Friday 14th February 2025 

This week began with year 4 welcoming parents into school for their Times Table assembly. Thank you for your time at this event and we hope you left with lots of useful information.  On Thursday, all children from throughout school went to visit other year groups to share their work. We believe it is so important for the children to revisit and discuss their learning and it was a pleasure to see the older and younger children having these conversations together. We are so proud of how hard the children have worked over these last 6 weeks and look forward to welcoming them back to school on Tuesday 25th February. 

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Miss Watson’s class for their amazing diary entries inspired by Charlotte’s web AND for their fabulous behaviour on our school trip to the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre.  

House Points 

At the end of this half term, Wrekin House have gained the most house points and therefore have earned themselves a House Celebration. This will take place after the half term break. Well done Wrekin! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Tayon for his amazing efforts and positive attitude during our practise SATs papers this week. Reyhan for really impressing Miss Macfarlane in Maths this week with his amazing mathematical knowledge.  

Year 5 achievers:  Rosie for an amazing piece of writing in her Chance to Shine book. Managing to match the quantity and quality of her writing. Mrs King’s achiever for having a positive attitude and producing some fantastic artwork in our fashion designing unit this week! 

Year 4 achievers: Isaac for inspiring others through kind and careful questioning in our Time to Talk session. Matilda for outstanding effort with homework and consistently excellent behaviour.  

Year 3 achievers: Mrs Churm’s achiever for his super input and always offering to answer questions on our trip. Lianna for her beautifully written diary entry inspired by Charlotte’s web and for always having an amazing attitude to learning.  

Year 2 achievers: Finley for being a great friend to his peers and always working hard.  Ava-Lily for her improved resilience and determination. Keep it up Ava!  

Year 1 achievers: Lunar for showing off her amazing knowledge in end of term quizzes, for being a super helper to the grown ups and for having the best smile/laugh which cheers everyone up. Sulayman for amazing progress in RWI. Sulayman has been wowing us with his phonics knowledge and enthusiasm for reading. Well done Sulayman. 

Year R achievers: Ayat for being such a kind and supportive friend, and for working so hard everyday. Miss Buckingham’s achiever for looking out for her friends, helping them to problem solve and for spreading kindness round the classroom.  

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle: 

Year 6 readers: Oliver for his detailed descriptions this week, I’ve loved reading them. Lilly for ensuring she gets 5 reads by managing her time well (reading mornings as well as evenings).  

Year 5 readers: Amalia for impressing me every week with her enthusiasm for reading. Charlie & Callum for choosing to read together in the classroom and commenting about it in their reading diaries. Well done both of you.  

Year 4 readers: Ryan for super reading during this half term. He has made such an effort to write detailed comments in his reading diary and improve the number of times he has read in a week. Ieesa Mohammed for showing a great enthusiasm toward his home reading over the past couple of weeks. Keep it up Ieesa. 

Year 3 readers: William for super partner reading in class. Violet for some lovely responses in her reading diary and for super reading aloud in class today. 

Year 2 readers: Lennon for making a big effort with reading- reading more frequently. Linus for being independent and writing in his reading diary.  

Year 1 readers: Riley for his incredible diary entries, for reading every single night and writing comments in himself- we are VERY proud of him. Mrs Sturrock’s achiever for fantastic reading at home and always giving super detailed answers to all questions asked in his diary.  Well done! 

Friday 31st January 2025  

This week we have welcomed our governors into school to speak to children about the work they have been completing this half term. Each child brought with them the work they felt most proud of and discussed what they have learned from their current topics.  We look forward to sharing the children’s work with you during our ‘Stay and Share’ event on Wednesday 5th February at 2.30pm. 

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:  

Miss Hill’s class for having a positive attitude to learning and working very hard to produce excellent pieces of writing this week. 

House Points 

This week, Wrekin continue to lead with 1452 points, followed by Wenlock with 1324 points.

