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2 years ago
Posted on September 6, 2024 by Zoe Powell

Weekly Celebrations 6/9/24

What a fantastic first week back at school we’ve had, it’s been lovely to welcome our new reception children into school and to see how well everyone is adjusting to their new classes!

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 Bella for ‘Friendship’, ‘Love’ and ‘Respect’ – Bella has shown brilliant maturity and has continued her excellent standards of behaviour in her move to Year 6. Bella, you are a lovely member of Owl Class!

Year 5 Evie for ‘Tolerance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – for adjusting tremendously to life in Owl Class, providing brilliant answers to questions and showing a fantastic overall attitude. Well done Evie!

Year 4 Emelia for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – this week Emelia has really impressed Miss Hindley and has improved her independence when completing her work.

Year 3 Nancy for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Nancy has settled into Dragonflies fantastically and has given her all in everything she has done!

Year 2 Alfie for ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’: Alfie has been a super role model to the younger children who have joined our class – what a mature and sensible Year 2 you have become!

Year 1 Elsie for ‘Trust’ – Elsie has settled so well into Rabbit Class, she has started everyday with a positive attitude – she is a pleasure to teach!

Reception Arthur for ‘Perseverance’  – for not giving up and keeping going until he’s finished his learning.

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

 

Other achievements…

Aoife has received a trophy from her drama group “The Phoenix Academy’, she has been working really hard and has even been performing in Theatre Severn!

Hallie has received her level 5 swimming certifcate, she told us that the forward somersault and treading water were the trickiest bits to master! Good luck in stage 6.

Congratulations to all our winners this week!

Dates for your diary:

  • Roald Dahl Day – Friday 13th September
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2 years ago
Posted on September 4, 2024 by Mrs Farmer

Autumn Term 1 Newsletter

Please click the link below to view our new half termly newsletter!

September 2024

 

Posted in Nursery Bumblebees News, School News, Weekly School Newsletter, Class Hedgehogs News, Class Rabbits News, Class Dragonflies News, Class Owls News
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2 years ago
Posted on September 4, 2024 by Mrs Farmer

Welcome to Hedgehog Class!

We extend a very warm welcome to all of our new Reception children starting in Hedgehog Class this week! We hope that you’ve all had a lovely summer and are ready for an exciting Autumn Term!

Please see the Hedgehog Class information page for information regarding what the children will be learning this term as well as a copy of our general class timetable.

Please note that PE day is Monday and forest school day is Tuesday. Therefore, the children should come to school dressed accordingly on these days.

Please click the link below to view our class newsletter for further information.

September 2024 newsletter for parents

We are really looking forward to getting to know you all!

Mrs Farmer & Mrs Gregory

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2 years ago
Posted on July 16, 2024 by Admin

Y6 leavers trip – Hollywood Bowl

What a great time we had at Hollywood Bowl to celebrate our lovely Y6 leavers’ time at Ruyton school. Lots of fun and lots of competitiveness!

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2 years ago
Posted on July 16, 2024 by Admin

Forest School – Owl Class

Owls had their final forest school session yesterday (Y6s last ever!). It was lovely to see the class enjoying their last week here and they learnt all about decomposition and how to look after natural materials better through recycling.

Posted in School News, Weekly School Newsletter, Class Owls News
2 years ago
Posted on July 16, 2024 by Zoe Powell

Funfest 2024

We had another fantastic Funfest on Saturday, and the sun even decided to shine on us too! It was lovely to see parents, children and members of the community supporting our school.

A massive thankyou to our friends for all their hard work, dedication and organisation which makes the event such a success. Thankyou January, Marianna, Amy, Anna, DJ, Donna, Jen, Karen, Rose and Zoe.

We managed to raise a staggering £3226.49, thankyou to everyone who came along and supported us!










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2 years ago
Posted on July 12, 2024 by Zoe Powell

Weekly Celebrations 12.7.24

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 Matilda for ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Respect’ – Tilly has been a joy to teach this week. She has shared fantastic ideas about the story of Macbeth.

Year 5 Millie for ‘Wisdom’ – Millie produces incredible writing at Y5 level. She is always willing to read out her work. Well done Millie.

Year 4 Jamie for ‘Hope’ and ‘Trust’ – for overcoming his fears om the music assembly, well done Jamie!

Year 3 Charlie for ‘Respect’ and ‘Wisdom’ – for sharing some fantastic ideas in our Geography debate – well done Charlie!

