New house names

Now we are all back to school, we have decided to have a look at the house system that we have in place. Mrs Clarke and Mrs Everall do a fantastic job of assigning the children into each of the houses and making sure that all the house points that are awarded are counted up.

We are delighted to share with you that we have decided to help our children to know more about where we live and so, our houses have new names. The colours will remain the same but the new names are –

Severn (This was the Phoenix and will remain red)

Ironbridge (This was Dragon and will remain green)

Wenlock (This was Griffin and will remain yellow)

Wrekin (This was Unicorn and will remain blue)

We know it will take a little while to get used to the names, but we are hoping that by sports day, we will all have had enough practice to cheer on the correct team names!

 

Year 3 Circus Fun!

Year 3 had lots of fun during our Splats Circus lesson today!

We began by throwing and catching colourful scarves, before learning how to balance bean bags on our bodies. After lots of practice, we were soon able to use two bean bags to juggle!

We can’t wait to have more fun with the circus again tomorrow!

Entrance to school off Rock Road

A reminder for parents/carers, the entrance to school off the Rock Road through our electronic gates is for STAFF only and is not to be used as a route into school to drop children off. There is also no pedestrian access allowed through this gate. Thank you for your co-operation.

 

Bike to School Week 2021 27th September and 1st October

Bike to school week is taking place between 27th September and the 1st October 2021.

It’s a great opportunity to celebrate cycling and scooting and the positive impact it has on children’s health and wellbeing as well as the environment.

We are very lucky to have bike sheds here at school and would like to encourage as many families as we can to bike or scoot to school that week. It is hoped that by biking to school, pupils will think about their journeys to school, understand the benefits of active travel, and consider the causes and effects of air pollution. 

Happy cycling! 

 

Consultation on the teaching of consent

At Newdale, we are committed to making sure that we teach our children how to stay safe. We want our children to be able to be confident in their understanding of what consent is, in a variety of situations. We have created a set of lessons which we would like your feedback on. Please have a look at the lessons on  https://www.newdaleschool.org.uk/home/curriculum/subjects/sex-education/ ​

and leave feedback using the link on the page.

Harvest Festival

Harvest time is nearly upon us and as we have done in previous years, this year we will be collecting food items for Telford Crisis Support. The charity will be coming into school to see us in assembly on Monday 27th September to explain the work that they do. Following this, we would appreciate it if you were able to spare and send into school any food items (tinned or packaged and in date please) that you do not require. Please can children take the items to their classrooms and teachers will gather them together. The charity will collect the donations the following week on Monday 4th October. Thank you in advance for you help.

 

Year 3 Forest School Fun!

Year 3 had a great afternoon exploring the Forest School and Base Camp! We spent time imagining what life in the Stone Age would have been like and what materials they may have used to hunt, gather and build with.

Photos for our sports board…

Following on from the Olympics this year, if your child takes part in a sport outside of school, we would love to have some photos showing what they do to go on our sports board.

Please send photos to Mrs Goodwin with your child’s name and year group on the back. Photo’s can also be sent in via email, please use the school email address which is newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

Crossbar Sports After School Clubs

Crossbar sports after school clubs will be starting next week. The clubs will be on Parentpay for you to sign up to. The clubs will be as follows;

Monday- Year 1&2 Football

Tuesday- KS2 Football and Year 3&4 Gymnastics

Wednesday- Year 2 to 6 Hockey and Year 1&2 Multi skills

Thursday- Year 1 to 6 Girls Football

Friday- Year 5&6 Dodgeball