4 years ago
Posted on 02nd Mar 2023 by Miss Othen

Yr 6 out and about

Year 6 headed to The Quarry yesterday in preparation for their design and technology work. They sketched some bridges and took the opportunity to GO EVERYWHERE AND READ!

4 years ago
Posted on 01st Mar 2023 by Miss Othen

Yr 3 Creative Writing Workshop – James Nichol

Year 3 had a brilliant Creative Writing workshop delivered by Author James Nichol. We heard how he incorporates real life objects into his stories such as two old biscuit tins in The Spell Tailors and inspiration from Japanese needlework Sashiko which was believed to ward off evil spirits. The ‘odd objects’ workshop really inspired Year 3 and produced some fantastic writing!

4 years ago
Posted on 01st Mar 2023 by Miss Othen

Author Visit – James Nichol

YES, it’s our WORLD BOOK WEEK! We kicked it off with a fantastic visit from librarian and children’s author James Nichol. James is author of The Apprentice Witch series and new novel The Spell Tailors. The plot involves stitching magic and memories into clothing and we heard how James weaves everyday objects and memories from his childhood into his story.

Later in the afternoon, we had a book signing event in the library and of course we have bought copies to read in school!

Thank you to James for travelling to see us, we loved hosting you.

http://www.jamesnicholbooks.com

Some lovely feedback below from James too!

4 years ago
Posted on 17th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

New Lunch Menu

The lunch menu for after half term

4 years ago
Posted on 16th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Our new Neighbours

Today our Coleham school council took a visit to our new butchers. The school council collected ideas from the classes and designed a welcome card which they all signed. It delivered a lovely welcome to our community. We wish Walsh Family Butchers all the very best in their new loaction.

4 years ago
Posted on 16th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Ukulele Club

Mrs Wade’s Ukulele Club held its very first concert this week. The children performed a variety of songs highlighting a range of playing styles including the Thumb Brush Strum, Starlight and perennial C Chord favourites- Kookaburra and Frère Jacques which they sang in a round. Well done everyone!

4 years ago
Posted on 15th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Year 3 Assembly

Year 3 showcased everything they have been learning in class to their parents. They talked about plastic pollution and caring for their planet, some gymnastics and art.

4 years ago
Posted on 14th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Parents Evening Update

SPRING TERM PARENT CONSULTATIONS

Dear Parents and Carers,

Many apologies for the technical failure last week – we can now confirm that the system works and you are able to book your slot. There is also a slight change of date, owing to the propsed NEU industrial action on Wednesday 1^st March.

Those of you who booked an appointment for Wednesday 1^st will need to rebook your slot. Those who have booked an appointment for Thursday 2^nd March will not be affected.

The two parents’ evenings will be:

Tuesday 28^th February: 4:00 pm – 7:20 pm
Thursday 2^nd March: 4:00 pm – 7:20 pm

To arrange your appointment, please follow the link below (which can also be found in the Parents’ Area section of our website). Each consultation will last for 10 mins. If you arrive a little early, you will have the opportunity to look through your children’s books while you wait for your meeting. You are welcome to stay after the meeting to carry on looking through books if you wish.

Book an appointment here:

Click HERE to book your appointment

Where possible, we ask that you book one meeting per child. For separated parents, we will be able to accommodate separate meetings if they are required.

Please do get in touch with the school office if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Claire Jones

Headteacher

4 years ago
Posted on 13th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Severn Trent Visitor

Today we welcomed Chris from Severn Trent for a KS2 assembly about hydration and plastics pollution. Thank you to Severn Trent.

4 years ago
Posted on 10th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Football team finish 4th

As part of our partnership at Belvidere Secondary School, we participated in a football competition against 6 other local schools.
The children won 3, and lost 3, and finished 4th overall.

Well done everyone!

4 years ago
Posted on 09th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Eat them to defeat them!

After half term, our School Kitchen will be joining in with national campaign Eat Them to Defeat Them 2023 for some Vegpower!

This campaign partners with ITV and Channel 4 to bring about changes in children’s attitudes towards vegetables.

The lunch menu will have lots of added vegetables on offer and some dishes created with lots more blended veg. The children will be bringing home an activity pack and will receive stickers for trying new vegetables. Perhaps you can join in at home?

