Year 4 are taking part in the friends for life programme with Mrs Gill. They have learned to understand how body language can show different emotions. We made fruit friends with different feelings.
Another important event in the Ashley Primary School calendar is Children in Need. This will take place on Friday 19th November. It is a non uniform day and we welcome any donations towards the charity that you are able to make but this not essential.
To find out more about the fantastic work supported by Children in Need, please follow the link below:
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/
Thank you!
The theme for Anti-Bullying Week this year is One Kind Word. The week will begin with Odd Socks Day. We would like all of the children to come to school wearing odd socks to show we’re ALL unique and different. We want to emphasis the importance of being kind to each other and respecting each other’s individuality.
Throughout the week the children will be talking about different types of bullying, what to do about it and how we can spread kindness around the school. We will even be singing a song about it!
https://youtu.be/lpZ3u5Z6pOg
Parents and Carers, as always, we appreciate your continued support. If you would like to find out more about Anti-Bullying Week then please follow the link below:
Thank you.
In a bid to help everyone at Ashley Primary School become more environmentally proactive we applied for some plants from The Woodland Trust. You will be pleased to hear that we were successful and sometime this month we will be receiving 120 Saplings.
Although we have not been given a date for delivery we expect them to come the week beginning Monday 8th November. With this in mind we would like everyone in school to have the opportunity to get their hands dirty to help plant the saplings. We will let you know as soon as we can but your child will need to bring in appropriate footwear (wellies would be best) and if they have them, some gardening gloves.
Thank you, Mrs Jewitt 🙂
Congratulations to our new Y5 Digital Leaders. We know they will be brilliant and they are already full of amazing ideas. 
There are only a few days left to get your Scholastic Book Club Order in. Orders will close at midnight on 15th October.
The schools unique link is: https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/ashley-ne34
Happy Reading 🙂
This week, we will be celebrating Black History Month. Each year group from Nursery to Year 6 will be learning about an inspirational and influential black person from the past or present day.
| Nursery | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Reception | Pele |
| Year 1 | Aretha Franklin |
| Year 2 | Jesse Owens |
| Year 3 | Michelle Obama |
| Year 4 | Stevie Wonder |
| Year 5 | Mary Seacole |
| Year 6 | Rosa Parks |
If you would like to find out more about Black History Month, follow the links below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/49883230
https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/
Year 4 had a fantastic time last week reading A Mummy Ate My Homework by Thiago De Moraes. The children were introduced to Henry who miraculously travelled back in time to Ancient Egypt whilst trying to answer a Maths calculation on the whiteboard.
Over the year that he is there, Henry realises that life is very different. Whilst dealing with pet crocodiles, hunting lessons and even threatening, undead mummies rushing out of tombs, Henry makes a great set of new friends and is pretty good at life in Ancient Egypt. After spending a year living there, how can he get back?
The class loved reading this story and found themselves laughing out loud and imaging themselves in his situation. They even decided to make their own mummies using toilet roll and their teachers!
Dear parents,
Our new Scholastic Book Club is live now! Go to our book club page link https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/ashley-ne34/digital-book-club to browse the latest books. Select School Group Order at checkout to have your books delivered to school and enter code SEPTBOOKCLUB to get an extra 10% off for you (valid until 7th October) and free books for our school.
Please place your order online by October 15th, 2021.
Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself.
Many Thanks
Miss Humphrey
