Headteacher Message
Dear Parents & Carers
What a fabulous week it has been at our school! We have been treated to a series of breathtaking Christmas nativities that have truly captured the spirit of the season. The children have outdone themselves with their singing and dancing, bringing a warm, fuzzy feeling to all who attended. It has been a joy to see their hard work and enthusiasm shine through in every performance. Christmas has truly begun! A massive thankyou from me and all of you goes to our wonderful staff who have tirelessly worked hard!
Another highlight of the week was the performance by our Young Voices Choir at Hickories. They took their talents beyond the school gates and performed in the community, spreading holiday cheer and showcasing their incredible voices.
As we look forward to the final week before Christmas, there is still much to look forward to: the termly cups’ assembly; Christmas dinner, and also our Christmas video for 2024! It promises to be a week filled with joy and celebration as we wrap up the term and prepare for the holidays.
Have a lovely weekend!
Tom Larkham 
Innkeeper
Headteacher
What’s on next week?
MONDAY-Release of Staff Christmas Video
TUESDAY– Christmas Lunch and EYFS Theatre Trip
Please make payment of £16.25 for the Theatre Trip.
WEDNESDAY–EYFS & Yr 1 Nativity Animals Visit and Movie Night
Please make payment of £4 for the Animal Experience and purchase a Movie ticket on Arbor.
January Clubs will be released at 6pm on Wednesday.
FRIDAY – Drama Club Performance of A Christmas Carol
Photographs ready to order
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 ListÂ
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!
Rainbow Raffle Winners
Thank you for supporting our Rainbow Raffle.
The Lucky Winners are listed below:
Louis Law, Lesley Neil, Katie Young, Claire Passey, Sioned Bowen, Hannah Eaton, Polly Hunt, Samantha Schoenstaedt and Louise West.
Amazingly, we sold exactly 1000 tickets which was our target which will be going towards new Ipads for school.
Christmas Lunch
Christmas Lunch day will be a NO-UNIFORM day so the children can enjoy wearing Christmas/party clothes or any clothes they feel comfortable in 🎅
WEDNESDAY MOVIE NIGHT
A 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)
A Christmas Carol
Drama Club presents A Christmas Carol and warmly invite their families to the performance on the last day of school Friday 20th December @ 1.45pm.
The children will be selling programmes on entry to raise some funds for the Shrewsbury Food Hub.
A new arrival
We’re thrilled to announce Foxes Class Teacher Miss Melville has had a beautiful baby boy 🩵 Baby Hunter was born on Saturday 7th December weighing 6Ib 7oz , a baby brother for Lochlan.
Mum and baby are both doing well and will be popping in soon to see us all 🩵
KS2 Christmas Performance
What a lovely Christmas performance from ALL the KS2 Children. It’s not easy to perform in 4 shows, to 4 different audiences across 3 days so well done to all the children for being at their best and bringing this lovely gift to their families. It was a wonderful celebration of narrating, acting, dancing and singing. A special mention to Year 6 as it is their last Coleham Christmas Performance. Well done again to all the children and thank you to our families for supporting us. It’s tiring performing in a run of sell out shows so the children deserve an extra special treat this weekend! Below is a short video of highlights!
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
Choir headline at Hickories
Our Choir were beyond excited to perform in a restaurant this evening and were met with a bar full of customers to watch them perform!
We think Hickories must be the most Christmassy place in town! Thank you to our friends at Hickories for supporting Coleham School again this year!