At Newdale Primary School and Nursery, we believe that children have a right to attend school and learn in a safe environment. Children should be free from harm by adults and other children in school. 

 

We recognise that some children will sometimes negatively affect the learning and wellbeing of others and their behaviour will be dealt with under the school’s Behaviour Policy. Our staff recognise that children are capable of abusing their peers. Abuse is abuse and all of the staff at Newdale Primary School and Nursery are clear that it is not tolerated and will never be passed off as ‘banter’, ‘part of growing up’ or ‘just having a laugh’. 

 

The governors, senior leadership team, and all staff at Newdale Primary School and Nursery are committed to the prevention, early identification, and appropriate management of peer on peer abuse both inside and outside School, including online. 

 

Definitions of what constitutes Peer on peer abuse can be found in our school policy, on the policies page of the website. This list shows what is likely to be termed abuse but is not limited to just what is written on this list.

 

All of our staff are trained in what to do when dealing with peer on peer abuse and the important role they have to play in preventing it and responding where they believe a child may be at risk from it. 

 

We would encourage you read our policy. There are some definitions in there which may cause distress to some, so please talk to us if you would like us to go through it with you in a different way – we are always here to help. 

If you have any concerns regarding peer on peer abuse or any aspects of safeguarding, you can talk to one of the Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL) at school. These are Miss Cook, Mrs Bishton, Mrs Powell, Miss Clay and Miss Newport. You can also contact family connect yourself on 01952 385385 or out of hours on 01952 676500. You can also report your concerns using an online form by following this link Child protection Information – Family Connect (familyconnecttelford.co.uk) 

Wrekin House won the house points last half term so will be having a dress down day this Friday, 5^th November. Compliment slips will be sent home with each child in Wrekin House.

Dear Parent/Carers,

I hope you enjoyed your half term. We look forward to welcoming your children back to school tomorrow.

The Covid figures in Telford remain high and as such we are keeping our procedures as tight as they were before the half term break.

Can I again ask you to be super aware of your children’s health and ask you to not send them into school should they be displaying any Covid 19 symptoms.

Remember, if your child is in a house where there is a positive case, they can still come into school to access learning. We certainly do encourage a full PCR test and regular lateral flow testing during this time however. If you choose to keep your child off when they are negative and not displaying symtoms, the absence would be classified as unauthorised inline with Government guidance.

Teachers are working so hard on trying to support children in ‘catching up’ following the months and months of limited learning due to lockdowns. If they have a minority of children off school, they cannot offer the full online learning that they did before. They will signpost you to useful resources however and make suggestions on what your child can be working on at home eg spellings and web site ideas.

We always prioritise reading in our school and as such, if your child is at home for any reason, reading is certainly a worthwhile use of time.

If your child tests positive please let the school know on newdale.primary@taw.org.uk and email your child’s teachers as well using the relevant email below.

newdale.yearrteam@taw.org.uk

newdale.year1team@taw.org.uk

newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk

newdale.year3team@taw.org.uk

newdale.year4team@taw.org.uk

newdale.year5team@taw.org.uk

newdale.year6team@taw.org.uk

We need to continue working together to prevent the spread in our school, so that we can avoid tighter restrictions having to be reimplemented.

As part of our drive to keep Covid cases as low as possible, we intend to keep ventilation levels up across the school. With Autumn in full swing, it will mean that school could be slightly colder than usual. Please can you ensure your children are dressed with this in mind and please make sure they have a name labelled coat.

If you have any queries about day to day learning, then please use the class email listed above and your child’s teaching team will respond.

We really do hope that Covid figures will drop over this half term so that everyone can enjoy a wonderful Christmas.

We have plans developing in the hope we can include you more in Christmas celebrations this year, but need to wait a little longer to see what our situation is before we advertise this more fully.

I will email you again as more information, advice and support arises.

Kind regards

Miss Cook

Headteacher