Thursday 20th March, 2025

Pupil Pals by Omega

As you are aware, we engage in a nationwide initiative to provide cards to people locally who might not otherwise have any contact on special occasions. We have a box in the hall and card for children to use to create the cards (remembering not to put their name or any details on) throughout the year. The company has provided us with positive feedback on a number of occasions and certificates for our valued involvement. Omega are running a competition at the moment which some of our children may choose to enter, see the information below.

Dear Pupil Pals,

We are thrilled to invite your school to participate in an exciting and creative competition in celebration of the London Marathon 2026!

What’s the competition about?
We’re looking for talented students to create artwork that will represent the London Marathon. Here at Omega, we have the exciting opportunities for 2 places on the London Marathon 2026 and we want to create running vest with the winning children’s pictures on. This is a fantastic opportunity for children to showcase their creativity and be part of one of the most iconic events in the world.

Prizes:
The competition will have three amazing prizes for the winners:

1st Prize: £30 voucher
2nd Prize: £20 voucher
3rd Prize: £10 voucher

The winning artwork will be featured on our running kits, posters, and webpages for the London Marathon 2026, and we can’t wait to see what your students come up with!

How to Get Involved:
The children create the artwork and send into school, we will either collect or arrange for them to be sent in the post.

Closing date: June 30^th 2025

Please see the attached poster for more information.

Thursday 6th March, 2025

World Book Day fun!

We’ve had a super day celebrating World Book Day, well done to all our children, families and staff who have gone to great effort with costumes – fabulously creative!

Above are some pictures of our character groups. Below are some photos from our morning parade in the hall, where children clapped and cheered, celebrating the creative costumes and fond memories of wonderful characters.

To celebrate the joy of reading we have encompassed the theme of ‘read your way’ by asking children to complete a feather to show where books can take them, for example from a magical journey of wonder under the sea or through the pages of The Far Away Tree to the corridors of Hogwarts; reading can take us all to interesting places sparking our imagination. We will display our feathers as a set of wings to symbolise a journey and share some of the captions around school.

“Books take me to a world of imagination like you never expected, where dreams come true and stories come to life” Charlotte, Y4

“Books take me to an amazing place of wonder” Leo, Y4

“Books take me to a city full of laughs” Arthur C Y3

We also had great fun with an intriguing competition this morning – The Masked Reader! But this wasn’t a singing competition like its partner the Masked Singer, no, this was a reading competition! Children had to guess which staff member was behind the mask and which story they were reading. Brilliant fun was had by all. Thank you to the staff for their efforts in making the video clips, they were fantastic to watch. Huge thanks to Mrs Bessant, our English lead, for her organisation of the creative assemblies today, showing us that reading most certainly is for pleasure!

Our children also participated in a book swap within their classes. Each child brought a book to swap so they could take a new one home. Some classes did this as a book cafe, some enjoyed some shared reading and some created a free book shop.

Thursday 27th February, 2025

Shropshire Athletics Association events

Please see the information below regarding the Y5&6 cross country championships. Please read the conditions of entry, if you would like further information you can contact Miss Manton in school or the named representative within the SAA information.

SHROPSHIRE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

UNDER 11’s YEAR 5 & 6 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Venue: Concord College, Acton Burnell, Shrewsbury, SY5 7PF

Races will begin at 2.30pm and be run in the following order

2.30 – U10/Year 5 Girls approx. 1300m
2.45 – U10/Year 5 Boys approx. 1300m
3.00 – U11/Year 6 Girls approx. 1600m
3.15 – U11/Year 6 Boys approx. 1600m

Please note children must run in the correct age groups. Year 4 children may not run in the Year 5 race.

3.30 – Fun run for Year 3 & 4 runners

(no pre-entry needed for fun run, £1.00 per entrant on the day. PLEASE BRING CASH)

Trophies/medals will be awarded to winning teams and first three individuals.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES – Wednesday 19th March 2025

ENTRY FEES – £3.50 PER INDIVIDUAL

All athletes must attend a school in Shropshire/Telford &Wrekin and/or be a member of a Shropshire based Athletics Club and/or be resident in Shropshire.

Any number of athletes may be entered. The first four for a club/school to finish will be the scoring team.
Entry fees are non-refundable unless the organisers have to cancel the event for any reason in which case a full refund will be given.
Please make cheques payable to SHROPSHIRE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Please contact Mary Thornton if you wish to pay by BACS/electronic transfer

ENTRIES AND ENQUIRIES TO:-

Mary Thornton. Email: mary58@btinternet.com

Only athletes named on the entry form will be eligible to run.
Any athlete running without a number will not be counted.
Individual numbers will be issued on the day of the competition.
Please collect your school/club/individual pack from registration.
All athletes must attend a school in Shropshire/Telford &Wrekin and/or be a member of a Shropshire based Athletics Club and/or be resident in Shropshire.
“An entrant shall be deemed to have made himself/herself/themself, familiar with, and agreed to be bound by the UKA Anti-Doping Rules and to submit to the authority of UK Anti-Doping in the application and enforcement of the Anti-Doping Rules. The UKA Anti-Doping Rules apply to entrants participating in the sport of Athletics, for 12 months from the date of entering the event, whether or not the participant is a citizen of, or resident in, the UK.”

