Parents' Area

Updates

Friday 15th May, 2026

Safeguarding awareness

Our school website has useful information about how we keep our pupils safe, our safeguarding intentions and how we teach children to be safe.

Safeguarding – Hodnet Primary School

On the Parents Support area on our website we have information about online safety, supportive information and links.

Parent Support – Hodnet Primary School

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Lyall, Headteacher, who works alongside our Deputy Designated Leaders Mrs Williams and Miss Darmanin and our Safeguarding Governor, Jen Rogers, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our children. Please see the safeguarding team with any questions, queries or concerns.

Friday 15th May, 2026

Parking reminder

We kindly remind parents/carers and family members to park safely, respectfully and lawfully at pick up and drop off times. As a school community it is crucial that we work together to ensure the safety of the pupils in our care.

Thank you for your continued support.

Friday 15th May, 2026

Well done Y6

Well done to our class 6 pupils who were simply brilliant this week. Team 6 showcased our values in everything they did, they tried their best and worked diligently to complete their SATs assessments. We are so proud of them!

Well done to the rest of our school who were thoughtful, kind and supportive; enabling our Y6 pupil to have the time and space needed to complete the test to the best of their ability. Its always a tricky week in school with timings running over, late breaks and lunchtimes, but it is important that we provide this for our Y6 pupils, helping them to feel confident to shine and do their best.

Hope everyone has a well deserved happy weekend!

Mrs Lyall 🙂

Friday 15th May, 2026

Nursery reminder

A reminder that enrolment is now open for our Nursery class, please see our website page or pop into the office for more details and a welcome pack. We ask that any pupils wishing to join our nursery for September, sign up before 1st July.

 

Sunday 10th May, 2026

Sir David Attenborough Day!

A super exciting day in school with classrooms bursting with cross curricular learning; art, history, geography and communication skills flowing through the school. A brilliant atmosphere, with children immersed and engaged in their learning.

The day was organised largely by Mrs Johnson and Mrs Huxtable, our humanities leads, in conjunction with all staff.

The Shropshire Wildlife Trust led outdoor learning sessions for all classes, a big hit with KS2, who a really keen to have more regular Forest School sessions. All children made seed bombs and sustainable bags for planting. Thank you to Thomas Adams school pupils and staff who came in and supported our children with this experience.

We started our day listening to our live broadcast on BBC radio Shropshire (see separate post) and continued our fascination by researching Sir David Attenborough, creating art work, writing pledges, finding out about animals and places on our planet, participating in the national live assembly delivered by Picture News and we even made time to sing happy birthday and eat cake at lunchtime. A wonderful celebratory day at Hodnet.

See class pages for more class photos.

Friday 8th May, 2026

318 Trust Art Attenborough project

To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100 Birthday, our Headteacher, Mrs Lyall is leading a Trust wide art project which will feature on the wall in the main trust offices in Shrewsbury. Our Trust Inclusion Director, Mrs Howson, and 12 pupils from Thomas Adams school came to Hodnet school today to work together creating the artwork. The painting will be made entirely from handprints from the pupils in all of our 10 Trust schools and will feature a set of giant hands holding our world with a sapling growing from the top of the world. Today the children worked together to paint and print their hands. The Thomas Adams pupils supported our Hodnet pupils, they talked about their favourite animals, discussed Sir David Attenborough and thought carefully about how to mix colours to represent our world and skin tones. They thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work together, many showcasing values of resilience and compassion, a wonderful morning!

More pictures to follow.

 

 

 

Friday 8th May, 2026

Water only in water bottles please

A gentle reminder that as a Healthy School we can only permit water in water bottles, not juice or other sugary flavoured drinks. We are proud of our Healthy School status and are passionate that children learn to make healthy choices. Juice in water bottles contributes to poor dental health and can be an irritant to bladders, causing frequent toilet trips, this is not something we encourage.

We ask that parents/carers kindly support school by only sending water in water bottles, following our school policy.

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Friday 1st May, 2026

Nursery information published

Our School Nursery offer guide, booking forms and registration forms have been published on our website this week and shared with eligible current pre-school families. Please see our website page for information.

Nursery & Hodnet Pre-School Playgroup – Hodnet Primary School

We are delighted to be opening our term time Nursery provision from September, we will have 20 available daily places for children aged 2-4 years, offering a wraparound provision to support working families.

Please share with families who may be interested in joining our school Nursery. Thank you for supporting us as our school grows.

Friday 24th April, 2026

Termly House Points – Spring term 2026

Termly house point totals are:

Owls = 990

Badgers = 1018

Squirrels =1173

Foxes = 993

Well done to the Squirrels   team for their tremendous efforts last term.

 

Friday 24th April, 2026

Summer term events

The key dates for this term are:

April:

  • Tue 28th – Whole school painting with local artists (MD calendar)

May:

  • Fri 1st – DEAR 3pm (no phones please)
  • Mon 4th – Bank holiday, school closed
  • Fri 8th – David Attenborough Day
  • Mon 11th – Thur 14th – Y6 SATS testing week
  • Mon 18th – Y4 Pentecost Workshop
  • Wed 20th – YR Class assembly 9am, YR parents welcome
  • Fri 22nd – break up for half term.

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 – 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.