Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

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• Year 6 Pupil wins story competition

  Thu 25 Jun 2020

  We are very proud that one of our Year 6 pupils has won a £50 book token in a National Book Tokens Competition. Her story was chosen by authors Robin Stevens, Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Carrie Hope Fletcher.

  You can read her story by visiting our Year 6 class pages.

   

  Well done Emma!

   

  

• Into University Report of work with Newlands primary

  Tue 23 Jun 2020

  One of our imortant partners, Into University has continued to work with our pupils this year, including supporting some pupils throughout lockdown.

  They have just released their annual report of work with Newlands. You can read it here;

  Into University Report 2019 - 2020

  Their report includes the following statistics;

  88% The percentage of Newlands Year 6 students who said that they now know more about university

   

  69% The percentage of Newlands Year 6 students who said the programme improved their confidence

   

  23 Newlands students who attend our free after school Academic Support Club, including SATs Society

• Weekly Assemblies

  Wed 17 Jun 2020

  There is a new page for Assemblies on the Home Learning section of the school website. In it you will find a link that will take you to the Oak National Academy. Each week they release an assembly on themes that are relevant for young people living in these times.

   

  This Thursday (18th June) the 'visitor' is the Duchess of Cambridge. The theme will be 'Spread a little kindness' it aims to encourages children to explore ways in which they can show kindness and recognise the benefits of kindness to others.

   

  Go to the Assemblies section of Home Learning or click the link below.

   

  https://classroom.thenational.academy/assemblies/#

  

• Summer Reading Challenge

  Tue 16 Jun 2020 Summer Reading Challenge

  Every year Southampton Library Service organizes a Reading Challenge for children to encourage reading over the Summer Holidays.

   

  This year the scheme is called Silly Squad and you can find out more by clicking on the links on the class pages of our school website.

   

  Obviously the libraries  are not physically open. However, you can still borrow e-books online and if you do not have a library card, you can still join.

   

  Incidently, there are lots of free books and audio books that you can download for free. Have a look at the reading section of the home Learning Page.