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We enjoyed a brilliant trip to Theatre Severn this week to see the Christmas Panto – Jack and the Beanstalk. We were even more surprised to see our very own Seren get up on stage and take part in the children’s challenge, singing in front of the whole theatre!
A special ‘thank you’ to the Friends of Ruyton who funded the tickets for every child to experience and enjoy this show – your fundraising efforts brought many smiles to lots of faces and made special memories!
A HUGE well done to our incredible KS2 children for their wonderful performances of Aladdin Trouble on Monday! For all those who were able to join us, we hope you enjoyed the shows as much as we enjoyed creating it for you… OH YES WE DID!
To the children – you were simply brilliant. The bravery and courage, energy and fun you brought to the stage was admirable – never mind the ad-libbing which had your teachers on edge…! Well done to every single one of you!
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Christmas production practise is well-underway this week for different classes – thank you to all those who are helping to learn the words at home! Meanwhile, Christmas has begun in all the classrooms today – a naughty elf has even visited Rabbit Class!
GOLDEN BOOK AWARDS
Congratulations to the following Golden Book winners (from class work and stars):
1st Golden Book Award: Memphis, Harriet and Harrison
4th Award: Hallie and Nancy
7th Award: Lexie and Aoife
Weekly Celebrations
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 – Harvey for ‘Perseverance’ – Harvey has been working hard in all his lessons and giving his best effort.
Year 5 Eva for ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Perseverance’: Eva’s acting has been superb in our play practise, whilst she has learned her words fantastically and given a great effort in class too.
Year 4 Isaac for ‘Perseverance’, ‘Wisdom’: For working hard in all his work and focusing well in Geography.
Year 3 Ruby for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Friendship’: For persevering in all her work today and being a caring friend when reading with a partner.
Year 2 Toby for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’: Toby has been working really hard on improving his writing – well done!
Year 1 Freddie for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’: Freddie has been working really hard on his independent writing this week – well done!
Reception Oakley for ‘perseverance’: Oakley has tried really hard with his handwriting and is working hard to improve.
Bumblebees Star of the Week! Raya – for always being kind and thoughtful to everyone.
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Plus an extra winner for Hedgehog class as they had the most tickets this week, and another for joint-win for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Lucy and Layla created this during their embroidery club with Mrs Gallimore – well done girls – it’s beautiful!
Nancy has earned this badge in her Rainbows for Christmas activities…
Whilst Jackson earned himself Player of the Match at his recent football match for his new club! Awesome Jackson!
Finally, we shared this beautiful piece of embroidery that has been sent in by local villager, Irena White. Incredibly, it was made by 13 year old Mary Carter, a past pupil of Ruyton School… In 1864! She lived at Castle View, Church Street.
It has been another busy week at St John’s with more sports fixtures, Bikeability training for KS1, Church visits for Owl Class and also a focus on Road Safety Week. Aside from all this, Christmas production practises are well under way and there has been some fantastic class work too!
We just had to share this photo of some of our younger ones at play today too…!
Sports News
This week saw a group of Year 4/5/6 children head off to the Corbet School for the local schools Dodgeball School Competition. Our team played brilliantly and were very proud to come SECOND overall! This means that they have also qualified for the North Shropshire Dodgeball Finals! Well done team!
Congratulations to all the children who took part in Bikeability this week too!
Weekly Celebrations
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 – Amber for ‘Perseverance’ – Amber has been working really hard on recent assessments – keep it up Amber.
Year 5 Charlie for ‘Respect’ and ‘Perseverance’: Charlie’s been working hard all week with his adults in maths – keep it up Charlie!
Year 4 Robyn for ‘Perseverance’, ‘Wisdom’: For taking the initiative to complete extra work this week without being asked to.
Year 3 Blake for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom ‘: Toby has been working really hard in all parts of his learning this year – his attitude to learning is brilliant, keep it up Toby!
Year 2 Aoife for ‘Perseverance’: Aoife has approached all her work and assessments brilliantly this week – keep up the hard work Aoife!
Year 1 Maggie for ‘Love’ and ‘Respect’: Maggie brightens up her classroom with her big smile and positive attitude to everything! Thank you – Maggie you’re a superstar!
Reception Lottie for ‘all the values!’: Lottie always comes to school with a positive attitude towards everything, showing all the values! Well done Lottie!
Bumblebees Star of the Week! Olivia has earned Star of the Week in Bumblebees for making lots of new friends and always showing kindness to everyone!
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Plus an extra winner for TWO classes as they had the most tickets this week, and another for joint-win for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Jasmine has earned a fabulous Children in Need Badge from her Girl Guides for all her hard work – well done Jasmine!
Congratulations to Hallie who has earned her Level 11 and 12 for Gymnastics this week!
On Wednesday, a squad of 8 players from Year 4, 5 and 6 headed out to the Corbet School for the area Dodgeball competition. We are absolutely DELIGHTED to announce that the team had amazing success and finished second, qualifying for the North Shropshire Finals in Spring term! Well done to all the children – especially Year 4 Otto for stepping-up and facing the older opposition!
Firstly, thank you to everyone who has donated to our Children in Need Bake Sale this week; your donations have been greatly received and there have been some amazing creations entered into our Bake Off (more photos to follow!)
Here are the Bake Off Competition winners for Children in Need 2023! Keep an eye on the School News for further details from our Courageous Advocacy School Council!
Sports News
This week saw a group of Year 4/5/6 children head off to the Corbet School for the School Games Competion. Our team played brilliantly and were very proud to WIN their group stage! The organiser commented on their talent and skills too. They were unfortunate to go out in the semi-final, but very much made Ruyton proud! Well done team!
