1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Thursday Chef Nights

🫐🍊Inspired by the Hungry Guy’s visit our children took charge again at After School Club to prepare their own buffet. 🥕🥑 Our Thursday theme night has been really popular and the children are enjoying taking responsibility of the Food Hub surprise parcels. 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳 This week lots of children tried Dragon fruit!

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Headteacher Message

Dear Parents & Carers,

Thank you to everyone for your patience with the gates this week! The work is due to be finished on Tuesday so hopefully we will be back to normal on Wednesday. So that means there will still be no daily dash nor corner gate use until at least Wednesday. We’ll let you know if there are any changes.

There’s been so much this week with open classrooms; nutritionists helping Year 1 with healthy snack; yoga; Year 4 fundraising and a visit from John the Sign Guy on Monday, showing us what real community spirit is all about!

It’s also been lovely seeing our pupil jobs working so well. The Playground Friends, Dining Hall Assistants and the Tidy Up Team have been brilliant this week – well done to everyone involved!

Next week sees October wandering in and there’s even more happening! Have a look at the diary dates on the website for more info.

Have a lovely weekend!

Tom Larkham

Headteacher

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Yoga Club with Dionne

🌿🧘‍♀️ Our Year 1 & 2 children are loving their outdoor yoga sessions with Dion! Surrounded by nature, they get to stretch, breathe, and enjoy the calm of the fresh air. 🌞🌳

Yoga helps them grow stronger, improve balance, and find peaceful moments in their busy day 💚✨

We’re so glad to have Dion with us this year -she will be teaching different age groups at future clubs.

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Whales & Dolphins Fundraiser

🌟 Year 4 Whales & Dolphins Fundraiser! 🌟

Our Year 4 Whales and Dolphins have been working hard to raise money to adopt an animal. 🐾

This week they held an after-school bake and craft sale – with delicious cakes and amazing origami animals for sale. 🎂✨

We’re so excited to share that they raised enough to adopt TWO animals on their zoo trip tomorrow! 🦁🐧

This was all part of our new Writing for a Purpose approach, the children wrote some brilliant persuasive letters to help make it happen and they are excited to meet their adopted animal tomorrow. Well done, Year 4 – we’re so proud of you! 👏💙

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Pupil Jobs in action

🌟 Pupil Jobs at Our School 🌟

At our school, everyone plays an important part in keeping things running smoothly – and our pupils are brilliant at stepping up to their responsibilities! 💪✨

👉 Year 3 are our Tidy Up Team 🧹 – they take care of lost property, litter picking, and even sweeping up leaves from the playground.
👉 Year 4 are our Playground Friends 🤝 – always on hand to help children on the KS1 playground feel happy, included, and supported.
👉 Year 5 are our Dining Room Assistants 🍽️ – helping to serve deserts with a smile.

We are so proud of the way our pupils take ownership, show responsibility, and help make our school a safe and welcoming place for everyone. 🌈👏

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Diary Dates coming soon!

Wednesday 8th October – Foxes Family Lunch

Thursday 9th October – Badgers Family Lunch

Friday 10th October- Community Quiz Night

Tuesday 14th October – EYFS Pumpkin Party

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

WOW Walk to School Challenge

We will be taking part in the WOW Walk to School Challenge with @ Living Streets

The Living School Tracker will record a child’s journey each day to see who walks or wheels to school and children can earn badges for their participation.

Lots of our pupils already walk or wheel to school. Join in if you can!

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

What’s on next week?

Tuesday

Hedgehog’s Family Lunch @11.30am

Year 5/6 Author Visit-signed books available

Wednesday

Yr 3 Stoneage Trip

Please make payment of £3.70 prior to the trip.

Squirrel’s Family Lunch @11.30am

Teaching Assistant Recruitment Tour @ 4.30pm

Thursday

Drumming workshop for Year 1, 4 & 6

Friday

EYFS Author Visit-signed books available

1 year ago
Posted on 23rd Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Recruitment: Teaching Assistant

We’re Recruiting a Teaching Assistant! 🌟

Do you know someone kind, nurturing, and ready to make a real difference in children’s lives? 💛
Our school is looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our team and support our wonderful pupils.

