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We are all so proud (but not surprised!) of Miss Whit being named as a ‘Lockdown Hero’ by The Pearson National Teaching Awards. She goes above and beyond for the school and every day it’s clear to see that children have her heart. Congratulations Miss Whit – you’re an absolute star and we’re all very lucky to work alongside you everyday!
Today we said the first of our ‘big goodbyes’ this week as we finally wished a very happy retirement to our long serving music teacher, Mrs Hindson.
Mrs Hindson has worked at St John’s for an incredible 24 years! She had her first day of music teaching at our school back in 1997 and it is an honour that she spent her last one here too.
We held a farewell performance in our school fields this afternoon; it was wonderful to hear all the children sing together again after such a long time.
From all of us at St John’s, a huge thank you a good luck to Mrs HIndson; you will be very missed but have left a musical legacy at Ruyton that we will endeavour to continue. Mr Butler – no pressure!
Please see the link below to view our annual St John the Baptist Day Service 2021.
Thank you to Reverend Burns, the Worship Council and the children for their contributions.
We look forward to seeing you all at our ‘normal’ service next year in the Church, along with the annual picnic lunch! Thank you for your continued support.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped us raise a whopping £788 for our Fun Run which was held earlier this term. We can’t believe how much we raised!
Thank you to the Friends for their support in creating this event – we had a blast doing it whilst it was all for a great cause. Well done Team Ruyton!
Following the fantastic video that Miss Whit put together for us, we’ve also got some great photos of Sports Day 2021 to share with you 😊 We’re so proud of all of the children and it was so lovely to see so many happy faces!
Nursery Races!
Obstacle Races
Flat Races
Sack Races
Monkey, Hopping and Backward Running Races
Egg and Spoon Races
Relay Races
And of course the Year 6 Slowest Bike Race!
We were delighted to be able to hold our annual Sports Day today at Ruyton, even though it wasn’t our ‘usual’ occasion we still made the best of the current restrictions and held this annual favourite in our class bubbles. Tedsmore Green were the overall House winners on the day! Well done to you all.
We are thrilled to be able to share some of the races and our day via the video link below – please enjoy.
A huge well done and thank you to our fantastic children for such brilliant displays of sport – there was lots of laughter, some big smiles and plenty of determined faces! A fantastic morning all round. Thank you to the families of our school for your continued support.
Dragonfly Class had a creative, fun and productive Arts Week around the theme of ‘Planet Earth 2021’. We explored the book “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth” by Oliver Jeffers and then went on to learn about the ocean animals that are currently on the World Wildlife Fund’s Endangered Species List 2021. This developed skills across the curriculum including measurement in mass (tuna fish are huge!), habitats in science (including food chains, habitats, survival and evolution) plus reading, communication skills, geographical knowledge, climates, physical co-ordination … the list goes on!
The children were fantastic all week: teamwork, perserverance and focus in abundance! A big thank you to them all for making my week such a pleasure whilst producing some brilliant results 🌟 🌟 🌎 🌊 🌟 🌟
The finished pieces (so far – the clay project is still to come!)
‘Ocean Deep’ whole class collage:
Sharks in the Abyss:
Arts Week in action!
‘Wet-on-wet’ watercolour dolphins & porpoises
Aboriginal dot-painted turtles & tortoises
Clay turtles
Chalk pastel ‘Sharks in the Abyss’
Textile Collage – Ocean Deep
Foil Tuna fish 🐟 … yes, they’re endangered!
And not forgetting India’s new jumper 🌟😄
We laughed, ran, sang, walked and some even cartwheeled! Thank you to everyone who sponsored our children for their annual Fun Run; we had such a brilliant time and it was so lovely to see all the school participating in an event together in the warmer weather!
A huge thank you to our Friends Of Ruyton group who set the wheels in motion and got this event going; our children and staff are so lucky to have your support and encouragement whilst working to make our school an even better place for learning. We are very grateful to each and every one of you!
Thank you also to everyone who sponsored the children – we can’t wait to see how much we raised!
Finally, a massive ‘well done’ to the children (and staff!) who kept moving the whole 30 minutes – many at a speedy run (with Nick setting the pace!) and some clocking up a whopping 3 miles!
Happy half term everyone ☀️
We are really proud to share our support for Charley, Year 2, who has taken it upon herself to complete a triathlon to raise funds for a charity of her choice. It’s inspiring to see one of our pupils choose to take on such tough challenges.
She has around 6 weeks to finish her training for this brilliant event.I’ve no doubt Dragonfly Class (and the grown-ups!) will be eager to help Charley train for her run during our fitness PE sessions too.
Good luck Charley – we look forward to hearing more about your training updates.
Challenge ONE!
St John the Baptist CofE (Controlled) Primary School and Nursery will be taking part in Team GB and ParalympicsGB’s virtual Travel to Tokyo challenge and we’re encouraging the entire school community to join in too!
We have turned the school into a Travel to Tokyo team and they will be making a 47,349 kilometre virtual journey around the world to reach Tokyo in time for the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games. All you need to do is get active as a family and record your activity on our easy-to use Log Activity page.
You can get started by trying some fun Travel to Tokyo activity ideas. All the physical activity your family does will count towards our team journey. You don’t need lots of equipment or space – playing in the park or having a dance off to your favourite song – if it gets your heart pumping, it all counts!
There will also be great prizes to win, like fitness trackers and Games hampers for the whole family.
You can keep track of our team’s progress and check out the weekly prize on our School Dashboard. Select their team to see their journey across the world!
Please send us photos and videos of you and your family getting active, so we can share how we’re doing! #TTTYourWay
Many thanks!
Challenge TWO!
We have signed up to the EFL Trust and Ferrero UK Joy of Moving Winter Games Festival, courtesy of Jonny and Shrewsbury Town FC. This campaign aims to raise the awareness of the Winter Games and ongoing focus on the health and well-being of school children and families.
The link below takes you to a pack which has been designed for you and your family to have fun and there are lots of different games to get everyone involved whilst you are at home! All you need to play is a small space, some willing participants and a small amount of equipment – which can even be made from every day household items!
The pack contains 30 fun activities you can try at home and as always. When you take part, Mr Hughes and the Shrewsbury Town Team would love you to share hat you’re upto using the tag #JOMWinterGames .
We’d like you to send your pictures too if you get involved, so please tag the activity to Miss Whit at whittingham.j@ruyton.shropshire.sch.uk.
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