Year 2 Dougie for showing ALL of our school values: Dougie is such an asset to our school. He always works hard, he is kind, fair and a fantastic friend to everyone! Well done Dougie – you are very special.

Year 1 Imogen for ‘Love’ ‘Friendship’ and ‘Respect – Imogen’s cheeky smile and infectious laugh brighten up our classroom. She is a joy to be around and shows love, friendship and respect everyday!

Reception Lottie for ‘Love’, ‘Trust’ and ‘Friendship’ – Lottie is always kind, caring and thoughtful. She is a brilliant friend to everyone she meets.

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

Golden Book Certificates

Congratulations to the following Golden Book winners (from class work and stars)

Lucy, Archie, Thalia, Beau, Magnus, Otto, Sam, Laila, Blake, Liz, Memphis, James, Harriet, Cordelia, Oakley, Elsie, Jasmine, Harrison, Lottie and Cody

Other achievements…

Brooke, Sophia, Amelia, Lylah, Elsie, Charley, Harry, Percy, Jackson and Eva took part in a KS2 rounders tournament this week and came third! A fantastic achievement.

Lottie has received a certificate for her fantastic effort and continued improvement in gymnastics. Well done Lottie!

Nancy has recently started at a football club, on her first week she managed to receive this medal for her fantastic effort and participation!

Aoife and Lexi have been playing football for a few months now and have received awards for their dedication, perseverance and effort. It’s lovely to hear how much your confidence is growing girls!

Seren has received her level 5 swimming certifcate, she told us that the forward somersault and treading water were the trickiest bits to master! Good luck in stage 6.

Congratulations to all our winners this week!

Dates for your diary

  • Year 6 Leavers Trip – Tuesday 16th July PM
  • Sports Day – Wednesday 17th July (Thursday 18th July reserve date)
  • Leavers assembly – Friday 19th July 2pm
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2 years ago
Posted on July 10, 2024 by Mrs Farmer

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2 years ago
Posted on July 9, 2024 by Holly Hindley

Transition Day’s in Dragonflies

We have had an excellent couple of days in Dragonfly class getting to know one another! We have had a jam packed two days full of activities! We have played team building and getting to know one another games, made self portraits with things that are important to us inside them, and even managed to use marshmallows in maths to make 3D shapes!

 

Posted in School News, Weekly School Newsletter, Class Dragonflies Bulletin, Class Dragonflies News
2 years ago
Posted on July 5, 2024 by Zoe Powell

Weekly Celebrations 5.7.24

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 Brooke for ‘Wisdom’, ‘Love’  and ‘Respect’ – for always being such a lovely member of Owl Class! Brooke has returned from holiday with 100% effort in all lessons.

Year 5 India for ‘Wisdom’ – for producing brilliant Science work, showing fantastic knowledge and understanding.

Year 4 Lucy for ‘Wisdom’ – for creating an amazing project based on our topic work in her own time at home. We love the enthusiasm you show across all subjects Lucy.

Year 3 Sky for ‘Perseverance’  – for working really hard and improving her handwriting, well done.

Year 2 Nancy for showing ‘Love’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Perseverance’: Nancy shows all of our school values everyday, however this week she has shown what a strong young lady she is becoming! Miss Horton is very proud of you Nancy.

Year 1 Maggie  for ‘Friendship’ and ‘Respect – Maggie is such a lovely friend – she is kind, caring and wants her friends to do well. You’re a star Maggie!

Reception Jasmine for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom – Jasmine is taking great care with her handwriting and uses her phonics brilliantly to spell words – she writes some super sentences!#

 

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

Other achievements…

Alfie has received his white belt with yellow stripe in taekwon-do! He even demonstrated a four directional punch to the whole school. We know not to mess with Alife now!!


Hallie has received a medal and a teddy for taking part in a gym competition at the weekend. She had to perform three different routines!

Freddie has completed his 5m swimming badge, a fantastic achievement!

Charley and Percy both attend ‘Oswestry Olympians’. They now both hold records, Charley for running and Percy for throwing. Great work guys!

Some of our KS2 children attended ‘Area Sports’ at Bomere Heath Primary School this week. They had a fantastic time, and we away with lots of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place certificates – great work everyone!

Sophia, Percy, Alex, Millie and Tilly all attended a Maths event at Shrewsbury High School. They had to use their mathematical and computing knowledge to crack some codes – they all had a brilliant time.

Congratulations to all our winners this week!

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