Friday 6th February
Good evening,
We hope that this finds you well. We have had a busy week in school and have been working hard in all areas of the curriculum.
As a school, in assembly, they decided to ‘bring back’ the reading raffle this week. School has a range of prizes including books, bookmarks, pencils and useful stationery to use at home or school. They decided it would be drawn on a Friday. 5 tickets could be earned for 5 reads at home. There will be more prizes – one for each year group. We hope that this helps to inspire reading at home. Having a love of reading from a young age will help support education for life, so we hope this inspires this.
This week, we say goodbye and good luck to Mrs Graves who has been working as a TA in Merlin class for the last couple of years. She has helped many in Merlins with their learning. We wish her the very best as she begins her retirement.
Over the past few weeks we have been holding interviews for cover teachers. We are awaiting checks to come back before announcing who will be joining our team. For Eagles though, I will be teaching them for their core subjects (both years five and six) whilst Mrs Lewis is on maternity leave. This provides consistency in preparation for secondary school and in order to ensure that they have the pastoral support that they need at the moment. I will announce and introduce the children to the afternoon teacher once the position has been confirmed.
This week we would like to say well done to:
- Little Owls and Tawny Owls – Morven for helping her friend, Tobin for excellent manners and Billy for a brilliant attitude to learning.
- Kestrels – George, Boyd, Hunter and Floss for taking time to improve their brush strokes in art.
- Merlins – Ben and Toby for fantastic maths work this week and Rupert for amazing focus and concentration.
- Eagles – Finn for helping his peers with arithmetic, Toby for excellent writing using semi-colons and Rose for being a kind, supportive partner.
Well done to our handwriting heroes who are Tobin, Hunter, Tilly and Rose. Congratulations to our reading raffle winners: Arthur, Floss, Freddie, Emily, Alfred, Jess and Pippa. Thank you to our golden ticket winners who were nominated by school council: Joel, Florence, Harry and Neve. Golden tickets are awarded by the school council to children who display excellent table manners. Each child can then select a friend to accompany them on our special lunch table.
Please take time to book a parents’ evening appointment. We find it really valuable speaking with you.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Stekic family.
Take care.
Mrs L. Edgerton
Parents Evening
Parents Evening will be held on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th February.
Please book your appointments here:
Parents Evenings – Longnor CE Primary School
Lambing Bingo tickets
Bingo tickets for lambing bingo have been sent home in bookbags with children this week. Please look for a brown envelope if you are expecting tickets. Thank you.
Church Stretton Girls Athletics Tournament
On Wednesday the 4th, 9 girls from Eagles visited Church Stretton School for the South Shropshire Indoor athletics tournament. We went in to the competition assuming we wouldn’t do well. We were very wrong! There were 7 other schools competing so it was going to be a fierce competition! Here’s how we got on!
Speed Bounce
Speed bounce was one of the field activities, with Frankie and Alice were doing it along with many other schools. We each had thirty seconds and were allowed to have 2 attempts. Although it was tricky, everyone did amazing. Frankie got around forty five along with Alice achieving forty three! While doing speed bounce, you must have quick feet and keep persevering throughout. You have to land onto two feet otherwise it will be a no jump.
Chest pass
Another field activity was the chest pass. You have to throw a basketball as far as you can with a tape measure alongside. A sports ambassador would
observe where the ball bounced and record that as your score. Ava and Safiya took part in this, getting a high score and achieving well. Overall, everyone taking part did amazing!
Javelin
On javelin was Ava and Safiya. They had been practising hard for the last three days and were ready for anything. They had a few faulty throws, but they soon got the gist of things and started doing some really good throws. They were unsure about their scores but achieved everything they possibly could! Everyone was really impressed and proud of them.
Long Jump
Jess and Darcy participated in this specific activity and did amazing! Jess scored a 1 metre 50, Darcy got 1 metre 35! Both achieved well against very tough competition.
Vertical Jump
It was Pippa and Ella on vertical jump. They were so nervous because in the practices all the other contestants were jumping quite high. But they shouldn’t have worried because Pippa’s highest was 33cm and Ella’s highest was 39cm. They had the opportunity to jump twice to see if they could beat their first jump. They both did so well and everyone was very proud of them.
Sprint Races
Most of us took part in this: Ava, Ella, Frankie, Jess, Darcy and Alice. The people who got first place were: Ella, Frankie and Ava. Everyone else got second and all did astonishingly well. Every time you reached the end you had to bounce of a rebound board giving you a speed boost.
Relays
In the relays, it was so nerve – wracking. On the one-lap relay, our team was Wren, Jess, Ava and Pippa. They did extremely well and came 2nd! We all shouted and yelled our heads off cheering for them but that didn’t matter. We were very pleased and happy for them. On the two-lap relay our team was Ella, Frankie, Alice and Darcy. As we took our places, we felt nervy and anxious. We raced really well and comfortable won our heat!
The question is where did we place overall? The answer to that is, drumroll please…
FIRST PLACE!
We now go to the county finals in May at Shrewsbury Sports Village where we will represent South Shropshire area.
By Frankie Stephens and Ella Wilson
Lawley Leap 2026
Please save the date for the Lawley Leap 2026! Tickets will be available to buy on ParentPay from next week, get them with Early Bird discount for a limited time only. We had a fantastic turnout last year and look forward to making this year’s event even bigger and better!
School Nurse
Shropshire School Nursing Services will be offering in-person appointments at school with any parents who need support on Wednesday 25th March and Wednesday 3rd June. Topics you can discuss include behaviour, sleep, diet, toileting etc.
If you would like to book an appointment please speak to or email Lucy in the office. Thank you.
Head lice
Our ‘little friends’ are back! Please could you check your child’s hair as we have had a few cases in school. If your child has long hair it may be advisable to tie it back when at school.
The advice form the school nurse is to use conditioner and a special metal comb. Every 3rd day cover the head in conditioner and comb the hair paying particular attention to the crown, behind the ears and the nape of the neck. Rinse with fresh water. This should be repeated every 3rd day for 2 weeks then once a week.
Roadworks
We have been informed by National Highways that there will be temporary daytime traffic lights in Bayston Hill starting today for 3-4 weeks. Parents may wish to allow extra travel time to school.
Strep A Infections
Please see the attached letter regarding a recent Invasive Strep A infection in school.
Letter from UK Health
iGAS factsheet