Weekly News Spring term 2026, week 2.

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Lego donations wanted Skip to article
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Celebrating Success. Book Worm 16.1.26 Skip to article
Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 16.1.26 Skip to article
Kitchen vacancy re-advertised. Skip to article
Weekly House Points 16.1.26 Skip to article
Church service rescheduled Skip to article

2026 is the Year of Reading!

The “Year of Reading” is the UK’s National Year of Reading 2026, a major campaign led by the National Literacy Trust and supported by The Reading Agency, and the Department for Education (DfE) to combat declining reading enjoyment by making reading relevant, joyful, and part of everyday life, using the slogan “Go All In! www.goallin.org.uk to connect reading with personal passions like football, food, or films, and involving schools, libraries, and communities in activities.

The goal of the year is to spark a reading revolution, showing reading is valuable for skills, well-being, and unlocking passions, not just an academic task. The idea is to rebrand reading as a modern, culturally relevant, and immediately rewarding activity for all ages, bridging the gap between digital life and reading.

How to get involved:

Visit the official website GOALLIN.ORG.UK to find activities, resources and more..

School events:

Mrs Bessant, our English lead, has organised a monthly event for the Year of Reading, the first one is based on Reading Resolutions or wishes to complete in January. Please see our Reading challenge calendar for more information.

Miss Darmanin who leads our librarians has selected Reading Champions from class 6 to promote and champion reading throughout school. They will work with Librarians and pupils in other classes to share the love of reading throughout school.

Shropshire Music Service

Please scan the QR code if you would like to know more about the opportunities on offer from Shropshire Music Service. Their team members visit our school weekly to deliver private individual and group music lessons, offering a range of instrumental tuition. For further information, please contact the SMS team or ask in the school office for details.

Lego donations wanted

If anyone has any lego that they could donate for our lunchtime lego club, we would appreciate some additional bricks! Thank you.

Please send any donations to Mrs O’Connor, or to the class 5 team.

Thank you.

Online safety meeting

A reminder that the parents online safety meeting will be available to access via the link sent out last Friday, or via a shared session in the school hall. Please inform school via parent pay if you wish to attend the session in the hall to ensure we have capacity.

Thank you.

Curriculum letters

Thank you to those who attended our curriculum and coffee meetings with teachers this week. We appreciate your attendance and hope that you find the sessions useful.

Below are the curriculum letters and overviews shared at each meeting. These can also been found alongside additional information on our curriculum page and class pages on our website.

Class R curriculum & coffee parents letter and learning adventure overview

Class 1 curriculum & coffee parents letter

Class 2 curriculum & coffee parents letter

Class 3 curriculum & coffee parents letter and overview

Class 4 curriculum & coffee parents letter

Class 5 curriculum & coffee parents letter and overview

Class 6 curriculum & coffee parents letter

Celebrating Success. Book Worm 16.1.26

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 – Lyla
Class 1 – Tommy
Class 2 – Arlo
Class 3 – Matilda
Class 4 – Oliver
Class 5 – Kyaara
Class 6 – William

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.

Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 16.1.26

Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.

Class R – Alice for being ready to learn and keen to get on with her activities.
Class 1 – Layla for a fantastic start at Hodnet school, well done for being such a hard worker!
Class 2 – Ellis for working hard with his maths and putting in lots of effort with his handwriting.
Class 3 – Rupert for always being cheerful, hardworking and having a great sense of humour – you are a pleasure to teach.
Class 4 – Eva for being a great learning role model, being respectful and polite. Well done.
Class 5 – Bea P for great confident contributions in class, being respectful and polite.
Class 6 – Lucas for always trying to do his best, being kind, helpful to his peers and persevering with maths.
Lunchtime award – Hudson and Antione in class 1 for exceptional manners.
EY/KS1 Headteachers award – Lottie in class R for being a super learning role model.
KS2 Headteachers award – Josh in class 5 for working really hard in his learning this week, a great start to 2026.
Raffle ticket – Grace A and Josh G.

Kitchen vacancy re-advertised.

A reminder that we have a vacancy in our school kitchen to cover Steph’s maternity leave. Information was sent out via parent pay this week which can also be found on our school website vacancy page.