What has been happening in school? Have a read 😊

• Visit from TNS

  Tue 04 Mar 2025 R. Jones

  We had a visit from the charity team at TNS. Not only did they kindly bring us some free tickets for matches, but they also brought along Ozzy the lion and Ffraidy the dragon for us to meet. 

  

• Outdoor learning in the Spring sunshine ☀️

  Mon 03 Mar 2025 C Suckley

  Years 1 and 2 have been enjoying the lovely sunshine by spending as much time as we can outside. We’ve been sketching daffodils, climbing, completing our RE and Geography learning, playing with the LEGO and many more exciting things! We look forward to continuing with our outdoor learning and provision. 

  

• Live storytime with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

  Mon 03 Mar 2025 C Suckley

  Years 1 and 2 took part in a wonderful live storytime with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler today! Axel read the Smeds and the Smoos before sketching the characters for the children to see his excellent illustrations. Julia read Tiddler and Axel also sketched the characters from Tiddler too! The class will be having a go at sketching their own Julia Donaldson characters during the week. We are excited to take part in two more live sessions this week as part of our World Book Day Celebrations 🤩

  

• Moreton Hall Art Exhibition and Art Workshop

  Mon 03 Mar 2025 Mr Mc Arty

  A huge thankyou to Moreton Hall High School for inviting our Year 5 pupils to a superb Art Exhibition and undertaking two wonderful Art Workshops. Moreton Hall very kindly provided a fully funded event including transport which was incredible. Starting off with the opportunity to interact with a huge collection of art work, models and sculptures followed by laser cut 3d model designs and making and finally water colours and screen printing. 

  

• KS 1 Indoor Athletics

  Wed 26 Feb 2025 S.Palmer

  Today we hosted our annual KS1 Athletics event at Criftins, four local schools joined us for a morning of field and track events.  Our Year 5 pupils did an incredible job running their stations: timing, scoring, demonstrating and encouraging the competitors.

  

• Min Y Don Photo Link

  Tue 25 Feb 2025 Mr Y Don

  If you would like to find out more about our Year 6 residential experience to Min Y Don, please follow this link. It’s a wonderful timeline of photographs.

   

  https://www.criftins.shropshire.sch.uk/min-y-don-2025/

   

• Min Y Don Residential

  Tue 25 Feb 2025 Mr Y Don

  All aboard for Min Y Don

  Today we waved our Year 6 pupils off as they set off for a week of fun and outdoor activities at Min Y Don Christian Activity Centre. Situated near to the coast and Arthog Wales, this is a beautiful place where all activities are located on site within both a private and idyllic location. Follow this link to find out more - 

  https://minydon.com/

   

   

  

• Safer Internet Day 2025

  Tue 11 Feb 2025 R. Jones

  Today was Safer Internet Day. The focus was Too good to be true? The tech team led worship this morning and introduced the focus. The pupils discussed what a scam is and how to ensure that you are keeping yourself safe when you are online. Throughout the day the team spoke with each class individually and each class spent some time exploring the focus. 

  

• Year 3 and 4 Inter House Dodgeball

  Tue 11 Feb 2025 S.Palmer

  Today we have held our Year 3 and 4 Inter House Dodgeball competition, the teams have had a great afternoon competing against one another resulting in a win for Ireland, second was Wales, third was England and fourth went to Scotland.

  

• Active Travel Grant Scooters Purchased

  Fri 07 Feb 2025 Scoot

  A huge thank you to our hard working PTA who sourced and assembled our newly purchased Scooters. This grant is about linking healthy lifestyles and using both bicycles and scooters within school. As the weather improves we hope to encourage them to be used for travelling to and from school. PTA did a great job today, all the scooters needed unpacking and fixing together. Lots of fun for all !