BEAM have increased their opening times for their drop in sessions for emotional wellbeing and support. There are no waiting lists and no referral is needed
Weekly School Newsletter
Platinum Jubilee Picnic
On Friday 27th May we joined with a whole school Jubilee picnic to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. Ro and Claire provided us with a packed lunch and some delicious red, white and blue cakes! We all had a really lovely day and are looking forward to continuing all our learning about Queen Elizabeth’s reign next half term.
Jubilee DT Coleslaw Project
Today we started our Jubilee DT project to create a coleslaw fit for a Queen and that we can share with others at our Jubilee Picnic at the end of the week.
We began our topic by exploring existing products and evaluating them in terms of smell, appearance, texture and taste. We all really enjoyed the tasting activity, but our responses to the flavours were mixed!
Reading for All Pupils
Please remember that reading is one of the most important skills our children will learn. It is vital that children get time and space to practice their reading with an adult at home regularly. Pupils learning to decode should read with an adult every day and those pupils who can read fluently should continue to read at home every day (and should still read with adults!) Our older children have access to Fiction Express, and can select age-appropriate e-texts to read online.
Please ensure your child’s reading is logged in their Reading Record, which should be brought home each night and returned to school each morning.
If you have any questions about reading, please speak with your child’s teacher!
Archery
This week, Mrs Norris, Mr Lack and Mrs Oxford took 12 KS2 pupils to an Archery Festival at The British Ironworks Centre. Pupils really enjoyed trying out archery and improving their skills.
Mrs Norris runs a weekly Archery Club with KS2 pupils, in which she teaches pupils all about the bows, arrows and they have the chance to become budding archers!
If your child might be interested in starting archery, we can point you in the direction of Start Archery Start Archery – Begin Your Archery Journey where you can find out how to try out archery in the local area!
Queen’s Jubilee Community Event
The message below has come from the Chair of the Bomere Heath and District Parish Council, Mr Dan Harmer: Poster is also attached – please support this community event.
On behalf of the Parish Council, I would like to formally invite the staff and children to the Beacon Lighting for the Queen’s Jubilee on the Thursday evening, 2nd June – 7.00 pm – 10pm.
It is in the Leaton Estate field in Bomere Heath off Pump house Field off Merrington Road (Opposite Brook Rd)
There will be music and a brass band and the Beacon lighting at 9.45pm in line with the rest of the nation. For those that are hungry and thirsty there is also a Hog Roast and Bar
We would very much like this to be a community event and welcome the community to come along.
Shropshire Star Cash for Schools Winners!
Last week we were delighted to hear that we had won the second prize in the Shropshire star Cash for Schools competition. The sponsors, Enterpise-Flex-E-Rent, and representatives from the newspaper came to school to present a cheque for £3,000 towards our wonderful new wooden play equipment. This was installed during the Easter holiday and children have been able to use it straight away, on a class rota basis. We have been fundraising for a long time and will continue to fundraise for this project. Please follow the link to see the report and our photo in the Shropshire Star! Shropshire Star Cash for Schools
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who collected tokens on our behalf, and a special thank you to all our supporters in the local community and beyond who collected on our behalf, including staff at the Co-op who were extremely helpful, and our tireless team of Friends of Bomere Heath School. If you know any friends, relatives, neighbours who supported us in this PLEASE would you pass on thanks from the school and tell them the good news of our cash prize – we couldn’t have done it without all their help sending in the tokens to school, and are very grateful.
Welcome Back Stiperstones!
This term our topic is The Industrial Revolution, see below for more information about what we will be doing this term.
Summer 2022 – The Industrial Revolution
PE will be on a Thursday this term
Homework will be given out on a Friday and should be completed and given in on a Wednesday.
Any problems or questions please let us know.
Miss Horton & Mrs Quigley
“Local Covid Hero” Nomination
Please read this letter we have received from Ruyton XI Towns Parish Council:
The Parish Council would like to publicise the fact that you and the staff at St John the Baptist and Bomere Heath Primary Schools have been nominated as local covid heroes of 2021. We thought you might like to publish this good news via your next newsletter.The parish communities and the parents and carers of all the children at the Ruyton and Bomere Heath primary schools owe you and your colleagues a real debt of gratitude.
The way you conducted and maintained the levels of teaching, structured each school day and provided a range of distance learning tools and methods to suit the wide range of ages and abilities was second to none.
The dedication of everyone working and volunteering at both schools was truly tested and you triumphed in the most challenging of circumstances. We applaud you all.The Lord Lieutenant’s Garden Party takes place locally in June and offers a unique opportunity for sterling work such as this to be publicly recognised. We trust you will be in a position to attend, enjoy the event and represent your fabulous team.
With kind regards,Ruyton-XI-Towns Parish Council
Autism West Midlands Virtual Support Groups
Autism West Midlands have places available for their daytime and evening Shropshire Parents Virtual Support Group.
This provides an opportunity to talk with other parents and carers, share ideas, and offer support with a member of Autism West Midlands present to offer advice and guidance.
This group will run on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each month during school term time.
Next up is Wednesday 4th May 2022 – 10am – 11am and 8pm – 9pm.
