More visitors in Hawkstone and Little Wenlock!

We have had even more people who help us visiting us today. We had Karen Roberts who is a life guard and swimming teacher in to talk about water safety and we had Carl Ruscoe who is a fire fighter in to talk to us about fire safety. He set the children some homework to make sure their parents check their smoke alarm works. We have been very lucky to have so many different professions into our class and have learnt so much!

A visit from Midlands Air Ambulance

The children enjoyed a visit from Midlands Air Ambulance yesterday. They learnt all about the very important job they do and were very excited to sit in the Helipod, which was once used as a real air ambulance. Thank you to everybody that sent in donations for this fantastic charity.

P.E kits

Can we just remind everyone that P.E kits need to be left in school all week. We will send them home next week for a wash. Please can you check they have the children’s names in them. If you have any items missing please let us know and we will do our best to locate them! Thank you.

A musical afternoon

The Foundation Stage had a visit from Oliver’s mum and her colleague from Music Land. The children enjoyed playing different instruments and learning about how they are played.

Parents 4 Schools Online Payment Guide for Parents

We have a new online payment system through Shropshire Council for parents to make payments from their bank cards or by PayPal directly to us.

Payments can be made for school dinners, visits, fundraising events, wraparound care………virtually anything we ask for payments for!

Every family should receive letters today with instructions on how to use the system (instructions also attached to this page) along with each child’s unique payment reference.

We hope parents find this a valuable system. However if you have any queries or problems using the system please contact a member of the office staff or use the ‘contact us’ tab on the council pages or the council telephone number for additional help out of normal school hours.Parent 4 Schools (P4S) Parent User Guide

Snowy printing

The children enjoyed using different shapes to print their snowy pictures.

This week we are looking at length in maths and learning how to write in a sentence in literacy. Extra merits will be given to children who bring some writing they have done at home into school.

A Date for your Diary!

World Book Day is on its way!

World Book Day will be celebrated nationally on Thursday 7th March. We will be holding a series of book related events for pupils to share our love of reading. On Friday 8th March, children (and staff) can come into school dressed as a book character.

Here’s a link to the World Book Day website, which has some great ideas for easy to put together costumes:

Costume gallery

Costume ideas

Pictures from last year’s excellent World Book Day parade:

A visit from Mrs Perry

We were really pleased to have Mrs Perry come and talk to us about her job in the hospital. She showed us how she helps the new parents to bath, dress and feed the babies. The children asked lots of questions and were eager to help.

 

A visit from PC Alan Ambrose

 

Hawkstone and Nursery enjoyed a visit from a Police man today. He told us all about his job and showed us the Police car. We loved listening to the siren and watching the flashing lights. We asked him lots of questions and many of the children told him they want to be Police officers when they grow up. The children are really enjoying learning about people who help us and are looking forward to their next visitor.

A good start to the new term

All the children in Hawkstone class have enjoyed the first week back at school. They have worked hard and enjoyed some free time to play this afternoon. New reading books have been given out today so please hear your child read over the weekend. It is so important to ensure good progress.