A huge thank you to our local Church group (led by Reverend Hannah and Reverend Lucinda) for putting on a brilliant workshop around the theme of ‘Experiencing Lent’ this morning.
Along with the Year 5&6 children from Bomere Heath, our class explored different stations to develop their understanding of Lent and its meaning to Christians. They had plenty of opportunity to offer ideas and ask questions of our local community – so a big thank you to everyone involved!
This week in Dragonfly class we have been recreating artwork by Anni Albers who was a German artist and printmaker. Anni was known for her bold patterns and thoughtful colour choices, the children experimented with different colours and weaving patterns to create their own inspired art work. We also practiced our measuring skills to create our own weaving looms! The children showed great determination and perseverance with this tricky task.
A huge well done to our Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics team for their effort at the Corbet School competition on Wednesday morning. We are yet to hear final results, but the children represented Ruyton brilliantly following a sequence of PE lessons working on each area of the competition. A big thank you to Mr Jones for volunteering his time to support the trip and the children and staff at the Corbet for organising.
Well done team!
Here are this week’s values ambassadors…
Year 6 Caitlyn for showing the value of Perseverance.
Year 5 Beau for showing ALL of our school values.
Year 4 Harry for showing the value of Perseverance.
Year 3 Hallie for showing the value of Wisdom.
Year 2 Cody for showing the value of Wisdom.
Year 1 Olly for showing the value of Perseverance.
Reception Edith for showing the value of Perseverance, Respect & Wisdom.
Bumblebees Ada & Sebastian for showing the value of Love, Hope, Trust, Perseverance & Friendship.
Other Achievements:
Indie has completed Level 1 Learn to Swim.
Thank you to Reverend Lucinda for leading our whole school Worship today and introduced this month’s theme of ‘Wisdom’ as one of our school values.
Keep a look out as each class completes homework around this theme during the month of February.
We are delighted to share that St John the Baptist CE School has been officially recognised as an Asthma Friendly School.
This means we have met a series of standards designed to ensure that pupils with asthma are supported effectively, feel safe in school, and can confidently take part in all areas of school life.
Being an Asthma Friendly School reflects our commitment to ensuring every child can learn, play and thrive in a safe and supportive environment.
A+E have reported that there are seeing a number of incidents involving dogs bites to children. Sadly Children are most likely to be bitten at home, by a familiar dog. Luckily, most bites are preventable and close supervision is key.
Here are some resources which you may find useful:
Wednesday 28th January 2026 – 9.30am – 10.15am
Focus: Guide to online gaming – this will include latest trends and emerging threats and will focus on developing your understanding of online gaming, the associated risks and steps we can take to support our children.
The link to access this session will be sent to the school one week before the event. If you would like the link to access the event, please let us know.
Church Street
Ruyton XI Towns
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 1LA
