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  • The New Islington News – Edition 36

    Published 12/07/22

    Edition 36
    Friday 8th July 2022

    Mrs Tabitha Smith, Head Teacher

    Beer Tasting

    A Beer Tasting event has been organised by the ‘Friends of New Islington’ to bring our parents and friends (over 18s only!) together for a fun and informative evening. You will have different beers to taste, with information about each one, plus a local brewer will be here to explain the journey of the hops and wheat in the field to the bottle. Arrive at 6:45 for a 7pm start. Tickets £15 bought in advance on the School gateway. 

    Summer Reading challenge

    Manchester Libraries have been in contact with us. There has been an administrative muddle at their end, meaning children across all schools in Manchester are missing cards.The library has now realised that the children with missing cards are those who are already library members. They have said that they won’t be sending new cards to those children as they are already members so they can go to the library as normal to either request a new card or use their current one. 

    An advance date for your diary – 8th September

    We will be holding two ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions on Thursday 8th September. 

    This will be a chance for you to come into the classroom, to sit alongside your children, and for the teacher to run through organisational and academic expectations with you. 

    We appreciate that not everyone will be able to attend in person, and so one session will be run on Google Meet, as well as the slides being sent out to all parents after the event. 

    The sessions will be held at 3pm in person, and then at 4:30 via Google meet. 

    Key Events

    Monday 11th July Clubs block two – week 10 LAST WEEK

    Monday 11th, Tuesday 12th, Thursday 14th, Friday 15th July Settling in sessions for our new intake of EYFS children

    Tuesday 12th July Football trials for those pupils in Year 4&5 who wrote to apply for a place in the Boys and Girls football team. Come in your kits and the trials will end at 4:30.

    Wednesday 13th July Open evening from 3:30 to 5:30. Come along with your child to let them show you their work. Chat informally with the teacher and pop in to see your child’s new teacher.

    Thursday 14th July Year 6 show at 9:30 

    Thursday 14th July Clubs that should be on a Wednesday have been moved to 14th July due to the Open evening. So the Rounders/Netball Club and Drawing Club has moved from Wednesday 13th to Thursday 14th July. A letter was sent out last week to give advance notice.  

    Thursday 14th July Beer tasting for parents, and friends of families (over 18s only!) Pop the date in your diary (more information above) Arrive at 6:45 for a 7pm start. Tickets £15 bought in advance. Come along for a really interesting and fun evening.

    Friday 15th July Music concert – parents of those performing are more than welcome to attend. Look out for your invitation. 9:15 start and will last no more than an hour.

    Monday 18th July No teacher run clubs this week. 

    Monday 18th July Musicathon – parents are welcome to join us at 2pm for a cheerful event of singing and music making outside! Clarifying the date and time

    Tuesday 19th July Year 6 Leaver’s disco NEW DATE. 6:30 to 7:30

    Friday 22nd July Year 6 Leaver’s assembly at 9:15 . Please remember to send in your photos 

    Friday 22nd July 2022 School closes for the summer holidays at 1pm (no wraparound provision) 

    Advance notice:

    School starts back on Monday 5th September at 8:50.

    Meet the Teacher sessions on Thursday 8th September at 3pm and 4:30pm.

    As always, contact me any time: tabitha.smith@coopacademies.co.uk

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  • The New Islington News – Edition 35

    Published 04/07/22

    Edition 35
    Friday 1st July 2022

    Mrs Tabitha Smith, Head Teacher

    No school on Monday!

    International Fair

    Our parents are working very hard to plan, prepare and deliver what will be a wonderful family event. Come along at 3:30 on Friday 8th July with children, mums, dads and grandparents to learn about other countries, cultures and customs. Bring your 50p’s to buy tasty snacks and fun mementoes.  

    Beer Tasting

    A Beer Tasting event has been organised by the ‘Friends of New Islington’ to bring our parents and friends (over 18s only!) together for a fun and informative evening. You will have different beers to taste, with information about each one, plus a local brewer will be here to explain the journey of the hops and wheat in the field to the bottle. Arrive at 6:45 for a 7pm start. Tickets £15 bought in advance on the School gateway. 

    Summer Reading challenge

    Manchester Libraries have provided every child with excellent resources to get them reading this summer! Please look out for free the reading cards and resources that your children will be bringing home. 

