Upcoming dates until the end of term updated 12.12.25

Autumn 2, remaining key dates for families:

  • Mon 15th Dec – Rocksteady concert 9.15am. Rockstars in non-uniform.
  • Tues 16th Dec – EY/KS1 Nativity 2pm. (entry with ticket only)
  • Wed 17th Dec – EY/KS1 Nativity 2pm. (entry with ticket only)
  • Thurs 18th Dec – Church service at St Luke’s, Hodnet at 2pm, families welcome.
  • Fri 19th Dec – Christmas party day – non-uniform, party clothes with sensible shoes.
  • Fri 19th Dec – Break up for Christmas holidays.
  • Monday 5th January – school reopens to pupils.

 

Weekly House Points 12.12.25

Weekly house point totals are:

Owls =93

Badgers =103

Squirrels =100

Foxes =114

Well done to the Foxes  team this week.

 

Celebrating Success. Book Worm 12.12.25

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 –
  • Class 1 –
  • Class 2 –
  • Class 3 –
  • Class 4 –
  • Class 5 –
  • Class 6 –

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.

Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 12.12.25

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

  • Class R – Primrose for having a positive attitude and always being willing to learn. Well done!
  • Class 1 -Oliver. B, For participating with much more positivity and for being a team ant and a wise whale. Great work!
  • Class 2 -Poppy for always smiling and being enthusiastic and a hard worker. What a star!
  • Class 3 -Pippa for fantastic learning behaviour and for being an excellent role model. Well done!
  • Class 4 -All of Class 4 for your class assembly and being organised, independent and fantastic speakers. Well done Class 4!
  • Class 5 -Molly.W. for always trying her best and being kind and helpful. Fantastic!
  • Class 6 -Millie for superb effort, concentration and curiosity in all subjects. Well done Millie
  • Lunchtime award – Antoine and Hudson for making great choices and showing fantastic manners too. Well done !

Big shout out to class 4 who delivered a superb class assembly this week. We thoroughly enjoyed finding out about your learning this term. Thank you and well done!

 

Christmas tree

Thank you to our wraparound team of children and staff who enjoyed decorating our beautiful tree this year, once again donated by Hodnet Hall Gardens, a big thank you to all for helping us to share festive joy.

Christmas lunch

On Thursday 11th December we will be having our annual Christmas lunch in school, provided by our kitchen staff team. Children and staff are invited to come wearing Christmas themed clothes in non-uniform, as it is national Christmas Jumper day. Non-uniform is optional, please do not feel it necessary to purchase a Christmas jumper.  Please note, we are not raising money for the Save the Children charity this year.

KS1 pupils will need to wear trainers as they have their PE session with the sports coach on Thursdays.

 

Online safety newsletter

In the fast moving world of technology, we are very much aware of the barriers we face when trying to keep our children safe online, whilst encouraging them to utilise technology. With that in mind, we have partnered with the Knowsley City Learning Centres to provide a monthly online safety newsletter to further support families and school staff. The first newsletter will offer up to date guidance and support on internet safety and technology support. We will share them with parents monthly.

December Online safety Newsletter, Hodnet Primary school produced by KCLC. 

Please also use the links below to check parental controls for devices, internet, consoles and so much more.

https://www.knowsleyclcs.org.uk/online-safety-videos/

For further support, please contact Miss Darmanin, who will be happy to help further.

School vacancies December 2025

Would you like to join our successful team, or know someone who might? We have a vacancy in our school kitchen to cover a maternity leave, required from February. Please see details on our vacancy page.

See Mrs O’Connor for further details.

End of term Church celebration

Families are invited to join us in St Luke’s Church, Hodnet at 2pm on Thursday 18th December for our end of term celebration service. During which we will be singing a range of festive songs in addition to presenting awards based on our learning behaviours and core values. Each class teacher will present up to 3 certificates for pupils to celebrate termly achievements. We will also recognise attendance achievements, including improved attendance.

We will be presenting trophies for

  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Resilience
  • Music and Performing Arts

We will also be presenting medals to pupils who have been selected to receive recognition for showcasing the 8 sporting values.

We hope you can join us to celebrate the many achievements this term and sing some Christmas cheer together.

Santa shop 12.12.25

See details below about the PTA Santa shop taking place on Friday 12th December.

Please send money in a named envelope. Thank you to our PTA team for organising this great event for our children, every year they love the excitement of coming to the shop to buy a present for their family. Its always a busy (even if slightly chaotic!) festive fun time!

Santa Shop flyer 2025

Price list for Santa Shop

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