St Martins School students celebrate royal visit with feast hosted by OsNosh
To mark the Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to Shropshire this week, OsNosh—an inspiring community kitchen and café based in Oswestry—hosted a lunchtime feast for fifty volunteers including students from St Martins School. Students from St Martins School with the Duke of Edinburgh OsNosh transforms surplus food into delicious, nutritious ‘pay as you feel’ meals, ensuring […]
‘Matilda of the Month’ scheme keeps the magic of reading alive
An innovative scheme to make books a common necessity at home is gathering momentum at St Martins 3-16 School. After transforming the school’s library space over the summer holidays, English teacher, Lana Tomley, and Librarian, Laura Griffiths, created the concept of ‘Matilda of the Month.’ The idea is simple – students write down the name […]
Commemorating Remembrance Day and Armistice Day across our family of schools
A round up of how schools across our Trust have commemorated Remembrance Day and Armistice Day 2024 in their local communities. Bowbrook Primary School Reception and Year 1 pupils visited Oxon Parish Church in Shrewsbury for the first time. Reverend Charlotte showed the children around the church and taught them all about the importance of […]
Developing a lifelong love of reading in our schools
The latest research from The National Literacy Trust has found that children and young people’s reading for enjoyment is at an all-time low. The 2024 research report which explores children and young people’s reading for pleasure and daily reading habits reveals two in three children and young people don’t enjoy reading. Tammy Evans is Second in English […]
Celebrating music making at The 3-18 Education Trust
Over one hundred music students and teachers gathered at The Thomas Adams School in Wem on Friday for The 3-18 Education Trust’s inaugural music event. Instrumentalists from across the Trust’s schools collaborated on the day to learn a musical piece to perform as part of a massed orchestra. Shropshire’s young musical talent was well represented […]