In the footsteps of Darwin

Year 2 have been learning all about Charles Darwin and today followed in his footsteps around Shrewsbury by walking The Darwin Trail.

The children visited many buildings and locations that were pivotal in his early life such as where he was schooled (Shrewsbury Library), where he worshipped (St Mary’s Church) where his father worked (The Parade) and the start of his worldwide sailing expedition (The Lion Hotel) where he was collected in a horse and carriage.

How wonderful to celebrate our towns rich history!

Year 2 Class Assemblies

Well done to Owls and Rabbits for hosting their class assemblies.  The children told us what they have learnt about Charles Darwin, showed us their artwork, tested the parents with a quiz and sang us an international song.  Well done Year 2!

 

 

Chinese New Year

We love to celebrate festivals from around the world.  EYFS, Year 2 and Year 4 all participated in a Chinese New Year workshop today with music, dance and story and a 12 foot dragon!

Year 4 have made a lovely video of the experience

 

International Day

We’ve all had fun for International Day learning Spanish with Senorita Jones, singing the Fiji Rugby song with Mrs Porrett, playing an international game in PE and learning about another country in class.  Thank you to the many family guests for joining us in the classroom and telling us about places you have lived or travelled-always fascinating and providing a window to our children of a life they might choose to live one day.

In Year 4 Olive’s dad, Dominic, taught us about Laternelaufen, or ‘lantern walking’, which children do on 11th November to celebrate St. Martin’s Day and his story.  See the video below.

 

 

International Food Market

We’ve been immersing ourselves in new languages and cultures throughout the day and after school it was time to try tasters from around the world at our International Food Market!

With each Year Group supporting a stall we had foods from Spain, Greece, India, Germany, USA, Italy and Poland and other countries.

Than you so much for coming along and encouraging your children to try new foods.  It was wonderful to see the cultural dishes made at home with love and little notes to go alongside.

 

A load of rubbish for Yr 2

Year 2 had a fantastic trip at Woodlane Recycling Centre.  They had a woodland workshop exploring habitats as part of their science work and a tour of the Recycling Centre linked to their Geography topic of recycling.  They especially loved it when Mrs Stewart had the plant worker drivers honking their horn as they drove past them in the trailer!  Year 2 were fantastic, really engaged with the information and everybody enjoyed the day.

Year 2 Credit for cancelled Liverpool Trip – Update

Dear Parents/Carers,
Following today’s email regarding the forthcoming Year 2 trip to Wood Lane, we have received a number of queries from parents asking whether the cost of the trip includes the outstanding £10.00 credit for the cancelled Liverpool trip (for those that paid for the trip only) – £14.00 already having been reimbursed against the trip to Enginuity. The credit from the cancelled trip is to be part-funded by a credit note from the coach company booked to provide the transport to Liverpool, Lakeside Coaches. Unfortunately, they were unable to provide the transport for the trip to Wood Lane. We are planning another trip for later this term, to The Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, with Lakeside Coaches providing the transport, and will therefore credit parents the remaining £10.00 then. Details about the Birmingham trip will follow later in the term.
I hope this clarifies the situation regarding the financing of the trip to Wood Lane and that you are able to bear with us regarding the remaining credit owing against the trip to Leicester.

Chinese New Year Workshops for EYFS, Year 2 & Year 4

As part of our religious studies, we have arranged for our EYFS, Year 2 and Year 4 pupils to take part in a Chinese New Year Workshop at school on Wednesday 29th January. Each workshop, provided by Sounds Roadshows, will involve two 15 metre dragons, dragon and lion dancing and music-making on authentic Chinese musical instruments, immersing children in the colourful Chinese culture.

As we have no other way of funding this workshop we would be extremely grateful if parents could contribute £3.90 per child towards their cost. Payment is to be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the workshops please.

Year 2 Trip – Wood Lane, 16th January 2025

As part of this term’s cross-curriculum work we have arranged for Year 2 to visit Wood Lane Nature Reserve on Thursday 16th January. We will be leaving school shortly after morning registration and returning approximately 3.00pm, in time for normal home time.

The cost for this trip is £16.80, which includes transport costs and workshops. Payment should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip please.

As Year 2 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 a piece of fruit, a packet of crisps and a cake. If we haven’t received a completed packed lunch form for your child by close of play, Monday 13th January, we will assume they will be bringing one from home.

https://forms.office.com/e/QRL33tQVSq

Children should wear suitable outdoor clothing (as per Forest School-type activities), with plenty of layers to keep out the cold, and bring along a waterproof coat for possible inclement weather.  Wellington boots will be essential as the paths are very muddy in some places. No spending money is required.

