11 months ago
Posted on 17th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Sewing Club

Merry Christmas from Sewing Club!

They’ve completed some lovely projects below. Make sure you sign up for the new year!

11 months ago
Posted on 17th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Reception’s Christmas Theatre Trip

After enjoying their Christmas Dinner, our Reception children were treated to a special trip to Theatre Severn 🎭

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved Tales from Acorn Wood were beautifully brought to life on stage, packed full of toe-tapping songs, delightful puppetry, and all our favourite friends from Acorn Wood 🌳🐭🦊

There was lots of excitement throughout the show — especially for poor old Fox who lost his socks! 🧦🦊

11 months ago
Posted on 17th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Christmas Lunch

🎄✨ What a wonderful Christmas dinner at Coleham Primary School!
A huge thank you to Chef Manager Miss Perry and the Kitchen Team, who worked tirelessly to produce a whopping 500 festive dinners for both Coleham and Bowbrook Primary School. They made it look easy, and backstage in the kitchen there was a surprising aura of calm.

It was lovely to see everyone dressed in their festive clothes with Christmas songs on, sharing smiles, and truly feeling the Christmas spirit. 🎅🎄

11 months ago
Posted on 17th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

🎅🚁 A magical moment in the skies!

Following a festive Santa flyby, an RAF Shawbury helicopter circled over Coleham School at 1:18pm, with the crew waving down to delighted pupils and staff below.

It was a simple but an unforgettable gesture — lifting spirits, sparking excitement and bringing us outside for a moment of JOY!

Huge thanks to RAF Shawbury for taking the time to make the day extra special ✨

11 months ago
Posted on 15th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Greyfriars win the Cup!

Greyfriars win the Autumn Term Cup by 1 point! That’s right Severn came in a VERY CLOSE second place by 1 point!

Proving that every individual really can make a difference!

11 months ago
Posted on 15th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Values Cups Autumn 2025

Well done to our Cup winners for embodying their year Group Value from Friendship, Kindness, Honesty, Co-operation, Respect, Perseverance and Ambition.

Miss Lewis and the whole school won the charity cup for organising and participating in the Rudolf Run Day raising £763 for Severn Hospice.

Coleham Voices won the Music Award for singing so beautifully with a professional music ensemble The Phoenix Singers, even more impressive after a long week of participating in 4 Christmas Concerts.

Finn and Skylar received the Year 6 Sports Awards for this term.

Congratulations to everybody.

11 months ago
Posted on 14th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

KS2 Christmas Performance 2025 ✨

Our KS2 children truly shone in their Christmas show, performing to four wonderful audiences.

A special mention must go to our Music Teacher Mrs Porrett and our Year 6 soloists, who delivered a beautiful and moving rendition of Once in Royal David’s City.

We are incredibly proud of every child involved – their teamwork and festive spirit made this Christmas celebration one to remember. 🎄🌟

11 months ago
Posted on 12th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Oh yes we did!

NEWSFLASH!

We have booked the Pantomime for Christmas 2026 for all children in Years 1-6.

EYFS will also visit the theatre to watch a Christmas Show.

11 months ago
Posted on 12th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

2026 Clubs

Clubs for Spring 1 (January to Feb half term 2026) will be released on Tuesday evening at 6pm.

Lots on offer, Science, Art, Sewing and Yoga and new clubs include KS2 Maths Puzzle club with Miss Featherston and Little Lionesses Football with Mrs Young for years 1 & 2.

Browse our club Schedule HERE

11 months ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Celebrating the Mayor’s Christmas Card winners 🏆

The Mayor of Shrewsbury recently faced one of the toughest decisions of the year — choosing winners for the annual Christmas Card Contest. With lots of entries from children across the town, the talent on display was remarkable and there were 2 Coleham winners in his Top Five🎨✨

Congratulations to Winner Chloe in Year 6 who shone brightly among all entrants. Her beautiful artwork of The Square at Christmas — complete with festive wreaths, sparkling trees, and Shrewsbury’s iconic loggerheads — captured the magic of our town. 🎄🌟 Her design wasn’t just a picture; it was a celebration of everything that makes Shrewsbury feel like home during the festive season. ❤️🏘️

The Mayor also recognised outstanding runners-up whose artwork stood out for its charm and originality which included ❄️ Freya from Year 6 with a beautiful illustration.

