Rock Steady 7th January 2026

Rock Steady came into school to carry out music workshops. They also provide in-school band lessons, focusing on boosting confidence, teamwork, and musical skills through electric guitar, drums, vocals, or keyboard. An amazing 32 pupils have signed up for lessons. 

Choir at Fourseasons Shopping Centre

Our School Choir visited Foureseasons Shopping Centre in Mansfield on Tuesday 2nd December 2025, where they sang their Christmas songs for all the shoppers to enjoy. They also had a very special guest visit them!

Choir at Kings Mill Hospital

Our School Choir visited Kings Mill Hospital on Tuesday 9th December 2025, where they sang their Christmas songs for all the hospital visitors to enjoy. 

 

100 reads and 100% attendance Autumn 25 

We have been working very hard this term to achieve the high expectations we aim for each term. We are proud to say that 81 pupils achieved 100 reads this term and 50 pupils managed 100% attendance, despite several awful illnesses in school.

 

Autumn 2024 Celebration Assembly

Christmas Carol Concert - January 9th 2025

I am writing on behalf of the patients, visitors and staff at King's Mill hospital to thank you for supporting our 2025 Christmas Carol Concert Programme.

A fantastic £1462.40 was raised in total by the local schools and colleges who attended between 2nd and 23rd December 2024 inclusive. This has been an excellent boost for the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity.

 

Y4 singing and Y5 crafts at the Care Home  December 2025

As part of our work in Citizenship, pupils visited Clipstone Hall Care Home to sing carols and make Christmas cards. Here, children are able to give back to the local community, improve their social and communication and develop confidence. 

 

Christmas Fair  3rd December 2025 

Once again, our Christmas Fair showed our strong community spirit, raising funds for our outdoor learning area. Pupils raised money by making and selling Christmas decorations, showing creativity, teamwork, and entrepreneurial skills. An amazing _________________was raised. 

 

Children in Need Year 3  14th November 2025

As part of Year 3s charity work, they led an assembly for the whole school. They also organised a cake sale and raised an amazing __________________________ for their chosen charity. 

 

Scholastic Book Fair 29th October 2025

Our love of reading shone through with our book fair, which was so well-supported. We also raised _________________ to buy more books for school. 

 

Faith visits Autumn 2025 

As part of our R.E. and British Values learning, pupils visited a Gurdwara, a Mosque and a Synagogue. Here they developed their mutual respect and tolerance of other faiths and their knowledge of the multicultural place that they live. 

 

#Hello Yellow  10th October 2025

Year 4 led our mental health week when we were able to show young people that they are not alone in their struggles, fostering a sense of solidarity and community support. Pupils were encouraged to talk openly and support each other. 

 

Cross Country Competition 9th October 25

12 children represented Newlands in the Mansfield cross-country competition. They achieved exceptionally well and 3 of them ran a fast enough time to qualify for the county championship race. 

 

Hagg Farm Residential September 25 

Year 6 spent 4 days at Hagg Farm. Here we really pushed ourselves out of our comfort zone by kayaking, rock climbing and caving. We built special friendships to help us through year six and coped independently without our families. 

 

Girls Football Cup Final - 8th of July 2025 

The Y5/6 girls football team reached the final of the area school's cup final. Unfortunately, they lost the match, but showed great effort, teamwork, resilience and sportsmanship. They all received medals.  

 

Readfest  July 25

In order to celebrate our reading achievements, pupils were able to take part in a Readfest day with inflatables and food if they read 100 times in the term. An amazing __________________ children achieved this and had a great day. 

 

Work Experience APRIL 25 

We were delighted to facilitate some of our ex-pupils for their work experience placement. We helped to develop  communication, confidence and initiative whilst providing a real-world insight into careers.

 

SATs week 12th - 15th MAY 2025 

This week our year 6s sat their SATs. Their attitude was exemplary throughout the week as they showed positivity, resilience and confidence and gave it their best shot. 

 

Sports Day 25th JUNE 2025

Another great community event kicked off with a family picnic. All pupils participated, displaying inclusivity, competitiveness and sportsmanship. Well done to all involved. 

 

Red Nose Day March 2025

On Friday 21st March 2025, we raised £160.40 for Red Nose Day!

 

Wellbeing Award 26th February 2025 

Newlands was awarded, for the second time, The Wellbeing Award for Schools, recognising the outstanding work being done to promote mental health and wellbeing within our school community.

 

Year 6 Victorian Tea January 2025 

The Year 6 children invited parents and carers into school on Friday 24th January to share information about the Victorians. They had tea, coffee, sandwiches and cakes. They raised £102 for their nominated Oxfam charity.

                                                      

Top School Donators 2024

 Paul from Sherwood Forest Foodbank came into school on Thursday 19th December 2024 to present us with a certificate. ''A massive Thank You from Sherwood Food Bank.''

You are all Superstars!

 

Christmas Fair - 28th November 2024

What a great turn out. Thank you to everyone for their support. We raised a grand total of £1,870!

 

Children in Need- 15th November 2024

We raised £343 for the Children in Need Charity.

 

Healthy Schools Award 20th September 24 

We received the Healthy Schools Award for the work we have completed to improve the health and wellbeing of our pupils.

The School Health Check consists of four core themes:

Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education (PSHE)

Healthy Eating

Physical Activity and

Social Well Being  

 

Boys and Girls Football July 2024 

Well done to both boys and girls football teams for winning their leagues! They were so proud and Mr Freeman was proud to be part of it.

 

SATs Results July 2024

We had another great year with our SATs results. 

Reading 86% (national 74%)

Writing 85% (national 72%)

Grammar 82% (national 72%)

Maths 87% (national 73%)

Combined 80% (national 61%)

Progress was also excellent, with reading above average and writing and maths well above

average compared to other schools within the country.