Messages from the office
- A reminder that the Free School Meals entitlement is changing in September. There are actions for some families to complete, please refer to emails sent out and contact the office with any queries.
- Arbor – a reminder that we will be moving to Arbor for all communication and payments from September. The use of Parent Pay will cease. Please look out for information about this as there will be actions to complete for all families. Please note, this may be during the school holidays. Thank you for your cooperation to ensure a smooth transition.
- Please clear any outstanding debt before the end of the school term. Thank you.
- We have a large amount of lost property, please see the office staff if you would like to look through it. Any remaining items will be donated to Little Stars at the end of term.
- Please inform the office of any changes to contact details, we must hold up to date addresses and parental contact numbers for all children, thank you for your cooperation with this.
Holidays in term time
A reminder that family holidays in term time will not be authorised and families may be eligible for a fixed penalty notice if they take holidays in term time. The current fine is £80 per parent, per child, per week. The is a national initiative to reduce attendance concerns. The fines are issued by the local authority, not school, and the money does not come to school or the Trust, it is retained by the local authority.
Children have 13 weeks per year of holiday time and 38 weeks of term time, when they are expected to be in school, learning and preparing for the next stages of their development.
Every day counts – attendance is directly linked to positive academic success and well-being, we encourage families to support us by ensuring pupils are in school, ready to learn during term time.
Thank you for your continued support.
Class 1 paint portraits at the Shrewsbury Museum
Class 1 visited the Shrewsbury Museum to learn more about portraits. We looked at portraits around the museum before taking part in a portrait painting workshop.
Star for a Night
Please support this event at Festival Drayton Theatre, some of the pupils from Hodnet School are taking part in this show.
Water safety
Assemblies this week focussed on water safety and safety during the hot weather. Please reiterate the key messages:
- children should keep themselves hydrated with water during hot weather
- they need to wear sun protection on their skin and a sun hat
- they should stay in the shade as much as possible
- children should never enter water alone, they should always be supervised by a responsible adult
- they should never jump into unknown water where there could be hidden hazards to cause significant injury
- they shouldn’t enter freezing water
- they should always be able to touch the bottom of the water to keep themselves safe
- if in danger they should adopt a star floating position on their back and seek help
Rounders success
Huge well done to the Rounders team who played brilliantly and once again showcased their exceptional sportsman skills and caring approach to others.
They came second overall, a very respectable result. Well done to all involved, we are very proud of you.
On 7th July the year 6 rounders team went to Market Drayton Junior School for a rounders competition. We played three different teams which were Hugo Meynall, Market Drayton Juniors and Hinstock. Everyone had to play each other and whoever won the most games won. We came second, Hugo Meynall was first (only team we lost too) and even though it would ‘ve been nice to see Hodnet’s name on the Trophy, we were gracious . Coming second is still a good achievement!
One very sporting moment was when Harrison saw someone on the the other team was hurt and he rushed over to try and help. It was very supportive of him and generally the whole team were very supportive of each other, so well done everyone.
Rounders was very fun and we hope that when we go to secondary school we will be able to play many more matches.
Written by Emily and Lenny (Year 6 )
Safety in the social club car park
We have been alerted to dangerous driving in the car park at drop off and pick up with some families driving at excessive speeds, accelerating and driving without due care. Our children are precious, please take care when driving and parking. Please can parents ensure children are supervised at all times in the car park and are taking care when getting out of the car to prevent injury from passing cars.
The local policing team are aware of this and will continue to monitor the driving and parking around school.
Thank you for your continued support to keep everyone safe. All drivers and pedestrians have a part to play to ensure safeguarding around our school site.
End of term events
Calendar – Hodnet Primary School
July 2026
- Monday 13th July – Y6 retreat day to church at Stoke on Tern.
- Tuesday 14th July – YR South Africa day
- Wednesday 15th July – Y3 Egyptian workshop
- Wednesday 14th July – Art workshop at Thomas Adams for some Y4 pupils and Mrs Chaplin our Art lead.
- Thursday 16th July – Y6 SATs result published (delayed from 7/7/26)
- Thursday 16th July – end of year church celebration, 2pm at St Luke’s, all welcome.
- Friday 17th July – End of year reports sent home
- Monday 20th July – Rock Steady Concert. 9.15am. Parents of rocksteady pupils welcome to attend, pupils performing welcome to come in rock star clothes.
- Monday 20th July – optional drop in to discuss the report 3.30-4.30. Please contact the school office to make an appointment.
- Monday 20th July – Y6 end of year play, parents welcome to attend – ticket only event. 6.30pm.
- Tuesday 21st July – Y6 trip to WMSP.
- Wednesday 22nd July – leavers assembly 9am – Y6 parents welcome to attend
- Wednesday 22nd July – school closes for the end of term.
- September 2026
- Tuesday 1st September – PD day, school closed to pupils, open to staff only.
- Wednesday 2nd September – school reopens to pupils. Breakfast club must be booked in advance.
Change of menu 21st and 22nd July
Y6 leavers lunch will be on our last day of term, Wednesday 22nd July. Y6 have chosen the menu. Due to this the menu will also change on Tuesday.
- Tues 21st – meatballs (the usual Friday menu choices)
- Wed 22nd – Pizza, cheese stack and chocolate brownie.
Celebrating Success. Book Worm 10.07.26
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 -Arthur
- Class 1 -Layla
- Class 2 -Isaac
- Class 3 -Betsy
- Class 4 -Alissi
- Class 5 -Erin
- Class 6-Libbie
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 10.07.2026
Weekly house point totals are:
Owls =153
Badgers =150
Squirrels= 134
Foxes = 160
Well done to the Foxes team this week.
Celebrating Success. Certificate of Achievement 10.07.26
Well done to everyone who received awards or shout outs today. We are very proud of you.
- Class R -Xander for fantastic independent writing. Keep it up!
- Class 1- Isla-Rose for a fantastic attitude to learning . Always being ready to do your best. Amazing!
- Class 2 – George for a great attitude for learning and making good playground choices. Fantastic news!
- Class 3 – Georgia for being resilient, having great fortitude and always being friendly and kind. Well done!
- Class 4 – Illaria for a great attitude to learning and always being full of ideas. Keep it up!
- Class 5- Dylan for trying really hard in class and being an enthusiastic learner. Well done!
- Class 6 – Harvey for demonstrating maturity and enthusiasm. Outstanding!
- Headteachers Award KS2- Katherine, Kyaara, Emily, Wren, Lacey and and Laila for being thoughtful and demonstrating thoughtfulness on the London trip.
- Headteachers Award KS2-Harrison T for your helping when a member of the opposite team got hurt in rounders.
- Lunch Award- Georgia for always using her manners.
- Raffle-Isla(Year R)