Year 6

5 years ago
Posted on 06th Jul 2021 by

Student Travel 2021-22

Dear Parents and Guardians,
The time is now fast approaching for all year 6 pupils to move up to secondary school, we understand for some pupils this means taking a bus to school for the first time.
Arriva would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the options that are available to support you in getting your child to their new school safely. We provide frequent and reliable bus services across the region, all our buses are Covid-19 secure and undergo enhanced touchpoint cleaning every day,
Arriva’s Child Saver tickets not only provide your child with reduced priced bus travel costs to and from school, but the same ticket can also be used to travel at evenings, weekends and throughout all school term holidays. You can spread the cost of our saver tickets over affordable monthly payments using our easy-to-use direct debit system. It’s simple to apply, there’s no setup fee or minimum contract required, which means you can cancel your direct debit to stop your ticket at any time should your circumstances change.
To arrange your Direct Debit and for further information please follow the link below:
www.arrivabus.co.uk/monthlytickets
To ensure delivery of ticket in time for the start of the new Academic Year we recommend registering as soon as possible.
Once you have your bus pass, you won’t need to worry about paying bus fares again, safe in the knowledge that you have saved money through our Direct Debit scheme
You can choose to receive your monthly pass by post, or you can download the Arriva UK Bus app onto your child phone, and we can send it there.
For travel Information including local maps and timetables please visit: www.arrivabus.co.uk/find-a-service
Child Saver tickets are valid for pupils up to and including year 11
For any queries regarding the scheme, please email: studenttickets.ams@arriva.co.uk

5 years ago
Posted on 05th Jul 2021 by

Covid update 05/07/2021

 

 

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

It is so lovely to have all classes back in school today. We have everything crossed that we do not have to shut any more bubbles between now and the end of term.

 

Many schools across Telford are having to deal with virus issues as figures continue to rise.

 

The ruling around bubble closures and testing remains the same for schools until the end of term. We hope that new rules from the Government will be announced over the summer, so that we have less drastic measures enforced concerning isolation.

 

Please help us to keep our school virus free. It is clear that this variant is more easily transmissible and it seems that lots of cases are passing from parents to children, with contacts then coming into school.

 

We are asking now that you look really closely not only at your own children’s health, but that of everybody that lives in the household. If you suspect anyone as having symptoms, please be cautious and keep everyone at home, then get tested straight away. We would rather one child missed a day, than potentially 30 or 60 children missing 10 days of education/face to face interaction.

 

We are continuing our twice weekly staff testing and maintaining our covid procedures in school in an attempt to keep everyone safe and all classes operational. We also ensure that any visitors to school also provide evidence of testing and observe all of our protective measures which are in place.

 

We really do understand how disruptive school bubble closures can be for children, parents and staff.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

 

MIss Cook

Headteacher

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5 years ago
Posted on 01st Jul 2021 by

Holiday activities and food programme with EKO

Having recently become a registered charity EKO has been able to secure funding through Shropshire council for the Holiday Activities Food Programme (HAF). HAF is a government initiative set up to provide support during the school holidays for families who have children eligible for benefits related free school meals.

Sessions will be based at our new Outdoor Learning Site in the grounds of Weston Park. Each day will be different but will follow a similar pattern of learning, exploring, creating and playing outdoors, ending with a nutritious lunch cooked by the group over our campfire. Our activities will centre around healthy eating and looking at where our food comes from. There will be challenges and team work, strong friendships form and the laughter is infectious. We plan on having lots of fun!

Please click on the link below to view more details.

https://www.ekolearning.org.uk/holiday-clubs/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-with-eko/

 

5 years ago
Posted on 29th Jun 2021 by

Reminder about additional copies of reports

Reminder – End of year reports will be sent home with your child on 9th July.   If an additional copy is required by a parent who does not live at the child’s home address, you must contact the school office on 387720 to make a request by no later than Monday 5th July.   

Please ensure that you keep your copy of the report safe, especially if your child is in Year 5.  Some secondary schools (such as Thomas Telford) require a copy to be sent with the application for Year 7 places and we will be unable to make further copies for you once they have been archived.

5 years ago
Posted on 28th Jun 2021 by

Update: 28.6.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

Unfortunately we have had 2 more positive cases in school (not related to any previous cases we have had).

 

Thank fully our online learning offer is established and that teachers can switch rapidly to avoid children missing more of their education.

 

If your child is any of the bubbles that have been told to isolate, yet you are finding it difficult to gain online access, please call the school and we will do all we can to help.

 

Our procedures in school are as tight as they have ever been and we hope that this outbreak has rapidly been brought under control.

 

As ever, if your children are displaying signs of illness, or in fact if anyone in your house is showing signs of illness, please play it safe and keep children off and get them tested.

 

This virus variant seems to display itself with a headache and cold like symptoms.

 

Luckily due to timings, the bubbles sent home today will be welcome back next Monday, so thankfully only miss 4 more ‘in school’ days where they have to isolate.

 

The Newdale team will continue to work so hard in ensuring the online offer is as high a standard as possible.

 

Thank you for your ongoing understanding and support.

 

Miss Cook

Headteacher

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5 years ago
Posted on 25th Jun 2021 by

ART DAY 2021

Art Day 2021

Next Thursday 1st July 2021, we will be holding our annual Art Day in school!

This is a fun day, where we all get creative, learn new techniques, learn about different artists, and create our own wonderful masterpieces.

Our theme for this year’s art day is ‘Maths in Art’. We will be getting arty, using shapes, angles, illusion, perspective, symmetry to name but a few.

For this day, your child is allowed to come to school in clothing that you don’t mind getting messy! Old clothing or providing an old shirt to protect clothing is recommended.

We will be sure to share photos from the day along with the children’s creations afterwards on the website.

Thank you for your support.

 

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5 years ago
Posted on 24th Jun 2021 by

Primary/Secondary Virtual Transition Workshop

Telford SENDIASS are holding a Primary/Secondary Virtual Transition Workshop on Wednesday 14th July, 10.00 am—12.30 pm

Moving to Secondary school is a big step for all children. It can also be a challenging time for some children who may need additional support to help make this stage of transition in their lives a positive experience.

Please click on the link below to view all the details.

New Primary to secondary transition Flyer