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Sports Day 2019 - Friday 28th June 2019

Fri 24 May 2019

Friday 28th June will be Newtown C of E Sports Day:

Years 3 to 6 – Starts at 9.30am (parents to arrive between 9am - 9.15am)

Early Years and Years 1 & 2 – Starts at 1.30pm (Parents to arrive between 12.45pm-1pm)

Please can all children come to school in their PE kit. Therefore please collect you child’s PE kit on Monday 17^th June from school. PE kit should consist of: Your child’s house colour t-shirt or white PE t-shirt, black shorts, trainers or plimsolls. House T-shirts are available to buy from the school office.

Your child should also have a water bottle in school as they will be taking it on to the field to be used between events, if this has been taken home for any reason please can you ensure it comes back in. Should the weather be hot and sunny your child will need a sun-hat and have sun-tan lotion applied before coming to school on the day and this should be available to be reapplied throughout the day.

All children will be placed in groups, but will be competing for house points. We have tried to ensure all siblings are in the same group to ensure parents can watch all their children compete. The children will take part in events around the perimeter of the field. We ask that all parents remain in the centre of the field to spectate. Feel free to bring a rug or chairs to sit on.

FAMILY PICNIC LUNCH!

We would very much like to have a family sports day picnic on the field at lunchtime for all parents to join their children. Therefore, lunchtime will work as follows:

If you are a KS2 parent and you would like to stay for the picnic at lunchtime, please stay on the field after the morning events have concluded.
If you are an EYFS or KS1 parent, please arrive at the Forton Road gate for 11.45am to enter the school field for the picnic.
At 12.45pm, the bell will ring and all children will go back to their class base to register for the afternoon. At this time, all KS2 parents will be asked to leave via Forton Road, unless you also have a child in KS1 or Year R.
If you are a KS1 or Year R Parent that has not taken part in the picnic, you can arrive for the afternoon sports day between 12.45pm and 1pm via the Forton Road gate.
PLEASE DO NOT BRING ALCOHOL, FIZZY DRINKS AND/OR PRODUCTS CONTAINING NUTS TO THE PICNIC. Bottles of water will be available to buy on the day.
Please use bins provided for all rubbish or take all rubbish home with you.

Entrance to the field will be via the gate on Forton Road ONLY. Please use this gate to enter at the times specified above. This gate will close during the sports day to ensure child safety.

If you are attending the picnic with your child, please ensure your child has a packed lunch provided from home. All other children can order a picnic lunch from school to eat with everyone on the field. This picnic lunch option will be the only option available to order on the day. The red option will consist of Sausage Roll, Fruit and a piece of cake. The Green option will consist of Pizza bites, Fruit and a piece of cake.

Adult toilets will be located in the lodge and a quiet seating area will be located in the gazebo on the KS2 playroom. There will also be shady areas on the field for the comfort of the children and families.

At the end of the day, please collect your child in the usual way from the classroom doors. The winning house team will be announced to the children in a special Collective Worship on the following day. After the Sports day, please return your child’s P.E. bag to school so that the children can continue P.E. until the end of term.

Finally, I would also like to remind all parents and visitors of the following safety policies:

We cannot permit videos or photographs to be taken of any other children apart from your own. Please ensure no other children are in the background of your photographs and please refrain from posting photographs on social media.
The school field is strictly a no-smoking area and I would appreciate your absolute consideration on this matter.
The climbing frames in the playgrounds or the sports day equipment are not to be used by younger children during the day.

Nearer to the day we will send all parents a map of the different sports stations and a guide on how to collect you child for the picnic.

On behalf of all at Newtown C of E Primary School, we look forward to seeing as many friends and family members as possible on Tuesday 18^th June 2019.

SIAMS Inspection 2019 - We are a GOOD Church School!

Fri 24 May 2019

SIAMS Inspection 2019 – Newtown is a GOOD church school!

Dear Parents

I take delight in writing to you following our recent SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) inspection on the 3^rd May 2019. I am so proud and pleased to announce that our wonderful school was awarded the grade of GOOD. This achievement exemplifies our commitment and pride in being a church school and providing our children with the best and most irresistible educational opportunities possible.

I was particularly pleased to see that the school has been praised in the following areas:

The dedicated leadership of the Headteacher and her passion in supporting all pupils and adults, aided by her leadership team and the governors, enables pupils and adults to flourish within this Christian school.
Pupils, especially those who are most vulnerable, benefit from being in a safe and happy environment where they develop a love of learning and for each other alongside friendship and courage.
Pupils have a good understanding of the school’s Christian values and can explain the difference these make to their actions and behaviour.
The wellbeing of staff, the importance placed upon this, and the care of pupils is particularly strong and second to none, leading to a culture in the school of everyone working to be the very best they can be.
RE and collective worship provide pupils with a safe place where there are opportunities to engage and respond to the big questions of life. They are given time to reflect, to ask questions and arrive at their own decisions.
The leadership should be praised for their determination that pupils should have access to an appropriate and exciting curriculum, which is well taught.

Please take time to read the full inspection report, which can be found on our school website, under the Letters section.

I am delighted that the Inspector saw our school as we see it every day. In partnership with parents, the report recognises the dedication and hard work of all our staff and governors to achieve the very best outcomes for all our children. The children, as they are every day, are a true credit to parents and the school alike.

The Inspector saw elements and features of excellence, which we will strive to achieve across our provision. We will continue to develop, improve and extend the opportunities for pupils’ spiritual engagement by enhancing the indoors and outdoors learning environments and will continue to develop our RE systems and developing the pupils understanding of global issues.

Finally, thank you for supporting us as we continuously strive to achieve the very best we can for all the children of our school.

Kindest regards

Mrs Howlett, Headteacher

Summer Fayre - Update

Fri 17 May 2019

The pupils, staff and Governing body wish to thank everyone who has volunteered to help at the Summer Fayre on Saturday 29th June. We are lucky to have a supportive network of parents, grandparents, staff, members of the Christ Church congregation, pupils led by the School Council and many more volunteers.

The school is looking forward to the event and will send out further details about the fayre and what you can look forward to seeing there shortly.

SAVE THE DATE - SATURDAY 29TH JUNE 2019! We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Well done to Year 6 and Year 2

Fri 17 May 2019

Over the past 2 weeks the children in Years 2 and 6 have been taking their SATS examinations and we could not be prouder of every single one of them.

Mrs Oakes and Miss Wandless as Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Leaders expressed their personal pride in all the children who have been so resilient, calm, and focused and have displayed so much courage throughout recent weeks.

Yesterday the Year 6 pupils received a special organised treat to say well done and congratulations on their hard work during their SATS week and for all their effort to prepare for the tests. The teachers deserved a special treat too!