Author: Jen Whittingham

6 months ago
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Past pupil Jack Viner & his incredible achievement

Every now again at Ruyton we get to hear about the successes of our past pupils. We always love to hear their journeys and know where their paths have taken them! Recently, Jack Viner (now 18!) has come to our attention due to his quite incredible achievements in his role for the Royal Navy. The reward he has received has been detailed below – we are all blown away by the story of the award and the bravery and determination Jack has shown in earning it whilst on a submarine. Jack – we are so very proud of you here at Ruyton and your story is in an inspiration to us all. 

The Molyneux Prize is named in honour of Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux, who was posthumously awarded the George Medal for sacrificing his life attempting to stop an armed shipmate running amok aboard HMS Astute in 2011.

The prize is awarded to the SSM streamed trainee who has displayed the qualities and ethos of the submarine karda and stood above the peers during initial training. This year the Molyneux prize is presented by Mrs Jill Molyneux, the wife of Lt Cdr Ian Molyneux.

This years winner of the Molyneux Prize is Able Seaman Jack Viner ex pupil at St John the Baptist Primary School.

Jack was nominated for this award during his shoreside period of submarine qualification and although the youngest on course, his desire and dedication to learning was impressive. Unfortunately Jack was taken ill (burst appendix), which resulted in his removal from the course half way through training. Upon recuperation (when he got better), he was eager to continue. Jack joined a new course and quickly settled with his new classmates. He was the first to step up and step forward and offer support to others and initiate study rooms. Jack stood head and shoulders above his peers. Throughout his training he has displayed courage, loyalty, discipline, integrity, and respect for others throughout.

He has since joined HMS Artful and his commitment to training has continued in abundance. Jack is an outstanding member of the submarine karda and an admiral winner of the Molyneux Prize.

6 months ago
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Tennis Festival @ Shrewsbury Club

A group of Year 5/6 children who participated in tennis clubs last year were given the opportunity to attend a tennis festival at The Shrewsbury Club. Not only did they get the chance to play tennis, they were also able to watch some of the women’s tennis championships that were taking place at the venue last week. in fact, last year the Wimbledon women’s winner played at the Shrewsbury event so fingers crossed the same happens this year! A special thank you to Mr Aspinall for giving up his time to support the trip for the day. They had a brilliant time!

6 months ago
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Weekly celebrations 20th October

We have had the BEST couple of days in school to finish the week with our “Wear it pink for Breast Cancer Awareness” Celebrations!  We can’t thank everyone enough for the donations of money, cakes and overall ‘pinkness’! This event has been inspired by our very own Mrs Bradshaw and her ‘happy’ cancer story; we wish to make a very special thank you to her for all her energy and ideas to transform our school into a happy, pink and cake-filled paradise!
We look forward to announcing the grand total of fundraising very soon.

Weekly Celebrations 

Hi-5 Netball Team

In case you missed it, here are our Year 5/6 Hi-5 Netball team who participated in the local area competition this week! They missed out to much bigger schools on a top 3 finish but we know they followed the rules of netball just brilliantly!

School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):

Year 6 – Lylah for ‘Friendship’ – Lylah is a kind and thoughtful friend to everyone – she truly shows this value by the bucketful!

 

Year 5 India for ‘Perseverance’ :  India is trying really hard in her school work this week to produce her best and her self-esteem has flourished!

Year 4 Thalia for ‘Perseverance’: Thalia has done some lovely imaginative writing in English.

Year 3 Sebastian for ‘Wisdom’: Sebastian has done some imaginative writing in his English lessons.

 

Year 2 Harry for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’: Harry has done some brilliant writing this week based on the story ‘Toys in Space’. He has written some lovely descriptions, well done Harry!

Year 1 Grayson for ‘Trust’ and ‘Perseverance’: Grayson is a joy to have in the classroom, he has brilliant ideas and he is becoming more confident in sharing them with the class.

Reception Harriet for ‘Love’: Harriet is a brilliant friend to everyone and always tries to cheer her friends up when they’re sad.

Bumblebees Laith  for ‘for trying his best in all areas of his learning. We are so proud!’

Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)

Plus an extra winner in Rabbits Class as they had the most tickets this week, and another for Owls for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏

Congratulations to all our winners this week!

Other celebrations:

Hallie has completed her 25m swimming badge. It’s lovely to hear how much you enjoy swimming Hallie, keep it up!

Zander brought us in lots of medals he had won over the years. His most recent medal was for his excellent effort in football, well done Zander!

 

 

 

 

6 months ago
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Panathlon Bowling Event @ Shrewsbury

We were excited to be able to send a squad of 18 of our Year 3/4/5/6 children to a Panathlon Bowling event at Hollywood Bowl, Shrewsbury, recently. The event aimed to provide a wider range of children the opportunity to participate in a competitive event but in a friendly, fun atmosphere, whilst learning skills on bowling along the way!

Our staff were very proud of all our pupils and how they conducted themselves throughout the event, showing all our values in sportsmanship. Well done team!

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Hi 5 Netball

A squad of our Year 5/6 had a great morning out on Wednesday at the local netball competition. Our team have been working really hard on learning the rules of the game and did us proud with their ability to perform the footwork and obstruction rules fairly! Well done to all the children involved.

7 months ago
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Y4 Football @ Packwood

On Wednesday 4th October, nine Y4 children took the short walk up to Packwood Haugh School for the U9’s Mixed Football Festival!
The first match was verses Baschurch.
Otto, our captain was in goal, with the rest of the team defending and pushing forward well. On the final whistle Ruyton held Baschurch to a 0-0 draw!
The second match was verses West Felton.
This time Thomas was our goalie, with Sam and Isaac supporting in defence.
The first goal of the match came from Otto, with two further goals coming from Archie!
Resulting in a convincing 3-0 win to Ruyton!
The last match was against a very strong Packwood Haugh. Issac stepped up to be in goal, with Otto and Thomas in defence.
Laila, Robyn and Evie took the central position, with Archie, Magnus and Sam upfront!
Though this game ended in a 1-0 defeat…everyone on the team worked hard and showed great determination!
All the children showed excellent sportsmanship! But special mentions go to Magnus for his amazing throw ins, Otto for his incredible crossing balls and Robyn for her brave defending!
Well done Ruyton!
7 months ago
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Have you seen this kit?!

Unfortunately we are missing shirt / sock / short combinations of this much-loved football kit from over the years. We would really appreciate it if football players (past and present!) could check and see if any kit has accidentally been stashed away and get it returned to school!  Thank you!