Well Done to all the children who entered, keep participating and grasping those opportunities to share your talents.

11 months ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Headteacher Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Wow: what a wonderful week it has been! From our EYFS/KS1 nativity to today’s final KS2 performance, the singing, dancing and acting from our children has been nothing short of beautiful. It gives me such joy to see them performing with such confidence and happiness; today’s KS2 show was something else. I don’t think I’ve ever seen children perform so well while clearly enjoying themselves – what a treat for us all!

Watching them this week made me reflect on how far school nativities have come from my own last nativity appearance back in 1988, when this particular innkeeper couldn’t be trusted with any lines and spent most of the time picking his nose! Thankfully, we’ve moved on an awful lot since then. The creativity, teamwork and care our staff and pupils put into these productions is inspiring, and your support with costumes, rehearsals and the cheering from the pews makes all the difference. Thank you.

Christmas has definitely started for me now, and as we head into our final week of term there’s lots to look forward to. We’ll be announcing the winners of the House Cup, sitting down together for our Christmas dinner, and rounding off the term with that real sense of achievement our children have earned. It’s been a long and busy term, and I am so proud of the effort, kindness and resilience our pupils have shown throughout.

A special thank you to all the staff and volunteers who have given their time and energy to make this week such a success, and to you, our families, for your encouragement and enthusiasm. Moments like these remind us what a strong, joyful community we are.

Have a lovely weekend, and thank you for sharing the magic of Christmas with us.

Warm wishes,

Tom Larkham
Headteacher

11 months ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

What’s on next week?

Tuesday

Farm on Wheels visit for EYFS & Year 1

Year 5/6 Movie Night

Wednesday

School Christmas Lunch-Non Uniform Day (be as festive as you like!)

EYFS Theatre Trip-School Pick Up @3.30pm

Thursday

Christmas Show in school

Drama Club Flaxmill Theatre Production

Friday

Drama Club Flaxmill Performance to pupils in school.

Break up for Christmas

11 months ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Thank you!

Thank you so much to all of you who have sent us Christmas gifts for the classroom via our Amazon Wishlist!

We really do love and appreciate the Little Big Dreams books and your generosity

We have been overwhelmed by your hamper donations.

You can purchase Raffle tickets HERE

Not long left! The raffle will be drawn Friday 12th December 8:00pm

11 months ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

✨ A Wonderful Christmas Nativity! ✨

Our EYFS, Year 1, and Year 2 children absolutely shined in their Christmas Nativity. They lit up the stage and warmed our hearts — we are so proud of every single one of them!

Thank you to all our families for joining us to celebrate the children this Christmas.

We are also incredibly grateful to Holy Trinity Church for welcoming us into such a beautiful space. It was the perfect setting for our festive performance.

11 months ago
Posted on 11th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

🌟 Congratulations to Laurie! 🌟

Laurie has been selected as a winner in The 3-18 Education Trust Belonging Competition, and we couldn’t be prouder!

Pupils were invited to express what Belonging means to them—through art, music, writing, or any creative form. Laurie chose a beautiful and meaningful approach: she baked her own bread using spices from around the world, symbolising how different cultures come together to create something warm, nourishing, and shared.

Her creation is a perfect celebration of cultural belonging and the idea that our differences enrich us.

✨ Well done, Laurie—your creativity is inspiring! ✨

11 months ago
Posted on 07th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Farm on Wheels Christmas Visit to EYFS & Yr 1

Dear Parents/Carers,

We like to make Christmas at Coleham a really special time for the children and so we have arranged a special nativity visit. Our friends from Farm on Wheels will be visiting on Tuesday 16th December and bringing with them the animals from the nativity story (a Donkey, lamb, calf and Turkey!) What better way to bring the nativity story to life!

In order to cover the cost of this event, we kindly ask that parents contribute the amount of £4.00 per child. Payment is to be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the day.

We have also arranged for a visiting Theatre production, The Suitcase Storytellers to visit on Thursday 18th December. School will be covering the cost of this experience.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Othen

Business Manager

11 months ago
Posted on 06th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Advent wreath making

Coleham Prayer Group and families enjoyed a festive gathering to make these lovely wreaths for advent.

