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Whole School Newsletter - 04-07-2025

Friday 4th July 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   School Values and RISE The themes of this week have been commitment and independence. In order to be independent, students need to be reflective, resilient and purposeful. Reflection is an important skill to develop because it allows us all to recognise our own strengths an

Whole School Newsletter - 23-05-2025

Friday 23rd May 2025 Dear Parents and Carers School Values and RISE The themes of this week have been equality and respect. Respect is one of our four RISE pillars and we hope that by focusing on supporting our students to become respectful, independent, safe and equipped we are helping them to develop into ambitious and confident adults who will have the skills to h

Whole School Newsletter - 16-05-2025

Friday 16th May 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   School Values and RISE The themes of this week have been commitment and being equipped. Assemblies this week have explored how commitment enables students to turn dreams into reality. We looked at the idea that hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard and that how clever or able you are,

Whole School Newsletter - 09-05-2025

Friday 9th May 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   School Values and RISE   The themes of this week have been integrity and being safe. We have also taken time to mark the 80th anniversary of VE day which has been the theme of our assemblies.   Academic success  

11th April 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 11-04-2025

Friday 11th April 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   School Values and RISE The themes of this week have been commitment and respect.   At Newport High School, by commitment, we mean that We always give 100% We strive to support each other and work in a team We never give up and have

Whole School Newsletter - 04-04-2025

Friday 4th April 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   School Values and RISE The themes of this week have been integrity and being equipped.

Whole School Newsletter - 28-03-2025

Friday 28th March 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   School Values and RISE The themes of this week have been equality and being safe with an explicit focus on how we can go out of our way to make others feel welcome by being considerate. To be considerate we need to be polite and assemblies this week have focused on how important manners

21st March 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 21-03-2025

Friday 21st March 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   Newport High School Rugby Academy We are very proud to run one of only twelve rugby academies in Wales at Newport High School. The academy is led by Mr Sidoli who was capped 42 times for Wales. Last week one of our Year 13 Rugby Academy students Tiehi attained his Wales under 18 internat

14th March 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 14-03-2025

Friday 14th March 2025 Dear Parents and Carers   Trip to Japan In June last year, we discovered that our application to take 20 studen

Whole School Letter - 07-03-2025

Friday 7th March 2025 Dear Parents and Carers I hope everyone had a lovely break. We had some very exciting school trips over half-term, including 20 KS3 students going to Japan and some of our KS5 students visiting Los Angeles and Poland to support their studies. We will be sharing more about their fantastic adventures over the next few weeks but in the meantime, I would like to thank t

21st February 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 21-02-2025

Friday 14th February 2025 Dear Parents and Carers We break up this afternoon for half-term, returning to school on Monday 3rd March for the second half of the Spring Term. For many of our KS4 and KS5 students this means that we have approximately eight teaching weeks before GCSE and A- Level examinations begin. It is very important therefore that all students in Years 10-13 ha

14th February 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 14-02-2025

Friday 14th February 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   School Values and RISE The themes of this week have been integrity

31st January 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 31-01-2025

Friday 31st January 2025 Dear Parents and Carers   School Values and RISE The themes of this week have been commitment and being equipped.

24th January 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 24-01-2025

Friday 24th January 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   Llangrannog 2025 I am really proud of the attitude and conduct of our Year 8 students who went to Llangrannog last week. They enjoyed many different activities, ranging from abseiling, tobogganing, skiing, quad biking and go-carting and were great ambassadors for our school. They even

17th January 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 17-01-2025

Friday 17th January 2025   Dear Parents and Carers   Year 9 Options Evening A huge thanks to all our parents and carers who supported our Year 9 Options Evening on Monday. It was lovely to see so many families attending this important event. Year 9 will also be having their on-line Parents Evening on 10th February to further

10th January 2025

Whole School Newsletter - 10-01-2025

Friday 10th January 2025 Dear Parents and Carers Happy New Year – I hope everyone had a great Christmas break. I would like to thank all our parents and carers for their support with the difficult situation we experienced on Tuesday.  As you will be aware a former key stage three pupil came onto the school site and we instigated our emergency procedures to ensure the s

8th January 2025

Pathways Evening

Our Ref: RH/SJL   8 January 2025   Dear Parent/Carer   Further to the text that was sent prior to Christmas half term, I am now able to provide you with the information you require for our Year 9 into Year 10 GCSE Pathways option evening on Monday 13th January 2025 5.00 – 6.45pm.   To support you and your child in selecting a

