Ashton Gate Primary School Newsletter

We are inviting you to take a photo or draw a picture of something related to physics.  There are x 3 £30 Science Museum Prizes available to pupils who take/ make the best pictures, and are able to describe how it relates to physics. (x1 KS1, x1 lower KS2, x1 upper KS2) 

• Descriptions can be written or verbal.
• Please send your photo to [email protected] for KS2 and jriley@ashtongateprimary.org  for KS1, and state your name and your year group. If you want to do a picture, please give it to your class teacher and ask them to give it to Mr Riley or Mr Considine.

Your entry must be in by Friday 24^th April.

Good luck!

On Monday , Year 1 were lucky enough to welcome Lizzie Hill, a published poet, to hold a workshop. The children loved hearing Lizzie’s poems about birds and nature and it hugely inspired the children to write their own poems.

After Easter Year 2 will be taking part in a DT day, sewing and decorating a pouch. We would love to have as many volunteers as possible to come and support us. Timings for the day will be 9.10 to 12ish. 

Please let your child’s class teacher know if you are available to attend. 

• Maple – [email protected]
• Rowan – [email protected]
• Oak – [email protected]
• Sycamore – [email protected]

On Tuesday 28th April and Thursday 30th April, Year 4 will be making biscuits as part of their DT project. If you are able to help with this, please contact your child’s class teacher. This will take place between 9am and 11am in the school hall.

Tuesday 28th April: 4D and 4A

Thursday 20th April: 4G and 4R

Reminder: It’s Time to Find Out Which Ashton Gate Class is the Smartiest?

Don’t forget that this week your children will each be sent home for the holidays with a tube of Smarties (or allergy appropriate equivalent). 

Ashton children will be asked to do jobs around the house in exchange for coins to go in their tube.

Upton children will be asked to do a sponsored activity, things like a sponsored silence or run. 

Donations can be made by filling the tubes full of 20p pieces (they are a perfect fit, although all other coins are gratefully received!) or online using the following link www.justgiving.com/ashtongatebristol) 

We’ll ask you and your children to return the tubes after the Easter holidays either full of the coins they have collected or a note to say donations have been made online.

The class that returns the most tubes will win the glory, and…a class treat (one class per site).

What’s it all for?

The school are making changes to their reading curriculum and have selected a range of books for each year group to read.  These books have been carefully chosen for each year group to ensure they are diverse and representative in terms of their characters and authors and to introduce our children to a breadth of experiences, authors, texts and themes. 

While screens are a part of everyday life, we agree that that it’s important to experience the joy of reading from an actual book. That is why we are asking for your support through the Smarties Challenge to help us to purchase enough copies of the selected books for children to have one between two. The cost to the school is around £20,000 to buy enough of these books, so every penny raised helps us support the school in achieving this target. 

We want to sign off with a HUGE thanks from the PTA and to say thank you for all your help and support in making our school an even greater place for our children to learn and grow. 

We wish you all a lovely Easter break!

Regular school attendance is one of the best ways to help your child succeed. When children come to school every day, they keep up with their learning, build confidence in their skills, and develop good routines that set them up for the future. Every day at school matters—it helps your child stay on track and get the most out of their education.

It is also important to arrive at school on time. If a child arrives late to school every day, their learning begins to suffer. Below is a graph showing how being late to school every day over a school year adds up to lost learning time over one academic year.

Please remember to order your child’s lunch before 10pm on a Wednesday. If your child only has a meal once a week, you will still need to book this.

We are still having a lot of children who do not have a lunch booked with no packed lunch. Please remember the default meal is always salad bar. No other option will be available.

Please remember not to order a school lunch if your child is on a school trip, where a packed lunch is required. If you have already booked a meal for this date, the meal can be cancelled by the payer until 10pm on a Wednesday for the following week. As all food is pre-ordered there will be no refunds issued for non-cancelled meals.

A reminder that we are a nut free school. Please do not send your child to school with snacks/packed lunch with items containing nuts. This includes items such as Pesto, filled crepes and chocolate spread.

We are now on Facebook. Please like our page, we will be using this page to celebrate events and learning moments taking place across the school. We encourage you to invite other parents and family members to join as well, so that too can be part of our vibrant school network. Rest assured, our Facebook page will prioritise the privacy and security of our children. We will follow all the necessary precautions and guidelines to protect identities and ensure a safe online environment.

Studybugs is no longer in use. Please record any illnesses/medical appointments using the Arbor parent portal app. For planned absences please complete the online form on the attendance page of our website.

Get ready for new adventures this spring with Your Holiday Hub
Children and young people in Bristol who receive benefits-related free school meals, can book lots of fun activity sessions taking place during the school holidays from 6 to 17 April. Your Holiday Hub sessions are fully funded and include a healthy meal as part of the day. There’s lots to choose from with activities ranging from sports to crafts, and drama to baking plus so much more. Join in and stay active with fun new things to see and do. 

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