A reminder, WBD is on Thursday 6th March this year. Children are welcome to come to school dressed as their favourite book character or in a book related themed costume of their choice. The theme this year is ‘Read Your Way’ to focus on the enjoyment of reading following research that too many children just see reading as a school task. We have some exciting events planned for the day and will keep you posted with photos, clips and displays around school.

A reminder that each class will host a book swap so every child goes home with a new book, please remember to bring in a book to swap.

Please see your child’s class teacher or Mrs Bessant, our English and Early Reading leader, if you have any questions.

Please follow the link to our termly diary dates.

Calendar – Hodnet Primary School

Please note the Rock Steady concert changes due to the change of days to Mondays. This terms concert will take place on the first day back after Easter due to prior commitments (Oakerwood, and 2 sporting county final championship competitions being held on Mondays). Due to it being the first day back, we will delay the start time to enable practise time. 28th April at 10am, families of children in Rock Steady are welcome to attend from 10am.

On Thursday 3rd April classes 3, 4 & 5 will perform Aladdin for their families. Ticket information to follow. Please save the date and the times, the performance times will be 2pm and 6pm. We look forward to seeing the children in action on our stage showcasing once again how utterly brilliant they are!

Weekly house point totals are:

Owls = 124

Badgers = 142

Squirrels = 140

Foxes = 112

Well done to the Badgers team this week.

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

• Class R – Hudson for being a kind friend when children needed help this week. Well done. 
• Class 1 – Thomas for showing a mature attitude to your learning and always trying your best. Well done!
• Class 2 – Rory for showcasing a wonderful attitude to learning, a super role model for the class. Keep it up!
• Class 3 – Ilaria for fantastic maths work – flying high with partitioning.
• Class 4 – Harlow for her enthusiasm and positivity for learning this week, well done, keep it up!
• Class 5 – George for his enthusiasm towards the Y3,4,5 play – learning his lines and singing the songs, brilliant!
• Class 6 – Hettie for taking control of her learning  and showcasing a great attitude. Hettie was mentioned by multiple members of staff for her hard work and/or great attitude this week. Well done.
• KS1/EY Headteacher award – William H in class 1 for fantastic maths work and explaining his learning with confidence and enthusiasm, lovely to see, well done keep it up!
• KS2 Headteacher award – Harper in class 3 for her thoughtful and sensible contributions in assembly.
• Lunchtime award – Bria in class 6 for being polite, friendly and chatty with the staff at lunchtime.
• Raffle ticket – Harrison T from class 5.

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 – Scarlett
• Class 1 – Charlotte
• Class 2 – Rupert
• Class 3 – Harry B
• Class 4 – Beatrice N
• Class 5 – Sam
• Class 6 – Maya

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.

A huge well done to the children in Y4 and their families who have supported them with this extended homework task.  I had the pleasure of watching some of the presentations and finding out about how they had done their research and delivered their findings. Well done class 4, you should all feel very proud of your effort and achievements.

Mrs Lyall