Weekly Celebrations
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 – Amelia for ‘Respect’ – Amelia always meets class expectations and tries her best every day!
Year 5 Charley for ‘Friendship’ : Charley has shown great friendship to others recently – she has shown she is looking out for others!
Year 4 Caitlyn for ‘Perseverance’, ‘Tolerance’ and ‘Wisdom’: Caitlyn has had an amazing week trying her best in everything!
Year 3 Logan for ‘Friendship’ and ‘Love’: Logan has been an amazing member of our school community – we will miss him very much! Good luck in your new home and school Logan!
Year 2 Toby for ‘Perseverance’ ‘: Toby has been working really hard in all parts of his learning this year – his attitude to learning is brilliant, keep it up Toby!
Year 1 Hallie for ‘Friendship’, ‘Love’ and ‘Respect’: Hallie is a joy to have in Rabbits – she is kind, friendly and always willing to help a friend in need – she is a fantastic role-model!
Reception Tommy for ‘Love’, ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Tolerance’: Tommy always quietly joins in with everybody and everything in class, he contributes with thoughtful answers and the biggest smile!
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 Rabbits for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Hallie has earned a fabulous Children in Need Badge from her Girl Guides for all her hard work – well done Hallie!
Congratulations to James who has earned his ‘Yellow Stripes’ for Martial Arts this week!
Firstly, thank you to everyone who has donated to our Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal this week; your donations will be greatly received.
Sports News
We have LOTS to celebrate in our first week back. Head over to our sports page links to catch up with Year 3/4 Dodgeball at the Corbet School plus the KS2 Football team who participated in the Shrewsbury EFL Cup at Shrewsbury Town!
Weekly Celebrations
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 – Elsie for ‘Perseverance’ – Elsie always gives 100% to all her classwork – especially writing. Well done Elsie!
Year 5 Alex for ‘Friendship’ : Alex is a friend to everyone. He is working really hard and has been great in teamwork tasks.
Year 4 Seb for ‘Perseverance’: Seb is trying really hard in his handwriting – keep it up!
Year 3 Sky for ‘Perseverance’: An amazing effort in maths this week!
Year 2 Kohen for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’: Kohen has been working really hard on his handwriting. We have seen a massive improvement since the beginning of the year!
Year 1 Freddie for ‘Friendship’, ‘Love’ and ‘Respect’: Freddie is a superstar! He is a lovely friend to everyone, he is always a respectful and a delight to have in class!
Reception Oakley for ‘Respect’: For always having beautiful manners, being considerate and helpful to others. Well done Oakley, what a super end to the week 🙂
Bumblebees Freddie for ‘for trying his best to master new skills!’
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Plus an extra winner in Owls Class as they had the most tickets this week, and another for Hedgehogs for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Blake has earned this fabulous Swimming Certificate for completing his 200 metres distance badge! This is incredible Blake, well done you!
HAPPY HALF TERM! Well done to all our fantastic children for achieving so much this half-term – we look forward to seeing everyone back on Tuesday 7th November (PD Day for teachers on Monday) for the run-up to Christmas 🙂
Firstly, in case you missed it, we are very proud of the grand total from our Wear It Pink campaign last week… a whopping £476.69!! Well done and thank you Team Ruyton!
Weekly Celebrations
Tennis Festival @ The Shrewsbury Club
See this link: Tennis Championship update for our fantastic trip where some of our children played tennis then watched professional players at the Shrewsbury Club!
Tag Rugby Team
Check out this link for the Tag Rugby updates: Tag Rugby Tournament
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 – Alice for ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Trust’ – Alice has shown a really grown-up attitude as a Year 6, especially in our PSHE. She’s led our weekly Worships beautifully too!
Year 5 Skyler for ‘Respect’ : Skyler always does her best to meet the expectations of the class and achieve her potential.
Year 4 Robyn for ‘Perseverance’: For always trying her best in all her work this term.
Year 3 Sophia for ‘Perseverance’: Sophia has worked fantastically this week, trying her best.
Year 2 Dougie for ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’: Dougie can always be relied upon to make good choices. He is super sensible and a good role-model to others.
Year 1 Kallum for ‘Trust’, ‘Love’ and ‘Respect’: Kallum has been working really hard this term to make the right choices. His listening, concentration and attitude towards school is getting better everyday. Well done Kallum.
Reception Cody for ‘Trust’ and ‘Perseverance’: Cody shows a positive attitude to all areas of his learning. He is always willing to have a go. We are so proud of you Cody!
Bumblebees Freddie for ‘for always doing the right thing!’
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Plus an extra winner in Dragonflies Class as they had the most tickets this week, and another for Hedgehogs for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Hallie has earned this fabulous Halloween medal for her recent participation at a gymnastics competition. Well done Hallie!
Finally, a big well done to India and Amber who asked to perform some poetry they have written themselves following their work in English this week. Not only was the poetry (about endangered species) high quality work, but they delivered it with clarity, expression and off-by-heart!
We had a fantastic end to the week last week embracing all things PINK for Breast Cancer Now’s ‘Wear It Pink’ campaign. We want to thank everybody for their very generous donations of money, cake and for really getting into the spirit of all things pink! Mrs Bradshaw was the driving force behind this event and she deserves a very special thank you for her energy, enthusiasm and organisation to make this such a successful event. We managed to raise a staggering £476.69!!!
What fun we had – have a look at the pictures to see what we go up to…
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!
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