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• What a Knight

  Mon 15 Jul 2019

  Year 6 performed their last production to parents today.

  The show entitled 'What a Knight!' was a comedy set in the court of King Arther. This was a wonderful final showcase for our Year 6 children.

   

  

• Visit from the Mayor

  Thu 11 Jul 2019

  The Mayor of Southampton visited Newlands today, along with the chair of Southampton in Bloom to present the Gold Cup for 'Best Wildlife Garden'.

   

  We were awarded the best in category after the judges visited earlier in the year. The Mayor had a chance to meet some of the staff and children who had worked so hard to make this special place. The children took great pride in showing him the different features of the garden and describing the things they had seen and done.

  

• Year 3/4 Football Cup Award

  Wed 10 Jul 2019

  Three of our Year 4 pupils attended the Solent Sports Award Ceremony, held this morning at Itchen College. They were representing the Year3/4 football team that won the Testwood Cup earlier this year.

   

   

  

• Into Music - Year 4 concert to pupils

  Wed 10 Jul 2019

  At the end of the Summer Term, Into Music arranged for our two Year 4 classes to perform their ukele and trumpet pieces.

  Click here to see many more photos;

  https://www.newlandsprimary.co.uk/into-music/

  

• Another Year with IntoUniversity

  Wed 10 Jul 2019

  As we approach the end of the academic year, Newlands has received a report from one of our partners, IntoUniversity.

  this charity has worked with us for a number of years and have supported many children in developing their aspirations.

  You can read this report in the External Partners section of this site by clicking here.

   

  https://www.newlandsprimary.co.uk/into-university/

   

• A Winning Wildlife Garden

  Tue 09 Jul 2019

  Mrs Zampedri, Mrs Newman and Mrs Broderick have directed the staff and pupils into converting the garden in the quiet area into a wonderful wildlife garden.

  Now their efforts have been rewarded by Southampton in Bloom with the top prize for school wildlife gardens. The Mayor will be visiting the school this Thursday to view the garden and award the trophy.

  Last year's garden won the first prize as an Educational Garden, This year we entered the Wildlife Garden category instead.

  Look below and see the photos of children tending the garden.

  

• Year 6 girls - Women in Engineering Day

  Fri 07 Jun 2019

  To celebrate Women in Engineering Day, our Year 6 girls were invited to Leonardo factory in Millbrook. They are part of a multinational company that makes products for defence and space industries among other things. At Southampton they make cameras for night vision and other specialist purposes.

  Our girls were given a tour of parts of the facility and then had workshops where they designed and tested model rockets and parachutes. They then had the opportunity to test their models outside.

  Our thanks to Leonardo for organising this fantastic day to encourage girls to consider future careers in engineering.

  

• Year 5 Visit Watercress Line

  Thu 23 May 2019

  On Tuesday, Year 5 went on their trip to the Watercress Line.

  The sun shone and it was a fantastic day, many of the children had not been on a train (let alone a steam train) before.

  The children visited the bridge that used to be at Kings Cross and was filmed in the Harry Potter films. They then boarded the train at Ropley and travelled up and down the line to Medstead and Alresford where we ate our lunches.

  Back at Ropley the children were given a challenge to build model bridges before going around the engine yard.

  

• Cyber Ambassadors - trained and ready to go

  Mon 20 May 2019

  Five of our Year 5 pupils have today received training from the Hampshire Police Commissioner's Team and are now officially appointed as Cyber Ambassadors for Newlands School. 

  The training involved work on

  Safer Searching

  Click Jacking

  Digital Citizenship

  Privacy and Reporting

  Consent

  Cyber Bullying

  and Posting Online

  These children will now help deliver sessions across Key Stage 2 to support the safe use of the Internet. They will also be available as a person that peers can talk to if they are concerned about anything that they see online. (However, they will not be responsible for dealing with safeguarding issues).

   

  The day was shared with pupils from Holy Family School who were also receiving the training.

   

   

  

• The chicks are hatching...

  Tue 14 May 2019 Year R team

  Year R have been excitedly awaiting the birth of baby chicks and it looks like it's started!

  Check out the live cameras on the Year R class pages!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=pJSYCmAY0MA&feature=youtu.be