Archived newspaper coverage of Newbold School can be viewed via the links below:
- International Dress for Multicultural School - Bracknell Midweek News, 23rd July 2008
- My Last Day 2008 - Bracknell News, 17th July 2008
- For the record, it's time for coffee - Bracknell News, 4th October 2007
- 60 seconds with Patricia Eastwood - Standard, 5th July 2007
- Fund raising Concert, May 2007
- In Memory of Elaine - Messenger, The Journal of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, March 2007
- Hoopy loopy sports day - Wokingham Times, 26th July 2006
- Opening of the Brooks library - British Union Conference Messenger magazine, 21st July 2006
- Bric-a-brac boost for Cancer Research - Bracknell News, 2nd March 2006
- World's Biggest Coffee Morning - Wokingham Times, 12th October 2005
- Booking in at new library - Standard, 10th March 2005
- Charity Sale to help sick children - Bracknell News, 18th November 2004
- In right frame of mind for Charity, Wokingham Times, 17th November 2004
- Russia Day - Bracknell Standard, 15th July 2004
- Desperate for a Drink Appeal - Wells for India News Magazine - June 2004
- The Shiniest Star - Christmas production, Wokingham Times, 17th December 2003
- Kenya day - an African expedition. Bracknell News, 17th July 2003
- Raising money for Great Ormond St Hospital, Wokingham Times, November 2002
- Harvest Festival 2002, Wokingham Times, 11th October 2002
- Golden Jubilee 2002, Wokingham Times, 31st May 2002
- Spotlight on World Book Day, Bracknell News, 21st March 2002
- Day the farm came to School, The Standard, 16th November 2001
- Arking around at School, Bracknell News, 15th November 2001
- Harvest for the World, Wokingham News, 1st November 2001
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Children
at Newbold School in Binfield recently celebrated harvest by preparing
gifts for less fortunate children in Romania. The pupils at the Seventh
Day Adventist school in Popeswood Road were given a box to take home and a
list of items they could collect to help boys and girls of a similar age
in Romania. The gifts will be distributed by the Adventist Development
Relief Agency. The children also held a harvest concert featuring songs
and poems about food and harvest.
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Faces lit up at Binfield's Newbold School on Thursday, November 8, when the Miller's Ark mobile farm arrived. The bitterly cold weather was forgotten as youngsters got on braying, squeaking and quacking terms with the visitors. Debbie Norman, from the Surrey-based farm, livened up the school's Popeswood Road grounds with ponies, a donkey and foal, geese, rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens.
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Children at Newbold School in Binfield welcomed some furry friends from Miller's Mobile Ark. Pupils at the Popeswood Road school petted and held animals including rabbits, guinea pigs, a donkey and her baby, and a pony. Despite the blustering wind and freezing rain, all the pupils wanted to stay outside and be with the animals.
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Fictional book characters came to life at Newbold Primary School in Binfield last week, on World Book Day.
Pupils at the school in Popeswood Road dressed up as Harry Potters, Pocahontas, Gandalf and Frodo from Lord of the Rings, pirates and even space men last Thursday.
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A UK Day marked the Golden Jubilee for youngsters at Newbold School.
The children set up stalls with produce from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as their contribution to the nation's celebrations.
Traditional costumes made sure the school in Popeswood Road, Binfield, was a blaze with colour for the big event.
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Newbold School families each filled a shoe box with 'goodies' and presents to go to a school in Ghana, Africa, where many of the children are orphans or very poor.
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Fund raising for Great Ormond St Hospital
Children from Year 5 & 6 worked very hard organising a Christmas fair with all money going to Great Ormond Street Hospital. They raised a wonderful £266.
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Kenya day - an African expedition
Pupils at Newbold School stepped into the tropics when they held their own Kenya day. The youngsters dressed up in costumes, heard stories, tasted food and tried out Kenyan dancing.
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The Shiniest Star - Christmas production
A host of angels, a flock of shepherds and of course, three Kings turned out for the Christmas Concert at Newbold School, Binfield. They were part of the whole school performance of 'The Shiniest Star'.
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Jon and Angela Willis came to talk to the school on behalf of Wells for India. They explained how hard life was for the families living in rural areas who have no water supply. The school collected enough money to build a water collection tank, which is a great help to two families. Pictures of the water tank can be seen below and the school is very proud to be named on a plaque on the water tank.
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This may not be the hottest July on record, but there was only one school playing in the snow last Wednesday! A snow machine was used to create 'Siberia' as part of the themed 'Russia Day'. And just to add the finishing touch, Father Christmas called in. Newbold School focuses on one country for a whole day every year. During the 'visit', the children had a chance to study Russian artefacts, make 'Fabergé' eggs, sample Russian food made by the pupils' Russian parents, listen to Russian fables and enjoy traditional Russian singing & dancing.
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In right frame of mind for Charity
Great Ormond Street Hospital for children is receiving a £302 boost after youngsters at a Binfield primary put their minds to fund-raising. Year 5 & 6 pupils at Newbold School in Popeswood Road organised a bring & buy sale on Friday November 12th to support one of their favourite causes. The school raises money for GOSH throughout the year and its latest effort was 2 hours of fun, bargains, competitions and quizzes for children and parents.
