Growing Our Garden 🌱
We are starting to build our own school garden using the ideas of the children. The children are creating growing areas using bulbs and seeds. They are building their own sensory garden area using a selection of herbs. The children wanted a wild flower area to encourage bees and butterflies as well. Gardening really helps […]
Shrove Tuesday with FS2 🥞
Foundation learned about the origins of Shrove Tuesday yesterday. We talked about what they would like to give up for lent and made our own pancakes. What a fantastic day!
Semi Colon Hunger Games Challenge
Y5 took part in the semi-colon and colon Hunger Games challenge today. They smashed the punctuation out of the arena! 🤩
V-folding mechanism with Year 5
Y5 have started to explore the V-folding mechanism. It’s very popular and they are simple to make! The angle used for the pop-up centre determines the way it stands up in the middle of the card, when it is opened. The pop-up has tabs that are used for gluing to either side of the card. […]
Digital Art Inspired By LS Lowry
Year 5 have been exploring perspective, layering images of different sizes to create depth to a piece. Lowry’s work inspired us to explore different ways to create a vision of life in a busy industrial setting.
Half Term 3 Headteacher Roundup ⭐
Our Ashwood children have been as busy as ever this half term! Keeping active at lunch times ⚽ At dinner time there are lots of different activities for the children to join in with. The children have a rota for playing team games in our new Multi Use Games Area. They have really enjoyed playing […]
Headteacher’s Award – The Ashwood Way ⭐
Miss Roper’s Headteacher awards go to the following children. These children always follow the Ashwood Way and are always trying their best and challenging their learning. They are an asset to Ashwood. Keep up all of the good work!
Team Ashwood take on the School Games 🎽
Year 5 and 6 joined other Rotherham schools yesterday to take place in the indoor Athletics events as part of Rother School Games event. They were all fantastic participants and really enjoyed the session. Go Team Ashwood!
Parental Mental Health Support
Being a parent can be the most rewarding job in the world, but it can also bring challenges – which may affect your mental health. As part of Parent Mental Health Day, a brand-new web page has been created as a one stop shop for parents needing information, advice or tips – whether you’re a […]
Mullerlicious 🌟 Year 5/6
Muller employee Miss Hartley came to Ashwood to talk about her role and apprenticeship degree she is taking. Y5 and 6 discussed the importance of product design and recycling. Muller set them a challenge to complete the design brief – create a new product flavour with design packaging. Safe to say the ideas were definitely […]
