Ashton Gate Primary School Newsletter

6BH and 6K were invited to Ashton Gate Stadium for a maths workshop, PE lesson and stadium tour led by Bristol City in collaboration with Bristol University. During the workshop, the children worked collaboratively on a maths investigation linked to the inflation levels of different footballs. They took part in a PE session led by the Robins and finally got a behind the scenes tour of the stadium! ITV were invited to film part of this special event.

6M and 6FH will be invited to the stadium later in the year.

This term in DT, Year 4 will be sewing their own book sleeves. We will be doing this over the course of a day and would be very grateful for some extra pairs of hands to help with needle threading etc. If you are available to help out, please contact your child’s class teacher.

The dates for the WW1 project are as set out on the newsletter and not on the homework sheet that has been sent home – we had to make some date changes. Apologies for any confusion.

The dates are as follows.

A reminder that as part of our Design and Technology topic this term, the children will be designing and constructing castles on the following dates: 3O and 3T on Wednesday 26th November and 3CH and 3R Thursday 11th December . Thank you to those who have been sending in any packaging ready for the children to use. Please continue to send in any old packaging that would be suitable for junk modelling. Ideally, simple 3D shapes – toilet/kitchen roll tubes, cereal boxes, Pringles tubes etc. Please also contact your child’s class teacher if you are able to volunteer your time to help during these sessions which will run from 9:30-11:30.

Thank you for your support with this.

On Friday 5th December each year 2 class will visit St Francis Church to experience ‘Christmas Through the Keyhole’. If you are able to volunteer to help walk children to and from the church please contact your child’s class teacher.

The timings for each class are as follows.

Sycamore class will be dismissed from school at St Francis Church on Friday 5th December. Any children in clubs will be walked back to school.

Many thanks
Year 2 team (Mrs Lambert, Mr Brand, Miss Jenkins, Miss Wright)

This week we welcomed the charity Restless Development to school and they delivered an assembly telling the children all about the school triathlon which has been a huge hit in recent years. If your child is interested in taking part, please see below for further details. If you have any questions, please contact them directly on: schoolstriathlon@restlessdevelopment.

Over the last few weeks a group of year 5 and 6 pupils have been taking part in a basketball tournament. For some of them, this was their first time playing basketball or first time playing against other schools. They improved week on week and had great fun taking part. A big well done to those who took part and a special well done to the year 6 team who came second in the tournament!!

The club letter will be sent out 6pm on Monday 1st December. All clubs will be bookable from this time.

Our Year 6 children recently had a fantastic and educational trip to Lifeskills in South Bristol. Lifeskills have created a realistic, interactive village within the Create Centre that helps children learn how to deal with potentially dangerous or difficult situations in a safe and supportive environment. A big thank you to Lifeskills for providing such an important
opportunity to help prepare our pupils for the real world.

This year, the charity Help For Heroes are inviting people to send messages of hope to veterans at Christmas, to help combat loneliness and isolation and bring them some Christmas cheer. Selected messages are put into printed Christmas cards and sent to veterans across the country. If you’d like to send a message, please click the link below:

This week, some of our Y6 pupils took part in a maths challenge at Clifton College. They worked really hard to solve challenging maths problems, competing against other schools. Well done marvellous mathematicians!

Please take a few minutes to read our new ICT and Internet Use Policy and complete the short online form by 5th December.

Final reminder to say, don’t forget that this Saturday is Christmas Tree collection day! Our Tree Elves will be on hand to help you take delivery of your tree between 07:30 am – 10:30am. And don’t worry, they aren’t fair weather Elves so will be waiting for you come wind, rain or snow! Collection location: CAR PARK BEHIND UPTON PLAYGROUND, Greenway Bush Lane.

There is still plenty of time to buy your ticket for the Christmas Raffle by following this link

You have up until 6pm on Sunday 7th December.

A HUGE thanks to everyone who has signed up to volunteer so far, but with just over a week to go until the Christmas Fair we’re asking for one final push to try and fill as many slots as we can. Remember, it’s only one hour but that time will make all the difference – and don’t forget you’re welcome to bring along a partner, family member, friend or a child to make it even more fun.

Signing up is nice and simple, just follow this link:

And don’t forget to let your Class Rep know when you have. If you can spare one hour, then please sign up over this weekend so we can get an idea on whether we will be able to run all the stalls as planned.

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.

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.

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.