1 year ago
Posted on February 9, 2023 by Jen Whittingham

Dragonfly Class homework 9.2.23

Times Tables:

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

Spellings:

Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and return it to school stuck in your homework book.

Reading comprehension:

Please read through the information on blue whales and then answer the questions on the sheet.

1a. Daily Article – New Blue Whale Song – LKS2 (7-9)

Your homework is due in on Wednesday 15th February.

If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Lloyd-Jones.

1 year ago
Posted on February 3, 2023 by Jen Whittingham

Weekly Celebration Assembly – 3rd February

February has arrived, bringing a new theme of ‘Wisdom’ to our Worship this term; there has been plenty of wise decisions made in school this week judging by our Celebration Assembly!

NSPCC Number Morning

Across the school this morning, we took part in the NSPCC Number Day; as you can see, Rabbit Class produced some fantastic number crowns (Miss Horton made a great effort too!) It was great to see the school filled with mathematicians all morning!

In Bumblebees, Elsie and Alfie achieved Stars of the Week for settling in so well:

Golden Book Awards (awarded for a culmination of class stars / quality marks in work / lessons):

Seren – 1st Award

Maia – 3rd award (earning a Green Star badge)

Harry – 6th award (earning a Blue Star badge)

Evan – 9th award (earning a Red Star badge)

Acorn Awards (earning House Points with two pupils chosen per class; awarded by teachers for class-based work / learning attitudes):

Mav– for working really hard on writing
Ruby– for super effort in everything she does
Amelia– for settling into Dragonflies so well
Freddie– for making so much progress in reading
Tilly– for settling in to Dragonflies so quickly
Sam – for settling into Dragonflies so well
Harry– for always working carefully and taking great pride in his work
Harrison– for increasing his expectations of himself in all aspects of learning
Elsie – for consistently producing writing to a very high standard

Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)

There were LOTS of raffle tickets in all the class tins this week – a huge well done to all the classes for earning so many raffle tickets!

Guitar Awards

We proudly presented awards to Elsie and Alice for their achievements in their guitar lessons with Mr Butler. They both take part in weekly lessons and are making great progress: Alice told us how she had to play a James Bond theme and ‘Over the Rainbow’ as part of her award.

Well done Alice (Gold Award) and Elsie (Silver Award)!

1 year ago
Posted on February 2, 2023 by Jen Whittingham

Dragonfly Class homework 2.2.23

Times Tables:

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

Spellings:

Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and return it to school stuck in your homework book.

English:

This week, we have looked at how to use an apostrophe. Please complete the worksheet given out in class.

Your homework is due in on Wednesday 8th February.

If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Lloyd-Jones.

1 year ago
Posted on January 26, 2023 by Jen Whittingham

Owl Class – Ancient Egypt Day (Widget Workshops)

Owl Class had a fantastic focus day in school on Wednesday with Kat and Sue From Widget Workshops who bombarded us with their expertise, hands-on activities and (much to the delight of the class) Virtual Reality headsets! By the end of the day, we had expanded our knowledge of Egyptology significantly but also relished the opportunity to write hieroglyphics in inks, explore timelines, play Egyptian games, mummify each other and then get a realistic feel for the pyramids, the Valley of the Kings and a close-up look at artefacts through the VR headsets. It was jam-packed!

Kat and Sue were fantastic – we thank them both for such a great day full of resources to explore and extend our learning of Egyptology.

1 year ago
Posted on January 26, 2023 by Jen Whittingham

The new adventure playground

We are very excited to see the progress that is being made on our new adventure playground area – it is keeping us entertained at breaktimes as we see what the workmen are busy doing next! The play area is being built using funds raised by the fantastic ‘Friends of St John’s’ team.

The area should be ready for opening in February…watch this space!

1 year ago
Posted on January 26, 2023 by Jen Whittingham

Dragonfly Class homework 26.1.23

Times Tables:

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

Spellings:

Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and return it to school stuck in your homework book.

Science:

Soon, we will be looking at teeth in our Science lessons. This week, we would like you to find out some facts about human teeth. For example, you could find out how many teeth children/adults have, what the different types of teeth called and how to keep teeth healthy. This website might be useful:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcyycdm/articles/z8784xs

Your homework is due in on Wednesday 1st February.

If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Lloyd-Jones.

1 year ago
Posted on January 20, 2023 by Jen Whittingham

Weekly Celebrations with LOTS to celebrate!

We had LOTS to celebrate in our Celebration Assembly this week – well done everyone!

Acorn Awards (earning House Points with two pupils chosen per class; awarded by teachers for class-based work / learning attitudes):

Charlie – super maths
Freddie– for great English
Maggie– for a super attitude -what a star!
Magnus– for great maths this week
Amelia– for lots of hard work this week and a positive attitude
Mia– for her sporting superstardom!
Emelia– for trying hard all week
Zander– for super independent dragon writing

In Bumblebees, Cody achieved Star of the Week:

Congratulations to Sebastien for showing our school value of ‘perseverance’ in his maths lessons too.

Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)

Grade 1 Violin

We were very proud to see Arthur receive his certificate for Grade 1 Violin. He explained to us what he had to do to achieve it and how he practises. Well done Arthur, keep up the dedicated attitude towards music.

A special deed

It has come to our attention that one member of our school made a particularly special gesture over Christmas. Freddie (Year 5 Owls) received a Christmas gift of money (£50!) from a relative – but he chose to donate all of this money to the Food Bank! We are so very proud of Freddie for making such kind and thoughtful choices; he has been recommended for a Headteacher’s Award for this act of kindness. Well done Freddie – what an inspiration!

Sportshall Athletics

On Tuesday, a team of athletes attended the Corbet School for their annual Sportshall Athletics Event.

Overall, we were very proud to come 3rd (out of 8 schools). Our Girls Squad finished 4th – an impressive result considering our team were Y4, 5 and 6 girls facing squads of Year 6! Meanwhile, we are delighted to announce the Boys Squad finished 2nd! This means they qualify for the North Shropshire Finals Event later in Spring – well done boys!

A special mention to Charlie who confidently took part as a Year 4 – she was not daunted by racing against older girls.

Also to Mia who won BOTH of her fielding events (javelin and chest push!), Elliot who won his long jump competition and Arthur who won the vertical high jump.

GO TEAM RUYTON!

1 year ago
Posted on January 19, 2023 by Jen Whittingham

DT Shelters – Santa’s Grotto!

Although we are well into Spring term, we took some time this week to look back on our DT project for Autumn Term which we finished during Christmas week (and took home for Christmas!)

Owl Class were challenged to build a structure out of wood and other materials which would make an effective shelter for Santa and his reindeers, but also bear weight (for heavy snowfall or the big man’s sleigh!) and also look festive too!

During this project we used computer-aided design for planning before building prototypes and finalising a design; then it was a case of saw, secure, glue, fix (and lots of re-fixes!) then decorate!

All the children met the demands of the task with flying colours! It was a pleasure to see the teamwork in flow and skills developed to enable everyone to produce a completed grotto. Please enjoy the selection of pictures below to show different parts of the process!