✨ This is a chance to:

Nurture children’s learning and confidence
Be part of a supportive, friendly staff team
Help create a positive and caring classroom environment

If you, or someone you know, would love to play a key role in shaping young minds and spreading kindness every day, we’d love to hear from you! 🌈

👉 Please spread the word in our community — you might just help us find the perfect person to make a difference.

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Poetry Pandas

📚🐼✨ Poetry Panda Reading Bags have gone home in Year 1! ✨🐼📚

Each week, 2 lucky pupils will take home a special bag containing:
📖 A selection of poetry and rhyme books
🐼 A cuddly panda to snuggle up with and read to

Rhymes and poetry are not only fun and memorable – they also help children develop their reading skills, rhythm, and love of language. 💫

We can’t wait to see our young readers sharing poems with their families, and giving Poetry Panda lots of listening practice! 💕

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Meeting Community Hero John the Sign Guy

We were delighted to welcome John the Sign Guy and Councillor Kate Halliday into our Assembly 🚲✨A retired cyclist with a huge heart, John spends his time traveling across the county, cleaning road signs, scrubbing off graffiti, and keeping our community looking bright and safe. 💛 He cleaned up Greyfriars Bridge and even our school signs that had graffiti on. He told the children that not only does it make him feel good but he keeps fit and active and he loves all the people he meets whilst he’s out cleaning. What an inspiration!

He’s a true local hero, quietly making a difference every single day. 👏

Our School Council presented John with coins for his cause to keep his motorcycle topped up with cleaning cloths and bottles of Graffiti and Go! Thank you for your donations of £130.

Johns story impressed on the children how one person really can make a difference🙌❤️

Read the Shropshire Star article HERE

1 year ago
Posted on 22nd Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Eco Council’s first meeting

🌿💡 Eco Council Update! 💡🌿

Our Eco Council held its very first meeting this week – an exciting step forward! 🙌 The team met with Councillor Kate Halliday to explore three proposals from the Town Council proposals for upgrading the play park on South Hermitage Road. 🎠🌳

The children were excited to be privy to these designs and raised thoughtful questions, and a real sense of responsibility for shaping a greener, happier space for everyone in our community. 💛

This is just the beginning – watch this space as our young eco-leaders continue to make a difference! 🌍✨

1 year ago
Posted on 19th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Stoneage Cave Art

✨ Year 3 stepped back in time today during Woodland Work, exploring life as Stone Age artists!

The children made natural paints, used sticks instead of paintbrushes and created wall and cave art just like people thousands of years ago. Hidden away in our own “dark caves” and on stone walls, we made hand stencils and sketched tools, animals and weapons with charcoal, chalk and pastels.

It was wonderful to see our history knowledge come alive as we imagined what it might have felt like to share stories through pictures. Year 3 truly became Stone Age artists – full of creativity, curiosity and adventure! 🖤✨

1 year ago
Posted on 19th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

What’s on next week?

Monday–

Small change donations welcome for John the Sign Guys assembly.

Open Classrooms for families after school-Pop in and see your child’s classroom.

Tuesday

Year 6 Priory School Open Morning

Dolphins Open Classrooms

Thursday

After School Bake & Craft Sale hosted by Year 4

Friday

Year 4 Trip to the Zoo

Please pay £13.45 towards the cost of the trip prior to Friday.

Year 3 Fire Engine visit

ALL WEEK -Building work outside Year 1 classrooms. This area will be closed off. The corner gate will not be used. Please us the main gate or the field gate.

