Headteacher Message Dear Parents & Carers,
Another incredibly busy and successful half-term has come and gone, and we all look forward to a well-earned rest next week. I look back on the last 7 weeks and so much has happened: lots of trips & visitors, interviews for new staff, busy work around arrangements for 2024-25, Plant & Craft Fair, Year 6 SATs, incredible perseverance from the children and much, much more. I am incredibly proud of what the children and the whole school team have achieved this term so far.
After half-term, there are 7 more weeks until the end of the whole year and there is much more to come! There are community events, including the Garden Bar and Quiz Night, music concerts, Year 6’s leaver’s assembly, sports days, Olympic Week, school disco… there will also be announcements about class mixes and your children’s teachers for 2024-25 after the half-term break – so much to look forward to!
Have a super Bank Holdiay weekend and half-term break, and we look forward to seeing you all back on the 3rd June.
Tom Larkham
Headteacher
Tennis Coaching this Saturday This Saturday Shrewsbury Lawn Tennis have a fundraiser day offering some coaching for juniors and parents at 11am 😁 Donations are appreciated as they are raising money for disability coaching for Severndale school. Contact Coach Harrison if you would like to pop along.
What’s happening First Week Back Mon 3rd – Wed 5th June –Year 6 Pioneer Residential Stay
Tuesday 4th June – Whales Trip to Hindu Temple
Tuesday 4th June – Year 2 Parent Lunch
Tuesday 4th June – NEW Reception Children Family Stay & Play Event
Thursday 6th June – Big Sing Trip @ Moreton Hall (Yr 5 selected pupils)
Thursday 6th June – Dolphins Trip to Hindu Temple
Please make payments for trips over the half term holiday
Summer 2 Menu The Lunch Menu for Summer 2 is now on the website .
Save the Date – School Disco Coming up in June!
This event is for pupils only. Tickets are available now to purchase on Arbor! There are no restricted numbers, as always the whole school is able to attend.
Tickets are £3 to include crisps and squash and there are reduced price tickets for our children eligible for Free School Meals.
We would love some parent helpers on the night at our refreshment tables and will be taking names after half term.
Sports Days Who will win the House Cup this year?
Families are invited to join us at our Sports Days starting at 1.30pm on the School Field.
Coming Up! Summer Events for parents Enjoy alfresco drinks at our Garden Bar. Darren from the Old Market Hall Gindifferent and Tom from Paso-Primero wines will be with us to provide the drinks. A special event in our conservation area. Tickets are selling so please get your soon! Family members , friends and relatives from the community are also welcome.
Our popular Quiz Night is back for the whole community. Email Mrs Moore to book in your Quiz Team.
Email: maria.moore@col.318education.co.uk
Plant & Craft Fair 2024 The Plant & Craft Fair is the best example of our special community ❤️ Everyone came together to make it happen including past parents & pupils, grandparents, ex-staff, friends in the community and lots of children who all ran stalls. It is always the first event of the Belle Vue Arts Festival and a highlight on the social calendar. 2024 was full of ‘Treasures’ and good vibes. Thank you to everybody for growing, baking, donating, entering competitions, volunteering, coming along and supporting us! We really appreciate your efforts. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!
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Treasure Exhibits Wow, yet again the children blew us away with their creativity for the 2024 Plant & Craft Fair Competition Exhibits. This years Belle Vue Arts Festival theme is ‘Treasure’ and the judges were really impressed with how the children interpreted this for Poetry, Scavenger Hunt, Box of Treasures, Treasure Island and the Bake-Off. The hall was packed with visitors enjoying browsing the marvellous entries. Every single entry displayed love, care, time and effort and they were all Rosette worthy! Thank you to everybody for taking part.
Children Entrepreneurs So many children got creative making things to sell at our Plant & Craft Fair. Not only did they make products but they came up with business names, designed signage and packaging and displayed things beautifully for their customers. The children all demonstrated the employability skills in our Careers Education! Amazing!
Well done to Romily who made Jewellery, Isla with her Hama bead products, Lauren with a range of art, the Scrunchie Sisters Mae and Rosa and Josie with her Brave Beads raising funds for Brownies.
The Year 5 girls Georgie, Ruby, Mae and Emily did a roaring trade with their Pet-tastic Puddings Incorporated making cakes for puppies, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs. They even brought their pet rabbit along with them for some taste testing.
Milly in Year 6 came up with a netball challenge/cake stall raising money for school and lots of other children also helped to run stalls.
Thank you everybody for some great school fundraising!
EYFS Mammoth Hunt Badgers and Foxes topic is ‘Long ago and far away’ and after reading The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth the classes set off to the Museum to find out more. They explored the museum for the missing mammoth, looked at artefacts, did some cave painting, learnt about fossils and made some stone age tools. Thank you SM&AG for creating this workshop for our Reception children.
Team Coleham Secures Third Place in the County Netball Finals Congratulations to our fantastic group of children for reaching and competing in the Primary Games County Netball Finals. Their hard work and brilliant teamwork have been outstanding. After facing strong teams, they fought back to secure third place overall. Achieving first place in Shrewsbury and third in the county is a remarkable accomplishment. Well done, we’re all very proud of you!
BVAF Workshop 15 Artists from Year 5 spent the day with Mike and Jo from the Belle Vue Arts Festival painting a pandemonium of 🦜 parrots! These gorgeous rocking birds will be on display during festival fortnight at the Barnabas Centre Art Gallery.
Yr 6 Bikeabilty This week, lots of our Year 6 pupils have been out in the community to complete their Bikeability sessions. They all did brilliantly and now have the skills to cycle safely on the road.
Art Exhibition Our latest gallery exhibition is being displayed. Can you believe that this is art work from our Year 1 pupils?These garden abstracts are inspired by Mondrian. We particularly love the grey swirly one which depicts a dog spinning round in the garden 🐕😀
Morris Dancing Jump & Jive KS1 Music Club welcomed members of Shrewsbury Morris Dancing for their final club session this week. The children performed their ‘Hokey Cokey Rap’ with claves, sang a selection of songs and joined in two dances with Ray Langton on the accordion. Red hankies waving, clapping and counting and lots of fun! Well done Jump & Jive! See you after half term for our Pirate-themed Music club involving treasure….
Thank you to Mrs Wade for organising such fantastic visitors for Music Club!
Singing @ Hazledine Mrs Porrett took a group of singers to perform to the residents at Hazledine Court. What lovely afternoon for singing.