Message from the Executive Headteacher
What a week! There has been fantastic learning in evidence with a noticeable literary theme across our schools. Creating a culture of reading for enjoyment is something that we are passionate about, and our children demonstrated their love of books in abundance this week. Dressing up for World Book Day was a lot of fun and there was clearly a lot of thought contributed to the ideas on show. Thanks to everyone for getting involved. We hope that this enabled you to have some interesting discussions about your favourite books at home. For us, in many ways, every day is World Book Day, and we are excited to use opportunities such as this week as an emblem of our love of books. To keep the momentum going, we encourage daily reading (to and with) children. Little and often is the best way! It’s been another week where we’ve been able to see our young athletes in action. Our Girls’ Football teams performed brilliantly on Wednesday at the Marches and then our Cross-Country teams were back again to enjoy running in the mud on Thursday. A very well done to all involved. All of the events of this week have been in keeping with our value of focus – Courage. Embracing new and challenging experiences is what we do! Have a great weekend. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher Morda This has been a fantastic sport, space and reading filled week at Morda ! The week started with Roses (Years 4 and 5) visiting the Marches School for a fab morning of Science, Food Tech and Art activities. The children travelled to the far reaches of the galaxy in the amazing planetarium; they took part in the ‘Tea Cake Challenge‘ and designed, made and ate a scrumptious desert and did some beautiful mixed media art. Everyone enjoyed the session and a taste of life at secondary school. Tuesday was International Mars Day. Classes joined live steamed lessons from UK Space Education Office and the European and UK Space Agency. Children listened to interviews with Tim Peak, found out about Astronaut training and the on-going Mars mission. On Wednesday, a team of our Year 5/6 girls took part in an interschool football; tournament. They played really well and were a credit to the school! Go Girls! Thursday was a fabulous, fun-filled World Book Day. Children and staff looked amazing, dressed as favourite book characters and were able to talk about the books they loved and why. Cruella Deville (aka Mrs Helen Jones!) organised a great assembly where everyone had a chance to show off their costumes. Check out our Facebook pages for some fantastic photos. In class, children joined the BBC World Book Day online lesson and some classes also joined Scholastic author book events. At the end of the day, there was a brilliant used book sale organised by Mrs Jones and some Year 6 children. Children went away with literally armfuls of books and we raised some funds for the Shamrocks class ‘STARBOOKS Reading Challenge’. On Thursday, we also said a fond farewell to the lovely Mrs Ellis our Office Manager. We said goodbye in our special Morda fashion with a song and the famous ‘Morda Arch’. We wish Mrs Ellis all the very best in her new post. We will miss her! Have a super weekend, especially all the mums. We hope your children spoil you! Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School
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Message from the Executive Headteacher
Another courageous week of learning in our schools! We’re all enjoying this shared value of ‘Courage’, which to us means we embrace new and challenging experiences. Discussions this week have been to encourage getting out of our comfort zones to do something new. Quite often, when we think of courageous acts, something physical comes to mind. Overcoming a fear of heights, for example. These acts clearly do take courage, but so do smaller acts that aren’t so clear and obvious. Having the courage to ask a new friend to play, or to admit that you are wrong, or to ask for help, are all things that we should value as part of an exploration of this value of focus. I hope that you’re able to find some time to discuss this at home this weekend. Elsewhere this week, I had the pleasure of joining Bluebells class, at Morda, on their visit to Xplore. Playing the role of bus driver, it was a pleasure to observe the conduct of our children and the excellent manners that they demonstrated. Being polite and having good manners are a focus for us in our schools this half term and it’s particularly noticeable that, when out in the community, our children consistently receive praise for their politeness and good manners. Well done everyone! Let’s keep up the good work! Next Thursday is World Book Day, with lots of reading-themed fun in our schools. We aim to make this manageable for parents and I’d like to remind that dressing up for the day is supposed to be fun, optional and inexpensive. Please don’t feel the need to go out and buy new costumes especially for the day. Enjoy the weekend. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher Morda Understanding money in the real world is an important skill to learn at a young age. This week a team from Xplore Wrexham came in to help our children learn more about money and the importance of budgeting and saving. All classes took part in fun, interactive sessions: playing games to help them to recognise money, learn how to save money and understand how a building society and bank accounts work. They also talked about earning money - maybe by doing some chores at home!! On Tuesday, Bluebells Class visited Xplore, the scientific discovery centre in Wrexham. They had a lovely time learning how things worked and having lots of hands-on experiences. The class took part in a space workshop and fired rockets to space, looked at the materials needed for spacesuits and life in space. All of the children were very well behaved and had a great time. Thank you to the parent helpers who accompanied the children. All the classes have a geography focus this half term and children have been doing lots of map work in their geography lessons. It has been great to see how knowledge of mapping develops through the school, from using simple drawn local maps and plans, to using globes and atlases, to finding information from political, physical, topographic and climate maps to using detailed aerial photographs and Ordinance Survey maps. The Shamrocks class have been learning about the mountains of the world. In their Mantle of the Expert lesson, they became a Mountain Rescue Team and rushed to help a climber who had become injured on the mountainside. Check out the class blog for the full, exciting, dramatic story! The Shamrocks pupils have also produced excellent information texts about mountains. Our school council presidents have been busy thinking of ways to improve playtimes. They have ordered new play equipment from money raised on our Sleep Week Pyjama Day. They also plan to organise a ‘Morda’s Got Talent’ competition in the summer term. Watch out for more information! Have a great weekend. Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School Message from the Executive Headteacher
In this first week of the half-term, as we enter the second half of the school year, we introduced our value of focus. For the next five weeks, in both schools, we will be exploring ‘Courage’ and what it means to us. At Pathway Primary Federation, ‘Courage’ means that ‘we embrace new and challenging experiences.’ Our challenge for this week has been linked to a timely reminder that being courageous does not mean that we are never afraid. F. D Roosevelt once said ‘courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something is more important than fear.’ I challenged the children to consider a time when they have overcome feelings of fear or nervousness to do something great. This week, we welcomed our School Improvement Adviser (SIA) from the Local Authority, Mr John Rowe, to both of our schools. I spent Tuesday morning (Morda) and Wednesday morning (Whittington) discussing our school development plans and sharing the wonderful work that is taking place in our schools. Mr Rowe was very impressed with what he saw and was especially complimentary about the conduct of our children when visiting lessons. The challenge and support that he provides is of great benefit to our schools. Elsewhere this week, a huge well done to our Year 6 Dodgeball team at Whittington who, after success in the local tournament, this week came 1st in the regional competition! I was very pleased to be able to meet with Liz Jermy (Foodbank Manager) on Friday to discuss our working relationship. I’m honoured to be a trustee at the Foodbank and appreciate the incredible work that they do in our community. They are very proactive and have even provided both of our schools with toothpaste and toothbrushes to give out to children! We’ll end the week with a flourish today, with #HotChocFriday and our end of week Celebration Worship. Deserved positive recognition for brilliant children. Enjoy the weekend. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher MORDA We have launched full steam ahead into the half term’s learning. This half term our humanities focus is geography. The Bluebells class are looking at the world from above. Their topic ‘Out of this World’ teaches the children to use aerial views and simple maps to look the school, Morda village, the UK and the world continents and Oceans. In their Mantle of the Expert drama, children travelled to the moon at looked at the earth from space. In the Daffodils Class, the children are studying the city of Liverpool UK City study Liverpool looking at the settlement and land use. They are particularly focusing on the environmental issues around Liverpool’s waterways and tourism. The class have also been helping to protect local natural habitats in their Mantle of the Expert Drama. The Roses class have become a team of Eco Tourism planners. Their challenge is to plan an eco-friendly tour of Europe, visiting many of the beautiful natural environments, bustling cities and important landmarks on the way- but trying to make sure that tourists do this in a way that doesn’t damage the environment. Meanwhile, the Shamrocks class have begun to study how mountains are formed and look at mountains ranges around the world, exploring mountain biomes and the impact of humans on these areas. Several of the classes have enjoyed special Mantle of the Expert (MoE) sessions with Luke Abbott (international MoE trainer) this week. He has been very impressed by the children’s thoughtful dramatic learning. Our assembly core value this term is ‘Courage’ and we have all begun to think about what courage means to us at Morda. We decided that courage was not the absence of fear, but doing or trying something that is a bit scary because it is an important thing to do or learn. We decided that at Morda ‘We embrace new challenging experiences’. With this in mind, some of year 5 and 6 went for their first swimming lesson on Thursday. Everyone enjoyed their first swimming lesson everyone tried very hard regardless of their previous experience and any worries they may have had about the session. I’m sure they will make fantastic progress under the careful guidance of Mrs Jermaine-Jones, our expert swimming coach! Wishing you a very happy weekend Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School Message from the Executive Headteacher