1 year ago
Posted on 18th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Monday – Small donations welcome

Next week we will be welcoming John the Sign Guy into our Assembly! 🚲✨
A retired cyclist with a huge heart, John spends his time traveling across the county, cleaning road signs, scrubbing off graffiti, and keeping our community looking bright and safe. 💛

To support John’s work, we’re inviting children to bring along a little spare change for John’s Cleaning Fund – every penny goes directly to help him keep our town shining! Our School Councillors will be collecting this spare change in their classroom on Monday morning.

Let’s show John how much we appreciate him and give him the warmest Assembly welcome! 🙌❤️

1 year ago
Posted on 18th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

EYFS Author visit-Book order reminder

Booka Bookshops Website HERE

1 year ago
Posted on 18th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Yr 5/6 Author Visit-Book order reminder

Booka Bookshops Website HERE

1 year ago
Posted on 18th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

EYFS Author Visit-Book order reminder

Booka Bookshop has arranged a brilliant Author event for Badgers & Foxes taking place on Friday 3rd October.

Picture book author Donna David will be visiting us with her Would you rather? books.

If you would like your child to have a signed book on the day of Donna’s visit, please purchase one via Booka Bookshops website.

Click HERE

There are 2 books available at a reduced cost of £7.

Important! So Booka can compile a list for the book signing, when you get to checkout make sure you enter:

your child’s name and surname in the ‘First Name’ box
your child’s class and school in the ‘Last Name’ box
select ‘Collect in Oswestry’ so you don’t get charged for shipping.
fill in your billing address and email as normal

If you would like a book, please purchase one by Monday 26th September.

1 year ago
Posted on 17th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Hungry Guy helps with healthy snacks

🌟 A special guest joined us at After School Club this week! 🌟

We were so excited to welcome Chef Steve aka The Hungry Guy. He spent the afternoon with our pupils, showing them how to prepare their very own tasty snacks. The children rolled up their sleeves, got stuck in, and loved learning some new skills (as well as tasting their colourful and healthy buffet 😋). A big thank you to Steve for sharing his time, talent, and passion for food with us! 🧑‍🍳✨

1 year ago
Posted on 17th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Help yourself to uniform

Please help us to recycle school uniform! We have lots of school jumpers and school shoes on our Drop and Swap Trolley in the Reception Foyer. The trolley is full so please drop in and help yourself!! We would much prefer to see it worn than sitting there waiting for a new home.

1 year ago
Posted on 16th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Charity Fundraising

Well done to Hermione, Robyn and Hugo in Whales Class who worked hard to raise money for Shropshire Wildlife Trust! 🦉🦊

Their animal origami handcraft stall raised £40 at the September Social.

🐢🦋 Every fold, every flap, and every smile has helped support local wildlife and protect the beautiful nature we all love here in Shropshire. 💚

Thank you for showing how little actions can make a big difference! 🌱👏

1 year ago
Posted on 14th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

EYFS Author Visit – Donna David

Dear Parents/Carers,

Booka Bookshop has arranged a brilliant Author event for Badgers & Foxes taking place on Friday 3rd October.

Picture book author Donna David will be visiting us with her Would you rather? books.

If you would like your child to have a signed book on the day of Donna’s visit, please purchase one via Booka Bookshops website.

Click HERE

There are 2 books available at a reduced cost of £7.

Important! So Booka can compile a list for the book signing, when you get to checkout make sure you enter:

your child’s name and surname in the ‘First Name’ box
your child’s class and school in the ‘Last Name’ box
select ‘Collect in Oswestry’ so you don’t get charged for shipping.
fill in your billing address and email as normal

If you would like a book, please purchase one by Monday 26th September.

This promises to be a brilliant visit.

Kind regards,

Miss Harris

Deputy Headteacher

Reading Lead

1 year ago
Posted on 14th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

The September Social

Thank you to everyone for turning out for us! In sunshine and showers! This is what our school community is all about! It was lovely to have @ Shropshiresupportsukraine with us and their delicious buffet which was a sell out, Pengwern Rowing Club and Belle Vukes live music. Mr Larkham’s band Manic Street Teachers also had a reunion gig. Thank you for all the lovely donations and support!

