Class 1 had a warm welcome at Oswestry Library this morning! We enjoyed a treasure hunt around the library and then a story and song session from one of the lovely Librarians. The children were AMAZING on our first trip. Well done and thank you to Oswestry Library.

We are excited to announce this week’s Stars of the Week!

Class One

Oliver

For amazing improvement in his writing. Oliver is trying so hard independently sounding out words & then writing them! Well done Oliver!

Class Two

Valentina

For working so hard during our English lessons recently. She has listened well and this has shown in her independent write. She is working really hard to make sure that she is using punctuation accurately and is thinking carefully about her vocabulary choices. Well done Valentina! 

Class 3

Pippa

For always be willing to help others and offer to do jobs when you notice something needs doing.  Thank you.

Class 4

Edith

For coming in each and every day with such a positive attitude to her learning. She ha particularly shone in guiding reading this week as well as during class discussions on the carpet. Keep up the great work. 

Lucie

Lucie was awarded Star of the Week last week but unfortunately she was poorly when they were handed out. She had an amazing first week and settled so well into Class 4. She has worked super hard picking up on the work excellently. Lillie has produced some great writing and worked very hard comparing fractions. We are so glad you have joined our class. Keep up the good work. 

Class 5

Zak

Zak loves the great outdoors and really throws himself into his Forest School sessions. He is an amazing friend and helps his friends out with knots and is always very supportive and encouraging. 

Special Recognition: Christian Values Award

This week, we also celebrated the following children, who were spotted by staff for showing our Christian Values in their daily lives.  In the coming terms, we will be exploring several of our Christian values, rather than focusing solely on one at a time.

Displaying the value of Perseverance

Class 1

Spencer for persevering with taking his wellies off independently after Forest School. He was so proud of himself once he had done it!

Class 2

Arthur displays a great ‘have a go’ attitude, he listens well and always tries to apply his new learning to his work.

Class 3

Ava really pushed herself in Art this week when developing her technique when she found it really hard.  Well done Ava!

Class 4

Isabelle C. for working so hard on an extended final write, including so much detail and showcasing such a love for writing. 

Class 5

Mollie has shown just how hard work pays off. She has over doubled her Arithmetic score in just half a term and should be so proud of herself. Keep up the great work, Mollie!

We are excited to announce this week’s Stars of the Week!

Class One

Ruby

For her fantastic with in English. She has written a great fact file about animals that live the cold countries.

Class Two

Oliver

I have been so impressed with the work that Oliver has been producing recently. I can see that he has been listening well and applying his learning to his work. He is also a very strong mathematician, and he has been successfully working on some really tricky problems. Keep up the hard work Oliver – well done! 

Class Three

Tommy

For fantastic contributions and ideas towards our topic.  You have really thought about the way that people lived in the past and made comparisons to how we live today.

Class Four

Lucie

For having an overall fantastic week. Lucie has settled into Class 4 so well, learning all of our structures and routines. She has worked so hard too – starting a fantastic final write and trying so hard on fractions in Maths. Keep up the good work – what a fantastic addition to our class.

Lillie-Mae

Lillie-Mae has had such an amazing week and settled so well into our class. She has worked super hard picking up on the work excellently. She has produced some great writing and worked very hard comparing fractions. We are so glad you have joined our class. Keep up the good work. 

Class Five

Archie

Archie is a true gentleman and always thinks of others. He is kind, caring and has a great sense of humour. Archie is also making amazing progress in his Maths proving that hard work really does pay off. Keep up the great work, Archie.

Special Recognition: Christian Values Award

This week, we also celebrated the following children, who were spotted by staff for showing our Christian Values in their daily lives.  In the coming terms, we will be exploring several of our Christian values, rather than focusing solely on one at a time.

Class 1

Displaying the value of Friendship

Holly for always being a great friend. Holly is a very kind and caring member of our class.

Class 2

Displaying the value of Friendship

Alice for being a good friend to other children. She plays really nicely with her friends – We have been learning about safe, fun and happy play and Alice is a great example of this. 

Class 3

Displaying the value of Friendship

Florence for being such a kind and caring friend.  You look out people in class and always offer help and support.  It is lovely to see.

Class 4

Displaying the value of Friendship

Logan for comforting a friend when they were upset, being super kind. It was so lovely to see. Keep it up Logan. 

