Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Happy Easter

  Fri 12 Apr 2019

  As we head towards our Easter break, we want to thank all of our Short Woodies for their hard work this term.  We are really grateful for the support families have given to school too.

   

  As a result of all this endeavour we have had some fabulous events this week celebrating the achievements. 

   

  Pupils from Year 2 took part in 'The Big Sing' at Oakengates Theatre on Wednesday evening, they sang in a choir with children from other schools to a sold out audience.  We are really pleased to be part of The Schools Arts Trust who organised the event and are looking forward to our Year 5 pupils having a similar opportunity after the holiday.

   

  Year 5 have also been celebrating VE Day as part of their 'In the shadow of the Wrekin' topic.  Their evacuation experience to Attingham really supported their ability to empathise with how children at that time may have been feeling.  Next term they come right up to date to explore the community in which they live today and discover the stories of how different families have arrived in Wellington.

   

  Years 3 and 4 have been exhibiting their work this week at their Art Gallery events.  The pupils were delighted to host family and friends to show off their talents, from sketching and painting to drama, dance and music.  The pride shown was a pleasure to witness, the children really enjoyed their sense of success - this is a feeling that we want our pupils to take with them through life. 

   

  Today has seen the culmination of the Key Stage 1 topic Rags and Riches with their banquet celebration.  The children loved their visit Chirk Castle earlier in the term and have been excited about celebrating today.

   

  Our Early Years pupils have been welcoming the latest arrivals on site at Short Wood.  We have Coot chicks on the lake - video of the Coots can be seen by clicking on the link in the article below.  We are so lucky to have an amazing site with such valuable learning opportunities.

   

  Congratulations to our Year 5/6 Football B team, they beat Hollinswood Primary this week 8-3.  Coach was especially impressed by the team work displayed and the way in which they represented Short Wood. 

   

  Below are our final Golden Leaf winners for this term - as always it is a pleasure to celebrate and share their achievements.  We would like to wish Miss Watkiss the very best of luck today as she is leaving to have her baby, we look forwarding to seeing pictures very soon, Mrs Kennedy will be taking over in Class 12 for next term.

   

  Finally we would like to wish you a happy Easter break, we will see some of our pupils during the second week of the holidays for planned booster sessions, we will look forward to welcoming everybody else back in school on Monday 29th April.

  

• The latest Short Woodies....

  Wed 10 Apr 2019
  Click HERE to meet our latest Short Woodies

• Four seasons in a week!

  Thu 04 Apr 2019

  What a week of weather we have had! From a quite balmy start to a far chillier end to the week.

   

  The Year 3/4's Thursday afternoon visit  to Sunnycroft fell victim to the weather and was cancelled.  We will try and rearrange this part of the visit.  The morning group did battle with the elements to use the grounds of our local National Trust property to practise their photography and sketching skills.  Short Woodies will be working alongside the volunteers at Sunnycroft to support their efforts in raising funds to refurbish their glasshouse. The glasshouse is one of the only examples of its kind in the UK and volunteers are working to bring it back to life.

   

  Year 5 pupils were evacuated to another local National Trust property this week - Attingham Park.  They travelled back in time to experience how it would have felt to be a child evacuated to our area during World War 2.  The children have displayed their knowledge and understanding, fully engaged in the activities and have really made the most of the experiences. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the cost, whilst we do subsidise the cost of trips,  without the contributions we would be unable to run these visits.

   

  Our Year 5/6 Football team have shown how their team approach pays off, they won the semi finals last week and have earned their place in the finals which will be at The Bucks Head early in May.

   

  We have had a great deal of feedback about the traffic situation outside of the school and there have been near misses reported.  We are working with the local police team and the highways department at the council to try and improve the situation. New signs have been put in place to direct people to the right entrances. We do ask that everyone works together to maintain the safety of our site - driving slowly and considerately is crucial.  It is busy at dropping off and collection times, please allow plenty of time and be patient with each other.  Parking should only be in designated bays Walking to school, especially as the weather improves, really eases the problem as clearly there are fewer vehicles.

   

  We have also had assemblies about road safety, discussing the 'Green Cross Code'.  Please reinforce these messages to your children, we have added links on the Parents menu on this site on the 'Useful Links' page.  We have also included information about car seats on that page too, by law children must use the correct type of car seat until they reach 12 years old or are 135cm tall.

   

  We have welcomed back some old Short Woodies on work experience form Charlton School this week, along with a couple of other students.  They have worked alongside our staff to get a feel for what working in a school is like.  We love to hear how our old pupils are doing and about their aspirations and dreams.

   

  Next week is the last week before half term.  Year 2 will be taking part in The Big SIng at Oakengates Theatre, an evening performance organised the The Schools Arts Trust.  We are very excited to be part of this event, if your child is taking part and you would like to attend the show tickets are available form the box office at Oakengates Theatre. A big thank you to staff who have volunteered their evening to support the children at this event.

   

  As always the Golden Leaf winners are pictured below, we are really proud of them and just as importantly they are proud of themselves.  Have a great weekend