Co-op Academy New Islington Parent Portal - Newsletter 13th March 2026

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Welcome from Co-op Academy New Islington

Dear Parents/Carers,

It was lovely this week to be able to welcome so many parents into school for Parents Evenings, the Book Fair and our EYFS Coffee morning. As always the engagement with these events has been really positive and reflects our wonderful community.

Our pupils have also shown off their talents in a variety of events such as our Rock Steady concert as well as the Trust Spelling Bee and Poetry Competition, where our children represented their school brilliantly!

As always, thank you for your continued support,

Mr Berry

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Dates for your diary

Friday 27th March- Coffee Morning- Uniform discussion with Mr Berry- all welcome

Thursday 2nd April- last day before Easter holidays

Monday 20th April- return to school

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- Friday

Monday 16th March- 3MN

Tuesday 17th March- 4OF

Thursday 19th March- 4JJ

Monday 23rd March- 5RC

Tuesday 24th March- 5MW

Thursday 26th March- 3HP (NOMA workshop)

Monday 30th March- 1NE

Tuesday 31st March- 1HD

Thursday 2nd April- 2MM

What a Busy Week!

What a wonderful trip 2SK had at Hulme Community Garden Centre. We investigated different nature such as plants and insects, looking at the eggs that the frogs laid in the pond and planting some peas.

Thank you to the lovely parents and carers who came along to volunteer. We all had such a great time!

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A musical treat

5RC were treated to a special performance from one of their very talented children who placed them a piece on his cello called 'Dance of the Snowmen'

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Forest School

Spring is here - all spring bulbs from previous garden workshops are in full flower, enhancing our school envirnoment. Children in Forest School have been planting onions and potatoes to grow in our roof garden.

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STEM club

For our Year 5 and 6 STEM Club this week, after weeks of requests, we have finally done our long awaited Coke and Mentos session! Looking at chemical reactions and nucleation, as well as how a seemingly smooth Mentos is actually incredibly bumpy and filled with gaps was a surprise to the children.

We had a great time doing this and it was definitely one of the best STEM sessions we have had thus far!

For our Year 3 and 4 STEM Club, we had been looking at our problems to look at for our computing challenge. We have split into 2 teams and both teams have settled on the problem of Global Warming as something they want to help solve! What a noble goal from our amazing STEM members!

Year 5 and Year 6 children attended the poetry festival at the Co-op Headquarters at Angel Square today.

It was a really tough competition between selected winning groups from 10 Primary academies across the trust. Our year 5 students won the award for best performance with their poem "Gran can Rap" and our year 6 group won the award for best creative writing with their original poem.

What a fantastic experience – our teams made us so very proud!

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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.

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See you next time!

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