3 days ago
Posted on 17th Apr 2025 by Mr Harley

FOBCS Easter Egg Photo Challenge

On the last of term, the whole school took part in a photo search challenge. 30 different images of animals were hidden around the school grounds.

Children were put into mixed groups of 5s and given an initial starting number and had to find which animal was located there. Once they’d found it, they wrote it and down, had it checked and were given another. The challenge was to find 10 animals in the allocated time to win an Easter egg.

All the teams worked fantastically well together – and it was a wonderful way for us to all round off a brilliant Spring term .

Congratulations to Lexi – who correctly guessed the name of the Easter bunny: “Piglet”.

A big thank you to FOBCS for donating all of the Easter eggs and the Easter Hamper.

4 days ago
Posted on 15th Apr 2025 by Mr Harley

Summer 1 Clubs – Live on ParentPay

Following Mrs. Godfrey’s information on next term’s clubs, we can now confirm that these are now all live on ParentPay: https://app.parentpay.com/

2 weeks ago
Posted on 08th Apr 2025 by Mr Harley

Isabelle’s Fundraising

Isabelle, in Grasshoppers, is raising money for Hope House & Ty Gobaith.

Isabelle is taking part in the Bridgnorth Walk as part of her fundraising.

If you would like to help Isabelle towards her fundraising, please see her JustGiving page (or use the QR code above) here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/isabelle-pugh-1?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=WA.

2 weeks ago
Posted on 08th Apr 2025 by Mr Harley

FOBCS – Easter Fundraising

We have had around 70 “guess-the-name” entries for FOBCS’s Easter Hamper.

We are opening this up for children to choose an additional name (if they have already chosen one). Please send your child in with £1 if you wish for them to have a guess. They can then take this to Mrs. Lloyd at break or lunch.

A reminder that it is £1 for an entry – and the winning ticket will be drawn at Friday’s celebration assembly (09:00-09:30), which (as always) everyone is invited to join.

2 weeks ago
Posted on 06th Apr 2025 by Mr Harley

Uniform Update

Following the feedback from our proposed tweaks to the uniform (https://browncleeschool.org.uk/potential-uniform-options/), a number of parents have requested that we look for an alternative uniform supplier (i.e. away from Lads and Lasses) – due to a number of different issues parents have been having when purchasing uniform.

Taking this into consideration, we are holding fire on any of the proposed changes whilst we explore our options with this. However, no final decision has be made regarding what will happen. In the meantime, Lads and Lasses will continue as our uniform supplier – and we will update you on any changes to this as they happen.

2 weeks ago
Posted on 03rd Apr 2025 by Mr Harley

KS1 Cross Country Competition

Next Tuesday, we have a KS1 Cross Country Competition after school at Oldbury Wells.

Those that have asked for letters in school have been given one. However, all pupils in KS1 are able to join. The letter can be found here (KS1 Cross Country 2025).

Myself and the Bronze ambassadors will be at the event to help organise children ahead of their races.

2 weeks ago
Posted on 03rd Apr 2025 by Mr Harley

Catering and Cleaning update

Just to let you know that the catering and cleaning teams at school are now under direct employment of the school – which will hopefully have number of benefits for use as a school.

We are continuing the existing menus until the end of term. After Easter, we have our new menus. These will be live on ParentPay at the end of this week. These menus will adapt and evolve as we try to see what works well. We are also planning on some other future developments – including more choice/options. Our School Council have already been exploring this withing school, and a questionnaire will be sent out to parents/carers next term.

3 weeks ago
Posted on 28th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

Job Vacancies – Lunchtime Supervisors

We are looking to appoint some lunchtime supervisors.

Please see the job advert below if you (or anyone else) are/is interested:
Lunchtime Supervisor(s) 2025.

Please see our current vacancies page for an application form.

3 weeks ago
Posted on 28th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

Easter Service – 7th April

Our Easter Service will be hosted at St. John’s the Baptist Church, Ditton Priors – led by Reverend Joe – on Monday 7th April at 14:00.

