Anxiety is not just feeling shy, it’s bigger and more complex than that, and it’s also a totally normal feeling of fear or panic. When humans face stressful situations it can trigger our ‘gut feeling’, the in-built body alarm bell we…

Self-harming is difficult to talk about but very common, it’s when you hurt yourself on purpose. Usually it’s because something else feels wrong, it seems like the only way to let those feelings out. Self-harming is a symptom of another problem. Self-harm…

Depression isn’t just for adults, and it isn’t just being ‘a bit sad’. We all feel a bit down sometimes, but if these emotions and ‘feeling low’ last a long time or affect your child’s daily life, then they may have depression.…

From principals and head teachers to I.T. and Facilities we have worked hard over the summer holidays to ensure that Newbridge Junior School is a safe place to learn for your child amid the ongoing Covid-19…

Some useful resources whilst you are studying at home:   CHILDLINE: Childine is a free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything. Whatever your worry, whenever you need help, they are there…

  We are delighted and proud to share with you that Newbridge has been awarded Level Two Thinking School Accreditation from the University of Exeter! This means we are one of only a handful of primary…

The Portsmouth Academy is expanding its pupil places to meet the needs of the growing population of Portsmouth, and will offer 250 places to the Year 7 cohort who enter the academy in September 2020. The…

The Year 6’s put on a wonderful production to parents of Bugsy Malone on Thursday (27 June). The children and teachers worked extremely hard on the characters and sets and it definitely paid off! Well done…

The latest Attendance Newsletter is now available here! Attendance Matters newsletter June 19

On Friday (28 June) the Lord Mayor presented the Marian Thorne and Bryant awards. These awards are for Year 3’s and Year 6’s, with the nominees being selected and voted for by the staff. The Year…