Yesterday evening, the Bryn Offa athletics team competed in the second round of the Oswestry area indoor athletics competition.

After a fantastic effort one week ago we found ourselves in first place.  I am pleased to say that once again our pupils did us proud and produced another dazzling display.

Click on the link below to see the full results table.  The final session will take place on Thursday 30th January at 3:40pm.

Well done to all of the children!

Mr Jones

Running Total

Thursday evening saw the first of three indoor athletics events being held at the Marches school.

Bryn Offa’s team had been training hard all week and produced a sensational display in both field events and the relays.  This has seen us move into first place after round 1.

To see some action from the event and the current leaderboard- click on the link below.

Mr Jones

Current Leaderboard – Final

Athletics Photos

The Year 5s had a fantastic few days at Condover and behaved exceptionally well, as always. They challenged themselves to try new things, whether that was on the trapeze or staying away from home for the first time. I have added a selection of photos below but the children should be able to access all of the photos on the computers in school.

Miss Hyde

Evening All!

I have just checked my emails and realised that I have received one from the Year 5 pupils and staff from Condover.  It sounds like they are having an amazing time.

Everyone is having a great time at Condover and are well into their second morning activity, archery. Yesterday the children tackled different height challenges, either trapeze or zip wire. I am sure the children can’t wait to tell you all about the activities they have done.

We look forward to welcoming them back at school tomorrow afternoon.

Mr Jones

On Thursday 26th September, Years 5+6 visited a Hindu Temple close to Birmingham.  The children were invited to see the various  shrines dedicated to different Hindu Gods.  For many children (and staff) this was their first visit to a Hindu place of worship.  All pupils found the visit incredibly interesting and it really brought the Hinduism topic to life.  Amelia Edwards summed up the day perfectly when she commented, “This religion is fascinating!” As always, the children’s behaviour was superb and the respect  shown to members of the public who had come to worship at the temple was wonderful to see.

Mr Jones

Last Friday, Class 5 went to St Agatha’s church in Llanymynech to look at the various features of a Christian church.

All of the children enjoyed their morning and learnt a great deal.  They were a pleasure to take out of the classroom and listened

impeccably to Reverend Trimby and her volunteer helpers from the local churches in the area.

Today, the Year 4s and some children who had previously missed out on the opportunity went to Pool Quay. We spent half the day canoeing and the other half completing bushcraft activities. Everybody had a lovely day in the warm, sunny weather and the behaviour was excellent.

Miss Hyde, Mr Bevan and Miss Hughes

Class 5 have had a fantastic week running their stalls during break and lunchtime.  The children would like to thank all of the children and parents who have supported them throughout the week.  The grand total raised was £520.50, which is an amazing effort.  The children are looking forward to putting on a show to say thank you to all of the children in addition to their end of year trip when we will say goodbye to our current Year 6 pupils.  All of your support has been really appreciated.

Mr Jones

On Wednesday 5th June, Class 5 had enjoyable trip up Llanymynech Hill where they learned all about the lives of the Roman and Celts in our local area. They wrote from the viewpoint of a Celtic warrior and did some sketching of the cave.

Fantastic work Class 5

Last term, Class 5 pupils entered the BBC Radio Two 500 words, story writing competition.  This is a national competition entered by hundreds of thousands of children each year.  This year one of our pupils has been shortlisted into the top 5000 stories…What a fantastic achievement.  The successful author is Imogen Wills.  Her story ‘The Empty Bowl’ can be read below.

The Empty Bowl

By Imogen Wills

That morning my human left my food bowl empty, so I decided that I would have to tell my human to feed me… I began clambering and scrambling up the mighty staircase that I had experienced my human carry me up many times before. As I reached the top a sense of victory and pride overwhelmed me. I had conquered the staircase without human assistance! I walked forward with a renewed sense of confident bubbling up inside me. I swiftly slid into the bedroom through the door that my human had left open. Using my agile legs I sprung onto the bedside and went to claim my space on my humans ignorant, sleeping face  Finally. my human woke up she didn’t seem to appreciate me being her furry alarm clock. But I needed to be fed. As she walked into the kitchen I was happy she was finally going to feed me but she didn’t. She walked past oblivious to the fact that my food bowl was empty.  That night, my human invited more humans into my territory, this was the perfect time to wreak havoc on the house and the inhabitants. I squeezed through the open window on the first floor and jumped onto the dew covered lawn. I let out a long pitiful meow and to my joy they came.

Sadly, our entrance plan had been foiled by the humans shutting the window. So we decided to beg for entrance, we began scratching the window and making pitiful meows. Finally, one of the humans came and opened the window. Granting access to the house. We lunged into the house crashing through the open window, knocking everything off the windowsill. Our first victim was the pitiful human who opened the window for us, we decided to make her one of us. When she emerged from underneath the kitty pile she , she now possessed whiskers After the humans had just seen a stampede of kittens come flowing into the house they were undoubtedly shocked, let alone the fact that they had seen their friend be turned from human to feline.

My human sprinted up into the dreaded bathroom dragging her ice cube companion across the floor We all knew the bathroom, was a place of pure evil. It was the watery depths of hell. But we were determined to conquer the humans. We charged into the bathroom and saw the humans in the shower. The satanic shower. Some of our troops fainted in panic but we were ready to fight, to take a stand against the humans, to serve them revenge for not serving us our food. We pounced, lunging through the water…Everything went black for the humans… The girl woke up, covered in cold sweat. She realised it was a dream and swung her legs out of bed and walked to the kitchen. Just to be greeted with the sight of an empty food bowl…