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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 04th Feb 2021 by

Note about expectations at home

Dear parents and carers,

 

Teachers across the school are working hard to plan 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 2: 4 hours a day (this includes all lessons set on the morning timetable)

 

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 5, children are encouraged to read daily using Fiction Express or their own books and to then comment on their e-Reading diary which can be found at the top of the “Classwork” section on Google Classroom.

 

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 5 Team

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5 years ago
Posted on 03rd Feb 2021 by

Year 5 Forest School Session (GB Class)

This message is just for those children in Mr Banfield’s class who are in school tomorrow (Thursday 4th February).

 

We are excited to have a fantastic Forest School session with Miss Taylor tomorrow afternoon. Children will need to bring in warm, waterproof clothing as well as suitable footwear which may get muddy. We would suggest that pupils bring in multiple layers, gloves, hats and wellies/boots. We will be outside for over an hour in the afternoon and will enjoy a fire activity in a controlled and safe environment.

Please send your child into school wearing their forest school kit.

Mrs Arthurs’ class will be completing this session next week (11th February)

 

Thank you,

 

Mr Banfield

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!

 

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5 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2021 by

Question & Answer Session

Dear Parents, Carers and Children,

Follow the link below to join Mrs Powell and Mrs Huda’s question and answer session every Wednesday at 2pm. We have set aside some time where you can ask any questions you have and also let Mrs Powell and Mrs Huda know how you are feeling and how you are getting on with your online work.

If you are logging in as a guest, please can you use the child’s name so we know who is in our session. There might even be some special guests joining us from time to time. Please click on the link below to join.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTYyY2IyM2MtMWRlYy00ZjlhLTljNmYtM2EyN2Y3MGZlMmVj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223813cfda-52af-4ca5-b8e3-231579770aba%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b7fbccd2-c777-41b6-ba22-f40bcd017bf1%22%7d

Thanks

Mrs Huda
Pastoral Team

5 years ago
Posted on 26th Jan 2021 by

26.1.21 Update linked to online learning

Dear Parents/Carers,

Firstly I want to say a huge thank you to all those parents who spent the time filling in the Online Learning Survey (127 received). We are delighted with your feedback and have shared your wonderful comments with the whole team and Governors.  We have now read each and every one and here are just some of the highlights and the areas that we are now working on:

 

Highlights

  • You are delighted that children who are working at home are getting the exact same offer as the children who are attending school.
  • The live learning lessons are a hit! Your children are loving seeing their teachers and friends in the same way that the teachers are loving seeing them too!
  • Communication between school staff and you is brilliant: staff are working hard to support you even out of school hours.
  • You have complimented all our staff teams about how hard they are working.

 

Areas we are now working on

  • Ensuring that work is organised (maybe in dated folders) and daily or weekly timetables are shared so that you can see easily what needs to be done and when.
  • Uploading the work the night before, in order for you to prepare if you wish.
  • Offering a wider variety of lessons e.g. topic days or art days.
  • Giving more opportunities for pupils to meet e.g. carrying out ‘show and tell.’
  • Supporting you further in understanding topics and concepts e.g. vocabulary definitions and Maths knowledge organisers.

 

Year group teachers may also feedback specific points to you based on comments that link to their particular year group.

 

We are constantly reviewing our offer and it is wonderful to have this feedback to work on.

 

We appreciate that it is very difficult for children to maintain the level of concentration and motivation needed for home learning and we are so proud of them for keeping going. Our priority is clearly the wellbeing of your children and of course ensuring they continue to make as much progress as they can, so that when this virus is under more control, they will still remain where they should be with their learning.

 

Senior managers met last night and have begun plans to incorporate some sessions that would have been going on in school, that perhaps have less structure than normal. For example, next week on Tuesday afternoon, all children in school will be given the opportunity to see an online pantomime that we have purchased for them.  The team is also planning in more themed days and practical art days which we know the children will enjoy and will potentially give adults who are supporting a bit of relief! Please remember that teachers are conscious that parents at home, may well be working from home, and therefore the sessions are designed for the children to work as independently as possible – don’t let your children trick you into thinking you need to be supporting them through every minute of every session – they would be working independently in the classroom too!

 

It has gone very quiet as far as announcements from the Government about schools are concerned. As soon as we hear what the plan is, we will of course let you know.

 

Thank you for your continued support,

 

Miss Cook

Headteacher