It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Milly, Eliza, Phoebe, Fin, Meadow and Oliver this week: our wonderful year 6s who are off to Wigmore High School this coming September. They have been such a fantastic year group and will be very sorely missed by all staff and pupils. We would like to take this opportunity to thank both the childr...
WOW! The children from across our federation performed spectacularly well at this year's end of year performance at Bedstone College. Dancing, ukeleles, recorders, clarinets and such beautiful singing - we are so very proud of our talented pupils!
Class 2 enjoyed a fantastic day at Clun. We were met by Steve, a river ranger, who spoke to everyone about river safety before showing us how to gather a river sample and identify the creatures that we were able to spot. We also played directional games, used OS maps to identify local landmarks and drew our own sketch maps using skills we had le...
This term, we have been working with our Author Partner, Catherine Cooper and her husband Ron, to publish a book of poetry written by our amazing children here are St Mary's. Following a meeting with Catherine, all of the children from Classes 2 and 3 independently wrote their own poetry and Catherine worked tirelessly to a very tight deadline t...
What an incredible sports day - thank you to our fantastic PE teacher, Mr Jones, for organising the most amazing day of sporting fun! In the morning, the children attempted a number of activities from welly wanging to javelins and football skills. In the afternoon, they took part in a series of races culminating in soaking our year 6 leavers wit...
What a brilliant time we had when Jack from the Exotic Zoo in Telford came into class on Tuesday to show us some minibeasts. He brought with him two giant African millipedes, a Madagascan Hissing cockroach, two giant African land snails, two Black Beauty stick insects from Peru and a whip scorpion, which wasn't actually a scorpion at all. Everyo...
Congratulations to Oliver and Fin who completed their goblin car project at Curborough race track last week. They raced the 'Bucknell Baguette' against 24 other schools' cars and in the time trial achieved a phenomenal 5th place! They returned with a magnificent trophy in recognition of their efforts. Thank you to Steve and Rob, our goblin car a...
We were so fortunate to have a visit from Mr Christopher Price on Thursday 8 th May to celebrate the anniversary of VE Day. Mr Price is a neighbour of our school and came in the afternoon with his son. Today Mr Price is ninety-nine so of course, he was nineteen on VE day. At the time he was training to be military engineer and stationed in Kent....
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Year 6 have had a brilliant few months of the goblin car after school club building a car from a kit. They now have a car that is ready to drive! They have had a super time racing it around the playground and now will be trialling it at two track events over the coming months alongside other schools. Thank you to the Shropshire Engineering Ambas...
Last Wednesday, the Year 3 and 4 children travelled to Bishop's Castle Church to watch three musicians perform. This was followed up by a musical workshop. The children had a chance to play the violin, guitar and mini grand piano. It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to experience, first-hand, a taste of classical music. Many thanks t...
We are coming to the end of a fantastic few days at Arthog! Yesterday, in the bright Welsh sunshine, the children enjoyed scrambling on the rocks and climbing on the Barmouth slabs with ropes and harnesses. The views across the estuary were magnificent! We followed this with an ice cream in Barmouth and a walk back across the bridge. In the even...
Our stay at Arthog has been fantastic so far and we have crammed in lots of activities already! Yesterday, we began our afternoon with some team building activities followed by a dip in the sea and an ascent of the gorge. In the evening, we went for a spectacular night walk with the sunset over Barmouth.
We are so pleased to share the news of our recent Ofsted visit in which the inspectors rated us as 'good' across all areas. The very positive relationships between staff and pupils was recognised within the report and that children are happy in school. We were also pleased that the children’s behaviour and sense of citizenship and social respons...
Many congratulations to both Fin Theobalds and Fin Ferguson for competing at the 2025 Shropshire Athletic Association U10 and U11 Cross Country Championships on Saturday. We are proud of them both for representing our school so well, showing incredible perseverance and resilience alongside 140 other young athletes of a high standard.
We were thrilled to welcome GB athlete Danny Butler to school last week! He helped us with our fitness training as well as showed us some amazing tricks on his bike. We were all so inspired to hear how he became so successful within the world of biking and how much perseverance and resilience it took to get him there. We loved Danny's top tip: m...
What an amazing Christmas production of 'A Midwife Crisis'! We are so proud of each and every child who put so much enthusiasm into rehearsals to produce a magnificent performance for their families this week. We also celebrated together with our annual Christingle service this week to recognise the symbol of Christ's light and love. From all of...
Well done to the children from preschool who performed their first nativity in front of their families this week. They performed brilliantly and looked fantastic in their costumes!
Thank you to St Mary's Church cafe for the warm welcome we received this morning. We really enjoyed singing our Christmas songs to our local community and contributing our acts of kindness to the church's 'kindness tree'.
Class 3 had a really informative trip to Shrewsbury prison this week. The prison was established in 1793 and closed in 2013 therefore the children were able to get a good grasp of how punishments have changed over the years. The prison guide was fantastic and answered so many of our questions. Quiet was restored while the children shut themselve...
