Weekly Respect Champions 13.11.26
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 – Josh
- Class 1 -Xander
- Class 2 -Isaac
- Class 3 -Henry
- Class 4 -Georgia
- Class 5 – Harry T
- Class 6 -Katherine
Celebrating Success. Book Worm 13.11.26
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 – Lucius
- Class 1 -Rory
- Class 2 -Emmie
- Class 3 -Ella
- Class 4 -Henry
- Class 5 -Harper
- Class 6-Emily
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 13.11.26
Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.
- Class R – Grayson for working really hard at home and school. Well done!
- Class 1- Amelia for a fantastic attitude to learning. Always ready to do your best. Amazing!
- Class 2-Tommy for having a great attitude to learning. Always having your hand up to contribute ideas in class. Fantastic!
- Class 3 – Jake for your supreme engagement, enthusiasm and participation in lessons. Well done!
- Class 4 – George for your amazing effort in all areas of the curriculum. Fantastic news!
- Class 5- Isabelle S and Emma for showing real kindness and thoughtfulness to others. Well done!
- Class 6 – Beatrice for a super hard working and diligent .Perfect role model for others. Superb!
- Headteachers Award- Sophia (Nursery) for your fantastic counting. Ella W (Class3) for being kind and thoughtful at lunchtimes. Eden (Class 4) for really showcasing our school values.
- Raffle-Emma
- Lunch – Ava W (Class R)for always having amazing manners. Emily H (Class 6) for being a super friend and helping a classmate at lunchtime.
Weekly House Points 13.11.2026
Weekly house point totals are:
Owls = 112
Badgers =107
Squirrels=116
Foxes = 109
Well done to the team Owls this week.
Remembrance 2026
We marked Remembrance Day with a beautiful autumnal walk through Hodnet Hall Gardens to the War Memorial with YR pupils who placed their handmade poppy wreath on the memorial and respectfully held a moment of reflection. We then held our Remembrance assembly together in the school hall with some excellent readings from pupils in Y5&6. We were calm, still and respectful when we held our two-minute silence. Well done Hodnet school, we will remember them.
Careers week highlights – what a wonderful week!
Hodnet school community shone last week in our Careers and Aspirations week.
Highlights from days 1&2 include reception class dressing up in what they want to be when they are older, finding out about our headteacher meeting an astronaut and the amazing team at RAF Shawbury landing a Juno helicopter on our field!
Our children were inspired, thinking about future pathways and remembering that the world of possibilities is out there.
Day 3 of our Career & Aspirations week saw our lucky children being inspired by so many members of our wider community. A huge thank you to the parents and volunteers who so kindly gave up their time to support our week, informing our children and fascinating us with their job roles.
We started the day with the story of a little boy who loved LEGO who grew up to become a chief engineer in an international company, inspiring us to be engineers of the future…
Then…
The professional footballer who taught us to be reliant, believe, be healthy and practise, practise, practise…
Followed by…
The voyager pilot who mesmerised us with air to air refuelling and transporting our King. Simply WOW!
The midwife and healthcare nurse who showed us their compassion and wowed us with their expertise…
The dirt bike trainer who shared skill, strength, control, courage and oodles of fun!
The textiles designer who shared the importance of detail, precision skill, colour and customer experience and things to consider when self employed…
The veterinary nurse who showed the skills needed to care for vulnerable animals…
The gut nutritionist who amazed us with the length of our intestines and how food travels through our bodies…
And finally the brave, loyal firefighters and paramedics who taught us that courage and selflessness know no bounds.
Another great week at our great school 💙
Meeting Rt Hon Mr Mark Pritchard MP
Mr Pritchard thoroughly enjoyed his visit to our school today. Commenting on how lucky our pupils are to receive such a wonderful education in our rural setting. On our school tour, he saw children enjoying forest schools – embracing the outdoors and making habitats for different woodland creatures, he listened to pupils playing their recorders and making beautiful music together, he saw pupils designing their DT projects and planning their up coming assembly. He also saw some classes doing PE and talked though some river homework projects, he saw pupils engaged in history and was impressed with pupils knowledge about the Great Fire of London.
Mark then introduced himself to our school council team and school ambassadors, he explained his role in our government and answered lots of very thoughtful questions about his day to day job, the difference he makes to his community and how he became and MP.
He spoke at length to Mrs Lyall about our school, celebrating our many achievements and thinking about current barriers and how he could support with them, such as local funding, SEND funding, sustainability and building developments.
A very successful meeting. We are thankful that he came to see us and spoke so highly about how great our school is, we certainly impressed him – well done team Hodnet!
Parents evening
Thank you to all our families who attended parents evening consultations and to our staff for their flexibility to ensure that they can meet with all the parents. 98.9% of our parents attended. This highlights how well our school community work together to ensure positive successful outcomes for our children.
Parents / Carers 2026 survey
A reminder to please complete the 2026 survey to share your views.
Please be mindful that this is an anonymous survey, intended to review generic successes areas to grow. If you have a specific concern or development point which you would like a solution to or to discuss, please see Mrs Lyall or your child’s class teacher, as specific concerns cannot be identified and acted upon in this survey. Thank you.
Bonfire night thank you
Huge thank you the members of our PTA who volunteered their time to build our bonfire and ensure the event ran safely and successfully. Thank you to everyone who came to support the great event, we have had lots of positive comments from our community.
Same time next year…!
13.11.26 Messages from the Office:
- Now the colder weather is here please could you ensure all children have a warm coat, a jumper or a cardigan for the colder days.
- Wednesday 18th November we are having an Open Morning for any reception children due to start in 2027 from 10am until 11.00. there will be a tour of the school at 10.15 too.
- Please don’t forget our recycling scheme for school uniform, we want parents to reuse the uniform to support our sustainability pledge, so please come to the lobby and have a look at what we have and take what you can use. Thank you so much for all our donations but we unfortunately can not take anymore items at present. We will let you know when we can accept some more uniform.
- Nursery pupils who have booked to attend Breakfast Club and Wraparound care, please inform school if the place is not required so we can cancel the additional staffing arrangements in place to accommodate Nursery pupils. Please note non attendance at clubs will still be charged.
- Parking is not permitted in the staff car park at drop off and pick up, this includes breakfast club and wraparound care. If family members wish to use the disabled space and have a valid blue badge, please see Mrs Lyall to make this arrangement.
- Swimming arrangements are currently being finalised. Please look out for further information this half term. We plan to go to Wem pool in the Spring term with classes 3, 4, 5&6.