Updates

Monday 9th March, 2026

Science Week begins… 🧬

🧬 SCIENCE WEEK 🧬
Mr Aiston kicked off science week with an assembly exploring ‘why’ questions.
Why do some things float and some things sink?
Why does the ball bounce?

He then showed us some exciting ways to experiment and gave us some ideas to explore throughout the week. 💭

Friday 6th March, 2026

Bowbrook House 🏠

Some of our fabulous Swans went to Bowbrook House this morning to share stories with the residents there.
They were so grateful and loved asking the children questions!

Thursday 5th March, 2026

Charles Darwin 💭

To help with our learning about Charles Darwin, we are doing a workshop to deepen our understanding!

We’ve learnt how to record as Charles Darwin would have…. using a quill and ink 🪶

Thursday 5th March, 2026

The Jolly Postman 📮

Our incredible teaching assistants produced a stellar performance of The Jolly Postman for us this afternoon! Our children loved meeting all of the fairytale characters & listening to the story.

Tuesday 3rd March, 2026

Storytime 📕

Our grown ups joined us for Storytime today. We discussed the importance of stories & how it builds children’s language skills. We love Storytime at Bowbrook!

Tuesday 3rd March, 2026

Gavin Cowan, Shrewsbury Town Football Manager ⚽️

We are grateful to Shrewsbury Town manager, Gavin Cowan, for visiting our school today and speaking to our children about our ethos of ‘feeling the fear and doing it anyway’.

We will hopefully be getting a few more of our children coming to support Shrewsbury Town at the next home game! ⚽️

Monday 2nd March, 2026

Room on the Broom 🧹

The start of World Book Week!
Caterpillars’ went on the minibus to Haughmond Hill to explore the Room on the Broom trail. We found the characters, made sounds like the animals & even spotted some wildlife and spent time in the beautiful nature.
The children loved making their own magic wands and casting spells on each other – just like the witch!

Wednesday 25th February, 2026

Blackpool Tower Ballroom 🪩

BLACKPOOL 🪩 ✨

Last night, 24 little superstars took to Blackpool Tower Ballroom to dance in front of their biggest audience ever.

From the moment we arrived at the stage door – the excitement, atmosphere & energy was electric. At just 4-7 years old, we were by far the youngest performers but we definitely had the loudest cheer (and rightly so)! The children danced like they’d never danced before & the smiles on their faces couldn’t have been bigger.

But, not only were they incredible on stage, our hearts were so full with the kindness they showed towards one another throughout the day. Our seasoned Swans supported our tiny Dragonflies through the whole process and the friendship & teamwork they showed was incredibly heartwarming.

So, a few thank you’s…

Thank you dancers! For your dedication, your energy & your infectious enthusiasm that you brought to the dancefloor last night. I am so proud of each and every one of you & I hope you’re all proud of yourselves.

Thank you to our parents who booked hotels, travelled through traffic and raised the roof with applause and cheers for our little ones – we couldn’t do events like this without you.

Thank you to Mrs Woosnam and Mr Aiston for always supporting Mrs Madden’s BIG ideas & entering into the dance world of glitter and chaos!

We pride ourselves on being the School of Opportunity & what an opportunity this was! 👏

Until 2028…

Blackpool – over and out. 🪩

Tuesday 24th February, 2026

Hungry Caterpillar 🐛

Our Caterpillar class had an exciting trip to the Theatre today to watch The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We have been exploring the story all week & today brought it to life! We were very impressed with how the children could recall the story – great job, Caterpillars!

Sunday 15th February, 2026

Grandparents Tea Party ☕️

Thank you to the wonderful grandparents who visited our Dragonflies to share stories about what home and school were like when they were young. The children loved hearing your memories — and you even got to sample their baking too!

Wednesday 11th February, 2026

Matilda the Musical 🎭

Some of our Swans had a trip out to watch Matilda at William Brookes School today! What a treat it was and so inspirational for our little ones to see what hard work in performing arts can lead to. 

Amelia was super excited to see her dance partner from last years dance show, too!

Wednesday 11th February, 2026

Outdoor learning 🍃

We pride ourselves on being the School of Opportunity and learning outdoors offers us so many opportunities.

Sunday 8th February, 2026

Colonel Chris 🫡

Thank you to Colonel Chris for coming to speak to us today about his role in the Army.