Thursday 27th February, 2025

Norovirus, gastroenteritis and other related illnesses.

We have been informed by the LA and Public Health England that we must be vigilant towards possible symptoms of norovirus or other related illness due to the widespread outbreak affecting hospitals and other public services. We have been asked to report incidents of norovirus to the Public Health team, so please inform us if your child receives a diagnosis of this.

If your child is unwell with symptoms of vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach cramps or similar you must continue to follow the usual guidance of keeping them off school for 48 hours after the last bout of illness. In order to prevent further spread, children must not be in school until they are symptom free.

Thank you for your continued support with this matter.

Friday 7th February, 2025

Disco Reminder

Pupils in Reception, Yr1 and Yr2 can stay in school to get changed from 3.15 and 3.30.

Please return slips to school with money in a named envelope.

Thursday 6th February, 2025

Guinea Pigs are settling in!

Our delightful little ladies have enjoyed quite a few cuddles since joining us. We have noticed this week that they are starting to be more vocal and get a bit braver! Many of us have seen them eating or playing in their tunnel as we have walked past, they are also staying out more rather than hiding in their house. Its been lovely to see and hear many children excited by their presence in school.

We’ve started to make our own Pet Care file about how to look after them and we’ve bought some new fiction and non-fiction books which are displayed next to the cage. The children have been very keen to help with the daily water changes, feeding and cleaning them out. So far so good. We look forward to many happy times with our new school pets.

Children, remember to send in your name the guinea pig competition entry and 50p before next Wednesday if you’d like to enter.

Parents please remember to complete the consent form on Parent Pay if you agree to your child handling the guinea pigs.

Thursday 6th February, 2025

Christingle workshop

We send huge a thank you to members of the local church community who led a Christingle workshop for children after school this week. Many of the volunteers gave up their time to prepare and resource the workshop, which was informative, creative and fun. Children enjoyed finding out about the symbol of the Christingle and each made their own. At the end of the workshop the children were joined by their parents, their Christingles were lit, blessings were shared and we all sang a song by candle light. It was a lovely event enjoyed by all.

The orange represents the world, the red tape symbolises Gods love, the 4 sticks represent the 4 seasons, the foil represents those who reflect the light of Jesus and the candle represents Jesus as the light of the world.

Thursday 30th January, 2025

Safety Crew Assembly

Safety Crew Reps held a whole school assembly on Thursday to tell the school about the ideas/initiatives they have chosen for this term. In our meetings, they chose; no trip hazards in the corridors/classrooms, no running in school, keeping the track and nature clear of play equipment and not rocking on chairs. Each child spoke about the areas they were concentrating on and showed their posters which will go up around school as a reminder. We also showed the Safety Crew book which has details of the meetings the reps had with their classes which is available for them to read. Some children had new ideas for next time.

Well done to all our Safety Crew team – you delivered your messages to the whole school with confidence and enthusiasm. We are very proud of you.

Thursday 30th January, 2025

Family Hub Coffee & Chat Tuesday 4th Feb 9am-12noon

Please see information below from the Family Hub team about the Coffee & Chat drop ins which will be available on the first Tuesday of every month. No booking is required.

Please pop in to speak to the team for family advice and/or support. The first session is next Tuesday, all welcome.

Thursday 30th January, 2025

Guinea Pigs are here!

On Wednesday we went to pick the Guinea Pigs from Abbie’s Pets in Shrewsbury. We had spoken to the team there to arrange our visit, knowing that they were expecting the arrival of baby girls this week. Dolly and Reuben went to choose them with Mrs Lyall. As you can see from the photos there were quite a few to choose from, we wanted them to be different so they can be easily identified. One is mainly black with tan markings on her face, the other is a mixture of tan and white with black ears and black patching. They are both 10 weeks old and are sisters, they are adorable! Abbie’s pets team were fantastic.

Reuben, with support from Dolly has led the campaign to have a school pet as part of his House Captain pledge. He has shown dedication and commitment to this cause and deserves great praise for his achievements. Both children have thought carefully about every decision made, they have researched options and have fed back their findings. We are very proud of them. The next steps are to ensure our new pets are cared for, loved and welcomed by all in our school. We will ensure that children and staff are aware of how to handle and look after them and together we will take on this shared responsibility.

Look out for more information about our naming competition launching 31.1.25 with paper copies available from the school hall, 50p entry with proceeds going towards caring for them. Information for parents and carers about children’s consent to handle them is currently live on Parent Pay.

A shout out thank you to our PTA team who kindly offered to contribute funds to pay for the Guinea Pigs. As a school we have been raising money through bag sales to pay for food and bedding and will continue to raise funds to help towards the cost of owning them. We have received kind donations of equipment and funds, thank you to all involved, the children are delighted with the new members of our school team!