2025 Autumn #10

Message from Mrs Dhaliwal

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back after the half-term break! It has been wonderful to see the children return to school refreshed and ready to learn. We’ve had a great start to the new half term, with learning well and truly underway across all classes.

A special thank you to our Reception parents who joined us for the parent lunch on Wednesday and attended the phonics session. We truly value your partnership in supporting your child’s learning at home. Reading is a key foundational skill that unlocks every area of learning and your continued encouragement at home makes such a difference. Even just ten minutes of reading each day helps children to grow in confidence and fluency.

Our value focus for this half term is Responsibility, and it was wonderful to celebrate this during our Values Celebration Worship today. Well done to all the children who have already demonstrated great responsibility and lived out our school values in action. Thank you to the parents who joined us to celebrate these achievements.

Today, your child will bring home their half-term learning overview, outlining the key areas of learning for this half term, along with their homework. Homework includes weekly maths practice and spellings, which can be accessed online through children’s logins. Paper copies are also available in reading diaries if preferred.
We encourage all children to read daily at home. Those few minutes each day really do make a big difference!

Over the coming weeks, we will be updating our curriculum subject pages on the school website. The pages for R.E., Maths, Online Safety, and Science have already been refreshed and now provide an overview of how each subject is taught in school. We hope these updates will help parents gain a clearer picture of our curriculum and how we support children’s learning and progression.

As we move into this special half term leading up to Christmas, we look forward to sharing in this important time within the Christian calendar: a season of joy, reflection, and community. Please take a moment to look at the key dates included in this newsletter, which outline the exciting events taking place in the weeks ahead.

We look forward to working together and celebrating a wonderful half term as we journey towards Christmas.

Mrs Dhaliwal

Odd Socks Day

On Monday (10 November) we will be celebrating the start of Anti Bullying week with Odd Socks Day, and we would like the children to wear odd socks. Anti-Bullying Week is designed to help raise awareness of bullying.

It’s an opportunity to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique. Odd socks day is designed to be fun so please wear odd socks to school on Monday to help us celebrate our wonderful, unique community.

Children in Need – Friday 14 November

Next Friday (14 November) we will be fundraising for Children in Need. There will be a mufti day where children do not need to wear school uniform in exchange for a donation (£1.00).

After School Clubs – Embrace

There are still spaces on the following Embrace clubs running this half term until and including week commencing 15 December.

Monday 15:20–16:20: Reception – Year 2 Winter Games
A great way for students to try a variety of sports, including football, tag rugby, hockey, netball, basketball, and more.

Tuesday 15:20–16:20: Year 3 – 6 Winter Games
A great way for students to try a variety of sports, including football, tag rugby, hockey, netball, basketball, and more.

Wednesday 15:20–16:20: Year 3 – 6 Dodgeball
A fast-paced game that is excellent for developing fundamental skills applicable to many other sports, such as teamwork, agility, and sending and receiving.

If you would like to, booking a place for your child please follow the link below to create your profile/book

👉 https://embrace.ipalbookings.com

If you have any questions or experience any issues while creating your profile or booking on to clubs, please don’t hesitate to contact Embrace at info@theembracegroup.co.uk.

After School Clubs – Autumn 2

From 20 November Miss Ralley will be running a board games club for children in Years 2 – 6 on Thursdays after school (3.20pm – 4.20pm) (max 15 children).  There is no charge for this club.

Please complete the permission link below if your child would like to join.

https://forms.gle/atSdnKwzFqyiJDgaA

Parents will only be contacted if your child has NOT got a place on a club.

Friends News – Christmas Fair Rainbow Raffle

This year Friends will be doing a Rainbow Raffle at the Christmas Fair.

Each year group has been assigned a colour (see below) and we’re asking children to bring in an item in their class colour to help us create a beautiful collection of rainbow-themed hampers.  Items can be non-perishable food items (tins, jars, sweets, chocolates), drinks (alcohol, soft drinks), toiletries (shower gel, shampoo etc) or small gifts (candles, stationery) – anything that matches their class colour.

As a thank you, all children who bring an item in on Wednesday 26 November can wear non-uniform.

Reception:  Red
Year 1:  Orange
Year 2:  Yellow
Year 3:  Green
Year 4:  Blue
Year 5:  Purple
Year 6:  Pink

Friends News – Shoebox Gifts

Friends are collecting items for the Samaritans Purse Shoebox Appeal.  If you would like to donate items, please send into school by Wednesday 12 November.

Items requested include:

• Toothbrushes
• Socks
• Combs and hairbrushes
• Pens, pencils, sharpners, caryons and markers
• Notebooks
• Colouring and picture books
• Solar calculators
• Sunglasses
• Dolls & cuddly toys
• Toy cars
• Skipping ropes & yo-yos
• Football with pump

Please do not include toothpaste; sweets, chocolate or food items; lotions and liquids; religious or political literature; medicines; aerosol cans; sharp or fragile items.

Friends News – Charity Quiz Night

There’s still time to book your team for the Charity Quiz Night!

📅 Friday 21st November

🕡 6:30pm

📍 School Hall (Adults only) Teams of six — £20 entry per team.

🍷 Alcoholic drinks and snacks available to purchase at the event.

All funds raised will go towards the school library refurbishment, proudly supported by the Friends of Coalbrookdale.

Book via this link: https://friends-of-coalbrookdale-and-ironbridge-school.sumupstore.com/product/quiz-night-team-entry

Front Gate

We wanted to draw your attention to a small but important safety matter at our front school gate.

As you enter or exit through the gate at the front of the school, you will notice that the pavement on the school-side has developed a noticeable dip. We have been monitoring this and are currently arranging quotes for remedial work to fix the sunken section.

In the meantime, could I please ask everyone to be mindful of their footing when using this entry/exit point. To support this, we have placed signage by the gate to remind all visitors and members of our school community to take care until the repair work is completed.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as we take steps to ensure the safety and ease of access for everyone.

If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

Telford & Wrekin SEND Newsletter

Please click on the link below for Telford & Wrekin’s monthly SEND newsletter.

SEND Family Newsletter

Online Safety Newsletter – November

Please click on the link below for November’s Online Safety Newsletter.

Online Safety Newsletter Nov 2025 Coalbrookdale

Moments Matter – Attendance Counts

Highest class attendance for week ending 24 October:  Year 3

Most improved class attendance from the previous week:  Year 5

News from the Parish: Remembrance Service – 9th November 2025

This Sunday, there will be a Remembrance Service at St Luke’s Church in Ironbridge, starting at the earlier time of 10:50am.

This is so that everyone is ready for the two-minute silence at 11:00am, to remember the Fallen in the two World Wars and other wars around the world.

After the service, the congregation will go down to the war memorial by the Iron Bridge, for a short act of remembrance there.

In order to involve children in creating their own contribution to the service, we will have a red table set at the side of the church by the play area for younger children. We will be colouring in poppies and thinking about the servicemen from Ironbridge who died in the two World Wars.

The bells in the church tower were installed to remember the people who died in the First World War, whose names are on a plaque in the church. The clock in the tower is lit to remember those who died in the Second World War, whose names are on the war memorial by the Bridge.

We hope that children may join us in this special service of commemoration.