Class 5

Displaying the value of Friendship

Charlie for being such a caring member of class five.. He has been a great friend to our new class member this week. He worked so hard on his Geography this week, having some great ideas. We are all very lucky to have Charlie at Bryn Offa. 

We are excited to announce this week’s Stars of the Week!

Class One

Ermias

For his amazing manners! Ermias is such a polite member of our class. Ermias was also really kind to another child when they were upset this week too.

Class Two

Mia

Wow Mia! What a great few days you have had. I’ve been blown away by how hard you’ve been working this week, especially in maths where we have covered some quite tricky concepts. It has also been brilliant to see you sharing so many of your ideas during teaching time. Keep it up!

Class Three

Jenson

For fantastic work in maths this week.  You are so good at recall multiplication facts and using them to solve more complex problems.  Keep it up!

Class Four

Florence

For beautiful water colour colour mixing in art with Mrs Hartland. It was a hard job but you achieved beautiful results. Also, for having an overall great week and making such good progress with your handwriting. 

Class Five

Georgie

I am absolutely delighted with the progress Georgie is making in all of her lessons. She listens carefully and tries her very best in every lesson. Georgie is also a kind and caring member of the class who can always be relied upon to support her classmates. I am so proud of you, Georgie. 

Special Recognition: Christian Values Award

This week, we also celebrated the following children, who were spotted by staff for showing our Christian Values in their daily lives.  In the coming terms, we will be exploring several of our Christian values, rather than focusing solely on one at a time.

Class One

Displaying the value of Compassion

Evelyn for showing amazing compassion to another child when they were upset & then she made sure they were ok for the rest of playtime.

Class Two

Displaying the value of Respect

Isaac always has such a respectful attitude towards school life. He is always listening and ready to learn. What a great role model!

Class Three

Displaying the value of Respect

Hannah for always showing respect to others. You listen to their contributions in class, respect their views and work along side them.

Class Four

Displaying the value of Perseverance

Isabelle E. for taking positive steps to work towards personal targets. Well done!

Class Five

Displaying the value of Courage

Bo showed great bravery and maturity when he broke his finger earlier in the week. Bo conducts himself impeccably and is a great role model to the rest of the children at Bryn Offa. Well done, Bo.

We are excited to announce this week’s Stars of the Week!

Class One

Nicholas – for his amazing work on one more and one less in Maths and also helping his friend find one more too!

Class Two

Connie – Connie has shown some great mathematical skills this week. We have been adding and subtracting multiples of ten – her understanding has been incredible. Keep up the hard work Connie. Well done! 

Class Three

Sophie-Leigh – For fantastic ideas and contributions in class.  You are working really hard, you are joining in discussions and then recording your ideas in your book.  Keep up the good work.

Class Four

Logan – For having an overall great week, working more independently and for forming new friendships. Logan has been a wonderful friend. Keep up the good work. 

Class Five

Ruben – Ruben has written an excellent persuasive letter in our English lesson. It is well structured and uses persuasive and emotive language.

Ruben shows an excellent understanding of the English Language. He also has an impressive general knowledge and really enjoys our geography lessons. well done, Ruben!

Special Recognition: Christian Values Award

This week, we also celebrated the following children, who were spotted by staff for showing our Christian Values in their daily lives.  In the coming terms, we will be exploring several of our Christian values, rather than focusing solely on one at a time.

Class One

Displaying the value of Respect

Gracie-Mae – respect for always being super respectful towards adults and peers and being an amazing role model to others. 

Class Two

Displaying the value of Respect

Millie – Millie is a fantastic role model – she always ensures that she keeps her table tidy and looks after her books and resources carefully. 

Class Three

Displaying the value of Friendship

Harrison – You are always a kind and caring friend.  You look out for your friends, and you are always willing to help them out.

Class Four

Displaying the value of Respect

Nathanial – For being so helpful and respectful of our classroom environment, helping to tidy and do a wonderful job of it! 

Class Five

Displaying the value of Friendship

Zak  – Zak will put the needs of his friends above his own, always making sure they are OK. Zak demonstrates the true meaning of Friendship. Amazing, Zak!

We are excited to announce this week’s Stars of the Week!

Class One

Sofia  – for her amazing phonics all week! Sofia is also trying really hard with writing words and starting to form simple sentences too!

