Ashley Junior School Bulletin 7 — Friday 20th October 2017

Letters sent home this week… Robins: Trip Letter Year 3: Year 4: Info Letter re Miss Bailey Reading helpers Year 5: Year 6: Whole School: New Dinner Menu Do remember all let-ters home are availa-ble on our website - http://ashleyjun-iorschool.co.uk/letters

Harvest Festival

Thank you so much for your generous donations

for harvest. Mr. Covey is delivering them to the

Basics Bank at Lymington today. They are a re-

markable organisation who have supported hun-

dreds of families who are going through very diffi-

cult times. We celebrated with poems and read-

ings from our year 5 children and singing beautiful

harvest hymns. Reverend David from Ashley

Baptist Church led our worship as well as leading

a sing-a-long with his guitar.

Year 3 Celebration of Learning

Our year 3 performed a range dance, movement and rhythms for their parents this

week in a celebration of their learning around ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance.’ Parents also got

an opportunity to look at the children’s books and admire the progress they have made

in such a short time.

As with all the learning in our

school, the topic links subjects

across the curriculum so that chil-

dren have an opportunity to write,

discuss personal and social

issues, create art and drama and look at

geography amongst other things as part

of their learning.

Thank you to those parents who could

come along and join in the celebration.

Pets as Therapy

We are very lucky that Mrs. Carey brings her dog

Jess in to school as part of the Pets as Therapy pro-

gramme. Many children benefit from the therapeutic

effect of petting and looking after Jess.

Mrs. Carey recently won a photo cushion (as seen

in the picture) in a competition where she had de-

scribed the fantastic work that she does with the

children and Jess.

Don’t forget the Halloween Disco tonight.

Lower School: 5.30pm — Upper School: 7.15pm

Year 4 visit to Butser Ancient Farm

The children in year 4 visited

Butser Ancient Farm this week

as part of their learning about

the Anglo-Saxons. The children

had a go at different practical

tasks like wattling (building a

fence or house wall with

hazel branches), writing runes

(Anglo-Saxon lettering) onto

chalk using green leaves to

make them stand out and archaeology, using trowels to uncover an-

cient and modern relics from the earth.

The children had a wonderful opportunity to immerse themselves into An-

glo-Saxon life and see first-hand

how Anglo-Saxons lived.

There will be a celebration of the

children’s learning on Thursday

9th November from 2.15pm—

3.15pm.

Samba Performance

Our amazing Samba Band stole the show

when they performed this week at the

Chairman’s Year of Music Celebration

Concert at Thornden School in

Chandlers Ford.

A range of musical performances from

different schools—infant, special and sec-

ondary included—was enjoyed by the au-

dience and Councillor Keith Chapman who

has initiated the Year of Music.

We are grateful to Mr. Thew for his

inspirational teaching and to the parents

who ensured we could get as many of the

band as possible to the event.

Did you receive the new HC3S

lunchtime menu this week? Christmas Lunch

this year will be on

Tuesday 19th

December

Please ensure all

dinner monies are

paid in full for the

start of the new term.

Make sure your child is safe online

this half term.

Do you know….

what they are watching?

Who they are communicating with?

Take a look at this website to help you.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/

keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY….. New events will be marked in red: Halloween Disco Friday 20th October

Half Term 23rd—27th October

Poetry Performance Festival Tuesday 7th November 2.00pm

Landscape project meeting Wednesday 8th November

Year 4 End of Topic Exhibition Thursday 9th November 2.15pm—3.15pm

Anti-bullying Week Monday 13th—17th Nov

Wren class to Ancient Technology Centre Thursday 16th Nov

Children In Need Friday 17th November

Landscape project meeting Wednesday 22nd November

Kestrel class to Ancient Technology Centre Thursday 23rd Nov

Year 4 Production Wednesday 13th December 2.00pm and 6.30pm

Christmas Dinner Tuesday 19th December

Last day of term Thursday 21st December (Finish at 1.30pm) Christmas Break Friday 22nd Dec - 3rd January 2018 First day of Spring Term Thursday 4th January 2018 Don’t forget that all the latest dates can be found on the school calendar on our website - http://ashleyjuniorschool.co.uk/calendar/

Maths winners! Every week in this newsletter we feature the children who have passed a Maths Passport this week. Congratulations to….. Bronze: Silver: Gold: Maths Master 1: Jasmine Amelie Lennon Lennon Harry A Jamie Abbie Bunnie Owen G Zachary Bunnie Freyja Holly Toby Matyas Cameron Joshua Daniel P Jethro Jamie B

High fliers this week! High flyer awards are given every week in celebration assembly to recognise outstanding learning or behaviour. This week’s winners are: Wren: Harley Kestrel: Paige Firecrest: Adam Skylark: James Kingfisher: Mia J Eagle: Elizabeth Barn Owl: Ruby-Leigh Merlin: Brandon Osprey:

Robin: Alex

Attend today—achieve tomorrow!

Attendance winners this week:

Kestrel 98.3%; Barn Owl 97.5%; Kingfisher 96.5%

Absences add up! Missing just 2 days a month means a child

Ashley Family Hub meet at Ashley Baptist Church

Tuesday morning 9.00am — 11.00am FREE refreshments

‘Relaxation’

Come and join in a relation session

The after school football club at Ashley Juniors is now live on the New Forest

Soccer website for the upcoming Autumn Term 2. There are limited spac-

es available for the new term so please visit their website to book your place.

www.newforestsoccer.co.uk