Latest News
Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.
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Win a signed Team GB Kit (and other prizes)
Thu 15 Oct 2020Last year, one of our talented pupils entered and won a book token for her fantastic writing.
Will you be the next winner?
Follow the link below to find out more. (This is an external link not associated with Newlands School).
Take the Haiku Challenge and become a winner
You will find lots of resources to help you write a Haiku (a type of poem) and full details.
The deadline is in early January but get your entry in early and let us know if you are a winner! Your teacher would be interested to see your Haiku in any case.
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WALKTOBER
Tue 29 Sep 2020Walktober 2020
Newlands Primary School are taking part in WALKTOBER, we are trying to encourage as many parents and children to walk to and from school as possible during October.
I know we already have so many families who are active and enjoy walking to school. Hopefully if we can encourage more to join in, we can reduce the number cars outside the school and keep us all Healthy and fit.
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IMPORTANT: COVID-19 Updates at Newlands
Thu 24 Sep 202025th September 2020
IMPORTANT COVID-19 Updates at Newlands
Dear Parents & Carers
Thank you all for the amazing support you are giving the Newlands community by following our protective measures when you come to the school site. Drop off and pick up is now going much more smoothly and we thank you for your patience.
FACE COVERINGS FOR ADULTS VISITING OUR SITE FROM MONDAY
Following the recent announcements by the government and the tightening of restrictions to control the virus and keep numbers low in our community, we will be asking that, from Monday, all ADULTS visiting the site wear a face covering for drop off and pick-ups when they come onto our site (unless exempt). This is an extra precaution aiming to protect our entire community, as there are places around the school site where social distancing is more difficult to achieve between parents. We are hoping that all of our parents and carers will want to collectively support this measure. Other local primary schools have also made the same request of their communities.
Guidance from the government states that ‘children in primary schools do not need to wear a face covering. Primary children wearing face covering in schools may inadvertently increase the risks of transmission, as children may be tempted to touch their faces and coverings and would need to be trained properly to put on, remove and safely store face coverings. Face coverings can have a negative impact on learning and teaching and so their use in the classroom should be avoided.’ Our risk assessments show that the many other protective measures that we have in place in primary schools already significantly reduce the risk of transmission. If you choose for your child to wear a face covering whilst walking to school with you, this should be safely removed and taken home with you before coming onto the school site.
A letter from Public Health England to parents and carers of children
Public Health England have produced a letter for schools to distribute to parents which explains when a person requires a coronavirus test and what the symptoms of coronavirus are. The intention of this letter is to help prevent children being taken out of school unnecessarily and answer some of the questions parents may have around testing. The letter is attached to this communication.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Mrs Mellor
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Virtual After School Clubs with Showcase Music
Tue 22 Sep 2020We are excited to announce that Newlands will be now working in partnership with Showcase Music for our exciting new music curriculum! Children and teachers in Years 3/4/5 & 6 will be working alongside specialist music teachers from Showcase music in school. KS1 children will be following their music curriculum with their class teachers supported by Showcase Music curriculum planning.
We can't wait to share how this goes across the school.
Showcase Music are also offering access to their Virtual After School Clubs this term. See flier if you are interested.
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Back to school Monday 7th September
Mon 07 Sep 2020We are looking forward to fully opening the school on Monday 7th September. In order to safely get the whole school back on site, whilst maintaining required social distancing measures for adults and groups, we will be staggering start and finish times across the school and using allocated gates. Each family has been allocated to a group with a specific time and gate to use (check your emails!). It is very important that timings are adhered to and that parents do not arrive early or late for their drop off/pick up time. We have tried to make it quicker and easier for those with families to drop off the children at the same place, in one group.
Sibling Group A: Drop-off at the Ullswater gate at 8.40am/ Pick up at 2.55pm This is for: Current Year R and 1 children with all of their older siblings who are in school
Group C: Drop-off at the Ullswater gate at 8.55am/ Pick up at 3.10pm This is for: Current Year R and 1 children with no siblings in school
Sibling Group B: Drop-off at the Windermere gate at 8.40am/ Pick up at 2.55pm. This is for: Current Year 2, 3 & 4 with all of their older siblings who are in school
Group D: Drop-off at the Windermere gate at 8.55am/ Pick up at 3.10pm This is for: Current Year 2, 3,4 & 5 children with no siblings
Staff will meet and greet the younger children near the gates in the mornings and help to walk them to class. Parents will not be allowed on site at the start of the day. Please call or email the school with any urgent messages for staff.
Pickups will be different as parents will enter the grounds from their allocated gate and will need to follow the one way system around the external paths of the school to pick up their children from class areas. Staff will be around to direct and help you. Please be patient and polite. Social distancing with adults must be maintained at all times.
Families will then need to exit via an EXIT gate - either through the bottom Mansel Road Gate or the Windermere Vehicle EXIT.
The school office will not be open for anyone to drop in. You must phone or email to arrange an appointment. There is a postbox to drop off letters or forms.
Brand new year R pupils have stay and play sessions over the next two weeks and start school from 21st September. Separate information has been sent to new starters. Please contact the office if you have not received this!
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Graduations and Goodbyes
Wed 15 Jul 2020Our lovely Year 6's are moving on ready for Secondary Schools in September.
As we cannot have a big Year Group Graduation this year, we are holding 5 separate graduations for groups of pupils.
Photos of these are available on the Year 6 Class Pages
(If you have your own pictures of your child and we were unable to capture one ourselves, please feel free to send yours in for the attn. of Mr West and we will try and include these as well.)
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Free Fun Family Musical Theatre Workshops
Thu 02 Jul 2020Southampton City Council has funded places on online workshops being run by the Mayflower Theatre.
There are two sets of workshops;
Free Family Grease Musical Theatre workshop
•Dates: Mon 6 & Wed 8 July
•Time: 3.45pm-5.00pmand
A Spoonful of Song and Dance – Free Family Musical workshop
•Dates: Mon 13 & Wed 15 July
•Time: 3.45pm-5.00pm
These loo like they will be a great opportunity to have some fun. Links to register are on the Home Learning Page.
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Year 6 Pupil wins story competition
Thu 25 Jun 2020We 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!
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Into University Report of work with Newlands primary
Tue 23 Jun 2020One 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
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Weekly Assemblies
Wed 17 Jun 2020There 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/#
