them. A packed lunch will be provided by school on the THURSDAY ready for the children to take to Enginuity- this is so we have minimal luggage due to overnight bags, waterbottles, jackets and pack lunches.
  • Please can you ensure your child has a sun HAT (with a name labelled clearly) suncream can be brought but your child will need to apply it themselves.
  • The children who are NOT staying need to be collected from the youth hostel at 6.30pm. This will allow them to have tea before being collected. On the morning of Friday 9th June please bring your child to YHA Ironbridge Coalbrookdale (1 Paradise Road, Coalbrookdale, TF8 7NR) for 8am.  Lunch will be  provided by the Youth Hostel so please do not provide your child with one. They do not have to wear school uniform on this day.

Please do not hesitate to ask any questions. Please email us at newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk

Thank you

Year 2 team :) :)

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3 years ago
Posted on 05th Jun 2023 by

Year 2 Residential Trip on Thursday

We hope you are as excited as us for our residential trip.

A few reminders –

  • Children to wear uniform and trainers on Thursday for Enginuity (no need to pack an additional pair of shoes)
  • Please ensure the bag they bring with their overnight items is small enough so the children are able to carry it themselves.
  • If your child has toileting needs at night, please can you email or speak to the class teacher.
  • Any medication should have been handed into the school office
  • Please provide your child with a refillable water bottle to stay hydrated on both days of our trip
  • Your child DOES NOT need to bring any food/snacks with them. A packed lunch will be provided by school on the THURSDAY ready for the children to take to Enginuity- this is so we have minimal luggage due to overnight bags, waterbottles, jackets and pack lunches.
  • Please can you ensure your child has a sun HAT (with a name labelled clearly) suncream can be brought but your child will need to apply it themselves.
  • The children who are NOT staying need to be collected from the youth hostel at 6.30pm. This will allow them to have tea before being collected. On the morning of Friday 9th June please bring your child to YHA Ironbridge Coalbrookdale (1 Paradise Road, Coalbrookdale, TF8 7NR) for 8am.  Lunch will be  provided by the Youth Hostel so please do not provide your child with one. They do not have to wear school uniform on this day.

Please do not hesitate to ask any questions. Please email us at newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk

Thank you

Year 2 team :) :)

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3 years ago
Posted on 05th Jun 2023 by

Health and Safety Governor Committee Update

Governors met on Friday 26th May as part of the Health and Safety committee. They spoke to children in year 3 and 4 regarding the behaviour systems used across our school. It was clear to Governors that the children like the systems we have in place and believe them to be fair. The children could clearly see the benefits of following the BeSMART code.

The governors also spoke with the site manager, Mr Thomas. They asked him about the checks he carries out linked to site safety/maintenance, water safety, road/ traffic management and electrical safety. Governors were satisfied that his understanding of policy and procedure is robust and that his training is of a high level.

3 years ago
Posted on 26th May 2023 by

Message from Miss Cook – Year 2

Dear Parents / Carers in year 2,

Firstly, we are so proud of how hard your children have worked during their SAT assessments – they really have done such a fantastic job, and we are very pleased with the great progress they have been making throughout this year.

We wanted to update you with a few changes for the last term. As many of you are aware, today we say goodbye to Miss Sohail who has been a lovely member of the year 2 team. After half term, Mrs Stevens will be joining the year 2 team. She is an experienced Newdale member of staff who knows this class very well.

We hope you all enjoy a lovely half term, hopefully filled with plenty of lovely weather!

Kind regards

Miss Cook

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3 years ago
Posted on 23rd May 2023 by

Ironbridge Trip Information – Y2

Prior to Visit

  • If your child requires medication, this will need to be brought into school by Monday 5th June and a medication form completed.
  • Consent form / food order form will be sent home with your child tomorrow (Wednesday 24th May).  You will need to complete the forms and return them to school by Thursday 25th May.

Thursday

  • Children should come dressed in school uniform and trainers.
  • They should have with them a light, waterproof coat.

You will need to pack in a ruck sack

  • A small hand towel.
  • A wash bag with soap, flannel, toothbrush and toothpaste.
  • Pyjamas
  • Slippers
  • One small teddy/ comforter if needed.
  • Pull ups if required overnight.
  • Socks and pants for Friday.
  • Casual clothing for the next day (Friday).

Please DO NOT provide your child with any of the following:

  • Sweets, unhealthy snacks, fizzy drinks –the children will have plenty to eat and drink!
  • Electronic devices, cameras or phones –they will be kept well entertained and we don’t want to lose anything valuable.
  • Medication in their bag (this must be collected prior to the trip and stored safely by the accompanying adults).
  • Money

More information to follow

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3 years ago
Posted on 18th May 2023 by

Year 2 Chicks visit!

We have loved watching the chicks hatch and grow over the last two weeks as part of our Science unit, Animals including humans. We know what they need to survive  and we completed an observation overtime as we measured how tall they have become. What a tricky task that was! Today we got to hold the chicks and watch them run around. It was incredible to see them play, flap their wings and run around.

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3 years ago
Posted on 16th May 2023 by

Inspection of Newdale Primary School & Nursery by Ofsted

We have just told your child’s school that we will inspect it on 17 May 2023. The lead inspector will be Barry Yeardsley, HMI. We are writing to you because we would like to know what you think about the school. Please take a few minutes to read the leaflet that came with this letter. It explains why we inspect schools and what happens during an inspection.

Your views about the school are important to us

If you are a registered parent or carer of a pupil at the school (including pupils on sick leave or who are temporarily excluded), you can tell us your views about the school by completing Ofsted’s online survey, Ofsted Parent View, at: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk.

Please link on the links below to view more information

Ofsted Letter to Parents

School inspections – a guide for parents