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Year 4 Message

5 years ago
Posted on 11th Feb 2021 by

End of half term 11.2.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

Thank you for all of your support this tricky half term. We all feel very proud of the achievements that have been made. The online learning offer has developed at a rapid pace and the engagement we have had from home has been really positive. We really do understand how hard it is to manage this, as well as run your household and for many, hold down full time jobs.

 

We have had particularly bad luck in our Nursery despite following the strictest of procedures and hygiene measures. Unfortunately quite a high number of staff have been affected by the virus and I know you will join me in wishing them a speedy recovery. We have tried our hardest to open up as soon and wherever possible to support parents and to give continuity to the children.

 

It is important that you inform us the moment you know if you or anyone in your immediate family has received a positive test. This includes over half term. The dates that we are interested in are anything up to and including this coming Saturday. Track and trace ask us to back track 48 hours from the first signs of symptoms or from the actual test date if there are no symptoms. Please keep us informed so that we can carry out the necessary arrangements.

 

Please remember you can get a test as often as you like even if there are no symptoms by using this link https://rapidtest.telford.gov.uk/

 

We know that it will be a welcome relief for everyone to have some time away from screen lessons, but we do ask that you keep reading over half term if you can. Here are some ideas –

 

  • Visit the ‘Storytime online hub’ for a range of children’s books – you can find a direct link for or simply scan using a QR app. These are already    broken down into books suitable for different age ranges.
  • David Walliams Elevenses stories are also available online and prove popular with KS2. Cbeebies bedtime stories are available for EYFS and KS1.There are some wonderful online reading supports available such as E-books and audio books using devices.
  • Continue to plan regular reading opportunities into your day, such as bedtime stories – this will help to keep up the love of reading that we promote in school.
  • Continue to access the online platform your class uses, such as Oxford Owl, Fiction Express or Purple Mash.
  • Don’t forget other formats of reading that your child may enjoy such as comics or magazines!

 

If you are undergoing any issues over half term that you need support with, we might be able to help! We have staff on call and the school email address newdale.primary@taw.org.uk and the school text messages 07765147868  will both be checked regularly.

 

We look forward to a lighter, brighter, healthier half term and have our fingers crossed that Newdale will soon be running at full capacity again.

 

Take care and stay safe

 

Miss Cook

Headteacher

5 years ago
Posted on 09th Feb 2021 by

Contacting staff at school.

We would like to remind parents that we have set up year group emails for you to contact your child’s class teacher regarding any issues or concerns you may have. These emails are monitored by all of the teachers and TA’s within the year group team to ensure a swift response and are the first point of contact.  We politely ask that you do not try to send any correspondence to individual members of staff through their personal email addresses.

General school enquiries – newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

Reception Team – newdale.yearrteam@taw.org.uk

Year 1 Team – newdale.year1team@taw.org.uk

Year 2 Team – newdale.year2team@taw.org.uk

Year 3 Team – newdale.year3team@taw.org.uk

Year 4 Team – newdale.year4team@taw.org.uk

Year 5 Team – newdale.year5team@taw.org.uk

Year 6 Team – newdale.year6team@taw.org.uk

Kind regards

 

Miss Cook

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5 years ago
Posted on 05th Feb 2021 by

Y4 Art Day

On Monday 8th February, we will be having a whole school Art Day. Please see ideas for how your child can take part in the day at home in the attached document. We look forward to seeing photographs of work uploaded onto this post, via email or on the Y4 homework blog on the website. Please note that we will not be setting other work for today, apart from the completing of spellings, reading and practising of times tables on Times Table Rockstars. We will not not be having live TEAMs lessons on this day.

Have fun! We cannot wait to see your creations.

PS. If you do not have access to colouring pencils/pens, your child can complete artwork using ‘2paint’ on Purple Mash and submit their work that way.

Home Schooling Art Day 2021

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5 years ago
Posted on 05th Feb 2021 by

ART DAY Monday 8th February

A reminder that Monday (8th February) is ART DAY at Newdale!  🎨

Your class teachers will have already sent you the options of things to take part in for this day, so we hope you have had a look and selected which creative activities you would most like to do! We can’t wait to see them.

Don’t forget that one option was the handprint art, along with Grandparent handprints and that you may even like to host your own virtual/telephone tea-party with grandparents this week.

If your child is in school on Monday, then they are welcome to bring in their Grandparent’s handprints (digital, posted outlines, etc) into school to complete in class. Please remember to name the back of them so we know which hands belong to who!

Have fun everybody 🤗

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5 years ago
Posted on 05th Feb 2021 by

Year 4 Reading at Home- Please Read

Dear parents and carers,

Teachers across the school are doing an amazing job of planning high quality work for your children to complete whilst at home (and for those in school).

As you are aware, the government has set very clear guidance regarding the amount of time which should be spent by children on schoolwork.

The amount of remote education should be a minimum of:

  • key stage 1: 3 hours a day
  • key stage 2: 4 hours a day (this is from Y3-Y6)

We have ensured that a wide range of subjects are covered within this time and are particularly mindful of the need to ensure children have time away from screens.