If you ever have any ideas for events then please get in touch with us 😀

1 year ago
Posted on 12th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Quiz Night Coming Soon!

Our Quiz night is always a good laugh!! You don’t need to be brain box , lots of fun rounds from our Quiz Master Mr Larkham.

Teams of 6 at £5 per person, pay on the night please.

Bring your own drinks and nibbles.

Book in your team with the school office in person or by phone/email.

Email: helen.jasper@col.318education.co.uk

Everybody is welcome from the community (No children please)

Parents, Staff, Governors, Grandparents, Friends & Neighbours, the more the merrier!

1 year ago
Posted on 11th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

SATURDAY -THE SEPTEMBER SOCIAL

Saturday is our biggest community event and we hope you can support us by coming along and bringing your friends and families. Thank you for your donations!

We have lots going on!

Donkey Rides
The Farm on Wheels (free)
Music from Hullabaloo (@ Belle Vue Ukuleles) and Mr Larkham’s Teacher band
Smoothie Making (free)
Soak the Coach
Facepainting
Badge Making
Pengwern Rowing Club (free)
Cafe & Garden Bar
Ukranian Buffet
Balloon Modelling
Dino egg excavation
Tombola, Lucky Cards, Hook A Duck, Win a Cuddly Toy
Twinkles Jewellery
Games by Holy Trinity Playgroup
Betsy’s Boredom Busters Sensory Toys stall
Lots of games

1 year ago
Posted on 11th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Dates for your Diary

Saturday 13th September-The September Social Fair 12-3pm

Wednesday 17th September-EYFS Parent’s Phonics Information Evening 2.30pm & 5pm

Monday 22nd September-Open Classrooms after school

Tuesday 30th September- Hedgehogs Family Lunch

Tuesday 30th September – Year 5/6 Author Visit

Wednesday 1st October – Squirrels Family Lunch

Wednesday 8th September – Foxes Family Lunch

Thursday 9th September – Badgers Family Lunch

Friday 10th October- Community Quiz Night

1 year ago
Posted on 11th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Tuesday MENU

1 year ago
Posted on 11th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

RSHE Information evening

Dear Parent Carers,

We warmly invite you to an informal RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education) Information Evening at school on Tuesday 14^th October from 3:20-4:00pm in Year 2 (Owls class). This will be a relaxed and friendly opportunity to explore the RSHE curriculum together; understand what your child will be learning; and see how we deliver this vitally important subject across the school.

There’s absolutely nothing to worry about – the evening is simply a chance for you to:

Learn more about the RSHE curriculum
View the age-appropriate content we’ll be teaching
Ask questions in a safe, respectful space
Share your thoughts and feedback

Please see the RSHE Policy below

RSHE Policy

If you would like to feedback on this policy or offer any views for consideration, then please complete the parent survey below.

You can complete the parent survey HERE

RSHE has links to Science, E-safety and PSHE (Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education) subjects. If you would like to see an overview of what is taught in each age group, please see our PSHE page for progression documents.

We are committed to delivering RSHE in a way that is sensitive, inclusive, and tailored to meet the needs of all our children. Your input and understanding is incredibly valuable as we work together to support our pupils’ wellbeing and development.

We hope you can join us!

Warm regards,
Mrs. Pamela Field
PSHE Coordinator

1 year ago
Posted on 10th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

Award for the Catering Team

Our Catering Team were presented a company True Star award for going above and beyond everyday 🏆👏The team also prepare 100 meals a day for Bowbrook Primary School, as well as cooking our meals and supporting our health education events. Congratulations to Mel and the team!

1 year ago
Posted on 08th Sep 2025 by Miss Othen

SEND Drop In Sessions

SEND Meet and Chat sessions are open to anyone in Shropshire supporting a child with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) — whether you’re a parent carer, family member, or professional. Come along to ask questions, get practical advice, and connect with professionals who understand your journey.