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

School Games Gold Award 2022/23!

Rawmarsh Ashwood has received the Gold School Games Mark for the last academic year, an improvement from the Bronze Mark in 2021/22 – an outstanding achievement! Well done to all the students! This year, children across all Wickersley Partnership Trust schools have accessed the School Games, our inter-trust climbing offer, water sports and OAA provision, […]

End of Year Headteacher Roundup

The children and staff at Rawmarsh Ashwood have been busy as always. We have had an amazing year. Here are some of our highlights.  Lunch time zones Our children said…. They would like a range of different activities at lunch time.  So we did…… zoning of different areas to keep activities separate and give enough […]

Published Poets!!

We have received a copy of the published Spoken Word Power poetry anthology this week. We are so proud of the effort that year 4 put into this project this year and can not wait to continue our work moving forward into next year!  Well done Y4! 

Care in the Community

Year 4 paid one last visit to Broadacres Care Home this week before the end of the school year. The children not only read to the residence but some were given lessons in knitting and we were lucky to have one resident perform an operatic song for us. The relationships we have built with Broadacres over the last […]

Bee Bots with EYFS

The children in in EYFS created a sequence of instructions (an algorithm) to draw. An algorithm is a sequence of instructions, or a set of rules, for performing a specific task. These superstars programmed by taking the algorithm and using it to program a Bee-Bot to navigate a route while making marks to help them […]

100% Attendance Reward

Last week, as a reward for their remarkable achievement, the children who achieved 100% attendance spent the morning at Studio 62. They designed and created their own plates. We all had a wonderful morning. Well done everyone!! 

Developing Art Skills at Ashwood

As artists we have our own sketch books which we use to develop our art skills. We have looked at different artists such as Anna Ray, Vivienne Westwood and Stephen Wiltshire to investigate how they have developed their skills in art and design and how they have influenced others.  In pupil voice our pupils say…We love […]

Fieldwork with Year 4

Last week , year 4, have carried out a field work project on a local playground. We carried out local assessments and surveys on the layout of the nearby car park, what services are close by, is there adequate and appropriate equipment in the playarea and how busy, with regards to traffic and people, the […]

Careers in Construction Talk

As part of our work on careers the whole school worked with Tilbury Douglas Construction for a talk on careers in construction. The children asked some amazing questions and were really engaged in the assembly they held. The company are building a link road in Parkgate and the children found out all about how construction […]