    Key Events

    Monday 4th – July School closed for pupils
    Wednesday 6th – July Stepping Stones New Parent Information evening for our new families at 6:15

    Thursday 7th July – Co-op Academy Information session for parents, with tea, coffee and biscuits. Two sessions to be held at 9:30 and 5:30pm with Ian Burchett the Regional Director and Chris Tomlinson, the CEO. More details to follow. Please keep this date free.

    Friday 8th – July Reports sent home
    Monday 11th, Tuesday 12th, Thursday 14th, Friday 15th July – Settling in sessions for our new intake of EYFS children
    Wednesday 13th July – Open evening from 3:30 to 5:30. Come along with your child to let them show you their work. Chat informally with the teacher and pop in to see your child’s new teacher.
    Friday 15th July – Music concert
    Wednesday 20th – July Year 6 Leaver’s disco (more details to follow)
    Friday 22nd July – Year 6 Leaver’s assembly at 9:15 (more details to follow)
    Friday 22nd July 2022 – School closes for the summer holidays at 1pm

    INSET Days: These are staff training days. The two coming up are on Monday 6th June and Monday 4th July. School is NOT open for children on these days.

    As always, contact me any time: t.smith@newislingtonschool.co.uk

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  • We’ve joined Co-op Academies!

    Published 30/06/22

    We’ve joined Co-op Academies, sponsored by The Co-op Group on 1 July 2022. 

    The Co-op Group provides funding and support to the Co-op Academies Trust as part of their commitment to providing fairer opportunities to young people.  

    New Islington Free School in Manchester has joined the Co-op Academies Trust, established in 2012, which educates over 17,000 young people across 27 academies in the North of England

    Founded in 2013, as a standalone academy trust, New Islington is a popular and thriving academy at the heart of its community.  

    We will be known as Co-op Academy New Islington following the conversion on July 1st 2022.

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  • Amazing EYFS Henri Matisse Artwork

    Published 29/06/22

    Our EYFS children have been creating some amazing Henri Matisse inspired artwork! Take a look.

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  • Message from Chris Tomlinson, CEO Co-op Academies Trust​​​​​​​

    Published 01/04/22

    Dear Parents and Carers,

    I am really pleased to inform you that, after a thorough process including much investigation and consideration, the trustees at New Islington Free School have decided that they would like to join our multi-academy trust, Co-op Academies Trust.

    New Islington has had several years of great success and is an outstanding educational community in the heart of the local area. We are really excited to welcome you. We will support New Islington as you continue to improve and make progress, building on what has been an excellent recent period of development for the school. 

    We anticipate that New Islington will officially join the Trust on Friday 1st July 2022. After this date the school will be called Co-op Academy New Islington and you will notice some changes to signage and our logo. The school will also have a new website and email addresses. We will keep you updated on these developments.

    In July we will also begin the rollout of uniforms with the new logo. These can be purchased through the same suppliers. Pupils can continue to wear the current uniform until it is worn out, as it goes against our values to waste perfectly good clothes. New uniforms will be available before the summer holidays, if you are purchasing for September. 

    Co-op Academies Trust is sponsored by the Co-op Group, the largest co-operative business in the country. The Co-op Group started in Rochdale in 1844 when local residents opened their own shop selling honest food and goods at honest prices. Their first shop on Toad Lane had a room above it, which was used to teach local residents how to read. As our sponsor, Co-op provides excellent support for all of our academies and New Islington will benefit from this strong relationship.

    We support 27 academies across West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Staffordshire. We are a good, stable, and dependable Trust – New Islington is in safe hands.

    In the coming months, we will build the new Academy Governing Council (AGC) which is how our Trust arranges local governance for our academies. As part of this we will appoint some Co-op senior employees to the AGC. The current parent and staff governors will be able to reapply if they want to, but we will also be looking to gain support from other key partners we have in the local area.

    We will be visiting New Islington on 7th July for introductions, a presentation and a Q&A session for parents. There will be a morning session (just after drop-off) and an afternoon session (just before pick-up). More details will be sent out but please pop the date in your diary now – we are looking forward to meeting you all.

    If you want to learn more about us you can find us on all social media @coopacademies or visit our website www.coopacademies.co.uk.

    Best wishes 

    Chris Tomlinson 

    CEO Co-op Academies Trust

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