Important Update: School Lunch Price Increase

Dear Parents,

I am writing to inform you about an upcoming change to our school lunch price. Starting from 28^th April, we will be implementing a price increase for school lunches to £2.60

We understand that any increase in costs can be concerning, and we want to assure you that this decision was not made lightly. Several factors have contributed to this necessary adjustment:

1. Rising Food Costs: The cost of high-quality ingredients has increased significantly. To continue providing nutritious and balanced meals for our pupils, we must adjust our prices accordingly.
2. Enhanced Menu Options: We are committed to offering a variety of healthy and appealing meal choices. This includes incorporating fresh fruit, vegetables, and whole grains and locally sources meat which come at a higher cost.
3. Maintained Facilities and Equipment: To ensure food safety and enhance the overall dining experience, we have invested in maintaining and upgrading where necessary our kitchen facilities and equipment.
4. Staff Resource: Our dedicated kitchen staff work hard to prepare and serve meals.

We appreciate your understanding and support as we strive to maintain high standards for our school lunches.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you for your continued support in our pupils’ health and education.

Penny Lyall
Headteacher

Class assemblies

Thank you to the many families who attended our class assemblies over recent weeks. Our children in classes 4 and 6 confidently shared their learning to the whole school and their family members, they were brilliant!

Last term classes 5, 3 & 2 expertly shared their learning though their class assembly. Next term we look forward to classes R and 1 sharing their learning. (Class R – 21st May 9am, Class 1 – 18th June 9am).

Sporting events

Well done to our Sportshall Athletics team who competed in the finals at Ellesmere College this week, they were all very proud of their individual achievements and collectively came third overall – fantastic! One member of our team was also nominated for a sporting achievement award by the competition organiser, well done to Arthur C for this recognition of your determination to succeed.

We have also reached the finals for Netball and Tag Rugby, those competitions in Ellesmere and Oswestry will take place before Easter. We wish the teams the very best of luck.

• Monday 31st March – Netball finals at Ellesmere College (Buntinsdale V Hodnet)
• Wednesday 9th April – Tag Rugby finals at Oswestry rugby ground (Stoke on Tern V Hodnet)

Upcoming School events

Mothers day lunch is taking place on Wednesday 2nd April, the deadline for attending this has now passed and the logistics have been confirmed. Communication has been sent out to all parents via parent pay. We look forward to welcoming mums, grandmas and other female role models into school to enjoy lunch with us and to know that they are appreciated on Mother’s Day and everyday.

Y3,4,5 Performance of Aladdin – Thursday 3rd April 2pm and 6pm.

PTA Non-uniform day – Friday 4th April – donations of Easter treats please.

Whole school church service – Easter service in St Luke’s church on Thursday 10th April at 2pm.

PTA Family Bingo – Thursday 10th April from 6pm. Paper copy reply slips have been sent out for families to return to request tickets.

Parents survey – the deadline to complete this has been extended to next Friday. We value your thoughts, please complete if you have not already done so.

The 3-18 Education Trust Parent Survey

DEAR – a reminder that DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) takes place on the first Friday of every month at 3pm in school, families welcome to come in and share reading at this time with their children.

Hodnet Coffee & Chat – a reminder that Claire Comerford from the parenting support team is in school on the first Tuesday of every month between 9-12. Claire is approachable, caring and extremely knowledgeable, she is available on a drop in basis to discuss any concerns relating to children and family life, and will offer friendly and supportive advice to families. We are so pleased to be able to offer this within Hodnet, meaning that our families don’t have to travel to gain informal advice, we have a person who is able to offer guidance face to face on site on a frequent basis. With that in mind, I urge families to use this service, or we may find that this is taken away.

Upcoming trips

• Y6 Residential to Oakerwood Leisure – Monday 24th March – Friday 28th March
• Y1 to Blue Planet Aquarium – Tuesday 25th March
• YR to St Luke’s church – Tuesday 1st April
• Y6 to Cosford – Tuesday 8th April

Please see also our diary dates page which has all our known scheduled events for this academic year please follow this link below:

Term Dates – Hodnet Primary School

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 – Myla
• Class 1 – Ava
• Class 2 – Georgia
• Class 3 – Allissi
• Class 4 – Laila
• Class 5 – Freddie
• Class 6 – Mackenzie

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 – Oliver B for super focussed learning and listening, showing staff that he is ready to learn. Well done Oliver, keep it up. 
• Class 1 – Poppy F for her enthusiastic attitude to learning, she loves to learn and is a joy to have in our class.
• Class 2 – Phoebe for increased effort to join in during carpet times, well done, keep it up!
• Class 3 – Charlotte for super work in maths, working with money and solving problems, Charlotte also demonstrates kindness to others, well done, we are very proud of you.
• Class 4 – Theo for great focus in lessons, always putting in 100% effort into every task, a fantastic role model.
• Class 5 – Milly H for her fantastic attitude to learning her part of the KS2 play, including learning all her lines and practising her solo. Well done.
• Class 6 – Lewis for improved confidence in his ability adn for being a great learning partner in maths.
• EY/KS1 Headteacher’s award – Ella in class 1 for increased confidence and independence.
• KS2 Headteacher’s award – Maisie in class 6 for her super attitude to learning, her kindness and respect that she shows around school. A great Hodnet role model.
• Lunchtime award – Sybil in class 2 for being very polite.
• Raffle ticket – Ewan in class 3.

Weekly house point totals are:

Owls = 103

Badgers = 120

Squirrels = 115

Foxes = 109

Well done to the Badgers team this week.

Weekly house point totals are:

Owls = 138

Badgers = 131

Squirrels = 140

Foxes = 136

Well done to the Squirrels team this week.

Please see the information below from Mr Roberts.

Dear Parents/ Carers,

Please see below online booking form links for our club offer for this summer. There has been a couple of changes for summer, please see below.

– From the summer term, football club will now be on a Tuesday instead of a Wednesday.

– The Multi Sports club on a Thursday will only be open to children in year 2 – year 6, to match our football club offer.

This is purely down to our staff feedback and difficulty in trying to engage 6 different year groups all within the same session. I understand this will disappoint some parents/ carers who may have year 1 children currently attending this club. They will be allowed to attend as year 2’s in September.

Tuesdays – Year 2 – 6 Football Club Link:

https://forms.office.com/r/kV37JUtpY0

Thursdays – Year 2 – 6 Multi Sports Club Link:

https://forms.office.com/r/JVEuGnysnQ