Well done to everyone who received awards yesterday in church. We are very proud of you.

The termly certificates of achievement go to:

Class R

• Ella for being a tough tortoise and always being ready to learn.
• Ada for growing in confidence and for making great progress.
• Theo for embracing learning and giving everything a go.

Class 1

• Alice for always being ready to learn and trying her best.
• Kai for having increased confidence and self belief too.
• Arlo for having much more confidence and and trying things on your own too.

Class 2

• Daniel for having increased confidence and being a fantastic role model.
• William H for a much improved attitude to learning and great progress with your writing.
• Willa for being a great role model, always trying her best and having great learning behaviours.

Class 3

• Georgia for an increase in confidence, resilience to learning and always being kind to her friends.
• William for having great general knowledge, being a keen learner and ready to learn and also having a super sense of humour.
• Sybil for being an excellent role model for learning, always producing  a high quality of work and being responsible and reliable.

Class 4

• Emma  for having a great learning and being a excellent role model for behaviour and showcasing school values too.
• Ewan for always being polite, respectful and hardworking . A great role model for learning too.
• Charlotte for superb perseverance and determination and always putting 100% effort into her work. You are always so smiley and positive too.

Class 5

• Wren for always displaying impeccable manners, being polite and kind to everyone.
• Jacob for always working hard, persevering with tricky tasks and  pushing yourself to achieve more.
• Beatrice for always giving 100% effort with any piece of work. Also you have such a great love for learning too and always want to improve.

Class 6

• Charlie for such an increased confidence and resilience. Also for  superb independence this term.
• Lily for such determination, being a fantastic role model and being supportive and respectful at all times.
• Eva for striving to do the best in all you do. Always being polite and respectful too.

Headteachers awards

• Lottie in class R for super learning behaviours, always trying her best and being a kind friend.
• Poppy F in class 2 for her hardworking attitude and excellent learning behaviours.
• Clara in class 4 for perseverance and showcasing our school values.
• Freddie in class 6 for improved attendance, hardworking attitude and perseverance. Really shining bright this term – well done!

We were all excited to see a very special sight in the skies above Hodnet School at lunchtime – Santa was getting a lift with in an RAF helicopter!

We could hear the helicopter coming closer to school but had no idea that it was carrying a special visitor until we saw the recognisable red and white suit waving to us from high above

Everybody on the playground cheered and waved whilst Santa circled above us. We then gave one final wave as Santa set off for the North Pole to get ready for Christmas Eve!

Could we please ask that children don’t play under the trees by the gates near the KS1 entrance into the playground as we are finding the children are coming into school with very muddy footwear.

Thank you

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 – Beatrix
• Class 1 -Myla
• Class 2 -Ellis
• Class 3 -Josh (Reading with Class 3)
• Class 4 -Clara
• Class 5 -Layla
• Class 6 -Libbie

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.

A reminder that our Nativity performances are next week, Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th both at 2pm. Entry with tickets only please to ensure a safe capacity within our school hall.

Parents from YR, Y1 & Y2 are invited to come to watch the performance, the rear playground gates will open at 1.50pm, ready for a 2pm start in the hall.

Reminders that parents and carers are able to take photographs of their children and we will provide opportunities for photographs at the end, but ask that you respect the wishes of all families by only taking pictures or videos of your own children and keeping them for personal use. We have several children this year who cannot be photographed, their family members do not provide permission for photographs to be taken or shared on social media or websites.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Mrs Lyall

Huge thank you to our kitchen staff who cooked an amazing Christmas lunch for children and staff this week.

Children enjoyed singing and dancing to Christmas music after their lunch and had a delightful sing song in the hall. Great fun!

Photos

Following recent First Aid training, we have implemented an additional recommendation to our procedures when a child has bumped their head.

Due to the need to observe children closely after a bump to the head, we have purchased bright yellow bumped head wrist bands to enable all staff to see at a glance that a child has bumped their head and therefore needs to be monitored. The wrist band will include the data and time of the injury.

We will continue to implement our existing procedures of phoning parents when a child bumps their head and writing a bumped head letter home as required.

On Monday our pupils who participate in Rock Steady music lessons will be leading their termly music concert. Parents of those pupils are welcome to attend.

Children who are performing are welcomed to come in Christmas themed / party / rock star non-uniform!

Band leader Dan will be leaving us this term, he has been promoted and will now line manage other band leaders, including our new band leader, Luke, so we will still see Dan from time to time. We send him our congratulations, wishing him all the best for the future. He has been inspirational for young people in our school and will be a big miss.