Friday 19th June 2026

Friday 19th June 2026

Good evening,

It has been another really busy week in school, with all year groups working hard and making fabulous progress. I feel very privileged at the moment to be teaching Eagles and especially proud of the writing that they are creating based on the famous Shakespeare play of Macbeth. This week we have scrutinized the evidence from a crime scene and trialled the main characters in Longnor’s court of law! It has been great fun – here are some examples of work that our year sixes have created:

We would like to celebrate the following achievers this week:

• Little owls and tawny owls – Albie for showing great confidence in sharing news. Evie for her careful owl art.
• Kestrels – Frankie and Owen for being fantastic responsible role models on the school trip. Althea for being a kind and caring friend.
• Merlins – Esther, Sean, Betsy and Charlie D for great focus and independent work on their information text.
• Eagles – Bran, Rose, Richard and Darcy for incredible progress in their writing this week.

Well done to our handwriting heroes: Evangeline, Arthur.  Congratulations to our reading raffle winners this week: Ralph, Dom, Rebecca, Florence, Hettie and Alice.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs L. Edgerton

ParentPay

As we approach the end of the year, we ask that parents kindly check ParentPay for any outstanding payments. We also have a few trips and events coming up for which we need consents and contributions.

Thank you.

Own Clothes Day – Friday 26th June

To help support our upcoming Summer Fete, we will be holding an Own Clothes Day on Friday 26th June.

Instead of the usual monetary donation, we kindly ask children to bring along one of the following items:

• A Jolly Jam Jar for our popular jam jar stall (filled with small trinkets, sweets etc)
• A bottle for the Barrow of Booze
• A prize donation for the winners of the Home Section Competition

We would be very grateful for any contributions, which will help make our Summer Fete a fantastic event for everyone.

Thank you for your continued support.

Teddy Tombola Donations

If you have any unwanted cuddly toys in good condition, we would be very grateful to receive them for the Teddy Tombola at this year’s Summer Fete.

Please place your donations in a carrier bag and drop them off at reception.

Thank you for your support – your donations are greatly appreciated!

Longnor School Summer Fete – Home Section 2026

All children have brought home a letter in their bookbags this week with details of the Home Section competitions for this year’s Summer Fete & Lawley Leap. 

Entries should be brought to the School Hall by 9am on the morning of the Lawley Leap.

(If you are not taking part in the Leap, please bring entries between 8.15 and 9am)

Entry is £1 per category.

Little Owls & Tawny Owls (Preschool & Reception)

1. Decorate a Digestive biscuit
2. Colouring Competition
3. Make a Medal

Kestrels (Years 1-2)

1. Vegetable Animal
2. Decorate a Rock Waymarker
3. Biscuit Medals

Merlins (Years 3-4)

1. Cupcakes – South Shropshire Hills
2. 3D Local Scene
3. Lego Structure of the Lawley Leap and/or South Shropshire Hills

Eagles (Years 5-6)

1. Shropshire Way Survival Kit
2. Lawley Leap Celebration Cake
3. Shropshire Peaks Limerick

Grown Ups Section

1. Prettiest Posy
2. Foraged or Home-grown Bake
3. Tallest thistle

Dates

Personal items in school

Please think carefully about allowing your child to bring any special items into school (such as watches or toys) due to the risk of loss or breakage. We cannot guarantee the safety of anything brought into school and would hate for any child to lose or damage something precious.

Thank you for your understanding.

Free School Meals update

Please see the letter from Shropshire council about changes to free school meal eligibility:

FSM Update for Families v2

Bladder and Bowel workshop