Thank you to parents and carers for attending parents evening this week and for writing positive post it notes for the children to find in their books showing them how proud we are of them. It always makes children smile when they find their notes.

100% of parents had a parents evening booking, 93% attended.

Most people who couldn’t attend for exceptional circumstances have made an alternative arrangement to meet with class teachers, please see your child’s class teacher/s if you have not yet done this. Please note staff can be available to meet parents at other times as we want to ensure a strong parent partnership, however they can only do this on or around the end of the school day and at their discretion, this is not an expectation as staff have already provided the allocated parents evening times.

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 – Hudson
• Class 1 – Hannah
• Class 2 – Finnian
• Class 3 – Amelia
• Class 4 – Harvey
• Class 5 – Finn
• Class 6 – Graison

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.

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

• Class R – Theo for making super progress in his writing. 
• Class 1 – William K for fantastic listening to grown ups and using strategies. Also for putting lots of effort into his work. Well done, keep it up!
• Class 2 – James for persevering in maths and making sensible choices.
• Class 3 – Myles for a fantastic short burst write full of all the grammar features that have been taught.
• Class 4 – Katherine for always being ready to learn and putting in 100% effort into her work.
• Class 5 – Charlie for working really hard independently, well done we are very proud of you.
• Class 6 – Lexie for persevering and working with determination to succeed. Well done.
• KS1/EY Headteacher award – Casey in class R for sharing and being kind to his friends.
• KS2 Headteacher award – Isabelle M in class 3 for fantastic independent writing including grammar features.
• Lunchtime award – Arlo in class 1 for being polite and well mannered.
• Raffle ticket – Harry D in class R.

Weekly house point totals are:

Owls = 116

Badgers = 129

Squirrels = 146

Foxes = 110

Well done to the Squirrels team this week.

A polite reminder:

Bookings for before and after school sessions must be made in advance – the deadline is Thursday at midnight for bookings for the following week(s). Any correspondence regarding bookings must be made by email to admin@hod.318education.co.uk or by telephone, please do not use named email addresses as these may not be monitored when that member of staff is not at work or in class. Emails are also not monitored out of school hours, so please do not expect a response.

There may be rare exceptions when parents work shift patterns or are asked to work at short notice – these bookings can be accommodated, again by email, telephone or face-to-face.

If bookings are missed on a regular basis, with no exceptional circumstances, there may be an admin charge applied.

Thank you for your understanding.

Mrs Lyall

With a heavy heart I write to inform you that Mrs Akers is leaving our school. Her last day will be on Friday 4^th April. Mrs Noden will teach our Reception class full time until the end of the academic year to ensure consistency for the children.

Mrs Akers has been a member of staff since January 2017, she is an outstanding practitioner and will be so very sadly missed. Her calm, positive and hugely creative outlook has been a joy to many children and staff throughout her time at Hodnet. Whilst we know we will miss her greatly, we also wish her the very best of luck in her new chosen path as she embarks on a new challenge within the Early years assessment team at Shrewsbury College. Something which we are sure she will excel in and will continue to spread her wealth of Early Years knowledge and expertise. Mrs Akers will also continue to work at the museum delivering exciting creative children’s workshops, so we know our children will benefit from this though our educational visits programme.

I am sure you will join with we in wishing Mrs Akers all the very best for the future.

Mrs Lyall

A polite reminder that if someone other than a parent or known grandparent is collecting your child, i.e. if they are going home with a class friend or another adult, please inform school beforehand. Class teachers cannot accept notice from children about their collection arrangements, or from another adult stating they are collecting, we need confirmation from the child’s parent about who is collecting them in order to safeguard everyone. Please phone or email the school office if plans change at the last minute. Thank you.

In a similar way, please inform school if you change your child’s pre-booked collection arrangements, i.e. you collect your child instead of sending them to a club session. In order to safeguard everyone at the end of the school day, we ensure that staff know where children are going, it’s often busy time with multiple clubs, school bus arrangements and children going home though different class doors, so we need to be informed prior to the pick up time about any changes. Again, please phone or email the school office if plans change at the last minute. Thank you.

A reminder of parents evening next week. Bookings close on our online portal on 28th Feb at 4pm. Please see your child’s class teacher or Mrs Lyall who can book your appointments for you if you have missed the portal booking window.