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Charity Sale to help sick children
School children in Binfield raised more than £300 for sick children at Great Ormond Street Hospital in just 2 hours. Pupils at Newbold Primary School in Popeswood Road made Christmas cards, tags and gifts to sell at their charity sale on Friday afternoon. Quizzes, games and a colouring competition were also organised by teacher Gill Hudson along with Year 5 and 6 pupils. Headteacher Maurice Brooks said "Mrs Hudson was the driving force behind the event, it is something she does every year. Raising £300 is not bad for two hours work."
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Youngsters at Newbold school were raising money for their new library. A book fair was held at the school in Popeswood Road, Binfield on 4th March and more than £100 was raised for new books and shelving. Many parents also bought books at the fair and donated them to the library.
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World's Biggest Coffee Morning
Children from year 5 & 6 at Newbold School took part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief. The children served members of the public with mid-morning refreshments and also helped with the washing up. Over £129 was raised for the charity.
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Bric-a-brac boost for Cancer Research
Newbold School in Binfield collected 63 bags of clothes, toys and bric-a-brac for Cancer Research in memory of former Headteacher Maurice Brooks, who died in January.
The school in Popeswood Road set-up the challenge for the children as a way of coming to terms with the loss of a much loved figure in the school. Miss Ainsworth, class teacher, said "it was a way of dealing with something pretty horrendous and turning it into a positive".
Mr Brooks had worked at the school for 17 years and died shortly after his retirement.
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it was a very special day for Newbold School as the new library was officially opened by the Mayor of Bracknell Forest and Fran Brooks. It has been called the Brooks library in memory of the late Head teacher Mr Maurice Brooks whose vision oversaw the design and construction of the library. It is planned that the library become a resource room and be equipped with 12 computers, providing internet access. We have been blessed and supported by donations towards the library and with continued support we can fully stock the resource room.
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Youngsters at Newbold School hoped, skipped and even jumped through hoops to make their sports day a success. The event is always a highlight of the school calendar and children at Newbold School made sure theirs brought the year to an energetic end.
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A special celebration was held at Newbold School on 24th January when Years 5 and 6 were excited at having just taken delivery of a set of brilliant new tables and chairs to allow for better storage space in the classroom. Donations for the tables had come from far and wide, sent to us by friends of the Emmerson family who gave generously to our project in memory of Elaine Emmerson, who sadly passed to her rest on 1 October 2006. It is a testimony to her life of loving care and concern for others that well over £1000 was placed into the fund in her name.
It was in the spirit of Elaine's life that such kindness to the school has been shown and the children and staff of the school express their deep gratitude for this wonderful gift.
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On 26th May, 11 children representing the school sang two songs at a concert organised by a group representing the former Yugoslavia to raise funds for Newbold school. The concert was of excellent quality with remarkable artists and raised £840 for our school.
We are very grateful !
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60 seconds with Patricia Eastwood
Occupation: Acting Headteacher at Newbold School
What is your favourite food? Chocolate - a big slab with no fruit or nuts - I call this a 'neat fix'.
What is your favourite holiday destination? USA to visit my children and grandchildren - my son and his family live in California and my older daughter and her family live in Tennessee.
What was your first pet? Our family dog Bobby - a Heinz variety but with the look of a small golden retriever. We lived out in the country and he was forever getting out and going off on his own. This stopped when he decided to visit the lady dog that belonged to the local police constable!
What car do you drive? Nissan Micra - it hasn't got a lot of 'go' when you want to chase away at traffic lights - but a neat little zipper around town. Easy to park.
Who would be your ideal dinner guest? Thierry Henry. I think he is an exemplary role model as a sports personality and I love the accent!
What do you like the most about Bracknell? I haven't lived here long, but have settled in the Forest Park area because I love all the walks through the woods. The trees in the Bracknell area are really something special and I think a lot of care and attention is given to keeping all the public areas well looked after and very attractive.
What was the last book that you read? Pride and Prejudice - for about the 10th time.
What was the last film that you watched? Amazing Grace. having lived in Sierra Leone in West Africa I have always had a real interest in the Civil Rights movement and its development from the time of the slave trade until now. I admire the work of John Newton and William Wilberforce, along with others such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.
What is your biggest regret? That I didn't come to live in Bracknell sooner!
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For the record, it's time for coffee
Pupils at Newbold School raised £136 as part of the Macmillan's worlds biggest coffee morning. The event saw parents and members of the community come together and enjoy tea and cakes served by the youngsters.
The coffee morning at the school in Popeswood Road in Binfield marked the conclusion of a Make a Difference week
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The Magnificent Seven from Newbold School pose for their last photograph together as Year 6 before moving on to secondary school.
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International Dress for Multicultural School
Children of Newbold School dressed in traditional clothing from their country. The highlight of the day was a visit by a Ghanaian drummer who taught the children the art of African drumming. The children also were able to sample foods from other cultures.
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