Ashley Bulletin 18 — Junior Friday 26th JanuarySchool 2018 Sporting Stars! Letters sent Our Basketball team enjoyed success home this this week in the New Forest Basketball week… competition held at Noadswood School. Mr. Thew runs our Basketball club for Robins: years 5 and 6 on Tuesday evenings Year 3: and from that selected a squad to rep- Year 4: resent the school in the competition. Year 5: The team gave a terrific account of Year 6: themselves and made it all the way to Whole the final before losing out to Ab- School: botswood School. Do remember It was wonderful to watch our all letters netballers in action against Hordle home are Walhampton School. The progress that the team have made over available on the last couple of years is phenomenal. Despite missing several our website players the team performed brilliantly with impressive movement, http:// passing and team play. ashleyjun- We think sport is an essential part of a child’s education. Though iorschool.co.u not everyone will represent the school, everyone will have the op- k/letters portunity to participate in competitive sport. The learning this pro- vides around healthy lifestyle, collaboration, communication, resili- ence and self awareness are skills for life. The Ashley Hub, Ashley Baptist LOST PROPERTY Church, Tuesday 9:00am—11:00am The weather has thwarted us putting out the Lost Come and join us for a chat, coffee Property on a table in the playground. We will be and support. doing so this afternoon and again on Monday after school. Please remember to clearly label all clothing so it can easily be returned. Year 4 Active Learning Roadworks Thank you for your patience whilst the roadworks take place outside the school. We had not been made aware this was happening and I know it has caused some confusion. Talking to your children about staying safe online. As part of their learning about sound, year 4 invited https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/ Anne Bailey (Hearing Impairment Advisor for Hamp- keeping-children-safe/online-safety/talking-your- shire) to talk to the children about the remarkable child-staying-safe-online/ and intricate workings of the ear. The children have The NSPCC website has valuable information applied this knowledge to creating information that you may find useful. Maths winners! High fliers this Every week in this newsletter we feature the children who have week! passed a Maths Passport this week. Congratulations to….. Bronze: Silver: Silver: Gold: Maths Master 1: High flyer awards Melody William Mikey Caitlin Emily are given every week in celebra- Grace Lucas Sammy Zak Lily tion assembly to recognise out- Lewis Owen Freya Owen Kieron standing learning or behaviour. Charlie Olivia Hector Olivia Daniel This week’s winners are: Nicole Lily Kamile Matthew Michael Christopher Wren: Millie Joshua Maths Master 2: Kestrel: Niamh Monika Teagan Firecrest: Lily Taylor Toby Skylark: Abbie Kingfisher: Grace Attend today—achieve tomorrow! Eagle: Jessica Attendance winners this week: Barn Owl: Alfie Kestrel 98.6% Kingfisher 96.4% Firecrest 95.6% Merlin: Saffi ‘Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.’ Chinese Proverb Osprey: Imogen Robin: Daisy A reminder that we are closed on Friday 9th February for staff training. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY….. New events will be marked in red: Yr 3 Topic celebration assembly Ironman 2:15pm—3:15pm 6th February Yr 5 Project morning Highwayman 9:15am—10:00am 8th February Yr 5/6 New Forest Cross Country location Gang Warily 12:00pm—4:30pm 8th February INSET DAY 9th February HALF TERM 12th—16th February Yr 6 Day trip Living Rainforest 20th February New Forest District Council Litter assembly 2:30pm-3:00pm 21st February Yr 5 Residential Osmington Bay 5th—9th March Yr 3/4 New Forest High 5 Netball location Priestlands School 12:30pm-4:30pm 7th March Parent consultations 3:40pm—6:00pm 13th March Parent consultations 3:40pm—6:00pm 14th March Yr 4 Topic celebration Sound and Electricity 6:00pm-7:30pm 21st March Yr 5/6 New Forest Football location Brockenhurst College 11:30am–5:30pm 22nd March Yr 3 Day trip Fishbourne Roman Palace 18th April Don’t forget that all the latest dates can be found on the school calendar on our website - http://ashleyjuniorschool.co.uk/calendar/ Please make sure you are putting your tokens into our project. We have the opportunity of receiving £4000, £2000 or £1000 based on how many tokens we receive overall. THANK YOU. .