Owls and Dragonflies had a great morning at our Forest School site creating shelters with our leader, Kris.
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Weekly Celebration Assembly led by Worship Council
Acorns
Rhys V – for careful effort in maths, striving for the correct answer!
David B – for consistently good homework, repeating his My Maths homework until he understood it
Lily (Hedgehogs) – extra effort
Harvey D- for much neater work
Reuben – for good problem solving
Alfie GP – for good effort in RE work
Zac – for practising spellings
James T – for good computing work
Han C – Maths progress
Lottie – for progress in maths
Showing Values
Amelia – showing trust and honesty
Luana, Eva – caring for Bella when she was hurt
Golden Book
Elsa – 15th Award
Jess M – 23rd Award
New Dinner Equipment
Our brilliant school cook, Paula, presented the children with their new plates and bowls for Dragonfly and Owl Class, with thanks to the Friends for this donation. The children can’t wait to use them!
Tag Rugby
The Tag Rugby Team were celebrated for their brilliant achievements this week, coming 2nd in the large schools Tag Rugby competition.
Next week: football vs Myddle and North Shropshire Netball Competition.
Tag Rugby Superstars
A huge WELL DONE to our Tag Rugby team who competed in the Large Schools North Shropshire Competition at Oswestry Rugby Club today. We are thrilled to announce that they won 2nd place!
This is a brilliant achievement for our small school, just missing out to Market Drayton primary.
The results:
Market Drayton 4-3 loss
Welshampton 3-3 draw
Whitchurch – 5-3 win
Whittington – 8-3 win
The team improved as the morning went on, earning awards for all the sports values from other coaches for determination, honesty, respect, passion and self-belief. We were very proud to receive a whole-team award for “teamwork” from Whittington Primary.
Congratulations to Billy, Will, Max, Darren, Oli, Henry, Rory, Lottie, Ellie and Ffion. Miss Whit was a very proud teacher to be coaching such a dedicated team who showed brilliant sportsmanship!
Weekly Celebrations 11th January
Worship Council led our first Celebration Assembly of 2019 this morning.
Acorn Awards
Our Acorn Tree is ready to be filled with all the achievements of the children in the Spring Term ahead. Congratulations to Coton Blue Team who won the House Points Award for Autumn Term and enjoyed a ‘Tob Table’ dinner before Christmas. Who will win the Spring award?
This week’s winners…
Amelia & Alex (Hedgehogs) – for super writing
Andreas – for being helpful
Toby – for setting an example with his work
Abbie – for confidence and great progress this week
Dominic – for being such a hard worker all week
Arthur L – for fantastic, hard work in spellings each day
Ellie G – for a wonderfully positive attitude in all aspects of school life
Luana – for showing friendship and helping four friends with their coats at Forest Schools
Ella – for showing wisdom and hope, creating a Rabbit Class New Year’s Resolution poster
Esmer – for persevering in completing her work quicker
Children in Need
Fun & Games School Council celebrated receiving a certificate from Children in Need following their fundraising efforts in Autumn Term. It confirmed a whopping £292.15 had been raised! Well done to all the children for a great effort.
Food Bank Donation
Thank you for all the donations of party food for our Christmas Party this year. We are very proud of our children who have requested that left over food gets donated to the Food Bank for Christmas.
Weekly celebrations: Performances, Golden Book, Values, Fundraising & the Sheila Fields Award
Today we celebrated the KS1 children and their brilliant performance of Ralph the Reindeer; Hedgehog and Rabbit classes did a super job – we are very proud of you.
The children have given us plenty of cause for celebration this week…
Acorn Awards
Grace & Oliver – super singing in the Christmas play practise
Max E – joining in with the Christingle Nativity so creatively!
Lucy & Amber – for practising so hard for their speaking role in the Christmas play
Arthur – for showing courage in performing in front of others
Bonnie – for courage in performing as Rudolph
Jessie – fantastic work in the Nativity practise
Darran – for helping put the stage away
Grace – for reciting a beautiful prayer before our Christmas Dinner
Rabbit Class – for showing all the school values whilst practising in the school play
Hedgehog & Rabbit Class – for making us so proud in their performance for Christmas
Golden Book
Congratulations to the following children for earning a new award in the Golden Book:
Jess M – 21st Award (Gold Badge)
Sam M – 14th Award
Darran – 11th Award
The Woodland Project
A beautiful handmade Christmas card was shared from Hope House who wrote to say thank you for raising £550 for their special charity. Well done St John’s!
Ellie Gittins: Sheila Fields Award
We were very proud to share Ellie Gittins earning the Sheila Fields Award from Baschurch Tennis Club for “good manners, helping others and being an all round lovely human!” We are so proud of you Ellie!
Oli Ward also received an award from Baschurch Tennis Club for ‘Most Improved Player’. Well done Oli!
Weekly celebrations
Worship Council led our Celebrations this morning.
Acorn Awards
Owen – for brilliant diligence every morning in setting up worships
Billy – for showing diligence and responsibilty around the school
Luana – for always trying her best in everything
Amelia – kindness, friendship and understanding
Katie – for brilliant determination in maths lessons
Abbie – for putting others first and showing brilliant kindness
James – perseverance in getting his handwriting neat
Esme – for being helpful towards others
Zac – effort in singing for the Christmas play
Bella – for always being ready to learn
Lowri – determination and perseverance in maths plus being super helpful towards others
Max CM – work effort in maths and RE
Gold Award for P
Golden Book
Congratulations to Henry for earning his 20th Award in the Golden Book!
Poppy Fundraising
We celebrated raising £97.21 for the British Legion Poppy Appeal; a fundraising effort we are very proud of.
Sportshall Athletics
Our athletics teams were congratulated for a brilliant effort at the Sportshall even last week. The Girls team came 2nd whilst the Boys team have won a place at the North Shropshire Finals! Superstars.
Hockey
A huge well done to our hockey team who fought hard at a tough competition at the Corbet school, finishing 3rd! Well done team.
Gold Award for PE and Sport
Finally, Miss Whit was very proud to present the children with their Gold Award for 2017-18 from the School Games initiative. This is our gold award ‘hat-trick’! Well done to all the children for the continued effort they give to sport in our school – we couldn’t be any prouder of you all.
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