Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 06.02.26
Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.
- Class R – Thea for having an I can do attitude in everything she does. Well done!
- Class 1 -Isaac for having a fantastic attitude to learning . You are always ready to do your best! Superstar!
- Class 2 -Oliver .P. for working hard in his writing and maths your really impressed your teacher. Well done!
- Class 3 – Harley-Mark for showing a great improvement in his writing. Great work!
- Class 4 -Isabelle for growing in confidence and participating more in class! Well done.
- Class 5 -Emily for always working hard and pushing yourself to achieve more. Super!
- Class 6 -Laila for great determination in her maths work. Well done!
- Lunchtime award -Rufus for helping support his friend during lunchtime.
- EYFS/KS1 Headteachers award -Willa for being a super role model and always working hard and being kind.
- KS2 Headteachers Award- Beatrice. N. for setting a fabulous example of kindness and motivation to her friends.
- KS2 Headteachers award – The Sportshall Athletics team for representing school and proudly finishing in first place. A great achievement well done all!
- Raffle ticket – Harriet
Weekly House Points 06.02.26
Weekly house point totals are:
Owls = 135
Badgers =92
Squirrels =169
Foxes =128
Well done to the Squirrels team this week.
Celebrating Success. Book Worm 06.02.26
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 -Angel
- Class 1 -Kai
- Class 2 -Robyn
- Class 3 -Rupert
- Class 4 -Emma
- Class 5 -Beatrice. P.
- Class 6 -Finn
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.
PTA disco 13.02.26
A reminder that tour PTA are hosting a disco next Friday. Information sent out this week. Please see parent pay/emails for details.
Half term school ground improvements
Over the half term some safety improvements are being made to the front of school with new metal safety gates being installed at the entrances to the road and the path to the WMC. These gates will have self closing mechanisms and should remain closed at all times when not in use. Please be vigilant when using them as they will likely be heavy, younger children may require assistance to open them and should be assisted by an adult at all times. This is phase one of our external safety updates.
Work to improve the grounds next to the reception classroom outdoor area will commence in half term, with some work starting this week in the pre-school garden and a skip being used on site – please be careful when entering site near the skip.
The large container on the wooded area outside reception will also be removed from site over half term and the ground will gradually be repurposed. The area will be fenced off and is due to be transformed into an EYFS woodland outdoor area. An exciting new project which will take off as the weather improves!
Respect weekly awards
Having manners and showing respect are a staple healthy part of growing up to become good citizens in our society. We aim to showcase manners and have a culture of respect in school. That said, improvements can always be made, so we are focussing on highlighting positive rewards for respectful behaviour towards other in school. We introduced this to our pupils in assembly this week, where we created a word cloud together with the things we want to see in school to showcase our culture of respect.
Starting this week, each class will select a pupil to be their respect champion. They will receive a certificate in our Friday celebration assembly and their name will go into the draw for with the chance to be awarded the termly Respect Trophy in church.
Weekly Respect Champions 06.02.26
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 -Beatrix
- Class 1 -Emmie
- Class 2 -Poppy .B.
- Class 3 -Emilie
- Class 4 -Harry .B.
- Class 5 -Molly.W.
- Class 6 -Theo
Reading Champions 2026
Hodnet Reading Champions 2026
Miss Darmanin has appointed a highly enthusiastic team of Reading Champions to help to promote reading through the school this year as part of the Year of Reading campaign.
The girls have many great ideas and are currently preparing to lead an assembly in order to share their plans.
Sports Hall Athletics Team Competition
The Year Six Sportshall Athletics team had a tremendous competition this week. Once again, their sportsmanship, manners and positive attitude was impeccable. In addition, they also had incredible success, with the girls’ team coming first in their events and the boys second.
Overall, the team placed first, winning the competition. Well done to all!
Storytelling Week
This week has been National Storytelling Week. At Hodnet School we have enjoyed a range of events to highlight the importance of listening to, telling and reading stories.
On Tuesday, Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a ‘Soundtrack Your Story’ workshop from the National Literacy Trust where they learnt about rhythm and rap with Alim Kamara.
On Wednesday, we held a storytelling assembly where each class shared their Talk for Writing text.
Reception – The wheels on the bus
Year 1 – Lost and Found
Year 2 – Edgar’s Adventure
Year 3 – The Manor House
Year 4 – Zelda Claw
Year 5 – The Rhiswanozebtah
Year 6 – Red
On Thursday, we had a special visit from Sal Tonge who is a storyteller. Each class enjoyed a workshop with Sal where they listened to and joined in with lots of stories and songs.
We have also held a class reading swap where the older children read with the younger children.
Photos of all of these events to follow next week!
Spare clothes request
Class R, 1 and 2 are looking for donations of good quality spare clothes!
We would be grateful for donations of:
- Blue or black jogging bottoms
- Blue or black leggings
- Grey or black school tights
- Girls school trousers
We would need donations in ages 4-5, 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8.
If you have anything to donate, please pass these on to Mrs Bessant, Miss Manton, Mrs Noden or Mrs Johnson.