Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 6 Police Cadets

  Fri 20 Jul 2018

  Over the last six weeks, some of our Year 6 children have been taking part in the Junior Police Cadet Programme. The course was run by West Mercia Police and gave the children the opportunity to work with local Police Officers on a range of activities. The programme was designed to develop children’s leadership skills, promote citizenship, community awareness and an understanding of the diverse work of the Police, through a range of fun and exciting activities.

   

  The children enjoyed taking part in the activities, which included using walkie-talkies and the phonetic alphabet; looking at the use of alarms and security systems around school; learning about road traffic incidents, and finding out about stranger danger. The children were presented with their own uniforms at the start of the course, which they wore throughout. They recently had a ‘passing out parade’ to celebrate completing their course.

• Bikeability

  Fri 13 Jul 2018

  A large number of our Year 6 pupils recently participated in a Bikeability course. After all passing the level 1 course (on the playground) with flying colours, they moved onto the level 2 course, which saw them cycling off around Market Drayton, demonstrating their skills. They had to show that they were able to ensure that their bicycles are road-worthy and that they could apply all the safety rules of the Highway Code. The children were an absolute credit to themselves and the school; the instructors were full of praise for the way that they focused and for their excellent manners throughout. A huge well done to all who took part; we are very proud of them! Thank you very much to the Bikeability instructors for all their support and patience.

• Shrewsbury Town Girl’s Football Tournament

  Sat 07 Jul 2018

  On July 5th it was the turn of two girls teams to travel to Shrewsbury to take part in their first tournament. On an extremely hot day, the two teams, playing together for the first time, tried really hard during the group stages of the competition. The children should feel very proud of their efforts as their performances improved during each match. Neither team were lucky enough to get through to the final but they thoroughly enjoyed the competition.

   

  Thank you very much to Shrewsbury Town for hosting the tournament and Mr Harrison for driving the teams in the school mini bus.

• Robert Spiers Football Tournament

  Sat 07 Jul 2018

  On Friday 6th  July over two hundred children participated in the annual Robert Spiers Football Tournament. This year we had a World Cup theme with each house representing teams participating in this year’s World Cup.

   

  In the morning, it was the turn of Lower School with the Year 3 and 4 boys and girls competing for the trophy. After some closely fought matches, the eventual winners for the girl’s competition were Russia and the boy’s winners were France.

   

  In the afternoon, it was the turn of Upper School and once again, there were some fiercely competitive matches to watch for the spectators. The eventual winners for the girl’s competition were France and the boy’s winners were Russia.

   

  Well done to all the teams for their sporting attitude towards the competition and thanks to the referees and helpers for all their hard work too. Special thanks to Mr Harrison for the super photographs he took during the day.

• Sporting Update Summer 2018

  Mon 02 Jul 2018

  Archery

  The level 2 competition took place after school on 24^th April. Unfortunately, the team did not qualify for level 3 despite the results being very close.

   

  Boccia

  Three teams represented MDJS in the level 2 competition at Thomas Adams in Wem. The A team won the competition and went on to represent North Shropshire at the level 3 County games, finishing in 6^th place.

   

  Kwik Cricket

  The level 2 competition took part here at MDJS in May. The children then went on to represent North Shropshire, finishing in 8^th position at the County finals.

   

  Orienteering

  Two teams represented our school at the level 2 competition and the A team won which meant they progressed on to the level 3 County finals.

   

  Rounders

  The rounders competition took place over 3 nights here at MDJS. The team played brilliantly, however, did not make it through to the final.

   

  Swimming Gala

  On 19^th June a mix of children from Years 3 - 6 took part in the Market Drayton Swimming Gala. We have an excellent standard of swimming at our school and two of the children have progressed on to the County finals, which will be held in Shrewsbury.

   

  Tennis

  A group of Year 3 & 4 children went to Market Drayton Tennis Club on 13^th May to take part in the level 1 competition. Two teams took part, both playing brilliantly. Team A made it through to the final and they went on to play at Ellesmere College a few weeks later.

   

  Tri-Golf

  The Tri-Golf team represented our area at the level 2 competition at Ellesmere College on 8^th June. They played some great golf and finished in 3^rd position overall.

   

  Key Stage 2 Cycling

  The Key Stage 2 cycling competition took place at Shrewsbury Sports Village on 18^th May. Our A team came second and progressed on to level 3. The B team finished in 5^th place.

   

  Shropshire School Games

  We had our most successful year to date this year, taking the most children/teams in our history. We also took two successful acts from the ‘School Games has got Talent’ competition, held prior to the games, to perform in the opening and closing ceremonies. North Shropshire finished 3^rd overall.