11 months ago
Posted on 06th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

🌟 Year 5 Design & Make: Vegetarian Bakes! 🌟

Year 5 have been busy designing and creating their own delicious vegetarian bakes — and the results were incredible!

From unique flavour combinations to creative shapes and beautifully presented designs, the children showcased fantastic imagination and skill.

Our Chef Manager, Miss Perry, was thoroughly impressed with their talent and attention to detail! 👩‍🍳✨

11 months ago
Posted on 06th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

School Council come up with meal ideas

Our School Councillors Help Shape the New Winter Menu!

This week, our School Councillors met with Miss Perry, our Chef Manager, to share a fantastic collection of winter meal ideas gathered from their classmates. They spoke confidently about the dishes pupils would love to see as the weather turns colder, including comforting favourites such as roast dinners, mac and cheese, fruit crumbles, and sticky toffee pudding.

Miss Perry was delighted with their thoughtful suggestions, and many of these ideas will be included in our new Winter Menu, launching in January.

A big well done to our Councillors for representing their peers so enthusiastically 🍽️✨

11 months ago
Posted on 05th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

🌟 Christmas Makers Market Magic! 🌟

Our children have absolutely astonished us with their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit at our first Christmas Makers Market. From handcrafted wands and festive badges to delicious fudge, biscuits, baubles, reindeer food, decorations, cards, elf cake, bracelets and so much more — the variety and quality of their products were simply incredible! A huge well done to all the children and grown ups involved and a special thank you to parent Nikki for co-ordinating the event! It was brilliant and raised a massive £650 for school.

11 months ago
Posted on 05th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Mr Larkham dusts off his lab coat!

🌟 Inspiring Teaching in Action! 🌟

Year 4 class were treated to an unforgettable lesson from Mr. Larkham. Drawing on his zoological background, he brought the world of animal diets to life in the most engaging and hands-on way.

Pupils explored how different teeth are perfectly adapted to the diets of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores—while examining a fascinating range of real skulls. Fun fact: Howard, Mr. Larkham’s much-loved pet cat, was even part of the skull collection! A touching reminder that every animal has a story, even in science lessons.

11 months ago
Posted on 05th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Parents help us sew

🌟 A Huge Thank You to Our Year 4 Parents and Grandparents! 🌟

We want to express our gratitude to all the wonderful Year 4 parents who joined us for our Design & Technology sewing session. Your time, patience, and encouragement made such a difference!

The children were absolutely delighted to have you there, and they worked so proudly on their Roman coin purses, showing off their stitching skills with confidence and excitement.

11 months ago
Posted on 05th Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Family Carols Concert for all

Coleham Voices will be singing at a Family Carols concert with the Phoenix Singers and they have generously invited all Coleham families to attend.

When Friday 12th December

Who Free to all (donations accepted)

Time 6pm (concert to last around 1 hour)

PHOENIX SINGERS Family Carols with JOHN MOORE conducting, JEREMY LUND at the organ and children from COLEHAM SCHOOL (director Domenica Porrett) and a chance to join in with some of the carols.

This is a prestigious musical event and a wonderful opportunity for families.

11 months ago
Posted on 03rd Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Raffle Tickets-1 week to go!

School Council are eagerly collecting colourful hamper donations and checking our Raffall sales! We have sold 295 tickets so far and would love to smash last years sales of 1000 tickets.

Thank you for your support, we really appreciate it-we are fundraising for new books and want to SERIOUSLY get into LEGO next year purchasing lots of creative sets to use in school.

You can purchase Raffle tickets HERE

The raffle will be drawn Friday 12th December 8:00pm

11 months ago
Posted on 03rd Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Coleham voices lead the Carol Singing 🎶✨

What a wonderful afternoon! Coleham Voices led our staff and families in a festive sing-along after school. Thank you to everyone who came and filled the room with holiday cheer! 🎄❤️

11 months ago
Posted on 03rd Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

Coleham Voices delight diners @ Hickory’s Smokehouse

Our Year 3/4 children in Coleham Voices Choir lit up Hickory’s Smokehouse Restaurant last night! 🎤🔥

Under the direction of our fab Music Teacher Mrs Porrett, the kids brought the festive vibes with a set of Christmas tunes that had Tuesday-night diners smiling and soaking up the atmosphere. They absolutely smashed it.

Massive shout-out to all the proud parents who packed the bar and brought the energy to support.

