Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Remembrance Day
Mon 11 Nov 2019Newtown C of E Primary School observed a minute silence throughout school today to remember the men, women and animals who died and sacrificed a great deal in the two world wars and in all conflicts since.
Children then placed a remembrance wreath on our school Remembrance Garden for the service personnel within our Newtown families.
Lest we forget.
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Forthcoming Events and CHRISTMAS!
Fri 08 Nov 2019Each child will come home today with a letter regarding the many Christmas events planned. We have attached a copy for your reference below.
Please note further detailed information about specific events, including the Nativity Performances will be sent out from next week.
The Y6 children at Little Canada will receive their hard copy letter on Monday.
Finally, please remember that children can wear their odd socks on Tuesday for our Anti-Bullying campaign and on Friday 15th November we are supporting the BBC Children in Need campaign - we ask all children to donate £1 to come to school wearing their spots and dots and/or their Pudsey t shirts/clothes.
Christmas Events 2019
Dear Parents & Carers
It is with great excitement that we write to advise you on our plans as a school to celebrate Christmas this year. We love to celebrate Christmas at Newtown C of E Primary School and hope that you can join us for as many events as possible. Please add these dates to your diary if you have not already done so:
Friday 15th November
Sweetie Cups to go home
We kindly ask that you fill up the sweetie cup provided and wrap in Christmas paper for the Fayre. They will need to be returned on donation day.
Thursday 21st November
Christmas Fayre Donation Day
This is a non-uniform day and we ask that each child bring in an item for the school Christmas fayre as per the list below.
Early Years and Year 1 – Toys & books
Year 2 – Teddies and soft/cuddly animals
Year 3 - Smellies
Year 4 – Soft drink bottles
Year 5 & 6 – Alcoholic bottles and cans (for our adult only raffle/tombola)
Wrapped Sweetie cups to be returned on this day please.
Thursday 27th November
Cake Donation Day
Please can as many families as possible donate baked goods/cakes to be sold at the Christmas Fayre on this day. Please label any trays or boxes that you would like returned.
Friday 29th November
Christmas Fayre
Our family Christmas festive events start with our Christmas Fayre held in school from 3:15 – 5:15 pm. There will be several stalls and fun activities, along with a tombola and raffle with great prizes! 50p entry which will include a visit to the LIVE animal Christmas nativity which is new this year!
Also, each year group has a stall where every child has made something to sell at the Christmas Fayre. Please visit your child’s stall to buy their handcrafted goods!
A map of the Christmas Fayre stalls and further detailed information will be sent out next week.
Tuesday 3rd December
Christingle Service
Held at Christ Church, Stoke Road, the Christingle Service will start from 6:00 pm. The children of Newtown are invited to attend the Christingle service and collect their special Christingle orange at the beginning of the service. These oranges will be made in class.
Friday 6th December
Alverstoke Christmas Tree Festival
St Mary’s Church hosts this festival, starting at 2:20 pm. More details to follow.
Saturday 7th December
Christ Church Christmas Fayre
Christ Church joint Christmas Fair with Holy Trinity Church. Will be held at Christ Church from 10:30 am – 2:00 pm.
Monday 9th December
Years 1 & 2 Nativity Dress rehearsal
KS2 audience only
Tuesday 10th December
Early Years Nativity Dress Rehearsal
KS1 audience only
Years 1 & 2 Nativity Play – 2:00 pm
Further information will be sent out shortly to all KS1 parents detailing how to book your seats.
Wednesday 11th December
Early Years Nativity Play – 2:00 pm
Further information will be sent out shortly to all Early Years parents detailing how to book your seats.
Friday 13th December
Years 1 & 2 Nativity Play – 9:30 am
Second and final day for this year’s Nativity. Further information will be sent out shortly to all KS1 parents detailing how to book your seats.
Wednesday 18th December
Christmas Church Service
At Christ Church, Stoke Road from 1:30 pm. All parents and family members welcome.
Thursday 19th December
Christmas Jumper Day
We ask that all pupils who wish to wear a Christmas jumper to donate £1 on the day. All proceeds will be going to Save the Children charity.
Christmas Lunch
The Christmas lunch will be held in the hall from 12 noon – 1:00 pm. Staff and children will be eating together a traditional lunch of roast turkey or Quorn roast. More information will be sent out shortly with regards to booking and choices.
Friday 20th December
Scroogical Panto
For children and staff only. The visiting pantomime this year is Scroogical and will be performing to both Early Years, KS1 and KS2 in the morning.
Last day of term
Children will leave at the normal time of 3:00 pm on Friday 20th December.
All school dinners, Early Birds and Tea-timers money should be paid and not in arrears, up to and including the 20th December.Extra-curricular clubs and Tea-timers will not be running on the last day of term (Friday 20th December).
