School Blog
Please visit the 'Latest News' tab on this website, rather than the 'School Blog'. Under 'Latest News' you will find a variety of activities that the children have been getting up to most recently at school. Thank you.
Rushbury School Sponsored Walk May 2022
Key Stage 2 Orienteering in Cardingmill Valley - mixed year teams showing a lovely example of community and team spirit looking after each other - reflecting an important element the school's value for this month, Koinonia
Stanway very focussed on a Year 5 vs Year 6 Kahoot challenge - make a quiz about the circulatory system for the opposition.
Rune bags made in Thursday afternoon Enrichment over four weeks by lower and upper KS2 pupils of Lawley.
Year 5 received an invitation from Rushbury Parish Council to speak about what the school has been doing over the last year. After brainstorming, much animated discussion and rigorous editing, the 6 of them put together the PowerPoint below. Presentation was marginally hampered by technical issues, but they did a cracking job this evening with much appreciated parental support. We await the result of the group's delivery of a letter from the Rushbury School Council to the parish council asking for advice and support for the school's mission to raise money to put a defibrillator outside the school for the community and passers by.
Stanway's stained glass windows - Happy Easter. For more photos of life in KS2, take a look at 'About Us' then 'Class Pages' then KS2. Have fun!
Thursday afternoon enrichment activities at Rushbury. Today, the four groups were involved in: creating a cauliflower and chick pea curry; coding in computing; sewing; gardening and work on the Forest School mud kitchen restaurant area.
Ticklerton class have been Geocaching and are enjoying learning map skills and reading information from satellite images.
Lilith's transport home
The whole school enjoyed a visit to Blists Hill Museum - here are some of the pictures. It was a super day out.
200th Bicentenary Anniversary of Rushbury CE Primary School 21st October 2021
Harvest Festival at Eaton Church 18th October 2021
Three Counties Cross Country Competition at Bedstone College 8th October 2021
Phillip Dunn MP Visit 6th October 2021
Rotakids visit with Moira Matthews
Gretton Class enjoying a tour of St Peter's Church with Revd Sam. We learnt so much about our church on our doorstep!
Ticklerton made planes as part of their topic on Transport. Who won the flying competition?
Year 6 Leavers Service 2021
Staff Cinderella Panto 2021
Year 6 Versus Staff Football Match
Year 6 Hike over the Lawley and Caer Caradoc
Chester Zoo Trip 2021
A beautiful walk and a paddle in the stream.
Sports Day at Rushbury
What a beautiful day for a walk!!
Key Stage 2 Walk to Eaton
Class 2 Ogre Den Building
Class 1 made some rockets from junk.
The Daily Mile
28th April - Class 1 have been finding lots of different habitats at Forest School
It is so lovely to be able to meet up with nursery again for an afternoon of fun.
Class 1 -weekly walk
Class 1 -Red Nose Day 2021
World Book Day Class 1 -13th March 2021
School Closure letter January 2021
Keyboard lessons going well.
Sports, Diwali lamps and best materials for prosthetic wounds in science. Lots happening at school.
Congratulations to Darcie - winner of the Shrewsbury Bookfest 'Big Picture Book' art award
Great fun in Class 1. Moving pictures, building and outdoor learning.
Super Andy Goldsworthy Artwork in Forest School. Well done Class 2
Welcome to Reverend Sam from all of us at Rushbury School.
Year 6 celebratory lunch and presentations. Goodbye to you all. We will miss you.
Learning about scale in mathematics - fantastic model benches... and what a surprise. These benches are models of the bench the Year 6 will be giving the school as their leavers' gift. Thank you
What a fantastic Sports Day organised by our Year 6 children. Well done to Ragadoc (a 'bubble' combimation of Ragleth and Caradoc who won this year's sports trophy.
Building pirate ships in Class 2
Debates and 'talk tasks' in Class 3
Skeleton Fun
Treasure chests
Pirate ships, making treasure for our treasure chests, Forest School and lots of outdoor games
PE, treasure hunts and puppet shows. Lots going on now some of us are back at school.
Back to school fun. Lots of outdoor learning.
Thank you to Mrs Manley, who made this super cushion for us to sit on when we read to Digby.
Thank you to Mrs McGill who talked to the children about her career in the army. So many artefacts to try out and look at!
World Book Day
Lots of fun at the Key Stage 2 Stone Age to Bronze Age Diorama Workshop. Thank you to all of the family members who joined us.
Another fun-packed inspire workshop for Class 1 parents. This time the challenge was to create an animal habitat of their choice.
Many thanks to Ollie Ollerton and Laura Gander who visited us on Friday to talk to us all about their business Break-Point and Mr Ollerton’s career in the armed forces. We even tested our limits!
Lost happening in Class 1 this week.
Fruit and vegetable drinks, animal sculptures, Creation collages, Stonehenge models and beetroot pancakes - all part of a busy week in Key Stage 2 at Rushbury School.
A big 'thank you' to Amy Bebbington and to Concord College for hosting the terrific primary school choral workshop last Friday, and to KS2 for being such stars. Amy Bebbington, composer, Director of Training for the Association of British Choral Directors, and co-founder of the London International Choral Conducting Competition praised the children on her Twitter feed as follows: 'I've never been more impressed by (175) children who all sang with such natural joy and genuine enthusiasm'.
A very interesting talk from our parent gamekeeper
Rushbury Flash Mob visit Church Stretton market. Lovely surprise singing
Key Stage 2 visit Shrewsbury museum to learn more about their Stone Age topic
Key Stage 2 organised their own visit to Shrewsbury museum by train. Thank you to the transport police who talked to us at Shrewsbury station.
What have we been doing this week?
A busy week
What a super talk from one of our parents about her career as a doctor.
Friday afternoon ECO group carefully weigh out the sugar content of the food we eat. they were concerned about the results.
Lots happening on a Friday afternoon:
A very special Christingle service at St Peter's Church
Very proud to receive this award. Well done to everyone who contributed to our model.
Thank you to Meg who talked to us about her career as a Norland nanny
A busy start to the term
A fantastic third place for our Victorian Steam Train in the Halls' art competition. Artwork entries from across Shropshire are on display at The Granary, Weston Park.
Christmas Carol Service, St Peter's Church
A very special visitor
Carol singing at Church Stretton Co-Op
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Rushbury village hall for our wonderful Nativity play.
Super stalls at the Christmas Fayre
Thank you to our school chefs for an excellent Christmas lunch. As is tradition, Year 6 parents, governors and volunteers joined us for this festive event. Year 6 children gave thank you gifts to many of visitors.
A retirement assembly for the Reverend Nancy Cleaton. A big thank you from all of us.
Rushbury School has been awarded the Shrewsbury Bookfest’s ‘Leaders in Reading’ Award 2019. The award celebrates the school’s vision, policy and strategy in promoting a love of reading. Judges considered children’s attitudes and involvement in reading as well as pupils’ progress and high attainment. We are delighted to win this prestigious award which was presented to Mrs Pye at the recent Bookfest conference in Shrewsbury.
Following an assembly by Shrewsbury Ark, Rushbury school children chose this homeless charity as this term's charity. Children visited Shrewsbury Ark to donated a box of warm clothing.
Key Stage 2 Inspire Parents' and Children's Workshop. WWII Room with electric lighting and blackout curtains
