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Monday 9th March, 2020

Cake Sale – ‘Cakes for Koalas and Kangaroos’

Class 2 will be holding a cake sale, this week, on Thursday 12th March to raise money for koalas and kangaroos that have been affected by the terrible Australian wildfires. We will be sending the money to ‘Koala Aid’ and ‘Wild2Free Kangaroo Sanctuary’.
We would be very grateful if you could help us by bringing in cupcakes or buns for us to sell, on Wednesday or Thursday morning. We will be holding the cake sale on Thursday afternoon.
Thank you so much for your help!

Friday 6th March, 2020

Viking projects

Some children from Class 4 have chosen to do some Viking-related projects at home. Have a look at Joseph’s longhouse and Samuel’s longship: 

Friday 6th March, 2020

Coronavirus (Covid-19) Official Guidelines

Helpline details:

Phone: 0800 046 8687

Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk

Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)

The importance of hygiene

Personal hygiene is the most important way we can tackle COVID-19. Please help us in sharing simple and effective hand hygiene messages.

Public Health England has a dedicated webpage with a range of posters and digital materials at:

Campaign Resources

Sign up is quick, free and means you will be alerted as more resources are made available.

Friday 6th March, 2020

Well Done Certificates – Friday 6th March 2020

Class 1 – Zac R / Millie D

Class 2 – Logan R / William H

Class 3 – Ben W / Charlie W

Class 4 – Girls Football Team / Joseph M

Thursday 5th March, 2020

Class 4 – World Book Day – Exploding books

Class 4 have been making exploding books to celebrate World Book Day. The theme for their books was “things which make you happy” or “An Exploding book of Happiness”.

Tuesday 3rd March, 2020

School Games: Year 3 and 4 football.

Well done to all who took part in the football yesterday. They performed fantastically,  worked well as a team and supported other team mates throughout the tournament, because of this they came fourth.

Monday 2nd March, 2020

Bridgnorth Boxing CLub

We had a visit from Sean Powell, who runs Bridgnorth Boxing Club.  He talked to all the children about his club and then gave a short boxing demo. He is going to hold a free taster session for KS2 children in a few weeks and then be providing an After-School Club in the summer term for children in Class 3 and 4.  Watch out for letters from Mrs Moreton, our Extended Schools Co-Ordinator!

If children are interested the Bridgnorth Boxing Club runs sessions for children from 5-11 years old on Friday evenings in Bridgnorth.

Sunday 1st March, 2020

World Book Day – Thursday 5th March

World Book Day

Don’t forget to bring your fruit and vegetable characters to school on Thursday

We are looking forward to seeing your creations!

Friday 28th February, 2020

Buddy Reading with Pre-School

Buddy reading between Class 1 and Pre-School again today! So lovely to see the sharing stories and helping to strengthen transitions.

Friday 28th February, 2020

Well Done Certificates – Friday 28th February 2020

Class 1 – Poppy D / Jake C / Ella H

Class 2 – Isabelle J / Ari C

Class 3 – Jake J / Arthur B

Class 4 – Anna B / Samuel H

Thursday 27th February, 2020

Brown Clee Buddies

Our Brown Clee Buddies heralded over to Ditton Priors Care Home again today to enjoy sharing stories and chats. Anna and Gladys really enjoyed sharing the story ‘Owl Babies’.

Thursday 27th February, 2020

Year 1 Spelling Shed League

We have set up all Year 1 children on a Spelling Shed League.  Everytime they play the game set up called YEAR 1 AND YEAR 2 KS1 FULL LIST they will win points.  All children start as Eggs, and as they earn more points they progress up through Larva, Drone, Worker Bee, Soldier Bee and eventually achieve Royal Bee!  Each time they move up a level they will earn a house point and receive a certificate to celebrate the achievement!

   

 

 

 

 

Please help encourage your child to access Spelling Shed at home – just 5 minutes a day will make a big difference!

 

Wednesday 26th February, 2020

Weather Watch: Wed 26th February

There is the potential for snow overnight, so we advise listening to Radio Shropshire in the morning just in case there is a decision to delay the start of the school day or close the school.  This is a decision that is never taken lightly, but we do have to consider the safety of everyone trying to get to school, particularly considering the geographical location of Ditton Priors and the local area.