All members of the school commnity are invited to join us in this event.

3 weeks ago
Posted on 27th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

No Celebration Assembly Tomorrow – 28.03.25

Unfortunately, there will be no celebration assembly tomorrow morning (28th March)

Dragonflies are having an Indian Dance Workshop in the morning – and, therefore, the hall will be in use for this from 09:00.

1 month ago
Posted on 19th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

Staying Safe Online – Weekly Post – 19.03.25

Here is this week’s Staying Safe Online post: Roblox.

This week’s post also comes with a podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ThQxfXIPA8Gmn2NzkVrjO?si=PVF_Wa8BS-KnP8wgL8YM9w

Here are the previous posts:

1 month ago
Posted on 14th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

CCTV Installation

Due to an increase in rural crime and also the new neighbouring housing developments (which will increase the number of entry points to the school site), we have made the decision to install CCTV cameras so that we can monitor the site when not occupied.

1 month ago
Posted on 13th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

World Book Day – 2025

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed this year’s World Book Day.

Children spent time in mixed-up classes – and completed various different reading-based activities throughout the day.

1 month ago
Posted on 12th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

Comic Relief – Friday 21st March 2025

We are looking to raise some money for Comic Relief. For this, the children can come into school in their own clothes (with something red). We are requesting donations for this event as it will be raising money for Comic Relief; however, the amount is entirely up to you.

As part of the day, children can also bring in their own joke – written on piece of paper with their name on. The joke doesn’t have to be an original one. Teachers will be picking their top 20 jokes – which will be shared in assembly and the top joke (by volume of laughter it generates) winning a prize! This year, we would like to invite any parents, carers, grandparents etc. to join us for this assembly at 2:30pm. This will be replacing our usually celebration assembly for the week.

In addition to our own fundraising, we are also helping the BBC Radio Shropshire Breakfast show with their own fundraising event – which involves pushing a 5ft nose over Shropshire’s three largest hills (Stiperstones, Titterstone Clee and Brown Clee). Before they start the last leg (Brown Clee), they will be visiting the school and beginning their push from the school playground, where the children will cheer them on. This will be taking place the day before (on Thursday 20th March).

1 month ago
Posted on 06th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

Staff Changes Next Year

Just a (very early) update on some changes that will take place with our staff ahead of next academic year.

Mrs. Parker, who currently teaches Scorpions, is expecting her second child. She is hoping to continue working at Brown Clee up until the end of the academic year (i.e. July), but this will be close to her due date.

Mrs. Brescianini, who currently teaches in Grasshoppers on Fridays, is going to be spending some more time working for her family business – so will be also leaving us at the end of this academic year (i.e. July).

This will mean there may be some changes to class structures. We will keep you updated on this as it progresses, and we have more specific information on plans and appointments.

2 months ago
Posted on 04th Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

Slight Change of Time – World Book Day Parents/Carers

Following the post regarding WBD, there is a very small time change to when parents/carers/grandparents etc. can join to listen to their child read in school.

This will now be at 2:45pm – and not 2:30pm.

2 months ago
Posted on 03rd Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

Break/Lunch Time Changes

We are exploring in school how we can improve the overall experience of play at break and lunch.

This initially started as merging KS1 and KS2 together for break and some investment into specific activities (e.g. table tennis table and large-scale Connect 4) as well as providing a Y6-led activity at morning break for KS1 and a competitive activity during lunch for KS2.

This year, we are looking at how we can further enhance this experience. Following the heads of school council visiting a school (that have begun implementing a more ambitious approach to play), we are currently investigating some changes. One of this has been the addition of music to a section of the playground. Our sports leaders have also begun getting some of the scooters/go karts out so that KS1 pupils can play with these at breaktime.

This week, we are going to try out another idea from the school council – which is to lengthen break time (from 15 minutes to 30 minutes) and shorten lunch break (from 60 minutes to 45 minutes). This will mean that the children will still get the same amount of “break” but spread differently. KS1 will still get their usual afternoon break.

