Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

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• School of Sanctuary Visitor

  Mon 18 Jun 2018
  Today we had a visit from Stash Kozlowski. He is a volunteer at the charity SWVS (Southampton & Winchester Visitor Services) who befriend refugees and asylum seekers in Southampton. Stash led workshops with the children helping them to think about what it might be like to be a refugee.

  

• Women in Engineering

  Fri 08 Jun 2018

  To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, the Year 6 girls from Newlands were invited to attend a day of activities at the local  factory of Leonardo UK. This company design and make cameras and visual surveillance devices for the defence and other applications.

  The girls were able to see one of the thermal imaging camera worth £25000 and had their photos taken with prints to take home.

  After a tour of the facility, they enjoyed two workshops run by the Smallpeice Trust; they designed a parachute to land an egg safely when dropped from an outside staircase. In the afternoon, they designed, built and tested small, air-powered rockets.

  The girls had a great time and left with a very positive vision of what being an engineer might be like. They met a number of female engineers and apprentices who work at Leonardos.

  Our thanks to Leonardo UK who arranged and sponsored they day.

  

• Musical Treat

  Fri 25 May 2018

  Today the children were treated to a musical delight as the popular trio 'Chordelectra' came to perform to the children and staff.

  The group played a range of musical pieces on their electric violin, cello and viola.

  

• Safeguarding Update

  Fri 11 May 2018 Headteacher

  Dear Parents/Carers

  I am writing to inform you that there was an incident within the community this morning which took place just outside of the Windermere Avenue gates after the start of the school day. The incident was unrelated to our school and the police attended to deal with the disturbance.

  As a precaution we made the decision to carry out an external lockdown of the school, which involves locking all gates and doors. Staff were stationed at the inside of the gates and close liaison took place with the police.

  At the time of this happening all of the children who were in school were safe and going about their daily assemblies and learning tasks as usual. As an additional precaution, we delayed the departure of the Year R trip, keeping the children in their classrooms until we were certain that the bus could enter the school site and leave safely.

  After the police confirmed the incident had been dealt with by them, we began the process of communicating the end of the lock down to staff in school and then advising parents of the lock down via our text messaging service, and then our school app and Facebook page.

  Sadly we cannot control events which happen within the community, nor how this is communicated via the general public or in the press. However we can actively put our children’s safety first and then do our best to be efficient in our communication of any unforeseen events with all the relevant parties. If, for any reason, you did not receive the text message, please contact the school office to check we have the correct contact number for you.

  Safeguarding and protection of our children’s well-being is paramount in our school. Please be assured that if your child was in school with us today, they were safe, happy and going about their everyday school business as usual, unaware of the incident on Windermere Avenue.

  I would like to take this opportunity to thank my staff for their swift and decisive action to ensure that safety comes first.

  Thank you for your continued support.

   

  Mrs Mellor (Headteacher)

• Giraffes celebrate Youth Options Course

  Tue 17 Apr 2018

  Giraffes Class (Year 5) have just completed their Bushcraft Course with the Youth Options team. They have learned many survival skills and they shared these with parents today.

  The children were all presented with their certificates for completing the John Muir Discovery Award, a nationally recognised scheme for young people.

  

• Performing Arts Showcase (PAS)

  Thu 22 Mar 2018
  Key stage two and parents watched the matinee performance of this year's PAS. As ever Mr Harris and his team pulled a wonderful performance out of the hat. We were entertained by excellent singing, dancing, acting and gymnastics. The children are looking forward to the big evening performance tonight.

  

• World Book Day - dressing up day event

  Mon 05 Mar 2018

  Unfortunately, due to snow in Southampton last Thursday, the World Book Dressing Up event was postponed until today.

  However, staff and pupils enjoyed attending school in a variety of imaginative and colourful costumes.

  

• Snow at Newlands

  Thu 01 Mar 2018

  The First of March and School was closed due to early morning snow and forecasts of much more to come.

   

  Here are a few photos taken before the heaviest snowfalls cut off the entrance.

  

• Severe Weather Update

  Thu 01 Mar 2018 Headteacher

  Dear Parents and Carers

   

  As promised, I am keeping you up to date about our planned response to the severe weather forecast for the next few days.

   

  For the safety of children, parents and staff the school will remain closed on Friday 2nd March. 

   

  We we hope to be back to school as normal on Monday 5th March, when we will celebrate World Book Day in our book day costumes (postponed from last week!)

   

  Please keep your own eye on the forecast and warnings over the weekend, and watch out for further updates from us.

   

  Thank you for your understanding, and stay warm!

   

   

• Independence Hero - Tommy Carroll

  Wed 17 Jan 2018

  The whole school learned about Tommy Carroll who despite being blind has mastered the skills needed to skateboard. His dedication, perseverance and ability to work independently has allowed him to develop into an awesome skateboarder!

   

  Use the link below to find out more

   

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6WzFer7MnI