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Mr McFarland’s achiever for working very hard in Literacy lessons and making great progress, especially in his Chance to Shines! Whitney for her beautiful presentation, mature attitude and always trying her absolute best in every lesson. 

Year 5 achievers: Jake for being a science superstar! He knows lots about our topic on space and has shared some brilliant facts and theories with the class. Mr Jackson’s achiever for always asking inquisitive questions and consistently contributing thoughtful input to class discussions.  

Year 4 achievers: Vlad for incredibly ambitious vocabulary and sentence structure in his Narrative Chance to Shine.  Damian for being an absolute Maths whizz and always pushing himself further to complete as many challenges as possible.  

Year 3 achievers: Elva for always giving 110% and producing a fabulous and creative chance to shine write- well done Elva. Coby for sharing his love of reading with us all and working really hard on his Chance to Shine this week.  

Year 2 achievers: Kamila for showing outstanding teamwork during literacy lessons this week. Tobias for always putting 100% into everything he does and being a fantastic role model everyday.  

Year 1 achievers: Gabriella for making excellent progress in her writing and showing great enthusiasm in her work. She is always on task and trying her very best!  Nelly for being a model learner; always contributing to lessons with her hand up and concentrating hard to remember new concepts. 

Year R achievers: Sara for a wonderful week as always. Sara works hard every single day and always follows our BeSMART code. Sam for being ready to learn all the time, being a kind friend to others and bringing a smile to his teachers and friends! 

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle: 

Year 6 readers: Jessica for a great week of home reads and recording these in her diary. Katie for showing an increased love of reading and recording well in her diary. 

Year 5 readers: Riley – it has been great to see his passion for reading grow with more detailed descriptions in his diary. Grace for writing detailed comments in her reading diary. You are clearly enjoying the book you are reading. Well done.  

Year 4 readers: Le’Shane for making an amazing effort to read more at home and earning himself his first platinum award of Year 4! What a superstar, keep it up! Mason for reading consistently every week and completing his diary questions promptly. 

Year 3 readers: Freddie for super reading and engaging well with questions in his reading diary. Well done Freddie! Ted for consistent reading at home.  

Year 2 readers: Udayveer for making consistent efforts with his reading at home   

Coby for improving the quantity of reading at home! Keep it up!  

Year 1 readers: Katie for reading her books, practicing flashcards and writing in her diary every day! What a super hard worker you are Katie! Farida for amazing reading both at home and in afterschool club. Farida has answered all of her story book questions and shows great enthusiasm towards her reading. Great job Farida! 

Friday 20^th December 2024

It has been a very busy final week of the Autumn term with our Christmas festivities in full swing. We have loved welcoming so many parents into school this week for our Christmas events, including the sing-along and crafts with our reception children, the year 3 and 4 carol concert and the year 5 and 6 Christmas quiz. The children also visited the Telford International Centre for the pantomime ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears.’ There were lots of laughs and surprises along the way and the children really impressed us with their excellent behaviour.

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:

Mr McFarland’s class for their excellent behaviour on the pantomime trip and their resilience this week when learning a new skill to sew their own Christmas stockings.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Miss Lowe’s class with 97%

KS2 winners are Mrs Churm’s class with 98.9%

A big congratulations to Wenlock house who have gained the most house points for this half term. Children in this house will enjoy a special treat after the Christmas break.

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Finley for always setting the right example and being a fantastic role model to your peers. Fianna for her superb effort in creating her own fabulous Christmas stocking and going on to help others who were finding it tricky.

Year 5 achievers:  Barnaby for real effort and enthusiasm towards his learning this week and for really focusing on his handwriting in his literacy book. Jake for having a brilliant start to year 5 including getting his pen licence and improving his independence this year.

Year 4 achievers: Lealand for impressive food preparation skills when we made and then shared a vegetable curry in the style of a Sikh langar.  Hannah for maintaining such high levels of energy and achievement throughout the term.

