Friday 13th June 2025 

For Art Day on Wednesday, children spent the day taking part in a wide range of creative activities inspired by the poems, songs and stories that they are learning off by heart in school. We were also lucky enough to welcome author and illustrator Steve Smallman into school to lead some illustration masterclasses for KS2 and assemblies for Reception and KS1.  Also on Wednesday, Year 6 children took part in workshops linked to Charles Darwin and Ancient Greece and they look forward to celebrating their Art Day next week.

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

Mrs Evan’s/Mrs Sturrocks class for behaving brilliantly when walking through school this week and for following the BeSMART code when in assembly.  

House Points 

As week 2 comes to an end, Wrekin have gained the most points this week, with an impressive 587! 

Achievers of the week: 

Year 6 achievers: Arush for producing some amazing depictions of arachnids in our Charles Darwin workshop, using a quill and ink. Shanel for showing fantastic enthusiasm and for producing a brilliant piece of art during the workshop with the illustrator. 

Year 5 achievers:  Lacey-Mae for excellent effort in our water colour lesson this week. Going above and beyond in producing work for our display. Well Done! Layla for taking her time with her watercolour pieces and thinking creatively in her group. Well done Layla! 

Year 4 achievers: Rosie-Anne for producing an excellent dragon’s eye sketch and carefully printing using polystyrene tiles. Isabelle for fantastic effort in all subjects this week and for her beautiful, detailed drawings of a dragon eye.  

Year 3 achievers: Gabi for her brilliant artwork throughout the day! She took her time to carefully create a mosaic heart, and she produced a realistic sketch of a Roman soldier! Nyla for experimenting with different mediums to create a beautiful and realistic Roman villa and for her infectious enthusiasm throughout art day.  

Year 2 achievers: Udayveer for his detail, precision, and creativity whilst sketching.  He took his time and produced a wonderful self- portrait. Isabel for always taking her time and care during art to create a variety of art pieces.  

Year 1 achievers: Mia for phenomenal artwork this week and for blowing all of the adults away with her concentration and dedication to each task. Caden for showing his creativity and skill on Art day. He is a wonderful artist and I am super proud of all he has produced.  

Year R achievers: Noah for a super week, trying hard everyday, especially in his wonderful chance to shine writing this week. David for his fantastic contributions to our class collage of the Gruffalo and resilience with cutting around different heart shapes.  

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

Year 6 readers:  Clara for continued great effort with her reading and diary comments. Arush for outstanding reading diary comments, I’m learning so much! 

Year 5 readers: Oscar for making a huge effort to get Yr6 ready with more regular reading and super comments. Mr Jackson’s reader for consistently reading at home every week.  

Year 4 readers: Erica-Jean  for amazing improvement on her reads at home over the last few weeks and comments she has made! Super effort.  Eliza for continued effort with her home reading and weekly diary question. Keep up the brilliant work. 

Year 3 readers: Joshua for a fantastic improvement-reading 5 times this week and writing super comments in his reading diary. Keep it up Joshua. Joe for regular reading at home and in ASC. Super Star!! 

Year 2 readers: Miss Hill’s reader for consistent in reading and homework every single night of every single week. Well done! Astrid for amazing phonics and fabulous reading! What great progress! 

Year 1 readers: Archie for doing fantastic reading in after school club and then additional reading at home. Great work Archie, keep it up. 😊 Pranathi for consistent reading at home and writing in her diary. Very proud of you Pranathi and all the work you do!

Friday 6^th June 2025

What a way to kick of a new half-term! Healthy Lifestyles Week 2025 has been a blast and the children have loved taking part in so many exciting activities. From hockey workshops and trampolining, wheelie days and freestyle football to forest school and mindfulness… it really has all been on offer. Thank you to Miss Buckingham, Mr Bryant and Mr McCann for planning so many fun activities for us all 😊

House Points

Achievers of the week:

Year 6 achievers: Mr McFarland’s sports star was chosen for his excellent participation in Healthy Lifestyles week. We have loved seeing all of the photos sent in from home, including his boxing and basketball practice. Jessica for her fabulous efforts in the freestyle football workshop and scoring through the trickiest goal on the Crossbar inflatables!

Year 5 achievers:  Elliot for encouraging and inspiring others, showing great kindness sharing his drift bike during our wheelie session and Denis for showing great enthusiasm and trying his best in all our exciting activities this week.

Year 4 achievers: Jacob for his enthusiastic and positive attitude to all activities during Healthy Lifestyles Week. Harry for throwing himself into all our Healthy Lifestyle activities this week.

Year 3 achievers: Carter-James for his amazing effort and enthusiasm towards Healthy Lifestyles Week – he was very impressive with his freestyle football tricks!  Leo for his enthusiasm and engagement in all activities this week. He kept in the spirit of healthy lifestyles week at home as well and loved sharing his wide variety of sports, including tennis, strength training and football.

Year 2 achievers: Alfie for showing great enthusiasm and positivity towards all activities this week- he especially enjoyed bouncing on the mini trampolines. Miss Lowe’s achiever was chosen for putting 100% into everything she has participated in this week. Her infectious smile shone especially in Zumba and on the trampolines.

Year 1 achievers: Ava for giving 100% in all extra activities within school and at home this week. Ava completed a 9-lap circuit of the playground today to finish the week off with a bang. Miss Fisher’s achiever was chosen for his enthusiasm and enjoyment of the trampolining session, he was absolutely amazing and we were all so proud!

Year R achievers: Zach for his enthusiastic approach to all our Healthy Lifestyles Week activities – he has had a huge smile on his face all week and it has been lovely to see him getting stuck in with his peers. Lucas for his positive attitude joining in with all our HLW activities. Lucas always tries his best and he continued to do so with all the new exciting activities we tried this week

Athletes of this week – these children were entered into our Healthy Lifestyles Week raffle from their extra commitment to Healthy Lifestyles week outside of school:

Year 6 readers: Holly, our fitness queen, for her daily kickboxing training sessions. Katie for pushing herself beyond her comfort zone to take part in all of the sessions this week, especially the kickboxing!

Year 5 readers: Jake, for making an effort to be active every day after school and also choosing healthy foods to eat afterwards. Isla for an activity filled week, exercising everyday.

Year 4 readers: Damian for completing a variety of different exercises throughout the week (including football, trampolining, Judo, weightlifting, skateboarding and more!) Cerys for trying out so many activities at home with her family this week and completing her record. Her activities were things like obstacle courses, football, hyper-dash.

Year 3 readers: Ted for his amazing effort and enthusiasm in completing activities at home. We have loved seeing your daily updates! Bryony for her super efforts this week completing her healthy lifestyle record and writing super sentences about her activities.

Year 2 readers: Aarush for completing a range of different sporting activities at home this week. Libby for her incredible efforts at home this week. She has done so much, and we are blown away! Well Done!

Year 1 readers: Jaxon for his super efforts at home and impressing us with his knowledge of healthy snacks. Harry for carrying out a range of different sporting activities at home this week and explaining how all this exercise is keeping his body healthy.

Year R: Rheya for her fantastic efforts at home this week, completing so many different exercises and getting her whole family active together! Miss Hailey’s sporting star was chosen for his impressive variety of HLW activities at home this week.

Fiona Crackles, current England and GB hockey player and Olympic bronze medallist visited school today as part of our Healthy Lifestyles Week. The children enjoyed her visit and getting to see her medals.

Isabella in Y6 has been awarded U12 Most Improved Player of the Season award from Telford and Wrekin Hockey Club.