Important: 2026 Young Voices
Parents/Carers
If your child is intending on attending Young Voices on the 8th January please can you complete the Microsoft Form linked here as soon as possible: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2s8TOK9SpUy44yMVeXcKup5MRlcuNIZCiMvtO_cmxI5UOE8zOUVPOUlZT043VkZEMUJLU0I3UVE5US4u
I am aware that some parents have had challenges with the purchase of tickets for this event. If you have not yet been able to purchase your tickets the latest information we have is that there are still tickets available and they will soon be on general sale. Frustratingly we do not yet have a date for this so can only advise you keep checking. If we do get information about the date we will of course notify you.
Thanking you for your support.
Mrs Moody
Newport Christmas Light Switch on
22nd November: Newport Christmas Light Switch on!
NJS school choir will be singing on the main stage at 3.30pm. Please come along and support them!
Choir members: please meet Mrs Green and Mrs Moody at the side of the stage at 3.15pm. Please wear your school jumper (no worries what you wear with it e.g. jeans, leggings etc: be warm!!) with festive headwear.
Parents/carers can then collect choir members from the side of the stage following our performance.
Thank you for your support.
Christmas 2025 at NJS!
MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER: CHRISTMAS TREE!
The Christmas tree will be going up!
YEAR 3: If any Year 3 children would like to donate a Christmas tree decoration to mark their first Christmas at NJS please bring it in on this date.
WEDNESDAY 3RD DECEMBER: SENIOR CITIZENS TEA PARTY!
2-3pm, Senior Citizens Tea party in the school hall! Senior Citizens are very welcome to come along for 2pm for tea/coffee, cake and a selection of musical performances from our NJS children. The event will finish at 3pm.
YEARS 3 and 6: We give these year groups the responsibility of hosting this event: we would be very grateful if they could bring in cakes and raffle prize donations on this date. (Years 4 and 5 will host at Easter).
WEDNESDAY 10TH DECEMBER: YEAR 3 CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE
There will be two performances on this date and we ask that children are in school for both.
2pm: 2 audience members per child only.
6pm: 2 audience members per child only.
Please remember:
*Strictly two audience members per child (any siblings or babies etc will count as one audience member). We will ask you to sign in on arrival. Please don’t place us in the uncomfortable position of having to ask someone to leave.
*We ask that you arrive through the front security gate.
*For the evening performance the security gate will open no earlier than 5.30pm, we will ask that you drop your child into a Year 6 classroom and then make your way into the hall.
*Photographs in this performance:
We know as parents you may wish to take photos of your child in their Christmas performance. Please note that some children, for a whole range of reasons, do not have consent for their photograph to be taken.
Please can we therefore ask that if you take photographs you try to do so only of your own child and that you do not post any photographs from this performance on social media.
THURSDAY 11TH DECEMBER: YEAR 4 CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE
There will be two performances on this date and we ask that children are in school for both.
2pm: 2 audience members per child only.
6pm: 2 audience members per child only.
Please remember:
*Strictly two audience members per child (any siblings or babies etc will count as one audience member). We will ask you to sign in on arrival. Please don’t place us in the uncomfortable position of having to ask someone to leave.
*We ask that you arrive through the front security gate.
*For the evening performance the security gate will open no earlier than 5.30pm, we will ask that you drop your child into a Year 6 classroom and then make your way into the hall.
*Photographs in this performance:
We know as parents you may wish to take photos of your child in their Christmas performance. Please note that some children, for a whole range of reasons, do not have consent for their photograph to be taken.
Please can we therefore ask that if you take photographs you try to do so only of your own child and that you do not post any photographs from this performance on social media.
FRIDAY 12TH DECEMBER: NATIONAL CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY!
Children are welcome to attend school in a Christmas jumper instead of their NJS jumper! (They should wear the rest of their school uniform!)
Donations for Save the Children UK (we suggest £1).
CHRISTMAS DINNER!
Christmas dinner will be offered to year groups on the dates below:
Monday 15th December: Year 3
Tuesday 16th December: Year 4
Wednesday 17th December: Year 5
Thursday 18th December: Year 6
A traditional Christmas dinner will be served by our catering team on the above dates. Payment can be made in the usual way by ParentPay. (If you are entitled to FSM this charge will of course be covered)
On your child’s Christmas Dinner day they may wear a festive jumper instead of their usual green school jumper, all other uniform should be worn as usual.
On the dates your child is not having their Christmas dinner the alternative offered by the catering team will be Grab & Go. The usual offer for Grab and Go will apply: ham, cheese, tuna or egg; sandwich, wrap or baguette. Please order this in advance by emailing njs.admin@taw.org.uk
Of course if your child does not wish to have a Christmas dinner or Grab & Go they can bring their packed lunch and will be included in the festivities
MONDAY 15TH DECEMBER: YEAR 5 CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE
At 6.30pm at St Nicholas’ Church our Year 5 children will hold their Christmas performance.
Children should wear their school uniform.
Church doors will not open until 6.15pm. There is no audience limit for this performance.
TUESDAY 16TH DECEMBER: YEAR 6 CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE
At 6.30pm at St Nicholas’ Church our Year 6 children will hold their Christmas performance.
Children should wear their school uniform.
Church doors will not open until 6.15pm. There is no audience limit for this performance.
THURSDAY 18TH DECEMBER: WHOLE SCHOOL TO CHURCH
Please can all children be dropped at St Nicholas’ Church between 8.30am and 9am for our end of term service.
Unfortunately parents/carers are unable to attend this service due to capacity.
Please note: If your child attends High Five for breakfast club that day provision is made for NJS staff to bring the children to church.
FRIDAY 19TH DECEMBER: FINISH FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS!
TUESDAY 6TH JANUARY: BACK TO SCHOOL!
NJS’ Road Safety Week with Travel Telford
Another amazing week at NJS this week, celebrating Road Safety week, with Travel Telford supporting us.
As a school we are fully aware of the dangers of the roads and are passionately teaching all of our wonderful children to keep safe! With the support of Travel Telford, Year 3 children have all successfully taken part in Pedestrian Training, learning how to safely walk around our local roads. With the help of Hugh, the children completed practical activities which were classroom based and the in small groups ventured out onto the road. Hugh was impressed by all three classes, who all successfully “passed” and are now aware of all the dangers and how to stay safe!
Year 5 had the chance to take part in Bikeability sessions, again run by Travel Telford. Over 40 of our year 5 children took part in these sessions, which started by being bike confident on the playground, before moving on to local roads. Nick Jeggo from the Bikeability team (and former NJS pupil!) was thrilled with how the children performed on their bikes over the three days & agreed with the other trainers that all the children should achieve at least level 1 in “cycling proficiency!” A super reward for their hard work.
Year 4 didn’t miss out either! Travel Telford -another team – were in school, completing a “Be Bright, Be Seen” workshop with these children. These sessions, across year 4 were based on Science, identifying which reflective material and colour would be best! The children came to their own conclusions about staying safe and being reflective on these darker nights!
Don’t worry Year 6, you’ve not been left out! We’ll be looking forward to your Road Safety lessons come in July, when we’ve planned to support secondary transition with a session with the Travel team, based on secondary transition and walking to school!
