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 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 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 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 03rd Dec 2025 by Mrs Jasper

Nasal Flu Vaccinations 2025

The immunisation nurses will be visiting school on Tuesday 9th December 2025.

If you missed the deadline for the electronic consent you can complete a paper copy of the form below or you can collect one from the school office. The form MUST be returned to us by 4pm Monday 8th December please.

Flu Consent 2025-26

Flu 2025 NHS letter

Before you begin you may need to find your child’s NHS number HERE

Further information can be found on the NHS website:

Children’s flu vaccine – NHS

12 months ago
Posted on 18th Nov 2025 by Mrs Jasper

Nasal Flu Vaccinations 2025

The immunisation nurses will be visiting school on Tuesday 9th December 2025.

Please see attached letter with all the information you need, please complete the electronic consent form HERE or also contained in the NHS letter by 9am Tuesday 2nd December:

Flu 2025 NHS letter

Before you begin you may need to find your child’s NHS number HERE

Further information can be found on the NHS website:

Children’s flu vaccine – NHS

12 months ago
Posted on 16th Nov 2025 by Miss Othen

✨ EYFS Celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week! ✨

Our EYFS children have enjoyed celebrating World Nursery Rhyme Week — a joyful celebration of song, rhythm and early language! 🎶🌟

Did you know?
Experts in literacy and child development tell us that if a child knows just eight nursery rhymes by heart by the age of four, they are often among the strongest readers and spellers by Year 3. Nursery rhymes help children hear rhythm, build vocabulary and develop communication skills — it’s one of the best things you can do at home with your child! 💛

Throughout the week, our children explored a different rhyme each day through hands-on, playful activities:

12 months ago
Posted on 13th Nov 2025 by Mrs Hilbert

EYFS Theatre Trip – Tales of Acorn Wood

We have arranged for EYFS pupils to visit Theatre Severn on Wednesday 17^th December to see an afternoon performance of “Tales from Acorn Wood”, a show based on the series of books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

They will be setting off around 1.15pm, following afternoon registration, and will return to school around 3.30pm, traffic permitting. We will notify you if there is any significant change to their return time.

The cost of the trip is £20.30, including transport costs and tickets. Payment for this trip should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip.

In case of an emergency or medical incident during the trip we ask that you check that your contact details are up-to-date on Arbor prior to the trip. Thank you for your assistance.

1 year ago
Posted on 17th Oct 2025 by Miss Melville

Pumpkin Soup

The children in Foxes and Badgers have enjoyed making and trying their very own pumpkin soup. It must have been good as one of the children said “it makes my tummy feel happy”!

1 year ago
Posted on 14th Oct 2025 by Miss Melville

EYFS Pumpkin Party

Thank you to all of our Reception children that joined us for our Pumpkin Party! The children had a wonderful time dancing, playing games and celebrating together. It was a fantastic way to celebrate the end of their first half term with us 🕺

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1 year ago
Posted on 08th Oct 2025 by Miss Melville

EYFS Family Lunch

Thank you to all of Foxes and Badger families for coming along to our lunch. The children were so excited to share this experience with you!

1 year ago
Posted on 07th Oct 2025 by Miss Othen

EYFS visit Holy Trinity Church

Our EYFS Foxes and Badgers enjoyed a special visit to Holy Trinity Church this week as part of their RE learning. 🕊️

They discovered the meaning of Baptism in this Christian tradition and learned how it celebrates new beginnings and belonging.

Hands-on experiences like these help bring learning to life and inspire curiosity and respect. Thank you Rev Fi for showing us around your beautiful church. 🌟

1 year ago
Posted on 03rd Oct 2025 by Miss Othen

EYFS Author Visit – Donna David

We were thrilled to welcome picture book author Donna David to share her fantastic Would You Rather…? series with us. 📚

Donna inspired our little learners to see how exciting books can be, and reminded us that stories aren’t just for reading – they’re for exploring, imagining, and enjoying together. 💡❤️

An opportunity for our youngest pupils to meet a real author and take a signed book home.

1 year ago
Posted on 02nd Oct 2025 by Miss Othen

EYFS Little City Visit

Exciting news! For Careers Week, we have arranged for a role play village to visit us in school. Little City will be set up in the school hall for Badgers and Foxes to try their hand at a range of careers through play.

To cover the cost of the workshop, we are asking for a donation of £4.00 per child, to be paid via your child’s Arbor account. Many thanks.

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Sep 2025 by Mrs Jasper

National Child Measurement Programme for Reception and Year 6 Children

NCMP Letter 25-26 NCMP Leaflet for Parents 2026

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 Melville

EYFS Learn About Road Safety

Last week, the children in Reception took part in a very important learning activity all about how to cross the road safely.