Wednesday 26th February, 2020

School Games: Success in Tag Rugby.

Well done to all who took part in the tag rugby yesterday. Despite the freezing conditions and playing games in the snow. They kept their heads and spirit high and as a result qualified for the final, proceeding  to win the tournament.

 

Wednesday 12th February, 2020

Class 4’s Longhouses

In D.T., Class 4 have been making longhouses following a typical Viking design. We started by first making inner support structures – which we then joined together and added external support structures. Most groups are now at the stage where they will be adding wall panels and eventually a thatched roof.

Wednesday 12th February, 2020

Thunk of the Week!

We have introduced ‘Thunks’ to the school to help develop deeper thinking and analysis skills.  Click here to find out more.

To promote ‘THUNKs’ we have a ‘Thunk of the Week’ which is shared on a giantblackboard, which will sit outside Reception.  Parents and children are welcome to contribute with their own thoughts.  These are the Thunk rules:-

  1. There are no wrong or right answers.
  2. You have to provide an explanation.
  3. We respond respectfully.

We will share our thoughts at the end of each week and there will be a new one each Monday. Happy Thunking!

Tuesday 11th February, 2020

World Book Day

For World Book Day this year we are focusing on the story ‘The Huge Bag of Worries’ as a whole school.

Reading and sharing stories and books is an important part of life at Brown Clee School. With this in mind we have decided not to dress up this year.

During the day we have an author coming to talk to Key Stage One, we will be taking part in activities inspired by our chosen book and we will be sharing the fruit and vegetable characters the children have made at home.

Tuesday 11th February, 2020

Inter-house Netball

Well done to class 3 who took part in their inter-house competition playing netball, in the freezing cold! The final score was  Falcon 0-1 Hawks and Falcons 1-0 Hawks.

Friday 7th February, 2020

New age curling in class 2


Class 2 had fun trying a new sport this afternoon, there was lots of concentration and target practice.

Friday 7th February, 2020

Well Done Certificates – Friday 7th February 2020

Class 1 – George B/ Teddy Y

Class 2 – Jacob M / Rosie M

Class 3 – Arthur B / Archie Y / Ben W

Class 4 – Chloe C / Samuel H

Thursday 6th February, 2020

World Book Day – Thursday 5th March

World Book Day

This year for World Book Day we shall be focusing on one book as a whole school. 

We have chosen:

The Huge Bag of Worries By Virginia Ironside

We will share the story together as a school and throughout the day each class will take part in activities inspired by the story. 

 

We are also inviting the children to bring in a fruit or vegetable fictional character that they have made. 

It could be a parsnip Harry Potter, an apple Mrs Twit or a banana Podkin One Ear! 

We look forward to seeing your creations! 

 

Thursday 6th February, 2020

Ex Pupils Visit – Sporting Achievement

We had a visit from Jess and Niamh, who are both in Year 8 at Bridgnorth Endowed School, who came to talk to Class 3 and 4 about sporting opportunities available at Bridgnorth Endowed School (curriculum and extra-curricular) but also about their achievements in local sporting clubs.

Niamh is a Shropshire County netball player, amongst other sporting achievements, and is looking forwards to a netball team trip to Italy in the near future, and Jess was scouted for Bridgnorth Girls’ Football team.  We are very proud of their achievements and hopefully they will have inspired some of our pupils to have a go at some different sports out of school, and show them what they can achieve if they put their minds and best efforts to play.  Thanks you Jess and Niamh for coming back and sharing your successes with us!

Thursday 6th February, 2020

Care Home Visit

Our Brown Clee Buddies enjoyed another visit to Ditton Priors Care Home to read to the residents and enjoy sharing a chat and a smile.  The residents really look forwards to our visits – Roland and Joan are always waiting for us looking out of the window!

Thursday 6th February, 2020

Thought for today!

Today we have started to share this book with the children…all about a Boy who met a Mole, then a Fox and a Horse. We are using the beautiful pages as thought provoking discussions.

 

 

 

 

Today’s thought was the first page…