We wish all our families a very wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year
Newtown C of E Primary School
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Great Effort Jess - Well done!
Wed 06 Nov 2019Jess in Dragonflies ran 5k in under an hour on Sunday for the Royal British Legion and has raised £200 so far! Jess earned a special medallion for her efforts.
Newtown C of E Primary School is very proud of Jess. Well done!
If you would like to donate for this great cause directly, please visit the Just Giving fundraising page: https://www.justgiving.com/Sarah-Baranski?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraisingpage&utm_content=Sarah-Baranski&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=yaead33DZ
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Odd Socks Day - Tuesday 12th November
Wed 06 Nov 2019Newtown C of E Primary's Anti-Bullying Week is happening from Monday 11th – Friday 15th November 2019 and has the theme ‘Change Starts With Us’. It is coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, which is based at the National Children’s Bureau.
The aims of this week is to help children and young people, school staff, parents and other professionals who work with children to understand that whether it is verbal, physical, online or in-person, bullying has a significant impact on a child’s life well in to adulthood. However, if we work together and make small changes, we can make a big difference and break this cycle to create safe environments for everyone.
This year we are delighted to have the continued support from our patron Andy Day and his band Andy and the Odd Socks, and from SafeToNet as official supporters of Odd Socks Day.
Andy Day is one of the most popular children’s TV presenters in the country. He has worked with young children for over 10 years, and is a favourite amongst children and parents alike. He has a lot of experience working with children, and understands the importance of being yourself, and the struggles that can sometimes bring. Andy wanted to create a new way of promoting a positive and inclusive message to the young audience that watch him week in and week out on TV. So he formed a band called Andy and the Odd Socks….and the Odd Socks rock, and not just musically! They promote a message that it’s good to be different and everyone is unique. Which is no more apparent than in their song ‘Change’, written especially for Anti Bullying Week based on this year’s theme, ‘Change Starts With Us’.
Odd Socks Day will be held at Newtown C of E Primary School on Tuesday 12th November and is an opportunity to have fun, be yourself, and spread awareness of the core values Anti Bullying Week promotes. As a school we will be using the week to think about, identify, and celebrate what makes us all unique.
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Welcome Back!
Wed 06 Nov 2019Welcome back everyone!
We cannot wait to hear about your Newtown 90 adventures over the half term holiday.
Don't forget that Reading Challenge Sponsorship money needs to be sent into school by Friday 8th November 2019. If your child raises at least £2 they will qualify for a Book Voucher for our Newtown Bookshop.
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Starting School - September 2020 (Year R)
Fri 25 Oct 2019If your child was born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016, they will be eligible to start school in the school year beginning September 2020.
From 1st November 2019 the online application system opens and will close at midnight on 15th January 2020 (The national closing date).
If you, or a family you know of, would like a tour of the school to find out more about starting school in September 2020, please call the school office.
Alternatively, please visit www.hants.gov.uk/admissions for more information.
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Anglo Saxon Museum
Fri 25 Oct 2019Year 4 concluded their project by creating an Anglo-Saxon Museum for Parents and Visitors to see.
The children had produced some amazing work and the feedback from parents was fantastic as you can see!
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Year 2 Visit to Gosport Discovery Centre
Tue 22 Oct 2019Year 2 really enjoyed their trip to Gosport Discovery Centre Library on Monday! They learnt all about how the books were organised and how to find books they might need.
The pupils then played Dewey Bingo - they had to find the category the library lady told us e.g. football, find out which number it was, then see if that number was on their bingo cards! If the pupils got all nine, they shouted "Bingo!"
After that, the library lady read The Queen's Knickers because she knew the children were learning all about Queens in school. The pupils were all very excited and they can't wait to go again!
Thank you Gosport Discovery Centre!
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Rotary Shoebox Appeal
Fri 18 Oct 2019Just a reminder that Shoe-Boxes for the Rotary Club Shoebox Scheme need to be brought into the school office by THURSDAY 24th OCTOBER.
We need as many children as possible to make up a shoe box containing small educational and health & hygiene items, together with £1 to help towards transportation costs.
Each Shoe Box will help bring joy to disadvantaged children across Eastern Europe and Africa.
If you would like to create a shoe box, please pick up a leaflet in the school foyer which will also contain your shoe box label.
Thank you for supporting this worthy cause!
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Anti-Bullying Workshop - Change starts with us!
Fri 18 Oct 2019As part of our ongoing commitment to Anti-Bullying, all classes in key stage 2 had a visiting workshop and show from Fire House Productions as part of the Change Starts With Us initiative.
It was an excellent morning with important messages delivered to our pupils, linked to our Christian Ethos Values of Love, Courage and Friendship.
This will feed in well to our Anti-Bullying week in November.