We’ve reached the end of a very focused half-term of learning in our schools. In each school, we have used our values to centre our learning and to explore complex themes together. I’m excited that next half-term we will be considering our mutual value of ‘Courage’. Look out for lots of courageous learning and the embracing of challenging opportunities! Children’s Mental Health Week has been prominent in both schools with our brilliant teams taking the lead. Mrs Vaughan and others have been promoting the value of good sleep and giving the children strategies for building resilience and managing their emotions. And the children have been able to wear pyjamas to school! It’s been wonderful to be a part of it and I’m very proud that our schools place the well-being of our children at the heart of what we do. On Thursday this week I attended the final Indoor Athletics competition at the Marches and again cheered on our teams. Morda and Whittington put in brilliant performances and their conduct and sporting attitudes were exemplary. Well done to Mrs Edwards, Mr Wright and the children. We have ended the half-term with a day of Positive Noticing. Our focus has been ‘Be Smart’ and we’ve been giving out special stickers to children modelling exemplary conduct, presentation and uniform. We are coming back to another short half-term but you can be assured it will be action-packed in the run up to Easter! Wishing you all a great weekend and an enjoyable half-term break. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher This Week at Morda This week has been full of drama and performances! On Monday the Roses class were treated to a seeing the Marches production of ‘Shrek the Musical’ The children loved the performance – and they certainly didn’t want to sleep through any part of this fab production. It was great to spot ex–Morda pupils performing so well in the musical. Back at school children were encouraged to keep a daily log of their sleep patterns in their sleep diary. All classes watched age-appropriate educational videos about the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. We learned that electronic screens in bedrooms, drinking caffeinated drinks and going to bed worried can all make for disturbed nights. We practised some mindfulness techniques to help us feel relaxed and ready for bed. We talked about good bedtime routines and how to best prepare for a restful sleep. A number of children helped Mrs Vaughan to create our very own Worry Monster – a friendly monster who will ‘eat’ the worries we post in his mouth. A worry shared is a worry halved! On Tuesday, the Shamrocks took part in a fantastic Tudor drama led by dramatic inquiry expert Tim Taylor. Classes also took part in the BBC Safer Internet Lesson and learned how to keep safe online by playing games on the www.thinkuknow.co.uk website. Mrs Vaughan, our Well Being lead and Learning Mentor, taught all the classes how to do some relaxing back massage and storytelling with her ‘Back stories’ session. Our worry monster collected children’s worry notes at lunch time and in the afternoon pupils enjoyed experiencing some relaxing herbal scents. The Shamrocks even made some herbal teas! After school Mrs Butler led a lovely afterschool bedtime story event. We had super feedback from parents and children. Twenty children from Years 2, 3 ,4 and 5 volunteered to take part in a live Dramatic Learning demonstration lesson with Tim Taylor. Around thirty teachers from other local schools watched the children take part in a fantastic drama lesson about an adventure on a mysterious craggy island. The children were fantastic, and the visiting teachers were very complementary about their amazing imaginations and the super work on display. On Thursday, the Roses, Bluebells and Daffodils classes had exciting drama sessions with Tim Taylor. The Roses tackled some online bullying, the Bluebells class voyaged the moon and the Daffodils class discovered a previously unheard recording of the Beatles! Our year 6 pupil ‘Worship Group’ led a super thoughtful Sleep Week assembly, dramatizing the story of Jesus calming the storm. In PE sessions children learned some relaxing yoga moves. By Friday, we were also so relaxed and sleepy we came in our PJs! Parents enjoyed a coffee, cake and helpful chat about improving children’s mental wellbeing and encouraging good sleep routines. Despite the casual dress, the children kept up the great learning and being ‘smart’ in the way they moved around school and got on with their work. Staff children moving smartly around school – and awarded children with stickers as part of a second ‘Positive Noticing Day’ In the afternoon, every child planted a spring bulb which they will take home and hopefully watch grow! After such a busy, but enjoyable end to the half term we are more than ready for a well-deserved rest! Have a lovely restful half term. Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School Message from the Executive Headteacher
