Litter Picking in Hodnet- Eco Warriers and School Council

This year the school council decided to set a goal of improving the school’s contribution to our local community.
Currently, there are two projects; keeping our village tidy and working with Hodnet Hall Gardens
On Friday 24th April, our KS2 school council and Eco Club representatives have completed  a litter pick around the Working Mens Club and along the path. Taking care of our local community is so important although the children were astonished at the amount of plastic rubbish.

Did you know A plastic bottle typically takes

450 to 1,000 years to decompose in a landfill, but it never fully disappears. Instead, it breaks down into smaller, hazardous pieces called microplastics, which contaminate soil and water.

Celebrating Success. Book Worm 15.05.26

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 -Lyra
  • Class 1 -Tommy
  • Class 2 -Hattie
  • Class 3 -Harley-Mark
  • Class 4 -Lillian
  • Class 5 -Jacob

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.

Cool Milk Information

Did you know?

Children currently receive free school milk until their fifth birthday through the Government’s school milk scheme. After this point, the entitlement ends. This means that within the same Reception class some children continue receiving milk while others do not, depending on when their birthday falls.

At Hodnet school, we accommodate this to ensure that no child goes without, including providing additional milk for children when required. However, we’re supporting the Fair Milk for a Fair Start campaign, which calls for a simple change so all children can receive free school milk until the end of their Reception year.

Find out more or show your support: https://fairmilkfairstart.com/

KS1 and KS2 Reading Competition

KS1 Reading Competition

On Thursday our KS1 reading champions had an assembly about a campaign to support young children’s reading.

‘Go all in’ has been organised to make reading enjoyable.

During the assembly we launched a new competition for all KS1 pupils.

All pupils in KS1 can design  a new front cover for your favourite book.

The deadline is June 01st, please draw your design on a piece of plain paper and hand it in to your class teacher.

The top 5 will win a prize.

KS2 Reading Competition

The KS2 reading champions had an assembly this week we discussing encouraging children to read more.

We learnt about the ‘Year of Reading’

The ‘year of reading’ is a campaign started by Queen Camilla, it is the biggest campaign  designed to help and encourage more young people to enjoy reading.

All pupils are invited to take part in the competition, if you take a photograph of yourself outside -in the silliest place possible reading a book, we will make a comparison  with other classes and the class that brings in the most pictures will win a book of there choice.

 

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.

 

Weekly House Points 23.04.2026

Weekly house point totals are:

Owls = 88

Badgers = 77

Squirrels =114

Foxes = 70

Well done to the Squirrels   team this week.

 

Curriculum and Coffee chats

Thank you to the paretns/carers who attended these sessions this week. Any documentation shared within the session can be viewed and downloaded on our website curriculum page, they will also be on class pages.

Weekly Respect Champions 24.04.26

Well done to our Respect Award Champions who will go into the draw, to be in with a chance to be awarded our school termly respect trophy.

  • Class R -Amelia
  • Class 1 -Arlo
  • Class 2 -Ted
  • Class 3 -William
  • Class 4 -Cecily
  • Class 5 -Lola
  • Class 6 -Libbie

 

Family Fest Market Drayton- Saturday 2nd May- 10am -4pm

               This event has been fully funded by Market Drayton Town Council.

 

🎉 What’s on:

 Delicious food & drink

 JDL Market — including stalls for our mini marketeers

 Live music & performances

 Community Hub

 Circus Academy workshops throughout the day

 Crazy Golf

 Stilt Walkers

 Crafts & Sand Art

 Face Painting

 Wings & Things animal encounters

 Magic & Balloon Modelling

Gootopia

 My SEN Den — a calm, inclusive space for children & adults who need quiet time