Author: Jen Whittingham

2 years ago
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Corbet Cross Country Superstars!

Today we awarded our Corbet Cross Country Runners with their winners certificates. We are so proud of our success, but even more of the fact that every single pupil in KS2 competed in this event. Well done Team Ruyton! Check out all our brilliant winners below!

Year 3 Girls 2nd Place – Charley:

Year 3 Girls Team Event – 1st overall!

Year 3 Boys – 3rd Overall

Year 4 Girls – 2nd Place Maia

Year 4 Girls Team 1st Overall:

Year 6 Boys – 2nd Place Noah

Year 6 Boys – 3rd Place Matthew

Year 5 Boys Team – 2nd Overall

Year 6 Boys Team – 1st Overall

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The Trading Game!

This term, Owls are learning about trade and economy as a theme through history in our topic, Deal or No Deal. Today we learned what trade means and factors that affect trade and its success, including: wealth of a country, trade partnerships, natural disasters, resources, taxes and governments. We had great fun selling shapes and trading equipment to achieve more money!

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Dragonfly Class Homework 5.5.22

Times Tables

Please complete the times table sheet given out in class and return it to school stuck in your homework book by Wednesday 11th May.

Spellings

Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and  return it to school stuck in your homework book by Wednesday 11th May.

English

We have been so impressed with your amazing poetry writing in English so this week, we would like you to write your own simile poem (just like our whale poem) about an animal of your choice.  Here is an example about my cat, Jet to give you some ideas:

My cat is black like the night sky in Winter

His paws are as white as new snow

His purr is as loud as a train

He hunts like a stealthy panther

He can be as lazy as a sloth

And as loving as a hug.

 

Please email, bring in or upload your poem onto TEAMS by Wednesday 11th May.

If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Horton.

 

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Dragonfly Class Homework 28.4.22

Times Tables

Please complete the times table sheet given out in class and return it to school stuck in your homework book by Wednesday 4th May.

Spellings

Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and  return it to school stuck in your homework book by Wednesday 4th May.

Science

Science

During our next couple of Science sessions, we will be doing some work on skeletons so this week, we would like you to find out some facts about the human skeleton.  For example, you could research how many bones there are, which are the biggest and smallest, what function some of the main bones serve etc.  You can choose how you would like to present your finding.

Please email, bring in or upload your research into TEAMS by Wednesday 4th May.

If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Horton.

 

 

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Dragonfly Class Homework 7.4.22

We have not set any homework for over the Easter holiday -no, we are not yolking.  Instead we would like you to have an eggcellent time doing all of the things that you enjoy eggspecially getting outside and (hopfully) enjoying some sunny weather.

Well done for all of your hard work this term.

Hoppy Easter,

Love Mrs Hollis and Miss Horton

P.S. How many Easter puns did you spot?

 

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Safer Schools Award 2022

Safer Schools Update February 2022

Dear parents/carers,

Great news!  We recently had our 2 year review of our participation in the Safer Schools initiative and we are delighted to report that the school has passed its re-accreditation. Mrs Ball would like to thank all those involved in Safer Schools including our brilliant Healthy Helpers school councillors.

Here is a message from Ian Bartlett, Crime Prevention Officer Shropshire Council:

‘Congratulations to St John the Baptist CE Primary School on maintaining the Safer School accreditation. The school was accredited a Safer School in 2004 and recently, Mrs Hollis with the support of Mrs Ball, held a Safer School meeting to update the school’s involvement in the security/safety initiative. The virtual meeting went well and I was impressed by the hard work of the school in preparation for the meeting. The Police normally attend the meeting but on this occasion, they had to forward their apologies. With the assistance of staff and governors, we reviewed security/safety measures, including the recent security improvements (fencing and entrance lobby) and we reviewed the incident reporting process. Fortunately, there had been no incidents since 2019 – excellent news. An essential element of the initiative involves communication and the parent/carer and pupil survey results were reassuring. It was a really positive meeting and it concluded with the school receiving an updated Safer School certificate. A future meeting will be planned for 2023.’

Thank you to all who completed the parental survey in November.  The Safer Schools Group analysed the responses (25 in total) and the results are below:

Question Yes No
Q1 Do you feel that the school site is a safe site? 100% 0%
Q2 Do you feel that the site is tidy and welcoming? 100% 0%
Q3 Do you consider the current school and directional signage around the site to be adequate? 100% 0%
Q4 Are you aware that as a parent/carer visitor during the day, you should report to the school reception via the main entrance? 100% 0%
Q5 Do you feel that both the visitor badges and staff ID system are well deployed and evident on the occasions when you visit? 92% 8%
Q6 Are you currently aware of any unauthorised people using our school site out-of-hours? This would include people walking dogs? 8% 92%
Q7 Please feel free to add any further comments, including any good and positive observations, thank you. Beautiful flowers.

We feel that our daughter is very safe, thank you!

I think the school is very welcoming and friendly and feels very safe.

Feel the school site is well signed and secure.

We are very pleased by the positive feedback and continue to welcome any comments regarding the safety of our school.

Mrs Hollis

 

 

 

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A day for the Ukraine

Today we enjoyed a day of wearing yellow and blue in tribute to the Ukraine in light of recent events. We were also visited by Marianna Davis who spoke to all the classes about her work with Ukranian refugees. She then received our donations which had been made from the friends and families of school. Well done and thank you to everyone involved, with particular thanks to Mrs Davis for giving up her time to share her important messages – we were in awe of what you have achieved with your team so far!