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Great Start to 2020
Fri 14 Feb 2020What a fabulous start to 2020 we've had at Newton Primary School!
We're in the process of sprucing up our lovely school and it's really starting to look better already. Amethyst Class, Tanzanite Class, Opal room and the KS1 corridor have been freshly painted and are looking great. Inevitably, when classrooms are being decorated, this can lead some some disruption. However, the children have coped really well with working in the hall. Infact, some have quite enjoyed the change! Our school is going to look absolutely fabulous when it's all completed and we are working hard to make it a pleasant working environment for our children.
January and February have been a busy (and blowy!) couple of months. Our children have taken part in some fun activities including basketball at Tibshelf Secondary School and the annual Dance Festival at Chesterfield's Winding Wheel. As always, they did us incredibly proud!
Diamond Class had a special visitor in to help them with their dinosaur topic work. Pete, the animatronic dinosaur, came into the hall and thrilled the children. Squeals of delight could be heard throughout the school. It really was a spectacle to behold.
Tanzanite Class came to the end of their flute lessons and invited parents/carers in to enjoy a flute concert. They have all worked so hard and it really showed. Well done Tanzanite.
As a whole school, we've participated in the NSPCC Number Day and Safer Internet Day. We also had a delicious cake sale to raise funds for our WOW days, which make learning so much more fun for our children.
Our Friends of Newton (FON) organised a Valentine Disco, which was well attended. They are busy raising money for some fabulous playground markings, which the children are going to absolutely love! Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter feeds for future events.
Time now for a well deserved rest for our incredibly hard-working staff, our lovely Newton families and our wonderful children. Have a fabulous half-term break!
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Harvest Festival
Fri 04 Oct 2019On Tuesday 1st October, we held our annual Harvest Festival at Newton Community Centre. Despite the soggy weather, there was a fantastic turn-out of families and friends. It was great to see so many there!
Ruby Class got the audience on their feet with a thought provoking presentation on world food shortages - what an eye-opener! Amethyst Class sang an incredibly catchy version of Shotgun with vegetables as the theme (I'm still singing it now). Tanzanite Class recited a very entertaining Michael Rosen poem called Where Broccoli Comes From - who knew it came from the armpits of very big green men? Emerald Class read out, as a whole class, a couple of poems including Harvest Time. Diamond Class wowed us all with their singing and actions to their farming song. It was a delightful assembly. Prayers were led by Reverend Jill Manly. A very special thank you came from Clay Cross Foodbank.
Once again, we managed to collect a huge amount of food and toiletries for local families in crisis. Thank you all so much for your generosity and support.
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Busy Week
Fri 20 Sep 2019We’ve had a fantastic week full of wonderful learning and lots of smiley faces! As well as our usual learning, we’ve managed to squeeze in a KS2 Football Tournament and Bikeability for the Y6s. Practise for our upcoming Harvest Assembly has been ongoing and the corridors have been filled with some lovely singing.
A group of KS2 children visited Tibshelf Community School after school on Wednesday 18th September and took part in a Football Tournament. Eight teams in total took part in the event, playing four matches. They had a super time playing and despite coming sixth, they returned full of positivity.
Callen reported, “I absolutely loved interacting with everyone and it was a friendly environment.”
“There was a great atmosphere,” added Headboy Zac.
On asked how he felt looking back on the match, Max replied, “I felt really proud and I enjoyed it!”
The following day, Mrs Mason said, “ Their position didn’t reflect just how well they’d played. I was incredibly proud of them.” Well done Team Newton!
The sun was shining (thankfully) for our group of Y6 children who completed their Level 1 and Level 2 Bikeability training. It was great to see their confidence grow throughout the day. They returned to school tired but very proud of themselves. Fingers crossed the weather is kind again for the remainder of the class who take their Bikeability training next Thursday!
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End of Year reports to Parents
Fri 05 Jul 2019 -
Y5/6 go to Condover Hall
Wed 03 Jul 2019 -
Ruby Class performance of OLIVIA
Tue 02 Jul 2019Performance times will be 1:30pm and 6:00pm -
INSET day
Fri 28 Jun 2019 -
Y2 Mini Olympics
Thu 27 Jun 2019Packed lunch will be required. Sun hats and sun screen at the ready too please! -
Year 6 to West Notts. College
Thu 27 Jun 2019 -
Arts Week
Mon 24 Jun 2019This week we celebrate our journey towards achieving Arts Mark. On Wednesday the children will have the opportunity to try their hands at different arts from Around the World. We have some talented parents coming to share their arts with the children.
We also have an Arts Mark section on our website, under the children tab. Please visit so that you can see some of the fabulous work we do around the Arts.