New Whittington Primary School

👕💙 School Uniform Reminder 💙👕

As we get ready to welcome everyone back to school, here's a quick reminder about our school uniform. We know uniform can be expensive, so there are plenty of affordable options available, including supermarkets and pre-loved items.

✅ School Uniform

• Grey or black trousers, shorts, skirt or pinafore dress
• Light blue or royal blue polo shirt
• Royal blue sweatshirt, cardigan or fleece
• Appropriate coat
• Plain black shoes or trainers (no logos)

☀️ Summer Options

• Royal blue gingham dress or playsuit
• Sandals with covered toes and a strap around the ankle

⚽ PE Kit

• Plain black or navy shorts
• White T-shirt
• Plain black or navy joggers/leggings (cold weather)
• Plain black or navy jumper/hoodie (cold weather)
• Plain black plimsolls or trainers (no logos)

🚫 Please remember:

• No high heels
• No branded sportswear for PE (Nike, Adidas, etc.)

🛍️ Uniform can be purchased from Pinders Schoolwear, School Trends, supermarkets and other high street retailers. There's also a School Uniform Pop-Up Shop in Chesterfield Town Centre on Burlington Street, organised by Lifehouse Church, running until 29th August and offering a great selection of pre-loved uniform items.

Thank you for your support in helping our children look smart, feel proud and be ready to learn!

Miss Tooley

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☀️ Holiday activities…

👀 Check out the details for this fabulous FREE holiday activity club in New Whittington.

Location: Bottom Club
Time: 10:30am – 2:30pm
(The club will not be open to the public during these times)
Dates:
Monday 10th August – Nature themed day
Tuesday 11th August – Active day
Thursday 13th August – Creative day
Friday 14th August – Festival day

The sessions are initially aimed at pupil premium children. Please use the link to sign up, parents/carers will need the school HAF code - this has been shared on internal communications (please check your school accounts).

Miss Tooley



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👀 Holmebrook Valley Junior Parkrun….

Check out the poster to find out more 👇🏼

Miss Tooley

🌟🎉 Our Dojo Experiences – Summer Term Rewards! 🎉🌟

A huge well done to all of our children for their fantastic efforts in earning Dojo points this year! 👏⭐🎊

The children have enjoyed spending their hard-earned Dojos on some wonderful experiences this term:

🌳🍃 Year 1/2 – Walk to the Woods and Afternoon Tea 🫖🍰
🫖🍪 Years 3/4 – Afternoon Tea ☕🍰
⚽🌳🌞 Years 5/6 – Trip to the Park and Afternoon Tea 🫖🍰

It has been lovely to see the children enjoying these well-deserved rewards, making special memories with their friends and celebrating their positive attitudes, hard work and achievements throughout the term. 😃🎉💙

A special thank you to Mrs Foulkes for organising these fantastic experiences for our children. 🙏🌟 Your hard work has helped create lots of smiles, laughter and memorable moments! 😊✨🎈

🍬😋 Miss Tooley would also like to confess that she thoroughly enjoyed the cheeky sweet treats and the opportunities to join the children on their visits out of school too! 🚶‍♀️🌳☀️ It was wonderful spending time together and celebrating everyone's success. 💙🎉

⭐ Any Dojo points that have not yet been spent will be carried over to the next academic year. ⭐

Thank you to all our families for your continued support throughout the year. We are so proud of everything our children have achieved and the enthusiasm, kindness and determination they bring to school every day. 🏆💫🌈👏

Miss Tooley & Mrs Foulkes

🎓✨ Year 6 Leavers' Assembly 2026 ✨🎓

On Wednesday, we came together to celebrate our wonderful Year 6 children as they reached the end of their primary school journey. ❤️🏫

The children shared two of their favourite school memories, received their 'Most Likely To Be…' certificates, yearbooks and BSL Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. 🏆📚🤟 A highlight of the assembly was their recital of 'The Full Stop Day', alongside a selection of songs that perfectly captured this special moment. 🎶📖🎤

There were smiles 😊, giggles 😂, tears 🥹, proud moments 🌟 and even some unforgettable dance moves 💃🕺 everything you would expect from this fantastic cohort! 🎉

Their journeys with us began at different times. Some started in Nursery back in 2018 👶, others joined in Reception in 2019 🎒, and some became part of the NWPS family more recently. No matter when they joined us, they have all played an important role in our school community. ❤️🤗

Every member of our team who has taught them along the way has enjoyed watching them grow into the kind, resilient and ambitious young people they are today. 🌱✨ We have absolutely adored this cohort and, whilst we know they are ready for their next adventure 🚀, we would happily keep them if we could! 💙

A huge thank you to our families for joining us to celebrate your children. 👏💕 Thank you to the children and the Year 6 team for compiling such a wonderful assembly and thank you to our KS2 children for creating a fabulous Guard of Honour and giving Year 6 the send-off they deserved. 🎊🎓🙌

💙 Good luck, Year 6. This may be your full stop at NWPS, but it is also the beginning of an exciting new chapter. Once part of the NWPS family, always part of the NWPS family. 💙📚⭐🍀

Miss Tooley

🍎🥕 Food Power in Year 1 & Year 2! 🥖🥛

Our Year 1 & 2 children have been exploring our exciting Food Power theme, learning all about where food comes from, healthy eating and the importance of a balanced diet. They discovered that food comes from plants and animals and learned how foods can be grouped into the five main food groups.