 

A trip for the last day

Year 2 spent their last morning on a little outing to the Christmas Tree Festival at St Chads Church.  A lovely little explore of the beautiful church before we break up for Christmas!

 

Yr 2 see the Christmas Trees

Year 2 had a lovely last day by popping out of school to see the Christmas Tree Festival at St Chads Church.  What a lovely time of year to to explore the church in all its glory.

Christmas Lunch

We all enjoyed our Christmas Lunch together!! Thank you to our Catering Team for all their hard work on this day and every day this year 🌟  They arrived in school this morning at 6.30am to start cooking and managed to serve a whopping 462 Christmas dinners to our staff and pupils here and also at Bowbrook Primary.  Well done, it was lovely!

Nativity 2024

Congratulations to all our children for performing The Christmas Story so beautifully.  It’s hard to put into words, the joy that the Nativity brings us each year. The pride from the children, love from our families, the beautiful Church, nostalgia of all the nativities past in our lives and treasuring the moment of this nativity and this year.  We hope these memories sustain you for years to come. Thank you Badgers, Foxes, Hedgehogs, Squirrels, Owls and Rabbits for the sweetest show. WE LOVED EVERY MOMENT!

Thank you to Reverend Fi and Holy Trinity Church for warmly welcoming us all week. There’s no better place to tell the Christmas Story. #joy #peace #love

Our Picture Book Wish List

Our writing and reading leads Mrs Stennett and Miss Harris have been working with a consultant and plan to introduce Picture Book Studies next year.  This will feature incredible books that help us become kind, empathetic, make us laugh, make us gasp and make us curious in the world in which we live.

We are on the look out for the following books and have set up an Amazon Wish List for these.  If you might like to purchase a Christmas gift for our classes then we would be incredibly grateful for your donations.

Books can be purchased via the link below which will be delivered direct to school.

Amazon Wish List 

But don’t forget if you are kind enough to make a purchase, please leave us an Amazon note, so we know who the parcel is from! This way we can thank you and your children!

Yr 2 Enginuity Trip

Year 2 had a science and DT filled day with hands on learning around the Enginuity Museum in Ironbridge. The children took part in a mechanism workshop and made their own wheeled vehicles and competed to see whose went the furthest!

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)

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.

 

NEW YEAR 2 TRIP – Enginuity, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

Dear Parents/Carers,

Year 2 Trip – CANCELLED Visit to Van Gogh Immersive Art Exhibition and The Central Mosque & Islamic Centre, Leicester

Thank you for your patience whilst we have been trying to reschedule the trip to Leicester which should have taken place in September.  Unfortunately, it has not been possible to schedule a time when both the Van Gogh Immersive Exhibition and The Central Mosque in Leicester are able to host us, so we have made the decision to change our trip plans.   Please see details below with regards to our revised trip.

NEW YEAR 2 TRIP – Enginuity, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

This trip will take place on Monday 18th November 2024, it links in with our curriculum for the half term ahead, specifically Science, Design and Technology and English.  We will be leaving school at 9.00am and returning around 2.45pm, traffic permitting.

Children should wear their school uniform for this trip and bring along a waterproof coat for possible cold/inclement weather.  No spending money is required.

As Year 2 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 a piece of fruit and a bottle of water. If we haven’t received a completed packed lunch order form for your child by 2.30pm Thursday 14th November, we will assume that your child will be bringing one from home.

https://forms.office.com/e/qPwFf1HN6s

Including travel, the cost of the trip to Enginuity is £14.00, however there will be no charge for those families who paid for the trip to Leicester.  We will take the funds for this trip from what you have already paid to the school and the remaining £10.00 of credit will carry over to a forthcoming trip we are in the process of organising for the Spring term.  For any families who did not pay for the Leicester trip, please complete payment for the trip to Enginuity via Arbor.

Kind Regards,

The school Office

Yr 2 Careers Visitors

Year 2 had a fascinating array of visitors!  We learnt how Bakers roll croissants, about the exciting job of a world wide tour guide and the beautiful island of Hawaii and how to explore our feelings with the Psychologist.

Yr 2 Trip Cancelled

Unfortunately the Year 2 trip taking place on Monday 30th September has been cancelled.

The Van Gogh Exhibition has to close due to a building issue.

This trip will be rescheduled with a new date as soon as possible.

