Weekly News 17.02.23
Hi everyone,
It has been an emotional day today saying good bye to Miss Moran. We held a special assembly this morning where each class presented her with the most amazing hand-made cards, ranging from a ship of scary pirates to self-portraits of our pupils including some interesting mug shots of staff! We wish Miss Moran the very best for the future.
Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal
Thank you for everyone’s donations on our JustGiving fundraising page and the cash donations for the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal. At the time of writing this, the total stands at £342 which is an amazing effort! Well done everyone.
Letters sent home this week
February 2023 update
I hope you all have a lovely half-term holiday and I look forward to hearing everyone’s news when we return to school on Monday 27th.
Mrs Johnson x
What’s on at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre – February half term
February Half Term Activity – Star Wars Jedi Academy
Monday 20th – Friday 24th February 1pm – 2.30pm
Flicks in the Sticks – DC League of Super-Pets
Wednesday 22nd February
In “DC League of Super-Pets,” Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag shelter pack—Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle, and Chip the squirrel—to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the Super Heroes.
Free themed crafts from 4pm. Hot dogs, pizza and popcorn available to purchase in the cafe from 4pm.
After School Clubs – Spring Term 2nd Half
Clubs letter Spring 2 2023
Shropshire Star Cash For Schools is Back!
Help our school win a share of £12,000 by supporting us in the Shropshire Star Cash for Schools competition.
All you have to do is collect as many tokens as possible which will appear every day in the Shropshire Star newspaper from Wednesday, March 1 to Saturday, March 25, 2023. You can pick up a copy at your local newsagent or supermarket. The five schools with the most tokens collected per pupil, will walk away with a cash prize. The first placed school with the most tokens collected per pupil will scoop a whooping £5,000, followed by £3,000 for second, £2,000 for third and then two £1,000 awards, which will be presented to the fourth and fifth place schools.
Forest Church 26th February
Dear Friends,
We’ve had a bit of a winter break, but we’re now only two weeks away from our first Forest Church of 2023. We hope you can join us!
We’ll be meeting on Sunday, 26th February, 3pm at Huffley Farm. There is plenty of parking, and dogs on leads are welcome. There’s lots to see on the farm, and it might well be muddy, so please dress accordingly!
We are hoping to make pancakes to mark Lent, and there are hot drink facilities, so we can also provide you with a warming cup of tea/ coffee/ hot chocolate. There’s no need to bring a picnic this time round.
The plan for the afternoon is as follows:
3pm- welcome, opening prayer and introduction to the site
3.15pm-3.50pm- exploring! There are some very expressive sheep and cows, so we may have a drawing competition…or even do a bit of clay modelling…
3.50pm- a brief worship service to mark the beginning of Lent
4pm- Pancakes!
Directions
At the Ellesmere Road Roundabout, take the A528 towards Wem/ Ellesmere. After a mile or less, you’ll enter Broad Oak, and when you come to the Albright Hussey on the right, take the road directly opposite- on the left. Follow the lane down (watch out for difficult to see speed bumps) and you come to a point (not very far) where the lane divides – fork LEFT there. You go under a pylon, and carry on towards the farm. The postcode is SY4 3AE.
In the meantime, have a lovely final week of school and then half term!
See you soon,
Blessings,
Hannah x
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.