Lost swimming Shorts and goggles 3B

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please could you check that your child (boys only) has their own swimming kit and goggles? Someone in my class has misplaced his kit, which is a named pair of shorts, and a blue pair of goggles.

Many thanks,

Mr Butler

Year 5 mufti 1.5.26

Year 5 won the pompom count from Spring term so they are allowed to wear their own clothes to school tomorrow (Friday 1st May).

Parental information for RSE (Relationships and Sex Education)

There are changes being made to the way we are teaching RSE (Relationship and Sexual Education) at Newport Junior School.

This is for two reasons, firstly their are new Government requirements which all schools have to implement from September 2026 and secondly we wanted to update the curriculum content of our RSE and make it appropriate to meet the needs of our children today.

We will be using a resource called Kapow Primary to deliver all our PSHE and our RSE lessons.

I have attached documents here for you to look at which will explain in greater detail the changes being made and to open a consultation period where parents can email in comments and feedback. These comments will help support our new RSE Policy to be completed in July 2026 in readiness for the Statutory changes being implemented from September 2026.

The main change to be noticed is that there are only two lessons which come under the heading of Sex Education, which are to be taught in Year 6. Parents maintain the right to withdraw children from these lessons.

Lessons which cover puberty and changes to the human body as we grow is covered under the Science Curriculum and there is no right to withdraw from these lessons.

A letter to parents explaining the changes, the steps we are taking and opening the consultation period.

Parental RSE Letter

A planning grid showing the lessons being taught this summer term and then the new lessons being taught for next year.

RSE Lessons – Summer 2026 and Summer 2027

A link to the Kapow Website- Parent’s Zone. This breaks down what is taught under the new curriculum and has a frequently asked questions section for parents.

https://www.kapowprimary.com/subjects/rse-pshe/curriculum/rse-pshe-parent-information/

Please take time to familiarise yourself with these changes and read the materials shared here.

Thank you,

Mr Rotherham

 

Yr 3 Edgmond Hall Residential

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to todays meeting about our Edgmond Hall residential – I hope it was useful.

If you were unable to attend please find the slides and information pack which were shared, below:

Edgmond and NJS flyer 2026

parents meeting presentation

If anyone has any further questions then please either speak with your child’s class teacher or email ben.moody@taw.org.uk and one of us should be able to support you.

kindest regards

Mr M

Class 3B Lost School Uniform

Dear Parents and Carers,

Unfortunately today, at the end of swimming, several boys misplaced / mixed up items of clothing in the changing area and were not able to identify their own clothing despite a huge check/search!  Therefore, please could I request that you check that your child has:

  • come home in their own uniform;
  • not brought home someone else’s uniform in their bag by mistake.

If this is the case, please return any lost items to me tomorrow, specifically a pair of boys grey trousers age 8-9 belonging to Lennox, and a white t-shirt belonging to Teddy (not sure if either are labelled).

Could I also make a polite request that ALL items of uniform (including shoes, socks and underwear!) are labelled with name tags, to prevent future problems of this type. A significant amount of time was spent today, trying to locate items, so it would be in everyone’s interests if clothing was clearly labelled in future, especially as it all looks the same!

Thank you for your continued support.

Mr Butler

4J at Chetwynd Deer Park

We have had a wonderful time pond dipping, hunting for bugs & using our sense of touch to guess what nature items were in the boxes. Well done 4J 😀