Year 2 Trip – Visit to Van Gogh Immersive Art Exhibition and The Central Mosque & Islamic Centre, Leicester

As part of this term’s curriculum work (RE and Art) we are taking our Year 2 classes to Leicester to visit the Van Gogh Immersive Exhibition and The Central Mosque and Islamic Centre on Monday 30th September. We will be leaving school at 9.00am and returning around 5.00pm, traffic permitting.

Children should wear their school uniform for this trip and bring along a waterproof coat for possible cold/inclement weather.  No spending money is required.

As Year 2 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 a piece of fruit and a bottle of water. If we haven’t received a completed packed lunch order form for your child by close of play, Thursday 26th September, we will assume they will be bringing one from home.

https://forms.office.com/e/93irUb8x1C

The cost for this trip is £24.00, which includes transport costs, entrance fees and insurance. Payment should be made via your child’s Arbor account prior to the date of the trip please.

If you would like to find out more about the Van Gogh Immersive Art Exhibition, please click on the following link:  About the exhibition – Van Gogh – The Immersive Experience (vangoghexpo.co.uk)

 

Please note that this visit is covered by the Annual Consent Form for Trips/visits & Medical Information. Please notify the school immediately if there are any changes to your contact/emergency contact details or medical information.

School Food Roadshow

READY, STEADY COOK!  Wow what an exciting interactive show for our Year 2 children and their families.  Mums Sarah and Hannah cooked a storm with the children and the crowd were entertained.  It was a close call but Team Red Chilli just pipped it with their Sweet and Sour Orange chicken. #healthyeating

Yr 2 Parents Invite for School Food Roadshow

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have an exciting event planned for Year 2 in the last week of term and we would love for parents/carers to join us.

The School Food Roadshow will be visiting to host a live cookery show.  Two teams will have  a live cook off and the children will learn lots about healthy eating along the way!

This will take place on Wednesday 17th July at 9.10am.

Family members are invited to come along on the morning (there is no need to book in, we like to keep things simple and admin free for parents)  If you are working then please do send along the Grandparents who may enjoy a visit into school.

We are looking forward to seeing you for this exciting, interactive show.

Kind regards,

Mrs Field and Mrs Allan

 

Athlete Adrian Patrick leads Coleham Circuit Training

As a finale to our Olympics Week we were visited by a third medal winner!  Sprinter Adrian Patrick, a Commonwealth Games Gold winner for 4 x 400m relay led the whole school in circuit training.  These intensive 8 minute sessions saw the children do sit ups, press ups, squats and jumps which we all loved.  The perfect Friday morning work out! He talked to us in assembly about always remembering our vision and dream and not being distracted by behaviours that won’t lead us to our end goal.

What a week of incredible experiences.  Thank you to Miss Lewis for all her hard work and meticulous organisation.

 

Olympics Showcase Song

Our Olympics Festival Day was fantastic and we finished with a showcase song to parents.  Mrs Porrett led the children with ‘We are Shropshire’ and ‘Wavin Flag’.  There is nothing more powerful than when we come together to sing on mass.  Our Coleham Community all together! A lovely end to the day.

Olympics Festival

What a day!  Miss Lewis organised a day off curriculum for our own Olympics Festival.  It started with a whole school run to Paris, the equivalent of 435 miles.  For 20 minutes all the children and staff ran around the schools grounds and it was such fun!  500 happy faces walking, jogging, running to Paris with the music motivating us.

Out Festival contained sports stations entirely run by our year 6 cohort of Sports Leaders who were fantastic at explaining, demonstrating and encouraging the children.  The younger classes were buddied up with older classes working together which was really lovely to see. The children participated in long jump, high jump, relay hurdles, triple jump, an Olympics quiz, shot put before stopping for an outdoor picnic lunch.  In the afternoon the children played badminton, handball, discus, javelin, relay and we finally finished with a  showcase song to parents.  Phew!! What an action-packed day!  Now we are all ready to watch the Olympics starting on 26th July.

Paralympian Mickey Bushell

We were honoured to have Paralympic athlete Mickey Bushell visiting us in school this morning.  He joined our whole school assembly where we watched his gold medal win at the London 2012 Paralympic Games for wheelchair track racing and learnt a little more about his journey to get there.

Children in our year 1 and 2 classes were lucky enough to take part in a Q&A session, where they found out all about him, how he trains, all the different places he has raced and his favourite foods.  The children even got to hold his gold medal!  Thank you so much for coming to join us Mickey!