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To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100 Birthday, our Headteacher, Mrs Lyall is leading a Trust...
Adam Green – Mark Elliott sits in (08/05/2026) – BBC Sounds This morning Mrs Johnson...
2026 is the National Year of Reading. At Hodnet School, we have created a Year...
This year the school council decided to set a goal of improving the school’s contribution...
April is the Month of the Military Child. Today, 24th April, we wore purple to...
On Friday 8th May we are celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday! The Shropshire Wildlife Trust...
We are once again taking part in the Market Drayton calendar competition. This year our...
Find out more about what's been happening at school...
We have a new beautiful ‘little community library’ outside our main office area. We encourage...
From now on, we will be providing updates via our Facebook page. This was set...
April is the Month of the Military Child. This national campaign recognises the children of...
Congratulations to our Kitchen Assistant Steph and her family on the safe arrival of baby...
Having fun in the sunshine!...
Miss Darmanin and I have had daily correspondence about the events at Oakerwood, ensuring safety...
More information can be found on our Nursery page on the website. ...
Y6 set off on their residential adventure on Monday! What fun they’ve already had! We...
Huge thank you to those who attended our Mother’s Day lunch last week, it was...
Hodnet kicked off our World Book Day celebrations with a Traitors themed assembly! We were...
A reminder that tour PTA are hosting a disco next Friday. Information sent out this...
The “Year of Reading” is the UK’s National Year of Reading 2026, a major campaign...
If anyone has any lego that they could donate for our lunchtime lego club, we...
We will reschedule today’s DEAR session for next Friday. January’s Drop Everything And Read will...
Please see the letter below for information about an online event organised for parents and...
Hodnet Primary school will be closed today 9/1/26 due to adverse weather conditions overnight making...
We all enjoyed the snow that greeted us on our first day back after the...
School is open as usual today. Please take extra care in the wintery conditions. Children...
In the run up to Christmas most of our learning was Christmas themed, we wrote...
Each child in the school decorated a star to fill up a giant star –...
Well done to all our children and families who have tried so hard to attend...
In the fast moving world of technology, we are very much aware of the barriers...
Would you like to join our successful team, or know someone who might? We have...
See details below about the PTA Santa shop taking place on Friday 12th December. Please...
Please see the timetable of events held at Raven House....
A polite reminder to inform school if your child is being collected by someone other...
Please see the information below regarding the future of Early Years Education in Hodnet. School...
We have 2 vacancies on our local governing board, interested parties are reminded to follow...
Thank you to the families who completed the questionnaires at our recent parents evening sessions....
To mark Remembrance Day this year Mrs Lyall led a whole school assembly to teach...
Thank you to our amazing group of volunteers who enabled our Bonfire Night community event...
Congratulations to some of our pupils who went to London with their dance school in...
Our Hodnet 318 Dancing Team were outstanding this week, performing in two evening shows at...
Well done to our netball team who are the North Shropshire winners! We have the...
Thank you for your generous harvest donations, we took them to the Food Bank...
What a week! School has had even more of a glow this week – with...
As you are aware next week is our careers and aspirations enrichment week. We are...
On Tuesday we are excited that James Warwood, an author and illustrator, will be joining...
Thank you for supporting MacMillan last Friday. We raised a whopping £546.91. To everyone who...
Last week we completed our voting for Pupil Responsibilities in school. We apply a democratic...
The pupils who are participating in this event have had letters so they are aware...
Last Friday on the 19th of September, we went to Thomas Adams for a music...
We are looking for a group of families who would be willing to care for...
We send a huge thank you to the team at Hodnet Hall Gardens, who provided...
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Key Stage Two Forest Schools club took place over two Mondays, children who attended learnt...
We enjoyed two weeks of activities with Mrs Gregory and Mrs Noden after school at...
Y6 Rounders The team came 3rd in the North Shropshire interschool competition They were fantastic!...
What a great afternoon! Thank you to all who came to support the children and...
Thank you to the kitchen staff for their excellent efforts with todays lovely lunch. So...
Well done to the Hargreaves family for their recent success at the Shropshire County show....
The Jon Hayward Memorial Trust (registered charity no. 1121391) has been providing music bursaries to...
Harriet in Y5 and her family have discovered that her great uncle was on the...
Well done to those pupils who have submitted an entry to the Trust Belonging competition....
There is now just a week to go until the official launch of The 3-18...
There are now just two weeks to go until the official launch of The 3-18...
A huge well done to the Hodnet girls who participated in A Night at the...
Congratulations to Wren in class 4 who shared her experience with the whole school in...
We celebrated VE Day 80 in school by wearing red white and blue or uniforms...
We looked at artwork by the artist Andy Goldsworthy and used this as inspiration to...
Well done to our Rock Steady Rock Stars who performed for school and their families...
Next Thursday, 8th May, we will be celebrating the 80 year anniversary of VE day....
Please see the information below about this local community project taking place on 8th –...
Thank you to our amazing kitchen team who cooked for 368 people on Wednesday lunchtime!...
We have an Irish dancing beginner 2nd place world champion in our school! Wow! What...
Huge well done to our class 3, 4 and 5 children who were simply outstanding...
Today we said goodbye to Mrs Akers as she leaves us for pastures new. In...
As part of our Science learning on animals, we visited the Blue Planet Aquarium. We...
Our Y5 Football team thoroughly enjoyed their afternoon yesterday participating in the tournament organised by...