The children practised looking carefully, listening for traffic and remembering the rules when crossing the road “think, stop, look and listen”.
The children demonstrated fantastic listening skills, well done Badgers and Foxes.

1 year ago
Posted on 11th Sep 2025 by Mrs Jasper

Cool Milk

Cool Milk Parent-Registration-Letter

1 year ago
Posted on 18th Jul 2025 by Miss Armstrong

Year 4 share their pop-up books with EYFS

Year 4 have worked really hard to design and create pop-up books as part of their DT learning. Thy learnt to make mechanisms such as box fold, mouth folds, springs, levers and rotators, combing these techniques into group story books. They then read them to EYFS, who loved listening and interacting with the books.

1 year ago
Posted on 08th Jul 2025 by Miss Harris

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

EYFS children had a great time today racing to collect tea for their Mad Hatters Tea Party, having a go at croquet, playing stick the face on the Cheshire Cat and eating jam tarts before the Queen of Hearts could! What a way to finish the year for Bagers & Foxes! 🦡🦊

1 year ago
Posted on 25th Jun 2025 by Mrs Jasper

EYFS Visit to Park Hall Farm – 17th July 2025

To mark the end of their first academic year at Coleham, we have arranged for our EYFS pupils to visit Park Hall Farm on Thursday 17^th July. We will be leaving school around 9.30am and return around 2.45pm, in plenty of time for normal end of day collection.

Children should wear their school uniform for this trip and bring along a light waterproof coat for possible inclement weather and a hat and sun cream if weather proves necessary.

As EYFS pupils are provided with free school meals as part of the Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme, a packed lunch will be provided for all pupils. Please click on the link below to select from the various menu options available. All packed lunches come with an item of fruit, packet of crisps and cake. If we haven’t received a completed packed lunch order form for your child by close of play, Friday 11^th July, we will assume they will be bringing one from home.

COMPLETE LUNCH FORM HERE

The full cost for this trip is £18.25, which includes transport costs, entrance fees and insurance/admin charges. Please make payment via your child’s Arbor prior to the date of the trip. Thank you.

In case of an emergency or medical incident during the trip we ask that you check that your contact details are up-to-date on Arbor prior to the trip. Thank you for your assistance

1 year ago
Posted on 24th Jun 2025 by Miss Othen

SEVERN wins EYFS/KS1 Sports Day!

Huge well done to all the children in Reception, Years 1 and 2 for their excellent efforts! Thank you to the HUGE crowd that came along to support all the children. Great work from our Year 6 Sports Leaders for running Sports Day and totting up the scores.

It was close in the end, but SEVERN emerged this year’s champions. Well done all!

Final standings:

1st: SEVERN
2nd: Greyfriars
3rd: Quarry
4th: Darwin

1 year ago
Posted on 17th Jun 2025 by Miss Harris

A Woodland Fire

After weeks of learning about fire safety in their Woodland Work sessions, the children in Reception were excited to be applying their skills and knowledge to toast marshmallows on a real campfire.

1 year ago
Posted on 16th Jun 2025 by Miss Harris

Reception children feed the ducks

The children in Reception enjoyed their trip to the river last week to feed the ducks. They wanted to know which food the ducks would enjoy best, it turns out that the oats were very popular!

1 year ago
Posted on 15th May 2025 by Miss Othen

Balanceability

Foxes and Badgers have had the most lovely time completing their Balanceability cycling in the sunshine this week! Helping children to learn to ride a bike is a life skill and we hope this encourages children and families to cycle to and from school.

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

VE Day Celebration

Today we enjoyed celebrating the 80 year anniversary of ‘Victory in Europe’ in true Coleham style. The children visited our air raid shelter, enjoyed a celebratory outdoor lunch and made commemorative pates and hats. Our 2 minutes silence honoured the soldiers and people of the past who all contributed to the war effort and a reminder of why peace and kindness are so important in the world we live in. We finished off the day with a music concert from the pupils @ Shrewsbury School. Thank you so much for performing such beautiful music in the sunshine. A lovely end to a lovely day. Thanks to Mrs Stewart for rallying our troops to make the day happen.

2 years ago
Posted on 09th Apr 2025 by Miss Harris

Easter Treats in EYFS

For our final DT project this term the children in Reception enjoyed making some Easter Nest cakes. The children learnt lots about being safe when using a hob, and how to manage kitchen equipment safely.

2 years ago
Posted on 09th Apr 2025 by Miss Harris

EYFS pupils make healthy wraps

As part of our DT topic the children in Reception have been designing and making healthy wraps. The children used a range of kitchen tools to peel, cut and grate each item. According to the children they were the best wraps ever!