13th December 2024

Whole School Newsletter - 13-12-2024

Friday 13th December 2024   Christmas Concert It was lovely to see so many families at our Cluster Christmas Concert. It was a wonderful evening and incredible to see the talent we have across our community. All the students did brilliantly (not easy in front of such a large audience) and I am very proud of all those that took part. I would also like to than

6th December 2024

Wholeschool Newsletter - 06-12-2024

Friday 6th December 2024   School Uniform Thank you to the vast majority of parents who have supported our school uniform rules. These are plain black shoes/trainers, black socks, white shirt and the school tie. Skirts must be of appropriate length and trousers or shorts should be tailored fit. Students are not allowed to wear sports shorts, tracksu

29th November 2024

Whole School Newsletter - 29-11-2024

Friday 29th November 2024   Sixth Form Open Evening It was lovely to see so many families at our Sixth Form Open Evening yesterday. If anyone was unable to attend and is interested in finding out more about our vibrant and successful Sixth Form, please email info@newporthigh.co.uk with “Sixth Form” in

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@NewportH Apr 23

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@NewportH Apr 15

Breeze through the exam season with Power Up - your one stop shop for studying. Get revision videos from @e_sgol plus subject specific resources, past papers and revision tips from @wjec_cbac Power Up at https://t.co/RdFID0IKA0#PowerUpCymru pic.twitter.com/P474x4TCiV

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@NewportH Apr 13

Our Spring Letter to Year 6 Parents and Carers. #riseuptransition pic.twitter.com/jn384oWzo3

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@NewportH Apr 4

Our Spring Letter to Year 6 Parents and Carers. #riseuptransition pic.twitter.com/jn384oWzo3

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@NewportH Feb 12

This week the @LifeSkills_Ed team is empowering students with essential money skills at @johnfrostschool & Ferndale Community School. They're also heading to @NewportH to discuss building a positive online presence – all to get set for the working world! https://t.co/HyvJfdY15I pic.twitter.com/CoWae0dUlL

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@NewportH Jan 31

We are on countdown until we go to 🇯🇵 But first, we need to learn the basics! Arigato gozaimasu @japansociety for organising the lesson. Diolch i @TaithWales for the amazing opportunity to be able to go….@NewportH 🇯🇵🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/cgBU4cZv96

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@NewportH Jan 31

We are on countdown until we go to 🇯🇵 But first, we need to learn the basics! Arigato gozaimasu @japansociety for organising the lesson. Diolch i @TaithWales for the amazing opportunity to be able to go….@NewportH 🇯🇵🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/cgBU4cZv96

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@NewportH Jan 16

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@NewportH Jan 16

Year 8 @NewportH are having lots of hwyl @llangrannog1932 pic.twitter.com/0gP4g2UNRM

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@NewportH Jan 16

Year 8 @NewportH are still having lots of hwyl @llangrannog1932 pic.twitter.com/mC8arQODCL

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@NewportH Jan 16

Year 8 @NewportH are still having lots of hwyl @llangrannog1932 pic.twitter.com/mC8arQODCL

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@NewportH Jan 16

⁦@NewportH⁩ Year 8 having lots of hwyl @llangrannog pic.twitter.com/tripbAePlY

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@NewportH Jan 16

Year 8 @NewportH are having lots of hwyl @llangrannog1932 pic.twitter.com/0gP4g2UNRM

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@NewportH Dec 12

We are bursting with pride since having the pleasure of watching Elf the Musical performed by the @NewportH Cluster Choir @MillbrookP pic.twitter.com/9OUEkkQnoU

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@NewportH Dec 11

We have sold out for tomorrow night’s cluster Christmas concert! We are so excited to work with our cluster primaries on this fantastic event and look forward to welcoming families and friends tomorrow at 6pm to @NewportH pic.twitter.com/bH8vqHx7Fy

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@NewportH Nov 28

🗣️ TIEHI CHATHAM "I'm well proud of the boys" Seren y gêm heno - Tiehi Chatham ⭐️ 32 @coleggwent v @NewportH 13 💻 https://t.co/BjPUMJfA5h 🔴 https://t.co/VZKbZG5NzU@dragonsrfc | @WRU_Community pic.twitter.com/Yst8ZzHdjr

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@NewportH Nov 28

Diolch to all who supported @NewportH year 9 Speed Networking Event! Pupils gained insights into local companies, sparking ideas ahead of their Options choices.@BouyguesUK, @NewportNorse, @NewportLiveUK, @CAFRail, @The_IPO, @mpctschools, @MoJGovUK #ThankYouThursday pic.twitter.com/cZ2f0MAuS9

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