2025 Spring #5

NSPCC Number Day – A Fantastic Success!

Children and staff have made an amazing effort to get involved in NSPCC Number Day, dressing up as numbers and helping to raise vital funds for the NSPCC.

Throughout the day, children have taken part in a range of fun and engaging mathematical activities and games, exploring numbers in exciting ways! It has been wonderful to see so much enthusiasm and creativity in celebrating maths while supporting such an important cause.

We are thrilled to share that we raised over £140.00 for the NSPCC! A huge thank you to everyone who contributed and took part – your support makes a real difference.

Check out some of the fantastic photos from the day!

Online Safety Week – Encouraging Positive Digital Communication

Next week, we will be celebrating Online Safety Week, where children will explore the importance of using technology responsibly and safely. This will include discussions about compassionate and respectful communication online, thinking carefully before sharing, and understanding the impact of digital interactions.

As a school, we believe that everyone in our community has a role to play in promoting positive communication, both in person and online. We appreciate your support in reinforcing these important messages at home.

If you would like any further support or guidance to help your children learn about online safety, please read our monthly newsletter on Online Safety (see below) and of course, you can ask your child’s teacher for further help.

Thank you for working with us to ensure that our children develop the right skills to navigate the online world in a safe, respectful, and responsible way.

Online Safety Newsletter – February

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

Online Safety Newsletter February 2025_PDF_Coalbrookdale

In advance of Safer Internet Day (SID) next Tuesday (11^th Feb 2025) please click on the link below for information based around SID’s theme: “Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online.”

Online-Safety-Newsletter-Feb-2025_SID.pdf

Coalbrookdale School Gallery

On Wednesday 12 February, we welcome all parents and carers the chance to join their children in viewing our Coalbrookdale Gallery.

This will be an opportunity to view the Art and D&T (Design and Technology) projects that children throughout the school have been working on over the past couple of weeks.

There are timeslots available for each class, which parents are welcome to join.

2:40-2:50 – Year 5 & 6

2:50-3:00 – Year 3 & 4

3:00-3:10 – Year 1& 2

3:10-3:20 – Reception

We look forward to seeing you. For those parents unable to attend during the school day, we will upload photographs of the Coalbrookdale Gallery onto Seesaw and the School Website for you to view.

Celebration for our children

Following the fantastic feedback from inspectors about our wonderful children and their school, we wanted to celebrate their hard work and positive contributions.

Over the past few weeks, the children have been sharing their ideas for a special celebration, and our Learning Council gathered these suggestions. To make it fair, we had a pick out of a hat, and we are excited to announce that the children will be having a class party. This will take place on Friday 14^th February.

More details will be shared on Monday 10 February, but for now, we wanted to let you know so the children can look forward to their well-deserved celebration.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Mrs M Dhaliwal

Parking on Dale End

Parents and carers are reminded that they should park safely and legally when dropping off or collecting their children.  The Highway Code stipulates that you must not park on the pavement unless signs permit it or on the zig zag lines in front of school.  This may result in a fine.

Parents can obtain car parking permits for Dale End and The Wharfage car parks from Telford & Wrekin Council for school drop-off and pick-up times.

School parking permits are free and are managed on Telford & Wrekin Council’s MiPermit website –

https://secure.mipermit.com/telfordwrekin

Help wanted

We are looking to enhance our playtime offer for pupils.  If parents can help with the any of the following please contact Mrs Marshall or call the office.

Playground Wish List

Mud Kitchen Poster

Parent/Teacher Meetings

Parent meeting appointments for children in Reception – Year 6 will take place next Monday (10 February:  3.30pm – 6.00pm) and Tuesday (11 February: 3.30pm – 5.30pm).

If you have not yet done so, please book and appointment via the school website.

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO PARENT/TEACHER MEETINGS THERE WILL BE NO AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS CLUBS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT WEEK

Friends News – School Disco – Thursday 13 February

After School Clubs – Spring 2

The following clubs will run next half term (w/c 24 February 2025).

Monday:  Basketball with Embrace (Years 3 – 6) (24 February – 31 March; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

Tuesday:  Cricket Embrace (Years 1 & 2) (25 February – 1 April; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

Wednesday:  Tri-Golf with Embrace (Years 1 – 6) (26 February – 2 April ; 6 sessions – £15.00) (max 20 children)

Wednesday:  Craft club with Mrs Postance (Years 1 & 2) (26 February – 2 April; 6 sessions) – No charge (max 12 children)

Wednesday:  BSL Introduction/Sign songs with Miss Pearson (Years 4 – 6) (26 February – 2 April; 5 sessions (NO CLUB 12 MARCH) – No charge (max 10 children)

For all clubs, please complete the permission link to be sent out via Seesaw if your child would like to join.

Please return payment (cash or cheque (cheques should be made payable to Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Primary School)) to the school office in a named envelope before the 1st session.

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

All clubs finish at 4.20pm

Monday Lunchtime Chess Club will continue with Mr Wheeler for those children who have been attending it this half term.

News from the Parish: Family Worship at St Luke’s

This Sunday 9th February, St Luke’s Ironbridge would like to welcome children and their families to a Family Worship service, 11am to 12 noon.

The theme for Family Worship is ‘Whom Shall I Send?’

The reading is from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 5, verses 1-11, in which he calls his disciples.

In our activity, we will create drawings and cut outs of hands, to represent that we are raising our hands ready to follow Jesus.

This will be at the red activity tables at the side of the church.

Children are welcome to either sit at the tables, or sit with their families in pews.

There are also books and toys available for younger children to play with in the church.

We hope to see children and their families there, and to share refreshments after the service has finished.

Songs

1. I the Lord of sea and Sky (hymn 332)
2. Jesus be the centre
3. What a mighty God we serve (action song)
4. Take up your cross, the saviour said (hymn 626)
5. We shall go out with Joy

Moments matter – Attendance Counts

Highest class attendance for week ending 31 January:  Year 5

Most improved class attendance from the previous week:  Year 5

Community News – West Mercia Police Safer Online Training

To help celebrate Safer Internet Day on 11th February 2025, West Mercia Police are hosting a free 1-hour Online Safety session for all parents and carers across Telford. Covering topics such as dangerous apps, the rise of AI, sextortion and more, West Mercia Police hope that everyone will come away from the training feeling more confident in the world of technology and the Internet.

Please click on the link below for more details including a link on how to book.

Safer Internet Day Flyer with eventbrite link

Community News – Telford & Wrekin Half Term Activities

Please click on the link below for details of Telford & Wrekin’s half term holiday activity programme.

Holiday Activity Programme – Telford and Wrekin Leisure Services

Community News – Half Term Holiday Club @ Weston Park

Please click on the link below for details of a half term holiday club running at Weston Park.

Feb HT 25 – Flyer