We are very proud to announce that Jessica, of Grinshill Class, has won the all-Shropshire Cross Country Championship for Year 3 girls. She had previously won the North Shropshire Championship to qualify for the event held at the Shrewsbury Sports Village on Tuesday 10th March 2020.
Author: Stuart Field
Spellings w/c 9th March 2020
Year 5
Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ate
pollinate
captivate
activate
motivate
communicate
medicate
elasticate
hyphenate
alienate
validate
Year 6
Words with a ‘soft c’ spelt /ce/
cemetery
certificate
celebrate
necessary
deceased
December
sacrifice
hindrance
nuisance
prejudice
School Value of the Month
Our value this month is Respect for God’s World – pupils will learn how to respect God’s world, about people who have shown this respect, sing hymns and say prayers to help them think about God’s World.
NSPCC – Buddy came to visit!
We welcomed a team from the NSPCC (and their mascot Buddy!) to school to work with all pupils on how to stay safe – their message is Speak Out, Stay Safe.
Children learned what constitutes abuse, who to talk to if they feel unsafe and the number to call Childline – 0800 11 11.
Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in an additional workshop aimed at developing pupils’ understanding of specific dangers online, who their trusted adults are and how they can help themselves and each other stay safe.
If you would like more information, please visit: NSPCC – Support for Parents or NSPCC – Speak Out, Stay Safe
World Book Day 2020
On Thursday 5th March, we celebrated World Book Day, where pupils and teachers dressed up as their favourite characters!
We were, as always, very impressed with the outfits – from The Hungry Caterpillar to Tom Gates, from Alice in Wonderland to Zog!
We would like to thank parents and carers for using this opportunity to send in donations for the Shrewsbury Food Bank – there is now a huge shipment of non-perishable goods on its way to Barnabas Church to help local families in times of need. Barnabas – Shrewsbury Food Bank
Pupils were sent home with £1 book tokens, which can be used against the price of a book or in exchange for a special World Book Day book, available at major book retailers during March.
Spellings w/c 2nd March 2020
Year 5
Words with /or/ sound spelt ‘au’
pause
cause
sauce
fraud
launch
author
August
applaud
astronaut
restaurant
Year 6
Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a consonant letter
partial
confidential
essential
substantial
torrential
sequential
potential
spatial
martial
influential
Spellings w/c 24th February 2020
Year 5
Words with an /or/ sound spelt ‘or’
forty
scorch
absorb
decorate
afford
enormous
category
tornado
according
opportunity
Year 6
Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a vowel letter
official
special
artificial
social
racial
crucial
facial
beneficial
superficial
antisocial
Safer Internet Day 2020
We have celebrated Safer Internet Day this week:
- The global theme is ‘together for a better internet’ and this year in the UK we are putting the focus on how young people explore and express their identity online.
- Everyone has their part to play in making the internet a better place, including you!
Pupils have shared their ideas around this theme and thought really hard about how they should use the internet.
If you would like any further information, we recommend that you look at the following link, which details how parents and carers can help their children safe online:
Safer Internet – Parents’ Guide
Spellings w/c 10th February 2020
Year 5
Homophones & Near Homophones
alter
altar
ascent
assent
bridal
bridle
cereal
serial
compliment
complement
Year 6
Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning
interrupt
interfere
intercept
interject
intertwine
interim
internal
intersperse
interloper
interest
Year 6 Arthog Trip
We would like to say how proud we are of the Year 6s upon their return from their residential trip to Arthog this week.
The children behaved brilliantly, participated fully in every activity and were happy and determined at every step. They took part in team-building tasks, orienteering, a long night-walk, canoeing and (everybody’s favourite) gorge-walking.
Mrs Norris and Mr Field, who accompanied the children, were extremely pleased with all pupils and their efforts!
