Apologies to Year 3 who missed their swim today and to Year 6 who will be unable to swim tomorrow due to staff absence.
Thank you for your support.
Apologies to Year 3 who missed their swim today and to Year 6 who will be unable to swim tomorrow due to staff absence.
Thank you for your support.
Please find attached an attendance leaflet produced by the Newport Group of Schools.
School attendance is really important to enabling your child’s social and academic progress.
If you ever have anything you wish to discuss with us that may support your child’s attendance we are here to help. Please contact your class teacher, the office or myself.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Moody
Governors and staff at NJS are very aware of the challenges of travel to school. We are especially aware of recent concerns with Avenue Road.
This year, 23-24, we are embarking on a new initiative with Travel Telford which aims to improve the journey to school for our children enabling them to make lifelong choices for safer, healthier travel.
Please find a letter below from the Travel Telford team and the results from the Travel Survey completed in July:
Newport Junior Parent Survey. UPDATED
Monday: Year 3
Tuesday: Year 6
ALL children need to remember their kit please!
Tuesday: 3T
Wednesday: 6B
Please remember that on a ‘Beech’s Base Day’ the children can come to school in their own old clothes: old trainers or ideally wellies, long sleeves and long trousers are a must. Please dress appropriate for the weather and bring waterproofs if it is set to be a wet day.
As you will be aware children are not supervised at school until 8.45am. We open the gates at 8.30am to reduce pedestrian congestion on Avenue Road however school staff will not supervise until 8.45am.
It has been suggested that a few Year 6 children have arrived on school site before 8.45am and then left site to visit the new sweet shop before then coming back to school. We just want to suggest you talk to your children about this to ensure they are clear on where you expect them to be and when.
Thank you for your support.
Pupils at Newport Junior school have been presented with a Bronze Award from Christian Aid’s Global Neighbours Scheme for their global citizenship work.
From foodbank donations and tree planting to toilet twinning, pupils and staff at a Newport school have been working hard to take their place as global citizens.
Newport Church or England Junior School has achieved Bronze Award status in Christian Aid’s Global Neighbours scheme, in recognition of its initiatives to encourage children to think of others throughout the world.
The accreditation programme celebrates schools which are helping pupils learn about global poverty and the Christian responsibility to tackle it, as well as giving them the tools to play a confident part in creating a fairer world.
Global Leader Max Jones said: “We are thrilled to be recognised for the work we have done as a whole school community to raise awareness of the extreme inequalities across our globe and perhaps more importantly, the steps we can take to address these. The pupils learn about global issues regularly and gain an understanding of injustice in our world. Our team of Global Avengers has worked hard to engage our school community and local businesses in their toilet twinning initiative.
“Pupils have been learning about examples of people who faced adversity and overcame this to be courageous advocates for change. These stories have challenged the whole school community to think about how each of us can make a difference in our local community and globally.
“Our world is increasingly connected and our hope is for our children to grow as responsible global citizens who care about issues such as the environment and access to healthcare. The children have especially enjoyed taking part in various activities to celebrate Earth Day as well as running a Fair Trade café helping to promote and support sustainable living for all.
Alison Brown, Global Neighbours Schools Programme Officer at Christian Aid, said: “The Global Neighbours Scheme was launched in partnership with the Church of England’s Education Office with a vision of helping young people understand more about the inequalities in this world and helping them to become courageous advocates for change.
“It’s wonderful to see how staff and pupils at Newport Junior have taken this to heart and are seeking to tackle injustice.
At NJS we understand how important online safety is for our young people. Staff attend regular training and online safety is taught throughout our curriculum. We work with an organisation who are offering a virtual Parent/Carer information session which will be held next Wednesday (4th October 2023 – 4pm – 4.45pm).
Please find below the link to access the session.
Attendees do not need to register, they simply click on the link at the above time to access the session. Cameras and voice/audio will be switched off for all attendees. Attendees can ask questions by typing in the Q&A box, but this will be explained during the session.
The event will be streamed using Teams. Attendees can watch the live event in:
If they don’t have Teams they can access it via one of the following browsers – Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox
We hope this is useful to you.
Mrs Moody
5P have had a brilliant time learning all about Greece for European Day of Languages.
We discovered how to say ‘My name is…’ and ‘How are you’ in Greek, enjoyed sampling some classic Greek food and had a go at some Greek style dancing.
Please find attached a letter from the BBS Principal Mr Morgan inviting you to Open Evening next week.