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Nursery Busy Week of Learning
The children in nursery have had a busy week exploring length by making some snakes and learning about weight by using the scales to...


Reception On the Way Home
Reception have started their new Talk for Writing text, 'On the Way Home.' On the way back from the Go Wild we spotted a monster! We...


Reception Making Fat Balls
This week in Reception, we have also been making fat balls to help all the hungry birds in this cold weather. We worked on our grating...


Reception St Johns Garden Centre Trip
Have you seen any jaguars in Newport recently? Instead of going on a bear hunt the Reception children decided to innovate the story and...


Year 1 Bugs and Dogs Poem
Year 1 learnt a poem about bugs and following their learning around adjectives, have invented their own poems about dogs. They have...


Year 2 Guildhall Trip
At the beginning of the week, year 2 went to the Guildhall to extend our learning about William Rock and what Barnstaple was like in his...


Year 4 Working in Victorian Times
Year 4 have begun learning about the Victorians as part of their history and have been looking at child labour in the Victorian times....


Year 5 Art Gallery
Last Friday, the school hall had transformed into a gallery and year 5 were invited to go and observe the artwork of Georgia O’Keefe. The...


Year 5 Visit From Professor Gibson
On Tuesday, year five were lucky enough to have a visit from ‘Professor Gibson’. We heard a story all about the Vikings invading, before...


Phase 3 First Aid Assembly
This week children in Phase 3 completed a Mini First Aid "Are you Choking?" Assembly! The pupils engaged brilliantly in learning how to...


Phase 3 Awards Assembly
Phase 3 Achievers this week. Well done to everyone who was recognised by their teacher for demonstrating our school values. Keep up the...


Year 4 Tennis
Year 4 took part in a Tennis festival at Tarka Tennis this Wednesday with over 200 year 4 children from 6 schools! Led by sports leaders...


FONS Ukuleles
Friends of Newport School have kindly purchased a complete class set of ukuleles to enable to children to revisit one instrument...


Phase 3 Awards Assembly
This week, we celebrated the first children to receive one of our values certificates in 2024! Well done everyone for showcasing our...


Blue Peter Book Club
Members of our Blue Peter Book Club wrote a blurb for the newsletter this week after taking part in sessions with Miss Ashton to get...


Year 4 Art Week - Light
The theme for Arts Week this year was ’light’ Year 4 collaborated to create a portrait, inspired by the work of American artist Chuck...


Year 6 WW2 Museum
The Year 6 children opened their classrooms to the other year groups this week to host their own WW2 museum. They showcased their poetry,...


Year 6 Glass Workshop
Last week, Year 6 enjoyed their glass workshop as part of Art Week. Children designed their light stick and then made their design with...
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