May Careers Month
Through the month of May we have focussed on careers in Geography. Some of of our classes wrote emails to Paul Williams who has worked on programmes such as The Green Planet. He has even won awards for the documentaries he makes! Paul Williams works in film on nature programmes around the world. He has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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:- […]
Bluebell Wood Colour Run
Our Y2 children represented Ashwood in the WPT colour run in aid of Bluebell Wood. They enjoyed racing and had so much fun being splattered by the paint. A big thank you to staff, parents and carers for all the money that we raised for this charity. This event went towards the children achieving an […]
Ashwood Loves Reading!
Miss Roper recommends… Stickman illustrated by Axel Scheffler and written by Julia Donaldson. “Stick Man lives in the family tree, With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three.” But it’s dangerous being a Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him, a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a […]
Shining Stars in Bug Club Phonics
Our children are making excellent progress in phonics in their daily Bug Club Phonics lessons with their class teachers. They are working hard on segmenting and blending and recognising more phonemes. We are all so proud of them being resilient. The children in Y1 are becoming more fluent readers because of their use of phonics. Keep shining! #alwaysTheAshwoodWay#alwaysresilient#alwaysdreamingbig
