Year 4

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4 years ago
Posted on 25th May 2022 by

Clubs after half term

The following clubs for after half term are now live on parentpay;

Monday- KS2 Football

Telford Gotta Dance (invite only)

Tuesday- KS1 Football

Gymnastics

Wednesday- Year 4-6 Badminton

Thursday- Rounders

Top Hat Performing Arts

Friday- Dodgeball

Mini medics (starting on Friday 17th June for 5 weeks)

*Please note KS1 football and gymnastics will not be running on Tuesday 28th June due to the summer fayre.

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4 years ago
Posted on 13th May 2022 by

Year 4 Maths Challenge

Congratulations to Niamh, Orla, Oliver and Daisy who were selected to represent our school at this year’s ‘Year 4 Maths Challenge’.

The children competed against 38 other school teams completing logic and reasoning based maths problems.

All four children worked exceptionally well as a team and were great ambassadors for the school!

 

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4 years ago
Posted on 10th May 2022 by

Careers Day

Dear Parents and Carers,

At Newdale, dreams and aspirations are harnessed and nurtured. This is the vision for all of our pupils. We teach all children to become self-confident and to take control of their own lives and create their own futures.

To support our pupils to have dreams and aspirations, we plan a careers programme to help inspire them to work towards the jobs of their dreams.

Our school is a place where everyone gets excited about their next steps and futures. We would like to invite you to share your occupations with our children.

Our careers programme has successfully run in school previously and we are looking for willing volunteers to lead activities with pupils or participate in talks.

This years will take place on Thursday 9th June.

We are looking for people who want to share their experience of their own job – The more varied the occupations the greater the learning experience we can provide.

If you are interested, please email the office and we will get back in contact with you.

Many thanks

Miss Broadhurst

 

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4 years ago
Posted on 10th May 2022 by

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party

Lawley & Overdale parish council are holding a Queen Jubilee Family Party on the Green Open Space, Off Waterloo Road, Overdale (e.g., where the park is located), just down from the School.

It will take place on Sunday 5th June 2022 between 11.00am – 15.00pm.  There will be free buffet food and several free children’s activities such as inflatables, face painting and traditional garden games, plus some music playing from the different decades.

Please click on the link below to view more details.

Overdale Queen’s Jubilee party – Lawley and Overdale Parish Council (lawleyoverdale-pc.gov.uk)

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4 years ago
Posted on 06th May 2022 by

Proposed changes to the structure of the school day

6.5.22

Dear Parents/Carers,

As you know, Newdale’s official start time is currently 9:00 am. Anyone arriving after this time is classified as late. However, we have encouraged children into school at 8:40 am for many years now and the vast majority of children are in school at this time to complete early work.

I wrote to you on April 1st outlining the Government message that all schools need to offer a minimum of 32.5 hours schooling for all children. It was suggested in this proposal that the official start time for all children in school becomes 8:40 am rather than this being an optional time. Therefore, anyone arriving after this time would subsequently be classified as late.

The consultation period ended today, and I can now share the responses we had.

Thank you to the 6 parents who responded to this proposal. Most responses were very positive about the change: it had no impact on them because their children are already in school at 8:40am every day. In addition, it would mean they have less stress in getting to work on time. A few parents wanted more information about gate opening and classroom door opening times (see below) and one grandparent commented that their early routine was stressful already without having to accommodate a 20 minute earlier start.

This is one of those decisions we must make that simply cannot please everyone. If we looked at extending the school day after 3:10, we would cut short what we know is optimal learning time in the morning: children are fresher and more able to grasp learning than they are at the tail end of the day. We do also have parents who would struggle with school pick ups linked to having multiple schools to get to.

We are lucky in that we do have wraparound care on offer, and we are looking to extend this if we can.  

Based on the responses we received and ultimately the impact that a change would have on children’s learning, the Governors and I have made the decision that we will move to the proposed time change from Monday 6th June (straight after half term).

Clarification of new opening times:

Gates will open at 8:30 am

Classroom doors will open at 8:35 am

Registers will be taken at 8:40 am

Home time will remain as 3:10 pm

 

We thank you for your support.

Miss Cook

Headteacher