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On Monday, Hedgehog Class had a great time outside in the snow. We were exploring different ways of melting snow and ice. We learnt that for water to freeze, the temperature must be below 0°c. We used our hands, warm water, salt, paint, washing up liquid and soap to find out what melted the ice and snow the fastest.
Welcome back to our new school term, we hope you all had a great Christmas break!
Here are this week’s awards…
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 – Lucy for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – For working hard and always giving her best.
Year 5 Skyler for ‘Hope’: For starting the term and each day so positively.
Year 4 Sam for ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’: For showing great knowledge in maths and showing respect to others in discussion.
Year 3 Beau for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’: For working enthusiastically and independently in maths.
Year 2 Toby for Perseverance and Wisdom!: Toby always takes pride in his work and always tries to produce his best.
Year 1 Delilah for ‘Hope’ and ‘Wisdom’: Delilah has been working hard to improve her independence – she has done some fantastic independent writing this week!
Reception Tommy for ‘perseverance’ and ‘wisdom’: Tommy is always so kind with his thoughts and words. He is becoming independent in class and is always willing to lend a helping hand.
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Hallie earned her Stage 4 swimming certificate… lots of skills were involved for this one – well done Hallie!
Mwaita showed us an array of badges she has earned from Rainbows – keep it up!
Seren has earned this certificate in her recent ballet exam – we’re so proud of you Seren!
Happy New Year to you all! We’re excited to be welcoming you all back after the Christmas break. Please click on the links below for information about Hedgehog Class this term and to find out what the children will be learning. There is further information on the Class Information page.
As always, if you have any questions, please let one of us know.
Mrs Farmer & Mrs Pearce
This morning the children have been busy making their Christingles for our church service this afternoon. Rev. Lucinda came in to talk to the children about the meaning of the Christingle and then we split into different classes to make our own. The older children did a fantastic job of helping the younger children. Well done team!
Christmas is well underway at Ruyton! A HUGE well done to Owls for their amazing effort towards Aladdin Trouble this week and Dragonflies for their singing support – you can catch up with some updates here:
Then on Wednesday we were lucky enough to visit Theatre Severn to see Jack and the Beanstalk! We had a fabulous time – a huge thank you to the Friends of Ruyton for raising the money for tickets to enable all our children to enjoy such a wonderful, festive experience!
Just our Christmas Parties to enjoy on Friday afternoon! Don’t forget: the Christingle Service is being held on the afternoon of Monday 18th whilst the Mince Pie Concert is on the afternoon of Wednesday 20th. Our last day of school is Thursday with a non-uniform day for all!
GOLDEN BOOK AWARDS
Congratulations to the following Golden Book winners (from class work and stars):
1st Golden Book Award: Brooke, Matilda
4th Award: Jackson
11th Award: Amber & Amelia
16th Award: Skyler
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 – Alice for ‘Friendship’ and ‘Trust’ – For being an amazing friend in her help to others during the Christmas Production AN learning extra lines ‘just in case’!
Year 5 Percy for ‘Hope’, ‘Trust’ and ‘Respect’: Percy played a wonderful Widow Twankey and worked really hard to learn his lines and develop his acting skills to show off his character!
Year 4 Sam for ‘Friendship’: For working hard in all his work and focusing well in Geography.
Year 3 Oscar for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’: For producing some great writing this week and working with such enthusiasm.
Year 2 Seren for ALL our School Values!: Seren consistently shows ALL our school values in all aspects of school life – she is a lovely friend, fantastic learner and an asset to our school. Well done Seren!
Year 1 Jackson for ‘Love’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Respect’: Jackson always brightens up Miss Horton’s day. His beaming smile and attitude to learning are fantastic!
Reception Harrison for ‘perseverance’ and ‘wisdom’: For being ambitious with your writing and using your phonics knowledge well!
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Plus an extra winner for Dragonflies class as they had the most tickets this week, and also for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Hallie earned a first prize and these fabulous glasses at Gym Club this week!
Eleni has earned these badges in her Rainbows for their ‘looking after cats and kittens’ project with Cat Rescue and also for Gardening skills!
Thalia created this amazing painted skill at an art club she attended…
Whilst Freddie has been super-busy in the pool, earning his Learn to Swim Level 1!
Finally, Magnus shared this BLUE PETER BADGE! He got the award through writing about his passion for fishing (whilst Zander wrote about motorbikes). This is incredible Magnus!
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!
We have all had a fantastic time at Shrewsbury Fire Station this morning. Our visit was planned to enhance our learning about People Who Help Us. We learnt all about the different jobs that firefighters do and they showed us all of the equipment they use to do those jobs quickly and safely.
The children asked some fantastic questions and had lots of fun!
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.
Hedgehogs and Rabbits attended a live virtual visit with Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart, illustrator and author of YOU CHOOSE CHRISTMAS! We listened as they created their own Christmas adventure. Which Christmas jumper will they wear? Which job will they choose to do in Santa’s workshop? Where would they like to sleep on Christmas Eve? Plus, we also got the chance to join Nick for some live draw-alongs.
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!
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