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Newsletter 2
Fri 14 Oct 2022 -
October Reader in the Spotlight- Mrs Halsey (Deputy)
Sun 09 Oct 2022Mrs Halsey shares her 5 favourite children's books:
. Dogger by Shirley Hughes
. Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen & Arthur Robins
. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
. The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson Dairy by Lynley Dodd
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A Feast for a King!
Fri 07 Oct 2022
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Year R 2023 Open Mornings
Tue 20 Sep 2022
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Autumn 2022 Newsletter 1
Fri 16 Sep 2022 -
Her Majesty The Queen
Fri 09 Sep 2022It is with sadness that Buckingham Palace announced the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
We have had a special whole school assembly to reflect upon and commemorate the life of Her Majesty. Children have also had a chance to share their views and thoughts and to complete other activities in class as well. We were amazed by the knowledge they had to share and the many questions they wanted to ask.
We also know we have an important role to play in reassuring children and young people at this difficult time; as well as celebrating the great service of Queen Elizabeth during her 70 year reign.
Visit the Palace’s website for more information about the mourning period: www.royal.uk.
School will be closed on Monday 19th September as a mark of respect and to enable children to be with their families on this sad and historic occasion.
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Update from OWLS - Resource Base for Deaf Children at Newlands
Wed 20 Jul 2022July 2022
It’s a been a term of journeys and adventures for the Owls.
First our KS2 children made an epic trip to Brighton to visit Hamilton Lodge School for the Deaf. It was amazing to meet deaf children and teachers who use BSL as their first language. Pupils come home at weekends but sleep in houses near the school during the week so it was exciting to see how different (yet equally welcoming) school can be.
Next, the Owls class visited Adventure Wonderland with funding from the charity Chloe and Sophie’s Special Ears Fund. This was a reward for our huge team effort in creating a base from scratch and a chance to develop links between our deaf children who are spread across different year groups in the school. We were also joined by our linked Speech and Language Therapist who spent the day ticking off targets achieved when the children chattered about their experiences. It was one hot but very happy day.
Meanwhile, the Resource Base journey continues in September when we will officially OPEN. Two children will be moving into Year 3 from Tanners Brook, where the provision ends this term. We also welcome Mrs Pascoe as a full time Teacher of the Deaf in training. This means we now have nine children and a team of seven adults – with more joining very soon.
Please note the transport times for the Resource Base children starting from Monday 5th September; 8.20am drop-off to breakfast club and 3.00pm collection from the Owls gate.
I’d like to end this update with some feedback from a recent visitor to Owls. I couldn’t be prouder of what Team Newlands has achieved so far. Thank you!
“I was blown away by the depth of humanity, compassion, respect and patience you and the team show the students. And the amount of people using BSL. They are sooooo good. It was all outstanding.”
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End of Year Newsletter
Fri 15 Jul 2022School finishes for children next week on Wednesday 20th July. Here is our end of term newsletter full of information for next week and the start of the new school year in September.
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Superb Sports Day
Fri 08 Jul 2022SUN SHINES ON SPORTS DAY!
A sea of coloured t-shirts and large smiles could be seen across the Sports field on Friday 1st July. The Newlands annual (though not recently) Sports Day was underway.
Pupils from all years came together as one to jump and throw as far as they could, to sprint the quickest and to support each other to do their best. Shouts of joy and words of encouragement filled the air.
The magic of sports day weaved its way around the field from morning to afternoon. Culminating in the parents Javelin event which this year was won by Mr Butt (Mens) and Mrs Blake (Womens), and quickly followed by our very competitive Year Group Race Finals!
Pupils would have found out this week who won the different events for their year groups and received their Sports Day WINNERS certificate. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!
The WINNER of Sports Day 2022 were: CELERITAS 2 – Miss Chitson and Mrs M Clarke
The OVERALL HOUSE SPORTS DAY RESULTS:
4th: 265pts Audacia (RED)
3rd: 276pts Virtus (BLUE)
2nd: 277pts Celeritas (YELLOW)
1st: 286pts Sophia (GREEN)
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Newsletter 12
Thu 30 Jun 2022