Class Two

Isabelle K – for fantastic effort and 100% enjoyment in your forest school sessions. You listen well and follow the forest school rules excellently, always setting a good example to others. You are also a great support to your classmates, helping them with getting ready for their sessions. Well done.

Class Three

Brianne -For fantastic contributions and ideas.  In our topic about the Stone Age, you have really thought about the evidence presented to you and shared some interesting ideas.

Class Four

Adah – For quickly grasping spag concepts in English, particularly past/present progressive and present perfect tense and for always editing and up-levelling your work without prompt and using beautiful and ambitious vocabulary. Adah has also been working really hard in Maths and demonstrated brilliant understanding of multiplying 3 digits by 1 digit. Adah always works so hard – keep up the good work. 

Class Five

Luca – Luca has taken a real interest in our history lessons and has produced some fantastic work on Victorian Workhouses. His work is engaging, thoughtful and always beautifully presented.

Special Recognition: Christian Values Award

This week, we also celebrated the following children, who were spotted by staff for showing our Christian Values in their daily lives.  In the coming terms, we will be exploring several of our Christian values, rather than focusing solely on one at a time.

Class One

Displaying the value of Friendship

Monty – Monty is always a great friend in Class1, he also was fab helping some of the Reception children in Forest School this week too!

Class Two

Displaying the value of Respect

Lucy  – Lucy is such a polite young lady with the most impeccable manners. I always hear a ‘please’ or a ‘thank you’ whether she is talking to another child or an adult. Well done Lucy.

Class Three

Displaying the value of Friendship

Hettie – You always look out for your friends.  You are so kind and caring which is lovely to see.

Class Four

Displaying the value of Perseverance

Dottie – Dottie has showed real perseverance this week in both her English and Maths work. She wrote an incredible ‘tree guide’ including relative clauses and has pushed herself all week to do her best work. In Maths Dottie has responded quickly to feedback and shown great understanding. Well done, Dottie. 

Class Five

Displaying the value of Truthfulness

Austin  – Austin is showing amazing perseverance and resilience, especially in English.

He is making wonderful progress and I am very proud of him.

We are excited to announce this week’s Stars of the Week!

Class One

Cassius – For creating a brilliant question for the class penguin in Literacy and also being really brave going on the school bus for the first time too!

Class Two

Ren – Ren really challenged himself in our maths lessons this week by using what we had been learning about number bonds, to help him work out calculations using much larger numbers. Super effort Ren – well done!

Class Three

Olivia S – Trying your best and sharing your ideas.  You have been doing great work In both Maths and English this week I have been so impressed with your attitude. An excellent start to the new term.

Class Four

Olivia – For having a fantastic attitude to learning and coming back after the holidays with a huge smile.

Class Five

Niamh – For writing an excellent character description based on our class text, using precise vocabulary choices and impressive and accurate punctuation. Well done!

Special Recognition: Christian Values Award

This week, we also celebrated the following children, who were spotted by staff for showing our Christian Values in their daily lives.  In the coming terms, we will be exploring several of our Christian values, rather than focusing solely on one at a time.

Class One

Displaying the value of Friendship

Cerys – for always being such a kind and caring friend. Cerys regularly helps others if needed.

Class Two

Displaying the value of Respect

James G – James has shown some really lovely manners this week. Well done James.

Class Three

Displaying the value of Compassion

Primrose – You have had a challenging couple of weeks and the care and compassion you have shown towards them has been really heartwarming.

Class Four

Displaying the value of Truthfulness

Lucas – For showing such maturity and honesty in all aspects of school life. 

Class Five

Displaying the value of Truthfulness

ALL of Class 5 – Class 5 can always be relied upon to be totally honest and learn from mistakes. I am very proud of the maturity you all show and the way you take ownership for your choices.

We are excited to announce this week’s Stars of the Week!

Class One

Kate Toriro– for her amazing shape knowledge in Maths and also for contributing to collective worship too. Well done Kate.

Class Two

Grace Peters – Grace has really impressed me all week. Her work has been of the very highest standard and her behaviour has been incredible. Well done Grace – keep it up.

Class Three

Ophelia-Rose Cubberley – for amazing contributions in class.  You always have your hand up and are willing to contribute to class.  You have some lovely ideas and valued contributions to make.

