Headteacher Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
Hopefully you have all been wrapped up warm on the playground this week!
It’s been another busy week, including the fantastic International Day on Tuesday. A huge thank you to Madame Jones for putting it all together, and another huge thank you to all our parents visitors that came into school to tell the children about other countries and cultures. It’s so valuable for our children to experience different cultures – and also wonderful to sample all that lovely food! Thanks you to everyone who contributed – another example of our fantastic community!
Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
Tom Larkham
Headteacher
Year 5 & 6 Swimming
As we continue to prioritise the safety and well-being of our students, we are conducting an assessment of each child’s swimming abilities to enhance our swimming program. Your input is invaluable in ensuring that we provide the best possible experience for your child.
To streamline this process, we have created a Microsoft Teams link for you to fill out a brief questionnaire regarding your child’s swimming skills. The information gathered will help us tailor our swimming lessons to meet the specific needs of each individual student.
Please click on the following link to access the questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/e/vbGVhUKpD2
We kindly request that you complete the questionnaire by Monday 22nd January. Your prompt response will enable us to plan accordingly and make any necessary arrangements to accommodate your child’s requirements.
If you encounter any technical difficulties or have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to receiving your valuable input.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many thanks,
Miss Lewis
PE Co-Ordinator
Shropshire Half Marathon
THE FINAL WEEK TO SIGN UP!
Shropshire Half Marathon Letter
You can sign up and pay for this via Arbor until Friday 2nd February.
Wanted Clothes Donations!
We have an exciting new Coleham event coming soon!
Year 5 will be producing an Eco Fashion Show in the evening of Thursday 8th February and you will be hearing lots about this in the coming weeks.
Can you help? We are in desperate need of pre-loved clothes, shoes & accessories (adults & childrens) plus any ‘rubbish’ materials to create costumes (plastic bags, bubble wrap, paper plates, crisp packets etc)
Please drop any donations into the School Foyer.
We will be really grateful for any items received.
THANK YOU
Cookery Club
Year 6 pupils have been enjoying after school Cookery Club. They’ve made Cheese Scones and Fruit Crumble so far, at individual work stations, a bit like the Bake Off! Parents have reported back that they tasted delicious! We are passionate about teaching life skills and we hope the children use this bank of recipes again and again at home and in the future.
International Food Market
We like to try new events and we were so pleased to see the turn out for our International Food Market with tasters from Spain, Greece, Germany, China, India, Italy and Poland. It was lovely to see so many children excited about trying new foods with their families. Thank you to everybody for coming along and donating items and especially those families who spent time preparing home-made dishes. Sharing food with the people we love is one of life’s greatest joys and we would love to hear your feedback so we can do more food based events together.
International Day
International Day has been a fusion of different countries and cultures! The children have learnt about different countries, sang songs in other languages, Starfish learnt a Bollywood dance in PE, we invited in guest speakers, Madame Jones turned into Bavarian Brigitta to teach German lessons, all finished off by our International Food Market! Thanks also to the Catering Team for a special lunch menu. We have loved celebrating the diversity in our Coleham Community.
Check out what Year 5 got up too! Whales Class read ‘Die Kleine Raupe Nimmersatt’ or The Little Caterpillar Never-full. They then made their own kleine Raupen with days of the week and everything the caterpillar ate in German to practise their new vocab.
EYFS River Trip
On Friday the children went on a walk through the Quarry Park to learn more about their local environment. They all enjoyed learning about the River Severn and our local bridges. Oh, and we may have stopped for a biscuit too!
Cultural Speakers
For International Day, we had 6 family guest speakers tell them all about their home countries.
Emiliia’s Dad spoke of living in Kyiv, Ukraine and their traditional dress and food such as sour soup ‘Borshch’ . The children learnt how to count to 10 and other Ukrainian greetings.
Romilly’s Dad lived in Poland as a child and told the children about ‘Name Day’ their equivalent Birthday celebration and bought them all a goody bag.
Lucho’s Mum visited Lions class to talk about life in Ecuador and how indigenous people live in the jungle. It was fascinating!
We also had visitors in Yr 6 and Reception.
Thank you so much to all our parents for sharing their real life, personal experiences.
Netball Development Day
We had an excellent day at Shrewsbury Sports Village for a Netball Development Day, coached by England Netball in Bee Netball drills. We learned and developed new netball skills through a carousel of activities and concluded with matches to apply our abilities. Everyone represented Coleham exceptionally well, showcasing sportsmanship and teamwork. Well done to all for being superb role models.
