In these worrying times, here is a lovely, short and simple story to help us all, but especially our pupils:
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Wrekin Class News
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
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!
Wrekin Topic – Ancient Maya
Please find attached the topic web for Wrekin class this term – I hope that you find it helpful in supporting your pupil or simply knowing what they will be learning! If you have any questions, please speak with Mr Field.
Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics
Well done to the some of the Year 5 / 6 pupils who competed in the area Sports Hall Athletics competition this week. A boys team and a girls team participated in relays, sprints and a variety of field events, with all team members’ points being added together to give a final score. The boys’ team came 6th whilst the girls’ team cam 7th, competing against all other local primary schools. Mr Field was very proud of their teamwork, effort and speedy running!
Harvest Service
Today, we held a very successful Harvest Service at Leaton Church. Each class dedicated time in recent weeks to thinking about our theme: God’s world.
On Climate Action Day, pupils considered what is important to them in the world and how we can all look after it. This work fed into their ideas for the Harvest Service.
Pimhill and Haughmond sang about recycling and made models out of ‘rubbish’ that can now be played with! Grinshill talked about how they could look after the world, including writing some fantastic poems. Stiperstones and Wrekin researched all kinds of environmental issues and how we/they can help save the planet, as well as writing some very thoughtful prayers.
All in all, we are very proud of the work, ideas, prayers and promises the pupils created – it was truly their service!
Finally, we would like to thank all of the parents, carers, friends and family who came along to share the Service. Reverend Hannah Lins, the congregation and the staff at school would also like to say thank you for the generous donations to the food bank in Shrewsbury.
Dear Lord. Thank you for Harvest time when we can share with those less fortunate than us and remember how to love God’s world. Amen (Prayer written by Clementine, Y6)
Bikeability Success
This week, all pupils from Year 4 have completed their Bikeability Level One! In addition, all pupils in Year 6 have completed Bikeability Level Three! They have all been presented with badges and certificates in Worship.
Pupils have learned how to ride safely on the playground and on the road, with the assessors looking for pupils to show control and awareness of hazards.
The feedback from the assessors was very positive – with one saying, “The pupils have been excellent; a credit to the school.”
Next half term, Year 5 will have the chance to complete their Level Two certificate.
If you would like to know more about Bikeability and the criteria for each level, please see the link below:
Times Tables Rockstars
We have again subscribed to Times Tables Rockstars to help the pupils’ quick recall of their times tables. At the moment, we are using it with the older pupils (Key Stage 2) but will roll it into Key Stage 1 in the coming months.
Your KS2 child has a login and can access the online resource to play games and test themselves against the clock for all times tables from x1 up to x12.
They receive rewards in the game, which they can then redeem to ‘buy’ new features for their ‘avatar’.As they continue to improve their speed and accuracy, they move from being a ‘Rookie’ band member to an ‘International Rock Star’ – it is very engaging and the feedback has been excellent from the pupils!
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