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- 15/03/19
Residential Week
With waterproofs covering us from head to toe, hoods done up tightly and a smile on our faces, Year 4 and 5 had a wonderful time at Laches Wood (rhymes with haitch not hatch, we learnt!). With activities ranging from BMXing, bouldering and bushcraft, to caving, climbing and campfire we learnt m...Read Full Story - 08/03/19
Food glorious food!
Year 3 rolled their sleeves up and became chefs for the afternoon as they made a delicious meal of basil pesto and pasta. They used a pestle and mortar to grind their ingredients and a knife to do some (supervised) chopping , before mixing it all together and cooking it on the hob. Most children agr...Read Full Story - 01/03/19
Bikeability
Year 5 have been improving their cycling skills this week in order to gain the Bikeability Level 2 award. They have been out and about on the local streets, giving them a real cycling experience. Year 5 have learnt how to deal with traffic on short journeys such as cycling to sc...Read Full Story - 12/02/19
500 Words
On Thursday 7th February, Year 6 watched the 500 words 2019 Live Lesson. Choosing the genre of horror (which the majority of the country voted for [instead of a fantasy story]), children across the country, helped authors: Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell-Boyce to write the official 500 word sto...Read Full Story - 01/02/19
Healthy: Inside and Out
Next week is Children's Mental Health Week. To explore this in school, we are going to be having a few different assemblies and workshops, including visitors from NSPCC on Monday, talking about choice and consent on Safer Internet Day on Tuesday and how to help yourself have a healthy mind...Read Full Story - 28/01/19
Misleading Media?
This week in our assemblies we have been developing our critical thinking skills to explore and question what we see and read in the media and on social media. We recapped the SMART rules (see below) for staying safe online, focusing on R for Reliable. We thought about how we can examine the informa...Read Full Story - 18/01/19
Impeccable, impressive, immaculate!
On Tuesday and Wednesday this week we were visited by a team of Ofsted inspectors lead by HMI Simon Mosley. The outcome of the inspection remains confidential for 21 days until the report is published by Ofsted, but we are able to tell you that we are pleased with the outcome of the inspection and a...Read Full Story - 11/01/19
Big Awards
Today we celebrated excellence in Maths and English in our Big Awards ceremony. Two children in each year group were awarded a 'Big Award' for outstanding progress or achievement last term at school. The whole school and their parents watched on as their teacher read out the reasons they had...Read Full Story - 21/12/18
It's Christmas!!!
It's been a week of Christmassy treats at TRJS. On Wednesday we had our Christmas lunch, with children making their own party hats for the occasion and Mrs Sharpe serving out the pigs-in-blankets (when not eating one or two herself!). On Thursday we came together as a school commu...Read Full Story - 14/12/18
Arrival of Sankt Nikolaus
Year 4 have had a jolly old visitor arrive a little early this Christmas time. The children left their shoes outside their classrooms at the end of the school day and next morning when they came back in school they found to their surprise... presents! This follows the German Christmas...Read Full Story - 07/12/18
Ambassadors for Science
On Monday, Miss Press introduced an exciting new opportunity for all our budding scientists. After Christmas we shall have 'Science Ambassadors' at TRJS. These will be children who demonstrate a passion for science and can communicate it to others. They will take the lead in class...Read Full Story - 30/11/18
Football Fantastic!
On Thursday 29th November, Thomas Russell, captained by Mica, took part in the Dove Valley Girls Football Competition. The team played exceptionally well, drawing 0-0 against All Saints, Alrewas; beating Shobnall 1-0; and William Shrewsbury B team 1-0. These fantastic results meant that TRJS prog...Read Full Story