At Newlands we aim to develop responsible, caring, proactive citizens who take pride in their local community and beyond. Our pupils learn about how they can make a difference through working with a variety of people e.g. families, the elderly, the young and those in need. Links are made with the local church and a variety of other places of worship, local care homes, our feeder schools, places of interest, local charities and volunteering organisations. We recognise our heritage learning about Clipstone Colliery and the local area and also take pride in our local environment by litter picking, recycling and supporting rangers at Vicar Water. 

VOLUNTEERING

Year 3 Parents and grandparents events 

Year 4 Singing at the local care home - Christmas, Easter, WW2

Year 5 Crafts at the local care home

Year 6 Buddy readers at John T Rice and with Years 3 and 4

CHARITY WORK

Year 3  Children's charities - Children In Need, Barnados

Year 4 Mental Health - Time to Talk, Hello Yellow, Young Minds

Year 5  Sherwood Forest Foodbank 

Year 6  Global charities - Oxfam, UNICEF 

PRESSURE GROUPS

Year 3 Litter picking and working with Rangers at Vicar Water, helping the planet

Year 4 Notts County Council and VEOLIA - recycling, helping the planet

Year 5 The Trussell Trust - ending poverty

Year 6 Christian Aid, Water Aid - tackling world poverty

FAMILY EVENTS

We love our family events at Newlands and regularly invite parents in to join us. Feedback is always positive and children love having their family memebers supporting them in school.

Here are some of our family events : 

Joining in with our lessons - Close Reading, Maths

Themed lunches and picnics

Grandparents' Mornings

Themed weeks - Diversity week, Science week

Sports Day and Sporting events

Assemblies and Concerts 

PTA events - Summer/ Christmas Fayres, Arts and Craft mornings.

Online safety and Anti-Bullying assemblies 

Topic days (wow events) - Parents are invited in for - afternoon teas, dances etc. 

Celebration of Learning - Parents look through work books and children get to speak about their learning. 

Reading Breakfast

The week beginning 6th January 2025 parents and carers were invited in to share a book and have some breakfast.

'' I really enjoyed spending time with Eden in class.''

''It was a really nice and relaxing way of reading with Aylah within school.''

''Lovely to sit and have toast with Sophie.''

''Loved coming into her school environment and seeing her with her friends.''

''Enjoyed reading with Harriet. Coffee and toast afterwards, which was a nice touch.''

''Lovely idea to encourage reading together.''

''Lovely to come into school and spend time with child and teacher.''

''It was lovely to be able to read with Elijah in the classroom, the toast was a lovely touch.''

''Excellent morning. really enjoyed being able to share this time , very relaxed. Thank you.''

'' Lovely to be able to come in and have a coffee and piece of toast and read.''

''Really enjoyable spending time reading with Mason with tea and toast.''

''Nice to experience what the children do whilst at school.''

''Welcoming and pleasant. A chance to hear Eva reading in a classroom and not just at home.''

''I was good because you got  to read with your mum.'' Mia         

''I liked it because you don't always read during D.E.A.R  with someone. I could read with my mum today.'' David

''It was nice because our parents come in for breakfast.'' Jack

'' Having my mum in to read and have breakfast was really good.'' Autumn 

Carols around the Christmas Tree.

On Friday 20th December we ended the term singing carols around the Christmas tree. What a lovely way to end the term with Christmas songs!

All Saint's Church

On Tuesday 17th December the whole school went to sing at the church with Alan and Rev Claire and listened and participated in an alternative version of the Christmas story.

Celebration of Learning

After school on the 16th December parents and carers were invited in to celebrate their child's work with their child.

Singing at Red Oaks Care Home

On Thursday 12th December a few Year 4 children went to Red Oaks Care Home to brighten up the residents day by singing some Christmas carols.

Grandparent Christmas Workshop

On Monday 9th December the Year 3's made Christmas crafts with their grandparents. 

''Loved every minute of it''                                                                         ''A great time to spend with my grandson''

''It was good fun spending time with my granddaughter''

''My child could have had a bacon butty too''                                           ''More time''

Year 4's Grandparent Christmas Workshop.

''Always wonderfully festive''

''Lovely experience, well run''                                                                             ''It was lovely sharing the morning                                                                                                                                           with Blake''

''Well organised''

''More time''                                                  ''A little more glitter''

Year 5's Grandparent Christmas Workshop

''Totally loved doing this event with my granddaughter ''               '' It was very fun and a lot to do''

'' Enjoyed crafting with Maddison and showing her how to cross-stitch''

''Varied and interesting activities''

''A couple of extra scissors, otherwise all good''           

Year 6 Grandparent Christmas Workshop

''Please do more days like this''                  ''Brilliant I always love these days. My last one with Rueben''

''Enjoyable as ever''

''As usual all great 10/10''                                                              ''Could have stayed a little longer''

Santa came to Newlands!

