5 days ago
Posted on 16th Apr 2026 by Penny Lyall

Hodnet Little Library

We have a new beautiful ‘little community library’ outside our main office area. We encourage our community to ‘take a book ~ love a book ~ leave a book’.

Please can parents support children to use this community feature.

Thank you to Mr & Mrs Noden for this generous addition to our school grounds. We look forward to sharing a love of books.

5 days ago
Posted on 16th Apr 2026 by Penny Lyall

Facebook page

From now on, we will be providing updates via our Facebook page. This was set up a number of years ago but hasn’t been keep up to date simply due to capacity. It will be managed by our Headteacher, Mrs Lyall, and will provide basic updates, links to our website and will share celebratory news stories to showcase our wonderful community school.

We have made the decision that names and faces will not be displayed. Therefore direct links to posts won’t be shared and our use of photographs will be limited and maybe more generic in style, backs of heads may feature a lot! This is to safeguard and respect the wishes of our community.

Facebook is a tool to share our presence, it is not a means of finding out key information and will not be used to deliver important news. It does not replace our website and is simply another platform to enhance our community profile. It should not be used to send messages to school. We are conscious of its potential value, but remain cautious about it and will be vigilant with regards to any possible misuse. We would appreciate your vigilance and support with this; lets keep the page celebratory – sharing the stories about our wonderful school.

Thank you.

Team Hodnet.

5 days ago
Posted on 16th Apr 2026 by Penny Lyall

Month of the Military Child

April is the Month of the Military Child. This national campaign recognises the children of military families and encourages the voice of children to be heard within their school settings, sharing their experiences of military family life.

We plan to acknowledge this over the next few weeks in school with different group events for our military children, including an assembly and opportunities for them to share their experiences.

On Friday 24th April, the campaign will recognise military children by wearing purple up and down the country. Therefore, all children are invited to wear something purple, this could be something simple like a purple ribbon or wristband or an item of clothing with their uniform. Please don’t purchase something new, children can wear either full non-uniform with something purple, or a simple splash of purple to recognise the day. Children will also have the opportunity to make something purple in their class.

We hope to recognise this as an annual event going forwards.

For more information please visit the DFE website with details about the Month of the Military child.

5 days ago
Posted on 16th Apr 2026 by Penny Lyall

Safe arrival of baby Elizabeth

Congratulations to our Kitchen Assistant Steph and her family on the safe arrival of baby Elizabeth over the Easter holidays. Mum and baby are doing well. We send them our love and best wishes at this exciting time.

4 weeks ago
Posted on 27th Mar 2026 by Penny Lyall

Summer term dates

A reminder that the summer term commences on Monday 13th April.

The following events are scheduled, please continue to refer to the events page on our website for further dates as events are arranged.

April	Mon 13th	School reopens for the summer term
	Tue 14th	BAE Materials engineering of the future roadshow for Y4,5&6. Free of charge.
	Fri 17^th	DEAR 3pm
	Mon 20^th	Y5&6 Curriculum & Coffee parent meet the teacher 8.45-9.15 in classes
	Tue 21st	Y&2 Curriculum & Coffee parent meet the teacher 8.45-9.15 in classes
	Wed 22^nd	Y3&4 Curriculum & Coffee parent meet the teacher 8.45-9.15 in classes
	Thur 23^rd	YR Curriculum & Coffee parent meet the teacher 8.45-9.15 in classes
	Fri 24^th	School council & eco team village litter pick
May	Fri 1^st	DEAR 3pm
	Mon 4^th	Bank holiday, school closed
	Fri 8th	David Attenborough Day, 100^th Birthday celebrations with Shropshire Wildlife Trust
	Mon 11^th – Thur 14^th	Y6 SATs testing week. No Rock Steady.
	Mon 18^th – Fri 22^nd	Multicultural week with planned visits to faith places of worship
	Mon 18^th	Y4 Pentecost workshop
	Wed 20^th	YR Class assembly 9am
	Fri 22^nd	Break up for half term
June	Mon 1^st	School reopens
	Fri 5^th	DEAR 3pm
	Mon 8^th	Y1 Phonics Screening testing week
	Tue 16^th	Y4 trip to Cadburys world
	Wed 17^th	Y1 class assembly 9am
	Fri 19^th	Father’s day lunch
	Fri 19^th	Sportsday afternoon 1.15 – 3.15
	Mon 22^nd	Armed forces week
	Fri 26^th	Y5&6 visit to London
	Tue 30^th	Local Governing body meeting
July	Fri 3^rd	DEAR
	Tue 7^th	Move up morning
	Thur 16^th	End of term church service at St Luke’s Hodnet, 2pm
	Fri 17^th	Reports out to parents
	Mon 20^th	Rock Steady Concert
	Mon 20^th	Parents optional drop in parents evening
	Tue 21^st	Y6 end of term treat trip
	Wed 22^nd	Leavers assembly 9am
	Wed 22^nd	School closes for summer holidays

4 weeks ago
Posted on 27th Mar 2026 by Penny Lyall

Happy Easter

As we come to the end of the Spring term, we reflect on the many successful learning opportunities, events and celebrations over the past few weeks. Thank you to our wonderful staff for the opportunities they provide for our children and thank you to our children for working hard, trying their best and showcasing our values. Thank you to the parents and our wider community for supporting school. We look forward to continued successful partnerships.

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter break.

Mrs Lyall.

4 weeks ago
Posted on 27th Mar 2026 by Penny Lyall

Relational Behaviour Policy

We are in the process of updating our Behaviour Policy by implementing nurture principles and leading with a relational approach. This policy is currently under consultation and is due to be adopted Trust wide on 1st June 2026. However, it is already largely in place for Primary schools and therefore will only be minor tweaks for our school. Our staff have all been recently trained in a relational approach, both through a PACE approach and through Emotion Coaching. I have also recently become an Emotion Coaching trainer.

Please see the information below outlining the main points of a relational policy and a link to the publication and school based procedures.

If you would like to speak about this new policy during the consultation period, or share any feedback, please see myself or Mrs Williams. Thank you.

Mrs Lyall.

Relational behaviour summary

3-18 Relational Behaviour Policy

Relational behaviour school level procedures for new policy

4 weeks ago
Posted on 26th Mar 2026 by Penny Lyall

Oakerwood pics day 3

Having fun in the sunshine!

4 weeks ago
Posted on 26th Mar 2026 by Penny Lyall

Oakerwood update

Miss Darmanin and I have had daily correspondence about the events at Oakerwood, ensuring safety and wellbeing of all. So far they are having a brilliant time.

The weather has been mixed, with some beautiful sun, bit of rain, hail and even some snow! They have been cold, but thoroughly enjoying themselves. Miss Darmanin has commented on their super behaviour and how proud she is of their efforts to attempt everything and push themselves. Their teamwork skills have also been amazing. So far this week the children have completed crate stacking, capture the flag, paintballing, pizza making, den building, zip wire, tall tree climbing and high ropes activities. They have also shared the camp life experiences, supporting each other, story telling, warming up with hot chocolates and loving their glamping pods!

I will update with photos when they have the opportunity to send some through!

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Lyall