Headteacher Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
As we wrap up another wonderful week, I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your positivity and engagement during the parent/carer consultations. Your support and feedback are invaluable to us, and it was fantastic to see so many of you.
This week has been filled with exciting activities and memorable moments. Our students had a fantastic time during the author visit, sparking their imaginations and inspiring a love for reading. Additionally, the EYFS children were thrilled to have farm animals visit, providing a hands-on learning experience that they will cherish.
DON’T FORGET! Individual school photos are next Wednesday 19th November. Please come in wearing normal uniform, not PE kit. If your child is scheduled for PE, they will be able to do PE in their school uniform and wear trainers on Wednesday.
Thank you once again for your continued support and for making our school community so special.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Tom Larkham
Headteacher
WEDNESDAY Smart-Phone Free Information evening
Our Smartphone Free Information Evening takes place on Wednesday at 5.00pm in our School Hall.
We will be opening up the conversation for alternatives to Smart Phones for children and thinking about what parents can do to set boundaries at home and check their child is safely using devices. We have guest speakers Deputy Headteacher Mr Tudor from The Priory School explaining the common e-safety issues Secondary School Teachers deal with and some parent speakers from The Smartphone Free Childhood movement to talk about their personal experiences. It should be an interesting and enlightening session, informing you of the risks of social media and smart phones from new research and thinking about What age is the right age for my child to have a smartphone?
#informedchoicesforfamilies
Thanksgiving Menu Wednesday 20th November
Rainbow Hamper Raffle 2024
The School Council are fundraising via our annual Christmas Hamper Raffle. There will be 9 colourful hampers to win, packed full of Christmas treats and gifts. We would be really grateful if children could help donate an item to go inside a hamper. The ‘colour’ themes for each year group are below with some ideas.
Reception-Any thing Gold/Yellow (ideas include Crayola, M&Ms, Ferrero Rocher, white wine)
Year 1-Anything Pink (Rose wine, Marshmallows, Mr Kipling, Percy Pigs, Scented candle)
Year 2- Anything Red (Wine, Maltesers, KitKats, Christmas treats & decorations)
Year 3- Anything Orange (Mini Chedders, Fudge, Jacob Crackers, Shower Gel)
Year 4- Anything Green (Pringles, Matchmakers, Mint chocolates, Bubble bath)
Year 5- Anything Blue (Haribo, Roses, Milky Way, Jaffa Cakes)
Year 6-Purple (Heroes, Dairy Milk, Chocolate Fingers, Lavender toiletries)
You can be as inventive as you like and include any sweet or savoury snacks, drinks, toiletries, Christmas decorations, toys and books.
Children may start taking donations into class and give them to their School Councillor or Class Teacher. We will be collecting these throughout November. Thank you in advance!
Rainbow Hamper Raffle Donations
The School Council’s Rainbow Hamper Raffle launches on Friday 15th November.
We would be so grateful if you are able to boost our school funds by purchasing some raffle tickets. We are fundraising for new school IPADS. Last year we sold 1028 tickets!
To purchase tickets please enter here:
ONLINE RAFFLE LINK
Please spread the word by sharing this link with relatives and friends.
House Christmas Card Competition
All children are invited to take part in a Christmas Card Competition.
Help us create our very own Coleham School Christmas Cards to send to local businesses and organisations that help us during the year!
Winners…The winning design for each house will be professionally printed and delivered by pupils to local businesses from the school. The winner from each house will also have some cards to take home and with family/friends. House points will be awarded for all entries so we hope to see lots of designs.
How to enter….The design needs to be completed on A4 paper (landscape or portrait using any art supplies) and needs to have the child’s name, class and house on the back. Entries can be handed to any house captain who will collect these or can be put in the post box by the hall.
The deadline...Entries need to be handed in by next Friday 22nd November.
Book for our Christmas Movie Night
Need a couple of hours to go Christmas Shopping?
We can help with our Christmas Movie Night for EYFS, Yr 1, 2 & 3 pupils!
Children should stay after school and be collected at 5.30pm.
