5 months ago
Posted on 26th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

Celebration assembly outdoors

Today we celebrated our weekly success with our Achievement Assembly outside in the shade. A lovely way to start our day with a cool breeze, listening to the birds, watching the butterflies and celebrating the many reasons why our pupils have been successful this week.

Well done everyone.

5 months ago
Posted on 19th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

Fathers Day lunch

A huge thank you to our wonderful kitchen staff who created an American themed lunch for us all today. Lovely to see so many families represented, thank you all who attended our celebratory Father’s Day lunch.

5 months ago
Posted on 19th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

Sports day achievements

Our best sports day yet!! Massive well done to Miss Manton who applied some positive changes this year, meaning the event ran super smoothly. Thank you to the many parents who gave positive feedback today.
The sprint celebration at the end worked successfully with a great opportunity to see everyone give it a really good go and the long distance being part of the rotation felt much more organised. Thank you to all our staff and volunteers who enabled our event to be a success. Thomas Adams sports leaders once again led events confidently, we are grateful for their kind support.

Our amazing children showcased our values by being ready to give everything a go, being respectful and safe in the choices they made and the support they offered each other.

Overall results

1st place Squirrels with 171 points

2nd place Foxes with 169 points

3rd place Owls with 144 points

4th place Badgers with 128 points

5 months ago
Posted on 19th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

Nurture Nook

We are delighted to share our new Nurture Nook, which opened this week. This space has been repurposed into a calming sanctuary space for pupils to use with staff as part of our pastoral offer.
A space to regulate, reflect and learn about feelings, emotions and social interactions.
We offer an array of pastoral interventions to support our pupils, and now we have a beautiful purposeful place to enable them.
A big thank you to all who have supported with this, including Mrs Lyall’s parents who, as retired headteachers, thoroughly enjoyed giving their time to our school.

5 months ago
Posted on 11th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

From Parent Pay to Arbor

From September we will Using Arbor for our communication, booking and payment system. At the moment we use Arbor for our main MIS system which holds all our the information about children and staff. It’s our method for taking registers, recording attendance, needs and attainment. We will be extending its use to take over the elements that we currently use Parent Pay for.
We will be providing information later this term about the changes needed to ensure the system is ready for parents to use from September. This will include tasks for families to set up their accounts with an Arbor App. We thank you and ask for your cooperation with this, to ensure the transition can run smoothly.

We will stop using Parent Pay from September and there will be a transfer process. Please ensure debts are paid, they will not be cleared as part of the transfer, they are expected to be paid. Thank you.
Arbor has the capacity to deliver all aspects that we currently use Parent Pay for, so we hope to save by only purchasing one tool going forwards.

5 months ago
Posted on 11th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

Sports Day ready!

We look forward to welcoming families to school for our sports day afternoon next Friday, 19th June, 1.15-3.15. All children in PE kits with water bottles and prepared for the weather! Hopefully it will be sun cream and sun hats!

5 months ago
Posted on 11th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

RAF Shawbury Forces Covenant event

On 11th June we attended RAF Shawbury to participate in a special covenant signing event showcasing our commitment to service families. The children who represented school were excellent, so engaged and excited by the experiences on offer today. They should feel very proud of themselves.
We tried out new skills in the air traffic control teaching area and tested our patience, resilience and hand-eye coordination skills in the training school in the helicopter training simulators. A wonderful experience.
The adults representing their respective organisations spoke highly of our Trust and individual school commitment to service pupils and their families. Another proud day to be part of Hodnet school!

5 months ago
Posted on 04th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

Nursery pupils

A reminder that our Nursery opens in September 2026. Please spread the word!

We can have up to 20 pupils per day and take children from age 2 to age 4. Details can be found on our website or by contacting school. We really want our nursery to be a thriving success, we acknowledge that this may take time to establish, so we would appreciate further community support to spread the word – our great school is expanding, please share!

5 months ago
Posted on 04th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

Summer 2 half term events

The key dates for this half term are:

June:

Mon 1st – School re-opens
Tue 2nd – YR visit to Shrewsbury Museum
Fri 5th – DEAR 3pm (no phones please)
Mon 8th – Y1 Phonics screening week
Thur 11th – RAF Shawbury covenant event
Thur 11th – New YR (26/27) parents evening 5.30pm
Tue 16th – Y4 trip to Cadbury World
Wed 17th – Y1 Class assembly, 9am Y1 parents welcome
Wed 17th – Y2 Trip to Chester Zoo
Thur 18th – Y5 Taster day to Thomas Adams School
Fri 19th – Father’s Day lunch & Sports Day afternoon
Mon 22nd – Armed forces week TBC
Thur 25th – New YR intake in school 9-11am
Fri 26th – Y5&6 London visit
Mon 29th & Tue 30th – Y6 move up day to Grove School
Mon 29th – Wed 1st – Y6 move up day to SJT
Tue 30th – Local governing body meeting
Tue 30th – New YR intake in school 1.15-3.15

July:

Fri 3rd – DEAR 3pm (no phones please)
Mon 6th & Tue 7th – Y6 move up day to Thomas Adams School
Mon 6th & Tue 7th – Move up sessions for each class
Tue 7th – New YR intake in all day. KS1 full day move up.
Wed 8th – Y1 Art trip to Shrewsbury Museum
Mon 13th – Y6 church retreat day
Wed 15th – Y3 Egyptian workshop
Thur 16th – Church service, 2pm at St Luke’s, Hodnet
Fri 17th – End of year reports out to parents
Mon 20th – Rock Steady concert
Mon 20th – Optional drop in parents evening
Mon 20th – Y6 play at 6.30pm
Tue 21st – Y6 end of term trip
Wed 22nd – Leavers assembly 9am
Wed 22nd – School closes for summer. Reopening on Wed 2nd Sept.

5 months ago
Posted on 04th Jun 2026 by Penny Lyall

Young Achievers Award 2026

Wem Rotary Club organised a wonderful event this week acknowledging children across our North Shropshire Schools community who have achieved great success through times of challenge.

Our recipient of this award is Lucas in Y6 who has shown resilience, bravery and great strength recently during times of significant challenge for his family. Despite this, he has thrived in his Motor Cross, riding for team GB and winning countless events throughout the country – an amazing achievement. In school he has continued to work diligently with a joyful positive outlook and a huge kind heart. We are incredibly proud of Lucas, a very deserving winner.