As we move into February, and the end of this first half term of the year, I’m delighted with the amount of progress in learning that is being made in our schools. Curriculum topics are developing a depth of learning and it’s wonderful to hear children recalling previous knowledge and building upon it. An example of this was Roses class (Morda) and their wonderful recall of knowledge about local Roman landmarks. This week has seen the second ‘Be Smart’ week of the half term, this time at Whittington. This has been a really useful opportunity to reset expectation about school uniform after some drift over time. I would hope that parents, in both schools, would agree that we get the balance right with uniform. We want children to take pride in their appearance and being part of a team and we also want parents to feel supported with a practical and positive approach. That said, feedback about how we can improve is always welcome. It was a pleasure to attend the second round of the Indoor Athletics competition at Marches this week. Morda and Whittington children competing side by side is a thing of beauty! The children performed brilliantly and we look forward to next week’s final. Next week is national Children’s Mental Health Week. There are lots of exciting activities taking place in our schools with a focus upon sleep hygiene. We will look forward to promoting the importance of good routines and habits and getting in some early nights! Have a great weekend. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher Morda The weeks are rushing by. It is hard to believe that we only have one week to left to half term! There has been a ‘Space’ theme in the Bluebells and Roses this week. The Bluebells have been travelling to the moon and finding out about the first moon landing and exploring moon rock (check out their class blog pages). Roses class are becoming ‘star gazers’ and finding out all about the Hubble Telescope. They have been learning about the rotation of the earth and how we have night and day. The children have had fun exploring this phenomenon using torches and a globe. Roses artists have been busy creating Roman style mosaics of sea creatures. The Daffodils had a lovely Forest School bird watching session and are learning to identify the birds that frequent our school. They are taking part in the RSPB's Big School's Garden Birdwatch (check out some great photos on the Daffodils blog). The Shamrocks class have been researching Tudor Shrewsbury in preparation for their forthcoming trip to this historic town. On Thursday, the presidents of the school council presented their fundraising ideas to the whole school. They intend to raise money for more playtime equipment by holding a cake stall and having a sporty non-uniform day next half term (details to follow). There were lots of great suggestions for playtime equipment from the whole school. The school council have set up a suggestion box in the school hall for children to put their ideas about how to improve the school. We are very much looking forward to ‘Sleep/Mental Health Week’ next week and we have lots of restful, mindful activities planned. Please see the ‘Sleep Week’ information for more details. Wishing you a lovely weekend Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School Message from the Executive Headteacher
We’ve had another great week in our schools. We started the week by reminding ourselves of our core Christian Values and the children were challenged to use a value of focus to direct them in their efforts this week. Children who made a special effort and went ‘Above and Beyond’ in their learning were rewarded throughout the week and in our Friday Celebration Worships. Our ‘Be Smart’ focus has gathered pace with children taking pride in their appearance and presentation and making a special effort to move around the school sites with care and consideration. After a very successful week raising the profile of looking smart at Morda, it’s Whittington’s turn next week! Our Local Governing committees, one for Whittington and one for Morda, have met in the last two weeks to discuss Special Educational Needs provision. We are so proud of our inclusive schools and the great work that takes place to support children with additional needs. We’ve navigated some windy weather this week and are hoping it settles for weekend. Many thanks for your continued support. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher The week at Morda It has been another packed week! As part of our focus on the value of ‘Fairness’, we have been thinking about ‘Treating others as you would like to be treated yourself’. We thought about what this might mean in practise and how we could by following this golden rule in our actions make other people’s lives happier. We also learned the story bible story of the ‘Talents’ and about the festival of Candlemass in our worship. We thought about how we can use out talents for the benefit of others and how we can let our inner light shine. The Morda Local Governing Body Committee met on Wednesday to discuss how we support children with specific needs in school. Mrs Kavanagh our SENDCO presented a report to governors which showed the great work all staff are doing to ensure all our children get the help they need to achieve their best. There has been some great cross curricular writing going on this week, with the Shamrocks writing diaries in role as King Henry IV in hiding in Shrewsbury on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth; the Roses exploring letters written by Roman Wall soldiers from a rainy Hadrian’s wall around 2000 years ago, and the Daffodils writing in role as the ’Fab Four’ at the height of the Beatles fame. On Friday Year 5 and 6 are taking part in a careers and computing session led by RAF STEM Ambassador Andy Cooksley. They will be finding out about the most up-to-date military computer technology. Wishing you a lovely weekend Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School Message from the Executive Headteacher