Class 6 are having a thoroughly enjoyable time on their residential. Everyone is busy, motivated...
Y6 arrived at their residential with excitement just before lunch today, ready and keen for...
Mrs Akers has creatively crafted the children’s written feathers from World Book Day into a...
We’ve had a super day celebrating World Book Day, well done to all our children,...
Dear Parents/Carers, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to introduce The...
Well done to the Y6 team who represented school this week in Sportshall Athletics, they...
Pupils in Reception, Yr1 and Yr2 can stay in school to get changed from 3.15...
Please see information below from the Family Hub team about the Coffee & Chat drop...
On Wednesday we went to pick the Guinea Pigs from Abbie’s Pets in Shrewsbury. We...
Please see the information and link below about World Book Day 2025. World Book Day...
We will be offering a family hub drop in service led by the family support...
What an amazing morning we had today! Our brilliantly talented Rock Steady Bands performed for...
Well done to everyone who has received achievement awards over the course of this term...
We have been informed that the HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) programme has spaces available...
The market Drayton Arts Festival team would like to share the following Christmas message to...
Please see the attached information about proposed changes to our Admission arrangements, bringing us in...
Huge congratulations to our Tag Rugby teams who received high praise for their sportsmanship and...
Rev Becky and the team at the local churches have produced an advent activity for...
This week Miss Darmanin led our half termly safety assembly with a focus on Online...
Please see the links below for information and guidance to support families. The Shropshire Parenting...
The winners from last years artists into schools event celebrated together over half term at...
A huge thank you to Hodnet School PTA for organising another amazing bonfire night event...
Today on Remembrance day, we held our daily assembly at 10.45am and included a two...
This year the message for Antibullying week is Choose Respect. We will be covering this...
Do you have a child due to start Reception in September 2025, or do you...
Kyaara and Kiaan were incredibly brave to talk to the whole school about how they...
Huge congratulations to all the 52 pupils who attended the cross country event yesterday. Our...
Book club enjoyed listening to “Old Bear” stories on our new Vox Block audio book...
Huge congratulations to the Y6 pupils who completed their Level 2 Bikeability award this week....
Our Owl team House and Vice captains took a trip to Lower Heath school this...
Please see the information above. If you would like to enter this competition, please can...
The food bank volunteers send their grateful thanks for all the donations today. Thank you...
A huge thank you to all who donated today. We managed to raise a whopping...
A huge thank you to the team at A.R.Richards for their kindness and generosity. They...
This week we voted in our House Captains and Vice Captains. The whole school voted...
This week our children nominated and voted for pupils to have positions of responsibility in...
We have once again been asked by Omega to support their combat loneliness appeal by...
On Friday 27th September we will be hosting our annual MacMillan coffee afternoon to raise...
Class 1 returned from assembly to find a crime scene in their classroom! The area...
See a link to our pupil survey results below. We are very proud of the...
Our Rock Steady Musicians held a concert for their parents and the whole school today....
On Friday 28th June we celebrated Armed Forces Day in school by welcoming our families...
Well done to our rounders team who won the small schools round on Wednesday evening....
A reminder that our PTA will be holding a Village Treasure Trail on Saturday 6th...
You may recall a number of weeks ago we embarked on a project with Omega...
Class 1 had a fantastic day at the Blue Planet aquarium in Chester. We learnt...
This week, Class 3 started a new English unit on portal stories. Our hook lesson...
Come and join in the fun at the Hodnet Village Treasure Trail. Treasure trail poster...
At Hodnet school we celebrated science week in style this week from plant investigations to...
Earlier this month we welcomed the local Market Drayton Artist team in to school once...
Have you ever wondered what our teachers favourite books are? Have you ever asked them?...
Children thoroughly enjoyed spending their cash on science themed gadgets this week. A huge thank...
We have been learning in Science about what a plant needs to grow well. To...
This week, Class 3, 4 and 5 enjoyed a visit from Severn Trent Water who...
As part of our explanation text writing this term, we have been writing about how...
Classes R, 1, 2, 3 & 4 have worked with Katie Millard, the Happiness Trainer...
Thank you for all the parents/carers who donated cakes and biscuits we had an amazing...
We collected for the Market Drayton Food Bank again this year as part of our...
Author Sarah Griffiths joined us in school on National Storytelling day to read her latest...
To celebrate and give thanks for our wonderful mums, step-mums, carers, grandmas, nanas and grans...
This year we decided to have a whole school theme for world book day –...
Great fun was had by all playing out in the snow. Children worked together to...
A huge thank you again to the team from the MD Arts Fest who came...
To celebrate the hard work, support and dedication of Mr Derek Orton, who was a...
Reception class and our KS2 School Council members walked to the war memorial in Hodnet...
In the autumn term we held our enrichment week with a music focus. All children...
Our annual sports games event was a huge success this year. It was wonderful to...
In our science week we are focussing on famous scientists and practical investigations. We have...
IMG_0088 Our KS1 and KS2 choirs took part in the regional concert at the Showground...
In Multi-Faith RE week each class studied the Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Sikh religions. Each...
In Healthy Mind, Healthy Body week each class focussed on positive mental health and ways...
We are very thankful to the volunteers from squadron 705 who gave up their time...
On Wednesday 1st May, Class 3 and 4 went on a trip to Cadbury World...
A fantastic time had by all so far at Oakerwood. A few pics from Mrs...
As part of our aim to offer rich quality experiences, which open our children’s eyes...