New groups for ‘Enrichment Friday’. The children were super excited to be in their new groups. This half term our sporting group are learning new skills in archery and our oversubscribed cooking group started with making chocolate cookies. They needed to learn new skills to mix the ingredients and roll out to make a good size cookie.

A sample of the beautiful letters our KS2 children have written this week to be given to the children at Poltava Lyceum No13 in the Poltavska region of Ukraine.

What a wonderful day for our careers event!

Our mission was to hold a careers event at school, and we achieved this today!

Research shows that starting career-related learning early is important. We wanted to ensure that our children do not adopt employment stereotypes based on gender, ethnicity and social background allowing them to believe that any career choice they make is open them.
Children at St Mary’s in Shawbury had 20 stalls to visit to gain an understanding of career options available to them and how the skills and knowledge they gain in school will be relevant throughout their working life.
A huge thank you to all the companies that took the time to talk to the children and answer their questions.
IO (Interactive Opportunities)– Andrew Gough
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital – Teresa Tanner
The Bakery Shawbury – Jenn Harvey
Lorry driver – Katie-ann Cook
Green Hollow Veterinary Surgery – Tracey Howells
RAF Shawbury – Nicola Steph Munro
@wadesolicitors – Jamie Wade
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) – Hannah Martin
West Mercia Police – PC Ben Jones
Barclays UK – Gavin Rowland
Geologist – Penelope Lancaster
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust– Occupational Therapist – Kelly Leonard
Aquila – Air traffic management – Rob Ireland
Footballer – Elliot Bennet – Midfielder Norwich City
Beautician – Suzannah Davies
Hairdresser – Laura Baxter
Shropshire Primary Partnership Associate Teacher – Jesse Ladd
Roartech Ltd – Ollie Harding
Musician – Michelle Westgate
The Environmental Agency – Bethan Flynn