11 months ago
Posted on 23rd May 2025 by Penny Lyall

VE day letters – it’s a small world!

Harriet in Y5 and her family have discovered that her great uncle was on the same ship as Commander John. Wow! What a small world! Through sharing her learning at home, Harriet and her family realised that they recognised some of the events/names and through discussions and research they found this wonderful connection. Harriet has written a second letter to Commander John, which we will send off with our pack over the weekend. In her letter Harriet shares the information they have uncovered and asks John if she knew her great uncle, who sadly lost his life aged just 17 on that ship in the very tragedy that John shared with the children in his letter.

We shared this news in celebration assembly today, with children and staff sharing in the disbelief of this connection. We hope that John receives our letters and who knows he might even respond! We will keep you posted.

This connection highlights the true sense of wonder and amazement that can be found through the enjoyment of history and through sharing learning at home leading to research and further discovery. Thank you to Harriet and her family for sharing this with us, we look forward to hearing about any developments if they arise.

11 months ago
Posted on 22nd May 2025 by Penny Lyall

Lunch menu

When we come back after half term we will be on week 1 of the lunch menu.

Link to school menu and payments page

11 months ago
Posted on 22nd May 2025 by Penny Lyall

Belonging competition entries

Well done to those pupils who have submitted an entry to the Trust Belonging competition. Each of the pupils received a Headteachers shout out award today and a raffle ticket.

11 months ago
Posted on 22nd May 2025 by Penny Lyall

Well done Y6

This week we celebrated the end of the SATs testing! We praised our Y6 in assembly on Monday and again today in achievement assembly. Unfortunately due to illness the tests took slightly longer to fully complete, so we couldn’t do our usual Friday celebrations for the whole class last week. But we have recognised the effort, patience and tolerance this week.

We are very proud of the way our Y6 pupils conducted themselves throughout the testing process. We are also proud of the rest of our school – who all waited patiently, often having later breaktimes and lunchtimes to enable our Y6 pupils to complete their tests with their full time entitlements with the support available to help them to succeed.

Hodnet team work shining once again! Well done everyone.

11 months ago
Posted on 22nd May 2025 by Penny Lyall

Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 23.5.25

Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.

Class R – Emmie for showcasing our school values and more! What a super learner you are and a kind role model.
Class 1 – George for much improved listening and participation in maths, meaning he feels much more confident. Well done George, keep it up.
Class 2 – Pippa for fantastic story writing content, with beautiful handwriting and presentation too! Excellent.
Class 3 – Florence for always having a delightful attitude to learning and for her real positivity lately, well done, so pleasing to see.
Class 4 – Dylan for putting in 100% effort into his learning this week. Well done, we are very proud of you.
Class 5 – Eva for sharing her history knowledge with the rest of the class, always listening well and following instructions.
Class 6 – The whole class team for their superb attitude, determination and team work. Very proud of you all.
EY/KS1 Headteacher’s award – Oliver Lennon in class R for his determination this week, by trying his best to fill the raffle ticket box he has showcased good behaviour choices and tried hard with all class activities, well done keep it up!
KS2 Headteacher’s award – Hettie in class 6 for her determination, perseverance and strive for excellence in her SATs tests last week.
A huge shout out to all our Y6 pupils who tried their very best with the national testing last week – they did themselves proud. We are proud of their team spirit, supporting each other by being patient, kind and tolerant.
Lunchtime award – Eleanor in class 1 for being polite and respectful.
Raffle ticket – Sid in class 1.

11 months ago
Posted on 22nd May 2025 by Penny Lyall

Celebrating Success. Book Worm 23.5.25

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 – Oliver B
Class 1 – Arlo
Class 2 -Sybil
Class 3 – Oliver
Class 4 – Charlotte
Class 5 – Theo
Class 6 – Ollie M

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.

11 months ago
Posted on 22nd May 2025 by Penny Lyall

Weekly House Points 23.5.25

Weekly house point totals are:

Owls = 96

Badgers = 105

Squirrels =109

Foxes = 95

Well done to the .Squirrels team this week.

11 months ago
Posted on 22nd May 2025 by Penny Lyall

Shropshire Star article reminder

On 11th June a journalist from the Shropshire Star will be spending the morning in school talking to staff and children about our school. This is part of their project about great schools. The question they aim to showcase is What makes Hodnet School great?

If you would like to contribute, please see Mrs Lyall.

11 months ago
Posted on 16th May 2025 by Penny Lyall

SEND newsletter

Please click on the link to read the latest SEND newsletter, details of which can also be found on our website.

Shropshire SEND Newsletter – March 2025

11 months ago
Posted on 16th May 2025 by Penny Lyall

318 Belonging Framework reminder

There is now just a week to go until the official launch of The 3-18 Education Trust’s Belonging Framework! Watch the launch video here.

The Belonging Framework is designed to guide and support staff, parents/carers and external agencies to offer appropriate knowledge and tools which help students in our schools to feel valued and understood. This is something that school and Trust staff have been working on throughout this academic year, led by Sadie Howson our Trust Director of Safeguarding and SEND.

To celebrate the Belonging Framework the Trust has launched a Trust-wide competition to encourage our students to start thinking about what belonging means in their school.

Students from all schools have been invited to submit a creative response to the brief, with house points for all participants and an Amazon voucher for each school’s winning entry.

The deadline for entries is Friday 23^rd May.

In our school we have shared the launch video in classes and started to think about what belonging means to us as classes and as a school. Children are encouraged to participate in the competition to share what belonging means to them, this could be in a variety of ways – a picture, words, poem, dance or a piece of art work. Get creative! We look forward to seeing your entries.

We will be selecting a Belonging Ambassador for our school based on the competition entries. All schools will have Belonging Ambassadors, who will work as a team to support the essential sense of belonging within their schools.

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