We would welcome spare PE kits, which are in good condition, to keep as a spares bank to provide for pupils who forget kits. Please send any donations to Mrs Rhoden.

Thank you for your generosity.

Thank you to the families who joined us in church yesterday, great to see so many people supporting our school.

Thank you to the parents and grandparetns who gave up their time to walk with us to church, we couldn’t walk up without you! Such a lovely walk through Hodnet Hall Gardens, thank you to the Heber-Percy family and Gardens team for allowing us to walk through, enabling our children to experience the richness of the gardens as they walk.

Our Y6 pupils walked with YR, something we started to do this year, then realised we should have been doing it for many years – it works so well! Thank you Y6 for your responsible attitudes and supporting and guiding our youngest pupils with their decision making. Also for talking to them, helping them with quality conversations and turn taking. The two classes have built up a great bond this year, lovely to see.

Finally thank you to the volunteers at St Luke’s who kindly enable us to have a termly service in their wonderful church. Something we would not be able to provide without their generosity to our community.

Well done to everyone who received awards yesterday in church. We are very proud of you.

The termly certificates of achievement go to:

Class R

• Emmie for always being ready to learn.
• Scarlet  for her determination and being a great team player.
• Hudson for his improved attitude towards learning and his super reading progress.

Class 1

• Macey for fantastic progress. Always ready to learn and try her best.
• Hattie for being incredibly hardworking adn determined.
• Jake for being a fantastic role model, respectful and kind to all.

Class 2

• Emilie for her fantastic attitude to learning and being incredibly hardworking.
• Rupert for his great contributions and ideas in class, being a super learning partner.
• Charlotte for being a great role model, having a super attitude to learning and being a kind and caring friend.

Class 3

• Oliver for being a fantastic learner, collaborative and enthusiastic driving the learning in class.
• Raya for consistently working hard, being polite, kind and friendly and having a constant smile.
• Isabelle S for her exceptional learning attitude, being a great role model and respectful to all.

Class 4

• Theo for working hard and being a kind friend.
• Willow for being a superb role model for both behaviour and learning.
• Harlow for her hardworking attitude and increased independence.

Class 5

• Finn for great effort in all lessons adn a desire to do well.
• Millie N for her determination and perseverance this term, especially in writing.
• Lucas for having impeccable manners ad always showing kindness and respect.

Class 6

• Mackenzie for epitomising our school values.
• Hettie for her determination and perseverance to achieve adn be the best that she can be.
• Graison for huge progress in self-confidence and pushing himself forwards this year.

Headteachers awards

• Casey in class R for amazing progress from his starting points. So proud of how far he has come this year.
• Megan in class 2 for her hardworking  attitude and excellent learning behaviours.
• Scarlett J in class 3 for her hardworking attitude.
• Maisie in class 6 for being an all around superstar! Great role model for behaviour and learning.

Well done to everyone who received awards yesterday in church. We are very proud of you.

The termly value awards and special awards go to:

• Respect Award – Grace in class 1, for being respectful and honest around school.
• Resilience Award – William H in class 1, for growing in confidence and showcasing an excellent attitude to his learning.
• Responsibility Award – Emily in class 6, for being responsible for her learning, being reliable and dependable, a great role model.
• Music and Performing Arts Award – Lewis in class 6 for his commitment to the Arts throughout his time at Hodnet.

Well done to everyone who received awards or shoutouts this week, we are very proud of you.

Today we celebrated with shoutouts and some pupils receiving certificate in classes 3 and 4.

• Niven received book worm and certificate of achievement for his superb reading and hard work in class.
• Beatrice P received lunchtime award for her wonderful manners at lunchtime.
• Raffle ticket winner was William K in class 1.
• Casey in class R received his certificate from Church yesterday.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our PTA in their Freezy Friday mission to raise money for school. I know many of you voiced concerns regarding the losses due to the freezer being accidentally unplugged!

Great news the company have apologised and today provided a cash donation to the PTA. They are a great team of engineers who we have regularly on site, I’m pleased that they have acknowledged this and we are grateful for their donation.

A big thank you to our work experience pupils who have been excellent in school this week. Each of them attended Hodnet school for their primary education and it was delightful to have them back and see how they are getting on at secondary and support them with experiencing the world of work. They’ve worked very hard and should be very proud of themselves.

Our guinea pigs are enjoying their time outside int heir hutch and we are teaching our children to care for them and be kind, gentle and respectful. We’ve asked them today to share this message with younger siblings as some younger children are opening the hutch and poking the guinea pigs at pick up time. Whilst we want children to be encouraged to look at them and also eventually care for them, please can parents ensure that younger children are safe by the hutch. Thank you.

A reminder that we will be in church next Thursday for our summer service starting at 2pm. All welcome.

We will celebrate success together with class certificates, whole school awards, singing and class performances.

We are making a change to the seating arrangements for Thursday – with class R and class 1 swapping sides. Class R will now be on the right (piano side) and class 1 will be on the left (pulpit side).

Classes 3 and 4 will exit via the side door, as we tried last time – this made the collection at the end of the service much easier and quicker for all.

Please inform school via admin@hod.318education.co.uk if your child is walking back to school after the service to attend clubs or if they are due to go on the school bus which will collect form church if required.