Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 15.05.26
Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.
- Class R – Zara for always trying hard in everything you do. Well done!
- Class 1- Kia for a fantastic effort in the classroom and completing home learning as well. Keep it up!
- Class 2 -William K for working really hard, participating well in lessons and being a kind friend too. and Excellent news!
- Class 3 – Mia for working so hard in Maths, a huge leap in confidence and self- belief. Fantastic !
- Class 4 -Emma for incredible hard work and demonstrating all of our school values. Keep it up!
- Class 5 -Georgina for a sensible attitude, concentrating on work, starting to contribute more to class discussions too. Amazing well done!
- Class 6 – All of class 6 – your calmness, confidence and resilience, showcasing everything you Well done!
- KS1/KS2Headteachers Award- Whole school for kindness, respect and thoughtfulness this week, supporting the year 6 pupils doing their tests. Extra playtime for all classes today!
- Raffle Ticket- Ella H
Celebrating Success. Book Worm 15.05.26
Well done to everyone who received awards or shoutouts this week, we are very proud of you.
Today we celebrated reading in our celebration assembly, with praise for lots of children for their reading at home and reading throughout the curriculum in school.
- Class R -Lyra
- Class 1 -Tommy
- Class 2 -Hattie
- Class 3 -Harley-Mark
- Class 4 -Lillian
- Class 5 -Jacob
Congratulations to all our chosen Book Worms, your reading at home and school was excellent this week.
Remember to keep up those good reading habits.
Water only in water bottles please
A gentle reminder that as a Healthy School we can only permit water in water bottles, not juice or other sugary flavoured drinks. We are proud of our Healthy School status and are passionate that children learn to make healthy choices. Juice in water bottles contributes to poor dental health and can be an irritant to bladders, causing frequent toilet trips, this is not something we encourage.
We ask that parents/carers kindly support school by only sending water in water bottles, following our school policy.
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318 Trust Art Attenborough project
To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100 Birthday, our Headteacher, Mrs Lyall is leading a Trust wide art project which will feature on the wall in the main trust offices in Shrewsbury. Our Trust Inclusion Director, Mrs Howson, and 12 pupils from Thomas Adams school came to Hodnet school today to work together creating the artwork. The painting will be made entirely from handprints from the pupils in all of our 10 Trust schools and will feature a set of giant hands holding our world with a sapling growing from the top of the world. Today the children worked together to paint and print their hands. The Thomas Adams pupils supported our Hodnet pupils, they talked about their favourite animals, discussed Sir David Attenborough and thought carefully about how to mix colours to represent our world and skin tones. They thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work together, many showcasing values of resilience and compassion, a wonderful morning!
More pictures to follow.
May Half Term Holiday Art Workshops
May Half Term workshops.
We will explore the colours of the rainbow through the works of six famous artists.
It promises to be a great project and I’m also including a 15% discount code for your students.
Please see the attached leaflet for more information.
Weekly House Points 22.05.2026
Weekly house point totals are:
Owls =162
Badgers =251
Squirrels =206
Foxes = 210
Well done to the Badgers team this week.
Sir David Attenborough Day!
A super exciting day in school with classrooms bursting with cross curricular learning; art, history, geography and communication skills flowing through the school. A brilliant atmosphere, with children immersed and engaged in their learning.
The day was organised largely by Mrs Johnson and Mrs Huxtable, our humanities leads, in conjunction with all staff.
The Shropshire Wildlife Trust led outdoor learning sessions for all classes, a big hit with KS2, who a really keen to have more regular Forest School sessions. All children made seed bombs and sustainable bags for planting. Thank you to Thomas Adams school pupils and staff who came in and supported our children with this experience.
We started our day listening to our live broadcast on BBC radio Shropshire (see separate post) and continued our fascination by researching Sir David Attenborough, creating art work, writing pledges, finding out about animals and places on our planet, participating in the national live assembly delivered by Picture News and we even made time to sing happy birthday and eat cake at lunchtime. A wonderful celebratory day at Hodnet.
See class pages for more class photos.
Market Drayton Running Club 11.05.2026
BBC Radio Shropshire live broadcast
Adam Green – Mark Elliott sits in (08/05/2026) – BBC Sounds
This morning Mrs Johnson was live on BBC Radio Shropshire to introduce our Sir David Attenborough day. The broadcast also featured a pre-recording of some of our Y6 children who spoke about Sir David Attenborough, they were all amazing! The team from BBC Radio Shropshire came to school with their equipment and recorded the children yesterday, they thoroughly enjoyed their broadcasting moment and should be very proud of themselves. It was wonderful to listen to the live broadcast in Breakfast club this morning with some of the children and staff.
Our school is on at 2 hours and 7 mins into the show, which you can listen to using the link above.
Weekly Respect Champions 15.05.26
Well done to our Respect Award Champions who will go into the draw, to be in with a chance to be awarded our school termly respect trophy.
- Class R -Lottie
- Class 1 -Casey
- Class 2 -Ellis
- Class 3 -Phoebe
- Class 4 -Joseph
- Class 5 -Elijah
Marmalade and Mash Children’s Clothing Sale
I previously owned a children’s clothing brand called Marmalade & Mash, which has now ceased trading, and I am holding a one-day clearance sale on Wednesday 4th June from 12pm–7pm at my home near Hodnet (postcode SY4 4LY – full address provided on confirmation).
There is a large amount of beautiful, high-quality children’s clothing available at heavily reduced prices, covering ages 2–12 years, including everyday wear, occasion outfits and gifts. Parents will also be welcomed with a glass of fizz on arrival to make it a lovely shopping experience.
To make this beneficial for the school community too, I would be very happy to donate 20% of sales made by Hodnet School families directly to the PTA. Parents would simply mention they are from Hodnet School when attending.
I feel it could be a really lovely opportunity for parents to purchase quality children’s clothing at very affordable prices while also raising funds for the school at the same time.
Please see the attached flyer for your reference.
Thank you so much.
Warm regards,
Naomi Greenway