We will be soon exploring way in which we can improve the school grounds/space to enable a broader range of activities at break and lunch (potentially including nature area, quiet reading area, construction area, creative area – along with other ideas). If anyone has any particular skill sets / resources that could help us with any of these, it would be massively appreciated.

FOBCS will soon be planning a playground tidy up. Again, any volunteers for this would be really appreciated.

2 months ago
Posted on 02nd Mar 2025 by Mr Harley

Co-opted Governor Position

We have a couple of co-opted Governing positions available at school.

A co-opted governor is any person who, in the opinion of the governing body, have skills that could contribute towards the effective governance of the school.

This person does not have to be parent/carer (but can be).

If you know anybody that would be interested in joining the governing body – and could bring a particular skill set – if you/they could get in contact with the school (admin@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk), it would be greatly appreciated.

Further info on school governance can be found here: https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/school-governors/volunteer-as-a-governor/

2 months ago
Posted on 19th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

World Book Day – 6th March

World Book Day, this year is on Thursday 6th March. Children are encouraged to come to school dress as character from their favourite (or any) book/story – and also bring along the book (if the have it); however, we appreciate that not all children will enjoy “dressing up”. If so, they can come in their own clothes. As this is not a charitable fundraising event, no donation are being requested.

During the day, the whole school will be mixed up into different groups and take part in a range of different reading/book-themed activities throughout the day. From 2:30pm, all parents, carers, grandparents etc. are invited to come to school to listen to their child(ren) and any others.

2 months ago
Posted on 19th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

Staying Safe Online – Weekly Post – 19.02.25

This week’s online safety post is a link to a recording (that can be watched at any time) to the online safety webinar previously mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5NDhvVkG4&t=65s

The above webinar references Ofcom’s Media Report – a summary of which can be found here:

The report itself can be found here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/media-habits-children/children-and-parents-media-use-and-attitudes-report-2024/

Here are the previous posts:

2 months ago
Posted on 14th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

After-school Clubs

Our after-school clubs are all now live on Parent Pay (https://www.parentpay.com/).

Monday:
Board Games – Miss Greenan – ALL
Cookery – Carla and Laura – Scorpions

Tuesday:
Sound Fusion – Mrs. Heath – KS2 (Dragonflies, Bees and Scorpions)
Nature Club – Mrs. Godfrey – KS2 (Dragonflies, Bees and Scorpions)

Wednesday:
Lego – Miss Greenan – ALL
Badminton – Mrs. Robinson – KS2 (Dragonflies, Bees and Scorpions)

Thursday:
Netball – Mr. Harley – KS2 (Dragonflies, Bees and Scorpions)
Creative Arts – Kath (Creation Station) – ALL

Friday:
Super Sports – Mr. Ward (ActivSports) – ALL

If paying via tax-free childcare, please contact Mrs. Godfrey (careclub@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk).

2 months ago
Posted on 13th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

Staying Safe Online – Weekly Post – 13.02.25

Here is this week’s staying-safe-online post

Here are previous posts:

2 months ago
Posted on 11th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

Children on Brown Clee

Here is a video on what some of our children’s interviews from last term. This was shared on Facebook last term, but we have recently realised that this wasn’t shared via the website.

2 months ago
Posted on 10th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

Potential Uniform Options

At this point, any proposals are only under consideration – and nothing has been confirmed. Whatever is decided, ALL current uniform options CAN be continued to be used alongside any new options (for as long as is needed).

As you may have been aware, our uniform supplier (Lads and Lasses) has been having some issues with the printing on our 1/4 zip top – and have proposed changing this top to another option to prevent this moving forwards.

Current top:

Proposed top (logo would be present):

This top does seem to be of better quality but will unfortunately be slightly more expensive. Since the introduction of a hoodie option, this top has been the (significantly) less popular option .

Alongside this, we have had requests from a few parents for some particular additional options and some minor issues that we could resolved or improvements that can be implemented at the same time.

