For World Book Day this year, the children in Pimhill and Haughmond dressed up as characters from their favourite stories. Here are some of their fabulous costumes!
Communications
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.
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
End of Autumn Term Post
As Autumn Term ends, it is important to reflect on this last half term of 2019 in school. There have been some real highlights recently; the KS1 Nativity which was fantastic, the Christingle Service, the Pantomime Trip, The Football Truce afternoon, Pimhill have visited the Forest School each week, Grinshill visited Liverpool’s World Museum, Year 6 enjoyed a Maths Morning at The Corbet, Open the Book have shared Bible stories during several worship times and we hosted the Christmas Fair, raising nearly £500.
We would, as ever, like to thank all of the children, parents, carers and friends of the school for their continued support.
We look forward to 2020 and would like to wish all of the school community a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
A Christmas Prayer – by Robert Louis Stevenson
“Loving Father, Help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and worship of the wise men.
Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.
May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.”
Pantomime Fun
We visited Theatre Severn on Thursday 19th December 2019 to watch Aladdin!
We were sat in the stalls, with our pupils and staff right at the front, with a fantastic view!
We really enjoy our annual trip to the Panto at Theatre Severn and are already looking forward to next year!
Friends of Bomere Heath Raffle
We would like to say a huge thank you to all parents, carers and relatives who bought raffle tickets for the annual Friends of Bomere Heath Raffle. Hundreds of tickets were sold, with proceeds going towards the Friends’ fund to help the school purchase resources and books.
The first prize was £100, the second prize a wine and spirits hamper, the third prize a luxury food hamper and the fourth prize was a meal for two at the Corbett Arms.
Thank you to The Friends of Bomere Heath for their support, hard work and organising this event.
Christingle Service
On Wednesday 18th December, we visited Leaton Church for the annual Christingle Service. The church was beautifully decorated for the recent Christmas Tree Festival, which added to the lovely atmosphere for the service. Reverend Mary-Lou Toop and Reverend Hannah Lins led prayers and readings, with pupils from Year 6 teaching us about how Christingle started and Pimhill and Haughmond singing a song from their recent Nativity.
The highlight of the event was the whole congregation singing Silent Night with only the light of the candles on the Christingles flickering throughout the church.
The pupils behaved wonderfully, leading to a memorable morning.
