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• Newlands Book Week

  Mon 27 Feb 2023

  It is that exciting time of year again where Newlands gets to go reading mad and celebrate ‘Book Week’. As part of our drive to raise standards in writing through a passion for reading, the children will be taking part in a variety of exciting events to develop a pleasure for reading and writing.

   

  Book Week Launch- Monday 27^th February- Children will bring home their Book Week voucher.  

   

  Famous children’s illustrator Korky Paul will be coming in to school to show the children how he illustrates books, sharing some of his stories and giving them an insight into being an illustrator.  This will be on Wednesday 1^st March.

   

  This year we would like to invite parents/carers to come into school and  ‘Share a story’ with their children.

  Yr R, 1 & 2- Tuesday 28th February at 2.55pm 

  Yr 5 Thursday 2nd March at 8.55am

  Yrs 3, 4 & 6 2nd March at 2.55pm 

   

  Dressing up Day – On Friday 3rd March we would like your child to dress up as their favourite book character.  We are hoping to see lots of imaginative ideas and will be giving prizes to the best costume in each year group.

   

  The week will be a busy one, set to be full of wonderful experiences and opportunities for all the children. Keep your eyes peeled on the school website for lots of photos.

  Newlands English Team

• BUILDING WORKS AT NEWLANDS PRIMARY

  Mon 20 Feb 2023 Mrs Mellor

  Exciting times lay ahead for us at Newlands as the long anticipated building project for the Resource Base for Deaf Children finally got started! The building works will involve an extension to our Key Stage 2 wing of the school.

   

  During the half term break, the builders moved onto site and set up an enormous building site compound. The site is fenced off to keep us all safe whilst the building works take place between now and December.

            

  The main access/exit for parents to pick up children from classes in YR/1/2/and 3 will be via the Key Stage 1 gates and pathways. Please be aware that there is likely to be more people traffic than usual on the paths around Key Stage 1 and the Quiet area. To help us out, please be patient and try to send only one parent onto site to pick up children.

   

  Pathway closed!

  There is no through access on the external pathway around the Key Stage 2 part of the building and no woodchip path to the playground. Year 4 and 5 classrooms and the temporary RBD (Owls Base) can still be accessed by the Key Stage 2 gate but you cannot follow the pathway around the school as it is blocked off!

   

  Year 6 will be using the external door by the minibus parking area to get out to the Key Stage 2 gate.

   

  We will regularly review the arrangements during the build project and update you with any changes etc.

  In the meantime, please be patient at pick up times and respectful to staff who will signpost the way!