We enjoyed a brilliant trip to Theatre Severn this week to see the Christmas Panto – Jack and the Beanstalk. We were even more surprised to see our very own Seren get up on stage and take part in the children’s challenge, singing in front of the whole theatre!
A special ‘thank you’ to the Friends of Ruyton who funded the tickets for every child to experience and enjoy this show – your fundraising efforts brought many smiles to lots of faces and made special memories!
A HUGE well done to our incredible KS2 children for their wonderful performances of Aladdin Trouble on Monday! For all those who were able to join us, we hope you enjoyed the shows as much as we enjoyed creating it for you… OH YES WE DID!
To the children – you were simply brilliant. The bravery and courage, energy and fun you brought to the stage was admirable – never mind the ad-libbing which had your teachers on edge…! Well done to every single one of you!
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We have all had a fantastic time at Shrewsbury Fire Station this morning. Our visit was planned to enhance our learning about People Who Help Us. We learnt all about the different jobs that firefighters do and they showed us all of the equipment they use to do those jobs quickly and safely.
The children asked some fantastic questions and had lots of fun!
Christmas production practise is well-underway this week for different classes – thank you to all those who are helping to learn the words at home! Meanwhile, Christmas has begun in all the classrooms today – a naughty elf has even visited Rabbit Class!
GOLDEN BOOK AWARDS
Congratulations to the following Golden Book winners (from class work and stars):
1st Golden Book Award: Memphis, Harriet and Harrison
4th Award: Hallie and Nancy
7th Award: Lexie and Aoife
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 – Harvey for ‘Perseverance’ – Harvey has been working hard in all his lessons and giving his best effort.
Year 5 Eva for ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Perseverance’: Eva’s acting has been superb in our play practise, whilst she has learned her words fantastically and given a great effort in class too.
Year 4 Isaac for ‘Perseverance’, ‘Wisdom’: For working hard in all his work and focusing well in Geography.
Year 3 Ruby for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Friendship’: For persevering in all her work today and being a caring friend when reading with a partner.
Year 2 Toby for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’: Toby has been working really hard on improving his writing – well done!
Year 1 Freddie for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’: Freddie has been working really hard on his independent writing this week – well done!
Reception Oakley for ‘perseverance’: Oakley has tried really hard with his handwriting and is working hard to improve.
Bumblebees Star of the Week! Raya – for always being kind and thoughtful to everyone.
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Plus an extra winner for Hedgehog class as they had the most tickets this week, and another for joint-win for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Lucy and Layla created this during their embroidery club with Mrs Gallimore – well done girls – it’s beautiful!
Nancy has earned this badge in her Rainbows for Christmas activities…
Whilst Jackson earned himself Player of the Match at his recent football match for his new club! Awesome Jackson!
Finally, we shared this beautiful piece of embroidery that has been sent in by local villager, Irena White. Incredibly, it was made by 13 year old Mary Carter, a past pupil of Ruyton School… In 1864! She lived at Castle View, Church Street.
We are very pleased to announce that we raised £321.88 for Children in Need. Thankyou to our wonderful school community for making such wonderful cakes and being so generous with your donations!
It has been another busy week at St John’s with more sports fixtures, Bikeability training for KS1, Church visits for Owl Class and also a focus on Road Safety Week. Aside from all this, Christmas production practises are well under way and there has been some fantastic class work too!
We just had to share this photo of some of our younger ones at play today too…!
Sports News
This week saw a group of Year 4/5/6 children head off to the Corbet School for the local schools Dodgeball School Competition. Our team played brilliantly and were very proud to come SECOND overall! This means that they have also qualified for the North Shropshire Dodgeball Finals! Well done team!
Congratulations to all the children who took part in Bikeability this week too!
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 – Amber for ‘Perseverance’ – Amber has been working really hard on recent assessments – keep it up Amber.
Year 5 Charlie for ‘Respect’ and ‘Perseverance’: Charlie’s been working hard all week with his adults in maths – keep it up Charlie!
Year 4 Robyn for ‘Perseverance’, ‘Wisdom’: For taking the initiative to complete extra work this week without being asked to.
Year 3 Blake for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom ‘: Toby has been working really hard in all parts of his learning this year – his attitude to learning is brilliant, keep it up Toby!
Year 2 Aoife for ‘Perseverance’: Aoife has approached all her work and assessments brilliantly this week – keep up the hard work Aoife!
Year 1 Maggie for ‘Love’ and ‘Respect’: Maggie brightens up her classroom with her big smile and positive attitude to everything! Thank you – Maggie you’re a superstar!
Reception Lottie for ‘all the values!’: Lottie always comes to school with a positive attitude towards everything, showing all the values! Well done Lottie!
Bumblebees Star of the Week! Olivia has earned Star of the Week in Bumblebees for making lots of new friends and always showing kindness to everyone!
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Plus an extra winner for TWO classes as they had the most tickets this week, and another for joint-win for being the superstars of Worship this week 👏
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
Other celebrations:
Jasmine has earned a fabulous Children in Need Badge from her Girl Guides for all her hard work – well done Jasmine!
Congratulations to Hallie who has earned her Level 11 and 12 for Gymnastics this week!
This week our Reception and Year 1 children took part in ‘Bikeability Balance’. They were learning how to ride and control a balance bike.
This included how to:
They all had a fantastic time!
On Wednesday, a squad of 8 players from Year 4, 5 and 6 headed out to the Corbet School for the area Dodgeball competition. We are absolutely DELIGHTED to announce that the team had amazing success and finished second, qualifying for the North Shropshire Finals in Spring term! Well done to all the children – especially Year 4 Otto for stepping-up and facing the older opposition!
Owl Class had a great morning out at the Church this morning for Experiencing the Eucharist, an event organised by Reverend Lucinda and Reverend Hannah with the support of the Church group. The children from Bomere Heath school also joined us at Church to work through hands-on activities to develop their understanding – a super morning was had by all! Thank you to the team from the Church for their effort in creating this workshop.
Here is the latest #wakeupWednesday article: Top Tips for Safer Online Shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There is some really useful information in here which some of our older children have explored and agree it is a great reminder to us all!
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