On Friday 6th December 2024 the children had a wonderful surprise.

Parent Maths Workshop

Tuesday 3rd December 2024 parents/carers were invited in to see what maths activities their child is learning at school. The Year 4 children focused on times tables. They did a Year 4 test, rapid recall cards and played a dice roll game. They finished off looking at a written method relay.

Christmas Fair - 28/11/24

We had a very good turn out for our Christmas Fair. Thank you for all your support.

We raised £1, 800 which will go towards outside shelters for the children.

Year 3's Maths Workshop -21/11/24

Year 5 Maths Workshop

On 19th November 2024 the Year 5 invited parents and carers to come and watch a maths lesson.

Lots of parents attended.

Anti - Bullying Assembly 

Friday 15th November parents were invited to see our Anti - Bullying Assembly.

Year 3 shared a rap 'respect means.'

Year 4 shared jigsaws and read poems

Year 5 shared some role play bullying scenarios

Year 6 made a checklist of what makes a respectful person.

There was a great turn out of parents and carers. Thank you

Harvest Festival

On Thursday 17th October 2024 The whole school went to All Saints Church to sing Harvest songs.

Look what food we donated for Sherwood Forest Food Bank!

Sherwood Forest Food Bank - Monday 14th October 2024

Paul from Sherwood Forest Food Bank came in to school today to talk about the food bank. The trolley was full and he was really impressed with everyone's donations. Thank you everyone!

Year 3 Parent/Carer Lunch

All parents and carers were invited in to have lunch with their child. It went down really well. Some parents and carers had a school dinner and some brought their own lunch in with them. 

Year 3 went to John T Rice - 11th July 2024

The Year 3 children went to John T Rice to share their writing journals and performed their revolting rhymes. The Year 2 children enjoyed listening to them and the Year 3 children felt very proud!

Summer Fayre - 1st July 2024

A great turn out! Lots of interesting stalls and fun activities. Thank you all for coming and taking part. 

Whole school picnic - 24th June 2024

A great turn out on a beautiful sunny day!

 Year 4 visit to the Nursing Home - 17th June 2024

Some of the Year 4 children went off to the nursing home to sing WW2 songs.

Easter 2024

We joined Mr Darlington and Reverend Claire for an Easter service at All Saints Church.

March 2024  The Year 4 children had a lovely time when they visited a local care home to sing Easter songs. The residents really enjoyed it!

March 2024  We invited parents and carers to come into school to hear the Easter story and listen to Easter songs. It was a great turn out!

Year 6's Easter Grandparents Workshop March 2024

Many grandparents joined the Year 6 children to make pom-pom Easter themed animals. Everyone had a wonderful time.

March 2024

It was wonderful to be joined by so many of our Year 4 parents and grandparents for our Easter crafts. We all had a lovely time making and decorating Easter baskets, we even had a chocolate egg at the end! The grandparents and parents enjoyed a hot drink and a bacon roll.

Maths Workshop

Each class invited parents to come in to watch a maths lesson. They were able to watch the teaching and then look at the activities their child was given and the resources there used to support their learning.

February 2024 Y3 invited their loved ones to a Valentine's dinner. 

Anti - bullying Assembly November 2023

This year's theme was 'Make a noise about bullying.' We learned all about the effects of bullying and how to deal with them.

We ended the week by sharing the information with our parents/carers.

December 2023  Singing carols around the tree. 

December 2023 Christmas at All Saints Church.

Royal British Legion December 2023 

Former members of the armed forces visited school to thank us for our fundraising efforts each Remembrance day. We have raised the highest amount of money in the area.     

December 2023  Year 5 joined the residents of Red Oaks Care Home for an afternoon of Christmas crafts.

December 2023  The choir helped the residents at  Clipstone Hall Lodge get festive by singing Christmas carols to them.

December 2023  Newlands choir went to Kingsmill Hospital to sing Christmas carols to the patients, visitors and workers.

December 2023  Newlands Junior School had a surprise visitor this morning. They were very exited to see Santa appearing on the school field in his sleigh! All the children were given a gift to take home and put under their tree.

October 2023 Harvest Festival

Reverend Claire Melless and Alan Darlington came in to Newlands Junior School to lead an assembly about the Harvest Festival. The food brought in by all the children was donated to the local food bank.

Harvest Festival at All Saints Church October 22

We collected 29 full shopping bags of food, which have been sent to the food bank in Mansfield Woodhouse, that serves our area and others.

Thomas said, "It made me happy to see the donations because people might not be able to buy food for themselves". Tori added, " I liked all the songs we sang".