That said, we remain keen to stress how vitally important it is that your child is reading every single day; and while at home, we have provided online resources to facilitate this.

Reading underpins every subject that is taught in school and is a life skill your child will need above everything else. We have tried hard to ensure that part of your child’s school working day includes meaningful and progressive reading.

Each year group has a specific time each day where your child should be reading. In year four, children have access to Fiction Express (start from level 1) and Oxford Owl to access online books. Please note that Oxford Owl is free to subscribe to and contains books which link to our colour reading bands at school. Every child has a virtual reading diary on Google Classrooms and should be accessing this daily.

Please let us know if you are struggling to access these resources or need more support.

World Book Day 2021

Next month on the 4th March is the annual celebration of reading across the country! As we expect to still be in a lockdown situation, Newdale would like to introduce an Alice in Wonderland whole school theme. We hope that by having one theme, this will support families who have children in multiple year groups. More information will follow, but we would heartily encourage dressing up for those who enjoy this and of course a mad hatter’s tea party of your own!

Kind regards,

The Year 4 Team

 

5 years ago
Posted on 03rd Feb 2021 by

Update 3.2.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

Firstly I would like to thank you all for supporting us so well with the online learning offer we have running at the moment. This learning is accessed by all children in school and with your help, all children at home.

 

It is so important that your children engage with every lesson. Teachers continue to spend a lot of time planning sessions that we hope will result in the children making the progress they deserve over this prolonged time out of school. Please rest assured that the lessons that are being delivered to children at home are the same as the ones which are being delivered in school. Thank you for supporting us in keeping your children home if you are able to.

 

We are already planning the priority learning and effective ways forward when they eventually do return, but in the meantime all we ask is that you make sure your children tune into all lessons every day. This includes the children who may be in school for part of the week – when they are not in school, they are expected to log into the lessons from home.

 

Many of us are parents and certainly share your pain when it comes to managing the household and in many cases work commitments on top of this. Of course we will do all we can to help with any digital issues and any other issues that you may have that may affect your children’s learning.

 

Email us on newdale.primary@taw.org.uk or call us on 01952 387720

 

We have been made aware that some children are staying attached to devices late on into the night playing games or on social media. Clearly the amount of time they are online learning at school isn’t ideal, but to add to this with hours more screen time could have a detrimental affect on e.g. sleep patterns and moods.

 

Again, I have two teenage children myself and know it is hard to peel them off devices, but also see the need to set boundaries and limit this time. Simply insisting they go on a walk could be a nice way to get them outside in the fresh air.

 

Numbers of cases in our area are thankfully coming down slowly. We cannot afford to relax however. We had another case in our Nursery this week despite the very best routines and risk management. Cases thankfully do not get the chance to spread, as we have systems in place to prevent this from happening.

 

Please remember you can get a precautionary test at any time even if you don’t have symptoms. https://rapidtest.telford.gov.uk/ All staff at Newdale test a minimum of twice a week to support our drive in keeping the virus out of our school community.

 

Thank you for your ongoing support and fingers crossed we continue to see more positive news across our borough in the coming days and weeks.

 

MIss Cook

Headteacher

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5 years ago
Posted on 03rd Feb 2021 by

Safer Internet Day- February 2021

Each year at Newdale, we take part in Safer Internet Day (SID). This year it will take place on Tuesday 9th February. Whether your child is learning from home or in school, they will engage in a series of activities throughout the day with the aim of learning key ways to keep themselves and others safe online.

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

Safer Internet Day February 2021

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5 years ago
Posted on 01st Feb 2021 by

ART DAY MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY

We are delighted to announce that on Monday 8th February we are holding an Art Day! This is for both the children in school and those who are learning from home.

Your class teachers will be posting the activities for you to access at home either on the website or via your Google Classroom this week so you will have plenty of time to get prepared (we have however, tried to think of ways to get creative without an abundance of resources. You will hopefully have most of the things you need already available at home.)

We have included a range of ideas such as laundry art, and pencil sketching amongst other things, so that you can simply choose the things that you like best. We have included things that your child should be able to do independently to provide you with some much needed time.

 

One idea that we would love for you to take part in is our ‘Handprint’ art, in which we are hoping to make a display of back in school. Details will be on your year group sheet. You can draw round and decorate your handprint in any way you like and with whatever you have, e.g pens, pencils, buttons, paper, bits of material, glitter etc.

We are aware that normally we would be holding our annual Grandparents’ tea-party at this time of year and that unfortunately not only can we not do this  at the moment, but for many of us, we are unable to see Grandparents’ currently. Therefore, we thought if you would like to and are able to, you might like to also create a Grandparent handprint to decorate. You could do this by asking them to send a handprint image of their hand digitally, or they could even draw round their hand and post it to you which you could decorate when quarantined. If this is something they can’t do, you can always draw your own version to represent their handprint.

One final suggestion, to keep the tradition going if at all possible, is to set up your own virtual tea-party with Grandparents’ at home. Have a cup of tea and a piece of cake together and just enjoy having a chat as we would have done if possible back in school. You could do this via a video call, or even a normal telephone call.

We would love to know how you get on.

    

 

Have a great day everybody and get creative!