Year 3 achievers: Ted for a continuous effort in every lesson in the lead up to Christmas and for having the courage to perform his own musical creation in recorder club. Bryony for always trying her hardest and going above and beyond in her work.

Year 2 achievers: Lolo-Rose for trying so hard in every lesson and being a kind member of our class. Phoebe for being very enthusiastic in maths this week and having a super week following the be smart code. You have really impressed us Phoebe.

Year 1 achievers: Miss Fisher’s achiever for all of her extra hard work at home and therefore getting amazing results in her spelling test. May for being a wonderful role model to all her peers and for always trying her best.

Year R achievers: Miss Hailey’s achiever for a wonderful week in Reception, fantastic behaviour and being so caring on our trip to the Panto. Nikolas for spreading happiness and Christmas cheer through our classroom with his enthusiasm for all our learning this week.

Thursday 12^th December 2024

This week our festive celebrations began with a delicious Christmas dinner in our festive jumpers on Wednesday and even Buddy Bear getting stuck into the celebrations! KS1 children have also been very busy preparing for their nativity; we cannot wait to show it to you on Friday. We are so proud of all the effort and hard work they have put into learning their songs and lines.

BeSMART Cup winners who will have a special treat next week:

Mr Banfield’s class for their incredible progress in their Chance to Shines. Mr Banfield is so proud of how the children have emersed themselves into their Narnia text.

Attendance winners this week – Gertie and Omar will join them next week in class and they will all enjoy an extra playtime:

KS1 winners are Miss Fisher’s class with 97.9%

KS2 winners are Mrs King’s class with 97.8%

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Grace-Mae for always being an excellent example of our BeSMART code in action. Mrs Stack’s achiever for an amazing Chance to Shine that used fantastic figurative language and an abundance of Year 6 SPaG features.

Year 5 achievers: Oscar for including lots of newspaper features in his plan and draft and for putting exceptional effort into all lessons this week. We are excited to read his upcoming chance to shine. Teddy for contributing excellently to class discussion and trying hard in all subjects all the time.

Year 4 achievers: Brandon for exceptional progress in Literacy. His writing was so full of highlighter that it made the classroom shine. Mason for a fantastic Chance to Shine full of Year 4 SPaG features.

Year 3 achievers: Mrs Churm’s achiever for wowing her with his progress in shape during maths this week. Violet for her increased independence during writing and contributing super ideas in class.

Year 2 achievers: Miss Hill’s achiever for putting 100% into everything that she does and always following the Be SMART code. Stefanie for working very hard to learn all her lines for the nativity. Stefanie is also a super role model, always following the Be Smart code.

Year 1 achievers: Mrs Sturrock and Mrs Evan’s achiever for writing some super similes to describe a scene in the polar express. Erioluwa for working hard and making amazing progress in phonics and maths.

Year R achievers: Mattias for a wonderful week, being caring and for being such a great artist. Cody for blowing the adults away with his wonderful independent writing this week!

Readers of the week – these children were entered into our weekly reading raffle:

Year 6 readers: Bella for reading at least 5 times every week and working hard to improve her diary entries. Amelia for support effort with reading at home.

Year 5 readers: Kian for consistently reading every week with great reading comments.  Mrs King’s reader for regular independent reading and taking pride in her Reading Diary.

Year 4 readers: Lila for fantastic descriptions of her reads in her reading diary and brilliant answers to her questions. Theo for reading a wide range of texts at home and updating his diary daily with detailed summaries.

Year 3 readers: Smrithi for reading consistently and challenging herself by writing her own questions and answering them. Zoey for making a great start at Newdale with consistent reading at home.

Year 2 readers: Miss Hill’s reader for reading consistently at home and writing lengthy comments in her reading diary. Daniel for consistent reading at home. Daniel is always keen to change his books and reads a variety of texts.

Year 1 readers: Daria for super reading at home and always writing her own comments. Lunar for reading lots of books at home and sharing her reads in her diary, well done Lunar.