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Redbridge French Competition
Mon 06 Jul 2015Today Mrs Healey took a group of Year 5 children to Redbridge school for a French competition. One of our talented pupils, Elisha, impressed the judges and was awarded an Asterix book in French.
The children gave a weather report in French and then showed a film about learning French at Newlands.
After the competition the children met Year 7 pupils and talked about studying French at secondary school.
Many thanks to Mrs Healey for her inspirational teaching of French and the children who demonstrated their learning with such confidence.
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School council organise mini-marathon event!
Mon 06 Jul 2015All of the children took part in a mini-marathon today to raise funds for 'Jake's Mission'. The school council, with Miss Hall's help, did a super job and everyone completed the challenge with enthusiasm. Please remember to return sponsorship forms with any funds raised by this Friday. Thanks
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Imagine the Future
Tue 30 Jun 2015Newlands School took part in a citywide initiative to inform the City Council and other stakeholders about young people's views about Southampton and it's future.
Six children from Year 6 represented Newlands on the 'Imagine the Future' event held on board Red Funnel's newly upgraded Red Osprey. The special sailing took the children out into the Solent and along the North Coast of the Isle of Wight.
Workshops were held on; Jobs, Education, Health and Wellbeing and Civic Pride.
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Key Stage 1 Sportsday
Mon 29 Jun 2015Another fantastic day of sport, this time for our younger pupils.
The children were again really motivated and enjoyed the variety of throwing and jumping activities in the morning.
After a picnic lunch in the shade at the front of the school, the afternoon races were held on the running track.
The results of today's events were;
1st Virtus 1 with 41 points
2nd Audacia 1 with 34 points
3rd were Celeritas with 30 points
These will be put together with the results of Monday's events and final results will be announced on Friday at celebration assembly.
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Key Stage 2 Sports Day
Fri 26 Jun 2015The rain stayed away and we had a fantastic day of family fun and sports. The children spent the morning doing a circuit of field events, throwing and jumping. They worked in house teams and all the children were all engaged in the activities.
After a family picnic lunch, the afternoon continued with running races for the four years. We witnessed some very close finishes and ather races where the winner made it all look effortless.
In the end the day's result was
Joint 3rd Audacia 1 and Virtus 2
2nd Sophia 1
Joint 1st Celeritas 2 and Sophia 2
On Monday KS1 have their sports day and the results of this will be added to today's scores.
Many thanks to Mr Harris and Mr Butterworth for superb organisation and delivery of such a fun day.
Also thanks to all the parents who turned out to support the children.
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Women in Engineering Day
Thu 18 Jun 2015As part of Women in Engineering Day, Selex - ES invited 20 of the girls from Year 6 and Year 5 to join them at their factory in Millbrook for an exciting day of engineering challenges.
Selex-ES produce a number of high tech pieces of equipment for defence and other organisations. They have a number of facilities in the UK and employ over 70000 people in this country alone.
After clearing security we were taken to the room where the children were given a number of challenges related to engineering and code cracking.
The code messages were quickly solved and then the girls embarked on the two practical challenges; Building a parachute and container for an egg and after lunch designing and building a balloon powered buggy.
As can be seen from the photos below, our pupils rose well to the challenges provided and came away with a positive impression of engineering as fun and interesting.
Many thanks to Amy and Selex SE for this wonderful opportunity.
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Southampton Athletics
Wed 10 Jun 2015Congratulations to the Newlands Primary School Athletics Team.
We competed against 17 other schools on Tuesday 9th June at the Sports Centre. We are yet to find out where we finished. However all pupils gave 100% and worked extremely hard.
We managed to get:
1 Gold:
Yr 4 Boys Rounders Ball throw
2 Silvers:
Yr 4 Girls 400m
Yr 3 Girls 60m
3 Bronzes:
Yr 4 Girls 60m
Yr 6 Boys 600m
Yr 6 Girls 150m
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NOW SHOWING - Our ECO Song and video
Mon 08 Jun 2015Our ECO song "I am The Earth" is a hit across the school. Mrs Orton has worked with all the Year groups to learn this really beautiful song. One morning Year 3 made this recording for us.
Click here to listen ------->
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Yr 5 Sail Away
Thu 04 Jun 201515 lucky year 5s have had the opportunity to experience sailing on the River Itchen. They have kitted up in wet suits, water proof jackets, buoyance aids and helmets and jumped in 2 person sail boats. They have learnt to steer and turn the boats through buoys and around each other. The pupils have loved the experience and have even featured in the echo as part of their article concerning ABP sailing in Southampton.
Read it here: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/12953414.Pupils_are_ready_to_make_a_splash/
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Year 3 dine out at French restaurant
Thu 21 May 2015This week Year 3 have been dining out at a proper French Restaurant; La Parisienne in Romsey.
Over the week, the children from Year 3 have had the opportunity to sample the delights of French Cuisine at this local restaurant. They samplesd traditional items such as croque monsieur, quiche Lorraire, baguette, sandwich jambon and frites.
The restaurant staff spoke to the children in French and the children were able to practice some of the French that they had previously learnt in class.
See more photos on the Year 3 Class page in the 'Children' section.
