Yateley Rangers visit Chestnut Class

Earlier today, some rangers from Yateley Common came in to Chestnut class to help with their topic about minibeasts. They had great fun, learned a lot and they found quite a few minibeasts, including millipedes, slugs and worms!

Pupil takes over the school for a day!

Wednesday 22nd October

RUN BY THE CHILDREN, FOR THE CHILDREN

Today at Newlands Primary school, there was a new headteacher for the day! Mr McCarthy, the current headteacher, put out a challenge that whoever got in to the top ten in the world on a maths teaching online program called Mathletics could take over the school. One of the Y6 boys, Ciaran Donegan, 10, managed to get to number nine!

Ciaran said, “It was great to see my name in the rankings and I have really enjoyed my time as headteacher. I got to take part in meetings, write emails and filled in the school diary. I also got to update the Newlands blog and write a newsletter! It was great fun! I never realised that the headteacher’s diary was so busy and that he had so much to do!”

Mr McCarthy, headteacher, said, ‘It was a delight to have Mr Donegan in charge for the day!  I think that he learnt a great deal about leading and managing a school but most of all I think that he enjoyed the experience.  It was a fitting reward for what was a fantastic achievement – Ciaran always works hard and rises to the challenges set before him.’

(Written by Ciaran Donegan)

BLF Fun Run Infant Results

BLF fun run - 800m 20.10.2014
Infants
Place	Name	Class	Time
1	William Evans	Willow	3.27
2	Jack Anstey	Oak	3.37
3	Rosie Fletcher	Willow	3.40
4	James King	Oak	3.42
5	Isabella Billings	Oak	3.49
6	Ben King	Chestnut	3.50
7	Amy Pankhurst	Oak	3.55
8	Thomas Froud	Willow	3.56
9	Kiera Trott	Willow	3.56
10	Joshua Turner	Oak	3.57
11	Sophie Carter	Oak	3.58
12	Miller West	Oak	3.59
13	George Crane	Chestnut	4.02
14	Freya Shah	Oak	4.07
15	Jaime-Ann Bull	Oak	4.08
16	Connor Geen	Chestnut	4.10
17	Lewis Ashfield	Oak	4.10
18	Max Davenport	Chestnut	4.13
19	Logan Adey	Willow	4.15
20	Mimi Cannon	Willow	4.15
21	Ella Pope	Willow	4.15
22	Porsha Parsons	Chestnut	4.17
23	Molly Evans	Oak	4.20
24	Thomas Gudgeon	Oak	4.24
25	Chloe Ware	Willow	4.29
26	Toby Scott	Willow	4.29
27	Tianna Orton	Willow	4.29
28	Emily Holladay	Chestnut	4.31
29	Amelie Michail	Chestnut	4.32
30	Tiffany Dyer-Thompson	Chestnut	4.32

British Lung Foundation Fun Run 2014

On Monday 20th October, we had a fun run to raise money for the British Lung Foundation. The track was 800m long and each class raced around it in turn. Mr McCarthy raced in every race! There were also opportunities for timed races and the family members of the children sponsored them. There was also a parents' event at the end.
These were the top 30 results for the juniors.

BLF fun run - 800m 20.10.2014
Juniors
Place	Name	Class	Time
1	Christopher Dunwoody	Beech	2.48
2	Ciaran Donegan	Rowan	2.49
3	Ben Rowlinson	Beech	2.53
4	Archie Fry	Maple	2.54
5	Lewis Lanek	Rowan	2.57
6	Matthew Collins	Rowan	2.57
7	Nickolas Double	Beech	2.59
8	Harry Cope	Rowan	2.59
9	Jimmy Lankester	Silver Birch	3.00
10	Josh Ashfield	Maple	3.04
11	Jake Bailey	Maple	3.10
12	Jacob Sealey	Maple	3.10
13	Kai Haddad	Maple	3.13
14	Jess Ashfield	Rowan	3.15
15	Ben Ware	Silver Birch	3.16
16	Oscar Jones	Silver Birch	3.18
17	Louis Double	Beech	3.19
18	Darran Glazier	Silver Birch	3.20
19	Darcy Coultrip	Beech	3.21
20	Niall Owen	Maple	3.21
21	Matthew Cronk	Rowan	3.24
22	Sinead Smith	Maple	3.28
23	Daisy Mitchell	Maple	3.28
24	Sam Yung	Beech	3.29
25	Alexander Maxwell	Silver Birch	3.30
26	Callum Ironside	Rowan	3.32
27	Cooper Shambrook	Silver Birch	3.35
28	Connor Smith	Rowan	3.38
29	Lewis Smith	Maple	3.40
30	Callum Deeley	Maple	3.40

Decorated Egg Competition 2014

World Book Day

We've had a fantastic World Book Day this year.  The theme was 'Aliens and Astronauts' and the whole day was inspired by the book 'Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram.  The story tells of  a day in the life of Bob and what he does on the moon: cleaning and tidying, welcoming visitors, performing tricks for tourists and much more. He knows almost everything there is to know about the moon - but there's something going on behind his back that he hasn't spotted...

We invited 'West End in Schools' http://www.westendinschools.org.uk/ into school to spend a day with all our children.  Every one of our pupils took part in a dance workshop, putting together a routine inspired by Simon's wonderful picture book. 

So the day was full of dressing up, laughs, fun, dance and enjoyment but, above all it was a celebration of books and reading - the core part of what schools are all about.

''I loved seeing the children's (and teachers') costumes today.  It has been a great way to celebrate world book day and it was clear that all of the pupils had a great time.  The dance workshops really brought our key text to life - we're very grateful to 'West End in Schools' for the excellent work that they have done with our children'.

''We never underestimate the power of books and reading as a fundamental part of teaching and learning.  At its best, teaching (and storytelling) is close to real magic.''