2 weeks ago
Posted on 18th Jan 2026 by Mrs L Conde

Rhino Spring 1 Newsletter, Curriculum overview and homework letter.

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2 weeks ago
Posted on 18th Jan 2026 by Mrs L Conde

We are ready for the new term ahead!

Rhino class have all settled back into school life. They have loved being with their friends and have worked hard to get back into the routines of daily life in Rhino class. The first week saw a bit of snowy disruption! The second full week back has been a positive and busy one.

Here’s a snapshot:

We have started exploring our new text in English lessons. ‘Firebird’ by Saviour Pirotta has engaged us all and has us wondering what will happen to the Firebird, the Princes, the King and the Kingdom. We have worked hard to identify verbs and tenses within the text so far. We have studied different extracts, found a variety of verbs and have found synonyms and antonyms to build up a large bank of vocabulary. We have spent time working on our grammatical knowledge. Studying the simple past tense, progressive past tense and the perfect past tense has been a challenge. We have also been writing multi-clause sentences and finding out how using the subjunctive mood can affect our writing.

We have been enjoying our journey into multiplication and division. Year 5 children are getting to grips with using a range of written methods and Year 4 children have been investigating multiplying and dividing by 1 and 0. We are pushing ourselves to complete challenges to make sure we are using our problem solving and reasoning skills too.

We have just started our new topic ‘Ancient Greece’ which we are all excited about! We spent time putting together and understanding a timeline of events within the Ancient Greek period. I think we are all looking forward to finding out about Greek Gods and Goddesses and monsters!

Mrs White has spent time teaching us how to write on a stave to compose our own music. Listening to our mini performances in class has been fun.

Mrs Beauchamp is looking forward to starting our new Science topic very soon. Our journey into Earth and Space will be very interesting!

As part of our computing curriculum, we have been using Scratch to discover block-based visual programming language. We had the task of creating a maze and moving a Sprite from the start to the end.

Many children have been involved in Young Voices and a Dodgeball event this week. Well done to those who took part – it has certainly been a busy week or two!

3 weeks ago
Posted on 14th Jan 2026 by Mr G Hughes

Y4 Dodgeball

Well done to the children in Year 4 who were chosen to represent the school in a dodgeball competition at Corbet School today. The two teams showed some great teamwork and spirit, finishing in 2nd and 9th places. Thank you to Mrs Harris for helping to transport and support the team at this event. Great effort everybody!

4 weeks ago
Posted on 08th Jan 2026 by Mrs M Hillidge

Our School’s Christian Values – Truthfulness

Dear Parents/Carers,

At Myddle, our Christian values guide and inspire us each day. This half term, we are focusing on the value of Truthfulness — being honest in our words and actions, acting with integrity, and building trust in our relationships with others.

Through our worship, lessons and daily interactions, we will encourage children to reflect on truthfulness by:

– Learning from the example of Jesus, who taught the importance of truth, honesty and living with integrity.
– Exploring why telling the truth matters, even when it is difficult, and how honesty helps build trust and strong relationships.
– Encouraging children to be truthful in their choices, take responsibility for their actions, and speak with kindness and respect.

We invite you to join us in exploring this value at home by talking about the importance of honesty and trust in everyday life. This could include discussing how it feels when people are truthful, how to make things right after a mistake, and how being honest helps us grow. Please see the link for ideas on how you can explore this value together as a family.

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2 months ago
Posted on 09th Dec 2025 by Mr G Hughes

KS2 Chess tournament

Well done to the KS2 pupils who represented the school in a chess tournament today at Prees. It was a great experience for them competing against pupils from other schools. Thank you to Mrs Emerton Maka for escorting the pupils to this event.

2 months ago
Posted on 04th Dec 2025 by Mrs L Conde

Starting to feel festive…

Rhinos are gearing up for a really festive and packed few weeks! Children are working hard to learn their lines for our Christmas performance and are enjoying learning many new songs.

The story of the Iron Man is progressing well. The children have been learning about the pattern of the story, language techniques, sentence types and vocabulary used and they are about to discover something astronomers have been keeping an eye on. Today, we gained an insight into the world of illustration by watching a video introducing Chris Mould. We all enjoyed following step by step instructions to create out own Iron Man character.

Our festive bags are being sewn together slowly, but surely! The children are developing their sewing skills beautifully. We will soon be working on the festive design to attach to the front of our bags.

In Maths, we are working through a multiplication and division unit. We are developing skills in being able to recall times tables, applying that knowledge to problems and using tools to help us when were are not quite sure about certain times tables. All children in class have been told how important it is to learn their times tables as this can affect how they progress through their class work. We have expanded our knowledge by getting to know factors, prime numbers, square numbers and cube numbers.

In Geography, we have been researching renewable and non-renewable energy around the world. Children were tasked to sort out different energy sources and create a poster to promote the use of as much renewable energy as possible.

We all had a wonderful time at the panto on Tuesday. The children were so well-behaved and certainly displayed their singing and dancing skills throughout the performance! A lovely start to December.

Thank you for your continued support.

2 months ago
Posted on 21st Nov 2025 by Mrs L Conde

Rhinos have been busy!

Rhino class have had a very busy few weeks. I think everyone is really enjoying our new class text ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. The children have loved listening to the story being read to them and discussing the exciting events so far. The illustrations in the book we are reading have really helped bring the story to life. The story doesn’t follow a traditional story mountain pattern – it’s more like a rollercoaster of events!

We have started learning about power across the UK. We spent time researching power stations and the different types of power stations and explored how electricity in generated and distributed across our country. We used the internet to find locations of power stations and used a key to plot these places on a map.

With the festive season just around the corner, we have been working on designs for a festive gift bag as part of our Design and Technology unit of work. We have looked at the purpose of a design brief and success criteria. We have listed and planned for the equipment and tools we will need to make our bags. The next step is to experiment with sewing!

Mrs White, our Music teacher, has teaching Rhinos on a Thursday morning. They have been working hard to perfect their timing when playing their toots and recorders. It is lovely to listen to their progress and see themworking hard to focus and play together in a large group.

3 months ago
Posted on 07th Nov 2025 by Mr G Hughes

KS2 Boys football

Well done to the 8 boys (Oliver, Oliver, William, Owen, Idris, Charlie, Seb and Elvin) who were selected to represent the school in the Boys U11s Utilita Kids EFL Cup this afternoon. It was a great experience for them to play on Shrewsbury Town’s all-weather pitches against strong opposition and they would’ve gained a lot from the experience.

3 months ago
Posted on 06th Nov 2025 by Mr G Hughes

KS2 Tennis

Well done to the children in KS2 who represented the school in a tennis event at Baschurch tennis club yesterday. Thank you to Mrs Harris for taking the children to this event.