What’s happening in the final week! Monday 17th July-Transition Afternoon in new classes
Tuesday 18th July
EYFS Mad Hatters Tea Party
Yr 3 Egyptian Day
Wednesday 19th July-Ms Jones Celebration Day
Thursday 20th July- Yr 6 Leavers Party
Friday 21st July- Last Day of School
Headteacher Message
Our penultimate week of the summer term has been another active one with lots going on around school.
On Tuesday, the children in Years 3, 4 and 5 enjoyed watching and taking part in The School Food Roadshow, arranged by our Caterers Academy. The interactive show saw two teachers (Mrs Munns and Miss Jones) in a cook off, while the children voted on their favourite. Great fun was had by all and we hope to see them back in school again next year.
In addition, a number of trips have gone out this week. Year 2 enjoyed a trip to the Shrewsbury Museum and Year 5 enjoyed shelter building at Nesscliffe. Our Year 3 children also enjoyed performing their recorders to their parents this week. They have thoroughly enjoyed their music lessons with Mrs Porrett this year and performed beautifully for their parents this week.
This afternoon, we watched the Year 6 Leavers Assembly which was a special performance for year 6 staff and families, every single child shone! Earlier in the week, the Year 6 children received their SATs results and I cannot tell you how proud I am of each and every child in the year group. They have all worked incredibly hard to achieve their potential but, more importantly, they are genuinely lovely young people and we will miss them very much next year.
We are all looking forward to next week, our final week of the summer term. We have lots planned, including another transition session for the children on Monday, allowing each class to meet their new teachers once again.
I hope that you all have a lovely weekend.
Kind regards,
Claire Jones
Headteacher
Staffing News
School Amazon Wishlist
Did you know we have a School Amazon Wishlist? This is open all your round for anybody to use. We have received some lovely gifts from parents, thank you! We are always grateful for your support and teachers and children will be adding their wish list items here. If you choose to purchase anything for the library, playtimes or classrooms then please do remember to leave us an ‘Amazon Message’ note on the Amazon order so that we can personally thank you!
Coleham School Amazon Wishlist
ParentPay CLOSING Don’t forget ParentPay will be closing on the last day of school. We will transfer all debit and credit balances to Arbor for September.
We will be using Arbor to record all our family and pupil info, communications and payments.
Clubs for Next School Year PARENT NOTE:
The Club Schedule for next year will go on the website next week so you can see what will be available.
Clubs will start back the 2nd week of school to enable us to set up payments on Arbor and release Clubs during the first week back.
Yr 6 Leavers Assembly We are SO incredibly proud of this wonderful group of Year 6’s and will miss them lots. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house at their fantastic performance to Parents/Carers! Even Mr Venn returned to see his first ever cohort who were very special to him. We have a lot of love for this group of students who embody the Coleham values of Creativity, Friendship, Kindness and Ambition and we know they are ready to achieve in the next chapter of their lives. They are all so very talented and full of promise for fulfilled and happy lives. Their new schools are very lucky to have them indeed. #Ambition
School Food Roadshow Wow, Years 3-5 had an absolute blast with The School Food Roadshow!!! Learning about healthy eating, food groups and cookery has never been so much FUN! A big Thank you to Chef Ben for hosting and talking to us about his superpower ADHD. Team Red Chillies were the Cookery Champions with their Chicken Noodle dish and runners up Team Green Peppers made a delicious Lentil Curry. Thank you to our School Caterers ‘Academy’ for organising this fantastic event!
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Football Champions What a fantastic way to wrap up the week, bringing home the Cup!
We couldn’t be prouder of our team’s victory in the Crossbar Cup today. The sportsmanship displayed was truly admirable, and the teamwork and team spirit were exceptional. Our well-deserved win is a testament to their hard work and dedication. Well done boys!
Yr 2 Shrewsbury Museum Trip On Thursday, year 2 spent the day at SM&AG. We enjoyed exploring the different galleries and displays, interacting with the exhibits and sketching our favourite artwork.
We also had a wonderful art/history workshop with Hannah and Sasha from the museum team, who taught us about the history of the quarry. We walked into the quarry to do some sketching then brought out drawings back with us to inspire our own ink prints.
The children were engaged and had many compliments from the museum volunteers and members of the public!
Yr 5 Trip to Nesscliffe Yr 5 had a brilliant time at Nesscliffe. We walked to see the view at Oliver’s Point to learn its history as a vantage point during the English Civil War and down to the caves, where legend says the highwayman once sheltered. Leopards and Lions also worked as excellent teammates to construct their own shelters using limited resources – look at their brilliant and diverse designs as part of their DT and Woodland Work!
Staff go canoeing Team Coleham had lots of fun canoeing for Ms Jones farewell paddle, followed by a grazing box picnic on the river bank. It was a good workout 💪 with beautiful scenery and a toast to Ms Jones new job as Deputy CEO of 3-18 Education. We are so glad she isn’t going far and staying in our family of schools.
Community Welcome The School Council visited Greyfriars Cacao Fino de Aroma, the newest business on the block! They sell Italian Gelato and Sorbetto, made on the banks of lake Como and hand made chocolates using the best 5% Cacao from Columbia. Ava made them a beautiful card to welcome them to our community and the children wished them well on their new shop. We found out they cater to vegan, gluten free and fat free options and they even sent back an ice-cream to help Mrs Harrison’s poorly vocal chords!
Greyfriars Chocolate Shop
#Colehamcommunity #Colehamcares #shoplocal
Year 3 Recorder Concert Well done to the Year 3 children who gave a brilliant performance to their parents this afternoon. The children have been learning to play the recorder in their music lessons with Mrs Porrett and they got the audience’s feet tapping and hands clapping as they showed off their skills with four fantastic musical pieces.
Starfish visit to Messy Vintage The children from Starfish class spent a lovely hour playing games and chatting with some older members of the community at their recent get-together at the United Reform Church. They were also joined by Mrs Porrett, who helped them to perform a cheerful song that was enjoyed by all. It was great to see two different generations come together and connect so well.
Cricket Engagement Day We have had a cricket engagement day for years 1 to 5, coached by Tyler Ibbotson, from Shropshire Cricket. Children throughout school participated in a fun 30 minute cricket session out on the field.
Showtime Choir Concert Showtime Choir performed a mini concert to their parents on Tuesday, featuring songs on the theme of Heroes, from ‘The British Grenadiers’ to “Hero to Zero“ from the movie Hercules. Here they are practising their best scary monster faces ready to act out the Greek myth of Hercules and the Hydra with Mrs Wade on the keyboard. Well done Showtime!