Newbold & Tredington C of E Primary School and Day Nursery Creating a chance to SHINE every day

Number 4 - 3rd December 2021

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Dear Newbold and Tredington families,

We can hardly believe that this is the last newsletter of 2021! With just two weeks to go, we still have lots to fit into the school day including our Christmas meal and jumper day on Monday 14th December which is a link day so all children, including nursery, will be at Tredington all day. The school’s Christmas card post box will open on Monday 6th December for children to post their Christmas cards. Cards will be delivered to the children before the end of term.

As you may have seen in an email sent on Monday 29th November, Ruby Class and Nursery will no longer be performing at the church. Their performance will be uploaded to the Facebook page in the last week of term. The carol concert planned by the School Council has also been cancelled. Due to an increase in positive cases in the local area, a new variant being detected and the fact that we have a sickness bug and chicken pox making their way round the children, we feel this is the safest option.

As the weather is getting colder, you may wish to send your child in with a school uniform coloured gilet or fleece to wear in the classroom as we are still required to keep windows open for ventilation.

This is a message shared from the Shipston Medical centre Facebook page (uploaded on 25th November):

We are seeing a sharp rise in positive Covid cases over the past week – many after a negative lateral flow test. Part of the reason for this spike is people being falsely reassured by a negative lateral flow test and therefore not isolating.

We would like to stress the importance of the national advice that if you have symptoms then DO NOT use a lateral flow test as they are not reliable and give approximately 40% false negative rates. You should arrange a PCR test via GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and self isolate until you have a negative result.

Covid usually causes mild cold-like symptoms especially in the vaccinated and children but the impact to businesses and healthcare due to staff absences is huge, especially with the increased demand on health services.

Let’s get on top of this local rise in cases together and, if you have symptoms, protect others by isolating and arranging a PCR test.

Thank you for your continued support to keep everyone safe by looking out for symptoms, testing and keeping us informed with the results. Hopefully, this vigilance will allow us all to enjoy a merry Christmas and a smooth start to the new term on Wednesday 5th January.

The Senior Leadership Team

School Games Award 2018/19

Gold standard

Creating a chance to shine every day January 2018

School Games Award 2018/19

Gold standard

Creating a chance to shine every day January 2018

If you have concerns about a child out of school time then don’t be afraid to let someone know.

You can contact the Warwickshire MASH team on (01926) 414144

Golden Tickets Charlotte Cl

Daisy Charlotte S

Shining Stars for Celebration Assembly

12/11/21 Imogen Barbara

Lily and Connor Isla F Gabor

Since September, the children in Sapphire, Emerald and Amber classes have been taking a 'walk through the Old Testament.’ Through learning actions, hearing stories and doing fun activities, the children have learnt an incredible amount. Well done!

The children wore non-uniform for Children in Need and, thanks to your generous donations, we raised over £150. Thank you!

Term Dates:

Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th December Tree Festival at St David’s Church, Newbold (Everyone in our school has made a decoration for our school tree and you can see it in the church on these dates.)

Monday 6th December Christmas cards can be posted in the school post box from today

Friday 10th December School Council Non Uniform Day - prizes for a children’s raffle

Monday 13th December LINK DAY - All children (including nursery) at Tredington, Christmas meal and wear Christmas jumpers

Friday 17th December Last day of Autumn Term

Tuesday 4th January 2022 Warwickshire Training Day

Wednesday 5th January Children back to school

Monday 10th January Knowledge Organisers out

Friday 28th January Emerald Class assembly/Ruby cake sale

Friday 11th February Sapphire Class Assembly/Amber cake sale

Wednesday 16th February Discover an Artist Day

Friday 18th February Staff Training Day (including Nursery)

Monday 21st - 25th February Half Term holiday

School Games Award 2018/19

Gold standard

Creating a chance to shine every day January 2018

PTFA News If you want to keep up to date with information about the events and be involved, please drop Izzy Horn (Bella and Rosa’s mum) a line on bistobox@aol.com to be added to the mailing list. The PTFA have their own Facebook page so please email Izzy if you would like to join.

If you are ordering online then don’t forget to go through Easyfundraising and select Newbold and Tredington PTFA as your chosen charity. A percentage of what you spend goes to the PTFA to spend on items for school.

Amazon Wishlist

Our book wishlist is still available on the Amazon website if you wish to donate a book to our school library. It is updated regularly and can be found here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1Q49VI4BPCF4M/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist

Monday 28th February Staff Training Day (including Nursery)

Friday 18th March Shining Star celebration assembly

Friday 8th April Last day of Spring Term

Monday 25th April Children back to school

Monday 2nd May Bank Holiday

Tuesday 3rd May Knowledge Organisers out

Monday 9th May SATs week

Friday 13th May Emerald Class assembly/Ruby cake sale

Monday 23rd May Year 5/6 to Croft Farm Residential

Friday 27th May Shining Star celebration assembly

Monday 30th May - Friday 3rd June Half Term holiday

Monday 6th June Staff Training Day (including Nursery)

Tuesday 7th June Children back to school

Friday 10th June Ruby Class Assembly/Emerald cake sale

Thursday 21st July Last day of Summer Term

School Games Award 2018/19

Gold standard

Creating a chance to shine every day January 2018