The police monitor schools based on parking concerns and general community safety. I can confirm that there wasn’t a threat to school or need for police assistance yesterday. The police attended site at 3.15 as part of their usual community patrols. There are no concerns with site safety or the upper gates. They patrol to ensure parking is respectful and lawful and that our children and families are safe.

• Swimming at Market Drayton Swimming pool will start for Y5&6 on Friday 19th September for 5 weeks, this takes us up to half term. After half term, swimming starts for Y3&4 on Friday 7th November for 5 weeks.
• Y6 Bikeability has been changed. It will now take place in December. Information to follow.
• We will be working with the NSPCC over the next few weeks, focussing on their speak out to stay safe campaign. Each class will watch a specific age related assembly and the NSPCC team will come in to deliver workshops to Y2, Y5 and Y6 on Tuesday 23rd September.
• MacMillan coffee afternoon on Friday 26th September in the school hall from 2pm. We welcome cake donations on the day and children are welcome to come to school wearing green.
• Phonics workshop for Reception parents Monday 29th September 2.30pm in the hall.
• Individual and sibling photographs Thursday 2nd October, preschool age children optional family photographs from 8.30am in the hall.
• Flu nasal spray for YR-Y6 on Wed 15th October.
• New starters to Reception 2026/27 open mornings will be on Wed 10th October and Wed 26th November 10am-11am, tours of school at 10.15am.
• Harvest assembly will be led by Rev Becky on Monday 13th October in school, children and staff only. Donations for MD food bank welcome please. Donations will be taken to the food bank on Fri 17th October.

Upcoming sporting fixtures/events:

• Netball – Thurs 25th September at MDJS
• Cross Country – Thurs 16th October at Grove school
• Dance event – Tue 14th and Wed 15th October at William Brookes School. 7pm (auditions for this are currently taking place – see Miss Manton and Mrs MacCallum for details).

Upcoming educational visits or visits or visitors:

• Fri 19th Sept – Music event at Thomas Adams school
• Tue 23rd Sept – NSPCC workshops Y2, Y5 & Y6
• Tue 30th Sept – Severn Trent Water whole school assembly and workshop for Y4
• Tue 7th Oct – Y4 to Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre
• Fri 10th October – Y6 Enterprise event at Thomas Adams school
• Tue 14th October – Illustrator visit
• Wed 15th October – KS1 author visit
• Fri 7th November – Y2 to Ancient High House in Stafford.
• Wed 19th November – Y1 to Blists Hill
• Y3 to Beeston Castle – date TBC
• Y5 and Y6 to Liverpool museum – date TBC

Please see our website for all diary dates including class assemblies, events and school visits.

Calendar – Hodnet Primary School

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 – Luan
• Class 1 – Harry C
• Class 2 – William H
• Class 3 – Betsy
• Class 4 – Sophie
• Class 5 – Willow
• Class 6 – Milly H

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.

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have arranged for  a book fair – Scholastic Books, to visit the school from Friday 26th September until Wednesday 1st October. We aim to have just the one book fair per year.

The fair will be open from 3:15 – 4:00pm  and will start during the MacMillan Coffee Afternoon on Friday 26th. The children will have an opportunity to browse books during the day on Monday 30th September.

It is a CASHLESS fair and a card reader will be available or alternatively scan the QR code provided at the fair to pay securely online.

This will be an excellent opportunity to introduce the children to a wide and varied range of reasonably priced, good quality books. At the same time you will also be helping the school to acquire new books for the library and classroom through the commission we earn on each book sold.

Thank you for your continued support

A reminder that we will be hosting meet the teacher coffee and curriculum chats next week. Paretns are warmly invited to find out about the learning ahead and find out ways in which we can work together to ensure the best for the children in our care.

Curriculum and Coffee sessions will be held in the classrooms from 8.45-9am, children will need to go straight to the hall for registration with Mrs Lyall. Dates below:

• Monday – Y5&6
• Tuesday – Y3&4
• Wednesday – Y1&2
• Thursday – YR

Swimming at Market Drayton Swimming pool will start for Y5&6 on Friday 19th September for 5 weeks, this takes us up to half term. After half term, swimming starts for Y3&4 on Friday 7th November for 5 weeks.

Please look out for letters with information about swimming including the small charge that we ask for as a contribution to the cost of transport. We cover the swimming teaching costs as a school, as swimming in on the curriculum, however we ask for support to help with the shortfall in coach costs. We also ask for parents to send back the reply slip about children’s swimming ability.

Y6 Bikeability starts on Monday 22nd September, please look out for information.

We will be working with the NSPCC over the next few weeks, focussing on their speak out to stay safe campaign. Each class will watch a specific age related assembly and the NSPCC team will come in to deliver workshops to Y2, Y5 and Y6 on Tuesday 23rd September.

Save the date for a MacMillan coffee afternoon on Friday 26th September in the school hall from 2pm. We welcome cake donations on the day and children are welcome to come to school wearing green.

Please see our website for all diary dates including class assemblies, events and school visits.