Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Bank Holiday Announced to mark HM The Queen’s Funeral
Tue 13 Sep 2022Following the proclamation of King Charles III at the Accession Council on Saturday, His Majesty has approved that a bank holiday will take place on Monday 19th September for the sad event of her late Majesty’s state funeral.
The government has announced that schools, including Newtown C of E Primary School, will be closed on this date.
This allows all individuals to pay their respects to Her Majesty and commemorate her reign, while marking the final day of the period of national mourning.
The Senior Leadership Team recognise that this may be a very difficult time for a great deal of people and that it is important for people to know that any feelings people are having of sadness and grief associated with this sad occasion are valid. If you would like some support regarding bereavement and/or dealing with loss please contact us or visit our website where we have signposted bereavement charities where you can access support.
As a school, we will also be sending a collective message of condolence to HM King Charles III and the royal family via https://www.royal.uk/send-message-condolence. Please feel free to also send your own message, should you wish. In addition, condolence books at Gosport Borough Council will be opened and available for members of the public to sign at the Town Hall from Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00. Additional books of condolence are available at Gosport Discovery Centre, Holy Trinity Church and St Faith's Church, Lee on the Solent.
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Remembering HM Queen Elizabeth II - Our special Collective Worship
Fri 09 Sep 2022Mrs Mitchell has led the children and staff in a special collective worship this morning remembering HM Queen Elizabeth II and the important part she has played in our world.
Using our Christian Ethos Values of Love, Courage and Friendship Mrs Mitchell explained that some people may be sad today and some may be happy because they have happy memories of the Queen and how she was such a lovely lady. Mrs Mitchell also asked the children to care for each other, especially today and to show love, courage and friendship towards each other.
Mrs Mitchell also explained the important role King Charles III now has, of bringing everyone together, whilst also feeling sad after losing his Mother. King Charles III will be showing resilience and focus in abundance; two of our learning behaviours, whilst also displaying the same Christian Ethos Values we follow.
The children and staff observed a one-minute silence in respect of, and to remember, HM Queen Elizabeth II, which was followed by a prayer.
Mrs Mitchell was then delighted to be able to share the Golden Acorn Awards of the week, given to those children who have shown, this week, those same Christian Ethos Values as her Majesty:
Faye and Cooper in Year 1
Alana and Evie Rose in Year 2
Matthew and Isabella in Year 3
Connor and Josie in Year 4
Holly and Macie in Year 5
Stanley and Lily in Year 6
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Important News
Thu 08 Sep 2022
Everyone in the Newtown C of E Primary School family wish to send our sincere condolences to the Royal Family after the announcement of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
We thank her for her commitment and pride which she has dedicated to our country. We are extremely proud to have had you as our Queen.
Any further news and plans will be communicated to parents as soon as we know more and are able to.
Thank you
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Lovely News!
Mon 05 Sep 2022It with great delight that we can announce that the Newtown C of E Primary School family has had two new additions during the summer holiday period.
Amalee Sylvie Howlett arrived safely just short of three weeks early on Sunday 7th August. Mrs. Howlett, Mr Howlett and Amalee are doing very well and Mrs. Howlett hopes to pop into school in the near future for the children to meet Amalee.
Furthermore, Theodore Stuart John McMurray arrived safely on Saturday 20th August. Miss Murray, Mr McMurray and Theodore are also doing very well.
On behalf of the entire Newtown family we have sent both families our warmest congratulations.
Update: Congratulations to Mrs Davies on the birth of Esme Mair on Monday 5th September. We have sent our love and best wishes to Mr and Mrs. Davies and family.
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100% Attendance Winners
Thu 21 Jul 2022We are delighted to announce that many children have achieved 100% attendance during this term. As a reward, we have 2 vouchers each term to reward one pupil in EYFS/KS1 and one pupil in KS2 with a family meal at the Sailmaker. The names of all the pupil's who have achieved 100% attendance were put in a hat and the lucky winners were:
Eva in Robins and Harvey in Foxes. Congratulations!!
In addition we have had 6 children who have achieved 100% for the whole year! These children will be treated in September to a Bowling experience day:
Ellis in Dragonflies
Jennifer in Ladybirds
Sam in Robins
Kai in Squirrels
Betty in Squirrels
Connor in Squirrels
Well done everyone!
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Farewell (for now!) and Congratulations
Thu 21 Jul 2022We had a special celebration collective worship today to wish Mrs Howlett, Mrs Davies and Miss Murray well as they start their maternity leave. We will miss you all. We also congratulated Miss Johnson on her forthcoming marriage to Mr Jones.
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What a show!
Tue 19 Jul 2022Year 6 are a talented cohort of singers, actors and performers and their farewell show was eagerly anticipated by all! The children did not disappoint with their stunning performance of ‘Pantastic’, a soaring musical adventure based on Peter Pan by JM Barrie. The singing was superb, the performers dazzled and the characters were extremely convincing! They worked so hard to produce a show to such a high standard and we are very proud of them all.
Following this show, we will say goodbye to Year 6 at the Leavers Church Service tomorrow at Christ Church. This wonderful group of children have made a tremendous contribution to the life of the school and we will miss them greatly. We look forward to hearing all about their wonderful achievements in the future and wish them the very best of luck.
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Make some noise!
Thu 07 Jul 2022Our summer RockSteady concert took place this morning and the children "rocked the house!" Videos can be found on our video resource centre via or homepage or https://newtown-cofe-vc-primary-school.primarysite.media/
If you would like your child to experience RockSteady lessons, please take a look at the information flyer which will be sent to all parents tomorrow with the Newtown News.
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Jubilee Bunting Competition - Winner!
Tue 05 Jul 2022Congratulations to Holly in Otters who has won the recent jubilee bunting competition for Newtown C of E Primary School. Caroline Dineage, MP for Gosport, chose Holly's design as the winning entry and presented Holly with her goody bag and certificate at yesterday's Collective Worship.
Thank you to all the children who entered; each child has received a certificate for taking part.
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Newtown presented with Defibrilation machine
Mon 27 Jun 2022We gratefully took delivery this morning of a Defibrilation machine, which has been kindly donated by the charity The Big Match. Elizabeth Humphries from the Big Match, presented Mrs Howlett, Headteacher with this lifesaving equipment.
Representatives from the School Council were part of the presentation as the School Council has pledged to 'pay it forward' and help fundraise for the charity so other schools can receive this equipment in the future.
