School News

To commemorate one hundred years since the end of World War I, Newton Road pupils created an art gallery to showcase their tributes to the festival of remembrance.

Pupils from across the school showed off their creativity, with clay poppies made by Year 1 & 2 pupils in Ants Class, sweetheart pin cushions created by Years 5 & 6 in Hawks class as well as many other individual pieces and whole-class creations.  

Mrs Robinson, Family Support Officer at Newton Road School, said: “So many hours of work went into creating the wonderful art gallery to remember the fallen.

“Pupils were really keen to put on a good display for such an important occasion, and we were pleased to welcome many of our parents and our governors to see the pupils’ artwork. There were so many lovely comments from parents about the high standard of the work on display.” 

Mrs Goodwin, Governor, added: “It was a beautiful display, with so many thoughtful pieces of work to remember this centenary year. All of the pupils should be very proud of what they have achieved.” 

Following the exhibition at the school, the gallery was also showcased at the Trust’s Remembrance Festival held at Manor School Sports College on 16th November. 

For our Stone Age Celebration, we asked pupils in years 3 and 4 to come in dressed in true Stone Age style.

The outfits worn and effort put in were absolutely incredible! It felt like we had some real cave people visiting our classrooms!

Children spent the morning exploring the animals featured in the film ‘The Croods’ and discussed what type of animals they would really have found.

Mrs Ash said: “We really enjoyed seeing cave people in action and we discussed how we saw weapons used to hunt their food, just as we have been learning about. The children then got creative at creating, drawing and describing their own Stone Age animals.

“After break, we explored the Bronze Age and Iron Age in further detail and worked in teams to create posters with key facts and information. The children loved learning about the past and the changes that occurred through the ages.”

Thalia, aged 8, said: “I have loved this topic, I particularly liked learning about what they ate in the Stone Age and comparing it to what we eat today.”

Another favourite activity for the children was the creation of Top Trump cards, comparing creatures from the Stone Age with animals they may see today.

Year 3 and 4 pupils celebrated Harvest Festival by encouraging people to support their local Food Bank.

Our caring children sent a letter to all parents to get as many donations to our local food bank as we could. To raise awareness, Years 3 and 4 also put on a harvest festival assembly – and their performance was inspiring and full of smiles.

Mrs Ash, our Year 3 and 4 class teacher, said: “The children have worked extremely hard practising the harvest songs and have been very proud to show our visitors the amazing donations that have been raised by Newton Road School.

Darcie, from Owls Class, added: “Our class were amazing at singing and I couldn’t believe how many donations there were!”