Class 2 children from both St Mary's and Clunbury Primary Schools thoroughly enjoyed a visit from 'Mr Egypt'. We all learnt so much about the ancient Egyptians and were very inspired by Mr Egypt's story about how he became an Egyptologist. Through the day we tasted Egyptian bread, decoded some hieroglyphic writing, solved some maths challenges u...
On November 11th 2024, the children took part in the Act of Remembrance at St Mary’s Church to pay their respects to those who fell in the wars.
The children of St Mary's Primary gathered outside of the school at 11am this morning for a one minute's silence and to place poppies in memory of those who fell in the wars from Bucknell village. We would like to say a huge thank you to Julie Parker and Mr & Mrs Meredith for thebeautiful display outside our school. We very much appreciate the t...
Thank you to Shropshire Music Service for a most entertaining performance of a range of music from Chopin to contemporary jazz! It was a wonderful experience for the children to hear live music, learn about a variety of orchestral instruments from talented musicians and participate through song and rhythm.
What a wonderful start we had to our week as Catherine Cooper, our School Author Partner, joined us on Zoom to present the prize winners from last term with the final copy of her new book, Shadowlore. She has also kindly donated copies to both classes and the school library. Last year, Class 2 and 3 entered a competition to have their ideas incl...
What an amazing Harvest Festival it was this afternoon at our special church of St Mary's in the village! Thank you to all of the children who sang and performed so beautifully and to all of the families that came to enjoy our celebrations. Thank you also to all those who stayed for some tea and cake afterwards to raise important funds for Macmi...
During the week beginning the 7 th October 2024, the whole school took part in ‘The Kindness Challenge’. Right from Pre-school to Class 3, we saw children going that extra mile to help other children, ask questions to find out about the interests of children they might not know as well and help to keep our school tidy. We heard so many children...
What a fantastic start to term we have all had in St Mary's Primary! In Class 3, we were thrilled to have a 'virtual' meet with one of our favourite authors: the award-winning author Katherine Rundell. We all (adults included!) felt incredibly inspired to pick up a pencil and start writing our own stories. We are also very excited by the news of...
Catherine Cooper, our favourite author, came to visit our school today to meet Key Stage Two children in person after running a series of zoom sessions and a writing competition this year. The winners of the competition were awarded a copy of her new book and were especially thrilled to see their names listed at the back! Thank you to Catherine...
It has been a year since our last visit to the ecological site at Black Hill near Clunton and this week, we witnessed a real change in our surroundings! Thanks to members of the local parish council, a section of land has been restored to its former glory: the bracken and conifers under control and the land is now covered in whinberries. Class 3...
Thank you to Rob from the South Shropshire Engineering Ambassadors who organised the most fantastic and informative trip for Class 3 to RAF Cosford this week. The year 5 and 6 pupils took part in STEM workshops in the morning, which included firing hand made rockets and designing cars with parachutes to drop from balconies! In the afternoon, the...
Wow! What a spectacular display of talent at the Blue Hills Federation musical performance on Friday evening! The children from across our three wonderful schools sung a selection of songs to a packed out audience and we are all immensely proud of them!
The whole school were also treated to an upbeat, interactive musical session by 'Surge Forward'. They learnt lots about life in Jamaica and the wonderful music that originates from there. Thank you to the amazing musicians Leoni (Reggae singer), Syd (guitarist) and Ruth (violinist) for giving up their time.
Class 2 had a fantastic visit to Barmouth as part of our topic, 'Contrasting our own locality with a seaside locality'. We really enjoyed eating ice-creams, digging and playing on the beach, looking for human and physical features, walking along the promenade and carrying out some surveys to help with our work in school. The behaviour of the cla...
A fantastic day of raft building and rock scrambling at Arthog before returning home! Thank you to the professional and experienced Arthog staff for a truly brilliant few days, creating memories which will remain with the year six children for years to come.
The year sixes from across the federation have had a fantastic time so far on their weekend residential to Arthog. From beach art work, evening hike, canoeing, gorge walking, delicious food and amazing company, the children have had such a wonderful time so far. The smiles haven't left their faces!
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Several children from within the Federation came together last week to compete at the TagFest tournament held at Luctonian’s Rugby club. After an initial loss, the children managed to win their following eight matches that they played, including the final against a well-drilled Clee Hill team. The final was competitive and went to extra time bef...
Thank you to the fantastic musicians from Little Weed Music (https://littleweed-music.org/) who came this week to run an Arabian music and rhythm workshop for our year 5 and 6s. This was a wonderful opportunity for the children to explore new rhythms and enjoy playing a selection of instruments together alongside professional musicians. They fi...
We are delighted to announce that St Mary's Primary has been awarded the Reading for Pleasure Award from the Society of Authors for a THIRD year in a row! We believe that reading books for pleasure is a fundamental part of a child's development and unlocks the door to future success. We are therefore so proud to be a school where children enjoy...