Classrooms

4 months ago
Posted on 03rd Jan 2026 by Emma Noden

Christmas themed fun and learning

In the run up to Christmas most of our learning was Christmas themed, we wrote stories about a Little Red Elf and a lost toy, we painted Christmas trees and drew Christmas trees (inspired by the stories: The Christmas Pine and Pick a Pine Tree), we played Rudolph beetle drive with tricky words and spot arrangements on a dice, we played lots of counting games, did Christmas jigsaws played Christmas describing games, wrote lots of Christmas cards. We also played Christmas snap, made Christmas repeating patterns on bracelets, on paper chains and made Candy canes. We enjoyed reading lots of Christmas books and listened to Christmas stories on the audio book player. We also enjoyed lots of dressing up as Christmas characters and helping the Little Red Elf to solve problems like: sorting out the Christmas gifts for the Numberblocks and working out what was in some of the Christmas parcels.

8 months ago
Posted on 13th Sep 2025 by Emma Noden

Our First Woodland Wednesday

We enjoyed our first Woodland Wednesday in the glorious September sunshine!

We have had the best morning helping Brown Bear who we found in our storytelling area this morning. Brown Bear came to our school to tell us a story but sadly all of the characters and their colours had gone missing in our woodland area.
Our mission (as worded by one of our Class R pupils) was to find the animals and their colours to put the story back together.

Brown Bear was very pleased to see us working so well with our partners to find the characters and their colours, and put the story back together. We enjoyed the story with Brown Bear. In the end, he was happy and so were we!

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Nov 2024 by Penny Lyall

Online Safety

This week Miss Darmanin led our half termly safety assembly with a focus on Online Safety. Children were reminded of the SMART safety rules and they discussed each element. A huge well done to everyone, Miss Darmanin was very impressed with how knowledgeable the children are. They were all reminded to share the SMART safety rules at home and to always make sure grown ups are aware of their online activity.

SMART online safety rules poster

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Nov 2024 by Penny Lyall

Class pages and subject pages

Please take a look at our class pages and individual subject pages to see some of the exciting things that we have been doing in school recently.

Our class pages can be found on the main home page, class pages tab.

Subjects can be found following this link. Subjects – Hodnet Primary School

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Nov 2024 by Penny Lyall

Chocolate Brownies for sale

Mrs Noden will be selling her delicious chocolate brownies at the end of the school day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday just outside the school hall on the rear playground. Cash only please. All proceeds go towards purchasing new audio books.

Thank you for your support.

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Nov 2024 by Penny Lyall

Free Parenting Support groups

Please see the links below for information and guidance to support families.

The Shropshire Parenting Help and Support line can be accessed on 01743 250950. Monday to Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm and Fridays 9.30am-3.30pm.

Parenting help and support line poster

Does your child struggle with sleep? If so please see the poster below for support and guidance groups to help.

Sleep Tight Poster

Would you like to know more about child development or how to help your child with behaviour? Or connect with other parents? If so, please see the workshop schedule below for ways to better understand your child.

Understanding Your Child Poster

I have reached out to the team and we hope to run some of these groups from our school in the near future, in addition the the workshops held in Market Drayton. I will keep you updated about the developments.

Mrs Lyall.

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Nov 2024 by Penny Lyall

Fidget toys

A polite reminder to check with school staff before sending in any fidget toys. We have school approved fidget manipulatives for pupils to use should they be needed in class or around school. We also work with the school nursing team to provide support in this area. Children may need to use a manipulative to aid their concentration for a short period of time, or to support with a particular sensory need or anxiety. It is important that school staff are aware of such needs so that we can support pupils with effective strategies to overcome any barriers at particular times.

Please see Mrs Williams our SEND lead or Miss Darmanin our Mental Health lead, but always discuss with your child’s class teacher in the first instance to ensure we can work together to best support pupils.

Thank you.