The first is to change our current t-shirt (green w/ white logo/lettering) to green w/ black print. We have found that black print remains clearer and less likely to crack for much longer than white.
The second is to add a full-zip hoodie (black with green logo/lettering) alongside the current options. Some children prefer this type of top. This type of top can also easily be purchased as an unbranded option for those that may need to.
The third is to change our current hoodie (black with green logo/lettering) to green w/ black print (please not the sample top below has the wrong logo colouring). This could be a change or an addition.

Although the additional options should allow much more choice and flexibility for parents/carers, we are having to consider how increasing the range of option may cause stocking issues for Lads and Lasses (as more options mean more stock having to be in place for them – especially as a small school).

As mentioned, all existing uniform options will be useable for however long you wish.

A reminder that FOBCS do have a second-hand uniform “shop”. If anyone does wish to “purchase” any second-hand uniform for a small donation, please get in touch (admin@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk). Equally, if anyone does have any uniform they wish to donate to the FOBCS uniform stock, please send this into school.

If you wish to provide some feedback on the potential increase in options, please fill in the following form: https://forms.office.com/e/h80x8JGf2B

2 months ago
Posted on 07th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

After-school Clubs – Potential Price Reduction

Given the successful uptake with our increased provision with before-and-after-school care club and after-school clubs, we are looking into whether we can reduce the price of our before-and-after school clubs. Some clubs (such as cookery and creative arts – due to their cost to run) will have to remain the same.

We are looking at reducing care club to £1.25 per 15mins and most after-school clubs to £4.50. This will be provisional for next half-term. At the end of which, we will review whether it will be viable longer term.

2 months ago
Posted on 07th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

Equal Access Trophy – Girls’ Football

As part of the school’s involvement with England Football’s girls’ football partnership, we have recently been awarded a trophy for our efforts for equal access to football for girls and boys.

2 months ago
Posted on 06th Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

Staying Safe Online – Weekly Post – 06.02.25

Here is this week’s Staying Safe Online Post:

Here are previous posts:

3 months ago
Posted on 03rd Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

Important dates for after half term

Known Dates

Thursday 6th March –
– World Book Day
(we will be doing a similar thing to last year but details will be shared closer to the time)

Friday 21st March –
– Comic Relief
(we will be doing a similar thing to last year but details will be shared closer to the time)

Tuesday 1st April –
– First day catering will officially be manage by ourselves

Monday 7th April –
– Easter Service (14:00)

Friday 11th April –
– Last day of term & mid-year reports out (excluding Reception)

Unknown Dates (but will be during next half term – dates shared soon)

Parent/carer feedback sessions for parents/carers of Reception pupils

3 months ago
Posted on 02nd Feb 2025 by Mr Harley

Gymnastics Mats – Available

We have a small number of gymnastics mats that have recently failed our annual sports equipment inspection.

Whilst not practical for use in school, these mats are still in reasonably okay condition – some minor tears to the surfaces, edges or corners – and, rather than these be disposed of, they could potentially be useable at home.

If anyone would like a (6ft x 4ft) gymnastic mat, please get in touch (admin@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk) to arrange collection. All we would ask for would be a small donation to FOBCS.

3 months ago
Posted on 30th Jan 2025 by Mr Harley

I.T. Recycling Project

We have created a partnership with Shropshire IT Recycling (a recycling project service) that collect and recycle a wide range of IT-related hardware – including…

This service will not only ensure data is securely removed from devices and provide an eco-friendly way to dispose of electronics; depending on the usability of the hardware sent in, school/FOBCS will receive a payment from Shropshire IT Recycling for each item sent in.

If you would like to send in any electronic devices to be recycled, please email admin@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk, and we can send a bag home with your child. You can then place electronic devices within this and return back to school.

If you have items larger than will fit in the bag, please let us know, and we can see whether it is something we can work with.

For information on how to prepare your device for recycling, please see below: How Do I Prepare My Mobile Phone or Tablet device for Recycling v 3

Fireflies Class

Grasshoppers Class

Dragonflies Class

Bees Class

Scorpions Class

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