The first full week of term has been an especially productive one. Learning has been focused as children get into exciting new curriculum themes for this term. All parents should be able to access newsletters and/or Knowledge Organisers giving details of what children will be learning during the spring term. This term, we have begun to align our approaches to Collective Worship. In each school, a values-focused worship will begin the week on a Monday. In this worship children will be issued with a challenge to focus their thoughts on our school values. At the end of the week, on a Friday, schools will end the day on a high with our Celebration Worship, at which, children who have gone ‘Above and Beyond’ in their learning and have given particular consideration to our values and the challenges of the week, will be recognised with special rewards. This is all in keeping with our relational approach to behaviour management. We want to reward fantastic behaviour when we see it and to ensure that children who work hard, behave well and do their best in school are given the positive recognition that they deserve. Pozzy Notes, certificates, awards from staff, #HotChocFriday and more are all part of this way of working. In each school this term, we are making a special effort to ‘Be Smart’ in our appearance and actions. ’Be Smart’ Week at Morda has seen children looking great in uniform and children at Whittington have been giving thought to how they move around the building and school site safely and with consideration for others. We are never going to be the kinds of school who insist on silent corridors or a particular colour of hair-bobble, but we do have very high standards for our children in the things that matter! Have a great weekend. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher Morda This week has been ‘Be Smart Week’ and after the dressing up and festive jumpers of the holiday period, it has been fantastic to see our children looking super smart in their Morda uniforms. Children have been collecting raffle tickets every time they have come to school in the correct uniform and tomorrow we will announce the winning children and the winning class. There will be prizes for both! Of course we want this smartness to continue – so there will be ‘spot prizes’ and Pozzy notes over the coming term for children who are looking smart and ready for their learning. All this term, we will be focusing on being ready for our learning by moving smartly around school. We will be noticing children who more around school in a smart sensible way and show they are ready for their learning. Our theme for collective worship this week is one of our values: ‘Fairness’. Children have been challenged to think about fairness not necessarily being everyone getting the same, but everyone getting what they need to succeed. We have been looking at stories Jesus told that illustrate fairness. All the classes have been launching into their new topics: Journey to the Moon in the Bluebells; The Swinging Sixties in the Daffodils; The Roman Invasion of Britain in the Roses and Tudor Shrewsbury in the Shamrocks. Check out the website for more information. You can download your child’s class Knowledge Organisers from the website, these contain all the main learning of the term and can be used as revision aids. The Daffodils had a fun and informative Fire Safety session with a visitor from the Fire Service. They learned how to stay safe and what to do in the unlikely event that a fire did happen. Our computing teaching is going well at school: Year 6 are designing websites; Roses are learning to edit photos; Daffodils are learning to create branching data bases and Bluebells are grouping data. The children are becoming computing wizzes! Wishing you a lovely weekend. Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School Welcome Back!
Message from the Executive Headteacher Welcome back to a new year at Pathway Primary Federation! We hope you had a joyful and restful Christmas break filled with laughter, love, and memorable moments. It is with great enthusiasm that we have welcomed back all our children and families in this first, and very short, week of term. As we open the doors to 2024, the excitement in the air is palpable. I would like to once again take this opportunity to express our gratitude to children, parents and teachers for the outstanding efforts of the autumn term. The dedication and quality have set the tone for an exceptional school year, and we all continue to be impressed by the commitment to learning and growth that has been demonstrated. As we look ahead, we anticipate a continuation and elevation of this academic journey. The enthusiasm and energy brought back from the holidays are sure to contribute to a vibrant and positive atmosphere within our school community. Our dedicated teachers and staff are eager to continue providing an enriching and supportive learning environment for every child. This was in evidence during our shared PD Day on Wednesday, where teachers enjoyed an opportunity to explore the use of dramatic inquiry in the classroom. This is well-embedded at Morda and Whittington are enjoying getting to know the approach better. We have exciting plans and activities lined up for the rest of the term, including special events, curriculum projects and opportunities for personal and academic development. We encourage both children and parents to make the most of these experiences. Let's work together to make the remainder of the school year even more remarkable and filled with achievements. Thank you for your continued support, and here's to a successful term ahead! Welcome back, and let the adventure continue! Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher Message from the Executive Headteacher
