The Magpies head into Saturday's Barclays Premier League meeting with Blackburn Rovers at St James' Park sitting in fourth place in the table and through to the fourth round of the Carling Cup after a seven-match unbeaten run since the campaign got under way
While there is an air of quiet satisfaction around the club's Darsley Park training headquarters, there has been no wild talk of European qualification or cup glory.
Pardew said: "We haven't really got that squad, I am sure of it, but I look around the building and I just see players in good form.
"But this Premier League is such that one game can knock that on its head, so you always have to be on your guard.
"It's heady heights for us, but we are not getting carried away because it is early days."
REAL RESILIENCE
A derby victory at Sunderland contributed three of the nine points the Magpies have collected from their five league fixtures, and that in itself sent spirits soaring.
But a real resilience has been evident during the opening weeks of the season to lay the foundation for a hugely positive, if slightly unexpected, start.
Asked if there are tougher tests to come, Pardew replied: "There are, but we have also not had an easy start.
"Five away games - we have only had two at home - that's been lost a little bit, so even more so, the players have done terrifically."
Pardew made nine changes for Tuesday night's Carling Cup trip to Championship Nottingham Forest, yet still saw his understudies return with a hard-fought 4-3 victory to illustrate that the summer upheaval, which saw the likes of Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton and Jose Enrique leave, has done little to shake the dressing room.
Pardew said: "The players are producing. Whichever player I put out there at the moment seems to have a bit of form about them and confidence, and that bodes well.
"We are slightly ahead of schedule, and that's where we want to stay."
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