Class Four

Edith Lewis – For having an all round fabulous week. Edith has been so engaged with her learning, particularly with her contributions on the carpet. Her understanding of calculating perimeter has also been fantastic. Well done!

Class Five

Bobby Waters – Bobby wrote a fabulous balanced argument this week. His conclusion was very well structured, and he used some excellent vocabulary. Bobby also did very well during our performance ‘One Night, One Moment with Bryn Offa,’ pushing himself out of his comfort zone during the afternoon performance.

Special Recognition: Christian Values Award

This week, we also celebrated the following children, who were spotted by staff for showing our Christian Values in their daily lives.  In the coming terms, we will be exploring several of our Christian values, rather than focusing solely on one at a time.

Class One

Displaying the value of Compassion

Mali Roberts – for thinking of others at Christmas time and knowing its about being with family not just getting presents.

Class Two

Displaying the value of Respect

Charlie Tomkins – for showing respect to our school by volunteering to help tidy up the art room this week after our lesson, making sure everything was organised and put away tidily. Thank you Charlie.

Class Three

Displaying the value of Truthfulness

Brianne Roberts – Brie you have thought about the importance of honesty and when it is not always easy I have been really proud to see you being honest and truthful.

Class Four

Displaying the value of Respect

Bethany Hill – for always being super respectful to both staff and peers, showcasing ALL the school values ALL of the time. She is a fantastic role model.

Class Five

Displaying the value of Respect

Nathaniel Smith – Nathaniel is always incredibly respectful. His manners are impeccable, and he is an excellent role model. 

.

We are excited to announce this week’s Stars of the Week!

Class One

Jasper – for his amazing letter to Santa which he wrote completely independently. Jasper is also trying so hard in our phonics sessions too!

Class Two

Isabelle – showed such determination and courage to perform her part in the Christmas performance as Mrs Potts. She worked so hard to learn her lines and delivery them clearly!

Class Three

Florence – You have a fantastic attitude to learning.  You are always willing to give something a try.  It doesn’t matter what subject we are working on but you are always working with a smile on your face and respond brilliantly to an feedback that you are given.  Keep it up 🙂

Class Four

Ava – For an exceptional independent write in English. Ava has worked SO hard on her writing and not only that, but she also puts in maximum effort into EVERYTHING she does. This week Ava asked to continue with her English instead of playing a game with class because she was enjoying her writing so much which is so pleasing to see. Ava has such a mature approach to learning. Keep up the good work. 

Class Five

Lexi – Lexi is a naturally gifted writer. She has an excellent vocabulary and uses this to great effect. This week, Lexi has written a fantastic balanced argument based on our class text, Holes. I am so impressed Lexi. Keep up the great work!

Special Recognition: Christian Values Award

This week, we also celebrated the following children, who were spotted by staff for showing our Christian Values in their daily lives.  In the coming terms, we will be exploring several of our Christian values, rather than focusing solely on one at a time.

Class One

Displaying the value of Courage

Harry – for being an amazing sheep even though he was poorly, he continued to perform so well!

Class Two

Displaying the value of Courage

Alphonsus – shared how nervous he felt before the Christmas performance but showed such courage to deliver his lines as a narrator clearly and accurately.

Class Three

Displaying the value of Respect

Monty – For a showing mature and respectful attitude.  You are always ready to learn.  You listen to others and look out for your friends.  You are so sensible in the way you respond to things when they go a little bit off plan and you are a fantastic role model to the whole class.

Class Four

Displaying the value of Friendship

Sienna – For always being such a kind and caring friend to everybody in Class 4. Sienna was actually nominated by another class member who explained just how amazing Sienna is to have as a friend and I couldn’t agree more. Sienna is an outstanding model to her peers showcasing all of the school values. 

Class Five

Displaying the value of Respect

Neve – Neve is always incredibly respectful to all. You are an excellent role model Neve and an asset to Bryn Offa.

Creation Club have had a busy few months! Not only have they entered the ‘Prepare for Peace’ campaign created by the Liverpool Beatles Museum and the children’s charity Liverpool Heartbeat giving hope to the children of the world, they have also sang at the Book Fair, entertained the local community at Llanymynech Church with their beautiful singing and decorated the tree at Moreton Church. Their community spirit will be completed for this term next Thursday, when they will sing to the residents of Brooke House Nursing Home. Well done Creation Club!