“We aim to send all young people into an ever-changing world able and qualified to play their full part in it.”

Y4 Buddy with Y6

Year 4 have been fortunate this week to have had some members of year 6 in our classroom, buddying up with us. Year 6 have helped organise a mini sporting event, in addition to carrying out science experiments around day and night. What a lovely opportunity it has been for us this week to share our learning together […]

Half Term Enrichment Grids

Check out these enrichment grids that your child can use to keep themselves busy during this half term. If your child complete a task on the grid, make sure you take a picture of it and send it to their class teacher to earn Dojo points.

Letter Formation with FS1 🔤

The children in FS1 have been practicing their bug club letter formation of graphemes that they have learned so far. We are focussing on oral segmenting and blending at the moment as well as learning one phoneme a week.

FS1’s Class Snails 🐌

The children in FS1 have been learning how to take care of our class snails. We expanded our vocabulary and learned about the differing parts of a snail. Did you know that snails have tentacles? The children handled the snails with care and learned how to maintain their classroom habitat. We also read a new story called […]

Y6 Residential Update

Year 6 has had another busy day out and about in Scarborough. What has been so lovely to hear throughout this trip is the comments from residents and other holiday makers about how respectful the students are and what wonderful manners they have. 🥰 We are all so very proud of the children! #ashwoodway #respectful

BSL Afterschool Club

Some of the Year 4, 5 and 6’s have been accessing Sign language sessions after school, every Wednesday, since January this year. They have learned so much in a short space of time how to communicate with the hard of hearing/deaf community and have started to raise awareness throughout school. The group have learned to […]

Beareavement Group

Some of our Year 5 and 6 students have been accessing a bereavement group after school. They have shared stories and memories of loved ones and pets. They have been a good support network to each other and have been kind and understanding. The group have done some lovely activities together and learned some new strategies […]

Team Ashwood Sports Day

Team Ashwood had a fantastic Sports Day taking part in lots of different activities alongside the staff from Rotherham Astro.  #ashwoodway #resilient 

Axel Scheffler Event

The whole school have taken part in a live drawing event with Axel Scheffler, illustrator of the popular Julia Donaldson books The Gruffalo and A squash and a squeeze. This is part of the 30th anniversary of A squash and a squeeze. Each class has a new set of books to mark the event.  We loved seeing […]

Amazing Ashwood Musicians!

At Ashwood we have a love of music. Many of our children are learning a musical instrument. This year some of our children were finalists in the WPT young musician of the year and performed at RCS!  KS1 Vocal/Instrumental finalists were:- Flynn Morgan –  Piano Doris Luhanga –  Piano Jiafu He Ashwood – Piano KS2 instrumentalist finalist:- […]