#EatThemToDefeatThem

Find out more on their website below:

https://eatthemtodefeatthem.com

4 years ago
Posted on 08th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

World Book Day

Dear Parents/Carers,

WORLD BOOK DAY COMING SOON!

After half term, we will be celebrating World Book Day and promoting a love of reading in school with activities over the week. It will start with a whole school assembly which will introduce and explain all about World Book Day and the week ahead.

Wednesday 1^st March – KS2 children will be having a fantastic author visit from James Nichol, author of The Apprentice Witch series and The Spell Tailors. Afterwards James will visit Year 3 classrooms to lead a creative writing workshop with Turtles and Starfish.

Book Signing

James will be staying in school for a book signing session in the afternoon. Some children may like to purchase a signed book of The Spell Tailors.(Books cost £7.99, please make payment as soon as possible on ParentPay so we can place our order). Please note that there is no pressure or expectation to buy one: we will also be purchasing copies for school, so children won’t miss out on reading them!

Thursday 2nd March – Actual World Book Day.

Non-Uniform– Children may come to school dressed to represent their favourite book or character. Please don’t feel the need to buy expensive fancy dress for this occasion: the children are so keen on being eco-conscious and re-using items you already have at home. Equally, please don’t feel any pressure to make an elaborate costume. Here are some simple ideas below:

-re-use Halloween costumes (cats, witches, skeletons, wizards feature in lots of stories)

-re-use other costumes (animals, superheroes & princesses feature in lots of stories)

–characters wearing old fashioned clothes (Famous Five, World War stories)

-characters wearing pyjamas (BFG, I’m Going on a bear Hunt, The Polar Express)

-inspiration from sports stars/real life hero books

-use our Drop & Swap Trolley in the foyer to recycle old costumes. You can drop old costumes off or give costumes a new home.

We understand that some children feel uncomfortable wearing fancy dress. They may choose to wear their own comfy reading clothes instead – we want all children to enjoy the day.

Special Lunch Menu

We will have a special themed lunch on offer this day.

Pop-Up Bookshop

We are collaborating with local independent book store, Pengwern Books, to open our own Pop-Up Book Shop in The Coach House so that all children can use their World Book Day token to select their own book to take home. Classes will have a slot to visit throughout the day.

Friday 3^rd March

EYFS and KS1 Children will have a visit from local storyteller Sal Tongue. We will have our DEAR slot as normal at 2:45pm (Drop Everything And Read!) but we’ll be changing this up with a fun variation this week.

We are really looking forward to the things we have planned and we are sure the children will really enjoy themselves.

Kind regards,

Mrs Young

KS1 Leader & Reading Co-ordinator

4 years ago
Posted on 08th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Year 2 Class Assembly

This week Year 2 held their class assemblies and showcased what they’ve been learning to their families. They sang a fractions song, performed a dance routine, read their writing about safety and including us in a interactive audience quiz on Charles Darwin plus lots more. Well done Owls and Rabbits.

4 years ago
Posted on 07th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Rhythmsticks welcome Sax Players

Rhythmsticks Music Club welcomed parents and local Sax Quartet “Sax in the Styx” . Along with a ‘show and tell’ time, the quartet accompanied the children’s percussion playing in a variety of songs and their Chinese Dragon Dance. Well done Rhythmsticks-great singing and playing!

4 years ago
Posted on 06th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Year 2 Darwin Trip

Year 2 visited Bear Steps Art Gallery today as part of their Charles Darwin topic. We learnt about his early life and family and his voyage on HMS Beagle.

4 years ago
Posted on 04th Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Community Quiz Night

Our legendary Community Quiz Night was back! with more teams than ever before! A top night of knowledge and laughs. A great job from everybody’s favourite quiz master Mr Larkham. The highly sought after ‘Losers Spoon’ found a home. Thanks for joining us!

4 years ago
Posted on 03rd Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Veggie February Meal Promotion

The School Eco Council have helped design meals for Veggie February!

See the meals below for Tuesdays in February!

4 years ago
Posted on 03rd Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Veggie February

The Eco Council have been working to design some new vegetarian meal options for lunchtime. These are featuring on Tuesdays in February. Here they are below with Miss Perry, our Chef Manager.

