Year 5 and 6 – BBS music assembly!
What a fantastic assembly year 5 and 6 had this afternoon with some staff from BBS. They were lucky enough to listen to some different instruments from the woodwind and brass families! Some children were even able to learn Mary had a little lamb in 5 minutes!
We will shortly be sending home letters for anyone who would be interested in lessons with a woodwind or brass instrument.
A big thank you to BBS for coming to our school! We all loved it!
Values in Action!
Values in Action!
Well done to Amelia who achieved her Compassion badge this week…
Amelia was fundraising at Gnosall dog show last weekend. Amelia got accepted by Midlands Girl Guiding to visit the Channel Islands in May half term. She needs to raise £745 so made a proactive start!
Year 5 TRIP!
Please find the attached letter about our upcoming trip to Tamworth Castle – Tuesday 26th November! All the details can be found on the letter which the children will bring a copy of home today.
It is up and running on parent pay for you!
Tamworth Castle Letter 26.11.24
Many thanks,
Mrs Kerr, Mrs Ollerenshaw, Mrs Parker and Mr Parker
Year 4 Roman Day Letter
Dear Parents and Carers,
Please find the following letter on Parent Pay about our Roman Day on Monday 9th December! All the details about payment and dressing up can be found on the letter.
We are super excited for a great opportunity to enrich our History curriculum!
The Year 4 Team
Roman David Cadle Letter – 09.12.24
Parent Code of Conduct
Our school is a very special place where we work together to ensure everyone can reach their potential with a welcoming and inclusive ethos. The safety and happiness of all members of our school family is my priority.
It is essential that all members of our school family work together appropriately for the sake of our children. Our pupils will excel if we have strong relationships between parents/carers, school staff, Governors and of course the children themselves.
I wanted to take this opportunity, early in the school year, to remind everyone of our Parent Code of Conduct:
Parent-Code-of-Conduct
I ask that where you have a concern about the school you politely approach a member of team to discuss this; this could be myself as the Headteacher, Mr Rotherham as the Deputy or a class teacher as appropriate to the concern you have.
Our code of conduct clearly states:
‘Social Media websites are being used increasingly to fuel campaigns and complaints
against schools, Head teachers, school staff, and in some cases other parents/carers
or pupils.
The Department for Education and Governors of Newport CE Junior School considers
the use of Social Media websites in this way as unacceptable. Any concerns you
may have about the school or your child/children must be made through the
appropriate channels by speaking to the class teacher, the Head teacher or the Chair
of Governors, where they will be dealt with fairly, appropriately and effectively for all
concerned. You may wish to view our Complaints Policy alongside this.
Libellous or Defamatory Posts – In the event that any pupil or parent/carer of a
child/children at Newport CE Junior School is found to be posting libellous or
defamatory comments on Facebook or other social networking sites, they will be
reported to the appropriate ‘report abuse’ section of the network site.’
Please therefore refrain from posting negative opinions on social media for the sake of our children: instead let me know your concerns and allow me to respond and resolve.
We want to work alongside our parents and carers to support our children and to enable them to access a great Junior School offer academically and beyond: building positive relationships is essential for this and we are grateful to you, as parents and carers, for your commitment to this.
Mrs Moody
Year 3 Stone Age to Iron Age Trip – Shropshire Hills
Please find attached a letter detailing our upcoming trip to the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, as part of our History topic Stone Age to Iron Age.
Discovery Centre Letter-24.10.24
All permissions are located on your ParentPay account.
Kindest regards
Mr M and Mr B
Thursday 10th October is WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY!
World Mental Health Day plans NJS
Harvest Festival: Wednesday
Our Harvest Festival will be held on Wednesday 9th October in the School Hall.
Years 3 and 4 1.30pm
Years 5 and 6 2.15pm
We hope you understand that we ask for a maximum of one adult per child to attend due to limited space.
We will allow, if a parent is in attendance, you to take your child home following the Harvest Service if you wish to. We will of course only be able to allow you to take your own child.
On this date we will be using our value of Compassion to make donations to Newport Foodbank. Children can come to school with a suitable donation for the Foodbank e.g. tinned meat, tinned fruit, packets, cereal, toiletries, toilet roll etc.
(The Foodbank have kindly asked we don’t donate any fresh food or baked beans).
Meet our Educational Welfare Officer (EWO)
Hello, my name is Adrian Rawsthorne and I am a Learning Community Trust Education Welfare Officer and your new Education Welfare Officer at Newport Juniors.
I will be visiting your school regularly, to support the school and families .
This year I will support Newport Juniors, Newport Infants, Muxton, St Peters Edgmond, Burton Borough, Charlton and HLC .
If you would like to discuss any matters please contact the school office and they will liaise me.
I look forward to meeting you and supporting attendance at NJS.
Attendance Award Class 3B!
3B were thrilled to win this week’s Attendance Award, and will receive ten minutes extra play next week. The calss were recognised during the Celebration Assembly, and Mr Butler got to wear the coveted Attendance Crown and this beautiful green sash! Well done 3B – keep it up!
Maths Success at Wrekin College
We are so incredibly proud of our Year 6 mathematicians who recently took part in a Maths Challenge at Wrekin College.
Our team of 4 – Noah, Eva, Sofia & Theo – competed against 30 other school from across Shropshire in a series of complex fluency, reasoning & problem solving challenges.
We are delighted to say that our team achieved 3rd position and were narrowly behind the runners up. They received certificates during our Whole School Celebration Assembly as well as some gifts from Wrekin College.
We are delighted that our children got the opportunity to showcase their mathematical ability and they deserve great praise, not just for their 3rd place finish, but for how they represented our school within the county competition.
NJS Online Safety Newsletter October 2024
Dear Parents and Carers,
Online Safety Newsletter Primary October 2024_Newport PDF
This month’s edition includes information about the following topics:
- iOS 18 launch – features
- Vault Apps – secret apps disguised to look like something else
- Mobile Phones – know the risks
- Instagram – teen accounts
- Learn through play – Sesame Street app
- Expert approved apps for learning at home
- Be aware of what you share
- Staying safe online with Google Families
As always, if you require further information, please contact either myself or Mrs Moody via the school office.
Kind regards,
Mr Butler
SEND coffee afternoon 7th October 2024 at 1.45pm
Just a reminder that our SEND coffee afternoon will be on Monday 7th October at 1.45pm. We will be joined by PODs to introduce a project we are involved with this year that is focussed on neurodiversity.
Y6 Tag Rugby Success!
Our Y6 Tag Rugby side travelled to Haberdashers Abraham Darby for a Rugby tournament. We won all 8 matches we played and the children were superb! A great afternoon!
Head teacher Awards Fri 27th Sept – Thurs 3rd Oct
House Points Fri 27th Sept – Thurs 3rd Oct
Attendance Award Fri 27th Sept – Thurs 3rd Oct
Diary Dates 7th- 11th October
NJS School Council
School Council proudly wearing their new badges. We have been busy discussing new ideas for NJS this year! Watch out next week for our first idea to be put into action!
Clubs 7th- 11th October
6J Beat the Bell Winners!
Congratulations to 6J who were the winning class in this week’s Beat The Bell competition!
Everyone in 6J can now come to school in mufti on Monday 7th October as a reward!
