Weekly News 10.02.23
Hi everyone,
Thank you to everyone who continues to support FOBS’ fundraising efforts through their weekly sweet sales. Following the success of previous events, they are having a hotdog sale after school on Friday 17th February – the day we break up for the half-term holiday.
Special menus coming up
Thursday 16th February – Pancakes with lemon and sugar / strawberry sauce / toffee sauce
Thursday 2nd March World Book Day Menu 2023
Letters out this week
5000km sponsorship form
My bottle lid design submission form
Information for parents
Reminder of First News article on the Turkey-Syria earthquake
I hope you all have a good weekend x
It’s a Girl!
We are delighted to inform you of the safe arrival of baby Florence, born on Thursday 9th February weighing 7lb 5oz. We are sure you will join us in congratulating Mr and Mrs Erasmus!
Free workshop: Working on your relationship
An exciting new 4 week workshop will start in March. This workshop looks at relationships, their dynamics, impacts and how we can improve them. For more details please see the attached poster below.
Working on your relationship
Parenting Team, Shropshire Council
News from Severn Loop
Dear Caregivers,
This was intended to be a ‘New Year’ message, but I’ve been very slow off the mark! It was lovely to see so many of you at our Christmas services over the festive period. As always, information about our regular services can be found on our website (www.severnloopparishes.org.uk), and everyone is always welcome. In addition to that, there are a few other opportunities we would like to mention:
· Forest Church– this happens roughly every half term, and the next one will be on 26th February, 3pm-4.30pm at Huffley Farm, Albrighton (coming from Shrewsbury, turn left opposite the Albright Hussey). Forest Church is a chance to experience the local environment, be nourished by nature, enjoy fellowship and a brief worship service and, usually.. to eat something! Because it is the start of Lent, we are hoping to make pancakes. All welcome.
· Confirmation- We are delighted that Bishop Sarah (Bishop of Shrewsbury) is coming on 5th November, 4pm for a service of Confirmation. In Church traditions like ours where it’s common to baptise people as babies, confirmation is an opportunity for people to affirm the Christian faith for themselves. We are inviting anyone in Years 5 & 6 who are interested to join the preparation class, which will be run as an after-school club in the summer term. If you already know that your child would like to pursue this (or indeed any older children or adults!), then do email me at revhannahlins@gmail.com. In order to be confirmed, people must first be baptised- if your child hasn’t yet been baptised but would like to consider confirmation, then we can organise for them to be baptised before the November date- this bit can be as low-key as they like!
With thanks and blessings,
Hannah (Priest-in-Charge, Severn Loop Parishes)
World Book Day – Thursday 2nd March 2023
We will be celebrating World Book Day in school and nursery, with lots of book-related activities. Watch the clip below to learn about the £1 books on offer this year.
World Book Day 2023
Half term activities at RAF Cosford
Date: 18-26 February
Time: 10.00am-4.00pm
Cost: Free STEM activities
Science Show £5.00, Family (2 adults, 3 children) £17.50
Smartphone Photography Workshop £10.00
Discover the exciting world of STEM at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands this February half term. Families are invited to take part in a week full of STEM activities, workshops and science shows, nestled amongst the inspiring aircraft displays.
Challenge your science skills, put your tech talents to the test, enhance your engineering abilities and add some magic to your mathematics. From 18-26 February, STEM Week offers families an exciting range of activities, helping children learn fundamental STEM concepts through play-based learning.
Get ready for lift off as you launch a rocket across the hangar and see how high and far will it go! Put your driving skills to the test by programming a Sphero robot and guide it through a maze. Or help save a biscuit from doom in the cargo drop activity, where you’ll need to create a parachute to safely drop the biscuit from a height. These free drop-in activities will be rotated throughout the half term break, visit rafmuseum.org/midlands to see what’s on each day.
Take your knowledge to the next level in the brilliantly mind boggling Science Show. This interactive time traveling extravaganza takes the audience through the volatile history of Chemistry. Expect plenty of audience participation and spectacular chemistry demonstrations in a journey through important concepts from the world of chemistry. Suitable for children aged 7 and over, this exciting and explosive interactive science show will change the way you see Chemistry forever. The show will take place on three days throughout half term, and will be delivered by the STEM Response Team from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) at the University of Wolverhampton. Tickets to the show are available to book online and cost £5.00, or £17.50 for a family (2 adults, 3 children).
The team from Raytheon will be encouraging families to take part in the Mini Quadcopter Challenge. Working in small teams you must work together to conceptualise and modify your Quadcopter based on a particular environmental challenge, this could be tracking polar bears in the arctic, or monitoring ocean plastic. You’ll have to plan your route and navigate obstacles as you fly your quadcopter in a mission.
The GE Aerospace team will be onsite Monday to Friday with their flight simulator and wind tunnel, perfect for visitors who feel the need for speed! Participate in their interactive problem-solving activities, including; In The Flight Direction where you must solve the software bugs and restore the power connection in order to fly the plane in the right direction. The Cockpit Captain activity is perfect for future pilots, in this coding challenge you’ll have to complete several tasks, including correctly coding the auto pilot to help the aircraft take off.
If your teenager is obsessed with capturing the perfect picture for social media, the smartphone photography workshop running on both Saturdays in February half term will help maximise their photography skills. In this hour long workshop, you will learn some basic photography theory, tips and tricks from the expert, before heading out into the hangars to practise your new skills. Delivered by Chappers Photography, this workshop is suitable for those aged 12 and over. Tickets cost £10.00 and are available to book online.