VE 80th Anniversary Celebrations in school
We celebrated VE Day 80 in school by wearing red white and blue or uniforms from service teams that we belong to. We sang the national song I vow to thee my country and watched clips about the special day.
Click here to see the special video clip made for this commemoration
We were lucky enough to be part of the VE mail project so have received a letter from Commander Eskdale aged 101. His letter details his role in the war, his memories of VE Day and a little bit about his career in the marines. Each class has created responses to him, either in the form of individual letters, cards or pictures. This is a wonderful project to participate in, our children are very proud of participating and I’m sure the veterans have delighted in sharing their stories with future generations.
Click here to read the letter we received
Below are some examples of our responses. We also plan to create a display to showcase these within school.
Class R embraced the VE Day celebratory atmosphere by making their own tea party food -some using ration worthy recipes! They made scones and jam tarts which they then enjoyed as a street party with tea sets and cake stands. They listened to wartime music, having delightful conversations with their peers.
In assembly we watched an informative video with photographs and clips from VE Day and interviews from people who remembered the day, one person shared his memories of delivering newspapers to share the news of the victory.
Gallery below showcases how we marked the occasion within school.
318 Belonging Framework
There are now just two weeks to go until the official launch of The 3-18 Education Trust’s Belonging Framework! Watch the launch video here.
The Belonging Framework is designed to guide and support staff, parents/carers and external agencies to offer appropriate knowledge and tools which help students in our schools to feel valued and understood. This is something that school and Trust staff have been working on throughout this academic year, led by Sadie Howson our Trust Director of Safeguarding and SEND.
To celebrate the Belonging Framework the Trust has launched a Trust-wide competition to encourage our students to start thinking about what belonging means in their school.
Students from all schools have been invited to submit a creative response to the brief, with house points for all participants and an Amazon voucher for each school’s winning entry.
The deadline for entries is Friday 23rd May.
In our school we have shared the launch video in classes and started to think about what belonging means to us as classes and as a school. Children are encouraged to participate in the competition to share what belonging means to them, this could be in a variety of ways – a picture, words, poem, dance or a piece of art work. Get creative! We look forward to seeing your entries.
We will be selecting a Belonging Ambassador for our school based on the competition entries. All schools will have Belonging Ambassadors, who will work as a team to support the essential sense of belonging within their schools.
Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 9.5.25
Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.
- Class R – Casey for sharing stories with his class friends. Well done Casey we are very proud of you.
- Class 1 – Fraser for much improved effort in independent writing, well done!
- Class 2 – Rupert for being a great role model in class, making great contributions and making a huge effort to improve his handwriting. Well done!
- Class 3 – Arthur C for being a great learning influencer! Also increased effort in his writing to make it even more superb!
- Class 4 – Leah for increased effort with her learning, well done!
- Class 5 – Freddie, for a much improved attitude towards learning and contributing more in class.
- Class 6 – Ollie M for his super attitude and diligent approach to learning. Well done, keep it up.
- EY/KS1 Headteacher’s award – Phoebe in class 2 for her creative artwork representing Badgers House team in our lobby area – we finally have the full set! Thank you Phoebe.
- KS2 Headteacher’s award – Bria in class 6 for being responsible and sensible and a kind friend to our younger pupils. Helping them to make the right choices and make good relationships.
- Lunchtime award – Lucas in class 5 for showcasing great lunchtime manners.
- Raffle ticket – Lenny in class 5.
Celebrating Success. Book Worm 9.5.25
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 – Isla-Rose
- Class 1 -Poppy B
- Class 2 – Esmae
- Class 3 – Ewan
- Class 4 – Beatrice N
- Class 5 – Lucas
- Class 6 – Regan
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.
Weekly House Points 9.5.25
Weekly house point totals are:
Owls = 99
Badgers = 81
Squirrels = 112
Foxes = 111
Well done to the Squirrels team this week.
Y5 Taster day at Thomas Adams School
Please see the information below which was sent out in paper form earlier this week.
The children are invited to spend the day at Thomas Adams School on 19th June, parents are asked to transport the children and provide a packed lunch. Please see Mrs Lyall if your child is entitled to free school meals and you would like our school kitchen to provide a packed lunch.
All families need to reply to the invitation by contacting Thomas Adams school directly, information regarding this is on the letter.
Please see Mrs Arnold or Miss Evans if you would like to discuss any elements of this day.
Yr5 Taster THURS 19th June Invite letter
Art Club outdoor art
We looked at artwork by the artist Andy Goldsworthy and used this as inspiration to create our own outdoor artwork. Great team work, negotiation and creative skills!
SAT’s testing next week
National tests take place for all Y6 pupils in state schools in England next week.
Monday – Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling
Tuesday – Reading
Wednesday – Maths papers 1 & 2
Thursday – Maths paper 3
There will be some disruption to the usual school routines next week – later playtimes and possibly lunchtimes as we have to wait until the tests are completed, this is to ensure that we provide the Y6 pupils with the best possible chance of success. They are well prepared and ready to shine, we know that they will try their best, this is all we can ask for!
A reminder that Y6 pupils need to wear normal school uniform next week – hoodies cannot be worn in the tests. SATs breakfast will be provided, starting at 8.30am.
A Night at the Musicals success
A huge well done to the Hodnet girls who participated in A Night at the Musicals at the Market Drayton theatre, Festival Drayton, last weekend. They were excellent! We are very proud of you, what an achievement!
They all have such a great work ethic, are wonderful role models to each other and are so kind. Previous students were also participating and were supportive of the younger girls. Showcasing their values and superb attitudes. Well done everyone.
Maeve performed her first solo piece, congratulations and thank you for sharing your success.
May Day celebrations in Forest Schools
We had a great morning celebrating May Day in Forest Schools (we learnt about some of the rituals and traditions of Beltaine celebrations). We lit a fire (we learnt that this was one of the traditions) and toasted marshmallows, we decorated a May tree and danced around it, we made a May Day feast in the mud kitchen, we made May Day music. We also looked at some willow cuttings that had rooted in water, some herb cuttings and some sweet pea seeds that had shot and rooted.
English Youth Ballet success
Congratulations to Wren in class 4 who shared her experience with the whole school in achievement assembly today. Wren auditioned and was selected to dance in the English Youth Ballets performance of Coppelia with a cast of international principal dancers, which was on at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury over Easter. What an achievement! Wren also had a solo part within the performance. She shared information with the children and staff today including a programme, photographs and a certificate. Well done, we are incredibly proud of you!
Shropshire Star article
Change of uniform supplier
As from today (7.5.25) we have moved our uniform supplier from Stitchdesign to Mapac. Mapac used to provide the garments to Stitchdesign, so we are aiming to offer a more streamlined sustainable service by using the direct supplier.
Any outstanding orders will be fulfilled by Mapac in conjunction with Stitchdesign, please can all new orders be placed through Mapac using the link below.
www.mapac.com
Father’s Day Lunch
On Friday 20th June we will be hosting our Father’s day lunch. This is the same day as sports day, we have chosen this date with duplicate events based on feedback from previous years when families found it tricky to get time off work for multiple events in quick succession.
Please see the information on parent pay to sign up for the lunch.