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World Book Day 2024

Sun 10 Mar 2024

Newport celebrated World Book Day on Friday 8th March and chose to dress in their pyjamas for the day to enjoy some relaxing reading. The staff surprised the children and all came dressed as different coloured crayons, to represent the book 'The day the crayons quit' and the children had great fun figuring out what colours we were all going to be!

The day was filled with many 'book themed' learning opportunities and the classes were buzzing with excitement. Many children came into school with their 'crafted' creations representing books and the day showed their crafting skills even more.

Some classes made story cubes, some made story puppets, others completed quizzes and others were re designing book covers. It was lovely to have many parents and grandparents visit us at 2:45 for storytimes in classes; the children enjoyed sharing stories with them.

Community Cafe March 24

Mon 04 Mar 2024

Robin Class took part in this month's community cafe and the class took a trip down to Debden Grange, the local retirement village, to spend time with the residents for the afternoon.

The whole class had a super time and started the afternoon singing some of their favourite 'Young Voices' songs to the residents; a roaring rendition of 'Lambeth Walk, Walk this way, Coldplay's sky full of stars and It's a lovely day' filled the lounge as Robin class sang their hearts out! The children then enjoyed reading and sharing their handwritten stories with the residents, alongside a piece of Mrs Baker's banana bread for a treat! It was a wonderful way to spend the afternoon for all involved. The children loved talking to the residents, sharing stories and finding out what they did before they retired; the residents loved spending time with the children, who they described as 'full of life!'

Robin class couldn't stop talking about it and can't wait for a return visit soon!

Hedgehog Class bake sale

Fri 01 Mar 2024

Hedgehog class enjoyed holding a bake sale on Friday to raise money for their upcoming trip to Colchester zoo; thank you to all of the donations given...every single cake and biscuit looked so tempting and sold out quite quickly! Each cake was sold at 50p and the whole community turned out in their droves at pick up time and many children left with chocolately faces and full tummies. Together, they raised £115...well done Hedgehogs!

Community Cafe January 24

Fri 19 Jan 2024

On Friday 19^th January, we held our first Newport Community café; it was decided by staff that the first of this monthly event would be to invite grandparents from the community into school and we had a fabulous turn out. It was great to see the Year 6 showing their organisational skills in setting up the hall and in preparing for the event and then to see them show great maturity in running the event when our guests arrived. Everyone enjoyed tea, coffee and cake (that was the best bit for some of the Year 6’s!) and there was much flowing conversation and game playing for the next hour and a half. We received lovely feedback from a number of grandparents, which was lovely to hear and many were looking forward to coming back again. Next month’s community café is going to be led by Year 5 and they will be visiting Debden Grange for banana bread and a sing-a-long!

Young Voices at the 02

Mon 15 Jan 2024

After months of anticipation and endless hours of perfecting the songs and learning the moves, the day finally arrived and we were off to the O2 to perform in the Young Voices Choir Concert 2024. Soon, we were at the 02 and we made our way into the spectacular foyer and waited patiently to be admitted. Once inside, we were checked in and found a space to eat our packed lunch. We had a fabulous view from our seats and from 2pm until 5pm, we practiced our songs with some of the celebrities including DJ Grammar and Nandi Bushell and the live band. After that, we had some free time to eat our dinner, before the parents arrived, and then the concert began at 7pm. We sang and danced our hearts out throughout the concert, remembering parts and dance moves and loved every minute of it!

All of the singing and dancing meant that both adults and children alike were extremely tired by the time the concert finished, but it was a day of fabulous memories - fun, friendships, teamwork, perseverance and focus; we will reflect on an inspiring day that we will remember forever. This was such a fantastic opportunity for the children to be part of the Young Voices Choir – the largest children’s choir concerts in the world, and one that the children will cherish for lifetime.

Christmas Carol Service at the Church

Thu 14 Dec 2023

Sweet singing and joyful celebrations filled the Church as the whole school performed in front of a packed congregation at the Church on Thursday afternoon. Falcon class spoke well as they read the parts of the Christmas story, while Dragonfly class performed their nativity roles alongside this. Each class performed their songs, some with actions and all with gusto! It was a lovely service, led by Reverend Pete, and got everyone into the Christmas spirit.

Snow Globe event

Fri 08 Dec 2023

In late November, the the children at school were set a challenge to design a snow globe as part of a competition with Hill company; a winning design and 3 runners up were chosen to then be made into a giant snowglobe, which would be coming to the school disco, where children could get inside and throw snow!

Robin and Falcon classes also got to complete a snowglobe workshop with Hill company and their representatives and both children and members of staff were interviewed for their promotional event.

All of the children had a fun session of arts and crafts and certainly got into the seasonal mood; they all made a snow globe using recycled craft bits and sang carols whilst working...it was like being in Elf's workshop!

The Bethlehem Star - YR, 1 and 2 Christmas play

Thu 07 Dec 2023

Dragonfly class, Hedgehog class and Badger class enjoyed performing their Christmas play 'The Bethlehem Star' to packed audiences this week after working hard for the last two weeks to put their acting and singing skills to great use.

They sang their hearts out, danced through the tunes (with actions) and smiled through the shows, enjoying every minute! Parents and Carers definitely loved the 'aah' factor, especially as the angels and sheep came on and performed.

It was a wonderful two days, as singing filled the whole school; the school enjoyed the dress performance rehearsal and provided lots of encouragement and clapping!

New toilets for Y3 and Y4

Tue 14 Nov 2023

Team Newport's fundraising efforts came to fruition this month as work began on refurbishing our new toilets for Y3 and 4; Mr Purcell and the builders from The Hill Group worked tirelessly over the half term and subsequent two weeks to provide us with the much needed toilets and we are so pleased with them!

On Monday 13th October, the new toilets were revealed to the school and we had a ceremonious 'cutting of the ribbon' completed by the class ambassadors of years 3 and 4; the event was attended by all staff and class members of both year groups, as well as the 'running squad' ( minus Mrs Pine - who will be seeing them soon!) and two builders from Hill.

Take a look at the before and after shots...and the excited faces of the classes seeing them revealed for the first time!

Poppies at the Church

Sun 12 Nov 2023

Remembrance Sunday was a joyful event as both the youngest child in school, along with one of the oldest in the school, laid the wreaths on behalf of the Newport school community.

Every class made different poppies during the week, after learning all about the significance of poppies and recognising the 11th September as a significant date in history. An assembly was held on Friday with the whole school to mark this event and the children completed their 2 minutes silence at 11am.

The poppies, made in school, were made into two wreaths, which were taken to St Mary's on Sunday for the Church service. The two children walked respectfully amongst the Beavers, Brownies, Rainbows and Cubs and then laid their wreaths alongside those from the whole community. It was a very poignant service to be part of and one, which we recognise as being important to always mark with our children.