As their authentic outcome, the children created their own healthy meal plates, carefully selecting and labelling foods from all five food groups. We were amazed by the detail, creativity and thought that went into each one!

The finished food plates look incredibly realistic, and the children were proud to explain their choices and demonstrate their understanding of healthy eating. Well done! 🌟

Miss Haigh has sent me the Year 1 food plate photographs - I'm sure you'll agree that they look delicious.

Miss Tooley

🌟🏅 Superstar Learner Day 2025–26 🏅🌟

On Tuesday, our school was filled with excitement as we celebrated our annual Superstar Learner Day, which this year had a fantastic World Cup theme! 🌍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ With the World Cup recently finishing, our children embraced the football spirit through creativity 🎨, teamwork 🤝 and fun 😊.

Everyone was invited to come dressed in the colours of their favourite team 🚩, bringing a wonderful splash of colour and international celebration to the day. 🌈🌎

Throughout the morning, children enjoyed a range of football-inspired art and craft activities 🎨✂️. They also 🍓 made delicious fruit smoothies on the Smoothie Bike, kindly provided by Mellors 🚴‍♀️🍌🍎, giving children the opportunity to blend their own healthy drinks while learning about the importance of nutrition 🥗, exercise 🏃 and healthy lifestyles 💚.

The excitement continued into the afternoon with football themed games and activities on the playground 🏃‍♀️🏅🏃‍♂️, alongside World Cup bingo.

A huge THANK YOU! 🙏💙 to our wonderful school team for supporting the day and helping to create such memorable experiences for our pupils. 🌟 A very special thank you goes to Mrs Foulkes 🌷, whose hard work, organisation and enthusiasm made the day such a success.

Throughout the day, our children demonstrated fantastic teamwork 🤝, perseverance 💪, creativity 🎨 and enthusiasm ⭐ – all qualities of true World Cup champions 🏆 and Superstar Learners. We are so proud of every one of them! 🥰👏

Miss Tooley

🌟✨ Superstar Learner Assembly 2026! ✨🌟

What a brilliant way to celebrate the end of an incredible school year! 🎉

On Monday, we came together to recognise the amazing achievements, hard work and positive attitudes of our children. From exciting trips 🚂🌳, sporting events 🏅, performances 🎭🎶 and fundraising successes 💙, this term has been packed with memorable experiences.

A huge well done to everyone who received awards, achieved 100% attendance ⭐, earned their Red Band Learner status 🔴 and was recognised as a Superstar Learner 🌟. We are so proud of all you have accomplished this year!

Special congratulations to one of our Year 4 learners for encouraging others to take part in Junior ParkRun 🏃 and to one of our Year 2 learners, who has raised over £400 for the RNLI through his Coin Chase fundraiser 👏💰. What fantastic ambassadors for our school and community!

Thank you to our wonderful staff, parents and families for your continued support, and most importantly, to our amazing children for making NWPS such a happy, successful and caring school. ❤️🏫

Have a fantastic summer everyone! ☀️🍦🌈 We can't wait to see you all in September for another year of learning, achievement and fun! 📚✨

Miss Tooley

🌊🪙 A HUGE thank you to our amazing school community! 🪙🌊

On Tuesday 14th July, our Year 2 pupil Zachary completed his RNLI Coin Chase Challenge and we are delighted to share that an incredible £212.45 was raised for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution)! 💙🚤

Following the success of his fundraising effort last year, Zachary once again showed fantastic determination and community spirit by organising the whole-school coin chase challenge. Children from across the school brought in spare coins and worked together to create the longest lines of coins in their classes. 🏆✨

A special thank you goes to Zachary and his Nanan, who carefully collected and banked every penny raised. 👏💰

We are so proud of Zachary for supporting such a worthwhile charity that helps save lives at sea. 🌊🚤❤️

Thank you to everyone who donated and supported this wonderful fundraising event. Every coin really did make a difference! 🪙💙

Miss Tooley

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Our Reception class rounded off their first year at school with an assembly to parents based on their ‘Flying High’ theme. Their goal was to blow the roof off with their singing and they nearly did! The songs focused on friendship and their growing independence. They all spoke clearly about what they are proud of this year and they recited a poem about being ready for year 1. Miss Tarr’s photo montage to music at the end caused a few parents (and staff!) reaching for their tissues. The children then enjoyed a well deserved iced lollipop on the grass afterwards.
We have had a fabulous Reception class this year and we are extremely proud of every single one of them. They will definitely ‘fly high’ as they move through school.

Mrs Humphries