Please can parents ensure that home addresses and phone numbers are up to date. If you have changed address over the summer or recently or got a new phone or email address, please ensure that the details are updated by emailing Mrs O’Connor or Mrs Rhoden in the school office on admin@hod.318education.co.uk. Thank you. It is essential that we can contact you in an emergency and have the correct home address/es for our pupils.

Thank you for your continued support.

Children can wear earrings for school in the form of a small stud. Hoops or dangling earrings are not permitted, studs only, thank you. These rules must be adhered to for health and safety reasons.

Earrings must be removed for PE. The only exception for this is if ears are newly pierced, when tape can be used to cover them and additional care is needed during activities. Tape is not permitted for general use, again for health and safety reasons, as this can actually make it easier for earrings to be ripped out of ears during sport or when removing tape, it can also encourage infection.

On PE days, pupils either need to come to school without their earrings in, or bring a small box to put their earrings in for the duration of the PE lesson. Please note that staff are not able to take earrings out or put back in, pupils must be able to do this themselves. They can use the mirrors in the toilets if this helps them.

This term the PE days are as follows:

• YR – Friday
• Y1 – Thursday
• Y2 – Monday and Thursday
• Y3 – Wednesday and Friday
• Y4 – Wednesday and Friday
• Y5 – Wednesday and Friday
• Y6 – Wednesday and Friday

The procedures for earrings apply to all sporting activities including PE, swimming, after school or lunchtime sporting clubs and school team fixtures.

Thank you for your continued support with this matter.

Mrs Lyall, Headteacher.

On Tuesday 9th September, our Early Help drop in, coffee and chat will be held in our library 9.30-11.30, no need to book. Please pop in if you would like to chat to Jo Ruff who can offer friendly help and support with parenting and family needs. Jo’s sessions will be on the first Tuesday of every month going forwards 9.30-11.30 in school.

After almost 30 years we said goodbye to Jackie today.

Jackie has been a key part of life at Hodnet school, supporting children int heir play at lunchtime, organising events in our wraparound provision and being a member of our cleaning and catering staff for a number of years.

We all wish Jackie the very best of luck and many happy times as she embarks on the joys of retirement.

Please see our calendar and events page  on our website Term Dates – Hodnet Primary School for up to date information. New term dates have been added today, more to follow.

Key dates:

• School reopens on Tuesday 2nd September for all pupils.
• Curriculum and coffee chats for parents the following week at 8.45am – Y5&6 Monday 8th, Y3&4 Tuesday 9th, Y1&2 Wednesday 10th, YR Thursday 11th.
• October half term – we have 2 weeks next academic year in line with our trust. Break up on Friday 17th October, return on Tuesday 4th November.
• Break up for Christmas holidays on Friday 19th December. Returning on Monday 5th January.

Please can parents ensure parking is respectful and lawful. We’ve received a concern today from residents who had their driveways blocked at pick up time this afternoon. As our school grows the parking becomes increasingly difficult at pinch point times, parents are encouraged to park on the WMC car park and not in front of residential properties on The Grove which can cause problems for our local community.

We thank you and encourage you to show respect and consideration for local residents.

New online art gallery showcases creativity of our schools

A new online art gallery is now live on SharePoint which showcases artwork and creativity from all schools in our Trust. This term, all schools have been invited to participate in a landscape art project inspired by the magnificent Shropshire landscape around us. Huge thanks to Louise Rhodes, Head of Creative Arts and PE at Bridgnorth Endowed School, for organising the project and online gallery.

Our school contributed to the gallery and Louise visited our school this week, she was particularly impressed with our art curriculum and thoroughly enjoyed the morning with Mrs Chaplin, our Art and Technology lead.

Visit the Trust’s online art gallery