Headteacher Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
I’ve sat down to write this message and was surprised that it’s only the third week! So much has happened already and school is very definitely in full swing.
Thank you to everyone who came along to enjoy or help out at the September Social – it was wonderful to see so many of you helping to grow our community and it a lot of fun chatting to you all as you dropped you £1 coins in my bucket. We raised over £1100 for the school – THANK YOU!
We have our Careers Week coming up soon, and want to ask if you, or anyone you know, would like to come into school to talk a little about your day-to-day work; how you got into you line of work and what it’s like. We have a wide range of interesting careers within our school community, and we’d love to have you in (even if you think your job is not that interesting!) to help inspire our children.
Have a lovely weekend
Tom Larkham
Headteacher
What’s happening next week?
Monday 25th September– EYFS Parent Phonics Information Sessions
2:30pm Session
5:00pm Session
Tuesday 26th September – Year 5 Ancient Greek Workshop
Please make payment for this visit before Tuesday if you are able too
Wednesday 27th September – Football Friendly vs Prestfelde SELECTED PUPILS ONLY
Secondary School Open Days
The Secondary Schools are starting to have their open events for Year 6 pupils.
IMPORTANT: If your child is going to any open mornings, please can you let us know
Email: absence@col.318education.co.uk
Priory
Tues 26th Sept open morning 9-11am
Weds 27th Sept open evening 6-8pm
The Priory School Open Morning Parents Letter Radbrook and Coleham Primary Schools 26th Sept 23
Meole Brace
Open Mornings 10th to 13th October 9.30-11 – book via online form on website, see link below
Weds 11th October open evening 5.30-8pm
Meole Brace School – Open Mornings and Evening: October 2023
Shrewsbury Academy
Thurs 28th Sept open evening 5-7.30pm
No open mornings
Belvidere
9th October open evening 6.30-8.30pm
The Priory School Open Morning Parents Letter Radbrook and Coleham Primary Schools 26th Sept 23
Shrewsbury High School for Girls Senior Open Day Flyer
Moreton Senior School Open Day Flyer September 2023
Girls High School Senior Open Day Flyer
Theme Lunch Menu
Please see the theme lunch menu for NEXT TUESDAY
Daily Dash 3 Peaks Challenge
Our new Daily Dash Challenge starts Monday. We are going to run the distance of the 3 peaks and back, running from Shrewsbury, to Snowdonia (up & down), to Scafell Pike (up & down), to Ben Nevis (up & down) and back to Shrewsbury. The total miles we will run together are…
959 miles!!
This may take us a few weeks to complete and so we will keep going until the challenge is complete! Miss Lewis will have a UK map with the route marked on it.
We would love to see parents and carers joining in too.
The more runners that take part, the quicker we complete the challenge.
Get involved in Careers Week
Our Careers week takes place week beginning 16th October 2023.
We love to open our doors and invite you to help us educate the children.
Can you come into school and talk to a class about your job, hobby or career?
Can you invite a class to visit your workplace?
Can you bring any interesting vehicles, props or animals into school?
Our Careers Week has been a highlight for the children and we love the variety! Over the years we’ve had talks from dentists, musicians, archaeologists, fashion designers, pilots to name a few.
What will this year have in store! It doesn’t matter if you’ve visited before, we would love a return visit.
PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL THE SCHOOL OFFICE TO BOOK AN AFTERNOON SLOT DURING THE WEEK BEGINNING 16TH OCTOBER.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
Arbor Update
Trips, Clubs, School lunches and Breakfast and After School Clubs are now on Arbor.
You can now make payments via the app.
We still have places on Coleham Voices for Years 4,5 & 6
Please also check all your details are correct and make any amendments
Thank you
Reading Tips for the new year!
Let us start the new year with good reading habits. Don’t forget we have a ‘no homework’ policy at Coleham because reading with your child for 10 minutes each day is the most important thing you can do at home, to support your child in school. Please help teachers by recording your child’s daily reads in their Reading Records. This doesn’t have to be a school book but any story you share at home. Older children may complete their Reading Records independently. Teaching Assistants review these records weekly and we talk to the children about achieving 5 home reads across the week. (if you struggle to fit in 5 during the week, then reads during the weekend also count)
Please see our helpful guide to reading with your child:
Reading Tip sheet 2023-24
September Social
Thank you to our Coleham Community for joining us for a brilliant social! It was great to hang out together and see so many happy faces 😊 What a success, great performances by the children, no animals on the loose and the Skipping Challenge complete! We raised £1100 for school resources. Thank you to our amazing staff, children and parents for volunteering, lending a hand and pulling off a great event!
Also, a big thank you to Asda’s Community Champion Anne Marie for helping in the school kitchen and donating rolls. What a Star!
Pupil Entrepreneurs
Our children are incredible! What fantastic creativity and lovely products they brought to our fair, raising money for good causes.
Well done to Mae and Rosa the Scrunchie Sisters in Yr 6 who have had a production line at home, working into the evenings on their sewing machines!
The Comex Boys in Year 4 did a roaring trade, selling out of all their comics and raising £75 for school. We hope you bought one as these guys could well be famous illustrators one day!
Bobby in Year 3 had a super badge stall raising £100 for Whizz-kids the children’s wheelchair charity who helped his cousin. 👨🦽 🥰
Henry in Yr 5 organised his own table tennis challenge 🏓
Also, thank you to our new Year 6’s who ran a number of stalls.
Sensory Trailer
Mrs Howson arranged for a Sensory Trailer to visit us for the day, which was a portable sensory room on wheels. What a great idea! Children were able to have fun and experience the magic of a sensory room. This will guide us in selecting new resources and ensuring that our calm nurture spaces are right for our children.
Playground Friends
Well done to Year 4 who applied for their job as Playground Friends. Some children have started their new job and are being really helpful supporting younger children on the KS1 playground.
Safety Afternoons
All classes have completed Safety Afternoons covering a range of topics including road safety, water safety, medicines, railways, electricity, fire and more.
Here is EYFS practising some road safety outside school.
BT Box
Eye Spy another creative project involving our pupils! 👁
Watch this space…
More information coming soon…
Milly stars in Macbeth
Well done to Milly in Year 6 for landing a starring role in Macbeth at Theatre Severn. Milly attends Shrewsbury Youth Theatre and decided to try out for her first professional audition in Liverpool gaining the part of Macduff’s daughter! Lots of Coleham friends have watched the dark and chilling performance this week. Miss Armstrong is also directing our very own Coleham performance of Macbeth with our Year 5/6 Drama Club showing in December.
Josie’s Campaign
Josie in Turtles class designed these posters for our school railings during the summer holidays. For a Brownies project she started a campaign to clean up our streets and was even on Shropshire Radio! Well done Josie for using your voice and caring about our community.
Skipathon
Thanks to all the children and adults for skipping their way through the September Social fair! Challenge complete and Mr Halford announced the top 5 skippers in each age category to the children in assembly.