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

Just a quick reminder about completing our RE Census. We are hoping to hear from as many of our Newdale families as possible, by Friday 22nd October. 

This survey will help us to understand more about our families; we would really like an updated picture of the different religions, beliefs and values held by the children, and families, within our Newdale community. This will support us in ensuring that our Religious Education offer is as inclusive as possible for our community.

We would be really grateful if you could spend 5 minutes completing the survey below.

Thank you in advance, for you support 😊

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2s8TOK9SpUy44yMVeXcKuqaxM9chzzpNpIrW9EzhEJxURVBPT09HTVpLNEVCWTRVRVcwVUhHVk0xNi4u

On 22nd October, we will be inviting your children to either dress down or wear Halloween fancy dress. We would like them to bring their costume in a bag to change into – they will need to wear school uniform before then. Please do not send in face paints, as we are not able to apply it for them. Due to restrictions, our teachers are planning lots of exciting activities that they can carry out in their classes, including Halloween arts and crafts. If your child chooses to bring in a costume on that day, please can any Halloween themed props be left at home e.g hats and masks are fine to bring in.