4 years ago
Posted on 02nd Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Chinese New Year

Today we all celebrated Chinese New Year in school with each class learning about the festival. Year 1, 2 & 4 were treated to a Chinese Dragon Musical workshop. It was Amazing! We also had a delicious Chinese Lunch.

Watch the video of Leopards Class Lion Dance for Chinese New Year.

4 years ago
Posted on 02nd Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Friendly Netball

On Thursday 2nd February, Miss Lewis took a team to finish a weekly netball competition which had been started last year. We took a new team to give other children the chance to compete in Netball.

Everyone played really well, and Coleham finished 2nd overall.

4 years ago
Posted on 02nd Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Year 5/6 Swimming Gala

On Thursday 2nd February, Mr Venn and Mrs Lord took a team of year 5/6s to compete in a swimming gala at Shrewsbury School.

It was a close contest, with the leaderboard changing after every race, Coleham came 3rd overall, which is an amazing result. We were definitely the loudest school when cheering for our teammates.

Great effort from everyone!

4 years ago
Posted on 01st Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Year 1 Class Assembly

Hedgehogs and Squirrels showcased all their learning to their parents this week. We are so proud of you.

4 years ago
Posted on 01st Feb 2023 by Miss Othen

Yr 4 Engenuity

Year 4 visited Engenuity in Ironbridge to support their Science work on electricity. They took part in an electricity workshop and made Jitterbugs. When the circuit connected, the wheel turned and they ‘jittered around’! They also explored lots of practical experiments in the science museum. Nell said “ it was fun, we got to touch everything. I would recommend going there”

4 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2023 by Miss Othen

Author Talk

Year 6 are learning about World War 2 and as a result we’ve all become slightly obsessed with Author Tom Palmer and his fantastic books! Pupils joined Tom Palmers live Holocaust talk this afternoon where he interviewed concentration camp survivor Mala Tribich. It was fascinating and pupils are clambering to borrow Tom’s new books!

4 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2023 by Miss Othen

Reading Buddies

As part of our Drop Everything and Read on Friday afternoons, our older children have been buddying up with our younger children to share and role model reading to each other.

4 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2023 by Miss Othen

Water Safety

Today we had a visit from the Safety Officer at Shropshire Council who delivered water safety talks to our KS2 children.

4 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2023 by Miss Othen

Yr 3 Sealife Centre

Year 3 visited the Sealife Centre in Birmingham to appreciate beauty of the natural world and take part in a workshop about plastic pollution. The children had a great time and have been considering the ways in which we can all change our actions to protect our oceans.

4 years ago
Posted on 26th Jan 2023 by Miss Othen

Chinese New Year Menu

On Thursday 2nd February we will be learning about the Chinese New Year festival in school.

Please see the menu for the special themed lunch

4 years ago
Posted on 25th Jan 2023 by Miss Othen

Wanted Breakfast Club Staff

Breakfast Club Staff

Grade 5/6 £11.18-£12.47 per/hour

1 hour per day 7:40am-8:40pm

Shifts available Mon-Fri

Term Time only

Do you enjoy working with children?

Would you like to be part of our caring, successful and popular school?

Our Breakfast Club provides a fun and caring environment to give the children a good start to the school day and help them socialise and have fun before school.

We are looking for someone:

with a compassionate and caring nature who is at ease in the company of children;
who is organised and energetic;
who can build positive relationships with staff and children;
with a positive attitude to be part of our Coleham team;

Flexibility with days. Free spaces available for your own children.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience in a school setting.

Please email or telephone Tracy Othen if you are interested in finding out more.

Email: tracy.othen@col.318education.co.uk

Please see Job Description and Person Specification;

ASC Assistant JD & PS

4 years ago
Posted on 20th Jan 2023 by Miss Othen

Speed Cube Club

George and Harrison came to Miss Othen with an idea for Speed Cube Club at lunchtime, so they could teach all their friends how to solve the cube and compete in timed competitions. The boys worked on a business plan setting out costs, equipment, marketing and operations and were awarded the funds to start their set up. The Club has been a success! Brilliant entrepreneurial skills from Year 6!

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