Tickets cost £5 available on Arbor (No charge to our children eligible for Free School Meals)
Coming soon Coleham Christmas Mingle
Our first Christmas Event! Something social for staff, parents, friends and members of the community!
Come and enjoy food and drink from the best Shropshire Suppliers. Have a mingle, a bite to eat and you can also purchase Christmas wine and gin gift packs on special offer.
Tickets are available on Arbor and entry includes raffle entry to win a Christmas hamper.
Gabriela sings for Nursery Rhyme Week
Badgers & Foxes celebrate Nursery Rhyme Week with Gabriela 😀
We said ‘just go with it and see what happens’ and the children embraced the musical collaboration with songs being sung for everyone. Gabriela’s positivity is infectious, she had us smiling and laughing all afternoon. Music really can be food for the soul ❤️ It’s also great for our children’s mental health and wellbeing.
You can often see Gabriella busking in our town centre or at local events 🥰
Old MacDonald had a Farm-Nursery Rhyme Week
Each day this week EYFS have been focusing on a different nursery rhyme song and so the Farm on Wheels joined us for Old MacDonald had a Farm!
Author Piers Torday visits us
Bestselling Children’s Author Piers Torday visited us today! Piers wrote The Last Wild Collection and has won many literature awards. Piers talked to Year 4, 5 and 6 about his new fantasy book Midnight Treasure. Set in a fantasy version of Transylvania and a kingdom of vampirs, an orphaned werwolf searches for a mysterious treasure.
Piers’ Dad left him the inspiration for Midnight Treasure. During Lockdown Piers found a mysterious map of a fantasy land drawn by his dad —a wonderful world of knights, bears, forests, and lakes. He had no idea what it was or when he drew it but it was the seed of a story which grew when Piers researched his family history in Transylvania (modern day Romania).
The story was also inspired by The Hobbit, the first book his Dad read to him and his brother and the book they took turns in reading to each other during his Dad’s final days. This is such a great reminder of how special reading can be between families, stories can be timeless spanning generations and providing us with memories that we treasure!!
Thank you so much to Piers for inspiring Year 4, 5 and 6 and meeting the children for our book signing.
#readingtimeisfamilytime #readingschool #childrensbooksmatter
Our new Sensory Room
We now have a Sensory Room in school! One of our nurture spaces has had a refurb with some new sensory equipment. It is now the perfect place for children needing a safe and calming environment to regulate their emotions or to talk to an adult. Thanks to Kiril for testing out the colour changing remote.
Sewing Club
Look what the Sewing Club have been up too! Embroidering our School Houses, don’t they look fantastic? This half term the club is learning about fast fashion and sustainability in preparation for our Year 5 Eco Fashion Show in the new year. We can’t wait see their creations on the catwalk.
Autumn wins the Judy Townsend Award
Congratulations to Autumn who has been awarded the Judy Townsend Award 2024 from the Belle Vue Arts Festival for her contribution to this years festival. Autumn has been thoroughly involved with this years festival from the start. She drew the magpie picture which adorned the top of the totem poles, she created a treasure themed poem which was written on Hair Forums window, read her poem out during our poetry event and took part in various workshops in school and out during the festival. She has definitely captured the spirit of the festival. Well done Autumn for being so creative and taking up the opportunity to speak in public!
Friday Night Dinner
Well done to this fabulous group of children for cooking a meal for their families. 75 minutes to chop, prep, cook, clean down and lay the dining hall. The Pasta Pomodora with Garlic Bread was delicious! The children were very rightly proud to serve their families. Thank you to our families for spending Friday Night with us. It’s the highlight of our week.
Thank you to Steve @thehungryguy and Ali from Shrewsbury Food Hub for such a wonderful project. This is Friday Night Dinner! and we’ll be back in springtime with another culinary experience for Year 3.
This project is what Coleham School embodies the 3 C’s – Creativity, Caring and Community
Watch this space! We have so many new ideas to expand this project even further. THERE ARE NO LIMITS AT COLEHAM SCHOOL, OUR CHILDREN CAN DO ANYTHING!
#cookingskillsarelifeskills #surplusfood #foodinbelliesnotbins #inspiringyoungchefs
