Reception firstly listened to the story of ‘The Great Race’ – How Chinese New Year came about. This linked with our maths, as we were learning about ordinal numbers. In ‘Talked through stories’, the children listened to the story ‘Zog’ Julia Donaldson, building on changing their voices, understanding different vocabulary and understanding feelings. In PE, we continued developing our dancing skills, moving in different ways and continued to develop ball skills using their feet. They also had the opportunity to taste pancakes with their favourite toppings – delicious! On Thursday afternoon, it was the school disco and many children had lots of fun dancing their socks off!
Come and Read
Pancake Day
Party time!
Key Notices
World Book Week
When the children come back to school on the 2nd March 2026, the school will have been transformed into a Fairytale land.
On Friday 6th March, the children can come to school dressed for World Book Day!
Attendance: Pupil Absences
If your child is absent, excess of 2 days, schools are required to complete a welfare check on the third day, this supports the safeguarding of the child. Ideally you will be contacted to arrange the visit, however, if school are unable to contact you, an unannounced visit will take place and a calling card provided. We have a statutory responsibility to safeguard all of our children and appreciate your support.
Uniform
Your child needs to wear school uniform so they feel part of the Newham Bridge family. This includes:
* Red jumper or cardigan * Grey skirt or trousers * White shirt or polo shirt * Black shoes (velcro).
A suitable coat (for all weathers)
Children are learning to put their cardigans and jumpers in trays independently if they don’t want to wear them and their coats on pegs, but it is really important that these items are labelled with your child’s full name.
PE Days
PE sessions have changed. PE will take place:
Monday – Ball skills – Rackets and balls
Thursday – Mrs Short – Gymnastics
Children need to come to school in their PE kits:
Black joggers / leggings, white polo shirt and black trainers
It is easier for girls to wear socks rather than tights so they can put on their socks and shoes easily. Please practise with your child putting their socks and shoes on independently.
Come and Read
Every Monday, parents are invited to join their child on a morning to come and read a book. When the doors open at 8.40am, parents can pop into reception and share a book with their child until doors close at 9.00am.
Inspire, Enjoy and Achieve
Here are the children who have been chosen for the Spring term 1 Inspire, Enjoy and Achieve awards.
Inspire – Vivviarnah, for inspiring her peers with her creativity.
Enjoy – Lilly-Lee, for showing increased confidence in all areas of learning.
Achieve – Eliisabet, for trying her best in all areas of learning.
Super Readers
Well Done to Ivy for showing great progress with her reading this term.
Well done to our weekly readers, Louie, Ace, Jaxson, Miles, Hannah, Amina and Reggie for reading a number of books at home.
Pupil of the Week
In Rainbow group, Pupil of the Week goes to Lindey-Lou, for super phonics this week, building on her graphemes.
In Sunshine group, Pupil of the Week goes to Aksel, for doing well in his areas of work, especially his phonics.
Birthdays
We would like wo wish Amaya a Happy 5th Birthday – Have a super day!
