End of term Church celebration
Families are invited to join us in St Luke’s Church, Hodnet at 2pm on Thursday 18th December for our end of term celebration service. During which we will be singing a range of festive songs in addition to presenting awards based on our learning behaviours and core values. Each class teacher will present up to 3 certificates for pupils to celebrate termly achievements. We will also recognise attendance achievements, including improved attendance.
We will be presenting trophies for
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Resilience
- Music and Performing Arts
We will also be presenting medals to pupils who have been selected to receive recognition for showcasing the 8 sporting values.
We hope you can join us to celebrate the many achievements this term and sing some Christmas cheer together.
Santa shop 12.12.25
See details below about the PTA Santa shop taking place on Friday 12th December.
Please send money in a named envelope. Thank you to our PTA team for organising this great event for our children, every year they love the excitement of coming to the shop to buy a present for their family. Its always a busy (even if slightly chaotic!) festive fun time!
Santa Shop flyer 2025
Price list for Santa Shop
Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 4.12.25
Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.
- Class R – Nia for being an enthusiastic and bubbly learner. Fantastic!
- Class 1 – Isla for always being ready to work when completing independent tasks. Superstar!
- Class 2 -Grace for a fantastic attitude to learning and never giving up. What a shining Star!
- Class 3 -Well done Class 3 for your Assembly performance, you read, acted, spoke and sang so well in your assembly.
- Class 4 -Arthur for really pushing yourself in your learning and starting to extend your answers with more depth. Well done!
- Class 5 -Jacob for trying your best and always being ready to listen and learn. Well done!
- Class 6 -Lily for being a superb role model, showing determination and not giving up. Well done!
- Raffle ticket – Arlo from class 2
- EY/KS1 Headteacher’s award – Betty and Isla in class R for sharing their outdoor learning with confidence and enthusiasm. They worked well as a team creating a beautifully constructed Christmas tree using our wonderful woodland world. Great Team Ant learning behaviours.
- KS2 Headteacher’s award – Class 6 for perseverance and determination in bikeability this week. Well done, you gave it your all and should feel very proud of your achievements.
- Lunchtime award – Hannah in class 2 for making fabulous food choices and always being polite.
Big shout out to class 3 who delivered a superb class assembly this week. We thoroughly enjoyed finding out about your learning this term. Thank you and well done!
Christmas lunch
On Thursday 11th December we will be having our annual Christmas lunch in school, provided by our kitchen staff team. Children and staff are invited to come wearing Christmas themed clothes in non-uniform, as it is national Christmas Jumper day. Non-uniform is optional, please do not feel it necessary to purchase a Christmas jumper. Please note, we are not raising money for the Save the Children charity this year.
KS1 pupils will need to wear trainers as they have their PE session with the sports coach on Thursdays.
Book advent in EYFS and KS1
We love reading and Christmas in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2! To celebrate our two favourite things, the teachers have created a book advent – one Christmas book to open each day in December. We can’t wait to see which books have been wrapped up!
School vacancies December 2025
Would you like to join our successful team, or know someone who might? We have a vacancy in our school kitchen to cover a maternity leave, required from February. Please see details on our vacancy page.
See Mrs O’Connor for further details.
Online safety newsletter
In the fast moving world of technology, we are very much aware of the barriers we face when trying to keep our children safe online, whilst encouraging them to utilise technology. With that in mind, we have partnered with the Knowsley City Learning Centres to provide a monthly online safety newsletter to further support families and school staff. The first newsletter will offer up to date guidance and support on internet safety and technology support. We will share them with parents monthly.
December Online safety Newsletter, Hodnet Primary school produced by KCLC.
Please also use the links below to check parental controls for devices, internet, consoles and so much more.
https://www.knowsleyclcs.org.uk/online-safety-videos/
For further support, please contact Miss Darmanin, who will be happy to help further.
Weekly House Points 4.12.25
Weekly house point totals are:
Owls =100
Badgers =107
Squirrels =125
Foxes =107
Well done to the Squirrels team this week.
Celebrating Success. Book Worm 05.12.25
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 – Lottie
- Class 1 – Emmie
- Class 2 – Ted
- Class 3 – Charlotte
- Class 4 – Ewan
- Class 5 – Lacey
- Class 6 – Freddie
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.
Christmas Hampers – PTA
Christmas Hampers
Christmas hamper raffle tickets can be purchased for £1 per ticket by sending money in a sealed envelope, providing a name and contact number, into school on Friday 12th, or in Church ahead of the service on the 18th (cash only please).
As well as the amazing foodie hampers, the prizes this year also feature a Squishy Santa, and two signed Christmas books – Draw with Rob at Christmas by Rob Biddulph and and A Very Curious Christmas by Maddie Moate (kindly sourced by Mrs Noden).
Christmas tree
Thank you to our wraparound team of children and staff who enjoyed decorating our beautiful tree this year, once again donated by Hodnet Hall Gardens, a big thank you to all for helping us to share festive joy.
Upcoming dates until the end of term
Autumn 2, remaining key dates for families:
- Wed 10th Dec – Y4 class assembly 9am. Y4 parents welcome.
- Thurs 11th Dec – Christmas lunch. Christmas jumpers/Christmas themed clothes optional.
- Fri 12th Dec – PTA Santa Shop. Details on separate post.
- Mon 15th Dec – Rocksteady concert 9.15am. Rockstars in non-uniform.
- Tues 16th Dec – EY/KS1 Nativity 2pm. (entry with ticket only)
- Wed 17th Dec – EY/KS1 Nativity 2pm. (entry with ticket only)
- Thurs 18th Dec – Church service at St Luke’s, Hodnet at 2pm, families welcome.
- Fri 19th Dec – Christmas party day – non-uniform, party clothes with sensible shoes.
- Fri 19th Dec – Break up for Christmas holidays.
- Monday 5th January – school reopens to pupils.