Updates

Tuesday 7th October, 2025

Spread The Word – Reception 2026 Open Afternoon

⭐️Reception 2026 Open Day!⭐️
Are you looking for a school for your little one in September 2026? Well look no further! We would like to invite you to an Open Afternoon on FRIDAY 10th OCTOBER 1.30pm – 3.00pm. Come and take a look at what our school has to offer you and your family.
🌳Explore our amazing outdoor spaces
😀Meet our friendly staff
💫Let us show you what makes us special

 

Thursday 2nd October, 2025

Online Safety.

October’s online safety newsletter has arrived! It has some very interesting advice about children using WhatsApp, managing online spending and keeping safe on Youtube. There is also some very useful information specifically aimed children with ADHD and advice about screen time. I have included a link to this below for easy access!

Online Safety Newsletter Oct 2025

ADHD and screen time.

 

Thursday 25th September, 2025

Nasal Flu Immunisation – Wednesday 15th October

Please find below the link to the letter regarding the Nasal Flu Immunisation for Reception to Year 6. Letters will also be coming home and the deadline to complete online is Wednesday 8th October.

Stoke on Tern Flu 2025 2026 School letter

 

 

Friday 19th September, 2025

Scholastic Book Fair – Friday 26th September – Wednesday 1st October

 

Our annual book fair will be held in the school from Friday 26th September to Wednesday 1st October. It will be open each morning from 8.40-9.00am and 3.15-3.30pm. Each book sold raises money for the school to purchase more books for our library.

Payments can me made by cash, cheque or on Schoolmoney.

If you are unable to attend but would like your child/ren to purchase a book please let me know with a limit and we can make sure they get a chance to visit the bookfair in school time.

 

 

 

Saturday 30th August, 2025

Autumn Term

We’re very much looking forward to welcoming all of our pupils back to school on Wednesday, as we begin a new academic year full of possibilities.

To help ease to the transition and strengthen our home-school partnerships, we warmly invite parents and carers to drop in for an informal chat with class teachers on Tuesday 2nd September (between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.). This is an opportunity to ask questions, share any thoughts ahead of the term or to just drop in and say hello!

Thursday 17th July, 2025

Thank-you For Attending Our EXHIBITION!

It was lovely to spend time with you all this morning. I hope you enjoyed talking to the children about their interests—there was certainly a lot of variety! They all did exceptionally well and I think they gained a lot from sharing their knowledge with adults.

Thank you also for your ‘exit ticket’ feedback. We read them out in class before lunch; the children were really pleased with all the comments—some were quite amusing!

Your child’s end-of-year report will be sent home today. Apologies for the delay, which was due to Ofsted taking up a week of our time! (The Ofsted report will be published in the autumn term. We’re only allowed to say, “We are pleased with the outcome.” I’ll just leave that there!)

If you’d like to discuss your child’s report, I’ll be available tomorrow. I’ll also be in school on Monday between approximately 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., so feel free to contact me then. Alternatively, for Year 5 pupils, I’d be happy to meet with you early in September.

I am going to have a little quiet time now, before the roller disco later!

Some photos of some of our exhibits and exhibitors. from our ‘expedition’ today 🙂 !

(Did you guess which baby was who correctly?)

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 17th July, 2025

Summer Holiday Activities

Activsports will be running a Multisports and Activities Holiday Club at Market Drayton Junior School during the first four weeks of the summer holidays. 
The days and times are as follows:
Week 1 – Monday 21st – Thursday 24th July – Extension until 3:15pm available*
Week 2 – Monday 28th – Thursday 31st July – Extension until 3:15pm available*
Week 3 – Monday 4th – Thursday 7th August – Extension until 3:15pm available*
Week 4 – Monday 11th – Thursday 14th August

Ages: Reception – year 6. NO nursery. Reception can only stay for a maximum of 4 hours.

Times and Cost: 8:30am – 12:30pm – £12.00. Extend day until 3:15pm – additional £8.00. *In order to cover the additional costs in staffing and venue hire, a minimum of 12 bookings will be required for the extension until 3:15pm to go ahead. We will continuously monitor the responses and will confirm by the end of this month if any of the afternoon sessions cannot go ahead.
PAID PLACES Booking Form – https://forms.office.com/r/ikRxbWhAY0
Monday 14th July, 2025

Reading Challenge Update!

Dear Parents,

I’m thrilled to share that Fonetti phoned yesterday with exciting news—22 pupils have already signed up for the National Read-Aloud Challenge and many are actively reading. One enthusiastic reader has already clocked up around four hours of reading time, which is fantastic!

At the end of the summer, Fonetti will be back in touch with an update on how everyone has got on. Alongside the app’s inbuilt rewards, the school will present prizes to the top readers in each class.

Reading is a vital skill and it’s great fun too—it nurtures imagination, curiosity and growing minds! If your child hasn’t signed up yet, it’s not too late. The challenge continues throughout August and we’d love as many pupils as possible to take part.

Mrs. Evans

Read Aloud Challenge SIgn-up

Saturday 12th July, 2025

Big Camp 2025

We had a wonderful time at our annual ‘Big Camp’. The children began by setting up the tents with a little help from the Royal Irish Regiment.

They cooled off with some lollies and then REALLY cooled off with a huge water fight.

Pizza followed…..

S

Followed by some ‘ghost hunting’ and spooky storytelling……

It was then time for bed although this proved wishful thinking. Lots of chattering, giggling, ant drama, more giggling, a LOT of teachers ‘shushing’ followed by a very early start….

 

Breakfast cooked by Chef Roberts and Loftus…

Team building exercises led by Royal Irish….

A really amazing event with lots of memories created.

Early to bed tonight and we will see the children fresh-faced on Monday.

Mrs Brotherhood