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• School of Sanctuary Award

  Thu 21 Jun 2018

  Newlands has been recognised as a School of Sanctuary and Mrs Jones and three of our Global Ambassadors, were invited to the Mayor's Parlour along with the 8 other schools across the city to receive an award.

   

  Lucy, Lydia and Josh were received by the Mayor and the Mayoress and accepted the award on behalf of the school during a ceremony on Tuesday afternoon.  Josh tried on the Mayor's robes and all three pupils were invited into the Mayoress' parlour and sat on the sofa where Royal visitors sit when they visit Southampton.

   

  Our Global Ambassadors have also  been fundraising for a refugee school in Jordan through a tombola and cake stall after the KS2 Sports Day and raised £62.

   

  Parents are invited to attend a special assembly on Monday afternoon to learn more about our Global Week and School of Sanctuary Award.

  

• School of Sanctuary Visitor

  Mon 18 Jun 2018
  Today we had a visit from Stash Kozlowski. He is a volunteer at the charity SWVS (Southampton & Winchester Visitor Services) who befriend refugees and asylum seekers in Southampton. Stash led workshops with the children helping them to think about what it might be like to be a refugee.

  

• Women in Engineering

  Fri 08 Jun 2018

  To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, the Year 6 girls from Newlands were invited to attend a day of activities at the local  factory of Leonardo UK. This company design and make cameras and visual surveillance devices for the defence and other applications.

  The girls were able to see one of the thermal imaging camera worth £25000 and had their photos taken with prints to take home.

  After a tour of the facility, they enjoyed two workshops run by the Smallpeice Trust; they designed a parachute to land an egg safely when dropped from an outside staircase. In the afternoon, they designed, built and tested small, air-powered rockets.

  The girls had a great time and left with a very positive vision of what being an engineer might be like. They met a number of female engineers and apprentices who work at Leonardos.

  Our thanks to Leonardo UK who arranged and sponsored they day.