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Welcome from Co-op Academy New Islington

Dear Parents/Carers,

As the winter weather has drawn in this week, we would like to ask that all children come to school with warm clothes to allow them to enjoy their break times without getting too cold!

With winter weather also comes a packed half-term, and we are so excited for the variety of events planned across the next four weeks, including performances, fairs and celebrations.

As always, thank you for your continued support,

Mr Berry

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Parents Evenings

Parents Evening appointments are now able to be booked on Arbor, these can be found under Guardian Consultations.

Reception, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 will be Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th November.

Y1 will be Tuesday 25th November and Thursday 4th December.

You will be able to book a 10 minute slot to meet with the teacher to discuss their progress.

Snacks in school

A friendly reminder that we are a nut free school for the safety of a number of children with severe nut allergies in school. Please check any labels carefully and if a child brings in a snack, we cannot always be sure of it's contents unless in it's original wrapper with ingredients listed. If we are in doubt, we will keep the snack aside for you to collect at the end of the day.

We encourage and ask for your support in packing healthy snacks such as fruit, vegetables, cheese or whole grain crackers to keep those energy levels up for learning!

We provide fruit for a snack for children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

Thank you for your support in this matter

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What a Busy Week!

Year 6 have been reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. They have been looking at the setting of the story and used the text to visualise what they think it might look like.

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Year 6 had a visit from Plant NOMA on Tuesday during their forest school sessions.

6EB had the chance to plant some crocus bulbs for a splash of colour in the spring and early pollinator food for our roof garden during their session. They displayed excellent teamwork skills while planting.

6LB had a career talk from our visitors. They will be back again in December for 6LB to plant and for 6EB to have a careers talk.

Well done Year 6!

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Year 5/6 girls have been enjoying their training sessions.

Well done to the team on Wednesday at their latest tournament. The girls won their first 2 games and scored some amazing goals!

“If you work together, you’ll achieve anything.”

“We all aimed high and showed leadership skills.”

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In our recent DT lesson, our Year 5 children interviewed the Year 2 children to gain information about what toys they would find appealing, as the Year 5s prepare to create puppet theatres suited to the younger audience.

We will share pictures of their finished products at the end of term!

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House Leaderboard

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Shields are awarded to the house with the most points each week. The number of shields gained so far this half term are listed below the points for the week.

Mrs Williams Recommends

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

The Wild Robot is the perfect choice if you are looking for a heart warming and thought-provoking read.

The story follows a curious robot called Roz as she opens her eyes to find herself stranded on a wild and remote island. Roz must learn to survive and earn the trust of the island's animals. At first, they are terrified of Ros but things begin to change when she adopts a newly hatched gosling and learns to become a wonderful mother and friend.

This is a delightful book from children in year 3 and up

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PE Days

Please remember you can wear your PE kit to school on your PE days.

Reception- Thursday

Year 1- Monday and Friday

Year 2- Tuesday and Wednesday

Year 3- Wednesday and Thursday

Year 4- Wednesday (PE) and Thursday (swimming)

Year 5- Tuesday and Thursday

Year 6- Monday and Friday

Swimming is just for Year 4 children on Thursdays as part of their PE curriculum.

Dates for your diary

Monday 24th November- Reception and Y6 Height and Weight screening (parents have been emailed regarding this)

Tuesday 25th November & Thursday 4th December- Parents Evening (Year 1 only)

Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th November- Parents Evening (all years except Y1)

Thursday 27th November- London Trip (selection of children in Y4-6 only)

Friday 28th November- Coffee Morning- for families of children in Year 3,4,5,6 on how to support with reading.

Thursday 11th December- Reception class Nativity to parents 9.30 (reception families only)

Friday 12th December- Christmas Fair after school- see poster above

Tuesday 16th December- Christmas Carol Concert for parents of Year 1 & 2 at 9.30

Tuesday 16th December- Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Dinner- NEW DATE

Friday 19th December- finish for the Christmas holidays at 3.25

Forest School Dates

Please remember to bring Forest School clothing on these days- welly boots, waterproofs and a hat and gloves if it is cold. They will go outside in all weather so be prepared!

Year 6- every Tuesday afternoon

Bumblebees/ Ladybirds- Wednesday

Monday 24th November- 4JJ

Tuesday 25th November- 4OF

Thursday 27th November- 5MW

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Coffee Morning Dates Autumn 2025

All our parents and carers are welcome to join us at any of the Coffee Mornings listed below. Some may be more relevant than others but we aim to have a range of guest speakers and topics so there should be something for everyone. We look forward to seeing you!

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Newsletter 2nd May 2025

Mr Berry's Message. Dear Parents and Carers, Another wonderful week at New Islington! I particularly enjoyed hosting every class for a whole school assembly to relaunch our school rules of Ready, Respectful and Safe. We have been blown away by behaviour so far thi...

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See you next time!

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