We were all captivated by his assembly & learnt how he had to Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway a lot of the time during his career.

Thank you Colonel Chris 🫡

*Fun fact – Colonel Chris is our very own Mrs Nealon’s brother! ⭐️

Sunday 8th February, 2026

Benchball battle! 🥎

‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’

After a cautious start we performed brilliantly at the Benchball competition this afternoon in Crowmoor!
Nerves, disappointment, bravery, success, laughs and cuddles- roll on the Summer tournaments 💪

Sunday 8th February, 2026

Storytelling Week 📕

As well as our teacher’s delivering bedtime stories via Dojo, classes collaborating to explore traditional stories & rhymes and teachers reading stories to different classes – our super storytelling team, Mrs Engler and Miss Stone treated us to a live performance of Jack and the Beanstalk!

Tuesday 3rd February, 2026

Author Visit & signed books

We have arranged a brilliant Author event with Bryher Mackenzie for EYFS and Years 1 & 2 taking place on Tuesday 3rd March 2026.

There will be an Author talk for all children in the hall and Year 1 & 2 will also be having a Great Aunt Margo & Me workshop during the day.

You may like to purchase a signed copy of The Night Whale (paperback) £7 or My Great Aunt Margo & Me (hardback £7)  Great Aunt Margo & Me isn’t published in paperback until May 2026 so we have been very lucky to secure the hardback book at the paperback price!

There is also a Pay It Forward option if you would like to purchase a book for us to gift to another child in school.

If you would like your child to have a signed book on the day, please purchase one via Booka Bookshops website.

Click HERE

Important! So Booka can compile a list for the book signing, when you get to checkout make sure you enter:

  • your child’s name and surname in the ‘First Name’ box
  • your child’s class and school in the ‘Last Name’ box
  •  select ‘Collect in Oswestry’ so you don’t get charged for shipping.
  • fill in your billing address and email as normal

 

Friday 30th January, 2026

Musicians, Money & Podcasts 📻

We rounded off our Little People, Big Dreams week with a visit from Dan Owen (a musician), Dr Thomas Moores (the first robotic surgeon), Lewis and Sarah teaching us about money management and Mr Aiston letting us explore the podcast equipment!

 

Thursday 29th January, 2026

Sweet Treats in Business 🍬

A cake decorating masterclass with Mrs Woosnam & ‘How to run your own sweet business’ with Ella! 😋
So many skills involved & so many brilliant messages of perseverance, resilience & hard work from these two successful ladies. 💪🏻

Thursday 29th January, 2026

Hospitality & Headteachers ✏️

Whilst some of our Kingfishers went to Hickory’s to learn about different roles in the hospitality industry, other children had some time in Mr Aiston’s shoes (the use of the walkie talkie and the spinning chair were definitely firm favourite parts of this job)!

Wednesday 28th January, 2026

Little People, Big Dreams Visitors ☁️

Wow – what a week we are having…and we’re only half way through. ☁️

With visits from a Social Worker, a Health & Social nurse, a Social Media Entrepreneur, a Dancer and a Pilot – our children are definitely feeling inspired about their futures. ✨

Monday 19th January, 2026

Blue Monday Colour Run 🎨

Fresh air, exercise, surrounded by friends and family and covered in colourful paint – the perfect recipe to banishing blue Monday! 🩵

Sunday 18th January, 2026

Spotlight Sunday ⭐️

The first of our Sunday Spotlight series. ⭐️

Each week, our parents have the opportunity to nominate their child for a Sunday Spotlight Shout Out for an achievement at home or in the community.

Here’s this week’s winners – please join us in celebrating their hard work and determination. We are so proud of them all. 💪🏻 ⭐️

Friday 16th January, 2026

Nutritionist Amy 🥒

To help the children understand what it means to lead a healthy lifestyle, we regularly talk about the importance of 4 main things: drinking water, eating a balanced diet, staying active, and getting plenty of sleep. 

Today, we were delighted to welcome Amy, a nutritionist, who spoke to the children about what makes a healthy diet. The children had the chance to smell and taste a range of fruits, vegetables, and herbs, sparking lots of curiosity and conversation.

Saturday 10th January, 2026

Snow Day ❄️

I’m Bowbrook Winter Olympics 2026 ❄️

Sledge racing, snowman building and largest snowball competitions.

Competition was fierce at the Bowbrook Arena this morning! 🏆