What a way to enjoy the festive season. Coleham Voices, you rocked it! 🎄✨

11 months ago
Posted on 03rd Dec 2025 by Miss Othen

🎄❤️ Rudolph Run Day – Supporting Severn Hospice! ❤️🎄

What a FUN day we’ve had! All 470 of us came together, antlers on and spirits high, to have fun while raising money for the amazing Severn Hospice. ❤️🦌

Incorporating a few of our favourite things singing, fitness and being kind!

Our organisers, Miss Lewis and Mr Hughes, had a fantastic line-up planned:

🎤 Whole-school assembly featuring Rudolph himself – Thanks to Nikki for talking to us about the special work of Severn Hospice!
💃 Zumba dance-up with Mrs Stewart and Rudolf– festive moves to get everyone ready to run!
🏃‍♂️ 30-minute Rudolph Run for each year group – so much enthusiasm and energy!
🏃‍♀️ Whole-school Rudolph Run – 470 runners all moving together for a brilliant cause!
🎶 Whole-school song for parents – finale to the day
🎨 House Antler Design Competition – creativity and colour everywhere!

Together, we ran an incredible 1,600 miles – that’s the distance from the Arctic Circle all the way to the North Pole! 🌍❄️🎅

Thanks to everyone’s generosity, we’ve already raised over £750 for Severn Hospice. We were delighted to welcome Nikki from Severn Hospice and of course Rudolph, who cheered us on throughout the day. 💛

A huge thank you to our pupils, staff, families, and supporters. What a joyful, active, meaningful way to celebrate the season! 🎄✨🧡

Pupils speak to Shropshire Live about the day

11 months ago
Posted on 28th Nov 2025 by Miss Othen

Rudolf Run- Wednesday 3rd December

On Wednesday 3rd December, we will be hosting a Christmas Charity Fun Day! We will be taking a day off curriculum to fundraise for Severn Hospice.

Our Rudolph Relay will consist of running the distance from the Arctic Circle to the North Pole – a total of 1,600 miles!

This charity event helps Severn Hospice provide free, specialist care for local people at the most difficult time of their lives. It’s also a brilliant way for the children to get active in the run-up to Christmas while learning about the importance and power of community.

Severn Hospice will be providing reindeer antlers for every child, along with a visit from a reindeer mascot. Therefore, we kindly ask that each child brings a minimum donation of £2 to support the hospice’s vital work. Please ensure your child hands their cash donation to their Class Teacher on Wednesday morning.

Non-Uniform Day – Children and staff can dress as reindeers (brown clothing and red noses) or wear any Christmas-themed clothes they have at home. Trainers must be worn, as all children will be taking part in running activities.

What do our organisers Miss Lewis and Mr Hughes have in store for us!

🎤 Whole-school assembly featuring Rudolph
💃 Zumba warm-up with Mrs Stewart
🏃‍♂️ 30-minute Rudolph Run per year group
🏃‍♀️ Whole-school 30-minute Rudolph Run
🎶 Whole-school song for parents at 2:45pm outside on the middle playground
🎨 Whole-School House Competition – Designing Antlers

This promises to be a fun day full of fitness, Christmas cheer and all for a very worthwhile local cause.

Kind regards,

Miss Lewis

PE Co-ordinator

11 months ago
Posted on 28th Nov 2025 by Miss Othen

Raffle Tickets on sale!

Our Rainbow Hamper Raffle Tickets are now available to buy!

The Raffle Draw takes place Friday 12th December at 8pm.

This year we are fundraising to purchase Little People Big Dreams books and some exciting LEGO sets and IQ games.

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE

Tickets cost £1 and every ticket sold makes a difference. Thank you for all your support with our Christmas Fundraising!

11 months ago
Posted on 28th Nov 2025 by Miss Othen

Reading News

Book Fair Orders

The last Book Fair orders can be placed tonight Friday 28th November to guarantee delivery to school-if you are purchasing to your home address than orders over the weekend are fine.

To purchase, see the links below:

Don’t forget to add your ‘child’s name’ and ‘collection’ for orders being delivered to school.

NEW!! Reading Newsletter

Our Reading Lead Miss Harris has started a Reading Newsletter full of inspiration for pupils, parents and staff. Please check it out!

Reading Newsletter- November