December is here and it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! We’ve held back the festive tide for as long as we could but no more! The opening of advent calendars today was accompanied by a Panto visit for the children of Whittington. Next week, the children of Morda will enjoy the performance, so no spoilers here. There will be plenty more festive fun to enjoy in the coming weeks. My message to the children this week has been one of festive generosity. As we all got excited for our various advent calendars, we considered that now is the time to give thought to what we can do for others. Whilst we look forward to receiving gifts, there is a unique pleasure to giving and I challenged the children to think about thoughtful gifts and gestures that they can give to others that do not require lots of money to be spent. I hope that this has led to some thoughtful conversations at home. As a Federation, this week we have been very fortunate to continue our collaboration with Adrenaline Sports, with Alan inviting us to attend a speaking event with Dave Edwards (former Premier League and international footballer) and this weekend’s Santa Run. These are terrific opportunities for our children and we look forward to continuing to support these events in the future. Have a great weekend. Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher Message from Morda It has been another vibrant (if a little chilly) week at Morda! The Shamrocks class enjoyed researching some interesting destinations in India for their tourist information brochures. In science they have been creating circuits and investigating the effect of different components in the circuit. In the Roses class children have been reading and writing river poems. The children have produced some really beautiful descriptive poems and have learned a River poem by heart, which they performed in school with mush enthusiasm. Daffodils class has been rescuing a whale in their mantle drama and retelling their adventures as a fantastic story. Jane Webber (Youth Church Worker) came in to present ‘Christmas in a Box’, bringing to life the Christmas story for the children. The Bluebells have been searching for signs of winter- and they have found quite a lot this week ! The children have particularly enjoyed finding ways to free some trapped ( plastic) animals frozen in the ice in forest school ! All around school, there are signs of the festive season appearing. It has been lovely to hear the Daffodils and Roses practising Christmas carols in preparation for their visits to Hope House and the Orthopaedic Hospital Christmas Bazar next week. The whole school are busy rehearsing for our Christmas service and we are very excited to be going to the Theatre Severn panto next week …’Oh yes we are !’ Have a lovely weekend and keep warm! Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School Message from the Executive Headteacher
Our last week of term before hitting the month of December! We’re doing a wonderful in our schools of keeping learning focused as the festive season approaches. There is no doubt that things begin to get more Christmassy from next week! In each school, there will be plenty of Christmas events to enjoy so please do take some time to consider the dates shared by each school so that everything is in your diary. This week has featured more Federation activity than others this term as we instigated school visits for staff and a shared Professional Development Meeting for teachers. Two members of Whittington staff visited Morda this week to get a taste of ‘The Morda Way’ and were glowing in their feedback about the school. They commented on the welcoming atmosphere, the conduct of the children and the ‘above and beyond’ efforts of the staff. We will look forward to arranging more visits for staff to visit our schools. During Wednesday’s Professional Development Meeting, subject leaders met to discuss action plans for this year and ideas for working together. The discussion was rich and purposeful and gives me cause for optimism about improved opportunities for our children. Teachers then met their age-group counterparts (e.g. Conker class (Whittington) and Shamrocks (Morda)) to compare standards in books and to discuss way of working together. Feedback from staff was very positive. What a brilliant team we have! Enjoy the weekend, and bring on the Advent calendars next week! Mr Carl Rogers Executive Headteacher Message from the Head of School This week Shamrocks Class completed the Lions club of Great Britain 'Roar' competition. This is a programme for Primary Schools designed to give a platform to young people be innovators and entrepreneurs. The challenge was to think big and positively and design products which could change the world. Year 6 worked in teams to design, produce and market innovative products to improve our lives. The children thought up and designed some amazing prototype products. They worked collaboratively and their ‘Dragons Den’ style pitches were fantastic! This programme was generously funded by the Oswestry Lions Club. The winning Morda entry, by AJ Jones, Kia James and Mike Jones has gone forward into the national competition. We held another successful Parent Open morning this week. Prospective pupils and their parents enjoyed looking around the school and seeing great work. Morda and Whittington staff had a productive shared staff meeting on Wednesday evening where subject leaders had the opportunity to exchange ideas and work together. Art club (which meets on a Tuesday after school) have produced a beautiful exhibition of collage art inspired by sacred depictions of the baby Jesus and Mother Mary. The art is displayed in the Steam Room. As the season of advent begins next week, we are all looking forward to the Christmas celebrations at school. We have already begun learning Christmas carols and working towards our Christmas nativity service which will be held at St Oswald's Church on the 13th of December. This is always a wonderful event and we look forward to welcoming parents to the festive service. Mrs Helen Chapman Head of School |
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