A visit from Sammy Sweetcorn

This afternoon the children received a visit from Sammy Sweetcorn, who came to announce the winners from the Dia de los muertos colouring competition.
A huge well done to Linda and Marie, who both won with their very creative designs!

Parent Drop-Ins

Good afternoon parents/carers,
We have a slight timetable clash with our parent drop-ins on Wednesday 23rd October.
Each class will be showcasing their PE dance performances at 2.45pm – 3.15pm in the hall so the parent drop-ins will be from 2-2.30pm and 3.30-5.30pm.
Many thanks, Mrs Mavin

Harvest Donations

As part of our Harvest Celebrations, we will be taking a donation to the Shrewsbury Food Bank after the Harvest Service on Friday 11th October. If you are able to give a donation, please leave it at the table set up outside the main office before Friday 11th.

We welcome donations of any non-perishable items but the Food Bank is in particular need of soup, microwave rice, jam/spread, tinned main meals, laundry tablets, UHT milk

Shrewsbury Food Bank organises and distributes parcels of donated food, toiletries, cleaning products and household items to individuals and families every week.

They seek to help those that find themselves in times of real hardship by addressing their most basic of needs – food and household items.

Food banks are an essential service in communities across the country and in the last few years they have helped thousands of people in need. Through foodbank PLUS, Shrewsbury Food Bank is now able to help people beyond the short term fix and empower them to face a more positive future.

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Mrs Bowes’ visit to 10 Downing Street

Mrs Bowes was recently invited to a special event at 10 Downing Street to celebrate 20 years of parkrun.

The event was hosted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Lucy Frazer MP, Secretary of State for Culture Media & Sport. As part of the event, Mrs Bowes took part in a mini ‘parkrun’ that started in the Downing Street Garden, went up and down Downing Street twice, before running through the famous front door, and up the stairs where Mr Sunak shook her hand. Mrs Bowes was really excited that Larry the Downing Street cat came out to say hello whilst she was there!

Mrs Bowes has been involved with parkrun since 2013; she was part of the team that set up Shrewsbury parkrun and is still a Core Team member. As well as volunteering at Shrewsbury, Mrs Bowes is a parkrun Volunteer Regional Ambassador for the West Midlands area. As part of this role, she has guided the setting up of several parkruns and junior parkruns across the region. She has also been involved in setting up 2 custodial parkruns. When she is not volunteering on a Saturday and Sunday am, Mrs Bowes enjoys running the events.

EYFS donations

Thank you for the donations received this term for our Early Years areas – the children and staff are so grateful!

Please see an updated ‘wish list’ below and we thank you in advance for anything you are able to donate.

NEW EYFS poster March 23

Willow Class Home Learning 10.03.23

Here are some ideas for work you can do at home today.  I am sure lots of you will be getting out in the snow, making snowmen, snow angels, snowballs and sledging.  We would love to see snowy day activity photos on Tapestry.
Read Write inc –  
Reception:
If your child has a sound blending book, please practise reading the words – Fred Talk, say the word.
Handwriting – all children in Reception were given a green Set 1 book .  Your child can use this to practise writing out some of the letters, especially the ones in their name.  They can also use a notebook/paper or get a stick and write letters in the snow.
GROUP 1: (Mrs Walker)  – Practise the ‘sh’ sound           Fred Games

GREEN Group (Mrs Allen)  – Practise the sound ‘oy’              Hold a sentence (you will need a paper and pencil)

Year 1: Please check on Tapestry for the sounds your child should be practising

GREEN Group (Mrs Allen)  –      Hold a sentence (you will need a paper and pencil)

ORANGE Group (Mrs Haycocks) Hold a sentence (you will need a paper and pencil)

YELLOW Group (Mrs Law) – Hold a sentence (you will need a paper and pencil)

Read the Book Bag book in your child’s Reading Wallet.

Maths:
Reception – Counting back from 10

Topic

Famous Explorers – Neil Armstrong lesson

Yoga – Mike and Mutnik on the Moon

Story time books (we would have had a library session today) –
Whatever next

Toys in Space

Have a lovely day and weekend.

Mrs Bowes

Wintery Welly Wednesday session

The children were really excited to visit the Forest School area this afternoon.  Our first session of the New Year and there was snow!  The children enjoyed making snow sculptures, writing and drawing in the snow, using the magnifying glasses to examine the ice/snow in closer detail, baking snow cakes and looking at all the different tread prints/patterns their wellington boots made.