Latest News
Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.
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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/#
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Summer Reading Challenge
Tue 16 Jun 2020Every 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.
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Phased Reopening of the School from June 1st
Thu 28 May 2020We are looking forward to seeing more children head back to school, from key workers and vulnerable children to some of our youngest children in YR and Y1. Thank you for booking spaces for the next 2 weeks.
In readiness for the phased reopening of the school from 1st June, we have put together some resources and useful information to help the children and families understand what school might be like when they return.
There is a social story with photos to help and a special guide to the safety measures we have put into place. Thanks to the many parents who sent us questions to help with what you wanted to know - we have included the answers to these in our guide.
We will contact parents again in 2 weeks time to see if any more YR or Y1 children are ready to return in our next phase of reopening.
Click on the link below to read more about the return to school...
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Possible Reopening Plans from 1st June
Thu 21 May 2020Possible phased wider reopening of school
I do hope that you are all safe and well. I write to you all now with detailed plans of how we intend to re-open school in a safe and phased way, should the 5 conditions set out by Government be met. At the very centre of my detailed plans is the safety of all our community, children, staff and families. I do know that this has been causing some real anxiety among some parents and carers.
Despite ongoing reports of political and medical uncertainty around this next step, the school has worked through many different models and we can now outline details for the first stage of reopening should this go ahead. These plans, in line with the government guidelines, will assist you in deciding if you would like your child to return to school during this term or if you would prefer to continue to keep your child at home doing home learning for the time being. Remember it is perfectly OK to stay home for now if you prefer.
I must stress that we are having to continually review and adapt our provision in light of ongoing changes, making the plan set out below subject to change if required. Our current plan is based on the first two weeks of the school being reopened. During this time, we will carefully assess all aspects of the provision, adapting as necessary with a relentless focus on safety for our children, parents, staff and wider community. Parents will be kept informed of any changes that are needed.
Year R & Year 1 reopening offer only
Following the government guidance on smaller class sizes, separate classrooms and prioritising critical key worker and vulnerable children for places, then the youngest children first, Year R and Year 1, it is with an extremely heavy heart that I have no option but to delay the start for Year 6. The entire staff team wants our Year 6 children and parents to know that we are desperately trying to find a way to have you back with us as soon as possible but doing this carefully and safely MUST be our priority.
Please be assured that whatever happens within the current situation, the last few weeks for our Year 6 as Newlands Primary children and their transition to secondary school remain high priorities for us. We will do all we can to offer you the very best that we can and will contact you as soon as anything changes. In the meantime, please continue being fantastic members of our school community, keeping in touch through Google Classroom and look out for your teachers arranging some Google Meet sessions for you all to catch up face to face with each other and the staff.
To help keep everyone as safe as possible, the youngest children will need a high level of adult support to adjust to the new way in which school will now need to operate. The restriction to movement around school, access to equipment, staff, peers and areas of the classroom needs to be carefully considered. We must do all we can to safeguard our children’s emotional, social and physical development during this unfamiliar period.
For these reasons, along with the staffing ratio demands, the initial plan is for the children to access school for a reduced daily timetable. We will monitor closely how the children settle and transition back into school and into the new routines and would hope to extend the hours in school as the term goes on.
Monday 1st June:
The school will be closed to new children on 1st June 2020 so that staff can receive essential training focusing on the implementation of the risk assessments and procedures put in place.
Newlands Crew (Key worker/vulnerable children) may come to school as previously arranged at either 8am for Breakfast Club or 8.45am if not. Spaces must be booked in advance!
Every day starting from Tuesday 2nd June:
Year R 9:15am-12:15pm
(Windermere Avenue Drop off/collection)
Every day starting from Thursday 4th June:
Year 1 9:30am-12.30pm
(Ullswater Road Drop off/collection)
School will be very different. We have put together a guide to help parents and children to understand the safety measures and organisation of the school upon return and hope that this answers any questions you may have.
Guide to School & Safety Measures at Newlands
Parents of children in Year R and Year 1 will be contacted individually about the offer of a place and will be asked to complete a form indicating their plans to return or not in order to help our safe planning.
We will then contact parents of children who have booked a place over the course of next week with specific details about Bubble groups, drop off and pick up times and arrangements as to where and when these will take place.
The Newlands Crew (key worker/vulnerable children) who have been attending school over the past 8 weeks will continue to attend as they have been doing previously. If your child is in this group, you will receive a separate letter of information.
We thank you again for your continued support, understanding and patience during this time. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact school and ask for advice.
Take care and stay safe
Mrs Mellor & the Newlands Team
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Brief Update
Mon 11 May 2020Following the Prime Minister's announcement last night, we are awaiting further guidance. As schools, we receive exactly the same information as the general public and at this stage we cannot answer any questions that this announcement may have raised. We have been advised to wait to receive more information from the government about what this means for our schools.
In the short-term, nothing has changed and we will provide further information in the coming days and weeks once we are able to do so. We will contact all families as soon as we have been advised and can plan accordingly.
Thank you for your support and stay well.
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HAPPY VE DAY!
Fri 08 May 2020Today marks the 75th anniversary of VE day. Find VE day colouring and bunting making resources in our special VE day section on the home learning page. Send us your VE day photos on your year group emails.
